Scot Bertram, Senator John Fetterman is calling on the full Senate to vote to expel fellow Democrat Bob Menendez from the chamber.

Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for

 

–Friday, October 13th 2023—

 

—Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — Israel is warning the United Nations to evacuate over a million people in Gaza.  On Thursday, UN officials said the Israeli Ministry of Defense told them to notify Palestinians living in the northern areas of Gaza to evacuate to the southern part of the strip in the next 24 hours.  

Two—   Steve Scalise is withdrawing from the race to become the next Speaker of the House.  He announced at a conference meeting Thursday night he would be pulling out of the race following a day full of meetings with fellow Republicans.  It appeared unlikely he would get the needed 217 members of his own party to vote for him on the floor.

 

Three -- Senator John Fetterman is calling on the full Senate to vote to expel fellow Democrat Bob Menendez from the chamber. The New Jersey lawmaker is facing new charges suggesting he acted as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt, on top of the bribery allegations he was indicted on with his wife last month.  Pennsylvanian Fetterman said in a statement that Menendez should have been gone long ago.