after the vote house speaker mikejohnson said in a statement.irst day in office, secretary alejandro mayorkas with willfully refusing to enforce president biden put out his own statement, saying "history will not look kindly on house republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games. instead of staging political stunts like this, republicans with genuine concerns about the border should want congress to deliver more border resources and stronger border security. " this all comes as the us—mexico border is being overwhelmed with record—breaking migrant crossings. in december, us border patrol agents recorded nearly 250,000 apprehensions of migrants who crossed the southern border unlawfully. that is the most arrests ever made on the southern border in a single month. breaking the record of 212,000 set the previous december. those numbers did steeply drop injanuary. at around 124,000 apprehensions. in the last hour i spoke about this with npr cong

the speaker of the house mikejohnson has denied that's the case.the bigger bills was part of the bigger bills was part of the bigger bill. this is a narrower bill. many republicans don't want to give foreign aid without border security attached to it. those are some of the politics playing out in the background of all of this. in the middle east, talks continue in a fresh bid to secure a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. un secretary—general antonio guterres warned a major israeli miltary operation in rafah could have "devastating consequences" — and was likely to leave aid operations in the area "at death's door". it comes after an israeli government spokesman called for un agencies to — in his words — co—operate with its efforts to evacuate civilians from a war—zone. meanwhile, senior officials from the us, qatar, egypt and israel have started talks in cairo in a fresh bid to try to nail down a ceasefire deal that would be acceptable to both israel and hamas. since the start of the conflict in gaza, at least 339 health workers and paramedi

presidentjoe biden urged the speaker of the house, mikejohnson to allow the foreign aid package to beo a vote. early this morning, the united states senate voted overwhelmingly by a margin of 70 to 29 to move forward with the bipartisan national security bill. now, now it moves to the house. i urge speakerjohnson to bring it to the floor immediately. immediately. there is no question, if the senate bill was put on the floor in the house of representatives, it would pass. it will pass. the speaker knows that. so i call on the speaker to let the full house speak its mind and not allow a minority of extreme voices in the house block this bill even from being voted on. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal explains just how significant this moment is, with the bill passing the democratic controlled senate by 70 to 29. republicans have said that this wouldn't pass. it needed 60 votes. you said there it got 70, and so that in and of itself is some sort of victory. you know, it's taken, what, more than a week of a floor debate and more than four months to get to this stage? and now we'

at the white house just wrapped, several people want to talk about funding, the government and mikejohnsone same topics, very difficult to get a agreement. i thoughtjust dunbartonshire thought just dunbartonshire security, put thoughtjust dunbartonshire security, put some in terms of ukraine funded, chuck schumer spoke to journalists after the meeting and he said mikejohnson wants to get it good through, do you believe him? fin good through, do you believe him? on that i do. there is a centre of gravity on a few things. there are folks in the country who don't like the fog —— in fact we are funding ukraine. the centre of gravity is defined ukraine, since chu also with israel, certain elements, including the democratic party who don't want to fund the action taken to by the athenians. the difficulty comes when the senates and administration marry a few things. also support for taiwan and also the border package, and lots of folks would like to see it regularly straight up votes on one issue at the time, so they can pick and choose how they want to vote. if they decided that today in the whit

now, speaker mikejohnson did come out earlier this weekend, saying that he is going to put israel onust passing a supplemental that would benefit israel. i don't know how that is going to go over on the senate side because they have been banking on this immigration swap for israel. now, kadia, there is one more loud voice on the republican side. it is not someone who serves in congress. it is former president trump who is likely to be the republican front—runner in this year's presidential election. tell us — what has he said about this bill? what is he urging people who follow him to do? well, this is the big chatter. i mean, even on an interview this morning, speakerjohnson was asked if he is in control of these negotiations, if president trump is in control of these negotiations, and he denied it, but people — i mean, it is out there. former president trump is saying that this is a bad deal. he did that without even seeing the bill, so to me that sounds like he is telegraphing that he does not want republican members of congress or senators to vote for this. it seems like they are

the speaker of the house, republican mikejohnson, released a statement...s, demanded a clear and forceful response. unfortunately, the administration waited for a week and telegraphed to the world, including to iran, the nature of our response... we have suffered more than 150 attacks on us forces, lost american lives, and spent billions of dollars in the region since october. it is long overdue for the biden administration to admit that its strategy of appeasing iran has been disastrous for the international community and regional stability." with me is to discuss the impending us response is barbara starr, usc annenberg centre senior fellow and veteran pentagon correspondent. thank you for being with us. if we can pick up on that point that mikejohnson makes about the timing of all of this, several days, well telegraphed over the last few days that the president had made a decision that something was going to happen. what impact do you think that will have? the speaker _ think that will have? the speaker of _ think that will have? the speaker of house, i

i also met with the speaker of the house, mikejohnson, and we agreed a joint statement where it is clearlym all nato allies because if president putin wins in ukraine, it is also a challenge for us, it will be a message to authoritarian leaders that when they use military force, they get what they want. what happens in ukraine today can happen in taiwan tomorrow so this matters for our security, in taiwan tomorrow so this matters for oursecurity, it in taiwan tomorrow so this matters for our security, it matters for us security and therefore expect that the majority, which is in the us congress, in one way or another will be reflected in the decision. it is not for me to guarantee anything on behalf of an independent sovereign parliament or national assembly but based on the messages, based on the political reality and based on the us security interests of not allowing president putin to win, i continue to expect we will find a way to agree. then of course, the fact that the us has not been able to make a decision so far has already had consequences. it is impacting the flow of support to

and the house is controlled by the republicans and the speaker of the house and the republican mikejohnsoncated that this is going nowhere. in terms what happens next, mrjohnson has to decide whether to bring the package to a vote in the chamber and is he going to send it back to the senate is going to ignore it entirely? without getting too much into the weeds with a come if he decides to ignore it entirely, the house republicans who did vote for the assistance to ukraine forces in this package, they could join the democrats in finding what is known as a discharge petition and basically that is a parliamentary procedure which would basically circumventjohnson and there would be a vote and we have to see what happens next if it goes to the floor and it could take weeks or months before it even lands and president joe biden's desk, if at all. in using the cliche phrase, we will see. , , ., , ., see. delay getting into the weeds on this programme _ see. delay getting into the weeds on this programme and _ see. delay getting into the weeds on this programme and we _ see. delay getting into th

speaking to reporters monday, president biden said he's willing to meet with house speaker mikejohnsoning bill for ukraine. and as ukraine marks two years this week since russia's invasion, our correspondent andrew harding returned to the town of lyman, close to the frontline, to find out how people there are coping. how do you judge the mood of a country this big and this broken? we've come back to a front line town — lyman — a place seized by russian forces and then liberated by ukraine back in 2022. since then, the closest front lines have remained just up the road. this was aleksander a year ago with his cats. aleksander? yes. andrew from bbc. today he's still here. "yes, i remember you," he says. he shows me the wreckage of his old apartment block, hit by russian missiles. and he says he sees this war differently now. i want peace, peace, peace. so has your opinion changed? changed — many changed. so this is interesting. he's changed his opinion over the course of the last year. before, he said ukraine had to win this war. now he's saying there's been too much death, too much suff

but republicans, including speaker of the house mikejohnson, have criticized the strikes as coming toousing the administration of telegraphing the nature of its response to iran in advance. on sunday, white house national security advisorjake sullivan pushed back on that assessment in an interview with our us partner cbs news. president biden has been saying for months he would respond to attacks, we have responded to the tax and when three servicemembers were killed of course a revenue united states would response off the idea somehow this was telegraphed i think is a bit more of a political talking point than a reality. the us and uk have also launched dozens of strikes on iran—backed houthis in yemen. on saturday, the two countries carried out their third round ofjoint strikes in yemen since january 11. this video released earlier today by us central command shows launches from three different us ships. the pentagon says the strikes targeted weapons facilities and missile systems at 13 locations. houthis have in recent weeks attacked ships in the red sea, disrupting international sh

the speaker of the house, republican mikejohnson, released a statement, he says: and democratic senator the senate armed forces committee said: joining me live is aaron david miller, seniorfellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, focusing on us foreign policy. thank you indeed forjoining us. is this an adequate response that has a significant blow been dealt? it is response that has a significant blow been dealt?— blow been dealt? it is not a proportional— blow been dealt? it is not a proportional response - blow been dealt? it is not a proportional response nor l proportional response nor should it be. this was a set of comprehensive strikes which were carefully planned and orchestrated. based on the battle damage assessment and the intel, i suspect there may be a second, third or maybe fourth round. bus they will likely be a response in iran that we do not see. i would not be surprised if there are cyber attacks planned as well. we should be under no illusions here about our capacity to fundamentally solve the arabian problem. we have a strategic problem. we have a st

here is house speaker mikejohnson�*s statement following the secretary's impeachment...er went on to say... president biden responded tonight in a statement... president biden went on to criticise for blocking of deal that had both democratic and republican support in the senate but is been torpedoed after former president donald trump came out to oppose the bill. live now to npr congressional correspondent claudia grisales. this vote failed last week but passed tonight.— this vote failed last week but passed tonight. what changed in the meantime? _ passed tonight. what changed in the meantime? there _ passed tonight. what changed in the meantime? there were - passed tonight. what changed in | the meantime? there were three republicans who joined democrats in this very narrowly controlled republican chamber to block the effort to impeach alejandro mayorkas last week. that said, republicans were missing a key member. house majority whip steve scalise has been out battling cancer and was unable to return to the houses evening giving republicans in the house that one—vote m

but nevertheless, speaker mikejohnson saying he will not schedule a vote on this, so it remains to ben, to get that to the floor to force that vote. but matthew, it was just last week when we saw a bipartisan deal that connected the foreign military aid to ukraine, israel, taiwan, the humanitarian assistance to palestinians in gaza along with strengthening border security. and despite that, republicans from donald trump's wing really stuck by his side because donald trump didn't want this bill to pass, he said it would givejoe biden and election victory. so here we have republicans now saying the senate bill isn't good enough because it doesn't have border security — but when one that did have border security was in front of them, they didn't want to give an election win to democrats. so it is a sticky situation now, and of course tied up and that is that key military aid. it’s of course tied up and that is that key military aid.— key military aid. it's really interesting _ key military aid. it's really interesting you _ key military aid. it's really interesting you and - key military

there are a number of individuals led by mikejohnson, the speaker of the house of representatives, whoolitically clever tactic to take after putin has openly and brazenly assassinated his most effective opposition politician. and i think that they will look a lot less steady politically in continuing to oppose the aid package for ukraine, and i suspect that that aid, that $63 billion will materialise and probably this act of putin's will help the ukrainians ultimately. aha, help the ukrainians ultimately. a final thought because at its heart, this is a human story, we saw alexei navalny�*s wife talking to delegates in munich — i don't know how much to contact you had with him or his family, but it is devastating on a human level, isn't it? it’s human level, isn't it? it's absolutely _ human level, isn't it? it�*s absolutely horrifying. i met all the family at different times, and of course i was friends with alexei navalny, and it's heartbreaking he's no longer with us, he was incredibly brave, talented and charismatic. it's a terrible waste for the world, for russians, for his family

speaker of the house, republican mikejohnson house, republican mike johnson said...or some analysis on the strikes, early i spoke to retired army coloneljoe pacino who was a spokesperson for us central command and served several deployments in the middle east, and also to robert ford. he is now a seniorfellow at the middle east institute in washington. you mightjust washington. you might just break washington. you mightjust break down for us in layperson�*s speak just what break down for us in layperson�*s speakjust what has happened tonight. we are hearing 85 targets in two different countries, all kinds of aircraft involved. is this a large—scale attack, what can you tell us? large-scale attack, what can you tell us?— you tell us? this is effectively - you tell us? this is effectively a - you tell us? this is effectively a largerj you tell us? this is - effectively a larger version you tell us? this is _ effectively a larger version of what we have been doing since late october. we have been striking their ammunition depots, we have been striking the sheer militia

bait and switch with them at the end and i think this is really coming back to bite the speaker mikejohnsony of health and human services that also did not go through and this is going to bite him and you can see republicans trying to find some common ground.— republicans trying to find some common ground. present biden is t in: to common ground. present biden is trying to squarely _ common ground. present biden is trying to squarely lay _ common ground. present biden is trying to squarely lay the - common ground. present biden is trying to squarely lay the blame . common ground. present biden is| trying to squarely lay the blame of the son donald trump, centy? this was always — the son donald trump, centy? this was always quite _ the son donald trump, centy? this was always quite a cynical ploy and not really — was always quite a cynical ploy and not really a — was always quite a cynical ploy and not really a serious believe that there _ not really a serious believe that there was — not really a serious believe that there was a link between these issues, — there was a link between these is

what is mikejohnson�*s problem here and how quickly do you think this will get done?nk this will aetdone? g ,, how quickly do you think this will aetdone? ,, , , get done? my assessment is this will aet done, get done? my assessment is this will get done. it — get done? my assessment is this will get done, it would _ get done? my assessment is this will get done, it would take _ get done? my assessment is this will get done, it would take at _ get done? my assessment is this will get done, it would take at least - get done? my assessment is this will get done, it would take at least two l get done, it would take at least two months and maybe longer. the point is this, johnson will be thrown out of office because he has a very small majority in the house, and there are several very naive people in the republican freedom caucus who want kill to aid to ukraine because they have no clue about american interests. he is trying to avoid that and i don't think you will find a magic formula. either he has to put the bill on the floor and risk being thrown out by those naive in

will see what happens next and it has to go to the house, the speaker of the house, the republican mikejohnsonoing to go anywhere, you can either bring the package to a vote, he can try to amend it and send it back and try to ignore it entirely is made of a situation where he could take weeks, months if it it to land on present biden's to ask for it to be signed. where the objections of some republicans here?— where the objections of some republicans here? they question constantly supporting _ republicans here? they question constantly supporting ukraine . republicans here? they question constantly supporting ukraine in | constantly supporting ukraine in this republicans where more to the right of the party and boil to the former president donald trump, he is the front runnerfor the former president donald trump, he is the front runner for the republican party's presidential candidacy is made it quite clear he doesn't want to continue supporting ukraine and many of them are influenced by his view wanted in the speaker vows is denied that is the case but that is some of the politics behind it a