Pamela, it's almost Halloween, Halloween. Can we start celebrating now? Not quite yet, Rye.

Okay, how about now? Still no, but maybe at the end we can start. That's all I needed to hear. I'm Ryan Willard.

And I'm Pamela Kirkland.

It's Tuesday, October 24th.

This is 10 things you need to know.

Today's word of the week is speakership.

Speakership is defined as, well, the position of being a speaker.

And since 1789, the United States House of Representatives have elected a speaker as the body's presiding officer and the leader of the House.

But what's happened since Kevin McCarthy was fired from his role as U.S. Speaker?

Last week, Democrats and Republicans were busy voting to elect GOP rep Jim Jordan as the new Speaker

of the House.

And after two failed attempts to win the Gabble, the House is leaning toward expanding interim

Speaker Patrick McHenry's powers in an effort to unfreeze the House.

In other political news, President Joe Biden traveled to Israel on Wednesday, October 18th,

to display support and work toward a deal to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza.

President Biden was able to work out an agreement between

Israel and Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Cisi, who agreed to reopen Egypt's border crossing,

allowing up to 20 trucks to carry humanitarian aid supplies to people in Gaza.

In addition to the deal, the president provided reassurance and support from the U.S.

in an effort to ease growing tensions and avoid a wider war.

Now for some good gaming news, Minecraft became the first video game to hit 300 million sales worldwide.

The head of Minecraft Studios, Helen Chang, said that the 300 million figure was a milestone

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