mr. hoyer: i think it one surprising if that conversation hadn't occurred. we have a house that is now -- that has now been shut down by the extreme right of their party. four weeks now. this is our first day of meetings. so we'll see. that needs to stop. the way it stops is for them to decide to go to a place where they can get votes, as opposed to going to a place where they lost votes. he got less than mccarthy got. so we'll see what happens. reporter: what does a consensus look like, the logistics look like in real life? do you think the democrats would nominate anyone other than jeffries? mr. hoyer: no we're going to nominate jeffries. we'll see what mr. jeffries says. but they have right now more votes than we do, they have more members than we do. but we need a speaker who is responsible. a speak we are an appreciation for the institution's role, for democracy, making our government work, making america stable. confidence-building rather than confidence-destroying. reporter: so in practi

mr. hoyer: we have to discuss what the terms of that are. but it was important for us to get the congress working on behalf of the american people. and the way we move forward is in a bipartisan fashion. that's the way we are going to move forward. that's wait we'll get the congress working -- that's the way we'll get the congress working. the extreme element of the republican party has now shut down the congress for maybe three weeks since september 1. by not voting for rules. by not being able to elect a speaker. whatever the reasons are. that's not good for the american people. we have some real crises going on around the country. israel, we need to make sure we act on behalf of israel and its people. we need to make -- by wait, humanitarian aid for palestinians as well. we also need to act on ukraine. we need to act on the budget that's coming up, the c.r. that's coming up. and for a longer term. we have a lot to do in this country. we need to act on behalf of the disaster relief. continuing to refuse when you can't do anything yourself

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. for millenia, the jews of the world have been subject all over the world to prejudice, hate, and violence. mr. speaker, i have visited a kibbutz over four types in the last 25 years. it was a place of community. and on october 7, hamas turned it into a place of slaughter. this brutal terrorist organization will pursue its genocidal, anti-semitic mission to fight and kill jews. that's their purpose. the jewish state of israel will cease to exist if their objectives are achieved. hamas will not yield. and neither can we. as the resolution makes clear, we will stand by our ally, israel. have their back, mr. chairman. dozens of american civilians have been killed, wounded, held captive in this war. we have seen the scourge of anti-semitism here in america. 30 more seconds? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 30 seconds. mr. hoyer: we must follow this resolution with action and we must all vote for this resolution and speak with one voice.

>> first of all, speaker pelosi and mr. hoyer have said very clearly they don't care about offices.i, for that matter. we have people struggling to pay their mortgage, struggling to pay their bills, 100,000 troops stationed in europe that is at war right now, troops around the world, fighting, making great sacrifices away from their family to keep us safe. i have no time, no patience to have petty fights about offices. speaker pro tem wants to do that, that's their decision. we have greater things to do than to have night fight that is bear on the american people. >> congressman jason crow, it's good to have you on the program. we do appreciate your time, thank you. >>> new ethical questions surrounding congressman matt gaetz and his political future. was vengeance the motivating factor to oust speaker mccarthy? but first, any minute it's at 2:20 eastern time. your phone is going to start beeping very loudly, and so will every other phone in america. it is a nationwide emergency alert test. there is no way to avoid the noise without turning your phone off entirely, and if you do tha

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. for millenia, the jews of the world have been subject all over the world to prejudice, hate, and violence. mr. speaker, i have visited a kibbutz over four types in the last 25 years. it was a place of community. and on october 7, hamas turned it into a place of slaughter. this brutal terrorist organization will pursue its genocidal, anti-semitic mission to fight and kill jews. that's their purpose. the jewish state of israel will cease to exist if their objectives are achieved. hamas will not yield. and neither can we. as the resolution makes clear, we will stand by our ally, israel. have their back, mr. chairman. dozens of american civilians have been killed, wounded, held captive in this war. we have seen the scourge of anti-semitism here in america. 30 more seconds? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 30 seconds. mr. hoyer: we must follow this resolution with action and we must all vote for this resolution and speak with one voice.

mr. speaker pro tem, i am proud to nominate hakeem jeffries for speaker. i yield back. [ applause ] >> nancy pelosi, in a blue suit behind him, and steny hoyer, the old guardtainly, nancy pelosi playing a key role as a close confidante. patrick mchenry, let's see what he has to say if there are any other nominations. >> the names of the honorable jim jordan, representative from the state of ohio and honorable hakeem jeffries, representative from the state of new york have been placed in nomination. are there further nominations? there being no further nominations, the chair appoints the following tellers. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. style, the gentleman from new york, mr. morelli, the gentleman from georgia, mr. lauder milk, the gentlewoman from alabama, miss seoul. the tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speaker's rossum. >> garrett haake, there you got it, two candidates head to head, we'll see who votes present or whether or not they have more votes right now for jim jordan. he needs the 217 to go over the top. and you do have one absent. >> that's right, andrea. the absence likely won't affect the total at l

hoyer: i don't think we have to nominate jeffries, but we'll see what mr. jeffries says. right now they have right now more votes than we do. they have more members than we do. but we need a speaker who is responsible. a speaker who has an appreciation for the institution's role in our democracy and making our government work. and in making america stable and confidence building rather than confidence destroying. >> in practice, if republicans chose someone who met those standards, would democrats just not show up for the vote and let that person become speaker? i guess i'm curious what that would look like. rep. hoyer: a lot of different ways. one option is we vote for the speaker that we think will be responsible and effective. we have an acting speaker that i think wants to be responsible. so, there are a lot of options available to us. >> would you support giving mchenry more power? rep. hoyer: that is one option. i am not going to choose my options at this point in time, but i would choose an option that has the house of representatives working on behalf of the ameri