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cnn's priscilla alvarez is out in los angeles where president biden is traveling. priscilla, what more is the white house saying about these strikes? >> reporter: as you heard from oren, this is really just the beginning. that's what president biden signaled in his statement on friday where he said, quote, our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. he goes on to say the united states does not see conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world, but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this. it resulted in the strikes that hit the 85 targets on friday afternoon. now, u.s. officials have told cnn that president biden reached that decision on monday. of course, there was a bit of a lag between his decision and when these strikes were carried out, and part of the reason for that had to do with weather. they were looking for clear skies and they were looking for unavoided casualties. going into this it has been whether they can hit those capabilities without being pulled into a regional war. that's really what th
cnn's priscilla alvarez is out in los angeles where president biden is traveling. priscilla, what more is the white house saying about these strikes? >> reporter: as you heard from oren, this is really just the beginning. that's what president biden signaled in his statement on friday where he said, quote, our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. he goes on to say the united states does not see conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the...
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this just in president joe biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy have just spoken cnn's priscilla alvarez is here with more on this. how did this conversation happened? >> fred, we're getting a readout from the white house right now about this conversation that occurred earlier today. and again, it just speaks to this urgency from the white house of showing support for ukraine as they continue this war against russia. and as the us hasn't been able to deliver additional funding despite their asked to congress. now, i'm going to read part of this readout to you. it says quote this morning, ukraine's military was forced to withdraw from fda gum after ukrainian soldiers had to ration ammunition due to dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction resulting in russia's first notable gains in months. it goes on to say that president biden i didn't emphasize the need for congress to urgently, urgently passed the national security supplemental funding bill to resupply ukrainian forces. this is something that us officials had been expressing concerns about recently these russian gains
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priscilla alvarez for us, live at the white house. our thanks to you and joining us now is democratic congresswoman susan wild of pennsylvania. she is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. congresswoman. thanks so much for making time tonight. we're glad to have you with us. i just want to ask you first off, it top. >> if you're >> worried that speaker johnson will not bring this up for a vote when there is evidenced that it would pass with overwhelming bipartisan support i'm. extremely worried about that. i literally just came from a large gathering at one of our ukrainian churches in my district. hundreds of people were there very, very concerned about this. and i told them i didn't want to offer them false optimism, but that many of us will be working hard to get this up for a vote. >> and there is talk congresswoman, if they won't bring it to the floor, if he will not bring it to the floor to use some of this kind of more arcane legislative options called a discharge discharge petition to try to get that onto the floor.
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not only for the president, but for democrats were running in other races priscilla alvarez with the president and brownsville, kristen holmes with the former president and eagle pass will be waiting for those remarks from them. and of course, just as president biden and donald trump are visiting the border, we've also just heard from a federal judge who is blocking that enforcement of that controversial texas immigration law. it would essentially empower all enforcement in the state to arrest and detain anyone that they suspected of entering the country illegally. it caused a lot of uproar from immigration advocates. cnn's rosa flores is in the border, is on the border in eagle pass. rosa. you what was the judge's rationale for this injunction which essentially blocks this order for now what the judge said is that he rejected the arguments made by the state of texas that >> migrants crossing the border illegally is a quote, invasion. he rejected that. he upheld precedent saying that immigration is a federal function. here's what the judge said in part, quote, surges and immigrants r
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cnn's priscilla alvarez has the latest from the white house. >> the pentagon announced on sunday the defense secretary austin was transported to the hospital for what they describe as symptoms suggesting and emergent bladder issue after the secretary was hospitalized in january for complications following prostate cancer surgery. he was discharged in mid january but the episode caused a firestorm on capitol hill and the white house because the president and lawmakers did not know in early january that he was hospitalized ordinary for other reasons. austin has come out and apologized saying he would better communicate in the future and that is what the pentagon is doing today, also taking note in the statement that white house and congressional notification have occurred. now again he was admitted to the hospital for this emergent bladder issue, the pentagon maintaining they will provide updates as they have them. priscilla alvarez cnn the white house. >> police in texas are trying to figure out why a woman armed with a long rifle entered the church of tell van gist joel ostein and be
cnn's priscilla alvarez has the latest from the white house. >> the pentagon announced on sunday the defense secretary austin was transported to the hospital for what they describe as symptoms suggesting and emergent bladder issue after the secretary was hospitalized in january for complications following prostate cancer surgery. he was discharged in mid january but the episode caused a firestorm on capitol hill and the white house because the president and lawmakers did not know in early...
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of hostages. senior u.s. officials have been deployed to the region to hammer out a framework for their release that includes freeing of the hostages, but also a humanitarian pause. the senior administration official said significant gaps still remain. it's unclear what exactly those are. maintaining that there is progress on this front. a readout from the white house says president biden emphasized this to the prime minister, noting that they should work on moving this forward and building on the progress of the last few weeks. of course, this comes after the pr
priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of...
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but first let's get started with priscilla alvarez on the growing rift between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. what was the call? >> this is a call at a critical juncture as these hostage negotiations are ongoing. these have been delicate and sensitive talks. they were the focus between the call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. moments ago we received some of the topics discussed, including capitalizing on progress made in these hostage negotiations and moving forward the efforts for their release. and also increasing humanitarian assistance to palestinians, and also critically the president reaffirmed his decision on the military operation in rafah. the concern there being that thousands of displaced palestinians have moved to rafah, so there are concerns about their safety in a ground operation or ground offensive moves into that region. and now again the president has sent some of his most senior u.s. officials to the region to work on these very delicate talks surrounding the release of hostages, but also a humanitarian pause to get assistance into gaza and to try
but first let's get started with priscilla alvarez on the growing rift between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. what was the call? >> this is a call at a critical juncture as these hostage negotiations are ongoing. these have been delicate and sensitive talks. they were the focus between the call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. moments ago we received some of the topics discussed, including capitalizing on progress made in these hostage negotiations and moving...
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house, so priscilla, what kind of responses coming from the white house? >> well, the white house is continuing to ramp up its pressure on republicans and particularly putting a focus on house republicans. because as you heard there from katelyn, the senate passed a foreign aid package with those $60 billion in additional aid to ukraine, but it remains stalled in the house which has been on recess. but today, the national security adviser, jake sullivan, went a step further and called out house speaker mike johnson by name the reality is that putin gains every day that ukraine does not get the resources it needs. and ukraine suffers. and there is a strong bipartisan majority in the house, standing ready to pass this bill if it comes to the floor? and that decision rests on the shoulders of one person. and history is watching whether speaker johnson will put that bill on the floor. if he does, it will pass, will get ukraine what it needs for ukraine to succeed if he doesn't, then we will not be able to give ukraine the tools required for it to stand up to
priscilla alvarez is at the white house, so priscilla, what kind of responses coming from the white house? >> well, the white house is continuing to ramp up its pressure on republicans and particularly putting a focus on house republicans. because as you heard there from katelyn, the senate passed a foreign aid package with those $60 billion in additional aid to ukraine, but it remains stalled in the house which has been on recess. but today, the national security adviser, jake sullivan,...
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let's first get to priscilla alvarez, who is standing by for biden's remarks. priscilla, what can you tell us a biden is planning to say as he welcomes the nation's governor to the white house. >> sara president biden has been very outspoken about russia and levee consequences against the russian president vladimir putin. so this is an opportunity where he could weigh in after this fresh slate of sanctions that have been announced by his administration. that is the single largest set of sanctions. it a day since putin's invasion of ukraine. now, we are getting more details about what these sanctions include. it's over 500 targets and that includes hundreds of entities involved in russia's military industrial base as well as 26 third country entities facilitating russian sanctions, evasions. that includes firms and china serbia, and the united arab emirates. now we know leading up to today that us officials had been preparing a sanctions package to mark the two-year anniversary of russia's war in ukraine. but then came the death of alexey navalny these sanctions
let's first get to priscilla alvarez, who is standing by for biden's remarks. priscilla, what can you tell us a biden is planning to say as he welcomes the nation's governor to the white house. >> sara president biden has been very outspoken about russia and levee consequences against the russian president vladimir putin. so this is an opportunity where he could weigh in after this fresh slate of sanctions that have been announced by his administration. that is the single largest set of...
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first, let's go to priscilla alvarez in los angeles where president biden will be traveling later on today. what more this latest round of strikes? >> reporter: they're essentially saying is isn't over yet. this is the first of a series of strikes expected after the three u.s. service members were killed in jordan. president biden was pretty direct about that friday afternoon saying quote, our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world but let all those who might seek to do us harm, know this. if you harm an american, we will respond. of course, we saw those 85 targets hit in iraq and syria over the course of a 30-minute span on friday afternoon. and sources tell cnn that president biden came to the decision on how to respond on monday. now, there were a few days in between of course before these strikes happened and that was partially due because of the weather. they wanted to have clear skies to there were no unspeintended casualties. now, senior u.s. officials
first, let's go to priscilla alvarez in los angeles where president biden will be traveling later on today. what more this latest round of strikes? >> reporter: they're essentially saying is isn't over yet. this is the first of a series of strikes expected after the three u.s. service members were killed in jordan. president biden was pretty direct about that friday afternoon saying quote, our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united states...
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priscilla alvarez, traveling with the president, cnn. >>> while the u.s. president was rallying supporters in nevada, nikki haley campaigned in her home state of south carolina. saying she's the republican party's best bet against biden in the general election. >> trump lost in 2018. he lost in 2020. he lost in 2022. how many times to we have to lose before we realize there's something wrong with that p picture. you have to acknowledge the fact he can't win a general lx. so you can vote for him a all day long and come out of this primary, but he won't win a general. >> south carolina will hold its republican primary at end of february. a recent "washington post" poll showed her trailing trump by 26 points. >> secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to where tensions are high in the region. this will be his fifth visit there. meanwhile, two defense officials tell cnn that the airstrikes in syria and iraq destroyed or damaged 84 of its 85 targets. a preliminary battle damage assessment indicates no iranians were killed. u.s. central command released
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i want to go back to priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president. you have some new reporting? >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. we're now learning from the white house that joe biden has officially notified congress of saturday's strikes against those iranian backed militias. this is a formal step the white house makes notifying congress of strikes when they happen, so the white house doing that here. we're just now getting that notification. again, in regards to saturday's strikes against those houthi targets. >> thank you all so much. we'll check back with you as the news warrants. >>> let's get more on this developing story. with me now is u.s. retired general steve anderson. he worked with coalition and u.s. forces in the iraq war in 2006 and 2007. good to see you. so i wonder if i can get your reaction, now that this formal notification has taken place between the white house and congress about these strikes. is this an indicator that there has been a change in military strategy going forward? >> well, thank you, fredricka. no, i don't thi
i want to go back to priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president. you have some new reporting? >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. we're now learning from the white house that joe biden has officially notified congress of saturday's strikes against those iranian backed militias. this is a formal step the white house makes notifying congress of strikes when they happen, so the white house doing that here. we're just now getting that notification. again, in regards to...
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and priscilla alvarez has more on the strikes and that decision. >> reporter: the u.s. and its allies announcing another round of strikes against houthis in yemen in an attempt to try to degrade and diminish their capabilities as the nhouthis continue to target vessels in the red sea, a move that could rock the global economy. this is the third round of strikes that this coalition has engaged in and two senior administration officials tell me that president biden gave the green light for these strikes to take place on monday, but of course it takes time and preparations to roll the strikes out. when they did happen, it happened when president biden was at his campaign headquarters saturday morning in a show of how the campaign trail and the ongoing situation in the middle east are colliding this election year. now, the president did not weigh in on the strike, but u.s. officials have consistently said that they will take these measures in an attempt to deter the houthis. of course this is separate from the retaliatory measures that were taken by the u.s. on friday. thos
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priscilla alvarez is following the latest for us. priscilla, we don't have the text just yet.ut we've seen glimpses based on what's been negotiated on a bipartisan base so far. what are some of the key points we're going to be looking for in this bill? >> reporter: well, omar, this has been months in the making. senate negotiators, democrats and republicans, have been working for weeks to put this deal together on what , of course, has been a vexing issue for congress for decades. i've been talking to sources this afternoon who have described a deal that would mark a dramatic overhaul of immigration law. it would mark the most drastic change we have made to immigration law in decades. what to look for here is really the changes it makes to asylum. what has been described to me is really a deal that would really restrict asylum at the u.s./mexico border in hopes these negotiators think of trying to cut down on border crossings. because over the last few years, the way the migration flow has evolved is that there have been more and more people seeking asylum at the u.s./mexico b
priscilla alvarez is following the latest for us. priscilla, we don't have the text just yet.ut we've seen glimpses based on what's been negotiated on a bipartisan base so far. what are some of the key points we're going to be looking for in this bill? >> reporter: well, omar, this has been months in the making. senate negotiators, democrats and republicans, have been working for weeks to put this deal together on what , of course, has been a vexing issue for congress for decades. i've...
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cnn priscilla alvarez reports from washington. >> reporter: the white house is going on the offensive and taking direct aim at republicans and president joe biden's critics over his age saying in a newly released memo on saturday, this undeniable record, referring to the presidents legislative condiments, speaks to why it's no surprise that republican officials continue their desperate and inadvertently self undermining age attacks after many years of failure. they're afraid of joe biden. this memo also goes on to make noticeable mentions of people like general martinelli, former house speaker kevin mccarty, who have called the president alert and engaged. but of course, this comes on the heels of the special counsel report that also mentioned the presidents age and apparent memory lapses. this had a.i.d.s. to the president fuming over the course of the week you pushed back into the president's sharp and tireless, we saw that anger spill into public view from the president himself who took particular issue with the special counsel suggesting that he had forgotten the day his son died.
cnn priscilla alvarez reports from washington. >> reporter: the white house is going on the offensive and taking direct aim at republicans and president joe biden's critics over his age saying in a newly released memo on saturday, this undeniable record, referring to the presidents legislative condiments, speaks to why it's no surprise that republican officials continue their desperate and inadvertently self undermining age attacks after many years of failure. they're afraid of joe biden....
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priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >> let's bring in malcolm davis, senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. appreciate you joining us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> israel's military says it rescued these two israeli hostages during a special operation in rafah 128 days after their capture. how were they able to pull this off and what dangers would have been involved in doing this? >> look, i think in probably was in preparation for some time. this certainly wasn't something that was pulled off last moment. they would have had probably extensive intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance support from drones or even satellites at the same time as they probably would have had special forces units moving forward undercover to identify not only the location of the hostages, but also the location of hostile forces, hamas forces. so this would have been a well planned carefully executed operation. everything that i've read about it suggests that that says the case rather than being some sort of opportunistic move to grab hostages off hamas. so it's not necessarily certain tha
priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >> let's bring in malcolm davis, senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. appreciate you joining us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> israel's military says it rescued these two israeli hostages during a special operation in rafah 128 days after their capture. how were they able to pull this off and what dangers would have been involved in doing this? >> look, i think in probably was in preparation for some time. this...
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priscilla alvarez, traveling with the president, cnn. >> we are also closely following the u.s. presidential race as president joe biden clenches a landslide victory in south carolina in the first official democratic primary. cnn is projecting that he will defeat his two nearest challengers. minnesota lawmaker dean philips and author marianne williamson by more than 96% of the votes. he gains all the state's 55 delegates as the party heads towards its nominating convention in august. the president hailed his projection win saying voters have set him on a path to winning presidency again and making donald trump a loser again. joining me now is cnn political analyst ron brownstein, a senior editor with the atlantic. good to see you, ron. >> good evening. >> so as expected joe biden won south carolina virtually unopposed. this was meant to be a test of his efforts to mobilize black americans to vote for him. how did it go? >> well, it's hard to have a definitive answer from this because on the one hand it -- by any measure, it was an impressive performance, but it tells us above al
priscilla alvarez, traveling with the president, cnn. >> we are also closely following the u.s. presidential race as president joe biden clenches a landslide victory in south carolina in the first official democratic primary. cnn is projecting that he will defeat his two nearest challengers. minnesota lawmaker dean philips and author marianne williamson by more than 96% of the votes. he gains all the state's 55 delegates as the party heads towards its nominating convention in august. the...
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priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington. >>> six people are dead after a helicopter crashed in san bernardino county, california, on saturday night. and the victims include leading figures from the world of finance and philanthropy in nigeria. for more on this story, we're joined by cnn's stephanie busari in lagos. what can you tell us about the victims of this crash? >> ana, we're learning this morning that banking executive, ceo, herbert wigway, his wife, and their eldest son were among the victims of this crash, as well as a financial executive, quite a prominent one here in nigeria. we're learning that this charted airbus helicopter was flying from palm springs, california, to boulder city, we understand, for a team to watch the super bowl game, when it crashed, according to the national transportation safety board. it crashed just around 8:45 p.m. local time, and near the interstate in halloran springs, california. the nation has been plunged into mourning here, ana, because this is considered something of a national tragedy. herbert wigwe was a hugely popular banker, but also a philanth
priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington. >>> six people are dead after a helicopter crashed in san bernardino county, california, on saturday night. and the victims include leading figures from the world of finance and philanthropy in nigeria. for more on this story, we're joined by cnn's stephanie busari in lagos. what can you tell us about the victims of this crash? >> ana, we're learning this morning that banking executive, ceo, herbert wigway, his wife, and their eldest son were...
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priscilla alvarez is in washington for us. how is the white house planning to counteract some of these claims from the special counsel? >> reporter: first and foremost, the white house is making clear that there were no criminal charges brought against president biden after this investigation concluded. but of course, this report also hits directly on one of the defining themes of this presidential election cycle, and that is the president's age and his fitness for office, all of which voters have showed concerns about in polls. now this struck a chord with the white house as soon as the report was released. president biden's aides saying it was inaccurate to portray him this way, calling him sharp and tireless when describing him. we saw that reaction from president biden himself when he came out during a news conference. and it was the fact that the special counsel said he didn't remember when his son died that really clearly struck a chord with him and made -- he was very clearly angry about that inclusion. now of course th
priscilla alvarez is in washington for us. how is the white house planning to counteract some of these claims from the special counsel? >> reporter: first and foremost, the white house is making clear that there were no criminal charges brought against president biden after this investigation concluded. but of course, this report also hits directly on one of the defining themes of this presidential election cycle, and that is the president's age and his fitness for office, all of which...
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and priscilla alvarez is in washington for us. how is the white house positioning itself this weekend to dispel the characterizations? >> reporter: they are reminding people that there were no criminal charges brought against president biden, but this report also touches on one of the defining themes of this campaign, which is the president's age and his fitness for office. and that really struck a chord with the white house this weekend, aides saying it is inaccurate in the way that the president was portrayed saying that he is sharp and he is tireless. and we saw the president himself angry about the way that he was described in this report and the press conference that you see there, it was quickly put together where he especially was angry about the fact that the special counsel had included that he didn't remember when his son died. now, vice president kamala harris was strong in her pushback just yesterday about the way that she viewed how he was described in the report. >> comments that were made by the prosecutor, gratuito
and priscilla alvarez is in washington for us. how is the white house positioning itself this weekend to dispel the characterizations? >> reporter: they are reminding people that there were no criminal charges brought against president biden, but this report also touches on one of the defining themes of this campaign, which is the president's age and his fitness for office. and that really struck a chord with the white house this weekend, aides saying it is inaccurate in the way that the...
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cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez has more. how's he doing? >> reporter: what we know from the statement from the pentagon press secretary is that he was transported by his secretary detail to walter reed medical center at 2:20 p.m. this afternoon. it goes on to say that this was because of symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue. the statement also says the secretary is retaining the functions and duties of his office and that the secretary travelled to the hospital with the unclassified and classified communications systems necessary to perform his duties. of course this is a visit to the hospital that comes after he was hospitalized in early january, for complications following prostate cancer surgery. now, that time in the hospital did ignite a fire storm on capitol hill and at the white house because the defense department had not notified lawmakers or the president that he had been hospitalized for days, or the reason for his hospitalization. in this case, the pentagon is saying that they have done those notifications both to the w
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priscilla alvarez, thank you so much. let's discuss more with cnn political commentator anna navarro, commentator bakari sellers, and contributor and former nixon white house counsel john dean. let me talk to you about all of this. anna, let me start with you. trump is out there today talking about the importance of cognitive tests. and you know, back in 2020, he was bragging that he passed this cognitive test. i think he said something along the lines of a person, woman, man, camera, television, something along those lines. and that was all widely mocked at the time. i think he also said it was administered by dr. ronny jackson who is now a maga republican member of congress. but i mean, is this an area where trump wants to have this debate? >> you know, apparently yes, and i think the reason he wants to have this debate is because frankly the people that support him don't care that he misspeaks or says crazy, stupid things on a daily basis. let us remember, this is the president that gave us the gem about let us inject
priscilla alvarez, thank you so much. let's discuss more with cnn political commentator anna navarro, commentator bakari sellers, and contributor and former nixon white house counsel john dean. let me talk to you about all of this. anna, let me start with you. trump is out there today talking about the importance of cognitive tests. and you know, back in 2020, he was bragging that he passed this cognitive test. i think he said something along the lines of a person, woman, man, camera,...
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priscilla alvarez has more on this. he has been transported there. we know he was transported there earlier when people did not know. but he was hospitalized earlier for prostate-related issues. this would be his third hospitalization as we know in recent months, priscilla? >> reporter: we are learning that he was transported around 2:20 this afternoon. only a few hours ago. by his security detail to walter reed medical center. this statement says the reason for that was, quote, symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue. this goes on to note the secretary is retaining the functions and duties of his office and adds the deputy secretary is prepared to assume functions and duties of the secretary of defense if required. to your earlier point, this comes after the defense secretary was hospitalized for complications following prostate cancer surgery in early january. he was discharged in mid january. all of that caused a firestorm on capitol hill and at the white house because the president and congress did not know at the time that he was hospitali
priscilla alvarez has more on this. he has been transported there. we know he was transported there earlier when people did not know. but he was hospitalized earlier for prostate-related issues. this would be his third hospitalization as we know in recent months, priscilla? >> reporter: we are learning that he was transported around 2:20 this afternoon. only a few hours ago. by his security detail to walter reed medical center. this statement says the reason for that was, quote, symptoms...
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let's get straight to priscilla alvarez here in washington. priscilla, what are we learning about that call? >> well this is a call for that comes at a critical time for ukraine and also for this funding fight that has been playing out here and washington and president biden taking a moment to nod to a withdrawal, a critical one that occurred hours ago in ukraine, and also taking a moment to tie it to congressional action saying this according to the white house readout, this morning, ukraine's military was forced to withdraw from f dka after ukrainian soldiers had to ration ammunition due to dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction resulting in russia's first notable gains in months. president biden emphasized the need for congress for us to urgently pass the national security supplemental funding bill to resupply ukrainian forces. now, us officials have recently expressed concern about exactly this, that without additional funds and additional assistance to ukraine that they would be forced to withdraw from key areas resultin
let's get straight to priscilla alvarez here in washington. priscilla, what are we learning about that call? >> well this is a call for that comes at a critical time for ukraine and also for this funding fight that has been playing out here and washington and president biden taking a moment to nod to a withdrawal, a critical one that occurred hours ago in ukraine, and also taking a moment to tie it to congressional action saying this according to the white house readout, this morning,...
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alvarez joining me now, priscilla, what are we learning about that conversation? well, this was an >> opportunity for the vice president to reaffirm us support for ukraine, especially as those funds remain stalled in congress and the funds that we're talking about here to remind viewers, are ones that the white house requests stood back in october. that's $60 billion in additional aid to ukraine among a set of other priority items for the white house. now, those funds have remained stalled amid infighting in congress about whether or not to provide them to ukraine. now, this week we saw some movement and the senate did pass a foreign aid package it's that included those 60 billion for ukraine, but as you heard there from nick, the house has since left for a two-week recess and house speaker mike johnson has indicated that he has no plans to put this bill on the floor, which just raises the question as to what happens next? with these monies that the white house say are necessary for ukraine. now, the vice president also seemed to weigh in on this in her remarks to
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cnn's priscilla alvarez priscilla, this is a very big deal. a lot of folks have been asking will the president go to the border? it sounds like he's going to the border >> he is. it's a pretty extraordinary move because not only is he going to the border, he's also planning to go on this same day that former president donald trump is also at the border. what this indicates is a white house that is trying to flip the script on republicans and seize on the issue of border security, especially after that senate border deal that included some of the toughest security measures in recent memory, tanked because republicans backed away from it with the encouragement of former president donald trump, the white house has been hammering house republicans on this, saying that they were ready eddy to take these really extraordinary authorities, some that would include shutting down the border and that the republicans just walked away from that. and we also know that after this fallout from the bill, the white house has been considering executive action to
cnn's priscilla alvarez priscilla, this is a very big deal. a lot of folks have been asking will the president go to the border? it sounds like he's going to the border >> he is. it's a pretty extraordinary move because not only is he going to the border, he's also planning to go on this same day that former president donald trump is also at the border. what this indicates is a white house that is trying to flip the script on republicans and seize on the issue of border security,...
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let's get right to priscilla alvarez. what are we expecting? >> reporter: well, sara, border politics is taking center stage for a white house that has grappled with immigration as a political vulnerability going into november of 2024. now, president biden was here in the state of nevada yesterday, where he spoke at length about this border deal, which may give us a preview as to what he's going to tell reporters today. he said that republicans need to help him, that he's called for resources at the u.s./mexico border and additional authorities and republicans have stopped him along the way. he also said house republicans should follow the senate, the senate being the chamber that introduced this package and he noted his disappointment it didn't include legal documentation for children brought to the states. immigration reform packages, so clearly, the president upset that the republicans are pushing back against what is a very tough border deal that his team along with senate negotiators worked to hammer out. and of course, this also comes as
let's get right to priscilla alvarez. what are we expecting? >> reporter: well, sara, border politics is taking center stage for a white house that has grappled with immigration as a political vulnerability going into november of 2024. now, president biden was here in the state of nevada yesterday, where he spoke at length about this border deal, which may give us a preview as to what he's going to tell reporters today. he said that republicans need to help him, that he's called for...
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he's live in ukraine and priscilla alvarez is at the white house. so nikki first, you know, this wasn't unexpected moment when zelenskyy put a number to ukraine's losses yeah. >> using this first day of the third year of the war to the first time, give us a number, a number that's less perhaps than some western analysis has suggested 31,000 though lives in the military law since the start of russia's full-scale invasion and that's obviously 31,000 families across ukraine in mourning, in sacrifice, he thanked ukrainians for their resilience. initially, there was a glimmer potentially of the role that diplomacy might play very unilateral there what he talked about them summit in switzerland, where ukraine, its allies would essentially lay out a plan that russia could either take or leave, likely frankly, russia would leave it to give them what they're likely to suggest and when asked if you take a phone call from vladimir putin, he joked that putin didn't have a mobile phone. but that putin doesn't want to end this war, as you heard from katelyn there
he's live in ukraine and priscilla alvarez is at the white house. so nikki first, you know, this wasn't unexpected moment when zelenskyy put a number to ukraine's losses yeah. >> using this first day of the third year of the war to the first time, give us a number, a number that's less perhaps than some western analysis has suggested 31,000 though lives in the military law since the start of russia's full-scale invasion and that's obviously 31,000 families across ukraine in mourning, in...
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pretalks it >> let's turn now to cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for silva, the president, also using this time to demand the $60 billion in foreign aid for ukraine against russia's invasion >> that's all right. briana and using it to underscore the stakes of this moment, this 60 billion, of course, has been stalled since october when the white house made that national security supplemental request and the president saying quite forcefully that congress or the house at least is going on a two-week recess as this remains before them. take a listen. >> but it's about time they step up, don't you think so to go on a two-week vacation two weeks? >> you're walking away. >> two weeks >> what are they thinking >> i got this is bizarre. and it just reinforced it all the concerning. and almost i won't say panic, but real concern but the united states being a reliable ally >> now, there was sounding message for president biden from the outset. is that not providing these funds could seed grounds to russia. and that is what the administratio
pretalks it >> let's turn now to cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for silva, the president, also using this time to demand the $60 billion in foreign aid for ukraine against russia's invasion >> that's all right. briana and using it to underscore the stakes of this moment, this 60 billion, of course, has been stalled since october when the white house made that national security supplemental request and the president saying...
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priscilla alvarez, thank you very much.ss more now we're democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas. he serves on the house foreign affairs and intelligence committees. he is also a member of the congressional progressive caucus. congresswoman. great to see if thanks so much. how much influence does donald trump have over whether aid gets to ukraine? >> well, donald trump is the republican party especially in the house of representatives. if donald trump says that he doesn't want a piece of legislation to pass or even to get a vote on the house floor it's obviously not gonna get a vote. and that problem really is compounded because you have a very young and junior speaker who had hardly any experience in leadership. and now all of a sudden because of gop in fighting in the house, he's thrust into the main speaker's role and feels very vulnerable. >> and >> he is, he can, there can be a motion to vacate a motion to remove him with one person asking for it and so he's got a very you're voting able position and doesn't wan
priscilla alvarez, thank you very much.ss more now we're democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas. he serves on the house foreign affairs and intelligence committees. he is also a member of the congressional progressive caucus. congresswoman. great to see if thanks so much. how much influence does donald trump have over whether aid gets to ukraine? >> well, donald trump is the republican party especially in the house of representatives. if donald trump says that he doesn't want a...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. so personal hello, what more is the white house revealing about this potential deal? >> well, fred, a senior us official giving this as an understanding of these broad contours of a deal that would include the release of hostages in exchange for a temporary ceasefire. now, these are talks that included the united states, israel, qatar, and egypt now separately, there have been conversations happening with hamas as well but national security adviser jake sullivan told cnn today that the details are still very much being hashed out. >> representatives of israel, the united states, egypt, and qatar met in paris and came to an understanding among the four of them about what the basic contours of a hostage deal for temporary ceasefire would look like i'm not going to go into the specifics of that because it is still under negotiation in terms of hammering out the details of it, there will have to be indirect discussions by qatar and egypt with hamas because ultimately they will have to agr
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alvarez live for us from brownsville, priscilla. thank you so much. let's take you a few hundred miles northwest of the border there in eagle pass where trump is headed cnn's kristen holmes is there for us kristen, what are we expecting to hear from the former president today >> well, boris, there's a reason that trump is in eagle pass. it is not one of the most heavily trafficked areas by migrants, but it is the political epicenter of the standoff between texas governor greg abbott and president joe biden over who enforces border security and as you know, texas governor has endorsed donald trump. he is expected to be with donald trump while he gets a tour of this area, sees how abbott has implemented state resources to put razor wire on buoys in the rio grande river. but razor wire on train cars around here, essentially implement the national guard and that's who's going to be leading donald trump around as he gets lay of the land here in eagle pass. now, we talk about this election in 2020, this general election the issue being im
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all of it made all the more difficult without that additional funding sent to ukraine priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington donald trump hit the campaign trail again just one day after his latest legal and financial setbacks. as of friday, the 2024 republican front runner has been slapped with roughly 400 and $38 million in judgments over the past four weeks cnn's steve contorno reports from michigan >> appearing in michigan on saturday night, donald trump wasted little time addressing the $355 million ruling against him on friday shortly after taking this stage, you went on an extended attack of the judge overseeing the case. the attorney general in new york and the american justice system at large. >> we will have no higher priority than ending the weaponization of this horrible legal system that is developed around us. it's a horrible, horrible thing that's taking place. you talk about democracy. this is a real threat to democracy. this judge is a lunatic and if you've ever watched jim and the attorney general may be worse, maybe worse. you have a watcher. i will get donald trump's her
all of it made all the more difficult without that additional funding sent to ukraine priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington donald trump hit the campaign trail again just one day after his latest legal and financial setbacks. as of friday, the 2024 republican front runner has been slapped with roughly 400 and $38 million in judgments over the past four weeks cnn's steve contorno reports from michigan >> appearing in michigan on saturday night, donald trump wasted little time addressing the...
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cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez joining us now, priscilla, the president is drawing a direct correlation to the battlefield loss with congress failing to pass ukrainian aid >> he is and in doing that, he's also underscoring the stakes here by essentially saying that by not giving these funds to ukraine, they are low on ammunition. and as a result, having to cede ground to russia, of course, those remarks yesterday coming after learning that ukraine had to pull out of one of their towns because they were low on ammunition and the president was very forceful in his language when talking about this incident >> ukrainian people fought so bravely and the put so much on the line >> the >> idea that now run now i've ammunition, walk away. i find certain find it find your country and everything we are schultz had been concerned about and something that they had already been >> warning in this push for those 60 billion in funding to ukraine. and what i'm being told this morning is that we can expect to hear more of that from the white house putting pressure on congress to pass these f
cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez joining us now, priscilla, the president is drawing a direct correlation to the battlefield loss with congress failing to pass ukrainian aid >> he is and in doing that, he's also underscoring the stakes here by essentially saying that by not giving these funds to ukraine, they are low on ammunition. and as a result, having to cede ground to russia, of course, those remarks yesterday coming after learning that ukraine had to pull out of one of...
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priscilla alvarez at the white house. thanks so much. cnn's melanie zanona is on capitol hill for us, melanie is this going to be a popular move amongst lawmakers? >> well, look, republicans had been calling on the administration to use executive authority to secure the southern border. in fact, it was one of the reasons they cited when he decided to kill the senate bipartisan deal to secure the border, they went from saying, we need legislation to them suddenly saying that biden already has the authority to act, but i'm sure there will be some praise even if it's backhanded, prays over this move. i'm sure republicans will say they were justified in killing that bipartisan deal because as they say now, biden is acting and maybe it motivated him to act. but they're still likely going to say that this is short of what their hardline demands are. and the reason why is because they like this issue of the border as a bargaining chip. they want to hold onto it when it comes to debates over ukraine aid, even though they scuttled that bipartisan
priscilla alvarez at the white house. thanks so much. cnn's melanie zanona is on capitol hill for us, melanie is this going to be a popular move amongst lawmakers? >> well, look, republicans had been calling on the administration to use executive authority to secure the southern border. in fact, it was one of the reasons they cited when he decided to kill the senate bipartisan deal to secure the border, they went from saying, we need legislation to them suddenly saying that biden already...
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and priscilla alvarez has more on those developing story. priscilla, where do things stand tonight? >> well, president biden underscoring the stakes here. if congress doesn't get those additional funds to ukraine, all of this, of course, after he spoke earlier today with ukrainian president so linskey, now the president, making clear, again that these funds, these $60 billion at the white house requested last october have to go to ukraine. and specifically notable moment this one ukraine, had to cede ground to russia earlier today because they're low on ammunition. the president taking issue with that because it is he said congressional inaction that has led to this moment, the fact that they're low on ammunition is because they don't have the funds that they need to acquire more of that. but he also said to reporters that he's not confident that this won't happen. again, if these funds can can you to be stalled now, jim, just to give viewers a state of play here these 60 billion were requested as part of a broader national security supplemental request last october. they have been
and priscilla alvarez has more on those developing story. priscilla, where do things stand tonight? >> well, president biden underscoring the stakes here. if congress doesn't get those additional funds to ukraine, all of this, of course, after he spoke earlier today with ukrainian president so linskey, now the president, making clear, again that these funds, these $60 billion at the white house requested last october have to go to ukraine. and specifically notable moment this one ukraine,...
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we will let you continue to report on that, priscilla alvarez. thank you very much. >> and joining us now to talk about this as john sandweg is a former acting director for us immigration and customs enforcement. it's good to see you again, john broadly speaking, blocking asylum claims of migrants on a practical level >> what does that >> do at the border if that kicks in, i mean, what could this look like? >> well, look here. this would be a fundamental shift in how we approach border security and how would the asylum system in the united states candidly, probably if he's successful and if the survives, the inevitable legal challenges, this would permanently reshape how we address border security at immediately at the border and asylum claims but very quickly as you and i have discussed before, the central bottleneck and really the crux of this crisis is our inability to handle all of these claims and give people the hearing that they're entitled to under current law, what the administration is looking at doing is saying, how do we bypass that r
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is over at the white house for us. priscilla, you're covering the story very closely. what more are we learning about this visit? >> well, wolf, this is a pretty extraordinary move for a white house that for years has tried to distance itself from the border. the president with plans now to visit the texas mexico border on thursday the same day that former president donald trump is there, and it move that appears cast to be counterprogramming. but all of this, of course, cons the white house tries to flip the script on republicans, on border security. recall that white house officials, along with senate negotiators work to hammer out a deal on a border deal that would include some of the toughest border security measures in recent memory. but that was later tanked by republicans with the encouragement of former president donald trump, the white house let's has since been hammering republicans for doing that. and you can expect that to come up during the president's trip on thursday and also in the interim, the presiden
cnn's priscilla alvarez is over at the white house for us. priscilla, you're covering the story very closely. what more are we learning about this visit? >> well, wolf, this is a pretty extraordinary move for a white house that for years has tried to distance itself from the border. the president with plans now to visit the texas mexico border on thursday the same day that former president donald trump is there, and it move that appears cast to be counterprogramming. but all of this, of...
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in addition to the sanctions that were announced today, priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you. and now to cnn, chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, she was in ukraine for us reporting. nic. the question will be, what is the effect on the front lines? because it seems that it will take some time for this will trickle down to the capabilities of the russian military >> yeah, look, we've got to be honest about these sanctions. a huge number, 500 targets, but the russians have become exceptionally adept when certain vehicles they use to get round sanctions to get the chips, to get the certain parts they need for their missiles, for their drones are finding a new means to import them through third parties to these may be well targets that may be thought through, but remember to the biden ministrations has been burrowing deep into his top box of sanctions for two years now, i may slowly be running out of stuff they can do without actually impacting us economic needs. at the same time as well. so really we've not heard much of a reaction here in ukr
in addition to the sanctions that were announced today, priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you. and now to cnn, chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, she was in ukraine for us reporting. nic. the question will be, what is the effect on the front lines? because it seems that it will take some time for this will trickle down to the capabilities of the russian military >> yeah, look, we've got to be honest about these sanctions. a huge number, 500 targets,...
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alvarez. she's over at the white house for us priscilla, how aggressive are these new us sanctions? >> well, if this is the largest single day sanctions package since russia's invasion of ukraine. and we knew going into the two-year anniversary of the war in ukraine that us officials were preparing a sanctions package. but hey supplemented it following the death of alexey navalny. and that is culminated in this sweeping package on over 500 targets. now to break it down for you, this includes hundreds of military industrial base entities, 26 third country identities helping russia evade sanctions. and separately, the state department imposing sanctions on three prison officials who are connected to navalny's death. the idea here, according to us officials, is to choke off russia to essentially slow down their ability to access goods and their ability to build weapons. but of course will if we have seen multiple sanctions already on russia from the united states and western governments. russia h
alvarez. she's over at the white house for us priscilla, how aggressive are these new us sanctions? >> well, if this is the largest single day sanctions package since russia's invasion of ukraine. and we knew going into the two-year anniversary of the war in ukraine that us officials were preparing a sanctions package. but hey supplemented it following the death of alexey navalny. and that is culminated in this sweeping package on over 500 targets. now to break it down for you, this...
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priscilla alvarez is covering president biden. that's going to priscilla first. what was the president's message? priscilla just a short while ago after that he got operational wealth going into today, white house officials made clear that what they wanted to do was to hammer republicans over that failed senate >> border bill that included some of the toughest border security measures in recent memory. and that is something that president biden in his remarks alluded to repeatedly making the point that border patrol and other federal immigration officials officials need more resources and that there needs to be changed in the immigration system because what it is now is just not working and he repeatedly said that it was time to act. i'll also note that in multiple occasions he referenced republican talking points like fentanyl cartels, criminals in relation to the us mexico border make the point that resources are needed to stop all of that. and calling on congress to provide that. but of course it is former president donald trump and his encouragement of republ
priscilla alvarez is covering president biden. that's going to priscilla first. what was the president's message? priscilla just a short while ago after that he got operational wealth going into today, white house officials made clear that what they wanted to do was to hammer republicans over that failed senate >> border bill that included some of the toughest border security measures in recent memory. and that is something that president biden in his remarks alluded to repeatedly making...
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alvarez is at the white house for us on this. priscilla, tell us about this sanctions announcement it has just been made. >> brianna, president biden is forcefully responding to the death of alexey navalny and to that two-year mark of russia's invasion of ukraine through this fresh slate of sanctions. now, we had known going into this two-year anniversary that us officials were preparing a heavy sanctions package and it got supplemented after the death of alexey navalny. and that is what we are seeing reflected today. so to break it down for you, this includes hundreds of entities involved in russia's military industrial base, as well as 26 third country entities facilitating russian sanctions, evasions. that includes firms in china, serbia, and the united i didn't arab emirates, we're also learning that the state department is imposing sanctions as well on three russian prison officials in connection to the death of navalny. now, us officials have described this as a way of choking off russia, an essence slowing down their abili
alvarez is at the white house for us on this. priscilla, tell us about this sanctions announcement it has just been made. >> brianna, president biden is forcefully responding to the death of alexey navalny and to that two-year mark of russia's invasion of ukraine through this fresh slate of sanctions. now, we had known going into this two-year anniversary that us officials were preparing a heavy sanctions package and it got supplemented after the death of alexey navalny. and that is what...
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alvarez has that story also with us, former is acting director john sandweg priscilla, first to you to tell us about these drafted plans for mice. >> well, ultimately what we're seeing here is that now give me the department of homeland security money has consequences. so in this case, immigration and customs enforcement is staring down the $700 million deficit. some of their priciest items are detention facilities and deportation flights the latter, they don't want to cut because that's part of their consequence mechanism. so that migrants don't cross the border, but the former is going to be slashed under these contingency plans, which means that thousands of migrants could be released into the us. now, we should note here that is detains a race range of migrants. some of them have criminal records, some of them don't, some of them are slated for removal from the united states. but all of this speaks to what homeland security officials have been warning about for months. they're overwhelmed by the number of people at the border. they can't they're not prepared for this volume of p
alvarez has that story also with us, former is acting director john sandweg priscilla, first to you to tell us about these drafted plans for mice. >> well, ultimately what we're seeing here is that now give me the department of homeland security money has consequences. so in this case, immigration and customs enforcement is staring down the $700 million deficit. some of their priciest items are detention facilities and deportation flights the latter, they don't want to cut because that's...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is live at the white house it doesn't sound like it went that well, priscilla, what's the progress update for this move to avoid a partial government shutdown >> well, jessica going into the weekend, house speaker mike johnson had said that he had hoped to release text of a spending of a spending deal that is not the case. it is no longer expected today. what that means is that it just raises the chance for congress to have to meet another stopgap spending deal or else go into a partial government shutdown. in this case, that government shutdown, what effect? for agencies that would run out of funding at midnight on friday? that includes the department of transportation, veterans affairs, hud, and the department of agriculture. now, on friday, the white house press secretary was asked about these negotiations and what it would mean if house republicans couldn't reach a spending deal. take a listen to what she had to say >> we've always been very clear. house republicans have a job to do their basic duty is to keep the government open. they need to not play poli
cnn's priscilla alvarez is live at the white house it doesn't sound like it went that well, priscilla, what's the progress update for this move to avoid a partial government shutdown >> well, jessica going into the weekend, house speaker mike johnson had said that he had hoped to release text of a spending of a spending deal that is not the case. it is no longer expected today. what that means is that it just raises the chance for congress to have to meet another stopgap spending deal or...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest on this priscilla what is going on in michigan? >> well, john michigan is a critical state for president joe biden in 20 only narrowly won in 2020 by three percentage points. and it's going to serve as a key test of his handling of gaza, as you mentioned, there there is a push for voters to vote uncommitted. this is known as the listen to michigan campaign, and we're suited to lead one of the representative this is in support of this campaign. now, our colleagues have spoken to some of those organizers who saying this is not an anti-biden votes so much as a humanitarian vote, but all the same, it will cause the president votes in this primary depending on how many turnout to vote uncommitted. now, the biden reelection campaign has responded to this. and in doing so, they have pointed to his domestic accomplishments like on abortion access and union jobs. they have said that the president is listening to concerns and they're also framing the general election as a binary choice between president biden and former president and donald
cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest on this priscilla what is going on in michigan? >> well, john michigan is a critical state for president joe biden in 20 only narrowly won in 2020 by three percentage points. and it's going to serve as a key test of his handling of gaza, as you mentioned, there there is a push for voters to vote uncommitted. this is known as the listen to michigan campaign, and we're suited to lead one of the representative this is in support of...