the temporary speaker is patrick mckinley, a north carolina republican. but he will just be a start, get position. republicans are now already starting to talk about when the boat is going to happen. and most importantly, who's going to stand for the post of speak up of the house. and we're an uncharted territory. only we've got both sides hobbling now to decide the next move. a very much so remembering as well, that part of the reason full of this is the incredibly slipping republican majority in the house. what's, that's the majority. it means that a group of a todd line just for example, tended to them in the course of the republican party. and that is what has happened in recent months. and that is what has play given the coffee a speaker, is that a small group or contract republicans were able to drive the direction of the entire republican. cool, cuz now that is the patients are going to continue in this coming leadership race and very difficult to see how the is going to be in agreement on the next speaker of the house. or indeed, that they will be

there is now a temporary speaker of the house in place in patrick mckinley and there is no precedential role, any kind of new legislation or bills or, in this case, new defence funding for israel would need a permanent speaker of the house to be there and to bring that business to the floor and see it through. the situation we have right now is that we do not have a speaker of the republicans are due to meet next week and potentially vote on wednesday and that may be a delay for some people. we have seen many different members of congress speaking out online including mike lawlor in new york saying to the point bring back kevin mccarthy. that is the urgency with which many lawmakers see the situation. of course, support for israel is very much in the united states a ipad is an issue. statements have been coming out online on both sides of the aisle in support of israel. but it truly is an unprecedented situation. another open question, of course, is that the united states as it stands does not have an ambassador to israel. president biden nominated jack lew, the former treasury secre