Mid-Day Update: October 19th, 2023
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Summary
A shocking development in the case against President Trump. Rep. Keith Souther joins us on The Great America Show to take up the fight for the speakership of the House of Representatives. President Biden delivers an address to the country this evening on his recent trip to Israel.
Transcript
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America show midday update for Thursday, October 19th.
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Republican nominee for Speaker of the House Jim Jordan has agreed to a temporary extension
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of powers to the Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry. Congressman McHenry supports Jordan for the
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Speaker post and this arrangement gives the conference the ability to handle House business
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while gathering the votes to make Jordan Speaker of the House.
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President Biden set to deliver an address to the country this evening on his recent trip
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to Israel and what he plans to do to assure full support of Israel. Biden will also speak
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about the Russia-Ukraine war as support for Ukraine is eroding rapidly. A shocking development
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in the Georgia case against President Trump. Sidney Powell, who once represented the president,
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has pleaded guilty in the case, pleading guilty to conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential
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election results. In return, she gets six years probation, no jail time, and testifies
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against other defendants, including President Trump. The stock market higher, the Dow Jones
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Industrial Index, is now up 100 points. And our guest today on The Great America show is
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Congressman Keith South. We take up the fight for the speakership of the House of Representatives.
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Please join us for that and much more on The Great America show. I'm Lou Dobbs with this