and in senate, let's say majority of the republicanse support, we had three impedements during the investigation, we have covid, we had fbi working turn minor investigation -- to undermine our investigation, and members of my committee mitt romney accused me in open hearing. there were far too many republican senators that thought the investigation was too political in nature and should be handled outside of u.s. senate. we did not have support of republican leadership or within the committee. that is very unfortunate, now i think that republican senators are seeing what the house is being, and addition to our record, more pieces of the puzzle, they are paying more attention. but, you know, we have a problem here, the uniparty. spending their way to majority, but thayer mo they are mortgaging our kid's futures. >> you look at impeachments of the past. the two impeachments against trump, i think were illegitimate. but the case of biden, it is overwhelming compared to any of these prior impeachments, whether it is hissel his, self dealing

regnery also landed republican senator ted cruz's latest book, how to defeat cultural marxism in america. that comes out november 7th. according to the publisher's blurb, in this hard-hitting new book, senator ted cruz delivers a realistic battle plan for defeating the woke assault on america. senator cruz's fourth book and second in the last two years. he released justice corrupted:how the wood left weapon out our legal system last year, also through regnery publishing. and two former members of congress, republican lose cheney and adam consider also have books this fall. they served together as the only republicans on the house january 6th select committee. liz cheney's book open honor, memoir and warning, will be released december 5th. publisher describes her book as a first-hand account of january 6, 2021, and its aftermath by the house republican leader who dared to stand up to it. she was defeated in a republican primary for the wyoming seed in 2022. adam consider is an air force veteran who held a suburban chicago seat in the house for six terms until he decided not to run again i

also landed texas republican senator ted cruz cultural marxism in america. that comes out november 7. according to the publisher's blurb in this hard-hitting new book senator ted cruz delivers a realistic battle plan for defeating the woke assault on america. cruz fourth book and second in the last two years. he released justice corrupted how the left weaponize our legal system last year. also through publishing. two former members of congress republican liz cheney and adam kinsinger also new books this fall. they of course served together as the only republicans on the tthouse and went sixth select committee. ms. cheney's book oath and honor and memoir and a warning will be released on december 5. publisher describes her book as a first-hand account of generally six, 2021 and its aftermath by the house republican leader who dared to stand up. was defeated out of republican n primary for her wyoming seat in 2022. now adam kinsinger as an air force veteran who held a suburban chicago seat in the house for six terms until he decided not to run again in 2022. hi

this week i spoke with republican senator steve daines, the man in charge of elected more republican senators. he told me next year's map is the best eve seen for republicans in a decade. now democrats must defend 23 seats including in red and purple states. like west virginia and montana, ohio, arizona and pennsylvania. republicans defending just 11 seats and few if any are expected to be competitive. but republicans have fumbled away favorable cycles before including just last year. so he's taking a much more aggressive approach into primaries trying to stay on the same page with donald trump. >> the lessons learned in '22 was not a good election cycle for republicans clearly so we need republicans that could win primaries and general elections. those candidates that could appeal beyond the republican base and also to independent voters that most of the time decide elections. so, we're after really good tart in many key states of recruiting candidates that do exactly that. >> look, this is been the problem for senate republicans for many election cycles in a row. the primaries. how

senate. >> republicans are fighting one another about ukraine. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is the biggest g.o.p. champion for ukrainian assistance. >> the threats facing america and our allies are serious and they are intertwined. if we we ignore that fact we do the so at our own peril. >> rand paul accused mcconnell of trying to undercut johnson. >> the speaker could, perhaps, be toppled again by something like this. >> i think it's notable that he is standing with schumer against the republicans. >> mcconnell says he and senate majority leader schumer agree on helping ukraine and israel but mcconnell wants the bill to include border security. the house votes on its bill thursday. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. also the on the hill the senate has confirmed the president's choice to be u.s. ambassador to israel. jack lew's nomination was approved by a vote of 53 to 43. today stocks were up ahead of the next federal reserve interest rate decision. the dow gained 124. the s&p 500 finished ahead 200. the nasdaq rose 62. comi

overwhelming majority in the house and senate, democrat and republican. well, for pure political reasons, let more people die needlessly in ukraine. and mr. president, a follow up on ukraine. what is your sense of when the current u.s. funding might run out and what how much urgency is there? what's the timeline in the next couple of weeks or months? we have time, not much time. and there's this overwhelming sense of urgency. mr. president, are you going to be able to trust speaker mccarthy when the next deal comes around? we just made one about ukraine, so we'll find out. but are you worried that he is going to be forced by fellow republicans to back away from any deal he cuts with you. i hope his experience is for the speaker has been one of personal revelation. i'm not being facetious. i. anyway, i. you concerned about america's reputation on the world stage, given the level of brinksmanship we've seen this year based on the mega republican support? yes, based on what my administration is doing now. thank you. equality. the remarks are about 20 minutes

i don't think there is any appetite among senate republicans and senate democrats and house democrats and the white house of breaking the deal they did a couple of months ago. similarly, when there were budget caps for 2012-2021, they didn't go below the captain any year. there were bipartisan agreement and all nine years to go above the cap. the issue here is that house republicans are going down a path they know won't become law. to that point, there was difficulty and they withdrew their ask of funding the department of agriculture and other agencies. they were having difficulty getting enough people to support it speaker mccarthy said don't worry, this won't become lost said don't worry about voting for it. if part of the issue is that the bill they are calling for was extreme. the ag bill is an example and it would ban pharmacies from selling the most common abortion drug while simultaneously cutting a program that helps poor, pregnant women and newborn infants for food. it's only healthy food. it's called wic. this bill would really cut back and underfund this program that helps

ohio republican senator j.d. vance joins us now in studio. good morning. good to have you here face to face. >> thanks for having me. >> there is a lot i want goat to with you, but i want to start on one of the big themes we've been talking about, all the national security threats facing the united states right now. >> sure. >> president biden asked for $106 billion in aid from congress. ukraine, israel, the border, and countering china. i'm surprised as a republican that issue you're talking the most about is not the u.s. border. why? >> well, we care a lot about the border, of course, but what i'm saying is we should divide the packages and have distinct debates on each one of these especially the israel issue. israel needs the aid and immediately, second of all, there's broad bipartisan consensus we should be supporting israel. third, and most importantly, we're stretched too thin. the president's budget request betrays a fundamental misunderstanding in the country, we cannot support a three-pronged conflict in a war. we need to pick and choose -- to pi

trouble is, hardline republicans in both the house and the senate want a vote on the bill's constituent spending from the rest and vote on that first. and what's more, the new speaker in the republican—led house wants israel funding to be financed by budget cuts to the irs. a non—starter for the democrat—led senate. so here we are again, a standoff in congress, split government, reluctance to compromise, all of which puts american interests on the line. i have been getting reaction to that from republican senator mike lee, who has been attending a conference here in london. starting with his position on the calls for humanitarian pauses in gaza. 0bviously, peace is always the objective. nonetheless, i believe it's also important to let israel fight israel's war. israel was barbarically attacked by savages on october 7th, and israel needs to have some leeway to fight the war and to win that war in the manner that it deems most effective. there's been a lot of talk about whether iran was or was not involved. what should it mean, do you think, for america's policy towards iran and its appr

but indiana republican senator mike braun says china in particular does have a track record in other countries. we've seen them steal intellectual property, manipulate currencies, just do about anything out there. that would not be in the category of a handshake business partner. ron is sponsoring legislation that would prohibit those 4 countries from owning or leasing us farmland. we need to work together on all of this. while democrats like michigan senator debbie stabenow also support the push. >> experts are warning congress of other serious threats to food security. china's investment agriculture research and technology. doctor david ortega, an associate professor at michigan state, says the u.s. is falling behind china's advancements in agriculture. it is close to about half of what china spending and their trajectory is upward in washington. i'm jessi tenure. president jimmy carter turned 99 over the weekend. he celebrated with his wife rosalyn along with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. >> carter's the nation's oldest living president. his family announc

mccarthy should make it clear to the country that he is going to come up with an agreement with senate republicanse democrats to fund the government for the whole fiscal year instead of playing games. by the way, the senate right now the, appropriations work, getting those committee -- i feel confident we can get that done and on the rest of the pistol year. >> democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania, thank you very much, sir, for joining us this afternoon. >> thank, you simone. we know that our democracy is under attack. just look at january six. or basically anything out of donald trump's now. president biden has been sounding the alarm. coming up, i will make that case that democracy isn't just under attack, our democracy is broken. the question, is can it be fixed. i think it can. i will talk about how. that is next. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (vo) the new iphone 15 pro with titanium is here. only pay for what you need. get it on us, with verizon's best

ohio republican senator j.d. vance joins us now in studio. good morning.face. >> thanks for having me. >> there is a lot i want goat to with you, but i want to start on one of the big themes we've been talking about, all the national security threats facing the united states right now. >> sure. >> president biden asked for $106 billion in aid from congress. ukraine, israel, the border,

joining me now is republican senator lindsay graham of south carolina. nator, welcome back to "meet the press". >> thank you. >> so you've just gotten off of the phone with u.s. and saudi israeli officials. what can you tell us? >> i will be going to saudi arabia and israel in the coming days with a group of senators to drive the peace and normalization as saudi arabia and israel continues. israel there is a desire by both parties to move forward in this effort to normalize relationships. israel is talking about humanitarian aid. they're going to turn the water on in the south. they are urging the egyptians to let people from gaza go into the sinai. i just got a message from cindy mccain, the head of the food program in dharres strait. here is our message to our friends in egypt. open up, allow gaza residents to go into the sinai and the international community. we have to help our friends in israel. we need the time and space to destroy hamas. all palestinians are not the same. hamas has destroyed israel is safer and the pathway to peace between the pale

been voicing support for israel on the visit to tel aviv as the war and gaza continues the republican senator lindsey graham, had this message for iran. we're here today to tell or ron, we're watching you. if this war grows is come into your backyard. there won't be 2 fronts, that'd be 3. if there is an effort to unless has blah on the jewish state to destroy it, my attention will be to, to run these innocent hostages get slaughtered. i hold you around accountable. of course you could stop it if you chose to correspondence following the story from iran and the united states and the member will speak to joseph jabari and to ron or 1st, that's cuz if you have a tendency in washington, we're increasingly hearing statements and rhetoric like that from congress, what did they tell us about the younger logical background on for the position of some of these congressmen as well. i mean, i think it is always important to remember that because really low be pool is millions of dollars into the american political system. and all the facts there is total support for the occupation for the siege on golf

the republican senator lindsey graham had this message for ron. they were here today to tell or ron were watching you if this war grows is coming to your backyard. they won't be too for us, that'd be 3. there is an effort to unless has of law on the jewish state to destroy it, my attention will be to, to run these innocent hostages get slaughtered, hold you a ron accountable coach you could stop if you chose to joins by she had for times in washington they say hello there, she have plenty of moving parts to this story. i want to get serious and mr. graham statement in a moment. but 1st, what's the latest on the diplomatic front end of the us? with all president biden made a number of phone calls including to 5 minutes and then on yahoo, on, on sunday, the to interesting part. so the read out it says the lead is from that they will not be continued flow of critical assistance to causes. so apparently some kind of a, these rhetorical agreement from that on yahoo, from prime minister netanyahu, that's these, the small aid convoys will continue, conti

senate to vote on a new package of aid. before the end of the year. most of republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines to invest in more heavily in american strength that reinforces our allies and return our top gigi, adversary, china. i'm confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to your crime. later this year dw zaya. abraham has been following the story for us in washington . we asked her what we should make of the fact the new spending bill does not include additional aid for ukraine. important to flag is that a funding for ukraine's till the end of the year is not effective because that would still utilize previously approved funding. but we're what we're looking at is funding starting 2024. and i think this sent a really, really harrowing message to ukrainian leadership. just last week. we saw president will let him use the lensky visit washington dc in an effort to lobby congressman and women to get this funding approved. and what it says to of a lot him, your zalinski is that your support is not to be taken for granted.

republican senator said this. >> what happened in gaza is directly linked to iran.tration cannot wish away the iranian threat or appease the regime with promises of unfrozen funds and sanctions relief. the attacks in israel and reoh curing attacks against our partners, troops and diplomats are proof of a failed iran policy. iran is the supporter of hamas, which is impotent without iran. >> john: you introduced a bill yesterday called the no dollars for dictators act. what are you trying to do? >> several months ago it wasn't well publicized, president biden and treasury yellen gave iran $3 1/2 billion through the international monetary fund. that's not the $6 billion that we have objected to. 3 1/2 billion dollars cash. i will be glad to come on your show and explain how they did that. i objected at the time. i tried to pass a bill to stop it. they rolled over me. the press didn't pick it up. but here is the problem we face right now. the time to build the arc is before the rain. and the biden administration didn't do that. instead of showing strength, they showed w

house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats, senate republicans and president biden. so -- so why have we spent the last several weeks here in the house of representatives trying to break that agreement and threaten a reckless government shutdown? which by the way will have catastrophic consequences for the american people. we want the american people to know that we are going to do everything possible to stop extreme maga republicans from shutting down the government. we are fighting on their behalf to put people over politics. that's why we're here. that's why we're making this fight. and we want to do it in a bipartisan way. so we're in the process of evaluating the legislation that was dropped on the american people at the 11th hour. and once we conclude that expeditious review of the four corners of the legislation, we can make a decision as to the best path forward. when we have said all week that the only path forward is a bipartisan one, a bipartisan bill working its way through the senate right now. senate democrats and senate republicans coming together to m

and republican senator from iowa is calling for the closure of the nancy pelosi federal building in san francisco due to safety outside of the building. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning and happy thursday to thanks for waking up with us. i'm sorry. and i'm james and we've got lots of news to get to. we'll get to that here in just a second. but we do want to start with a check of weather and traffic colder yet again this morning for me anyway. good morning, john. oh, yeah, it's our cold this what this season so far, guys, we're looking at some 30's on the map this morning. it is really chilly out there. >> so just don't forget the jacket year. get any that as you're getting outside what we've got right now is a nice view looking down from the east bay hills into the bay, not looking at fog, nor lot of cloud cover and that is allowed temperatures to just fall off down in the 40's for hayward, fremont and oakland as well as san mateo. and then look at the north bay, sonoma and santa rosa at 38 degrees right now. calistoga

and a republican senator from iowa now calling for the closure. nancy pelosi is federal building in san francisco because of safety outside of that building. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning far. >> well, good tuesday morning and thank you for waking with us bright and early for the kron. morning news. it not whose is thursday. oh, my what about it thursday, october 26th, i'm reyna harvey. all right. we've got to get started the morning with a check of weather with john john has been really nice past couple of days. you get past this definitely move on the thursday to pass hump day and we are looking outside. >> at some conditions that are moving past that rainfall we saw. >> showers north of the bay area yesterday didn't quite make our way our direction. >> but some of the lowest snowfall this season up in the sierra nevada. it seems like fall and even winter weather is kind of settling in for some spots in the state where we're sitting this morning. skies are nice and clear. we don't have anything going

and we're going to tell you why a republican senator from iowa is calling for the closure. >> of the nancy pelosi federal building in san francisco. good morning. i'm darya and i'm james fletcher. and we're going to start off, though, this hour with a check of the weather as we take a live look outside here looking at san francisco under clear skies. plenty of sunshine is just not doing a lot temperature. wise yeah, we've got the sunshine, but we don't get the war for just yeah. it is still pretty chilly out there for sure. and actually it's been our coldest morning of the season so far. lot of us having fallen into the 30's this morning. you know, sometimes it's those clear and calm mornings. >> where we see our coldest of temps right now looking outside from the east bay hills, nothing but the sunshine looking at that view all the way into the distance. nothing shrouded out. current temperatures are mostly in the 50's now, but we are still in the 40's for fremont, dublin livermore as well as specific in redwood city and still some 30's hanging on up there in cloverdale saint helene

he expects the senate to vote on a new package evade before the end of the year. most of republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines to invest in more heavily in american strength that reinforces our allies and return our top gigi, adversary, china. i'm confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to your crime later this year. so again, a shut down, it's been avoided, but it means no more funding for ukraine. at the moment i asked to have reported william blue cross if this means that washington is turning its back on keith to well, you just said no more funding at the moment. there is still considerable bipartisan support for support of ukraine in terms of economic aid and security assistance. it just isn't involved in this particular continuing resolution. that's going to go on extended for 45 days to keep the, as you said at the top, the lights on in washington. the hard line right wing republicans in the house are more skeptical of supporting ukraine. and that's why didn't make it in into this bill. but a congressional official say, they th

republican senator from iowa jodi ernst and jimmy panetta. you met with netanyahu on tuesday. israel was clearly not prepared for that day, and several days after israelis are furious. do you sense that israel and the military are ready for what comes next for this next major attack, for getting their hostages back, for everything following? >> well, thank you, jake. and here we stand as a bicameral bipartisan delegation that visited israel in those short days after the hamas attacks, and the weight in the room when we met with prime minister netanyahu was very heavy. but i do believe that they are prepared for the upcoming weeks, months, whatever it takes for them to work out the deals with hostages as well as make sure that they are destroying hamas. so, again, it was a very heavy, very somber meeting we had with the prime minister. our hearts go out to those that have been affected through these horrible terrorist attacks. but we stand unified in solidarity with israel. >> congressman panetta, the original purpose of your trip was to discuss potential peace agreements in th

. >>> and with chaos on capitol hill, we sat down with republican senator mitt romney, who is not seeking2024. and we asked him why he thinks republicans are having such a difficult time picking a new speaker. >> do you think jim jordan is the right republican to be speaker of the house? >> well, it does seem like the republicans in the house are letting the tail wag the dog. the great majority of the republicans in the house, i think, would like to have someone that represents the mainstream of our party. jim jordan represents a small part of the party but a very vocal part of the party, and they've been calling the shots. he's probably not the first choice i would have made, but it's not my choice. it's up to them. whether he'll get the job or not, i don't know. but if he does get the job, it will be a case of the dog catching the car, which is what happens then? i mean there are people in my party who go to washington to bark, to make noise, not to make law, but to make noise. i think jim jordan would call himself one of those who's got a lot to say and is loud and barking but actually

republicans spared senate representative gloria johnson from expulsion by just one vote. the lawsuit is against the tennessee house speaker and the house administrative officials. it says republicans repeatedly blocked jones from speaking during the debate which violated his free speech rights. it also says jones is constitutional. due process rights were infringed upon by the expulsion proceedings. jones and pearson were quickly reappointed and then reese elected and reelected in special elections. and coming up here next, elon musk facing a new lawsuit surrounding the site formerly known as twitter. >> why being accused of trademark infringement. but first, an east bay police officer is being honored after saving the life of a choking baby. we will hear from that officer who says that this very close to home him. that's very close to home him. that's after the break. travel. there is nothing like it dancing is my passion. but with my moderate-to-severe eczema, it hasn't always been easy. i was constantly itching. whatever i was doing now, i'm staying ahead of my eczema t

all of it leaves the fate uncertain at this moment. >> such a huge gap between republicans in the senate republicans in the mouse. house. >>> funding for israel and ukraine are front and center on capitol hill today. secretary of state blinken and secretary austin making their c case, as demonstrators protested any additional aid for israel, as well. in the senate, we're seeing a rare display of bipartisan unity, as leaders of both parties agree, that israel aid should be part of a package that includes israel aid and funding. mike johnson wants a stand alone bill for israel that does not include any new funding for ukraine. we have beth with us, a cnn national security on list. former deputy director of national intelligence. beth, tell us how you see this, if the speaker is demanding that the funding forces be separated, if it makes any sense when you're talking about u.s. national security interests? >> i think the two things don't make sense. the practical matter. there's a crisis that needs to be dealt, with as well. the practical aspect is very important. u.s. leadership and credib

i asked maine's republican senator susan collins if the laws had been used in this case. to my...'s a very good question. last year, you said that maine got it right when it came to yellow flag laws. maine does have a good yellow flag... but if it's true, as we are hearing, that robert card had mental health issues, and he was... the police put him forward for evaluation, you got it wrong. no, i don't know whether there was a report to trigger the yellow flag law. president biden and the democrats want tougher laws. major bipartisan gun safety legislation was passed last year, but he has renewed his calls for assault weapons to be banned. maine was known as one of the safer places in the us, but now it has the unwanted label of the state with the worst mass shooting this year. nomia iqbal, bbc news, maine. there has been another big rise in reports of anti—semitic hate crime in london since the war. the metropolitan police say there have been 408 offences this month so far. and if you compare it to the same period last year, 1st to 27th october — there were 28. six sets of conjoin

my members believe we need some big credible on the border as well. >> a spring in nebraska republican senatorpete eight member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, thank you very much for joining us here today. i do want to get into ukraine and perhaps the bundling effort as far as funding is concerned. but you start with israel there are american hostages in the hands of hamas. you know things are heating up on the northern border with hezbollah. the troops the israelite militaries on the board about too go in. how far should you as support go? >> we need to back israel unconditionally here. they have been attacked by a terrorist organization hamas. we saw the atrocities the barbarity's of what hamas perpetrated against the israelis. when it comes to recovering our hostages is where the president we need to work directly with prime minister netanyahu. they've gotten the best hostage rescue people in the world. so do we. the israelis can handle the majority of the groundwork here. they do not need our help for that. what they need to supply and that's what we're going to provid

i'm joined now by republican senator bill cassidy. thank you so much for being here. ere was this all senators briefing today. a classified briefing, of course. it was with top administration officials on israel. did you see, were you presented with evidence that israel was not behind that explosion that happened at the hospital in gaza? >> reporter: they said what the president said, what the israelis have said. the evidence they have is that they do not think israel did it. that was based upon both, well, let me stop there. some of it may be classified. some of it is open source. what the president has said, from what he's seen, it was not the israelis. probably i should leave it there. >> okay. when you were in that briefing, did you get any clarity about something that has been discussed but not really pinpointed, which is any role that iran may have played in that attack by hamas on israel? >> when i was in israel i heard the same thing that i've been hearing from u.s. officials. there is no direct evidence that iran actually knew. that they did not so-called acti

i appreciate your time today. >> thanks, jake. >> as the war in gaza escalates, are republican senators in line with the new house speaker's views on u.s. aid to israel and ukraine? i'm going to ask one of them, next. and with the republican presidential field shrinks once again, who will emerge as the top alternative to donald trump? 202024 hopefulul chris chrhrist jojoins me livive. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper in tel aviv. house republicans have finally chosen a new leader and speaker mike johnson of louisiana is already laying out his priorities. one of the most pressing issues on his plate is aid to israel. our next guest is on the senate intelligence committee, senator james langford, republican of oklahoma. the u.s. has been encouraging israel to delay a full ground invasion in order to make an effort to get all 230, i think it is, hostages out. israel has, of course, announced the second phase of the war and is launching more attacks in the gaza strip from air, and also from land. does the intelligence suggest that a delay would hurt israel's goals t

delaware democratic senator chris coons -- delaware democratic senator chris coons and florida republican senator rubio have agreed to join us on this stage and senator rubio selected topics of china and global leadership. senator a coons chose energy and the environment. the third topic will focus on the u.s. senate as an institution and the state of our politics today. each senator will present opening arguments, followed by rebuttal my job is to give them the time and space to have that debate and leave it to them, primarily, to have that conversation. the audience behind me has assured me, assured me, they're going to remain quiet for the next hour except right now as we welcome senators coons and rubio to the stage. [applause] ed: didn't realize we were getting such a hollywood opening. thank you gentlemen, senators, for being here. senator rubio opted to go with the issue of china and u.s. global policy. so senator rubio, first with your opening argument, and then we'll hear from senator coons. sen. rubio: thank you. it's an honor to be here. i've done a lot of debates over the last few yea

senate. privately, what do you hear from fellow republicans in the senate? hink i've heard a single member of my caucus, the republicans in the senate say, you know, donald trump is great, aren't we lucky to have him as our leader. donald trump represents a failure of character, which is changing, i think, in many respects, the psyche of our nation and the heart of our nation. and that's something which takes a long time, if ever, to repair. >> reporter: in a way, he almost was like a spy behind enemy lines. >> reporter: romney gave coppins a staff writer for "the atlantic" hundreds of text messages and emails. the two met close to 50 times, often late at night when romney would tell all. >> i think there was something therapeutic for him in being able to sit down and review his entire career, his life. this was not an authorized biography in the sense that he had any editorial control over the final product. so, there were some meetings that felt like therapy sessions. there were some meetings that felt almost confessional in nature. >> you are quoted in the

one of the republican senators who supports separating the spending is utah senator mike lee who spokeit's also important to let israel fight israel's war. israel was barbarically attacked by savages on october seventh, and israel needs to have some leeway to fight the war and to win that war in the manner that it deems most effective. there's been a lot of talk about whether iran was or was not involved. what should it mean, do you think, for america's policy towards iran and its approach to saudi arabia and its gulf allies? well, first of all, i think the notion that iran was not involved in these attacks is utterly absurd. we know that iran was involved. we know that iran has been funding hamas for many, many years. and we know that they have been supplying them, including very recently, with the means by which an attack like this would be carried out. the idea that they've been supplying them with all this training and weapons, but they wouldn't have been involved in the preparation for this attack is just utterly illogical, as i see it. you'll be aware the debate back home today i

but were you surprised that nine republicans in the senate did not support this short term gap fundingat the numbers in the last week or so, they were more republicans that were not supporting things. so, i actually was not. i wish they would have joined us. i wish it could have been unanimous. but the fact that, i just -- i guess i look at the glass half full. and that is, more than half full. because we got the vast number of republicans supporting the bill in the senate. so, i think that bodes well going forward. and the fact that we were able to get out of this, it is a stopgap. it is not a destination, right? it's a bridge to november 17th. but that gives us the time. and this has happened in the past, ayman. this has happened in the past. so, we have had to do the short term funding measures. this is not something new. this has never happened before. but the key, as you know, and as you are viewers know, the key is to do the actual budget going into next year, and make sure that we are not moving our country backwards but, in fact, are continuing our march forward with our econom

and up next for us, one republican senator calls this a religious war and is facing some criticism for that tonight. plus, the ominous and cryptic warning from president biden to iran and the backlash intensifies over this war at institutions here at home, including some elite colleges and universities. >> all you politicians who have something on the contrary, i see you. q. all you black lives matter people who always have something to say and support everything else, are you quiet now? you too. >>> we are continuing to watch the skies light up over israel and gaza tonight as the israelis say that they are launching large-scale attacks at this moment. it's obvious now that religion has played role in this decades-long conflict between the two sides of this and republican senator lindsey graham is making an outright declaration. listen. >> we are in a religious war here. i am with israel. do whatever the hell you have to do to defend yourself. level the place. >> now, tonight democratic congresswoman ilhan omar is responding to graham's description. she said, quote, declaring a holy wa

and democratic senator chris and florida republican senator marco rubio have agreed to join us on this . the topics are china and u.s. global leadership. senator chose energy and the environment . the 3rd topic focuses on the u.s. senate as an institution and policy today. there will be opening arguments followed by rebuttals. my job is to give them the time and space to have the debate and to leave it to them primarily to have the conversation. the audience behind me has assured me they will remain high for the next hour except for right now as we welcome senator and senator rubio to the stage . [ applause ]. >> i didn't realize we were getting a hollywood opening. thank you for being here. as you said, senator rubio went with china and use the global policy. we will hear from you senator rubio and then hear from senator . >> thank you. it is good to be here and i've done a lot of debates over time and this will be an interesting and productive debate. i picked the topic of china and is not really about china but it is about us. 80 years from now or 70 years from now someone will ride

that is the central question, we have to understand that right now the democrats in the senate and the republicans the president and vice president, and the democrats in the house who are all standing on the side of democracy in ukraine against the russian imperialist invasion and it's only the republican party that is conflicted that has it because of donald trump's penetration and stranglehold he has over a large number of people here. kevin mccarthy by finally realizing that you can never stop caving into them you have to stand up to them and he stood up to them today by allowing the democrats to get together with those republicans who actually want our government to work. and, i think that will be the same process that gets us to the right answer internationally. today we did it nationally, and we will have to get to it internationally over the next couple of weeks, while we hang tough against an increasingly agitated donald trump, and extreme maga rights. so, you know, strap in because it is going to be an interesting several weeks. the democratic party, post donald trump, is very different t

republican senator dan sullivan of alaska joints as a member of the armed services committee. ael and the $2 billion what do you expect will happen? do you think it will be enough? >> we will see whatever the israelis are asking for i think we should provide. you wrote a great piece recently about what we did our country 50 years ago in a similar situation when the war broke out a critical component of supporting israel at that time was the massive amount of military and intelligence supports the united states give to israel. we should do nothing less in this case to support the most important alley in the middle east. eric: thank you for men shall tell the viewers that they haven't read it. >> is a good piece a good reminder. we did the right thing then and i think it is important to remember it we should do it now. eric: that we did read the story was about president richard nixon in 1973 during the war the presence of the oval office and said quote get israel what it needs now, now it was president nixon and the military in order to get warplanes to israel, ready for this on

this failure is being talked about more and more in the united states itself, republican senator marshaburn, in a letter to president biden , demanded the resignation of his national security advisor. jake sullivan said he regularly misled governments about the state of security threats around the world, here's what he said shortly before saturday's attack by hamas militants, the middle east today is calmer than ever... over the past two decades, they were sent to put out the flaring fire secretary of state antony blinken, he persuaded middle eastern countries not to intervene. yesterday there was jordan, today qatar and saudi arabia. maybe, it is precisely these visits that are associated with the us request to israel to postpone the ground operation in gaza. everyone understands that the entire middle east could catch fire. alexander lyakin, artyom pekhterov, denis lariin, evgenia stefanchuk, channel one. now about the work of our military in the special operation zone. in the krasnolimansk direction, units of the center group thwarted and repelled nine attacks in sou, according to th

senator republicans, i'm sorry, can you comment, yes, we've just seen an example of just a failure ofmunication, we've just seen a prime example of how you can't communicate this war, and actually, to a certain extent, i just now got a certain amount of explanation for myself , why it was so difficult to break through to help us. to congress, because, excuse me, what grandpa biden is appealing to, he is appealing to the lives of our people and children, and the average american should not spit on our women, children, and so on. he appeals to some abstract humanism, to the fact that we are defending ourselves from russian aggression, and to spit on the farmer john e. stehas, who voted for trump. yes, this is not to spit on some intellectual from silicon valley, that is. but they are not the majority of the united states, so not a word is said about how this war reflects on the world order itself, not a word is said about how the breakdown of the world order hits direct american interests, military, economic, political, that is, he presents this war as our cause, in which good, humane a

republicans? >> look, i'm not an expert on the house. i have my hands full here in the senate. and we're going to do our job and hope the house can get functional here some time soon. >> there is no current u.s. ambassador to israel right now. and some of your republican colleagues have voiced concerns about president biden's nominee. do you have concerns about jack lu? >> he is a very controversial nominee because of his relationship with the iran nuclear deal, which was opposed by everybody in my party. and i hope that flirtation with iran is finally over with regard to the nuclear deal. and senator kotton and i also have a bill to freeze the $6 billion that was on the way to the iranians in relation to the hostage release. >> well, it's in qatar, and the white house says iran hasn't been able to make any withdrawals from it. >> yeah, but we'd like to make it law so that it can't be undone. look, i think we need to get tougher with iran, and i do think the weakness of both the and the thought that somehow we could do business with iran on something. and i think it's pretty cle

minority leader, republican mitch mcconnell. most senatemain committed to helping our friends on the front lines to invest more heavily in american strength that reinforces our allies and deterring our top strategic adversary, china. i'm confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to ukraine later this year. time for a pause now. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. thank you, lewis. we start with the ryder cup. play is under way on the final day in rome. europe, looking to regain the trophy, know if they win four of sunday's 12 singles matches it will be job done against the united states. four matches are under way, with the other six starting across the next hour or so. team europe, who started strongly on friday and saturday, are hoping to do the same. europe need to win just four those matches you are seeing on your screen to re—gain that ryder cup, the united states with it all to do and you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. jorge martin capped a fantastic weekend with victory in a rain—affecte

republican chaos in d.c. joining me now is democratic senator cory booker of new jersey. senator, it's good to see you. e house right now with republicans attacking republicans. >> it's a symptom of the civil war going on with the republican party for their identity. are they going to be an extreme right, which is really a narrow band of the american people who believe it's my way or the highway, will tear the house down rather than do what you're sent here to do, which is to govern, to negotiate, to cooperate, and to get things done for the american people. and so, this kind of brinksmanship, this kind of political sort of terrorism where they're holding hostage the functioning of the house of representatives is frankly very frustrating, disappointing, and look, we are no great show of accord in the united states senate, but we are getting spending bills done, voted out of committee. we are cooperating. we're partnering on everything from keeping the government open all the way to the urgency of funding the ukrainian resistance against the russian invasion. >> so, isn't the fact that mccarthy is still

nikki haley: when i was governor, when we had a republican house and republican senate and they would but heads, i would bring them into my office and say we are not leaving until we figure this out. this doesn't need to play out for americans to see. they don't need to leave until they fix this. they don't need to get paid until they fix this. what i will remind my fellow republicans is, you don't fix democrat chaos with republican chaos. get it together, get us a leader. if you look at what happened in congress, they have one job and that's to get us a budget. and here you have, they have only given a budget on time four times in 40 years. we have not seen action from congress on the border, on the budget, on bringing down debt, on trying to make sure we get legal immigration or in dealing with these other issues. when america is distracted, the world is less safe. we are seeing that play out. get it together, it's not about you, it's about the american people. and americans are done with this. they need to get in the room and not leave until they figure this out. >> you called to i