after months of dithering, delay, and denial, the house has finally passed for an eight legislation for our allies. with 311 votes, including all the democrats, $61 billion in desperately needed funding for ukraine, part of it in the form of a loan, was approved. the big bipartisan vote was also notable for one big reason. 112 republicans voted against it. that is more than half the republican majority, ostensibly in control of the house. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy thanked congress and speaker mike johnson, citing the aid will keep the war from expanding and save thousands of lives. the house also passed three other bills. one includes $26 billion in aid
russians want to take. alex. >> yeah, right near that city of bakhmut, that ukrainian fought in font so long to defend fred pleitgen back in kyiv. thank you so much for that reporting, joining us now is democratic congressman john gear menu of california has a senior member that how senate armed services committee, congressman. thank you so much for joining us. how are you now feeling after voting on these foreign aid package? i can just yesterday, you voted in favor of funding for ukraine and the indo-pacific, but against the israel funding well, i'm very, very pleased about the ukraine funding. >> this is a long, long time candy coming the president. six months ago asked me that money be made available for ukraine and the dithering that went on with speaker johnson and the republicans was almost tragic for the success of the ukraine. now, going forward as you just heard, it's not only the munitions, but it is the psychological support that comes from this particular funding source now the package
i do expect democrats to step in and help support mike johnson, really because this is -- these are critical matters that need to get passed. also, there's very little legislation of consequence between now and the end of the year. i think what hakeem jeffries and democrats largely know is, you can bail him out now. that doesn't mean you have to be in a relationship forever. this can be a short-term relationship until democrats take back the house or until republicans topple mike johnson next january. >> i guess it's speed dating or something on the house floor. charlie sykes, the ukraine aid likely to pass. it could almost be too late given how many losses they have suffered. a lot of people have died in the last six months while, frankly, these people have been screwing around. >> they have been dithering. let's not pass over what an extraordinary this is. you have a temporary break in
labour has accused him of dithering and delaying while the country wants change. next, a plan by arsenal to tackle knife crime in london. if you're watching their fa cup match against liverpool on sunday, you might notice their players wearing a white kit. a bit like this. it's part of the no more red campaign, and the aim is to keep young people safe from crime through safe spaces and job opportunities. a few other stories now — and we've all been a bit amazed by 16—year—old darts player luke littler, and now he's been chosen to play in this year's premier league. he might have lost last night's world championship final, but still earns 200 grand. not a bad start to the new year. new year, but no new music from britney any time soon. there have been reports she's working on an album, but in an insta post, she says the news is trash and that she'll never return to the music industry. and time to leave you with 10 seconds of elephant recycling. take a look at these guys at berlin zoo having a good old nibble on any
this will shop has brought a number of herfleeces. you had to pay more than the market value for the fleece — why? it was really good quality fleece. you can tell the sheep are looked after. we wanted to support her new venture. is this what you want to do when you finish school? i want to be a farm vet, so obviously, i'll still be involved with livestock and farm animals, butjust in a slightly different way. for more stories from across the uk, head l to the bbc news website. hey, i'm steven with the catch up. tonight — arsenal's knife crime appeal. littler�*s big news. and will britney give me more music? but first, there has been so much talk about when the next general election will happen and when we get to decide who runs the country. well, the prime minister has given a pretty big hint today. rishi sunak says his assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. labour has accused him of dithering and delaying while the country wants change.
what rishi sunak has just said. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. squatting in downing street for months on end, dithering and delaying, when the country wants change. what's he hiding? the conservatives have a mandate, don't they, to serve in government throughout this year? you can clamourfor an early election, but that's the constitutional truth. but what mandate does the third... well, they won the last general election. ..the third prime minister that they've had since the one in 2019! and it's notjust keir starmer with a keen eye on when the election is. i think the prime minister is running scared of the voters. people are fed up with the government's economic policies, with their health policies. they want change and they want an election. the liberal democrats agree with them. rishi sunak isjust clinging on to power. i don't think it really matters in the scottish context, whether the election is in may
britney gimme more music? first, there's been so much talk about when the next general election will happen, and when we get to decide who runs the country. well, the prime minister's given a pretty big hint today. rishi sunak says his assumption is that it will be in the sec half of the year. labour has accused him of dithering and delaying while the country wants change. a plan by arsenal to tackle knife crime in london — if you're watching their fa cup match against liverpool on sunday, you might notice their players wearing a white kit, a bit like this. it's part of the no more red campaign — the aim to keep young people safe from crime, to safe spaces, and job opportunities. a few other stories now: we've all been a bit amazed by 16—year—old darts player luke littler. now, he's been chosen to play at this year's premier league. he might have lost last night's world championship final, but still earned 200 grand — not a final, but still earned 200 grand — nota bad
all friendly and it is incredible. i think i originally went because i wanted to lose weight. 0bviously team sports were a write—off for me. being someone who gets that tunnel vision, ijust found something i was able to obsess over. it did not rely on your ability to communicate with other people, it did not rely on your ability to make eye contact or anything like that. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hey, i'm steven with the catch up. tonight — arsenal's knife crime appeal. littler�*s big news. and will britney give me more music? but first, there has been so much talk about when the next general election will happen and when we get to decide who runs the country. well, the prime minister has given a pretty big hint today. rishi sunak says his assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. labour has accused him of dithering and delaying while the country wants change.
happened to gordon brown gives a good example. then prime minister, he allowed expectations to grow that he allowed expectations to grow that he was going to call an election, he didn't do it, it allowed the tories to paint him as weak and indecisive so rishi sunak will have been wanting to avoid that. he will have been wanting to avoid what he does in the next few months being overshadowed by speculation. it hasn't stopped opposition parties painting him as indecisive. sir keir starmer talked about him swatting, dithering and delaying. the lib dem says he is running scared of the voters, the snp talking about a bit of cowardice. does this definitely mean we won't have an election earlier? listen carefully to those words, a working assumption. that doesn't entirely rule it out. ultimately he's going to call the general election when the circumstances suit the government best. :, ~ circumstances suit the government best. . ,, , :, do you want a way to spice up your life? :, :, i. :, .,
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