official along with brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state who trump directed to, quote, find the votes to overturn biden s victory. so another example here of donald trump making the push, getting resistance from officials, and then the consequences they all had to endure. huge day ahead with these witnesses. manu raju on the hill, thanks very much. one witness set to testify today is rusty bowers, the republican arizona house speaker expected to testify about the pressure that he received from trump and his attorney, rudy giuliani. joining me now, someone with deep knowledge of the gop-led efforts in arizona, fueled by the former president s election lie, that s arizona secretary of state katie hobs. good to have you on. there have been multiple chapters so far in the january 6 th committee hearings, can you describe to folks at home what is the significance of what the public will hear today?
chances. i think there is a place to land that s consistent with the second amendment as i ve been advocating for expanding background checks. by the way, i think encouraging states to have some kind of red flag laws could make sense as long as there s adequate due process. there s school safety provisions, mental health issues we could address. reporter: republican pat toomey has been part of negotiations in the past including a deal to expand background checks on commercial gun sales. there s talk about narrowing the plan that he had drafted with senator joe manchin as part of this larger gun package but a lot of the issues here that joe biden has pushed for such an assault weapons bans is not being discussed. including raising the age from 18 to 21 to buy semi-automatic rifles. i am told senate sources are skeptical that can get into a deal at the end of the day. will it be enough to make a difference? it s a test. manu raju on the hill, changes so much. all right.
important here because judge dick durbin who chairs the senate judiciary committee said the process could take 40 days from the time the nomination is made to getting the final confirmation vote and potentially a few weeks from when the nomination is made to get an actual hearing, before the meeting is important to talk about the process forward and any candidates these democrats are pushing, we ll have to wait and see if the president makes clear where he s leaning. following manu raju on the hill. thank you so much. still coming up, a democratic candidate who went viral for smoking marijuana in a campaign ad last month, a new one burning the confederate flag. taking political ads to the extreme, that s s coming up. welcome to the next level.
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missile systems are on their way to ukraine. this is something that ukraine has asked for as well, giving them further protection if not perhaps the level of protection we may hear from zelenskyy a few moments from now. certainly an important development there. also as manu mentioned, this $13.6 billion in new aid, that is set to go to ukraine after president biden signed that massive spending bill into law yesterday. 800 million of that in the form of security assistance. kaitlan collins joining us with more on that angle. so, kaitlan, we re waiting for that announcement later this morning from president biden. what do we know about specifics in terms of the military aid in that package? reporter: well, it is definitely by design. the president will be speaking just hours after president zelenskyy makes these appeals to congress where we know he s going to thank the united states for the support they provided so far, but he s also going to ask for more. more from the west, that is