sean, hakeem jefferies has been speaking. not the first time he has had a standing ovation for what he has had to say. what is he trying to achieve right now?— has had to say. what is he trying to achieve right now? well, there's an awful lot of — achieve right now? well, there's an awful lot of speculation _ achieve right now? well, there's an awful lot of speculation what - achieve right now? well, there's an awful lot of speculation what he - achieve right now? well, there's an awful lot of speculation what he is i awful lot of speculation what he is trying to achieve is talking for as long as it can to give democratic members of the house of representatives, that's what we're looking at, the senate is having a different debate, enough time to read through the complex document. he said in the last few seconds actually that republicans in the past have said they need 72 hours to consider any bill. in this case, he is saying this has been dropped on the house of representatives at 11th hour. an awful lot of the phrases he's

hakeem jefferies, democratic minority leaders has also been speaking in the last hour.aid. we went from devastating cuts that would have impacted the health and safety and economic well—being of the american people in 24 hours, to a spending agreement that meets the needs of the american people across the board. entirely consistent with what democrats have said, from the very beginning, is the only path forward. for more on this, i'm nowjoined by dr sarah binder who's professor of political science at george washington university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. so we potentially have this stopgap bill which will, once it's been agreed in the senate, will go through. does this give enough time to iron out all the other creases for the main event?— to iron out all the other creases for the main event? while the main event, as for the main event? while the main event. as you've — for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, _ for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, is _ for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, is i

hakeem jefferies, democratic minority leaders has also been speaking in the last hour.nt from devastating cuts that would have impacted the health and safety and economic well—being of the american people in 24 hours, to a spending agreement that meets the needs of the american people across the board. entirely consistent with what democrats have said, from the very beginning, is the only path forward. it still got to the senate, hasn't it? iii it still got to the senate, hasn't it? y s, it still got to the senate, hasn't it? y ., ~ ., it? if you think of the united states congress _ it? if you think of the united states congress in _ it? if you think of the united states congress in the - it? if you think of the united i states congress in the building behind me, at least the image thereof, live images. it's made of a lower chamber and an upper chamber, it has the house of representatives and it has the senate. so yeah, 335 to 91 is an overwhelming majority. democrats of the house of representatives have absolutely backed up speaker kevin mccarthy, he was already under

maria: it is interesting the kangaroo court that hakeem jefferis is talking about what went on with donald within impeachment because of a phone call and of course the media going along with it all the associated press is also downplaying this, the gop investigation is the subject of the ap they write republicans are claiming without evidence that joanne had provided engaged in influence peddling scheme, i don't know how you see any other way, what were they getting paid for. >> as you may clear over your broadcast over the past, six, seven, eight weeks they were getting access, they were getting influence, even though you may not be able to say there is a line item where joe got the money when 20 family members get money and when mr. biden, the president, the vice president is on the phone with them, come on. maria: mitch mcconnell is refusing to say he supports his impeachment inquiry, take a watch. >> to support that. >> i'm going to say it again i don't think leader mccarthy, speaker mccarthy need any advice from the senate on how to run the house. maria: what is his impeachment inquir

>> hakeem jefferies is a great leader and i think he's doing exactly what needs to be done to keep themmunication open. >> as we sit here today, do you think the government will shutdown? is it a foregone conclusion at this point? >> it is not a foregone conclusion, and i hope it won't get to that point. >> senator menendez as he's been indicted, should he step down? ? i'm leaving that to democrats in new jersey. they have a democratic governor. >> but you're a democrat, congressman. doesn't this cast a cloud potentially over your party at a critical moment? >> i don't think so. we have to compare apples to apples and when you compare apples to apples, i don't think you compare a united states senator to the president of the united states. that's a big, big difference. >> despite the fact that you have a long list of democrats who are now calling on him to step down, despite the fact that he's been accused of taking bribes to help egypt. again, innocent until proven guilty, but these are serious allegations. >> they are serious, and i read them, and i hope they are not true. i hope the

only hakeem jefferies, the democratic leader, seen in public walking with zelenskyy. mccarthy on the other hand did meet behind closed doors, was pictured with him behind closed doors, but it wasn't until our colleague annie greer got photos of them together that there was public viewing of zelenskyy and mccarthy meeting. mccarthy made the decision not to allow zelenskyy to give a joint address to congress. he also decided not to have zelenskyy meet with the full house republican conference behind closed doors or the full house. much different than the senate, which had a full meeting of the 100 senators behind closed doors with zelenskyy earlier today. and there's still a question about whether speaker mccarthy will get behind $24 billion in aid to ukraine that zelenskyy himself made a personal appeal for, saying this is vitally necessary for his country to push back against russian aggression. mccarthy, on the other hand, said there are still questions he has about -- one big question, whether he'll get behind it. >> what is victory? what does it take to be able to

leader of another party but i ask it because at the very least speaker mccarthy talks to hakeem jeffries, leader jefferiesave a relationship. they have a rapport. do you think about what might come after him? if he loses the gavel, whether that would be worse for the democrats? maybe it's somebody a little bit more hard line. or maybe it's that they can't come to an agreement at all, and the government stays shut down for who knows how long. >> that's a bridge i'll cross when they get it to. >> we're pretty close to that bridge, you know, we're counting down the hours. >> we are, but i try to confine my internal politics to my caucus. i'm not going to tell the republican conference how to conduct themselves. but if they were to introduce a resolution to vacate the chair, i will sit down with our leadership and try to have an approach going forward that will maintain the integrity of this institution while at the same time taking care of this democracy that we love so much and helping people fulfill their american dream. >> congressman, thank you very much for joining us. we're short on time, but i'd love

here is what top house democrat had to say, hakeem jeffery.e said this is about a disruption. >> they launched an impeach. that's a kangaroo court fishing expedition and conspiracy theater rolled into one. there is not a shred of evidence that president biden has engaged in wrong-doing. >> why tie yourselves up of the resources and the criticism that's going to come when you know it gets to the senate, it goes nowhere. >> i believe in transparency and good governance is very important for any congress. we know that joe biden started off saying he had no knowledge of hunter biden's business dealings and then the white house quickly shifted their story to say joe biden had no involvement. we know as we continue to uncover the facts that's not the case. joe biden was involved with phone calls and hunter biden's top foreign clients. i believe the biden's family including then vice president joe biden was involved in this. frankly, the question of bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors is important one. it is up to us as congress to make sure tha