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republicans opposing it. then you have to look at the overall though. it was a bipartisan vote. well over two thirds of the house supported it and that's hard to get a mother's day this year. we always knew the votes were there. it was a matter of whether or not there would be a time for a floor vote. >> conversely, on the israel question you had 37 democrats voted no on the aid israel arguing that there needs to be conditions on offensive weapons amid this rising death toll, the humanitarian crisis in gaza. democratic congressman jason who voted for the measure, he told me on the show yesterday that he really struggled with the provision because he had been pushing hard for shift in israeli tactics. do support the protest vote and i'm curious what kind of leverage members of congress are going to have who share these concerns right now. >> these are legit concerns. we are trying to do two things at once that are hard. we are trying to help israel defend itself. the attack shows
answer history's call passing urgently needed national security legislation that i have fought for months to secure. and it's a reminder in this statement, the president biden has been calling for months for lawmakers to come together to pass additional aid to provide to countries like israel and ukraine. and even when he invited lawmakers to the white house on several occasions, he always meet shore to bring up the fact that he wanted them to pass a foreign aid to give to these countries that he feels that are in need. and it's in their best interests. and so he's really urgently now calling on senate to quickly pass this and send it to is acid can sign this into law amara viktor, back to you. >> all right. camila dechalus. thank you very much.& a final note on the house as we began to work, one measure moved washington closer to possibly we banning tiktok in the it would give the hugely popular social media platform about nine months to replace the current chinese parent company bytedance with a new owner, it could get another 90 day
similar measure more than two months ago? >> it is great to be with you. when we received the legislation, it will be tuesday and this is a good moment for the country that we need to make sure they have the resources they need and obviously that is the leading element of the bill. it's a security bill that will allow us to give the ukrainians the help that they need. as you know, most of these dollars are an investment in america. in our defense, we will be producing the weapons that the iranians used to defeat vladimir putin. it's a good moment for the country. that'll be on tuesday. >> now in terms of as many reports saying the senate may add some things, take some things when it comes back to
director and others, they are working on that kind of a deal as we speak. >> and the house passed the bill to be sold off by the owners who will face the ban. he would sign the legislation, but it has faced resistance from some of your colleagues in the senate. what do you expect to have happen? >> reporter: well, as you know any changes made to any of these bills would send them back to the house. that would slow down the aid that's in these bills. i think it's likely that all four bills will pass including the measure that will deal with tiktok. here is the basic facts on that at least as i see it and i see this as a member that you mentioned earlier, that i don't think any american would want
security assistance. $9.5 billion in economic help, in the form of "forgivable loans" that the us president is authorised to set the terms of and is given the power to cancel. and a much smaller measure includes about $481 million that will be used to help ukrainians resettle into new neighbourhoods and pay for emergency housing. once the bill is finalised, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield. congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. on friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a maternity hospital in the central dnipro—petrovsk region. local officials say at least seven people were killed, including an eight—year—old child. president volodymyr zelensky told nato members on friday that ukraine needs more air defence systems to counter russian strikes. putin must be brought down
he would be joining his colleagues marjorie taylor greene and thomas massey of kentucky in supporting a measure to oust speaker mike johnson. a so-called motion to vacate. if all democrats vote together against the speaker, mike johnson can only afford to lose two republican votes to save his receipt. the republican congress and mike gallagher is expended to leave congress, after each speaker johnson can only afford to lose a single vote. spec that was a thin margin, the speaker is projecting confidence he's going to stay in the job. >> are you worried about your job ? >> i don't worry, i just do my job. >> is it time to put the motion to vacate on the floor? >> we will see what happens. i'm not deterred by threats. we will do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. >> three republicans now seemingly committed to ousting johnson, the speaker will need help from democrats in order to
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which borders ukraine. the governor says a residential building and a barn in the village of poroz were completely burned down. the governor of smolensk, just north of the belgorod region, says a ukrainian drone hit a fuel depot there overnight, setting it on fire. it comes as the us house of representatives has moved a step closer to approving a much—delayed $60 billion package of military aid for ukraine. democrats backed a procedural measure that will allow a vote on the bill later on saturday. the package includes munitions and air defence missiles desperately needed by ukraine. the vote is closely watching kyiv, where some have expressed cautious optimism that it will pass. —— watched in kyiv. let's speak to anna matveeva, a senior visiting research fellow at king's college london. do you think this money will be