Speaker Jim Jordan?
President Biden prepares to visit Israel as he tries to prevent a wider war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Trump’s opponents attack him for criticizing Israel, and Judge Tanya Chutkan hits him with a gag order. Republicans inch closer to making election-denier Jim Jordan Speaker. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins to discuss the Democrats’ plan to address the chaos in Congress, and Crooked’s own political expert Shaniqua McClendon drops by to talk about the most important races in 2023.Get your virtual tickets to Pod Save America live from DC now at MOMENT.CO/PSA.Correction: the episode states that election day is four weeks away, but it is three weeks away, on November 7th. Visit votesaveamerica.com to learn more.
- Duration
- 1h 11m
- Broadcast on
- 17 Oct 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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(upbeat music) - Welcome to Playa-Tave America, I'm John Fabro. - I'm John Lovett, pro temperate. - I'm Tommy B. Torre. - Oh boy. - Something I started. - I really. - Quick note before we begin, if you can't make our live show in DC this Thursday night, the good news is that we'll be livestreaming the event on Moment.co. It's gonna be a great show, we got John Fetterman, Jose Andres, Virginia State Center, Jennifer Carroll-Foy, and guest host Simone Sanders. - Hey, what a lineup. - What a lineup, you can get your virtual tickets at Moment.co/PSA. On today's show, we're gonna talk about House Republicans inching closer to making Jim Jordan, speaker of the house. - Sucks to say hello. - Sucks. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will join to talk about the Democrats' plan and crooked's own political guru, Shaniqua McClendon. We'll stop by to talk about the big 2023 races we're watching for an election that's exactly four weeks from today. But first, let's start with the Israel Hamas war and how it's affecting U.S. politics. Hamas has killed more than 1,300 people in Israel and taken nearly 200 hostages. Israeli retaliatory strikes have killed at least 2,800 people and the government has ordered more than half a million in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes in preparation for an imminent ground invasion. The U.S. and other governments are trying to prevent the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from getting worse and stop the war from expanding. President Biden talked about this in a sit-down with 60 minutes. Let's listen. - Are you asking Israel to establish a humanitarian corridor in that area or get humanitarian supplies? - Yes, our team is talking about that. And whether there could be a safe zone, we're also talking with the Egyptians. - You would like to see humanitarian supplies
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President Biden prepares to visit Israel as he tries to prevent a wider war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Trump’s opponents attack him for criticizing Israel, and Judge Tanya Chutkan hits him with a gag order. Republicans inch closer to making election-denier Jim Jordan Speaker. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins to discuss the Democrats’ plan to address the chaos in Congress, and Crooked’s own political expert Shaniqua McClendon drops by to talk about the most important races in 2023.Get your virtual tickets to Pod Save America live from DC now at MOMENT.CO/PSA.Correction: the episode states that election day is four weeks away, but it is three weeks away, on November 7th. Visit votesaveamerica.com to learn more.