The Kuhner Report 10/17/2023 [FULL SHOW] Joe Biden will visit Israel to demonstrate staunch support for the country as it works to eliminate Hamas

TOPICS: Joe Biden will make an extraordinary wartime visit to Israel this week as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the Jewish state as it works to eliminate Hamas terrorist organization.

Aides said Biden had expressed a strong interest in making the journey after being invited over the weekend by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Biden has known for four decades. He spent Monday deliberating over the trip at the White House with his top national security and intelligence advisers.

Biden will also travel to Jordan, where he will meet with King Abdullah II and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt.

The security risks of a diplomatic visit to Israel were starkly illustrated Monday when Blinken, in his meeting with Netanyahu, was forced to shelter in place after air sirens warned of incoming rockets. White House officials said they'd carefully weighed the risks of a presidential visit, and deemed it safe enough both to execute and announce ahead of time. Should Biden go to israel?

Also, the House of Representatives will vote on electing a new speaker on Tuesday, as the conservative congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio looks to win the gavel following the historic ouster of the Republican Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.