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Freshmen israel is on the move. We win. We are determined to continue to strike our enemies return our residents to their homes and returned all of our hostages our nic robertson has the latest now from tel aviv, lets talk about hezbollahs response so far, nic and what youre seeing from where you are yeah. The response from hezbollah, not as expected. One of their rockets was either intercepted or came down in the west bank. Thats the one that trip i get the alarms in jerusalem. A couple of hour...

house. both sides pointed to negotiating teams to focus on the issue and two sources familiar with the discussions say they held a late night meeting at the capitol. we have a shot at exactly the roosevelt room right where the president is expected to come out and speak in just a few seconds, but i want to go with nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. good morning. there is only 15 days left until the june 1st deadline. where do things stand now and where do they go from here? >> ...

the push to better police congressional staff training. two thirds of us want this done. the big surprise? lawmakers are dragging their feet. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. >> good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we got a lot of ground to cover tonight, so lets get smarter. after days of hearing pleas to do something, president biden went on television this evening to ask congress to save the children from americas killing fields. surrounded by 56 can...

Bill because they recognized that it was a consensus bill. it was not an extreme position in any way. >> reporter: this bill was able to pass because of previously democratic lawmakers switched parties. that gave the republicans the super majority, the ability to override the governors veto. i did have a conversation with planned parenthood as well and while they do push back on the idea that the 12-week ban is a consensus position, they are concerned about other provisions of the legislation. t...

Different opinions on non colonial option is the best for the people of work to rico. the consensus bill before us today clearly defines puerto ricos non-territory of status option, namely free association independent and statehood. it is the first time congress recognizes the free association as a separate, d colonizing formula. >> new york congresswoman nydia valasquez, she is the first puerto rican woman elected to the house of representatives in 1992. congresswoman, thank you for taking this...

Somewhere on or about august 23rd. we are moving in the right direction. you know, i want to give a special acknowledgement to senators klobuchar, merkley, warnock, testily, manchin, the entire group that continued to work even in the recess to find common ground on a consensus bill. im not giving up on the senate and i know the u.s. senate is not giving up on us. we are holding the line and going day by day, but we care about the democracy and willing to make the sacrifice. >> you mentioned som...

I think thats an important landmark because the president campaigned on this issue, he argued that if he were in the white house he would be able to get republicans to work with him. this is a clear demonstration of him following through on that campaign promise. >> we will watch that overnight. another issue that the president campaigned on, voting rights. and i understand you have some reporting on that. >> thats right. lawmakers have been working on the democratic side for more than a month...

Washington d.c.. all these things together is what is causing this movement. at the end of the day, republicans and legislatures nu. but you see the pressing need of mobilization from all of these areas, but ultimately it has to be a federal level protection. just like we saw in 1965. >> so if thats the goal, bill kristol, for folks who want to do something about protecting peoples right to vote. the president on passing a narrower voting rights bill, but what are the chances that republicans ar...

Culminate in washington, d.c. a month from now. all of these pieces together are what is causing this movement because, look, at the end of the day the republicans in legislatures across the southern states and some other states as well have the numbers. but as a result of that you see the pressing need of mobilization from all of these different areas as were seeing right now, but ultimately it has to be a federal-level protection just like we saw in 1965. >> so if thats the goal, bill kristol,...

Either? >> the president has always advocated for the bill that i and mike mccaul introduced way back at the beginning of the year, but he came in last night to emphasize how important it is to pass a bill and therefore he indicated that he was 1,000% behind the new consensus bill as well. >> even if it has a pathway for dreamers that as you know some of the more hardline folks in congress are not comfortable with, that you think that this will happen and will get enough votes? >> both of these ...