Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Garrett Hake, reporting in Washington, where the House

of Representatives remains without a speaker.

After House Republicans this afternoon once again tried and failed to rally behind their

nominee.

Right now, Republicans are trying to figure out what comes next after House Judiciary

Chair and former President Trump's pick for speaker Jim Jordan fell well short of

the 217 votes needed to secure the gavel.

Jordan's team says they plan to try again later today.

We will bring you the very latest in a moment.

But we begin right now with breaking news tied to the escalating war between Israel and

Hamas.

Here in Washington, President Biden is expected to depart this afternoon for Israel and

for Jordan for high-stakes wartime visit to the Middle East, coming as Israel prepares

for a grounded vision of the Gaza Strip.

This all comes amid an apparent deadly strike on a hospital and we want to warn you some

of the footage you're about to see is disturbing.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, hundreds have been killed in a hospital bombing

in North Gaza.

This is new video that appears to show paramedics rushing to the scene of the hospital that

was struck.

Palestinian authorities have blamed Israel.

The Israeli military says they did not carry out the strike and that their intelligence

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