and then we have john hudson with us. us at the table, executive producer of showtime, the host of the hell and water podcast. and then john kirby, he talked to my beloved colleague katy tur . he has agreed to stick around. joe kirby, i watch my skill colleague try to get some information out of you about these two hostages that have been released. i know you're being tightlipped for strategic and humanitarian reasons. is there anything you can share with us ? >> not right now, unfortunately, not colbert we are still trying to validate these reports. we hope it is accurate. we hope the more hostages have been released here. we are just not a bird -- able to validate those reports. >> what would it say if there are two more hostages being released and is news account suggested it is for humanitarian reasons? what would you glean from matt? >> the first thing we hope that it is a trend of more releases. hamas could just release everyone. we hope this means there is a process in place to get more hostages back with their fam

i take john hudson and raf's point that, i mean, to john hudson's reporting that 6,000 bombs have beenpped on a teeny, teeny space, tons of civilians there in harm's way, put in harm's way by hamas, and i wonder what your sort of thoughts are about how we sift through this. >> if you look at what's happened at the hospital there is nobody -- there's nobody among us, there's nobody in the civilized world who would want to happen what happened to that hospital. to have people -- to have a place where it's an operating hospital, this is a place where there's patients there, there's wounded people there, in addition to people sheltering there. now, why did that happen at that hospital? we don't know and i think we can't underscore that enough. we have a clear assertion from the israeli side. we do not categorically target hospitals and we have a counterexplanation as to what the strike could have -- what could have caused that strike. they're saying it's palestinian islamic jihad, a misfired rocket essentially that was targeting israel and somehow hit that hospital instead. on the other si

. >>> now, let's turn to national security reporter for "the washington post" john hudson who joins us from amann. jordan traveling with the secretary of state. jordan, great to see you this morning. let's take that piece of it. a little bit of caution to america's ally there, but the second part of that trip which was going to take place in amann canceled. >> it was a really dramatic moment here. >> he was monitoring the situation and trying to get his finger on the pulse of what was going on. while this process started emerging including outside of jordan where the israeli embassy was surrounded by protests as this started occurring that's when abas announced he's canceling on biden. a key part of biden's visit meeting the palestinian president just fell apart, and the real question is this going to imperil his entire arab itinry the second half of his trip? of course it did. secretary blinken made a phone call to abbas. during that phone call secretary blinken professed condolences for the deaths at the hospital. at that point the damage was done and half of the itinerary fell apart

we've got washington correspondent john hudson, the latest on that. house. republicans say they want to avoid a repeat of what happened back in january. >> where it took 15 rounds to elect a speaker of the house. this time they say things will be different. but house republicans are still divided on who they want to lead them. >> the pressure is mounting for house republicans to figure out who will be the next speaker of the house things happening in the world that need to be addressed right now to get back to majority leader steve scalise of louisiana and ohio congressman jim jordan r the leading contenders making their pitch to republican colleagues. former house speaker kevin mccarthy says the person to fill his shoes must be able to unite the conference if this conference continues to allow 4% of the conference to partner with democrats 96% of the republicans want something else, they will never lead. the house can vote on any legislation until a speaker is elected california democrat ro khanna says that slowing down important work. we need a it's really

, focusing on research and analysis of israel's security challenges on the northern border, and john hudson secretary of state antony blinken. john, let me start with you. you generously joined us in what my colleague described the fog of war yesterday, when it wasn't exactly clear what had happened. it's now been the assessment of the u.s. intelligence agencies, israel's assertion all along. we just got in in the last few minutes a statement from mark warner that says the senate intelligence committee reviewed intelligence on the hospital in gaza. based on this information, we feel confident the explosion was the result of a failed rocket launch by mill assistant terrorist and not the result of an israeli air strike. that in the record, jeremy bash immediate the point in the last hour, that a lie makes its way halfway around the world before the truth put its boots on, was his comment. how is not playing in the region? >> it's a great question, because we really saw the clear sign of how this is playing in the region by the fact that president biden's itinerary for his trip was severed in

reschenthaler, the honorable rob wittman, the honorable ben cline, the honorable richard hudson, and the honorable john joyce to act as speaker pro tempore pore rarery to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions for the remainder of the 118th congress. signed, sincerely, mike johnson, speaker. the speaker: without objection, the appointments are approved. and the house will be in recess subject -- subject to the call of the chair. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, we'll be back soon. >> the election of mike johnson is historic tst louisianan to be elected. he's aduate of l.s.u. and l.s.u. lawchl. these are his current positions which he wl ve up. becoming speaker. republican conference vice ai armed services and judiciary committee, republica study committee chair, ande was first elected in 2016. want to get your views on hearing about the election of mike johnson. 202-748-8021 for republicans. all others 748-8922. you can see the text number there at the bottom as well. 748-8903. if you do send a text, include your first name and city. we are going to start with a call from mike johnson's own distri

reschenthaler, the honorable rob wittman, the honorable ben cline, the honorable richard hudson, and the honorable john joyce to act as speaker pro tempore pore rarery to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions for the remainder of the 118th congress. signed, sincerely, mike johnson,

hudson, mr. palmer, mrs. mcclain, mr. mccarthy, mr. donalds, mr. hern, mr. bergman, washington, mrs. rogers -- >> john: just doing business in the house now officially appoint mike johnson as speaker of the house, the escort committee and the ceremony for that. let us jump to the rose garden of the white house where the president is holding a press conference with australia's prime minister. let's listen in. >> saudi arabia about making sure there is real hope in the region for a better future. about the need, i mean this sincerely, about the need to work toward a greater integration for israel while insisting that the aspirations of the palestinian people will be part, will be part of that future as well. i'm convinced one of the reasons hamas attacked when they did, i have no proof of this, instinct tells me, because of the progress toward reintegration for israel and overall. and we can't leave that work behind and one more word on this. i continue to be alarmed about extremist settlers attacking palestinians in the west bank that pouring gasoline on fire what it's like. this was a deal, the deal w

hudson river. these were connecticut soldiers, almost certainly from colonel john dirkis 20th continental regiment. one of these arsonists was a mixed man, as i said before. and although surviving records, um, i accidentally did something bad here. let me pull it up again and we'll hope that it's still being shared. yeah, i might need your help. i wait. we're still here. maybe resume slide show. that's okay. let's hope we're still good. sorry about that. okay. oh, although no surviving records list names for this unit's rank and file. most of the men, i think, were probably from new london county, and several were of prob were almost definitely of native american or african-american descent in 1776, most whites felt uneasy about the idea of vengeful, nonwhite men carrying guns and torches. but durkee, who had a storied as a radical leader and had commanded several people color throughout his his career during the revolutionary war, he evidently trusted this brown skinned enough to send him on a well, vote to burn new york the loyalist lawyer, john le chevalier room heard about this mixed race soldi

hudson. >> a recently retired a's player is adding his voice to the growing talk calls for the team's owner johnr to sell the team. trevor may announced in a livestream yesterday that he had retired from major league baseball after 9 years he pitched for the a's in the past season. so in that live stream thanked the oakland organization except for fisher. >> so the team did. i try to get a cell. sure didn't get here fast enough. selig, man. but someone who actually like takes pride in the things they own on something. pick miami, daddy's money. somewhere else work. >> addressing fishers, ongoing efforts to move the team to las vegas. earlier this year, the team announced plans to build a new ballpark in vegas after scrapping talks to build a waterfront stadium in oakland. fisher officially file for permission to move the team in august. authorities are investigating after former forty-niners wide receiver terrell owens was hit by a car on a basketball court. according to reports was playing a pickup game in southern california when he got into some sort of altercation with someone else on the co