that's amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter, and tamara keith of npr.otests been spreading, we saw them outside the white house correspondents dinner, and in countries around the world like egypt, jordan, france, australia. it is not necessarily just young voters in america among democrats or young voters of color. there is some concern expressed in a recent new york times piece by a wisconsin congressman that some of his older and most white constituents have been increasingly asking about biden's approach to the war in gaza. amy, walk us through this. can president biden meet their concerns, and should he be more concerned about these protests? amy: i think the more attention that is being paid -- first, let's start on college campuses, and is now going everywhere. it is also a little bit of a rorschach test. if you are a progressive person, a more liberal leaning person, you see those protests and you think ok, these are people standing up for the rights of the oppressed and this is a war that is not taking the lives of innocent people and we have to

amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamera keith of npr.just heard governor whitmer talk about the michigan family protection act, which supports surrogacy and ivf and lgbtq+ parents. we have seen reproductive rights emerge as a major driver this election season, but this is additional action by democrats on issues beyond abortion. amy, what kind of impact does it have on a swing state like michigan? >> the challenge right now that the biden team has politically is people who turned out for him in 2020, many of whom were inspired not so much by joe biden but voting against donald trump. they just are not as engaged in the election as trump supporters are. if the biden campaign can give these voters, especially younger voters, a reason to show up and believe this election is important, even if they are not excited about him. in michigan, for example, there was not big uncommitted vote that -- was that big uncommitted vote amna talked about with the governor. there is reticence on behalf of many voters to show up and vote affirmatively for bi

of "the cook political report with amy walter," and tamara keith of npr.oth. there has been some news as we have been on the air about u.s. foreign aid. house speaker mike johnson shared with house republican colleagues in a private meeting his plan to put on the floor the foreign aid package after months of delay. he is calling for separate votes on aid to ukraine, aid to israel and aid to taiwan and a fourth vote on the forced sale of tiktok. is this something the white house can get behind? >> the white house said before johnson presented the plan, this is not the fastest way to get something to the president's desk that would help israel and ukraine. because the senate has already passed a bill, it is a bill that includes all of these things together and the way this works is if the house is able, and that is a big if, if the house is able to pass these bills separately it would go to the senate, where they would have to pass the bills separately. it is unclear that the senate can pass those bills separately. the white house argument, as it has been fo

amy walter is away. great to see you. after much delay, the house passed the foreign aid bill. for israel and taiwan. $61 billion for ukraine. how did mike johnson defied his right flank? >> quite the 180 over the last year. this guy embedded himself with the freedom caucus through his entire tenure in the house and voted consistently against every ukraine package that came up since the start of the war yet is now putting his speakership on the line over the issue. he has credited things with this transformation. the first is that he is receiving high-level intelligence briefings. when you are the speaker you are part of the gang of eight so you get the same intel briefings the president gets. that impressed upon him the stakes of the war in ukraine and what would happen if the u.s. doesn't send weapons and funding to them. he talked personally about his own son, to start at the u.s. naval academy. one of the arguments for aid to ukraine was that we are not putting american boots on the ground. you heard the speaker say when he was giving the press conference, i would rather am

amy walter and tamera keith are away. glad both of you are here. thanks for joining us and welcome.rt with congress. lawmakers, one of the top priorities now they are back in washington is to pass the critical aid for ukraine they say they desperately need in their fight against russia. the holdup is among house republicans. speaker mike johnson has a razor thin majority. is ukraine aid his priority to pass and will he get it done? leanne: speaker johnson says he is going to take it up. in what form we don't know. it is probably not going to be this week, probably next week. we don't know exactly what speaker johnson is going to do on ukraine. he is discussing with the white house trying to negotiate to create a bill that is more palatable to his conservative republican conference. but the white house is insistent the senate already passed a bill, bipartisan with 70 votes, and that that is the path forward. the politics are becoming much more tricky as every day passes, not just on the issue of ukraine from the right, but now on the issue of israel which is attached to this bill fro