colonel johnson, chapt brian j anderson. brigadier general paul d mocha. brigadier general ferguson that, the senate vote on the nominations enblock, without interactions debate, and the motion be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. >> is there objection? without objection. the question is on the nominations on bloc. >> all in favor, aye. >> aye. >> the nomination are confirmed on bloc. >> mr. president, hundreds, hundreds of military families across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. the senate has now unanimously confirmed hundreds of military nominations that were held up for 10 months by a single person, the senator from alabama. thank god these military officers will now get the promotions they so rightfully earned. i'm happy by so many unnecessary delay by one senator we are finally moving forward and giving these men and women the promotions they deserve and well work to confirm the rest of the nominees on hold very soon. while today's conf

speaker of the us congress johnson confirmed the information: zelensky has no strategy for victory, which day i received the speaker's gavel, i have demanded clarity from the white house. we need a clear explanation of our strategy that will allow ukraine to win, so far their answers have been insufficient. administration. biden is trying to ask for billions of additional dollars without adequate oversight, without a clear strategy for winning, without any of the answers that i believe the american people deserve. but europeans see an increasing threat to the european union in the admission of ukraine to it. the times writes about this with reference to a new survey by the berlin think tank, the european council on foreign relations. at the same time, most of all. opponents of kyiv's membership in the european union in germany, france, austria. more than half of austrians are categorically against it, fearing that such a move would not so much send a strong signal to russia as create a threat to the security of the european union. official vienna suddenly heard ordinary austrians and oppo

johnson is a record of opposing a to ukraine. so the stars are aligning very much against the by the administration's request and, and the lensky is, you know, hadn't hand request to give them anything that will keep us government afloat. i wouldn't be surprised if he gets nothing. i think you'll probably see something up within the next several months, but it's going to be far below what will be necessary to sustain the ukrainian government and military through the next electoral cycle. the pricing of all man is the 2nd level. i've also said his take on so as he's visit to the us saying that you couldn't in the other ones dying for the sake of western interest with liquid. i found that difficult after the hopes that were pinned on the so called contra offensive collapse, washington stop talking about the process which you to defeat on the battlefield and found a new montrose as manifested. you and you create a new president for the image. the last case visit, do not let frequent when in ukraine or she will conquer all of nino an

johnson, is participating, and it is obvious that all these chances should be used to strengthen ukraine of power, i would not only have formed a long time ago the government of national unity, on the contrary, would encourage deputies who have authority in the west, experience, and contacts to work for ukraine, the latter, petro oleksiyovych , was also supposed to meet in poland with the new coalition in the diet, i remind you that tusk's party is part of the epp, yes just like our political power, we have long-standing very good connections, contacts, and of course we wanted to talk about solving this situation on the ukrainian-polish border, with the blockade of our carriers, well, if the authorities can't do anything here, isn't it wrong use the chance, those who fly... the forces that have such a contact to help the country do something here, i am very sad about this, i consider it absolutely provocations and you know, there is a heavy war going on in the country, and here there is a feeling that for someone there is a war in their heads ended and politics began, this is very wrong,

johnson is a record of opposing aid to ukraine. so the stars are aligning very much against the, by the ministrations request and, and the lensky is a, you know, hatton hand request to give them anything that will keep us government afloat. i would be surprised if he gets nothing. i think you'll probably see something up within the next several months, but it's going to be far below what will be necessary to sustain the ukrainian government and military through the next electoral cycle. all right, one with our lawyer and freelance journalist to meet your list car as dmitri, thank you. thank you. and the gaza where one of the idea of recent strikes targeted the un relief and workers agency school located in the north of the. 7 footage shows the moments of the explosion, the idea of claims, a quote from us infrastructure was uncovered at the school unread told r t. a can not confirm the news until it gets further information to bring in the latest updates as soon as we have them. also in northern and gaza is really forced to storm to

mike johnson, known for his skepticism about military aid to ukraine, said that there will almost certainlyouse this year, that is... before the christmas holidays, which are a couple of days away, we have made our position very clear, we need transparency , part of the problem. eric schmit, a native of missouri, said that vladimir zelensky did not say anything new at the meeting with senators and the speaker of the us house of representatives, and this is still the same old trash, there is nothing new here, this is a quote quoted by the new york times. contractions a day, in the morning on the way to work, the same in the evening, tens of thousands of kiev residents in the coming months will have to fight their way onto the bus, and then into the subway, a third of them at once. six southern metro stations were closed. the reason for the crack is in the section between the soviet-built lybitskaya station and the engineering miracle of modern ukraine - the demievskaya station. initially, it was planned that only this section would have to be repaired, which means that the repairs from the t

at the same time , the speaker of the congress, mike johnson, wrote a letter in response to the white house that any additional funding for ukraine depends on the cited transformational changes in the laws on security on the us-mexico border. our congress correspondent is monitoring the situation. kateryna lisonova. hello katsyu, you had the opportunity to talk with the legislators after this closed briefing. please tell me what the officials of the white house reported there? yes, congratulations maria, congratulations to our viewers. in general , today the officials of the white duma report to the legislators of both the house of representatives and the senate. and without warning in the house of representatives, the report ended literally an hour ago. in general, average those reporting to the legislators, the head of the department of state of the united states of america, anthony blinken, also the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin, in addition, avril heinst, the director of national intelligence, and general charles brown, the chairman of the join

speaker johnson: obviously dobbs was overturned, the decision returns to the states. i'm a pro-life person but i often think about what breitbart observed and he said politick is downstream from culture. you don't have a cultural consensus on a sensitive issue like that, i don't foresee congress moving legislation on it. we need to build consensus nationally and right now the states are all over the map on it. catherine: trump recently said in an interview he would be a dictator on, quote, day one. you just described yourself as a rule of law guy and wondering what your reaction is when you hear things like this? speaker johnson: i think he was kidding and talking about executive orders and the border an energy policy. i don't know the quote but can imagine how that went. look, the executive orders have been abused, everyone knows that. the biden administration is the worst offender in history and think the numbers show that. i am a rule of law guy, a constitutional guy. i'd like to call back article 1 powers and get this restructured. i understand his deal about that

border security between congress and the white house. he made the comments while speaking at "the wall street journal" c.e.o. council summit in washington, d.c. and he discussed the impeachment inquiry to president biden and the national debt. reporter: good evening, speaker, thanks for joining us. tomorrow you'll be meeting with the ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy as the debate continues on aid to ukraine. what will your message be to him? speaker johnson: it will be the same as it has been to the president and senator schumer and our colleagues. i understand the crisis there and i understand the crisis of if putin succeeds and he'll probably go to the balkans or somewhere else next. this is an important battle but don't think it's a radical proposition to say if ear going to have a national security supplemental package it ought to begin with our own national security first. i would explain while we understand that, i've made my position very clear literally since i was handed the gavel we have to take care of our border first a

johnson, are members of protestant churches, where the old testament is a number one, well, we have ourious tradition, they have their religious tradition, we can discuss it, we can discuss it, but when johnson says that when i have doubts, i open the scriptures, the bible, and i look there answers, so imagine the meaning for many traditional republicans, or imagine a figure where almost 60% of americans, i think 50, six, if i'm not mistaken, according to the latest polls, go to church every sunday, that is, these are two ways of life, two sets of these two understandings, what next for the states moving forward, and the republicans, three terms out of power, they understand perfectly well that what they fear for, we will not say right or wrong for now, but nevertheless, they are fighting and they are truly worried about their way of life , may be under the final threat, if they do not again... go to power either through the presidency or through control of the senate, and by the way, now some seats are democratic in the senate, they are no longer so certain for reelection, we can see t

, mike johnson, so the sbu, so to speak, claims that they have information that poroshenko had to goo meet with orban, and they were preparing and preparing anti-ukrainian provocations that the enemy was supposed to use, well, to be honest , a very... serious statement and in any other country it would actually mean a huge scandal and some very serious investigations and so on and so forth similar, well, unfortunately, we live in a country with a rather unconscious democracy very often and in principle we understand the trust in the sbbu ourselves, well, what has now been added, i don’t know if it will add trust, i read the comment one from the deputies of european solidarity, whom i personally know very well and respect very well, this is the ukrainian historian volodymyr petrovych, the former head of the institute of national memory, who commented on it like this, statements in the style of the kgb from the secret service of the sbu are the most effective russian ipso, actually arguing with that , because in the text of the statement of this sbu it is said that among the plans of t

stefanchuk with this visit, there was also a meeting with the chairman of the congress mr. the peace institute, and congressmen and senators, it seems to me that maybe they didn't want to, i don't know there is a feeling that mr. stefanchuk usually doesn't want to be in the parliament. to see, and especially the ermak company , maybe there they thought that it was more comfortable for them to be themselves, but excuse me, we are not a creep to please the office of the president, we are ukrainian politicians who work for the state, for ukraine, and do everything to for ukraine to become stronger, for ukraine's support to be stronger. it is obvious that petro oleksiyovych and our team have the appropriate competence and authority to strengthen here support

stefanchuk with this visit, there was also a meeting with the chairman of the congress, mr. johnson, and a speech at the peace institute and congressmen and senators, it seems to me that maybe they didn't want to, i don't know the feeling there that... stefanchuk usually doesn't really want to see in the parliament, and especially the fair and the campaign, maybe they thought it was more comfortable for them to be there themselves, but i'm sorry, we are not crooks to please the president's office, we are ukrainian politicians who work for the state, for ukraine, and do everything to make ukraine stronger, so that support for ukraine is stronger. it is obvious that petro oleksivych and our team have the appropriate competence and authority to strengthen support here. country, it seems very, very wrong to me. thank you, mrs. iryna, this was iryna gerashchenko, people's deputy of ukraine. friends, we are working live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us on these platforms, please like this video, s

, mike johnson.resident is trying to convince the congressmen why it is important to continue to support ukraine, why the congress should vote for an aid package for ukraine next year? he gave understand, and we all made it clear, if we lose, putin wins, and that will be very dangerous for the united states. we cannot allow putin to influence through any surrogates what we should do in ukraine. he also noted one more thing: he needs help quickly. if we don't help quickly, a couple of things will happen: first, military needs, and second, europe and many other allies will say what's going on here, they... do not provide them with help, but zelenskyi's words do not seem to have convinced the republicans too much, they continue to insist on their point. first, congress should approve migration reform, strengthen the border with mexico, and only then deal with the security of ukraine. the biden administration is demanding billions of additional dollars with no oversight, no clear strategy for victory, an

, mike johnson, said that it is the white house that is to blame for the fact that this money is blockedven said: i am asking them to do their job, because... i wonder what the job is. donald tusk, as of today officially the prime minister of poland in the presidential palace, was officially sworn in by the head of the country andrzej duda. in addition, mr. president also approved the composition of the new government. speaking at the ceremony, donald tusk said he would be firm to defend the interests of poland and emphasized that the new government will also defend polish interests in relations with everything. countries, but president andrzej duda assured the new prime minister that he will not block what will benefit the country's citizens and is ready to actively cooperate with him in this. well, as i said, the ministers of the new cabinet led by donald tusk were also sworn in today. and the most interesting thing, probably, in this cabinet of ministers, the most interesting appointment is the minister. of foreign affairs. so, our good friend, i mean, a good friend of ukraine, radosl

is even more difficult, such key meeting, it was a meeting with johnson, the speaker of congress fromhe republicans, and johnson sounded something like we are all with you, we support you, we don't want putin to triumphantly walk through ukraine and move on, but, but we cannot vote for support. of ukraine, until the issue of arrangement of the southern borders is resolved, and this information came from many, many senators, even before the visit, before zelensky's speech in the senate, it was clear that in principle they are not interested, they do not need arguments in favor of the fact that ukraine needs to win, they need to solve their internal political problem of arranging borders. which they have not been able to solve for 20 years, when even the republicans had a majority in the congress, this immigration package, as america, the country of immigrants, should regulate immigration policy, this is simply one of those issues that cannot be solved, and now at such an extremely important time moment, the republicans decided to take advantage of the opportunity, it must be said that

nomia iqbaljust live from congress - house, speaker mike johnson.ashington, dc, thank you. to idea soldiers were killed in operations and cover their bodies. the news comes as israel continues its military action in gaza, there is been frightening khan younis in the south and referent border crossing, the world health organization says they are nowjust 11 of 36 hospitals in gaza which remain partially able to function. head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as hell on earth. in a separate development that has just come into us in the last few moments, the israel by mr benjamin netanyahu has acknowledged his government disagrees with the biden administration over the fate of gods after the war. he restated his position that gaza should not be handed to the western backed palestinian authority. for more on this that speak to her middle east correspondent hugo bachega. as i was reading that, i also so we were getting comments that were reported in the reuters news agency that president biden is seen that isra

at the same time, the speaker of the congress is mike johnson wrote a letter in response to the white house that any additional funding for ukraine depends on what he cites as transformative changes in us- mexico border security laws. our congress correspondent is monitoring the situation.

he was on the hill, he met with senators, members of congress, mike johnson, he went to the white housepresident biden. he held a press conference were key -- at one point he slammed his fist on the podium noting how important it was that ukraine get the resources it needs. he met with the defense contractors, he's like maybe i need to go straight to the people -- congress is playing games. and you share that concern, but then do you also think the broader american electorate understands it? oftentimes the international issues don't always trickle down to the everyday voters until it's far too late. >> for a while we saw a lot of ukrainian flags being flown. i live in washington, d.c.. maybe it's a different microcosm of the world, i don't know. there was a lot more support at the early stages of this. at the same time, watching 60 minutes last week, something stuck with me. they had someone on their or who is a ukrainian, basically a refugee at this point he was a fighter, and he said thank you. i'm getting emotional thinking that, it thank you. and here we have president zelenskyy com

stefanchuk with this visit, there was also a meeting with the chairman of the congress, by mr. and the speech at the peace institute, and the congressmen and senators, i think that maybe they didn’t want to, i don’t know, there’s a feeling that mr. stefanchuk usually doesn’t really want to see mr. stefanchuk in the parliament, and especially the fair, the company, maybe there they thought that it was more comfortable for them to be themselves, but i'm sorry, we're not here to please the president's office, we 're ukrainian politicians who work for the state, for ukraine, and do everything to make ukraine stronger, so that...' support for ukraine was more powerful, it is obvious that petro oleksiiovych and our team have the appropriate competence, authority, to strengthen support for ukraine here, it seems very, very wrong to me. thank you, mrs. iryna, this was iryna gerashchenko, people's deputy of ukraine. friends, we are live tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us on these platforms, please like this video, subscr

host: it seems as a casual observer of congress, we have not seen speaker johnson nearly as much as we saw speaker mccarthy or speaker pelosi. is that a fair assessment? guest: i think so. he has done a couple press conferences, but not as forward as speaker mccarthy was. he is relatively new at this. he was the vice chairman right below stefanik. it is certainly important. i think it has only been a month or so. funding for israel and ukraine. it is not unusual. it is like building a plane. host: we will come back to that in a second. we want to get you involved in our discussion. if you are a republican, call in at (202) 748-8002. if you are neither of the above, you can call -- if you have a question or comment about congress, please post it to -- please text it to (202) 748-8003 . what is the buzz among congressional reporters? it seems to have settled into in order. guest: it is a narrow majority that we have seen. obviously, two weeks of balloting fell through. there is some appetite. at some point, there are other hardliners. i think a lot needs to happen before that. he will no

that is when he spoke to a joint meeting of congress. he will speak to senators in a private session and then speaker mike johnson before a meeting at the white house. ukraine is trying to rebut the invasion from russia. but there is a political play here, coming to washington, asking for an ally to give more aid. it might make it tougher to get a down the road. host: where do speaker johnson stand on the issue? schumer and mcconnell -- where do they stand on the funding for ukraine? guest: you have schumer and mcconnell who have been opponents of aid to ukraine for a long time. it is something that they have stood together on. schumer and mcconnell had a joint invitation for zelenskyy to speak with senators last night. he voted against several ukraine aid packages when he was a rank and file member or further down in house leadership. ukraine does need that funding. as well as investment in domestic manufacturing. the only issue is that johnson had the same issue that mccarthy does. that margin -- there are probably as many in the senat

nbc news also later asked speaker mike johnson if congress would approve aid to ukraine he made it clear that republicans won't approve the package unless they get their tougher or get tougher policies for our southern border. frances? >> brie jackson for us, thank you. >>> and now gaza, where israel's war against hamas is raging on the u.n. general assembly has voted 153-10 to demand a humanitarian cease-fire. the u.s. joined israel, voting against the resolution, but president biden offered some pretty blunt words for israel's government over what he is now calling indiscriminate bombing in gaza. and this comes amid reports that israel is flooding hamas tunnels. here's nbc's richard engel >> reporter: israel is pushing ahead with its devastating ground offensive in gaza, fighting door to door to overthrow hamas. a u.s. official tells nbc news, israel is pumping seawater to flood hamas tunnels in limited areas of gaza, saying it's unclear if it will work. >> there is assertions being made that there's quite sure there are no hostages in any of these tunnels, but i don't flow that for a

it seems to me as a casual observer of congress that we have not seen speaker johnson nearly as much as we saw speaker mccarthy or speaker pelosi that is that a fair assessment? >> guest: i think so. speaker johnson has done it couple of press conferences. not quite as forward as speaker mccarthy was aar remember mike johnson is relatively new at this. he was elected in 2016 to the house when the vice chairman of the conference right below of this stuff on it as earlier. so had some messaging expense on something as important for any role in congressional leadership but it think over the last i believe it's within a month or so that he's been in the job you imagine is been a lot of really important work behind the scenes he's been trying to get done, things like negotiating a new ndaa topline funny loves which we can talk about later. funding for ukraine in israel,, and so certainly not unusual for speakers of weekly press conferences which johnson has continued to do, although it wasn't clear, sort at onset that was going to be the case but when you're building a speakers office fro

guaranteed congress will move forward with impeachment articles are through headlines security committee the technicality that needs to happen here? well listen again i think speaker johnson is locked in on border, staying locked in i do think we can walk and chew gum up here i wove preferred impeachment triem you will when house started six months ago a year ago, they have their problems over there as well, i am trying to takecare going on in senate we, republican senators need leadership here lock in say no negotiations on ukraine no negotiations on taiwan, even israel i fondly fondly love want to support, until we secure the border, meaningful policy, as well as money for the wall, meaningful policy changes that i am not interested in talking about ukraine or anything else, you know, but this -- the security policy on the other side they can get started on this process for impeachment, i will be welcoming on senate side love that debate over here too. maria: we will watch all that a pleasure, thanks so much >> all right. senator roger marshall we'll be right back.. stay with us. . the

refused to extend the work of congress; tomorrow legislators will go on vacation.iev does not have a large european family, the rapidly gaining popularity of bundestag deputy sarah wagenknecht called. german authorities to veto negotiations with kiev on future accession to the european union. the politician argued her point of view by saying that ukraine’s accession to the eu would entail the loss of billions of euros. according to her, current research indicates this. will the government then want to annually agree on a special budget provision to finance the ukrainian bottomless barrel? - said vagenk. necht refers to germany's current budget problems. european fairy tales. sneaky dogs ursula fondelien was barked by an unknown dog right in the european parliament, after finishing her speech about greatness europe, a dog barking suddenly came from the speakers, which after a few seconds of silence drowned out the laughter of the european deputies. the incident was later explained by the presence of service dogs in the building, and the leader of the european people

that's what the president has asked congress to do, speaker johnson in particular is obstructing thissure to defend democracy overseas. >> what do you say to your democratic colleagues who say the u.s. should impose some conditions on aid to israel. they have concerns israel is not executing this more as carefully as it should. it >> every country is bound by the law of armed conflict as is israel, they have adhere to it in their operations. they have contact with both the israeli cabinet and senior leadership to adjust tactics. there is really not a huge need to condition aid, what is most critical as we support israel as it tries to win this war which is dismantling hamas and rescuing hostages. then we support palestinian people, working with neighbor states, not just israel. they help realize their equal measure of security and dignity, and prosperity. >> do you think that this ratio at this point, we are talking about more than 15,000 palestinians that have been killed. israel is saying a third of those are hamas militants. two civilians to one combatant, is that acceptable, does

, macon, an unknown , said that speaker johnson, after meeting with zelensky, there was a separate meetingclear that the house of representatives still goes on vacation at the end of this week, december 15, to help ukraine. they won’t have time before the holidays, well, that is, the ukrainian armed forces can only hope that they will return to talking about money on january 20, but for now, die. a very interesting and productive meeting. president zelensky arrived on the capitalist hill for a meeting that will decide everything. with just two days before congress recesses for christmas, he is desperately trying to convince politicians to commit billions of dollars. as part of a fresh aid package, without it ukraine will not win this war, and this is exactly what zelensky said today, so guys, i will be brief, it was a very powerful meeting, president zelensky explained what he needs. and that if he receives this help, he will be able to win this war, and he described everything in great detail, what kind of help he needed and how it would help him win? even some of our republican colleague

jay johnson told congress, if you have 1000 migrants at the border, it is a crisis, we had 10,000 yesterdaye expected to be even higher. this administration doesn't realize thousands of miles from the southwest border in places like boston, they are feeling the strain. do you see it in the streets? >> yeah, certainly, we have over 25,000 people awaiting shelter or are in shelter and the governor made it clear, it is costing massachusetts taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. we don't have the infrastructure to house this many temporarily and you can see it in the city. >> griff: do you feel your city government is doing enough about it? are they asking for help from this administration and will they meet with biden when he is there? >> governor healy has asked for assi assistance multiple times, instead we see the catholic church, neighboring cities and towns picking up the slack to handle the influx of people because it has been largely silence from the government, despite the fact they created the problem. >> griff: one part that is maddening, senator joni ernst pointing this out yes

holding it up in congress, that includes mike johnson who met with zel enskyy today. >> there are important questions that must be answered so that we can continue with these negotiations. among those is what is the objective? what is the end game in ukraine? >> that is a major about-face for johnson. he not only supported ukraine loudly, clearly and proudly, but he slammed biden for being too slow on providing military aid to ukraine. here's mike johnson in april 2022. >> they're asking for the ability to fight back. as we've seen in recent days, there's a real chance they could win this conflict with russia. but they will not be able to do that. they certainly can't prevail if the biden administration continues to sit on its hands and not deliver the weapons that are sorely needed and we're prepared to provide. >> a total about-face on that issue. if if aid does not come, putin will be triumphant and able to continue on has openly stated quest to defeat the root of evil, the united states. >> translator: we need to know and understand where the root of evil is, where this very spider tryi

putting him out, and then grinding through several more candidates to finally agree on louisiana's mike johnson. >> i have covered congress in 2013 and have never seen anything like it. >> the divisions between and within it led to the worst stalemate in ages which drew the government to the brink of a shutdown twice and made tempers run short. >> i think the rest of the world has looked at washington and politics recently and particularly this year as complete chaos and completely unsettling as well. >> we are fully cooperating. >> printy of accusations of malfeasance. the expulsion of a congressman and plenty of denials. >> the worst way to make this came from revelations that supreme court justice thomas accepted lavish gifts from wealthy conservatives for years. >> about it thought people were shocked to learn how nonexistence the ethics guardrails have been around the supreme court until this point. >> the justices finally announced new public ethics rules, but -- >> i think it has become so partisan. >> many political analysts believe the most explosive issue in the upcoming election is t

, both chambers, both parties, speaker johnson, i heard words of respect for our people, for our struggle important advice, important agreements , i thank everyone for the support, i will continue. our work, i expect that the congress will soon pass the necessary decision, we must win, so that it does not happen, we work, drink and increase our strength. the strength of our beautiful ukraine. believe in your own strength. glory to ukraine. the senate adjourned canikoli and may hold a meeting next week to negotiate aid for ukraine. reuters journalist tommy lund reported this on social networks. let me remind you that the us president is asking for $61 billion in aid for ukraine. but the republicans are blocking the adoption of the decision, motivating it by the fact that it is necessary first. to bring order to the borders, the biden administration found a compromise, proposing to allow the deportation of migrants at the southern border of the united states under a simplified scheme, but only on days when a particularly large number of people arrive at the border. 12th package of sanctions

, speaker lower house republican mike johnson refused to do so, instead, the senate will continue to work on agreeing the package from monday, and although the final decision requires a vote of both houses, this increases the chances that the us will be able to approve aid for ukraine in early january. roman yedeliev, international lawyer, associate professor of the department of international law of taras shevchenko national university, roman. congratulations, congratulations, please explain, we talk so much about the need for help for ukraine from the united states, but not we consider the subject of the migration issue in the usa in detail, but in fact it has become vitally important for ukraine. please explain why it was not resolved for a long time, why it was raised now, why it was not resolved? that is, explain all aspects of this issue. well, look , we... we, of course, look first and foremost to ukraine and to the interests of ukraine, and we blame the united states of america for not providing the amount of support that they promised, that they can provide, and that is nece

. >> i am running for congress. >> and now, thomas johnson con man is thomas johnson congressman. >>> joining me now, screenwriter of that film and distinguish gentleman marty kaplan. i need to rewatch, it i'm going to re-watch that film tonight and remember we're watching -- that makes me want to rewatch it having seen what is happening over the last week or year, really, with that. you wrote a really interesting ecfor politico magazine. i want to read a quote from it for folks. when i wrote the screenplay, i never imagined anyone could actually pull off a scam like that. but 30 years, almost of the day, after the movie opened, i saw the headline of a bombshell story in the new york times, who is rep elect george santos? his resume was largely a fiction. it was a -- the distinguished gentleman may not have been arts, but life was all in on imitating it. what do you make of these parallels between the film you wrote and what is happening now in congress? >> well, you knew what i'm working on now, if you know what's going to happen in 30 years, clearly. >> and what is, it tell us. >>

. >> what does it say that mike johnson would rather have as you said, a lying, fraudster in congressto have a bit more breathing space politically than to think about what is the right thing to do for his constituents and for americans in congress? >> it shows that mike johnson isn't just week, he has no control over his actual conference, and could care less about what's in the best interest for the american people or the public. he kills he cares solely about -- he also knows he has a slim majority within the house. he could care last about what santos did or didn't do, he cares more about the speaker. he's turning out not just to be incredibly weak and ineffective but his politics, his conservative worldview are dangerous for the country. >> what do you say to the critics who say that this expulsion may not be used more frequently and become a tool to use by whatever ruling power party that's in power to ask people they don't like on the other side? >> if we set a precedent to get rid of con artists, liars, cheaters, people that defraud people from their hard earned money, it's th

covered congress since 2013, and i've never seen anything like it. >> i oppose this measure. >> deepnk of a shutdown twice, bristled with obstruction, and made tempers run short. >> want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it now. >> well, stand your butt up, then. >> i think the rest of the world has looked at what's happened in washington in politics in recent years, but particularly this year, as complete chaos and completely unsettling, as well. >> we are fully cooperating. >> the year brought plenty of accusations of malfeasance. the extraordinary expulsion of a congressman. and plenty of denials, too. >> not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be new jersey's senior senator. >> but is worst way to make people all judgy came from revelations that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted lavish gifts from uber-wealthy conservatives for years. >> i think a lot of people were shocked to learn how nonexistent the ethics guardrails have been around the supreme court until this point. >> the justices finally announces new public ethics rules, but -- >> i think the supreme co

. >> what does it say that mike johnson would rather have as you said, a lying, fraudster in congress space politically than to think about what is the right thing to do for his constituents and for americans in congress? >> it shows that mike johnson isn't just week, he has no control over his actual conference, and could care less about what's in the best interest for the american people or the public. he kills he cares solely about -- he also knows he has a slim majority within the house. he could care last about what santos did or didn't do, he cares more about the speaker. he's turning out not just to be incredibly weak and ineffective but his politics, his conservative worldview are dangerous for the country. >> what do you say to the critics who say that this expulsion may not be used more frequently and become a tool to use by whatever ruling power party that's in power to ask people they don't like on the other side? >> if we set a precedent to get rid of con artists, liars, cheaters, people that defraud people from their hard earned money, it's that good precedent in the hou

covered congress since 2013, and i've never seen anything like it. >> i oppose this measure. >> deepf a shutdown twice, bristled with obstruction, and made tempers run short. >> want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it now. >> well, stand your butt up, then. >> i think the rest of the world has looked at what's happened in washington in politics in recent years, but particularly this year, as complete chaos and completely unsettling, as well. >> we are fully cooperating. >> the year brought plenty of accusations of malfeasance. the extraordinary expulsion of a congressman. and plenty of denials, too. >> not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be new jersey's senior senator. >> but the worst way to make people all judgey came from revelations that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted lavish gifts from uber-wealthy conservatives for years. >> i think a lot of people were shocked to learn how nonexistent the ethics guardrails have been around the supreme court until this point. >> the justices finally announced new public ethics rules, but -- >> i think the supreme cour

covered congress since 2013, and i've never seen anything like it. >> i oppose this measure. >> deepa shutdown twice, bristled with obstruction, and made tempers run short. >> want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it now. >> well, stand your butt up, then. >> i think the rest of the world has looked at what's happened in washington in politics in recent years, but particularly this year, as complete chaos and completely unsettling, as well. >> we are fully cooperating. >> the year brought plenty of accusations of malfeasance. the extraordinary expulsion of a congressman. and plenty of denials, too. >> not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be new jersey's senior senator. >> but the worst way to make people all judgey came from revelations that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted lavish gifts from uber-wealthy conservatives for years. >> i think a lot of people were shocked to learn how nonexistent the ethics guardrails have been around the supreme court until this point. >> the justices finally announced new public ethics rules, but -- >> i think the supreme court

, the speaker of congress, and well, i think , i suppose, rather, that probably if this meeting hadplace, it would hardly have been anything brought bad things to ukraine, or do you have a different opinion? well, it’s hard to say, i don’t know about the plans of such an experienced parliamentary diplomat as petro oleksiyovych, but as for the question, i understand your lack of love, but after all, he is a former president, why, why, on the contrary, i have great respect, i treat him with great respect without any sarcasm , by the way, yes, in the end, we do one thing on a seemingly equal footing, it turns out that you don’t do it, they don’t let him out, well, regarding the meeting with orban, you know, i would know here , still obeyed our special services, to - here is denis shmegal meeting with robert fico and nothing, and nothing happens, but what is orban, what is the difference, powers, the question of powers, i.e. who does mr. prime minister represent, by the way, he represents, there are three persons in the state, who are the official voice of the state, are the president,

to extend the congress, to extend the session, to extend at least a few days, or maybe to meet all next week, and we don't know yet, not yet final, whether they will agree or not, whether they will be able to convince or not, there are few chances, however, there are chances , the biden administration made its move, a very powerful move , made it after negotiations with volodymyr zelenskyi, it is really such a huge advance for the republicans, the republicans. who oppose illegal migration, for strengthening the borders, and now the biden administration offers a compromise, fresh news, offers to allow the deportation of migrants on the southern border of the united states under a forgiven, simplified scheme, and this is a step that the demo republicans could present as their own victory, demonstrate it to the voters. the only thing before that, which is currently being argued about, is that the administration only offers this simplified scheme on certain days, and they are breaking spears about, well, what does it mean? this particular day, for example, there was already a version that w

jim, republicans in congress encoding house speaker mike johnson say, they are not convinced that ukraine a winning strategy going forward. tell us why you think it is thought, this counteroffensive? >> reporter: this is what u.s. military officials tell me. ukrainian forces ran into three really difficult minds of defense that russia had months to dig in and plan tens of thousands of landmines and dig into to repel the oncoming ukrainian advance and i'm told a couple issues emerged. one, a lot of these weapon systems, new weapon systems came to ukraine and they were only able to train up for a few weeks. new german tanks and u.s. tanks and other weapon systems. in addition to that, i'm told there has been some looking back now with 2020 vision think that the u.s. and its partners tried to turn ukrainian forces into something close to a u.s. military force capable of combined arms. that is ground operations, air operations. again, with a few weeks or a few months training him with years of training, this is difficult to break through and, of course, ukrainians have a tremendous advantage

the republicans in congress have so far, refused to authorize more funded by johnson. now to mexico city way you ways and mexican officials have been meeting the high level talks of migration. this is washington tries to reduce the number of regular microns crossing the southern border. us secretary of state entity blinking met with mexico's president on today's manuel lopez will per door with an eye to the limiting uncontrolled migration into the width is on my door. his said he is willing to help him or to and he wants washington to improve relations with other countries in the region and boost state irregular migration is becoming a big political problem. the west president joe biden, as he approaches next year's election, as many as 10000 people a day of being detained, trying to cross the southern us border migrant stranded in northern mexico. hoping to get to the us border by train for them. a wagon is a better option than attempting to reach the board of by boss. they say, mexican immigration officials keep pushing them back to southern mexico to know why or wil

, and the breaking point as major johnson has proposed is that this is unsustainable, and every singleotel room in the city is filled with a migrant, and so it is not sustainable holding up the funding. >> and so, democratic congresswoman, you hear the mayors and they said that more than 7,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border, and how big of a problem is this? >> it is a huge problem, and if anyone is sitting around acting line it isn't, then they are not aware. the democrats and the republicans acknowledge this. you talk to a number of democratic mayors complaining about the issue, and i appreciate what was said in the very last statement which is the fact that the president has actually put forth a supplemental package that is going to provide some relief to cities, and the republicans don't want to tell the truth about what the president is trying to push forward, and that mayor absolutely acknowledged the problem, and the problem is congress, and the president cannot do this by himself, and he cannot shell out money, and it is action on behalf of the house and the s

if they don't act on the ukraine aid, that it could essentially collapse if there is no action from congress before the year's end, and johnson responded that there needs to be a significant immigration and policy measures not unlike the bill that passed earlier, and something that the senate democrats call a non-starter, and you can see the divide that continues at that urgent time for ukraine even as zelenskyy is prepared to talk to the senators and not house, but the senators in the classified briefing, and this is the difficult time ahead with israel and all of the rest to raise concerns if any of it can be done. >> and yes, as all of the americans have seen, and manu, you of course, the immigration battle has been going on decades and decades, and the system is broken and they have never found out how to fix it, and this is going to be a tough fight there on capitol hill. thank you for your reporting there. >> and another mess up there on capitol hill for sure. >>> coming up for us, what caused a massive explosion in virginia? that is what the local, state and federal authorities are no

, the speaker of the congress.ng wrong with it, well, it looks like this. ukraine needs, the more contacts there with the republicans, the better. yes, i don't mind. here, but don't you think that by your act you possibly, indeed, harmed some additional positive contact for ukraine? maybe i hurt to someone, to some activity of pyotr oleksiiovych, by his act, but not to ukraine. i think it is not necessary to say that i am equal to ukraine. nobody, but poroshenko, when i say, he means ukraine, this is your interpretation, well , you said, you say, i think, i should not say, referring to ukraine, who are you talking about now? this is my opinion in my voice, regarding modern ukrainian politicians, and volodymyr zelenskyi also says, am i thinking about ukraine? i would not say that the president and our team arrange things like this. as some opposition politicians, understood, in the question of direct associations with certain ee big ideologemes, parts of the constitution and so on, because well, i don't want us to s

that's where the supplemental budget at the president pushed is held up in congress right now.he break point as mayor johnson described is when you talk about 10% of the budget to allocate for cities on this that is unsustainable. every single hotel room in the city full of migrants arrived that's unsustainable. the federal resources are what the congress held up. along with that congress could directly sthorize the resources needed to accelerate that work authorization. right now you come to america, you get an asylum claim but that court date for your asylum claim is four years out right now because these judges don't have the capacity at the border to adjudicate those issues quickly so we have someone waiting four years without the capacity work for four years. that's also unsaustainable. >> mayor adams, you signed an executive order for charter buses to give 32 hours notice. do you have the second order effects of that? i understand your rationale for doing it. you laid it out clearly. what is that meaning in practice and does this mean buses may be dropping people off outs

the shift comes as now house speaker mike johnson cogs that congress may need to pass a yearlong continuing to fund the government if both parties can't reach a deal. >>> okay, i don't know if you missed this one but stay tight because it was extraordinary. elon musk, the world's richest person, is rolling out a new project even as he faces intense backlash for his toxic social media posts. nbc news correspondent emilie ikeda has more. >> reporter: it was back to business for tesla ceo elon musk with a highly delayed and anticipated initial delivery of the ev company's other worldly cyber truck. >> finally the future will look like the future. >> reporter: it comes less than 24 hours since musk's stunning sit down with cnbc's andrew ross sorkin. >> if someone is going to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail with money, go [ bleep ] yourself. is that clear? i hope it is. hey, bob. >> reporter: that was the bombshell message from the world's richest person to advertisers for pulling ad spending from his social media platform, an exodus after musk appeared to endorse an anti-semitic post o