Mid-Day Update: October 25th, 2023
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Summary
The vote for a new Speaker of the House is underway today, and if he wins a majority of the votes, Rep. Mike Johnson will be elected Speaker, the third most powerful position in the chain of succession in the U.S. government that has been vacant since October 3rd when Kevin McCarthy was removed from the post.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show, midday update for October 25th.
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The vote for a new Speaker of the House underway this afternoon,
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and if he wins a majority of the votes, 217 of them,
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Congressman Mike Johnson will be elected Speaker of the House,
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the third most powerful position in the chain of succession in the U.S. government.
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That position vacant since October 3rd when Kevin McCarthy was removed from the post.
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If elected, Mike Johnson's four terms in office will make him the most inexperienced Speaker since 1883.
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Joe Biden's favorability rating has fallen further to a four-year low,
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only 37 percent with favorable views of the president.
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The Biden White House and Pentagon are ignoring 13 attacks against our troops in the past week
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Those attacks by rockets and drones at bases in Syria and Iraq.
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U.S. Central Command calls their wounds minor, and all of them have returned to duty.
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A surprising jump in new home sales, which rose 19 percent last month,
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despite the highest mortgage interest rates in more than 23 years.
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And September's sales, the highest number of homes sold since February of last year.
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And median prices for new homes sold now, $418,000.
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On The Great America Show today, our guest is Kash Patel,
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Trump advisor and former top DOD official and Department of Justice prosecutor.
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We're talking about GOP leadership, the corrupt Biden regime, and the Israel-Hamas war.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Midday Update.