freedom house, thank you for the u date. . ~ freedom house, thank you for the udate. ., ,, ,., freedomn allies to urgently send at least seven more patriot missile systems. it comes after another night of russian bombardment seriously damaged energy infrastructure in ukraine — with four power plants hit. president zelensky said the targets included facilities supplying gas to the european union. fighting continues in the eastern donetsk region. russian troops made gains there earlier this week. ukrainian media reports that another village near avdiivka has been captured — as russia tightens its hold on the region. earlier this, week five people died after a boat carrying more than 100 migrants ran into trouble in the english channel. a man who had paid to board the overloaded dinghy — but then decided against it— has spoken to the bbc. our correspondentjon donnison reports from calais. chaos, desperation and violence as more than 100 people tried to cram onto a small boat in the early hours of tuesday morning. among them was 16—year—old marcus, not his real name, from south sudan. wher

quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house, thank you.d fair elections in the country, which for decades was ruled by a white minority. under the violent apartheid regime, the state segregated different ethnicities, with black africans having virtually no rights, no vote, no freedom of movement and only limited ownership rights. after decades of struggle, the african national congress secured the freedom of its leader nelson mandela and negotiated a peaceful transition away from white—only rule. that process culminated on april 27th, 1994, when south africans of every ethnicity queued together for miles to cast their ballot, electing mr mandela south africa's first black president. at the 30th anniversary celebrations in pretoria on saturday, south africa's current president cyril ramaphosa paid tribute to those who helped fight for the country's freedom. on that day, as we cast our votes for the first time, a great heaviness lifted from our shoulders. our shackles have been cast off. the shackles that have tied us down for hundreds of ye

prior to joining freedom house she worked at the committee for the organization to protect journalists, founded the crimes of war project and helped launch a culture of safety alliance, a collaboration between news organizations, press freedom ngo's and journalists to promote journalist safety. mendez is a photojournalist who as trained documentary photographers in the middle east and north africa. thanks so much for this discussion today. i want to start with a couple questions to set the stage for the participants watching. i will start with alex and jason with a question. you worked closely with the private sector on addressing these human rights risks associated with technology for a number of years and therefore have this very unique perspective on how companies have worked to address threats to human and human rights defenders over years. so, what would be interesting i think for the audience is to know, how have you seen these risks change over time? are there private-sector actions that have worked really well in combating these issues, and are there any hard lessons you can sh

abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house, thank you forjoining us.— you for “oining us.hank you very much and thank- you forjoining us. thank you very much and thank you - you forjoining us. thank you very much and thank you to l you forjoining us. thank you i very much and thank you to the viewers. to ukraine, where president volodymyr zelensky is calling on western allies to urgently send at least seven more patriot missile systems. it comes after another night of russian bombardment seriously damaged energy infrastructure in ukraine — with four power plants hit. president zelensky said the targets included facilities supplying gas to the european union. fighting continues in the eastern donetsk region. russian troops made gains there earlier this week. ukrainian media reports that another village near avdiivka has been captured as russia tightens its hold on the region. earlier, i spoke to brigadier general mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. we have seen the call again from the limit to make volodymyr zelensky yet agai

freedom house is a nonprofit dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.th people where possible in al fashir. what are they bracing for? thank you for having me, helena, iappreciate it. the attack on al fashir has the far—reaching and devastating consequence, and it would really be a new story of the storyline of the sudan conflict hardship, potential hardships and what has happened. in the past few days, there's an ethnic targeting and similar to previous incidents, this time it is minority groups based mostly around al fashir. this attack on al fashir would have an aspect of ethnic cleansing. the army in al fashir are undera commander of the former rebel movement, leaders who have agreed a peace agreement in 2018, and that deal was supposed to be absolved in the south. they are from arab ethnic groups, meaning the conflict in al fashir is different from the other conflict in other cities. it has a key ethnic aspect, and is very much dangerous if this attack happens, it will have far—reaching, devastating and far—reaching consequences. anyone listening t

john: you talk about a democracy in india but freedom house rates india is only partly free.ding up to the elections, his opponents say that modi has gone afr the opposition using the tools of government. how committed do you see mr. modi to democratic values? >> he is a committed electoral democrat. the election will be free and fair. in spite of the incredible logistic -- logistical challenges of holdinthe election for 950 million eligible voters. but also has the opposition had a level playing field and getting its message out to the citizens of the country to say, we are an incredible alternative. there are some concerns. the media does not offer criticism on the modi government's record, and the opposition feels between the arrest ofeaders in the use of tax authorities to free the assets of the opposition parties, that the playing field has not been as level as we would like. that is raise concerns for international observers of the election. john: how worrying is the religious violence we have seen recently? >> tremendously concerning. india's great contribution to demo

if we look at freedom houses ripples, it says quote, the government led by prime minister and run to moody and these hindu nationalist. but how do i see a genetic policy is presided over rising persecution, affecting the most, and population harassment of june list, and harassment of non governmental organizations? why don't you think whole these international organizations are talking rubbish and that you is simply off hell, democracy. as you said, see very good things happen. china guess is very good, things happen people, they talk more about you. so that is all the days. india is doing a good job on the prime minister, not in their multi g. now that the international isn't the job, so will that be okay? when to commit to the beach i p giving. i'll just say we're a journalist, visas to enter india. there is no threat for anybody in the country, anybody's free to walk until unless they follow the rules and regulations. so i think that's all my question. so what i'm asking when you allow, i'll just say we're a journalist, to enter the country to cover the elections and you have an o

time for the country, in fact, we do not have a foreign language, that is, in we have some poor freedom houses, who first spoke russian, now ukrainian, but nevertheless, who... definitely do not speak english, who definitely do not bring the necessary information about ukraine to the world, and do not convey a lot of pro-ukrainian narratives, with the point of view of the ukrainian view of the east. mr. volodymyr, i am extremely grateful to you for this conversation, regardless of how many years may pass since the chernobyl disaster, since april 26 , 1986, we must remember, we must understand why it happened, and we must to take into account all the experience and all the problems we had in the past, in order not to repeat the mistakes in the present, and most importantly, in the future. thank you. and now the section is true or fake and i am joined by vedika bahal, i welcome you vedika, today we are discussing rumors that ukraine is allegedly selling artillery installations to russia. caesar, which france handed over to her. tell us more about it. that's right, tom. caesar is a french-made se

towards autocracy, representatives of indian minorities report discrimination and attacks, and freedom housessifies india as only a partially free country. mr. narendra modi claims to have passed a bill offering reservation in parliament. he performed an important role and then told the nation that the parliamentary assembly would be held after 10 years. we don't need 10 years. we will do it as soon as we come to power. who would n't win an election in india? ukraine is interested in new delhi's position on russia. ukrainian war. as of the end of 2023, the country has sent 14 tranches of humanitarian aid aid to ukraine. meanwhile, the traditionally neutral pharad was carefully building a particularly privileged strategic partnership with the russian federation. and in voting for ukrainian resolutions at the un, india abstained throughout the entire period of the full-scale invasion. and for desert. russia has become the main supplier of oil to india in the financial year 2023-24 thanks to unprecedented discounts. the world is grateful to india for buying russian oil. it's not that they don't

the country at the moment, we have essentially no foreign language, that is , we have some poor freedom houses, which first spoke russian, now ukrainian. but nevertheless, who definitely do not speak english, who definitely do not bring the necessary information about ukraine to the world, and do not convey a lot of pro-ukrainian narratives, from the ukrainian point of view. look east, mr. volodymyr, i am extremely grateful to you for this conversation, regardless of how many years may pass since the chernobyl disaster, since april 26 , 1986, we must remember, we must understand why this happened, and we must take into account all the experience and all the problems we had in the past, in order not to repeat... mistakes in the present and most importantly in the future. thank you. there are discounts on evrofast softcaps of 10% in psyllium pam and oskad pharmacies. there are discounts for visa. 20% in psarynyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. gasoline trimmers are so heavy, loud and inconvenient, but if you want to have a beautiful, well-kept plot, there is a solution: kors garden trimmers from unpa

important time for the country, we have essentially no foreign language, that is , we have some poor freedom houses that first spoke russian, now ukrainian, but not less, who definitely do not speak english, who definitely do not bring the necessary information about ukraine to the world and not. convey a lot of pro-ukrainian narratives from the point of view of the ukrainian view of the world. mr. volodymyr, i am extremely grateful to you for this conversation, regardless on how many years may pass since the chernobyl disaster, since april 26 , 1986, we must remember, we must understand why it happened, and we must take into account all that... experience and all those problems that we had in the past, in order not to repeat mistakes in the present, and most importantly in the future. thank you. lakalut fix fixes reliably, my dentist recommended it to me. yes, and reduces gum inflammation. and the price is great. economical lakaka fix there are discounts on gepargin 15% in pharmacies psyllium pam and savings there are discounts on pulmolor tablets 15% in pharmacies plantain pam and savings vasyl z

for more on the situation, i spoke to quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house,orld. i know that you've been closely monitoring the situation on the ground, speaking with people, where possible, in al—fashir. what are they bracing for, basically? thank you helena, and thank you for having me. i appreciate it. an attack on al—fashir would have a far—reaching and devastating consequence and it would really be a new story of the storyline of sudan conflict, harsher, potentially harsher than al junaynah. in the past few days there have been an increase in ethnic targeting and rhetoric. this time it is minority ethnic groups that are stationed at, that exist in al—fashir. this attack on al—fashir will have that aspect of ethnic cleansing. the saf army in al—fashir are under the command of former rebel movement leaders that made the peace agreement in 2018. that was to be absorbed into saf. they are from arab ethnic groups. it means the conflict in al—fashir is absolutely different than the conflict in other cities. it has a key ethnic aspect on it. and that is very mu

journalist went to the country to cover the elections and you have an opportunity to disprove what even freedom house is saying about harassment of jealous. anybody's anybody's going to come from anybody is very common for that. but instead of confirmation that you'll government will give us spaces to enter. and couple of the elections we look forward to is the is the only if you, if you dig the formation right. but mission from the light sources, you get it done on you can cover the elections. there is no issue with that. but one thing you have to follow the rules and regulations of the country very strictly . now that they do that, the other question you oh, that's the, that's not a media. i did the national organizations talking about india, about the, the head asmin through agencies as the germans to show me one instance reading. that's something called the fx, the country of the high board of the states. how. how did that? i mean, not to by saying that this is that, uh this, uh, this is a, uh, not a good one. it is very special. what we would definitely say has taken the last into their hands ha

for human rights and it's 2022 report freedom house, the prime minister movie, and the b. j. p head presided over a quote, rise in persecution affecting the most and population harassment of journalists and non governmental organizations. all the rights. so an interesting find all small unfortunately i just mentioned just decides that we've learned from reports. so a wonderful addition i just need i chose that they were just working on its own in diagnosis. busy of, of, of all of these things, for instance, freedom of speech and democracy, then kings and all of that. so what have, so there wouldn't be an effort by the new government without owning it and keep getting. so some back to these design things that are without globally, again, it can be questioned in some form and it has so the government has undo primary stability has put as due to all these things that have been put forward by international organizations. whether it's the vida and report of or the the awards press the dom ranking, which ends in the $162.00 out to fall. 180 countries of incident has been an effort

last but not least i have charlotte mendez senior program manager freedom houses emergency assistancerogram. cheryl has worked for over a decade advocating for and providing emergency assistance and logistical support human rights defenders journalists at risk worldwide her in a rote freedom how should provide support to human rights defenders civil society organizations who are at risk due to human rights work prior to joining freedom how she worked with the committee to protect journalists founded crimesde and for project and helped launch a culture of safety alliance and unprecedented collaboration between news organizations, press freedom ngo and journalist to promote journalist safety. also a widely published photojournalist documentary photographers in the middle east, north africa and europe. thank you so t much for this discussion today. i want to start with a couple of questions to help set the stage for the participants watching and hearing the room but i'll start with alex and than jason was a question. you've worked closely with the private sector on addressing human right

david: i want to turn to the issue of transnational repression which has come to the forefront and freedom houseas done more work on this. it is authoritarian regimes going about going after their critics or opponents outside of their country's borders. arresting them, trying to kill them, threatening their family within the borders. is it a reflection of brazenness , or is it insecurity that they feel like they have to go after these people? bill: both, honestly. putin as you and i have said, as someone who is a combustible combination of grievance, ambition and insecurity wrapped up together. so the phenomenon of transnational repression of government in particular reaching out to kill or intimidate, opposition, human rights activists outside of their own borders is growing and it is increasingly serious. it requires a lot of cooperation not just amongst domestic law enforcement agencies and intelligence services that allies and partners. we have seen this with the iranian regime which has gone after and plotted to murder some very brave activists who have spoken out against that regime and it

quscondy abdulshafi is a senior regional advisor for africa at freedom house and told me how bad thehe situation in sudan is dire, and now i would say that the situation in sudan is, you know, a ticking time bomb of, you know, humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in real time, and this comes through the different threats. the humanitarian access to humanitarian access to humanitarian aid represents a political token to the violent actors, and using that as a tool to really suppress and create more suffering to the humanitarian, to the civilians in the country, and yes, it is a milestone to have resources, because sudan aid was severely underfunded, but the question is not only that having money but also a conversation of how to actually give food to the people, and what tools and mechanisms could be put in place to reach the aid to those who are needed. let's turn to some important news around the world. the chief weapons handler for the movie, rust, hannah gutierrez reed, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, for the death of cinematographer, halyna hutchins, who was fatally shot by a

you say democrats provide the majority of votes, what has happened is folks like gaetz and the house freedom in which the only way the house can function is with democratic votes and they produce a situation where that is the only thing that can happen and use it as a sign of betrayal to go after leadership? >> that is right. it's paid in service to donald trump. and, again, the key for us has to be if we are functionallyk the speaker how do we convince the voters in november that he should formally be the speaker? and you can't give them the keys to the car that drives government any longer. that is going to be the challenge. we have to keep showing community and competence beats chaos and corruption every single day. >> i guess the other question at some point there is a weird set of choices here. because when we went through this last time the democrats voted to vacate the chair as a group. because that's just the way it works. you guys figure it out. now it seems like there's conversations happening between johnson democrats about maybe raising the threshold. it doesn't seem like they we

daniella: the house rules committee has two freedom caucus members now. the past voted against measures mike johnson has put forward. it remains to be seen whether they would support this. the majority of the house freedom caucus has already come out against this unless it contains some offset of aid for ukraine. a lot of them are against that in the first place. the bigger picture is mike johnson has had this problem for a long time. he has conservatives in his own party that have not been able to help him get bills across the finish line, but because he continues to work with democrats, that's the major question of what it means for his future as speaker if he does end up putting a bill on the floor and using democrats to move that legislation, whether that means marjorie taylor greene and other conservatives will trigger the motion to vacate that could remove speaker mike johnson from his speakership. helena: touching on the motion to vacate, is there a possibility it could get more support? daniella: definitely. a lot of conservatives have said they ar

like freedom house and many other organizations, we know how they understand the situation inside russia how they understand, how to counter propaganda, many other things. they are agents of change. they are the scenarios implemented by pro-democracy russians. let me stop working in ukraine, searching for civilian hostages for children, working with ukrainians to return them. documented war crimes, doing many other things like saying what is sanctioned by the regime, what is not. our action now is much more important. there are so many probabilities. when put in bama dies, and he will eventually, win -- putinism won't die. it will be the beginning of a war within our society which has been defined by propaganda for so many years. we cannot afford to raise time -- to waste time. >> our group of russia experts identified the war in ukraine as crucial to the future of putin's regime, acknowledging that putinism may survive long after. they concluded that the sooner and the more overwhelming russia experiences a defeat in ukraine, the more likely russia is to get a two euro -- to get a true

. >> and why do you think they couldn't and didn't get into care >> 2020 to freedom >> house report found that while could gummies regime has maintained stability, it has also suppress political sen. through pervasive surveillance, intimidation, and torture. could gummy denies any of those accusations after the bloodshed in 1994, i saw the country's jails overflowing with alleged perpetrators everyone in prison claims to be innocent. >> human >> rights workers say at least one in five people may have been falsely accused the government pursued a policy of unity and reconciliation, which often sees perpetrators and victims living side-by-side, as i witnessed when i returned to rwanda years later f virginia was preparing a plate of food and serving it to john bosco, busy manner one of the men who murdered five of her children. it's amazing for us to sit here and share food with families who've been through so much. did you expect if virginia two forgive you and give you mercy? >> number felt that they were forgive me >> as for international accountability in 1998, president bill clinton apo

the speaker was confronted today by members of the house freedom caucus on the house floor. they are not backing away from their threat to remove him from office as he moves ahead with a vote on the foreign aid bills that include funding for ukraine. but the speaker is not backing down. and the house is aiming for votes on these measures as soon as this weekend. ukrainian leaders said the soldiers on the front lines are running out f speaker johnson says that he supports funding for ukraine even if if it costs him his job. lester? >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, urgent calls from the control tower. >> stop! >> as two planes on a collision course avoid hitting each other with little time to spare. coll course avoid hitting each other with with if you have chronic kidney disease you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with farxiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacte

and and some 70 countries at a time when we them and freedom house are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the united states has. generational consequences. in that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of america's role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. if you don't read it, buy. and give copies to your friends. it's a it's it's i've, i can't say i've read it all. i've skimmed through it, i've read quite a bit of it already and it's a very intelligent, lee argued, argued treatise. i only have a problem with the title, so but i don't have a problem. i have a problem explaining it to other people. so i'm going to explain it you as well. we win. they lose, we win. they lose. republican foreign policy cold. so let me take the win we win. they lose part in january this

day, your love is in my heart , my wife, your happiness, your happiness, your freedom, your freedom. o house of our ancestors, o love of our birth, until i made a pact with you, my body passed away, i became a soul because i joined a little bit with your love, and i became a ransom, o my peace and order, the passion of my spring. my head and body, my heart is warm, my life is my country, my country is iran, my body and my heart is my heart, my country is iran . good morning, dear viewers. in the first part of the journalist's greetings, today we will look at the forecasts of the meteorological organization based on the red warning that announced for some provinces, mr. sarkadeh a meteorologist is present in the studio. hello, the reporter is present . hello, good morning. greetings to you. how are you? good morning. the red alert has been announced for five provinces. which provinces are correct ? please explain the conditions. they are the southern provinces: fars, bushehr , hormozgan, kerman and sistan baluchistan. a low altitude is formed on the southwest of the country. let's talk a litt

we saw the house freedom caucus last week out by a series of conditions that they would need to be ableditional funds to rebuild the bridge and be open the port of baltimore. we are waiting to see the administration did send a letted calling for 100% federal cost share of the rebuilding plastic. we are still waiting to see maryland come up with an estimate of how much it is going to cost before congress fully ways inwi but i think we are seeing the sights there could be some bumps in hurtles along the way when did you make that funding request. >> host: as if all it was enough for you to cover this week what else are you watching? >> guest: there's no shortage of anything else. we are going to to start to see the degree to which folks get engaged on the fiscal 25 spinney fight. we just wrapped the last number do think people are going to start secretary mayorkas will be testifying before congress twice this week as a strap is about layout. there will be a bunch of faceting dynamics and also address by the japanese prime minister to congress on thursday. so it will be a busy week than wh

because they have proven over and over again -- that they don't care about their leadership in the house freedomsome of them don't really care about governing. >> well, right. community, a lot of the sex in the house freedom caucus or just a general republican conference, they were sent to washington to blow things up. >> you, to gum up the works. >> okay, you were kind of in my analogy. don't go anywhere, we will stick around to the latest reaction to last week including one republican congressman talking about ending the war in gaza quickly, just like nagasaki and hiroshima. i am shaking my head. we will talk about it on the other side. other side. hold up. if asthma isn't treating you right... you might be treating it wrong. and i know, you've been going through it. but what if you get to it. a key source of your asthma inflammation. enter nucala. it isn't your rescue treatment and it's not a steroid. it's an autoinjector you can do at home. just once a month. nucala targets and reduces eosinophils and helps your symptoms. think less asthma attacks... less need for oral steroids... less asthm

france allies stood at the side of the birth of this nation, the birth of freedom was born here so today we come to this house floor to say that freedom has fought for here in this house in the next hour, lawmakers are expected to begin voting on the three long-awaited funding bills and to sweeten the deal for house republicans. >> a fourth bill contains sanctions for iran, a seizure of frozen russian assets, plus a potential nationwide tiktok ban gop house speaker mike johnson was able to push the bipartisan bills through congress this week with the help of democrats. it's a move that could cost him his job as some hardliners in his party have threatened to interest produce a measure to terminate his leadership. we have a team of correspondents covering the developments for us, priscilla alvarez is there in washington. let's begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, i mean, set the stage for us. what's going on right now. how do we expect this to play out? >> yeah, hugely significant moment in fact, right now, house democrats are meeting in the room behind me because they are central to what's happening he

has to freedom from house house in the hands. >> meantime, protesters demanding a ceasefire in gaza gathered in san francisco's embarcadero plaza and march down the financial district today accusing corporations in the area of profiting from the ongoing conflict. the students carried posters and sunflowers to symbolize the environment they say is suffering. the deadly effects of war. >> new at 10, 3 people are without a home tonight after their house caught on fire in castro valley. firefighters say the house burt street caught fire this afternoon. nobody was hurt. investigators are still looking into what may have sparked those flames. tesla's eye-catching cyber tracks are being recalled, according to traffic safety officials. there's a manufacturing flaw. >> that causes one its petals to get stuck the truck is at full speed. pretty scary situation. kron four's rob nesbitt, however, went on a ride along with a bay area cybertruck owner who says he's a found a fix to the flaw. >> the cybertruck honor i spoke to says he has not had his accelerator gets stuck but search social media and you'll

my freedom , my freedom, my ancestral house, my mother's love , until i made a pact with you, i passed became a soul, because i joined a little bit with your love and you. i'm in order , my head is in order , my spring is in order. i am healthy, my passion is my life and my world, my country is iran. good morning, it's friday, and friday prayers are held in all cities in islamic iran, but also in islamic countries , and at the same time, the march and the continuation of international support for the oppressed people of gaza and palestine are also going on. let's go to the international part of your morning program. good morning, dear viewers . we are at your service with international news . similarly, ms. hajipour's mention of international support for the oppressed people of palestine will continue today, after the friday prayer. demonstrations in support of the oppressed palestinian people should be held in many islamic countries in the past days . palestine and pro-palestinian students in america protested in more than 10 universities and announced their support for the oppressed

in fact, the house freedom caucus didn't even hear about it. it was really strange. one. the house speaker of mike johnson did a 180 when he was just the congressman. he voted no for any additional aid to ukraine and also when he becomes house speaker, he's got to push the money through. we got to get that in and you know why? because we have to fund the military complex, right? we have to find them so that they can fund congress and they could pad their super packs because had their congressional funds, etc. and that's why all the democrats were waving their little, you know, blue and yellow flags in on the floor of congress. i couldn't believe that i need to lie where an american flag on my lapel people look at me. funny. now that is the big difference that we are facing today. now, no one can talk about it. now you, the margery, tell degree who was basically told just do it, don't talk about it will fund your, you will fund you or whatever deal they made. but that's what happens. everyone got a little bit of grease on their hands. they've got a little bit of cash going

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freedom and truth. the time has come for the house of representatives to act decisively in america's national security interest. this is a churchill or chamberlain moment. we can either confront russian aggression in defense of democracy or we can allow the pro-putin extreme maga republicans to appease him. as events have shown in modern world history, appeasement of aggression gets you nowhere. when this was tried at the beginning of the events that reciprocated world war ii, it led to nothing but more than 100 million people losing their lives, or being seriously injured, as a result of the events of the second world war. we cannot repeat that mistake. we have to make sure we stand with our democratic allies in ukraine, israel, the indo-pacific and serve humanitarian assistance to palestinian civilians who are in harm's way through no fault of their own and civilians in war zones all across the world. that is our intention to get that done over the next few days. i yield to democratic whip katherine clark. >> thank you mr. leader and for putting this moment in the historical contest that it deserves. we are

in fact, the house freedom caucus didn't want to hear about it. it was really strange one. the house speaker of mike johnson did a 180 when he was just a congressman. he voted no for any additional aid to ukraine and also when he becomes house speaker, he's got to push the money through. we got to get that and, and you know, why? because we have to fund the military complex, right? we have to find them so that they can fund congress and they can pad their super packs because had their congressional funds, etc. and that's why all the democrats were waving their little, you know, blue and yellow flags in on the floor of congress. i couldn't believe that. i mean, why, where an american flag on my lapel people look at me funny. now that is the big difference that we are facing today. now no one can talk about it now you the large retail degree who was basically told just do it, don't talk about it will fund your, you will fund you or whatever deal they made. but that's what happens. everyone got a little bit of grease on their hands. they've got a little bit of cash going into t