October 18, 2023: Why Jim Jordan’s Speaker bid is teetering

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

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After failing well short of the necessary 217 votes, Rep. Jim Jordan scrambled yesterday to rescue his campaign for House speaker. But with a whopping 20 members of his own party breaking ranks, he's got serious work to do ahead of a second floor vote scheduled for 11 a.m. today. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade and Editor Mike DeBonis discuss whether Jordan has any hope of salvaging his bid for the gavel and what might happen if he can't. Plus, a hospital attack in Gaza leaves hundreds dead and complicates President Biden’s trip to the Middle East. That, plus all the news you need to know today.

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0:00.0	Presented by Business Roundtable.
0:06.2	Hey, good morning.
0:07.5	I'm Playbook editor Mike DeBonis.
0:09.3	It's Wednesday, October 18th.
0:11.5	And what's driving the day is that we are on day 16, 16 with no elected speaker of the
0:18.1	House.
0:18.9	More on that in a moment.
0:20.7	But first, some tragic news out
0:22.1	of the tragic situation in the Middle East. Hundreds were reported dead in a blast yesterday
0:26.8	at a hospital in Gaza City. What exactly happened is under dispute. Palestinian officials
0:32.7	blamed an Israeli bombing, while the Israel Defense Force said it was a misfired rocket from
0:37.4	Palestinian militants.
0:38.9	What we do know is that the incident has prompted the cancellation of part of President
0:43.2	Joe Biden's trip to the region, a visit to Jordan, where he was scheduled to meet with King Abdullah,
0:49.0	President Abdul Fata El-Sisi of Egypt, and Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian National Authority.
0:55.2	That is now not happening, but Biden remains en route to Tel Aviv, where he's expected to meet
1:00.5	with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
1:05.2	Now, closer to home, world events are hanging over the paralysis in the House, but they
1:09.3	haven't done much to move them
1:10.8	forward. Joining me now to discuss the latest is senior Washington correspondent and play with
1:16.4	co-author, Rachel Bade. Good morning, Rachel. Good morning. Big day yesterday. So walk us
1:22.9	through what happened, and I have to know what was the most surprising thing to you?
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