any other questions about senator connell, refer to staff. >> pro-life provisions and conscious provisions. how will you get that past the finish line? >> well, i mean, the nda a final negotiation, they had a vote on it and a rules committee in the house already. we expect that they will have it on the floor tomorrow. we expect to receive it from them probably on thursday. anticipating that senator schumer files on it. fiercely negotiating. obviously there is a huge difference of opinion as you know. anytime we do an authorization bill or an appropriation bill on some of the pro-life positions, hard site has fought vigorously to make sure that the pro-life provisions in the bill are strong and that the democrats do not weaken those. >> senator. >> talking about border security and defense in the first reconciliation package. what about some of the doj recommendations where spending reforms, deficit reduction? is that the first packager the second package? what is your vision on how to move that? >> i am a big fan of doj. this is long overdue. but i do believe that it will take us a bit of

connell cobble i think the most important -- sen. mcconnell: i think the most important thing is to beat the russians. [applause] you need to ask the question, what is the definition of victory? i've felt all along, whether it's israel or ukraine, we shouldn't try to tell them what success is. and one of my criticisms of this current administration is telling the israelis what they can and can't do, telling ukrainian what is they can and can't do, i think we ought to help them win. [applause] because winning -- they have to live there. i think they've got a better judge about what's necessary to win than we do. so, in ukraine, and in israel, i think they ought to decide what victory is. and for those who complain about the money we've spent on the ukraine supplemental, for example, over half of it is being spent in this country. in 38 different states. [applause] i was at a facility that's being launched in my state just last week funded by the ukraine supplemental. the other thing that it's doing is allowing us to retool our industr

i'm connell mcshane with newsnation.ital asset topping $100,000 for the first time wednesday after trump announced his pick to chair the securities and exchange commission. paul atkins, the crypto advocate, former sec commissioner and expected to take a friendlier approach as the nation's top financial regulator after the current chair, the biden appointee, gary gensler, what a crack down on crypto exchanges. president-elect himself has been pledging to boost the industry floating this idea of a strategic federal reserve of bitcoin similar to the nation's oil stockpile. all this helping to fuel a record rebound for digital currencies like bitcoin which sank to a low 16,000 after ftx collapse. that was 2 years ago. much of that growth over 40% come just in the weeks since the election. bloomberg reporting crypto markets overall that 1.3 trillion dollars since trump's victory. i'm connell mcshane. this is the newsnation political minute. >>and washington senate democrats question fda officials on processed foods and their

i'm connell mcshane. this is the newsnation political minute. to avoid a partial government shutdown. republican leaders are planning on passing a temporary spending bill through next march, but not without some pushback from members of their own party. washington correspondent in a sim likes planes. what we know so far >>speaker mike johnson unveiled a plan to house republicans in a closed door meeting and heard complaints about the spending plan both inside and outside the meeting. and voted for it's a total dumpster fire. i think it's garbage. sharp criticism from republicans about the republican speaker's plan to fund the government. >>we will get the job done as we always do. house speaker mike johnson says he plans to fund the government mostly at current levels through mid-march. that's not popular among some house republicans who want to see spending cuts as well. you got a blank check. you can shrink government. you can't government. you can't live free. and some republicans rebuke the plan. democrats say house republicans are going to

there was always a question of will mitch mechanic connell support trump, and in many cases he didn'thn thune is going to be supportive of president trump's agenda? >> 100% unequivocally. we have a great leader in john thune. he knows what's at stake. he has a great relationship with the president, and we're going to move forward. look, this is a new day in america. this is a time when we're actually going to bring this country together around a positive, america first agenda. that's what was decided on november 5th overwhelmingly, and it's the our job in the senate to make certain that happens. maria: yeah. and i think president trump was trying to communicate that yesterday when he had both mike johnson and john thune in his box at the army-navy if game you were at the game, right? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, what a great day. it shows -- this is genuinely a new day in america. i have never felt more optimism, more pride to be an american than i do right now. look, this is an opportunity the for us to stay united, stay focused and, most importantly, maria, we have to deliver for th

is head of you, raise your research at the farm policy institute. hazel's over tides, us apples, connell, and he joins us from colorado and pennsylvania. so the situation in syria remains shoes. the complicates of many different factions fighting from various parts of the country. how is it still such a mess of to a cease fire? was was a great a as well. um it's such a mess that goes um there are both internal, so internal syrian and then extra on factors that are escalating. the conflict and the ceasefire. you mentioned, as i'm sure you know was, was not the 1st. there was a un security council resolution in early 2016. that, that created the succession of hostilities that essentially the side routine, the russians in iran is ignored. whereas most of the, the, the opposition groups tried to respect. and so this latest offensive by the opposition by the rebel groups was certainly plan long ago in the military. you often plan offensives or you plan operations that you then don't undertake until the conditions are correct or the conditions are right. and in this case, i think the condition

manufacture coke of product life. calculate the, the the quotes from gaza that several medical staff at the connell antoine hospital. the vin tools in funniest austin fine is rarely forces the hello. i'm jessica washington. this is o to 0. live from dough ha. also coming out of the world health organization demands protection for medical facilities in gaza, describing the dismantling of the health system as a death sentence. authorities in syria arrest senior figures of the outside regime and from a stability for the country as it enters a new phase.