4th GOP Debate, Alleged Sexual Violence By Hamas, McCarthy To Leave Congress
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Presidential candidate nicky hailey is rising in the polls, which arrivals acknowledge by piling on and last night night debate.

I love all the attention fells. Thank you for that.

But how do they take on Donald trump?

I am a shama in that, Steve in skip, and this is up first from npr news. Elle's ambassage, called the united ation, slowed to criticize sexual .

violence by hamas, opposed the defenders of all women, showed that when IT comes to israel's, indifference is acceptable. How is the U.

N. responding? Also.

former house speaker Kevin mcArthur live in congress in california. Numerous candidates were already competing for his job.

He had made a lot of promises, and he really had to delivered much for .

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Republican chAllenges to Donald trump got a little more time to speak in last night's presidential debate.

That's because there are fewer candidates than in prior debates. Nicki hailey and descent tiz are contending to become trump's main chAllenger. Meanwhile, vivax rama swami continue to position himself as an equite of trump, and Chris sti s trumps fiercest critic.

npr politics reporter, human bio, was listening to all of them at the university of obama. Good morning. Good morning. So what, if anything, was new was the candidates talk last night?

Well, a lot of the topics were the same that we've seen in the last three debates. But from the beginning, business man for vectra, a. Sani and florida governor run scientists turned their attention to former U.

N. Ambassage nicky hai in the news nation debate. Hailey flipped this into a compliment.

I love all the attention fell us. Thank you for that.

The santis and rama swami drew comparisons with hailey, and they launched jobs against commons. They say a hai has made in the past. They also criticized her past roles such as being on the board of boeing. And on top of that, halley recently received the endorsement of the influential coke network, a powerhouse conservative funding network.

And in terms of these donors that are supporting me, they're just jealous. They wish that they were supporting them, but i'm not going to sit there.

Bush is behind trump in the polls in some of the first primary states, like eyes on new hampshire. Still, the dynamic on stage made IT seem like he is the alternative to trump that the rest need to be.

Of course, trumpet is many, many points ahead in all polls, on national polls against all of these candidates, and even ahead in some of the early primary states. How are these candidates trying, if at all, to distinguish themselves from trump? At this late date.

most are still threading the middle of not criticizing him, but still advocating for themselves as the best next leader for the republican party. The biggest credit continues to be former new jersey governor Christie. Here he is in last night's .

news nation to be let me make IT clear. His contact is unacceptable. He's unfit. And be careful what you're gonna.

If you ever got another Donald trump term, he's will let me, you know, I am your retribution. He will only be eliza's. He will only be his own retribution.

He doesn't care for the american people. It's Donald trump. First.

for the most part, everyone else side step questions about trump, with the scientist refusing the answer whether he believed the former president is mentally, if fit, to hold the office. Haye, though, did criticize the trump era as not being tough enough on china and increasing federal debt.

I want to take note the location here we mention the university of alabama is the first republican debate, this time to be hosted on a college campus. What did the candidates have to say that is relevant to Younger voters?

Well, the R N C told me ahead of the debate that they expected hundreds of students to attend. And this voting group is really important. Candidates did talk about some of the issues that I hear Young voters are concerned about.

One of those issues is affordable housing and being able to buy a home in your hometown. Hai was asked about the government's role in increasing affordable housing, but SHE pivoted instead to criticizing federal spending. Another big issue for Young voters is student loan debt, which president biden is trying to forgive. Scientists opposes this plan and last night spoke about requiring universities to back the loans. And he wants students to be able to discharge their loans through bankrupcy.

Oh oh, his his platform says that if you want to get out of a student loan file for bankrupt yourself, that's what he saying, right?

Yes, which currently that's difficult to do.

OK np c manibus tio is in tesco. Lusa a obama. Thanks so much.

Thank you.

We turned out to an aspect of israel's war with homos that israel says is not getting enough attention.

that is, reports of widespread sexual violence in the homes attack that started this latest conflict. Israel's ambassador to the united nations, gillon are dawn, says the U. N. Has been too .

slow to speak out. Sadly, the very international bodies that are supposedly the defenders of all women showed that when IT comes to israeli is indifference is acceptable in the machine climate .

was listening as israeli made their case at the united nations. And we should advise you that over the next three or four minutes we're going to hear some graphic descriptions of sexual violence, of Michelle. Good morning.

good.

What are these really saying about some of the things that happened on october seventh when homes attacked?

Well, the israeli mission ed to the U. N. Brought a police woman in some rescue workers to speak on monday, and they brought with them some testimonies from survivors and also some graphic details about the bodies they found in the wake of the hamas attack. I want you to listen to police chief superintendent yae right out, who read out some testimonies from those who survived an attack on a dance party. And again, i'll just note that this is a very graphic description of the scene.

Everything was an apocalypse of corpses. Girls without any clothes on, without tops, without underwear. There were girls with a broken pElvis due to repetitive rates, the legs were spread wide apart in a split SHE played videos of some .

of the witnesses who survived that attack on the dance party that was also a short clip that the israeli say was, have captured homos fighters talking about rape. Now homos denies that its fighters were involved in sexual violence, but some of the other speakers at that event at the n. Said they found bodies of women naked from the waste down and shot in the back of the head. They found generals mutilated on many other bodies. The descriptions were just terrified.

Now israel is not just saying that hamas did these things, but that the united nations has had little to say or not enough to say about IT. How does the U. N. respond?

U. N. Secretary general, and to only a good terrorist caused the reports appalling.

U. N, women, which is the part of the U. N. That focuses on women's issues and the one that ambassador done was criticizing, said that it's deeply shocked by the account that said that U.

N, procedures can appear to be slow moving, but insists that they have been following these reports closely. Now all these U. N.

Officials are also calling for a ceasefire in gaza. The secretary general says there is nowhere safe. And gaza right now for palestinians, as israel responds to the human attack.

what is the U. S. Government saying .

present midence says that the world can't look away and must condemn the sexual violence by hamas, and his administration has even suggested that this issue may have scuttled the hostage deal. Hamas had been releasing women and children in exchange for palestinian prisoners and a pause and fighting, but that deal collapsed last week and bite and pointed out that her is still holding some Young women. And he said, that's what broke the deal homos cause that a lie. But they haven't explained why they're still holding female civilians, including in american, by the way.

the empires. Michelle, climate, thanks for your insights.

Really appreciated. Thank you.

Kevin mccarthy made history this year as the only house speaker to be removed in a vote by his colleagues.

and now he has decided to leave congress entirely, announcing this week that he will resign by the end of this year, which means he won't be finishing his term.

We did our part, and when the stakes with the highest we rose to the chAllenge, we were willing to risk at all, no matter the odds, no matter the personal cost.

So that time a carthy cast his departure. But what do people think in his district around Bakers field, california, which mccarthy represented for more than a decade? Just a eager covers that area for our member station. K, V, P, R, is on the line. Good morning.

Good morning.

What are you hearing around the district?

Well.

a colleague and iran around talking to constituents here, mcArthur be a political lightning raw nationally, but here he's really well liked. Some voters were disappointed to see his own party throw them out when ryan heart is a republican and he questioned the party's direction.

I just don't like their future, just like they're too bickering and learn. They are just not as strong as they used to be.

I think in recent months, though, some trump supporters I spoke to in Baker filled had become a sour on mccarthy. He was caught between the factions of a deeply fraction party.

Okay, but who wants to replace him? Now.

a lot of people. Mccarthy's loss of support within his party has unleashed a political feeding frenzy. here.

Candidates on both sides of the aisle lined up to run for this hotly contested sea after he was removed as speaker. There are about half a dozen, some democrats, some republican. David julio is one of them. He's a self described amErica first republican, and I called them up.

And in everything, everything that's wrong with politics, he had made a lot of promises, and he really had to delivered much for the central valley and for the nation.

All these candidates were planning to run for the seat in twenty twenty four. Now that mccarthy is leaving, the governor could call a special election sooner. That's up to him. Candidates who went to run for the congressional term that would start in january twenty twenty five have until next week to file, according to the california secretary of state office.

okay. Um so there's a lot of uncertainty here, but what we do know is that mccarthy was a was a big figure in his party for a moment of what does this departure mean for republicans. Well.

in congress, IT makes the house for republicans majority even smaller. Mccarthy has also been a fun raising giant for the party. He says he plans to continue supporting republic and candidates across the country, but the G, O P will no doubt feel their pursuing tighten come this next election season.

Now democrats may be tantalized by the possibility of flipping a seat held by a formal republican leader and how speaker, but their chances are slim. Even with mouthy gone, this district is still one of the retest in california. Trump Carried by some ten points here in twenty, twenty.

Just eager of K, V, P, R. Thanks so much. Thank you.

And that's up first for this thursday, december seventh. I'm Steve s.

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