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not say a whole lot. we have some good news out of the united states congress. yesterday the house past four foreign aid bills including aid for ukraine prompting cheers and the chance you can hear of ukraine in the chamber. it happened largely because an apparent revelation earlier this week. house speaker johnson finally came to see vladimir putin as a real threat. >> i can make a selfish decision and do something that is different, but i am doing what i believe to be the right thing. i think providing legal aid to ukraine right now is critically important. i really do believe vladimir putin would continue to march through europe if you were allowed. >> it is the right thing. ukraine does need funding. this is quite a turnaround for the guy who never voted for
is going to end up being speaker. i'if someone in the republican party -- but he's going to have the votes and that's what many republicans and said they're going to do there are republicans that have talked about walking away if she has this. i certainly don't think she has the votes i do think democrats are going to come together and back speaker johnson because they are now working together they see that's not just in the best interest of america but it's also the best interest of their party and their political lifelines. marjorie taylor should not be a no politician left or right. she be any chamber, house included hostage over their personal views she does not have the majority on this. arthel: let's us in florida congressman on "fox news sunday." >> marjorie taylor greene is not a serious person but she's not a serious legislator. quite frankly it marjorie taylor greene elect thomas a massie and paul are trying to accomplish by removing the speaker of the house and this very moment after
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anything about iran. a russian team picked up in both chambers. sixth, the biden bribe. a russian theme picked up and echoed by china discussed in this very chamber. >> committee member marjorie taylor greene, a member of the so called putin republican wing said this. >> has to include russia, ukraine, and america. she's just demonstrateed that point i think very powerfully. on the question of nazis i've written two books as a historian about nazis and the
a russian theme picked up and repeated by china, discussed in this very chamber. >> committee member green a member of the so-called putin wing of the republican party said this. >> it's amazing to me that just in a few years time it's now considered misinformation to talk about the nazis in ukraine. >> i would like to thank the representative from georgia by making clear with her comments that any discussion of political warfare has to include russia why, ukraine and america. she just demonstrated that point powerfully. on the question of nazis i have written two books about nazis and the holocaust. on the question of ukrainian national. ism i am the leading scholar and have been writing about it for 20 years. if the chamber is interested in
blue and yellow flags, we saw the same scenes, in fact, inside the chamber largely from the democrats so, certainly a feeling at last some progress here for a key ally. helena in washington. _ progress here for a key ally. helena in washington, thank _ progress here for a key ally. helena in washington, thank you. - our correspondent in kyiv — james waterhouse — has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. yes, he'sjust said, "i'm grateful to the united states house of representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision". he says that keeps history on the right track. he talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. and a slight reagan quote where he says, "just peace
reporter sahil kapur and staying with us is aaron gilchrist and peter baker. sahil, so far, have there been any surprises? >> reporter: not particularly. this is going according to plan in the house of representatives. i'm on the east front steps. they are holding a series of votes on the national security package. first came the big series of national security priorities that republicans pushed for including a ban on tiktok if it doesn't divest from the chinese based owners bytedance based in beijing. they will have 9 months to divest or be banned. this is the closest to tiktok being banned. this will have real escape velosity once it escapes the chamber. and the house passed aid to ukraine at long last, something they tried to do. democrats and president biden
problems. we are the ones defending democracy. we are the one saving the government from a shutdown. and so i think that we are leading. we are showing how responsible leadership looks like. and i think that mike johnson is going to have some issues in the weeks ahead. >> roe quickly, you say that speaker johnson should just hand the gavel over to leader jeffries, why do that when y'all are in control of the chamber without even being in the majority? >> it sure feels that way sometimes. i mean, there is no question that we have really been i think a consequential force, even though we are in the minority this year and i credit our leadership with that and the president, and the presidents real old leadership and leading us as a party. and the republican party has been just one big clown show all year. and so it is one crisis to the next, one marjorie taylor greene created crisis to the next. we will continue to lead but we will get back to work and we have a lot of things that are important to us. we have to push through.
really worked with majority leader chuck schumer to pass this through his own chamber, frustrating and outraging those on his right flank. once again, there's a lot of bills mike johnson has done over the course of the last several weeks that have angered his right flank. that's something to keep an eye on when lawmakers return, not next week in the house, but the week after like lauren fox, i'm on capitol hill on a very big day. thanks very much. president joe biden is saying that the house is passage of the foreign aid bill sends what he calls a clear message about the power of america's leadership to the world white house correspondent priscilla alvarez is with me here in the studio. so priscilla, what else are we hearing from the president? >> well, there's no doubt, alex, that this is a significant moment for the white house& a win for them after months of wrangling for this aid. now, the president of plotting this in a statement this afternoon saying, quote today members of both parties in the house voted to advance our national security interests and send a clear message about the power of american leadership on the world stage at this critical inflection point, they came together there to answer history's call
a bill concerning the social media app tiktok. this would basically give the chinese parent company byte dance one year to sell or the app would be banned in the u.s.. this is important for republicans and also democrats. we do anticipate that in the senate, they will take this up as one full package, the foreign aid plus the tiktok component and pass all of this by mid week next week. they are working out an agreement and i'm keeping an eye on the other chamber too. the overarching question is what happens to speaker johnson's job. we heard from three hard liners who are putting together an effort to force him to resign. i just asked steve scalise who is the republican majority leader, walking behind congresswoman cherelle as you were talking to her if he expects a motion to vacate to be put on the floor today and he said no but only marjorie taylor greene knows what she will do. >> and the expectation of the