schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, tonight, just in time for the holidays, the senate is giving our military, our military families a present -- the justice and back pay they so richly earned and deserve. we're able to right the wrong of senator tushville's holds and the massive impact the holds had. these men and women have worked so hard for our country for so long and just because senator tushville, in -- tushville, in -- tuberville, in a really nasty and whimsical almost holding back of their promotion oz, they weren't getting paid. tonight at long last we're giving these military families, families that have already sacrificed so much, the justice they deserve -- their back pay, and it is a good night for them and it is a good night for america. america is keeping its promise and saying to these men and wo

schumer: mr. president, thank you. for the 62nd year in a row the senate is passing our national defense authorization act, one of the most important bills we work on each year to protect the american people, ensure our long-term security. at a time of huge trouble for global security, pafth defense authorization bill is more important than ever. it will ensure america can hold the line against russia, stand firm against the chinese communist party -- mr. president, may we have order, please. the presiding officer: senators will take their conversations off the floor. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: it will ensure america can hold the line against russia, stand firm against the chinese communist party, and ensures that america's military remains state-of-the-art at all times all around the world. i thank my colleagues on both sides for their great work on the ndaa. i applaud the leadership of chairman reed, steady, steadfast, always getting it done

senator schumer got the number one vote. the abortion policy was in the house side he got kicked out. we were supposed to vote on it. i had the votes to get it done but he knew that and so now we have illegal abortion policy. this bill was written in the back rooms which a lot of things are done here not by many but by a few. i came here to represent the people of alabama. if you are not given a vote so y even send people appear. i didhe not came here to outsoue my job to the pentagon or the white house port frankly to the leadership of either side it doesn't make any difference democrat ornc republican. this issue of taxpayer-funded abortion could've been result of the nda whatever the outcome i am fine. but bring it to the floor. and let's vote on it, that is our job. but that does not happen. it's not happening because senator schumer knew he could not get it past that is how d.c. workso abortion is so important to senator schumer he is not letting us vote on this. thereforeav there are no longer appears to be short term

but again, senator schumer and his colleagues could care less. they held her feet to the fire. -- they held their feet to the fire, no negotiation. but i'm going to continue to hold the four-star generals. people said, why would you hold the four-stars? we've got 11 of them? in world war ii, we had seven. today we have 44 four-stars with two million. doesn't make sense. too many chiefs. so we're going to hold those four-stars, but we can bring them one at a time. they knead to be vetted. we need to know who is run runng our military. these jobs are too important to rubber stamp. we need to fight to keep our military strong. the fight for integrity for our military leadership will continue as long as i'm here. the fight to keep politics out of the most sacred institution will continue. the fight to protect senate and executive branch overreach will continue. senator schumer, he can rig it all he wants, but this fight is not over. we'll continue to take it to the american people because elections have consequences, and don't think next year's is no

schumer: and finally. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on tuesday, december 19; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed; that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the fonzone nomination; further, that the cloture motions filed on december 13 ripen at 2:15 p.m.;. that if cloture is invoked on either nomination, all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate vote on confirmation of the nominations immediately following the invoking of cloture;. that upon disposition of the nominations, the senate execute the order of december 5 with respect to the richard nomination and vote on confirmation of the nomination; finally, that if any nominations are confirmed durin

schumer: now, mr. president, last night was a sad moment for the senate, for the country, and for our friends in ukraine and israel and around the world. with our values and democracy on the line, senate republicans killed a much-needed bill with funding for ukraine, for israel, humanitarian aid for the people of gaza, and for the indo-pacific. if there is a word for what we need now most, it is to be serious. republicans need to be serious and stop game-playing. mr. president, it's absurd we're even in this situation to begin with. let me retrace the steps that got us here, and then how we can get out and get something done. first, we all know how important ukraine aid is. both sides have long claimed to support it. to quote a recent speech from my friend, the republican leader, leader mcconnell, quote, helping a democratic partner against an unprovoked attack from a common enemy is obviously in america's interests, unquote. in another speech here on the floor, leader mcconnell added that, quote, now

schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask that the journal of proceedings be approved to date. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: mr. president, i call for the regular order with respect to the conference report to accompany h.r. 2670. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r.

and then last week, senator schumer stooped to a new low. house and the senate every year puts a budget independently and then we bring it together and then we vote on the discrepancies, and to build one bill together with the house, voted on by people on each side. i was involved in that. but it was a sham. the congress is supposed to support it out as a single bill after we put it together, but we had no vote. we had no vote. the conference committee was just brought in for pictures, all the confirmations was done by the leadership, senator schumer got the number one vote. the abortion policy was in the house side, it got kicked out. we were supposed to vote on it, i had the votes to get it done. he knew that so now we have an illegal abortion policy. this bill was written in the back rooms, which a lot of things done here, not by many, but by few. i came here to represent the people of alabama. if you're not given a vote why even send people up here? i didn't come out here to outsource my job to the pentagon or the white house, or frankly

schumer: now, mr. president -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have the happy duty of ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc -- it is a lot of numbers, so i'll read them slowly for the sake of being transcribed. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 1010, 111, 112, 113, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 1356, 1357, 138, 139, 180, 182, 183, 1834, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229 -- am i -- is that too as fast? is that all right? 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, is 332, 336, 337, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, is 282, -- 382, excuse me. 382. 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 417, 418, 419, 4

schumer: now, mr. president -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have the happy duty of ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc -- it is a lot of numbers, so i'll read them slowly for the sake of being transcribed. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 1010, 111, 112, 113, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 1356, 1357, 138, 139, 180, 182, 183, 1834, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205,24, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229 -- am i -- is that too as fast? is that all right? 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, is 332, 336, 337, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, is 282, -- 382, excuse me. 382. 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 417, 418, 419, 420

got schumer and mcconnell and website cinemas, chuck schumer of new york, mitch mcconnell of kentucky have been proponents of aid to ukraine for a long time. basically as long as the ths been going on. that is something they have stood together on. it was made clear to reporters that schumer and mcconnell had a joint invitation for zelensky to speak with senators last day. mikeke johnson, a little more complicate, he voted against several ukraine aid packages when he was a rank-and-file member or farther down and house leadership. as speaker has come around to the idea that ukraine does need that funding. that is an important strategic long-term investment as well as an investment mcconnell would point out in domestic manufacturing and defense manufacturing in the u.s. the only issue is johnson is the same issues mccarthymc does when it comes to pursuing ukraine aid. there is a vast part of republican conference at a skeptical. there are as many innocent among republicans that have that similar skepticism but in the house a much narrow majority things getth done on a hearty le basis i

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum. mr. schumer: i ask it be diswhened it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask the veto message on s.j. res. 32 be considered read, printed in the record and spread full fon the journal, notwithstanding rule 32, the message be considered at a time to be determined by the majority leader in concurrence with the republican leader, prior to january 31, 2024, that there be up to two hours for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, that the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, the objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: with respect to the military nominations i just asked consent for, there is one correction, calendars n

schumer: now, mr. president, to explain to the senators and our colleagues what we have just done, a few moments ago i filed cloture on a motion to proceed on a shell bill for a national security supplemental. the step i'm taking tonight will ensure the process for the supplemental moves forward and that hopefully disagreements on immigration do not prevent us from doing what we must do to protect america's security. i urge every single senator to think where we are at this moment in history. america's national security is on the line around the world -- in europe, in the middle east, in the indo-pacific. water owe crass, dictators are waging war against democracy, against our values, against our way of life. that's why passing this supplemental is so important. it could determine the trajectory of democracy for years to come. we are at a moment in history. tonight i'd like to announce that the administration has invited president zelenskyy to address senators via secure individual joe as part of our c

schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the presiding officer: the khweis are 49, the nays are 18. the motion is agreed to. of under the previous order, the postcloture time is expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be o the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar.

thus, schumer said that he expects a vote on the aid package for ukraine and other partners as earlynext week. the bill must be approved by both chambers, both the senate and the house of representatives. but the latter already went on vacation yesterday. what does this news mean for the aid package for ukraine and how the visit of volodymyr zelenskyi affected the legislators. about this and other things we will talk with our congress correspondent kateryna lisynova. congratulations, katya. congratulations oleksya. katya, so what is the work schedule of the legislators in the congress as of now and whether it will be possible to overcome all the disagreements on the border and still vote for aid to ukraine next week. chuck schumer said yesterday that border negotiations will continue this weekend, with senators scheduled to return to work on monday. but how long such an extension of the work of the senate will last is currently unclear, because even if the interlocutor from democrats, republicans and the white house... will come to some kind of agreement, then it will have to be writ

it was announced on monday but chuck schumer -- this was chuck schumer on the floor of the senate. [video] >> america's national security is on the line around the world. in europe, the middle east and indochina. autocrats and radical extremist are waging war against democracy, against our values, against our way of life. before the year is out support the senate to pass a national supplement package providing aid to ukraine, israel, humanitarian aid to innocent civilians in gaza, deterrence against adversaries in the indo pacific. both parties understand the consequences will be severe if we fail. just this morning omb director shalonda young warned congressional leaders absent action from congress funding to help ukraine will run out by the end of the year. alarmingly, the process on the national security package has been on ice for weeks. not because republicans objected to israel aid or ukraine or humanitarian aid in gaza or the indo pacific, but because republicans have injected partisan and extreme immigration measures into the debate. let me repeat that. the hold up on the s

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 senate. in the house, things get done and it is harder to get an agreement. johnson has been one of those full arguing for aid. host: should we see a vote this week? guest: we could. it failed largely along party lines. democrats voted against it. we could see another vote. not just for ukraine but israel. mainly taiwan. as well as on the border. border part is in the senate. republicans have asked for a significant policy changes on th

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: later this morning, i'll join my democratic colleagues on the floor to ask unanimous consent to pass the assault weapons ban, among other gun safety legislation. i'll have more to say before the unanimous consent request. but right now, the scourge of gun violence in america is a national crisis. i hope my republican colleagues stand with us to take action that americans demand. now, on senator tuberville, yesterday, ten months of pain and uncertainty finally came to an end for hundreds, hundreds of military nominees and their families. senator tuberville, after months of obstruction, stubbornness, and reckless disregard for military readiness, withdrew his blanket holds on over 400 general and flag officers. in the span of just a few minutes of floor time, the senate unanimously confirmed nearly every single one of them to their posts. thank god. these military officers finally got the promotions they so rightfully e

president, i am rejoicing in the orders that senator schumer read. first thing i would like to do is apologize to the hundreds of officers, men and women who dedicated themselves to their country and also to their families for this unusual, shall we say, disruption of their promotion to ranks they have won through their merit and effort. i think also, too, that it's important to note the contribution of senator sullivan and senator ernst and senator young and senator graham and others. they recognized that the military officers are not political pawns, that they are men and women who have dedicated themselves and their families to service to defend, to protect the constitution of the united states and so they joined in to ensure that today we can have this much delayed pre-motion on the floor of the united states senate. now, once again, mr. president, we have to recognize in the future, we can never do this again, that these men and women served their lives, decades, they serve it with courage. they serve it with integrity. they serve it with decenc

. >> senator ron johnson last week, and today we are expecting that senate majority leader chuck schumer will try to move a bill that will serve as the vehicle for ukraine aid, for additional ukraine aid and other emergency funding as well for israel and for taiwan as well. e after a classified briefing with senators with that emergency aid package that the biden administration is trying to move, that vote expected in the senate today. it is expected to come after a classified briefing with senators. it is bringing president volodymyr zelenskyy expected to address them. >> we are taking your phone calls. randy is up first out of millington, michigan. randy, good morning to you. >> good morning. i would like to start by thanking you and all the other men and women it takes to bring us this program. you are doing a great service. happy holidays. >> seem to you. what are your thoughts on ukraine? >> i believe we have to definitely support ukraine. that is a real threat to this country. we deny that it is just as important, if not more important than what we did for 9/11. now we are dealing

the house passed h.r. 2 more than six months ago and collecting dust on chuck schumer's desk. i have told the secretary of dense because these are the conditions of the american people and we are resolute on that. not the house's issue right now. the issue is with the white house and senate and implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and do the right thing here. >> healthy democracy just doesn't look like this but looks like this where americans can see democracy at work where citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. get informed right from the source on c-span, unfiltered unbiased word for word. the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. c-span, powered by cable. >> house speaker mike johnson and republican leaders answer reporters' questions into impeachment into president biden. they could vote to vote on the impeachment inquiry tomorrow. and talk about lowering health care costs and reauthorizing section 702 of the foreign surveillance act. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. a point of personal privil

we were in the midst of the schumer shut-down. chuck schumer and the democrats had forced a shutdown. the government was shut down. there was a particularly unfair aspect of that shutdown, which is that congress had voted to fund the military, the army, the navy, the marines, and the air force. but the coast guard had been left out because the coast guard are not in dod. they've been left out. and on january 24, 2019, senator sullivan and i came down in this in regard to seek equity for the coast guard, to simply say, pay our coast guardsmen the same as our sailors, soldiers, and marines. the senator from colorado stood up and objected. what he'll just said is exactly opposite of what happened. our coast guardsmen went weeks in 2019 without being paid during that shutdown because the senator from colorado objected to their getting a paycheck. and during his remarks on that day, he jumped up and down and screamed at me and insulted me to great fanfare. and i think he was proud of his performance because he then put it in his launch

schumer: now, mr. president, over the last few days negotiations on a path forward to getting national security supplemental don't have made good progress. as i've said, if we believe something is important and urgent, we should stay and get the job done. that is certainly the case with the supplemental. it is important, it is urgent. i spoke with leader mcconnell this morning about the plan for next week, and making sure the senate continues to do our work, so for the information of all senators, after we finish today, the senate will return on monday. that will give negotiators from the white house, senate democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement it will then take some time to turn that framework into text to prevent unnecessary delays, i intend november to reconsider the shell for the supplemental as a vehicle to move an agreement forward. the plan is for the senate to act as soon as we are ready to move forward on the supplemental.

here is senator schumer. >> he needs the aid quickly. several things will happen. first, the military needs, but second, europe and many other allies will say what is going on here, they're not giving them the aid. thank you. >> we missed the top there, but i want to bring in ali vitali, who can fill us in. what else did we hear from senator schumer, what more can you tell us about his meeting with senators and what's next? >> reporter: look, brief from the top democrat here in the senate. senator schumer saying that it was a good and productive meeting, where zelenskyy was clear that he needs this aid to go forward and continue winning the war. schumer underscored what he said zelenskyy underscored in the room, which is that if russia were to win here, everyone will lose, in terms of ukraine and the united states both as allies of small d democracy. in terms of specifics, we did not hear many. and we expected zelenskyy to come and speak to us here, obviously that didn't end up happening, but our understanding was that he was going to co

president, i am rejoicing in the orders that senator schumer read. the first thing i would like to do is apologize to the hundreds of officers, men and women who have dedicated themselves to their country and also to their families for this unusual, shall i say, disruption of their promotions to ranks they have won through their merit and effort. i think also, too, that it's important to note the contribution of senators sullivan and ernst and young and graham and others. they recognized that military officers are not political pawns, that they are men and women who've dedicated themselves and their families to service, to defend, to protect the constitution of the united states. and so they joined in to ensure that today we could have this much-delayed promotion on the floor of the united states senate. now, once again, mr. president, we have to recognize in the future we can never do this again. that these men and women served their lives -- decades. they serve it with courage. they serve it with integrity. they serve it with decency. they do it fo

really majority of leader chuck schumer whom i have known forever still blowing smoke.e to have a border piece, mitch mcconnell is standing up. he is spanning up and saying there has to be a change in border policy, you can't just hand out money for more baby sitters and paper pushers, what will happen in your judgment? >> that is right, that is what the biden administration is asking for. they are asking for more money to facilitate mass migration. that is what they want, that is their goal, not to secure the border, we believe that americans deserve more. americans deserve better, they deserve safety and security of a border, and we have to fight for that. and it is really unconscionable we'ring had to fight for that, the fact that you see chuck schumer say he is unwilling to secure our own border and put our important people and our children at risk, is a disgrace. larry: is in vote tonight? a closer vote. >> there it, about it take it we will be standing unified as a republican conference, voting that down, standing for american people, they deserve better. larry: t

really majority of leader chuck schumer whom i have known forever still blowing smoke.ou have to have a border piece, mitch mcconnell is standing up. he is spanning up and saying there has to be a change in border policy, you can't just hand out money for more baby sitters and paper pushers, what will happen in your judgment? >> that is right, that is what the biden administration is asking for. they are asking for more money to facilitate mass migration. that is what they want, that is their goal, not to secure the border, we believe that americans deserve more. americans deserve better, they deserve safety and security of a border, and we have to fight for that. and it is really unconscionable we'ring had to fight for that, the fact that you see chuck schumer say he is unwilling to secure our own border and put our important people and our children at risk, is a disgrace. larry: is in vote tonight? a closer vote. >> there it, about it take it we will be standing unified as a republican conference, voting that down, standing for american people, they deserve better. la

here's what senate majority leader chuck schumer had to say about it.ilure of the republicans and the republican leadership. the only reason they added border was because a lot of members of their hard right said they want border. maria: so i guess chuck schumer doesn't agree that the border being wide open is a national security risk. joining us is oklahoma senator james langford, a member of the homeland security and governmental afares committees, senator, thank you very much for being here. you're the lead republican negotiator on the border talks. i want to get your the take on what happened at the briefing. first, i've got to question you about what chuck shy you her thinks about the -- chuck shy chuckschumer thinks about the b. he says it will be a republican failure if it doesn't come to pass because of you and your colleagues pushing for border change. >> it's pretty remarkable to hear chuck schumer say if this goes down it's because republicans want to close the border and the part of the sentence he left out was democrats don't want to close

it has been sitting and collecting dust on chuck schumer's desk.e, that these are our conditions because these are the conditions of the american people. we are resolute on that. it's not the house's issue right now. the issue is with the white house and the senate. i implore them to do their job. we want to do the right thing. >> did president zelenskyy -- >> that was very brief from the speaker. i want to bring back nbc's ali vitali. it seems as though even after that meeting with zelenskyy, at least as far as the speaker is concerned, there is no clear path forward for ukraine to be getting any aid unless the domestic issues are included in there. >> reporter: that's exactly right. it's such a big unless that you point out there. immigration has been a crisis, you know, because you have covered it for so long, that has vexed lawmakers in this building for years now. the idea that over the course of the next few days they're going to be able to come to some consensus and pass a supplemental funding package that would include not just border-relat

schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to career. -- to reconsider. the presiding officer: motion is entered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, tonight is a sad night in the history of the senate and in our country. republicans just blocked a very much-needed proposal to send funding for ukraine, funding for israel, humanitarian aid for innocent civilians in gaza, and funding for the indo-pacific. if there is a word for what we most need now, it is to be serious. if republicans in the senate do not get serious very soon about a national security package, vladimir putin is going to walk right through ukraine and right through europe. this is an historic moment for the senate. are we going to do something about the threats to democracy happening around the world? are we going to hold the line against autocrats and dictators and the enemies he was our way of life? -- of our way of life? we had before the senate a proposal for not only national security but one that included significant funding for border security that president biden requested. we also

presidentth i am rejoicig in the orders senator schumer red. the first thing i would like to do is apologize to the hundreds ofho officers, men and women who have debit dedicated their country, dedicated themselves to their country and also to their families for this unusual disruption of their promotions. i think also to that it is important to note the contribution of et cetera sullivan and senator ernst and senator young, et cetera graham, and others. they recognize military officers are not political ponds. they are men and women who have dedicated themselves and their families to service. to protect the constitution of the united states. and so they joined in to ensure that today we have this much delayed promotion on the floor of the night state senate. once again mr. president, we have to recognize in the future we can never do this again. these men and women served their lives, decades. they served with courage they served with integrity they served with decency they do itit for this country, not for a political party. night for a cause

schumer, by the way, i deal in principles and policies not personalities, i have known chuck schumer for a long time. he keeps saying if you give them 60 billion, they will win the war. and if we don't, they will lose the war. and i say that is just false. >> he met with zelenskyy, he believes 60 billion will give them a stalemate. here is what concerns me, that we'll go are to end up with some kind of false flag, he doe doesn't have people to win the war who is the next up, our kids our young men and women will have to go there and fight, we have people all over the borders that scares me, we need to make a decision, of how much lang shohow much -- land should be taken by ukraine and russia someone to some diplomacy in the group. larry: a diplomatic exist strategy should be a part of this, down want to leave them high and dry either. but there has to be an exit strategy this idea that this money they could win. i don't know why -- look chuck schumer is many things, he is a big liberal and i am a conservative, but he knows that is 60 billion will not win th war in ukraine he knows th

possibility of attack is highest ever been joe borelli a guest raised the issue of new york, chuck schumernator from new york we heard on tape saying that you and your colleagues are trying to blow up the aid to ukraine, by putting in quote/unquote extreme policies. on the border. so is he not recognizing what eric adams everybody else in new york is recognizing they are going bankrupt because of migrants they have to cut precise assisted living, healthcare and security to pay for migrants how come chuck schumer is not seeing that? >> i have no idea. i mean look what, new york how this open southern border has new york illegal immigrants they've ruined the city mayor engaged a catastrophe we voted once, twice to get aid to israel house passed chuck schumer has voted against it blocked it every time, so number one he doesn't support israel number two dournt care about our border. >> last week, was first dime heard chuck schumer say about anti-semitism he is jewish, was very surprising to me this whole time, two-month period when we were watching this war on israel take place, senator you in

schumer, by the way, i deal in principles and policies not personalities, i have known chuck schumer for a long time. he keeps saying if you give them 60 billion, they will win the war. and if we don't, they will lose the war. and i say that is just false. >> he met with zelenskyy, he believes 60 billion will give them a stalemate. here is what concerns me, that we'll go are to end up with some kind of false flag, he d doesn't have people to win the war who is the next up, our kids our young men and women will have to go there and fight, we have people all over the borders that scares me, we need to make a decision, of how much how much -- land should be taken by ukraine and russia someone to some diplomacy in the group. larry: a diplomatic exist strategy should be a part of this, down want to leave them high and dry either. but there has to be an exit strategy this idea that this money they could win. i don't know why -- look chuck schumer is many things, he is a big liberal and i am a conservative, but he knows that is 60 billion will not win t war in ukraine he knows that. >> sell

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. >> we are going to leave this program and go to philadelphia where president biden will be speaking in nevada announcer more than touchdown 2 million in funding for the city's fire department. that money will help to reopen several firefighting companies that had closed. live coverage here on c-span. >> responsibility of representing just under 350,000 paid professional firefighters and paramedics around north america. there was the tornadoes in tennessee this week, the shooting in laughs last wednesday -- las vegas last wednesday, or the fire that clai

therefore, the leader of the democrats in the senate , chuck schumer, said that he is calling on the congress not to go on a break, not to go on vacation, so to speak , before christmas, but to continue working until aid to ukraine is agreed upon. and only then go on a break, in turn, the leader of the republicans, mitch mcconnell, once again emphasized that any help to ukraine depends on the fact that the republicans and democrats agree on changing the immigration legislation. i suggest you listen. this morning, the senate welcomed the inspired and determined president of ukraine, zelenskyi. for almost two years, ukrainians have exceeded the expectations of the world. we know that our border is the same as the border of ukraine, israel, and taiwan. must be inviolable, which is why in recent months we have supported the need to take additional action on all four of these threats, my support for ukraine and israel is unquestionable, i also support the preparation of the us military to defend against chinese aggression, i am determined to bring the crisis on our southern border under c

chuck schumer voted in favor originally, but then changed his vote to preserve the right to bring up the bill again. senator bernie sanders, independent of vermont, caucuses with the democrats, voted against it because he thinks any aid to israel needs to be tied to conditions on civilians in gaza. that is what happened yesterday. now it is your turn to tell washington what you think. do you agree or disagree with what happened? here's the argument from republican minority leader mitch mcconnell on the floor. [video] sen. mcconnell: it was not always like this. democrats did not always have such a hard time following the logic that national security begins right here at home. i am reminded of the code commission president reagan set up in the mid-1980's to assess the importance of peace and security in the western hemisphere. it was a bipartisan exercise that included everyone from henry kissinger to the former chair of the d&c and the president -- dnc and the president of the afl-cio. they concluded america's security depends on the inherent security of its land borders. our adversa

on extremist policies that seem dictated by donald trump and steven miller. >> reporter: and senator schumer also announced that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will address senators in a call this afternoon schumer says he wants his colleagues to hear directly from zelenskyy what's at stake in this vote, even if the senate can move forward and reach a deal, it's still unclear if it can pass the house the new republican house speaker, mike johnson, is under pressure to reject any proposal that does not have aggressive border policies. in a statement, johnson says any national security package must begin with our own border. he called on senate democrats in the white house to negotiate reasonably the nasenate is slated to hold a vote on an aid package tomorrow if they can reach an agreement >>> a restaurant in philadelphia is doing blockbuster business in solidarity, after a r a pro-olyn pro pro-palestinian protest seemed to single the owner out. >> reporter: at goldie falafel shop, a protest. 400 to 500 protesters gathered they accused the restaurant, co-owned by an israeli chef of s

the democrat mayor of new york is in town today meeting with chuck schumer. and talking about what i'm sure he has been sharing publicly which is that the crisis is creating huge problems for him in new york. cutting funding. closing libraries. this has real consequences, not just for border communities but for communities all across the country. it has to be dealt with and fixed. the vote yesterday sent a lot of clear message to the democrat if that is the case. the white house will have to engage especially of senate democrats are unwilling to do we are suggesting what could be done. this requires changes in policy that change the signals that we are sending to people who are coming across the border illegally. and the magnets that are out there that keep pulling. that is what senator langford and others are trying to accomplish. >> you mentioned you wanted the president to get involved. would you consider policy changes through executive action? >> mr. president, you may not know this but you can fix this without any of us doing anything. you could go back

chuck schumer now at the microphone. let's drop in. >> we are winning this war and if we get the help that -- if he gets the help he needs, he will win. on the other hand, he made it clear and all made it clear if we lose putin wins. and this will be very, very dangerous for the united states. so we cannot let putin influence through any surrogate what we need to do for ukraine. he also made one other point. he needs the aid quickly. if we don't give the aid quickly, several things will happen. first the military needs, but second europe and many other allies will say what is going on here? they aren't giving them the aid. thank you. >> bill: so that's the latest pitch. we'll see where it goes. >> dana: he didn't want to take any questions. zelenskyy goes to the white house. the president and zelenskyy will give some remarks later today around 4:15 p.m. if they're on time. >> bill: remember the rub now, republicans are saying you have to give us something on the border. so far that's not happening. >> dana: the biden adm

yesterday schumer warned his gop colleagues what's expected of them and what the republican party ofink about what they're doing. >> if republicans want to bring up immigration right now right in the middle of trying to pass aid to ukraine and other issues, the onus is on them to present serious bipartisan proposals and get broad support from democrats. ronald reagan would be rolling in his grave -- rolling in his grave if he saw his own party let vladimir putin roll through europe. so once again i urge my republican colleagues to think carefully about what's at stake with this week's vote. what we do now will reverberate across the world for years and decades to come. >> joining us now co-founder of punch bowl news, john bresnahan. good to see you. setup what we should see today. >> there's going to be a big procedural vote on whether to move forward with this package of money, a huge package of money which includes israel, ukraine, indo-pacific region and others. there's money in there for fentanyl. money in there for security for religious institutions now facing threats since the

schumer obviously wants the funding to go through. republicans say not without money to address the security problem at the southern border. what schumer said. >> he needs the aid quickly, if we don't give the aid quickly, several things will happen. first the military needs but second, europe and many other allies say what is going on here, they are not giving them the aid. >> john: in the conflict, headed toward the end of the second year and the past year there has not been a lot of progress either way and now some members of congress saying why do we keep funding this, maybe we should put the money towards something else. >> it's frustrating for me. we have crested 360 days and we talked well over a year ago heading to a stalemate. ukrainians have the advantage if we just supported them appropriately early on. now reaching a point even the senior general is talking about a stalemate. i think to now think about two things. not only fighting but hoe they terminate going forward. my frustration is this. almost like we talk about givi

the democrat mayor of new york is in town today meeting with chuck schumer.nd talking about what i'm sure he has been sharing publicly which is that the crisis is creating huge problems for him in new york. cutting funding. closing libraries. this has real consequences, not just for border communities but for communities all across the country. it has to be dealt with and fixed. the vote yesterday sent a lot of clear message to the democrat if that is the case. the white house will have to engage especially of senate democrats are unwilling to do we are suggesting what could be done. this requires changes in policy that change the signals that we are sending to people who are coming across the border illegally. and the magnets that are out there that keep pulling. that is what senator langford and others are trying to accomplish. >> you mentioned you wanted the president to get involved. would you consider policy changes through executive action? >> mr. president, you may not know this but you can fix this without any of us doing anything. you could go back t

we were about to break and we had a package put forth by senator schumer. their proposal on securing a broken border was awful. what's next? here is what is next. the commander-in-chief joe biden needs to wake up and do something about a broken border. it is his job above all others to secure the nation. here is what we learned this week in judiciary. director of the fbi when asked about linking light threats -- eyes see blinking lights -- i see blink ing lights wherever i turn people have to understand that what happens to israel affects you also. we have chosen to support israel because we should. hamas would kill all of us if we could and we need to be behind our friends in israel. what does that mean for us? the threat level has gone to a new level. since october 7. post october 7, there are calls for attacks against us. that means the people that want to destroy israel are trying to pay us back for helping israel. you don't need to negotiate with any of us. you have the ability as president to stop this problem now if you choose to use the law availabl

and that is what i tried to ask chuck schumer is if it has to be done this month, because right now,re is no indication that congress will be reaching a deal on the separate issue of immigration before aid can be approved and there is indication it is going to be punted into next year, and what is going to happen if that situation does occur which is widely occurring in the capital. he said quickly -- but what is "quickly" mean? that is the problem debated in the capital, and this is the issue that was debated behind closed doors, how soon ukraine will fall if they are not rescued with hundreds obillions of aid. >> thank you, manu raju. and now, president zelenskyy is on to a meeting with house speaker mike johnson who is the individual most standing in the way of the quick, immediate u.s. aid to ukraine. and now with us is retired u.s. general, retired u.s. general mark hertling. and president zelenskyy is a seasoned politician now, and he knows that the aid is being held up by u.s. politics, and without judging it, it is u.s. politics holding up the aid, and how does a foreign lead

larry: chuck schumer wants to talk about ukraine. i think that is overly simplistis to say more money to ukraine will win the war, and less money will lose it i think that a lot of people would doubt that. but, he doesn't to talk about h.r. 2, more talk about truly closing the border, or talk about changing the wh the asylum system or remain in mexico, to me, that is the obstacle in these talks, i don't know where do you see this? >> and i agree with you. because, he could solve this. what republicans are saying it is our border first. cirseconsecure our border then talk about the issues, if you do a national security supplement am should we not be first, you look at numbers coming across our border, the millions people that come under joe biden's watch and terrorists 279 known terrorists, that have come in to this country, under president trump, a couple yearsy had zero. and then another year we have three, then you look at these numbers and thousands of chinese, that and russians and afghans and iranians, and the pakistanis that ar

but right now, it's sitting on schumer's desk, and schumer has to decide ultimately what legislation is put forward. so there are some good proposals. amy klobuchar and john thune, senators, have also put together something interesting. there's an interesting bill from ted lieu. a lot of legislation around, but really what we need is for the senate and for the speaker of the senate to come forward with something concrete that actually has substance, and that's up t sh chuck schumer mostly at this point. >> gary marcus, thanks so much. we'l'll be rightht back. >>> billie jean king is an icon, a champion, and a trail blazer. cnn anchor and chief political correspondent dana bash sat down with the tennis legend to learn about her career, the twists and turns of her personal life, and her fight for equality. a fight highlighted by competing against bobby rigs in the so-called battle of the sexes. >> here comes billie jean king. >> a massive television audience. 90 million people worldwide watched as she made a dramatic entrance. >> i didn't see the match until 25 years after the match. i

schumer, who by the way i deal in principles and policies not personalities, i have known chuck schumerery long time. just saying he keeps saying if you give him $60 billion they will win the war and if you don't give ukraine $640 billion we'll lose the war. that is fall der roy. >> he thinks $60 billion will give him a stalemate. we've gone from winning the war to a stalemate. here is what concerns me, larry. we'll end up with some false flag. he doesn't have the people to win the war. who do you think will be next up? our kid. our men and women will go there and fight. we have people all over the borders. that is what scares me. we need to make a decision how much land should be taken by ukraine and russia. do some diplomacy. larry: diplomatic exit strategy has to be part of all this. i don't want to leave them high and dry either. i'm not in that school of thought but there has to be a exit strategy. this idea, money they can win, i don't know why, look, chuck schumer is many things. he is a big liberal, i'm a conservative, he knows that that 60 billion will not win the war in ukrain

as soon as possible, senator schumer said, what does that mean in practice when the actual legislators return to work after the holiday break and what their agenda will be next year. katya, can consideration of aid to ukraine be delayed again? in fact, there are such risks, because in general, according to the schedule, the senate returns to work on january 8. i will remind our viewers that yesterday we broadcast the big ones. with congressman mike quigley, a democrat in the house of representatives, who is also the co-chairman of the ukrainian congressional caucus, and so he stated that the most likely consideration for aid to ukraine should be expected in mid-january, but to also remind our viewers that the short-term resolution on the temporary funding of the government, which was agreed in two stages, is coming to an end, at least the first stage already on january 19, and the second on february 2, so already in the middle will be one of the ... important priorities for the congress - this is to avoid a shutdown, i.e. stop, stop, stop the work of the government, because in general