WORK OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HOPING OUR DEAREST FRIENDS IN
ISRAEL. KAILEY: JOINING US IS JULIE AND NICK.
JULIE, FAR AWAY FROM WASHINGTON GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IS CAPABLE OF UNITING AROUND ONE
PERSON.
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT SEEM THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE SAYING THIS IS LIKE AN EPISODE
OF VEEP THAT TURNED INTO THE HOUSE OF CARDS.
THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE WHEN THERE IS A WAR GOING ON
IN ISRAEL, AID IS NEEDED. THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT AID
FOR UKRAINE. IT APPEARS THEY ARE NO CLOSER.
YOU HAVE MIKE ROGERS BASICALLY SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
DEMOCRATIC VOTES. NOTHING I EVER THOUGHT WOULD
HAPPEN THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO BE
DONE. JOE: THAT IS FOR SURE.
LET'S HEAR FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE HOUSE SHOULD I
CAME JEFFREY SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS HIS COLLEAGUES NEED
TO DO.
>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS NEED TO END THE GOP CIVIL WAR.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? HOUSE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE
CLEAR THAT WE ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO FIND A
BIPARTISAN PATH FORWARD BUT WE NEED TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS TO
BREAK FROM THE EXTREMISTS AND PARTNER WITH US FOR THE GOOD OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. JOE: NO ONE COULD HAVE PRICKED THE
EVENTS OF THIS WEEK JUST LIKE WE CANNOT HAVE PRETTY TO THE
EVENTS OF LAST WEEK. WE CANNOT TELL ANYONE WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. IT IS STARTING TO SEEM LIKE IT
MIGHT INVOLVE DEMOCRATS. IS THAT HOW THIS ENDS?
>> IT COULD POSSIBLY INVOLVE DEMOCRATS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT IS BASICALLY EVERYBODY
COMPLETELY SPLITTING FROM THE FREEDOM CAUCUS.
RIGHT NOW THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THESE ATTEMPTS TO APPEASE
THE FREEDOM CAUCUS. THAT REALLY WAS WHAT UNDID
KEVIN MCCARTHY. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY FINALLY
SAID WE ARE SPLITTING WITH YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE
DEMOCRATS, THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO THE DEMOCRATS WANT?
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SAY WE ARE ON BOARD HERE.
THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT AND THEY'RE GOING TO
BE A LOT OF CLOSED DOORS ABOUT THIS.
THIS WILL SHOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SIMPLY CANNOT DO IT BY
ITSELF. KAILEY: IF THEY CANNOT DO IT AND
STRUGGLE TO GET A SPEAKER THAT MEANS IT IS GOING TO BE A
STRUGGLE TO GET ANY AID THROUGH CONGRESS FOR ISRAEL OR
OTHERWISE. WE KNOW THERE ARE STEPS THE
ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING ON ITS OWN. WHERE IS THE LIMIT OF THAT?
>> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION
WANTS TO SAID MUNITIONS. THEY WANT TO SEND AID.
THEY HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THEY WANT TO SEND TO
ISRAEL. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN
DO. THEIR PREPARING A SUPPLEMENTAL.
WE KNOW THIS FROM HAVING SPOKEN TO FOLKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT IS ON ITS WAY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT AN ANSWER QUICKLY.
THE HAMAS WAR COULD TURN INTO A GROUND INVASION BY ISRAEL
WITHIN DAYS. YOU CAN BET THE ADMINISTRATION
IS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL IN ITS BACK POCKET.
JOE: LET'S ASSUME IN ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF A TIMELINE HERE?
IS BEASTLY THE MATTER OF THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA.
WILL THERE BE MORE TIME ALLOWED TO GET THEM OUT OF GAZA BEFORE
TANKS OR TROOPS ROLL IN?
>> THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND RIGHT NOW.
THE INDICATION SO FAR FROM ISRAEL, VERY TOUGH REMARKS FROM
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LAST NIGHT AND OTHER
OFFICIALS SAYING WE ARE NOW AT WAR.
EVERY ISRAEL HE IS A SOLDIER NOW.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS GIVEN THAT THE TANKS AND TROOPS ARE MASSING ON
THE BORDER WITH THE GAZA STRIP IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BE
PREPARED TO MOVE IN WITHOUT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE
HOSTAGES. U.S. OFFICIALS AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS
ARE WORKING ON THAT.
KAILEY: ALL OF THE HOSTAGES AND ALL OF
THE HUMAN STORIES OF EVERYONE WHO HAS FULL LONG VICTIM TO
THIS CONFLICT HAVE BEEN PLASTERED ALL OVER TELEVISIONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU CANNOT ESCAPE FROM IT AT
THIS POINT. I WONDER HOW KNOWING SOME OF
THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THE HORRENDOUS
IMAGES WE ARE SEEING REFLECTS BACK ON THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT CANNOT GET ITSELF TOGETHER.
SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT IS GOING TO AMPLIFY THE POLITICAL
PRESSURE ON THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT CHAMBER?
>> I WOULD EXPECT THAT IT WOULD. HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING
THIS. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS.
PART OF IT IS THE SENATE IS NOT IN THIS WEEK.
I THINK MAYBE THEY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE
ROOM BECAUSE THEY WILL NEED BOTH TO ACT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
THERE IS SO MUCH DEVASTATION. THERE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BE PRESSURE ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE IN THE MAJORITY TO GET THIS DONE SO
THEY CAN HELP. AND THE LONGER THIS GOES ON,
THIS BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR THEM.
AND A MAJOR PROBLEM AS THESE NATIONS NEED AID. JOE:
WE HEARD FROM SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN TODAY IN TEL AVIV.
A PRETTY IMPORTANT VISIT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO WAS
LOOKING AND SOUNDING RATHER PRESIDENTIAL.
LET'S HEAR WHAT HE SAID ABOUT A WIDENING ITINERARY FOR HIS
TROUBLES.
>> I AM HERE. I WILL GO ON TO JORDAN WHY WILL
MEET WITH HIS MAJESTY AND WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
PRESIDENT. OVER THE COMING DAYS WILL VISIT
WITH LEADERS IN SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, EGYPT
AND QATAR. ACROSS EACH OF THESE
ENGAGEMENTS WE WILL CONTINUE PRESSING COUNTRIES TO PREVENT
THE CONFLICT FROM SPREADING INTO USE OUR LEVERAGE WITH
HAMAS TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE THE
HOSTAGES. JOE: HE IS THE FACE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ALSO HEARING FROM ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IN
WASHINGTON ABOUT THE $6 BILLION THAT HAD BEEN UNFROZEN.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE BEING RE-FROZEN AS PART OF THE
IRANIAN PRISONER SWAP. REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL
HAVE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. WHERE DOES IT STAND?
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID IRAN IS NOT GOING TO GET A
SENSE OF THAT MONEY. THIS FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT ERA.
THIS WAS SEPTEMBER -- LESS THAN A MONTH AGO THE ADMINISTRATION
IS TRYING TO DE-ESCALATE TENSIONS WITH IRAN AS PART OF A
PRISONER SWAP THEY SAY YOU CAN HAVE THE SIX BULLION DOLLARS TO
SPEND ON HUMANITARIAN GOODS AND MEDICINE.
AND NOW THE POLITICAL COST OF ALLOWING ANY MONEY TO GO TO
IRAN GIVING THEIR LEGIT INVOLVEMENT, POSSIBLY KNOWLEDGE
OF BUT CERTAINLY LONG TIME SUPPORT FOR HAMAS MAKES THAT
UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
LIKELY TO EXPECT IRAN IS NOT GOING TO SEE A SENSE OF THAT
MONEY.