The Great America Show - October 25, 2023


Mid-Day Update： October 25th, 2023


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

147.54099

Word Count

267

Sentence Count

20


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.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 I'm Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show, midday update for October 25th.
00:00:05.240 The vote for a new Speaker of the House underway this afternoon,
00:00:09.160 and if he wins a majority of the votes, 217 of them,
00:00:13.720 Congressman Mike Johnson will be elected Speaker of the House,
00:00:17.340 the third most powerful position in the chain of succession in the U.S. government.
00:00:21.940 That position vacant since October 3rd when Kevin McCarthy was removed from the post.
00:00:27.540 If elected, Mike Johnson's four terms in office will make him the most inexperienced Speaker since 1883.
00:00:36.480 Joe Biden's favorability rating has fallen further to a four-year low,
00:00:41.020 only 37 percent with favorable views of the president.
00:00:45.180 The Biden White House and Pentagon are ignoring 13 attacks against our troops in the past week
00:00:51.120 by terrorist groups sponsored by Iran.
00:00:53.820 Those attacks by rockets and drones at bases in Syria and Iraq.
00:00:59.800 24 of our troops wounded.
00:01:01.660 U.S. Central Command calls their wounds minor, and all of them have returned to duty.
00:01:07.080 A surprising jump in new home sales, which rose 19 percent last month,
00:01:11.660 despite the highest mortgage interest rates in more than 23 years.
00:01:15.540 And September's sales, the highest number of homes sold since February of last year.
00:01:21.340 And median prices for new homes sold now, $418,000.
00:01:27.380 On The Great America Show today, our guest is Kash Patel,
00:01:30.900 Trump advisor and former top DOD official and Department of Justice prosecutor.
00:01:36.260 We're talking about GOP leadership, the corrupt Biden regime, and the Israel-Hamas war.
00:01:42.800 Please join us today and every day.
00:01:45.560 I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Midday Update.