money to go to gaza. there are a lot of reasons you could vote for or against a bill. but it is striking to see the difference on the policy bills. >> absolutely. let me offer the break down of the appropriations act 2024. it is breaking down the $26.3 billion for israel in this way. $4 billion to reflenish the iron dome and david's sling, missile defense systems, another $1.2 billion for the ern beam defense system that countered short range rockets and mortars as well. $3.5 billion for the procowerment of the advanced weapons system and the inansment and development of critical munitions. $4.4 billion to replennish defense articles and services provided to israel, $2.4 billion

for current military operations in the region in response to recent attacks. i'm going to ask all of you to stay with us as we wrap up one hour. we will start another one right now. will start another one righ now. a very good day to you. it is top of the hour on the east coat. welcome to alex witt reports. we have ben following breaking news the last few minutes, all unfolding on capital held in a rare saturday session. the house has approved tens of billions in aid for ukraine. lawmakers waving ukraine's national flag on the house floor minutes ago. there are numerous votes happening today on critical foreign aid. the house has also passed more than $8 billion in aid to taiwan and the indo' pacific. up next, what we are watching underway right now is billions more in aid which i have articulated the details of. it will be going to israel. i will bring in nbc political

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

had been trying to do this for along tile. they finally got speaker mike johnson to agree to a process to bring this up and democrats with help of many institutional republicans who are pro-ukraine helped carry it over the line. the interesting thing about this is that these are all unique coalitions. it is a different coalition that passed ukraine aid, some democrats and some republicans. it will be a different coalition that passes israel aid, mostly republicans and some democrats over the objections of many progressives who wanted to slap conditions on how the netanyahu government can use the aid out of concerns for their actions in gaza. the final vote is to come but this looks to be good shape to pass. it mirrors the $95 billion package that president biden wanted. it will go to the senate where there will be support from chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell to get it done. >> just got word that it is done and it has passed, just getting the word from the control booth.

we will get the numbers in a moment. you referenced ukraine. 101 republicans, 210 democrats voted in favor. there was one republican from pennsylvania, representative dan mezer who voted present. all democrats in the house on the floor there voted in favor of ukraine aid. is this notable, we are getting a readout that speaker johnson, leader scalise, emmer, all voted for ukraine aid. the fourth member of gop leadership, elise stefanik voted against. so 3 to 1 in favor of ukraine aid and voting for the passage of that bill, all but stefanik who voted against that. the color has been a couple of dozen democrats there on the left of the screen waving small ukrainian flags on the floor. the chair then had to remind them that is a violation of

decorum to wave flags on the floor. after passage, the democrats erupted in cheer and one of the members said put those expletive flags away. so that tells you about the tenor. peter, let me ask you about the tenor of the house. i know you are a white house correspondent but the two are intertwined these days. when it comes to the tenor and you hear me report that marjorie taylor greene puts a thumb down. anna paulinea luna goes to the mic and says get those flags out of there in a more colorful fashion, what does that indicate about the divisiveness in the house over his issue? what has been the root of that? >> it is donald trump hovering over them. they are trying to figure out where he wants to be and where he wants them to be.

they have been taking their cues from him now for a number of months on a number of different issues. on ukraine, former president trump had said for quite a while that he basically has made clear that he is not a supporter for aid for ukraine. he has not said he will vote against it. he has been quiet while undergoing other issues in new york. therefore, i think a lot of republicans are trying to make sure h will be when he comes back in november. there is a skepticism on the part of some republicans who are elieve getting involved in the war. there are those looking over their shoulders trying to think of what their party thinks. >> in regards to elise stefanik who voted against that, given what you have just described, as maybe the root of this and the disgruntalment within the

republican party, do you think this is a blatant play to donald trump to say look, here's how i voted, i'm still on team trump, i'm following your directive? >> it will be read that way, whether it is or not. i have not heard her explain her vote but i think that is something a lot of people will interpret. she is under scrutiny as a possible vice president running mate for former president trump. so anyone on the list will be careful to make sure they are not doing anything that gets them off the list. >> aaron gilchrist, tell me how the biden administration will react to the passage of the aid to ukraine and israel? >> reporter: i would expect that we would see reaction this weekend from the white house, obviously, this has been going through the process. the president as well as the press secretary and other members of the administration have been speaking about the need to pass this support for ukraine, support for israel, support for taiwan. so i would expect at some point

today or tomorrow, we will hear from the white house, probably in a written form, its perspective on the fact that these things have moved through the house and encouragement from the senate to take up these measures and get them to the president's desk for a final signature. but this in effect is something that the white house will be able to celebrate as a victory of sorts. we mentioned the fact that the president back in the fall put before the congress a national security supplemental package that the president said would have money for you ukraine, israel, the border which was not included today in the house but those were all priorities, national security priorities that the white house wanted to see funded so that safety and security could be advanced on those fronts. what we will hear from the white house is that yes, thank you, we are excited and happy about the fact that these measures made it through the house today but then there are going to be additional conversations on what happened

down the road when there is more funding needed and there is still the question of border security. the white house, president himself has said that there is a crisis at the border that needs to be addressed. that is something that we can expect to come up again. >> yeah. peter, quickly, we will hear from speaker mike johnson in about 30 to 45 seconds but how long will it take for this to get through congress in its entirety and have a finalized package, bills, that can get to the president's desk for his signature? >> that is a great question. i'm not an expert on congressional procedure but i think they will try to get it through quickly. there is a sense of urgency in the white house. last week's attack by iran on israel added impetus to that and a sense of urgency on that part of the bill as well. the senate has to put it all together. it is assumed they will go along with the extra stuff that has been added to it. >> and the fact is, as we wait

for mike johnson to take to the podium there, the fact that israel's response and i use the word tepid before, any rocket or missile being fired has the potential to cause damage but this one did not. we heard iran's foreign minister saying look, it was nothing. it was kind of like child's play. why did they even acknowledge this advance and tell us this was happening? it does seem like it has calmed down somewhat. can the interpretation be that israel has listened to joe biden when he said take the win. they for the most part did it, they had to do one more action but for the most part they took the win. >> i think that's right. i think the president didn't directly say don't do it. he said you have a reason not to do it because you can claim victory over the fact that you

shot down with american help, all of the iranian missiles and drones. you had a win already. the fact that they did a small response, that's not going to trouble the president as long as it doesn't lead to a wider war. that's what he is worried about, a wider war. this doesn't seem to go that direction so he will take a win himself. and now it turns back to gaza. what happens there and what can they agree to as the cease fire talks are on hiatus. >> it seems like israel is facing a war on two fronts now. we are waiting for speaker mike johnson to take the podium and that is expected to happen any moment and i may interrupt you. you have the war in gaza and the uptick in concerns for iran, the two entitys attacking one another on their sovereign soil, one was in syria, at a consulate

there. but that is considered sovereign soil. that has to worry the biden administration right now about the potential for a greater regional war. >> it is a concern that the administration has voiced at points over the last several months since we have been watching what happened in gaza and has been happening between israel and hamas. we know that the administration's position has been to try to de-escalate the tensions that seems to be growing in the middle east. so as we have seen different members of the biden administration --. >> i'm sorry as i warned, we will have to go to speaker johnson. let's take a listen. >> i think we know which flag that is. i said these are not normal times. they're not. the world is destabilized and it is a tinder box. it is a dangerous time. three of our primary adversaries, russia, china and

iran are working together. they are being aggressors around the gleb and they are a global threat to our prosperity and security. their advance threatens the free world and demands american leadership. if we turn our backs right now, the consequences could be devastating. so this afternoon, the house acted. we sent over tothe senate and it will be transmitted shortly, our national security legislation. make no mistake. this is not a blank check like the senate pup elemental bill was. this is very different. instead of taking the path of least resistance and bringing up the supmental on the house floor or allowing discharge petition, we gave our members a voice, a chance, a better process, and a much better policy. unlike the senate's blank check, the house legislation has a

number of features, providing greater accountability and forces an end game strategy and includes a loan instrument of the the foreign loan and ensures russian assets pay for part of the bill. the loan system itself is a house innovation and allows for much needed insight. 80% of the ukraine funding will go to the replennishment of american weapons and stocks and our facilities and our operations. it also includes tough measures and sanctions on iran and russia and china which most of the american people understand is a necess and important thing. our process ensured that each member was able to consider each of the elements on their own merits which is how the house is supposed to work. i know there are critics of the legislation. i understand that. it is not a perfect piece of legislation.

we are not ensured that in a time of divided government and in a time when there are a lot of different opinions. but there is no question that the house has made many strong improvements to the senate bill and the product we sent over there is much better. this package i will note because it is very important also includes national security priorities and many of them but it is the only way that we could have gotten democrats to support aid to israel. that's a fact. there is a lot of misinformation out there about the bill and i want to make one point about one issue that has been drawing a lot of the attention. could any of the funding go to hamas or terrorist organizations and we put safeguards in the legislation to ensure that unrwa is not funded, the u.n. amgancy that included participants in the october 7th attack on israel. we also had language that prevents the funding from going to hamas or any other bad actors. that is an important element of

oversight. congress takes oversight seriously and we will keep an eye on every dollar. i said it simply and once again, it is an old military adage, we would rather sebd bullets to the conflict overseas than our own troops. i think this is an important moment and an important opportunity to make the decision. we allowed the house to do that and i expect the senate to make the same decision. one or two questions. as i said many times, i don't walk around the building worried about a motion to vacate. i have to do my job. i did the right thing to allow the house to work its will. you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may. >> it took too long for aid to

ukraine and maybe toolong. why you decide to do it right now? >> the house had a lot of important work to do here. we had a reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act. we had a lot of important measures to be done and we got to this as quickly as we could. this is an important matter. it is timely. you have heard from leaders around the world including in ukraine that this is being done in a timely basis and the house the to have the time to deliberate and do this in the right manner. i think we did our work here. i think history will judge it well. >> okay, everyone, speaker mike johnson on the pivotal vote, something unexpected from him, not seven days ago but there is a change of heart and it has passed, the bill supporting ukraine and israel as well and proir to that, the indo china

region and 8 billion for taiwan. let's go to sahil kapur. you made your way out to the steps and you got an earful from marjorie taylor greene as she was leaving. what did she say? >> she walked down the steps and expressed outrage to the fact that aid for ukraine passed the house. she specifically called it a sellout of the united states, a sellout of america. she said she was outraged by the fact that there were ukrainian flags on the house floor. this is a cause she fought for for or against for a long time. she seemed to be getting her wae until the last few days and weeks when speaker johnson seemed to have a real sharp change of heart on the issue of ukraine aid, something he opposed before he became a speaker of the house. but he called it critical to american security. he said he would rather send american bullets rather than american young men and women into battle and he said putin

would march through europe if he was allowed to. this was mike johnson making the case that this was important to do, siding with many republicans in the conference who wanted it to happen, deciding against the marjorie taylor greene wing of the party. now i asked greene multiple times whether and when she would bring up the motion to vacate, the threat to depose johnson as speaker. she did not make any commitments on whether or when she is going to bring that up. all she needs to do is technically file it. it is privileged and then there would have to be a vote within two days. she did not say whether she would trigger the vote. she indicated that once the members go home for recess, she hopes that support for her cause and opposition to johnson grows. there are two other house republicans who are on the record supporting her cause to overthrow mike johnson. she seems to think there are

more out there in the wings. at this moment, mike johnson has are triggered a process that passed the critical $95 billion in foreign aids that democrats have wanted for along time. it heads to the senate. >> thank you for that. for some interpret this as good news, it travels fast. let's go to aaron gilchrist who has a statement from the president with his reaction to the news. what do you have? >> reporter: we are here in wilmington with the president but he and his team have been monitoring the activities in the congress in the senate overnight and in the house today. we just received a statement from the white house, from president biden on the passage of the national security package. i will read parts of it here. the president acknowledged the bipartisan nature of what happened in the house. he said at this critical inflection point, they came together to answer the call to pass legislation that i fought for for months to secure. the package will deliver

critical support to israel and ukraine, provide aid to haiti, sudan and other areas of conflict around the world, and bolster security in the indo pacific. the president thanked speaker johnson and leader jeffries and the coalition of lawmakers in the house that voted to put national security first. the statement goes on to urge the senate to quick lepass this package that they will be receiving from the house as we heard speaker johnson say so it can get to his desk and sign it into the law. the president concluded the statement saying doing this will make it possible to send weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs that we have been discussing this hour as far as the ukrainians having to ration munitions to stand up to russia. >> yeah, it was expressed they didn't know how long they could

hold out. thank you, aaron gilchrist and also peter baker. speaking of ukraine, everyone, we have a reaction from president zelenskyy in ukraine who has reacted to the news from washington d.c. here's what he writes. i'm grateful to the united states house of representatives, both parties and personally speaker mike johnson for the decision that keeps history on the right track. democracy and freedom will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. the vital u.s. aid bill passed today by the house will keep the war from expanding, safe thousands and thousands of lives and help both of aeronations to become stronger. just peace and security can only be obtained through strength. we hope the bills will be supported in the senate and sent to president biden's desk. he wraps that up with a thank you, america. it is something that many people will be very proud of with this

accomplishment today. and then there are the likes of marjorie taylor greene who puts a big thumb down in the face of that which ukraine has been facing and valiantly fighting for. that's the point earlier where you see marjorie taylor greene in the lower part of your screen, a big thumbs down in reaction to the lawmakers with the small, okay maybe they are legal on the floor of the house. she was not too pleased about it. many others were. joining me now is jason crow, member of the house foreign affairs committee. i will ask your reaction to this, the passage of israel, ukraine, indo asia pacific, with regard to taiwan. is it going to clear the senate? how much of an impact will the bill have in ukraine? >> well, who my response. >> you got a flag. >> i think it is team we stopped

talking about marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert who don't have any idea what they are talking about. this was about american leadership, american economy, protecting americans around the world and protecting our allies and partners. we are on the right side of history. that is what today was about. it will make a big difference today. before i walked into the vote, i facetimed with ukrainian soldiers in their bunker fighting on the front lines and told them that we would take the vote and soon ammunition would flow to them to protect their homes and family and country and all of us and democracies world wide. >> what was their reaction? how hopeful were they? you couldn't be certain but what was their reaction when you were facetiming saying we are about to vote on whether we will help you? >> you know, these folks are

just clinging to life, fighting for their every day survival. so the reaction was a little muted. they will believe it when there are ammo boxes arriving in the bunker. they were grateful. they thanked me and the american people for getting it done. i could tell they were hopeful but it still has to get through the senate which it is going to. i have full confidence that it will get to the senate. i have been talking to the administration and they are in a position, we have prepositional stocks in europe. we are in a position to flow the aid quickly. >> okay. you heard the ongoing conversations for sure on whether military aid to israel should be paused or adminimum have conditions tied to it because of israel's actions in gaza. why did you vote to approve the aid now and what should be the path forward when it comes to military aid in israel? >> yeah, i struggled a lot with this vote and provision. as you know, i have been pushing ver hard for a massive shift in

israeli tactics. i think the level of civilian casualties are unacceptable. it is morally untenable. it has to change. i have been pushing the israelis and administration and anyone who will listen to me for a shift, a massive surge in humanitarian aid because of the 1.1 million palestinians on the verge of famine. but it was the humanitarian aid portion that won out. there are millions for aid and also other conflicts around the world including sow dan. there are 25 million in sudan, half of the country's population is food insecure and facing starvation in the next couple of months. we have haiti, there are people in crisis throughout the world that will be helped by this bill. >> so iran's foreign minister

spoke with my colleague tom llamas and down played israel's stroiks the ones that happened at the end of this week. let's take a listen. >> what happened last night was not a strike. >> did any other country tell you something was happening and they would invade your air space and attack possibly one of your bases? >> two or three -- they are more like toys that our children pliwith, not drones. it was not worth telling us before it happened. >> you are on the intelligence committee, is that an accurate assessment? is iran down playing this to cool tensions? >> what i can tell you is that the biggest risk all along with respect to iran is the risk of regional escalation. no one wants an all out regional war and it is clear that the iranians don't either. this is a chance for all parties to take an exit ramp, lower the

temperature in the room. they are looking for the exit ramp and not a larger, wider regional war which is a relief but we are not out of the woods yet. it is still a delicate situation. we have to be vigilant. i know the administration is being vigilant about the resources in the rio de janeiroen and region to do that. >> and i want to ask you about the motion to vacate, would you support speaker johnson? >> i don't know if it is in peril. there are a small number of extremists in the house that continue to sew chaos and dysfunction. they are upset because the house worked the way it is supposed to. our democracy in congress worked. the way it works is we bring things for debate, people take positions, you have the debate and people take a vote.

that's democracy. that's congress and that's what we did yesterday and today. those folks who are upset and throwing tantrums, they just want chaos and dysfunction. they did not win today. i hope they will not win in the future because there is an opportunity for us to govern and do great things. it was the house democratic caucus that pushed to make it happen under the leadership. >> chaos and dysfunction will never be associated with you jason crow, thank you for your time today. coming up, how one juror described donald trump when she faced him in the manhattan courtroom. you will hear the unique dripgz. we'll be right back. r the unique dripgz. we'll be right back. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools,

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i couldn't believe it. he looked less orange, definitely, like more yellowish, yellow. nothing else than that. he doesn't look angry. i think he looks bored like he wants this to finish. >> interesting assessment there from kat, a potential new york how sh felt when she landed ine the same courtroom as donald trump. she was excused when she told the judge she could not be impartial. joining us is a reporter with the new york sometimes and a former prosecutor and deputy chief of the criminal division at sndy, both in the courtroom this week. suzanne, we will start with you. i'm curious if you think, what we heard from kat there, that we was kind of bored don't really care about the skin color but he

looked bored through this? >> he did. i don't think that is nonuntypical for someone in that spot. you are bored, engaged, go through a lot of emotions over a week. it is hard to keep urattention for that long. >> but you are in a defendant chair. >> you should be engaged but i have seen other people in that spot have a similar range of emotions. >> i want the perspective, where you are, where trump is, where are you sitting in the courtroom and what is your observation of him? >> donald trump is in the courtroom. the courtroom is lrjly empty except there are some pool reporters. until they bring the prospective jurors in. that's why most of the media are in an overflow room and watching closed circuit tvs. we have a view of donald trump and his lawyers, a view of the government lawyers. >> so multicameras right.

we have a view of the judge. we do not have a view of the jurors because they are trying to keep their identities anonymous. in the courtroom, he can see them and the government have a view of them and a list of their names and information. >> can you give me one word that describes your observation of donald trump? what you think he is projecting? >> i think it was interesting, the times he was engaged, laugh, or look up and taking note when someone said they had read the art of the deal. there was one juror who said she liked to watch tv at night and laughed at that. you were getting a lot of reaction but that was the sort of thing we were seeing in terms of interaction with the jurors. >> something that reflected pause ly on him, he will react

positively. >> christy, i want to ask you about every move of trump in the courtroom. he seems to be sending a message of defiance. at one point, he did mutter and that drew a stern warning from the judge. what did you notice about trump's reaction to jurors and all of the memes and how will defiance as a strategy play out once testimony begins? >> the judge put on the record that while one juror was at the podium, maybe 12 photofrom donald trump, donald trump was audibly uttering something, wasn't clear what he was uttering but it was in the direction of the juror. the judge said i am not going to tolerate this. i will not have any jurors intimidated in my courtroom and i want to make that crystal clear and counsel, talk to your

client. that was his first warning. then after thatworning, trump made a truth social post where he said catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge to get on the trump jury and then quoted jesse waters for that, in plain violation of the gag order. now we have the juror selected. you would think this would now be a time for trump to have an offensive with the jury because you are just trying to win over one juror. intimidation is counterproductive here but i don't know if trump can help himself from trying that strategy. he has now taken two shots at it. the judge has made it clear he will not tolerate it. the question will become on tuesday when the gag order is decided on, the da is saying trump violated the gag order not once, or twice but ten times, whether or not there are any real sanctions beyond fines that get imposed on the court for

juror intimidation which is as egregious as it gets. >> you want to comment on this? >> i think his behavior in front of the juror when he was muttering, sighing, you saw a lot of that at the civil trial. i was sitting through it and the judge, there was a lot of back and forth. but in that case, you are just speaking to a judge. now you have jurors. this judge is not going to take any sort of intimidation. it is a different form and he was given a bit more leeway. in this sense, i think the judge is not going to give him a lot of leash on that. >> let me talk about with you on what prosecutors agreed to. they will give the name one witness. they will give them to you as requested by donald trump's defense team. it is only for attorneys' eyes. first of all, do you have any

clues as to who the witness will be? >> i don't. and i don't even want to speculate. just i don't know. >> that is fair. >> they are being very tight lipped because of the intimidation. >> what does this mean for donald trump? is this the prosecution now trying to draw a line between donald trump, the defendant, and donald trump the campaign? they are basically saying we are giving you a name, we will tell you, you can't put anything out there about this person, male or female and we are talking about donald trump and discipline is not a word that we associate with him. >> i think they are keeping this on a tight leash. they are preparing for the witnesses who will have to be cross-examined coming up. i think they are trying to keep a tight lid on this. they are trying to keep this on a tight ship and not give him a lot of information so he can

jump on social media. >> and the question posed by suzanne, does this give donald trump's defense team reasons to come back and say, we are going to challenge things left and right? we may want to take this past what happens in court here and make challenges left and right about this? if they are not giving him what they want in regard to witnesses, isn't that normal procedure in an a case? >> it is normal procedure to give the courtesy of the other side to let them know who you will be calling and the order of witnesses. but nothing about this case is normal. nothing about the facthat donald trump is testifying the witnesses who will testify is normal. i think it is perfectly appropriate as judge merchan noted for the prosecutors to take different measures so they can protect these witnesses as much as possible from donald trump's intimidation.

it is plain that his attorneys have no control over what he is posting on social media and there are real repercussions to the witnesses and how they may testify. i think what they are doing is completely appropriate under the circumstances. >> do you know what happened to juror number two? that was the oncology nurse who was dismissed after complaining that news reports outed here to friends and family? can the judge protect any juror from doxing in this digital landscape? . >> yeah, some of that came out on day number three where that second juror told the court, hey, people have identified me based on just how much information has come out. she raised krnz about that. show had been criticized on fox news. she was excused. the judge expressed frustration saying she would have been a good juror and then ordered the

press not to report on each juror's past and current employers to protect identities and not to write anything about physical observations, about their appearances or things you would hear like an accent. he said if the press can't follow those orders, he would be open to taking other measures. part of this was a problem from the judge and d.a. some of the answers didn't need to be public and could have been redacted from the start and they weren't. so you are in a tough spot but the judge is doing what he can to protect the jurors. >> suzanne, you are giving a thumbs up to that. >> she nailed it. that was the problem at the outset. >> why didn't they see that? >> i don't know. but when you are asking jurors all of those questions, you can guess who they are. you can google them if they work at this law firm and live at this neighborhood and their wife does this or their husband does this. i was surprised that they

allowed it. the judge finally after the incident happened with juror number two said enough and they started saying, you can't give your employer for example and a couple of authorities. the other thing that we will be facing coming in monday and i will be curious is we have a full compliment of 12 jurors and 6 alternates. what will happen and will they have second thoughts? there was one day we went from 7 to 5. and then on friday morning, there was emotional, a few jurors came forward and said i can't take the stress. one was crying. and then in the afternoon, we had the incident outside of the courthouse where someone lit themselves on fire and then passed away. there is a lot of stress on the jurors. we felt it in the room on friday and we wonder if there will be another one or who change their

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now today's other top stories, shocking surveillance of a student fighting off a man trying to rob her at gunpoint at the university of chicago. police say she managed to yank the magazine out of his gun and toss it into a bush. wow, luckily no one was hurt. the would be robber remains on the loose and they have stepped up security on campus. volkswagen workers in chattanooga voted to join the united auto workers union. this is the first time that southern auto workers were able to win their union vote. the federal aviation administration rolled out new

rest rules to address fatigue issues with air traffic controllers. this comes after a string of near misses including one at reagan national airport on thursday. concontrollers have to take off 12 hours off before a midnight shift. back on capitol hill, the house aproufbed funding for israel and ukraine. it is serious business. and the unserious business of space lasers added to one bill raised serious questions on a certain lawmaker, yeah that one. space lasers again, we are totally serious. molly jong fast joins nee next. y serious. molly jong fast joins nee next you need them. they need a retirement plan. work with principal so we can help you with a plan that's right for your team. let our expertise round out yours.

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we are following breaking news on capitol hill. minutes ago the house approved long delayed critical funding for you crane as well as assistance for israel and taiwan. that package heads to the senate. joining me is molly jong fast, host of the fast politics podcast. given all of the breaking news

we have had to do, we will make this pretty fast. ahead of passing the ukraine bill, you had speaker mike johnson who made a remarkable about face? >> amazing. >> what was that all about? what was the incentive for the position he prior held and the one now where he is coming out and you saw him get to the podium and say this was a wonderful accomplishment and it is what we do as americans and all that? >> it was amazing. i asked a number of congress people over the week what had changed. because we did see it this week and they were all -- i said what is my sense is he has more classified briefings or higher level of classified briefings so he understands gravity of the situation? >> hang on. does that mean you are saying he is now unformed? >> he was a back bench congressman. he was far down the scale and

then he became the speaker. i think he sort of, the people around him in leadership including schumer were able to explain to him the gravity of the situation. part of what you see marjorie taylor greene, some of these people don't understand what is happening. they don't understand how this ukraine bill works, the newer weapons go to the united states and the older weapons, they take our kind of hand me downs. so i think a lot of them don't quite understand it where i feel like now he has been in leadership and he understands the gravity of the situation. by passing the bill he has signed quite literally the end of his speakership. >> if the motion to vacate progresses. there are three who want to do it, led by mtg. but if that happens, are there democrats that may come across the aisle and support you? >> the members of congress that i have talked to said they would

save them and there is an appetite for that. they are keeping thaer powder dry and they would not say that yet. you have seen that the leadership has instructed hem to keep their powder dry. one thing i would say is one member of congress texted me and said we will save him if he wants to be saved. it is not clear that he does want to be saved. he is sort of anilistic about all of this a little bit. we will see. if you are saved by democrats, it kind of means that republicans have lost faith in you. this caucus is so hard to govern and the republicans are basically, there is a burn it down contingent that has no interest in legislation and just wants to win. >> yolk okay. you will come back again. she was among the members of the kennedy family who had to make a difficult choice this election cycle and she has a new

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a new compelling docu-series is out telling the story of sin non, a 1950s drug facility in santa monica that turned into a cult. it features interviews of media members that follows the evolution. joining me now is rory kennedy, the executive producer of this. so great to be with you. just watching some of these parts of this, you should have seen me, i was texting my producer about how disturbing the cult was. it was incredible. we have children of god, people's temple, they all come to mind when we think about

cults. but syna non had nearly 2,000 members at one point. how is this not more well known? >> that was part of the reason that i was so drawn to this story because you know, i live here in los angeles county and it took place in our backyard. it started in santa monica in 1958 as a very forward thinking, very progressive drug treatment program. it was the first drug treatment program in the united states and maybe in the world for heroin adicts. it was effective. they were the darlings of the media since the beginning. they were standouts. somehow it went from this organization that really stood for no drugs and no alcohol and no violence as the two pillars. and then by the end, they had more firearms than anyone in the history of california and they had an open bar in the facility.

>> synanon broke up families but it was at the order of its leader. let's take a look at the doc. >> in the end, jack was in a game with chuck and i heard on the wire what chuck was saying to jack. chuck said get rid of your wife or get the hell out of here. i started packing. jack wasn't going to loave. i felt like the world was ending. i had never been hurt so badly. it was horrible. but jack said chuck saved my life. >> you had children separated from parents, you had people married for years. i saw that chalkboard, it was a digram. you put married couples and circle one name and then put an

arrow to who they would mix and match with. these people were pressured to divorce, remarry people that chuck chose for them. how many of the families were able to reconnect and recover? how did they manage that? >> a lot of them stayed with their new partners. one of the things that happened with chuck that was so fascinating is he would go through some kind of a life experience and then make some changes for himself so. so his wife died and then he married a new wife and then he decided everyone should do this. he made the announcement over what was called the wire, their communication system, everyone has to change partners. and it was as one of the characters in the film said, it was bongers. interesting le, some of the new

marriages lasted and worked. and other people remained heart broken. >> i mean, i can't recommend people watch highly enough. it is disturbing but revelatory. and something else that we will talk about, you and many in your family endorsed president biden. i'm curious how difficult it has been to support someone other than your big brother. what kinds of discussions have you had and are some in the family still supporting his candidacy? and for his part, he seems he respects the family's decision. >> yes, yes. for sure. i think that bobby's point is a good one that we grew up in a family where we were encouraged to debate and discuss and come to our own conclusions about various issues and what we support and what we don't. and i love bobby.

but to me this is a race between two candidates. it is between joe biden and donald trump who really are the only two who have a viable chance at getting the 270electoral votes. as i have said before, this is the most important election of my lifetime and arguably in history. and so i think it is imperative that we all support joe biden. personally, i feel absolutely honored and privileged to be able to support joe biden because i think he has been an extraordinary president. he has really actually in terms of legislation and the changes that have been made under his presidency is really outstanding and one of the best in history. >> do you think there is any situation at any event that could cause your brerth to drop out of the race or is he

determined to see it through to november? does he really think he can win? >> well, listen, i would love for him to drop out so because none of us really want to be in this situation but ultimately, the point is that we really have to circle behind gebiden because what the alternative is is donald trump who has said himself that he is going to become a deckitator on day one, to seek revenge on anyone who has stood up to him. he is as proud as can be that he has overturned roe v. wade, that he will continue to take rights away from women. the stakes couldn't be higher. and as an alternative, we have joe biden who has created 15 million jobs, stood up to the

pharmaceutical companies, he has supported climate change in a greater way with more financing and more support than any president in the history. he is supporting the infrastructure of our country. he has created jobs, the list goes on and on. >> yeah. rory kennedy, thank you for your candor about that. i'm sure it is a sensitive subject but i understand the passion and support you have for president biden. the documentary is absolutely extraordinary. it is riveting and for all of you as i thank you for joining us, this hbo docu-series is available to stream right now on max. a huge day on capitol hill today, counting down to some final votes, what did they get done? and the judge in the hush money case delivers a direct order to donald trump and he didn't appear happy about it. the latest from those inside the courtroom. e latest from those inside the courtroom. ♪♪ an all-in-one cleaning tool that gives you a mop and bucket clean in half the time

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