Monday Morning Politics with the House Minority Leader
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Representative (D NY-8th, Brooklyn) and House minority leader, talks about the latest national political news as Republicans in the House try to figure out who the next speaker will be and Israel declares war.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Bryan Laira Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. First of all, today the words |
| 0:13.6 | are not sufficient. Our condolences to anyone who has lost someone you knew personally |
| 0:19.3 | in the terrorist attack on Israel or the Israeli military response. And of course, none of |
| 0:24.6 | its over. So we acknowledge the fear and more losses to come. How horrible that, for example, |
| 0:30.6 | a music festival and other civilian targets were hit and their hostage is still, by all reports, |
| 0:37.9 | and even in a justified military response, the loss of life in Gaza is also a tragedy, |
| 0:44.6 | especially of civilians there too. So our condolences and sympathies and hopes for peace as soon |
| 0:51.5 | as possible, as little good as it does to even say the words, but just to acknowledge everybody's |
| 0:58.2 | pain and horror at the outset today. Among those reacting is the House Minority Leader Hakeem |
| 1:04.7 | Jeffries, who joins us now, the Democrat from Brooklyn and Queens, who was already scheduled to |
| 1:09.8 | be with us today to talk about the chaos in the House of Representatives and the path forward |
| 1:15.1 | to avoid a government shutdown by the latest deadline in the middle of next month in this country. |
| 1:20.5 | And even the possibility, slim, though it may be, it's not zero, that a coalition government |
| 1:26.6 | could wind up with him being the next speaker in the House of Representatives. Over the weekend, |
| 1:31.9 | Jeffries released a statement saying, quote, America stands firmly and unequivocally with Israel. |
| 1:39.3 | We will strongly support Israel's right to defend herself from this despicable attack that targeted |
| 1:44.6 | civilians, including Israeli children, with rockets, gunfire, and violent kidnappings. |
| 1:50.4 | The Congress must stand with Israel until the invasion by Hamas has been crushed, |
| 1:55.0 | and security in southern Israel and throughout the country has been permanently restored, |
| 2:00.5 | unquote, from Hakeem Jeffries, who does join us now. Leader Jeffries always good to have you on |
| 2:05.8 | the show. And in a different world than we thought we'd be when we confirmed this appearance on |
| 2:11.0 | Friday. Welcome back to WNYC. Good morning, Brian. Good to be with you as always. |
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