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democratic members to bail them out. joining us now is democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. he is also a biden/harris campaign cochair. welcome. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> good seeing you. >> you actually voted against advancing the foreign aid bills yesterday. why did you do that and how are you going to vote on the final passage of these bills? >> i voted against the rule. when you have been the house majority and voted against rules. there are couple of things in their that i particularly don't like. the fact that we are treating this aid to ukraine as forgivable. i think we need to stand up for our allies. and maybe not a member of nato bit trying to be a member of nato for a long time. and nato members are supporting
ukraine, israel, more, they make up $95 billion in national security assistance. if they pass, they would be packaged together and sent to the senate. but there is a reason these boats were delayed for as long as they were, because republican drama. the drama is not over. far from it. the far right arizona congressman joined forces with marjorie taylor greene and thomas massie, threatening a motion to vacate which would force a vote on keeping or ousting the house speaker, mike johnson, in retaliation for allowing the vote on ukraine aid which of these three opposed. now, if all democrats also vote against johnson, as they typically do in a speaker vote, then mike johnson can only lose two republican votes to save his job. either that or convince at least a couple of democrats to bail him out.
good morning. it is saturday, april 20th. i'm alicia menendez in new york. i had, opening statements are set to begin monday and the donald trump first criminal trial. there are growing concerns over juror intimidation. congressman is here. and foreign aid bills are hours away. what it means for speaker johnson patients gaveled back home. and new details on the intense situation in the middle east. israel patients latest strike against iran. get your coffee and settle in. welcome to "the weekend." . a critical the on capitol hill as congress steps up for our allies overseas. in the next hour, debate is set to begin in the house on a long- delayed foreign aid package.
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in battleground states to get an absentee ballot and theye need to start registering those pro trump voters to get them ready to vote. they do that enough numbers. they'll win. you got to find them. you got to pull them out t legalln th and harvest legally better than the other side does. absolutely right. neht, yomentiothe wod you you md take them out. >> and sometimes the democrats really dayo show their cards. >> and they did again today, the democrats released legislatio wouldn today that wod remove a president. but it's trump. that's what' s about trump's secret service. if he's convicted of a felony. s >> the washington times reports that congressman bennie thompson say is it's about makig sure mr. trump doesn't get special treatment for whatever crimee. mightervice be sentenced. he's worried that having to accommodate a secret service protectiveetail coul detail cour to accommodations for a former president. so thesee e people accus are thy accused trump of making it unsafe for judges and juriesmemr and members and poll workers, but they're removing secuthat's. >> that's what they would want to do. yes. i mean, let's face it, there'snr element of the left that very much would like to see trump unprotected, quite thissk dead.anm dead
protecting. so a look at the domestic front and the global front and look at where we are today. where would you like to see this country five years from now? >> under the control of a person who believes in our pursuit of a more perfect union or the person who ignores the constitution and would like to suspend it for the future of our children and grandchildren? >> i think we are in good shape. >> congressman, you have a very busy day ahead of you. we are going to let you do the people's work. thank you for taking time for us. we have much more ahead. this is "the we can" on msnbc. frizz. dryness. breakage. new dove 10-in-1 serum hair mask with peptide complex. fortifies hair bonds at a molecular level. helps reverse ten signs of damage in one minute. keep living. we'll keep repairing.
into the hands of the troops. they have been very desperate and are hoping it is not too late. back to you. >> they have speaker johnson defending that bill by saying it is not a blank check. greg palkot live in hezbollah to kyiv. arthel: for more on the dramatic house book u.s. congressman claudia tenney member of the house ways and means committee. first of all, congressman how does this day reflect on the u.s. house of representatives? >> it is a better day for us and it just shows the speaker has the courage he has the integrity and he is not going to be threatened by a very small minority but where we govern with the very, very narrow majority one or two votes. as of today it will be decided by one vote. it's a good day for the speaker. it's a good day for america. it is good that we are showing that we are getting things done on this side. i did not approve of the entire package i did not vote for the
manufacture them themselves so it's going to be important militarily from the defense's war is costing the war in gaza, the war with hezbollah in the north. while with iran as well as costing this country a huge amount of money and spending an estimated half $1 billion a day. additionally, the country's credit rating has been downgraded recently, the defense minister has talked about the need to up defense spending aid for the country's only about 1% of the annual gdp. but if it doesn't come in, that gets passed onto the taxpayer, it may not be a lot, but it will hit people in the pocket. but primarily this is needed a fight, the fight and defend the country that israel is in the midst of doing. >> all right. nic robertson in jerusalem. thank you so much for check back with you. >> all right. meantime, of voting is underway on capitol hill right now with us now, congressman josh gop meyer. he is a democrat from new jersey& a member of the problem-solving for his caucus congressman use
negotiator or you want what chuck schumer wants. in either case, mike johnson needs to go. neil: maybe you recognize the mathematical reality there's only so much you can demand when you don't have much backing, right? >> right, you need to demand something. he's demanded nothing. neil: all right, not a fan. well, i spoke to new york republican colleague of yours mike lawler on the show and this is the congressman earlier on, he's not a fan. >> this is a continuation of the crown show. now, when you look at the challenges facing our country, voters elected a house republican majority to govern, to serve as a check and balance on the biden administration. what is happening within our conference is undermining our ability to govern and hold this administration accountable. speaker johnson, like speaker mccarthy before him, is doing the right thing by putting
and my understanding is there, there are very few conditions in this. is that right that's right those conditions are going to have to be negotiated between the biden biden white house and state department and the israeli government. and the administration. it has repeatedly said that they will likely not condition that aid congressman, you told our colleague manu raju earlier today, the democrats should not save congressman mike johnson as speaker. how do you see his fate after today's votes? >> i feel the same a lot of my colleagues in the democratic caucus feel that somehow we're beholden to speaker mike johnson because of today's vote, a vote that could have taken place months ago and should have my view is different. my view is finally speaker johnson did what a speaker supposed to do, which is allow legislation to come to the floor and let the will of