nbc's sahil kapur is on capitol hill for us. also back is stuart. sahil, what did we learn?, just announcing it. >> reporter: that's right. this just happened moments ago, major piece of breaking news. senator tommy tuberville has finally lifted his hold on hundreds of military promotions. this had been in place, this so-called hold since february, preventing normally routine military promotions which are approved by unanimous consent in the senate from moving forward out of protest for the pentagon's abortion travel policy. he had insisted that the pentagon cannot and should not be fund travel for those service members trying to go out of state to get an abortion. the department of defense objected to his argument saying that service members have to be treated equally. and they could not create discriminatory treatment when it comes to healthcare for the purpose of a dispute over abortion. this means over 400 promotions, three star and below, can move forward in the senate. tommy tuberville told this to our colleagues in the senate, military promotions four star and above s

us your comments through our social media handle appearing on the screen. anti-france alliance of sahil states, the people of several countries in west africa are mobilizing to defend their countries from us and french imperialist interference. these dramatic developments were triggered after popular. military officers took powers in burkina faso, mali, and niger. these countries have formed a grouping known as the alliance of sahel states. over the past few months, senior officials from these alliance have held several rounds of talks on these alliance. now, in one such meeting, they agree to unite in the face of any external aggression, any attack on the sovereinity and territorial integrity of one or more of the... contracted parties will be considered as an aggression against the other parties and will entail a duty of assistance and relief on the part of all parties. now to discuss the new anti-imperialism alliance taking ship in africa. we have contacted justice adoboy, he's a journalist based in accra, ghana. thanks for your time sir today. thank you very much. i'm also very glad

sahil, are you still there? what can you tell us?seeing, that george santos has been expelled? >> we could be witnessing the last moments of george santos as a member of congress. that vote count does not look good for him. it is up to 298 as i speak. 299. it is well over the threshold of a two-thirds majority. the vote is not final until it is final. nothing is final until the gavel drops here. but the house of representatives has the votes to expel george santos, make him only the sixth member of congress in american history to be expelled from the house of representatives. that would mean the seat is declared vacant, the clerk takes over his office, and staff members, there will be a special election on long island in the third congressional district of long island in queens, i should say, third congressional district, for that seat. it looks like george santos has lost this vote, 100 republicans have joined 204 democrats as i speak to vote to expel george santos. the tally is still going up here. his opponents argued that members

. >> nbc's sahil kapur reporting for us on capitol hill."punchbowl news" and an msnbc political contributor. where do negotiations on this aid package stand as zelenskyy gets ready to come to the hill. >> reporter: i would not expect zelenskyy's visit to capitol hill to move the status of negotiations. many republicans say they are deeply dug into the idea that they will not move it under circumstances, unless there's a major immigration deal. unless zelenskyy can help find a way out of the immigration impasse, it's unlikely this is going to move the conversation on aid. with the negotiations, they are still struggling. the senate negotiators are negotiating, but there have been no breakthroughs over the weekend or this morning, according to one source i spoke to earlier today. there's been progress on tightening some asylum rules which democrats have been willing to give on. that's not enough for republicans. they want to resolve what they call capacity issues. the question of how many asylum seekers can the u.s. handle and they want to do

the finance ministers of the alliance of sahil states held a meeting in bamako recently to discuss ways of establishing economic union. the burkina fasso finance. mister elaborates, we are three states, each with its own realities, but we have lot in common. it's important that in our discussions we think in terms of the aes and not in terms of mali, bukina or niger. this is an important element that our experts need to take into account in their discussions. the second element is the assertion of economic independence. our senior executives are dedicated to ensuring economic sovereignty. and all actions we must take leaders towards achieving this goal. our senior executives are dedicated to ensuring economic sovereinity, and all actions we take must lead us towards achieving this goal. the finance ministers from the three countries also discussed themes including food and energy security and industrial transformation, financing and economic integration. the alliance of sahil states is gradually transforming into a powerful military, political, economic force. france has had, you know,

sahill, how are they responding to this letter?iations on capitol hill are not going well. republicans have conditioned the entire pack only on asylum and parole it broke down on friday according to two congressional aids we spoke to. the view from democrats is they're willing to put ideas on the table to streamline and speed up processing of asylum claims at the border. they even put, according to one aide, the incredible fear standard. democrats say republicans are demanding extreme proposals that in their view would end asylum as we know it and create expansive presidential powers on the border and they simply will not accept those t. view from republicans is this is a cries sit, that now is the time for a major rewrite. it's notable that james lankford is not quite as pessimistic, that they'll continue to work until they get this right. speaker johnson has weighed in here. let's put a statement on the table, i think this is significant. quote, the biden administration has failed to sub stan live address any of my conference's l

sahil, kick us off here, what are we learning about the hearing with university leaders? >> reporter: well, in just a few minutes the house education and workforce committee is set to kick off a hearing called holding campus leaders accountable and confronting anti-semitism. this follows a rise in reported anti-semitic incidents on campus since the october 7th hamas attack on israel and the resulting war in the region. let's put the witness list on the screen here. it includes the president of harvard university, the president of the university of pennsylvania, president of m.i.t., and a professor of history and jewish studies at american university. harvard, we know, is under investigation by the department of education over an anti-semitism complaint. the republican chair of this commite, virginia fox, accuses these campus leaders of turning a blind eye to the incidents. let's put her statement on the she says, quote, now is not a time for indecision or milquetoast statements. by holding this hearing, we are shining the spotlight on these campus leaders and demanding th

, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who's in eagle pass, texas, and nbc news political reporter, sahil kapur, and "politico" deputy manager, paul stein. you're there at one of the busiest crossings, what are you seeing? >> reporter: we have been here all week. we saw large crowds in the field behind us where customs and border protection had to create a waiting area where thousands were sleeping, waiting for a very long time until they could be taken to the prosing centers. we saw the records earlier this woke, monday, tuesday, wednesday. crossing the southern border, but the new numbers today indicate these coming from thursday, that is, indicate that they saw 11,000 migrants cross the southern border. it's a slight dip, and we have seen smaller crowd today. if you look in the field behind me, when we first arrived, we had 2,000, 2,500 migrants, and today we have a couple hundred. and customs and border protection has been moving very fast to process as many as they can, and the groups arriving today have been smaller. that's good news for the sysm that has been overwhelmed. we know t

france is. using its presence in these regions, esp the sahil region for its own benefit to control our mineral resources. west africans are gradually rejecting french influence and they are blaming these former colonial master for the rampant poverty and insecurity in the region. the headlines, israel launches more deadly attacks. on palestinians in the occupied west bank as the regime's genocide in gaza enters its 82nd day. hamas says israel has stolen the organs of 80 palestinians whose dead bodies were abducted by the regime's forces during their onslot on the territory and an irgc spokesman says the assassination of top iranian military advisor by israel reveals the regime's death.

france is only using its presence in these regions, especially the sahil region for its own benefits to control our mineral resources. west africans are gradually rejecting. influence and they are blaming these former colonial master for the rampant poverty and insecurity in the region. the headlines, bodies are more than 8,00 palestinians are missing in gaza as the death follow from the israeli onslot surpasses the 20,00 mark. the israely military admits that nearly 500 of his troops have been killed in gaza as palestiny resistance fighters say that they have destroyed 35 israeli military vehicles in recent days and he was foreign ministry spokesman categorically rejects us allegations that iran was behind the recent drone attack on an oil tanker in the indian ocean.

joining us from capitol hill is nbc news senior political reporter, sahil kapur. what do we know?orter: that's right, katy. the vote in the house is now expected this wednesday to formalize the impeachment inquiry into president biden that former speaker mccarthy launched unilaterally before he was overthrown by his colleagues. the idea is this would give republicans more weight, more heft to their investigations. mike johnson has sold this to skeptical members as a way to continue the investigation. he insists this does not mean an impeachment vote is inevitable. it will put every republican on the record, including 18 members in biden won districts, 17 now that george santos is gone who are skeptical about moving forward with impeachment. they don't have direct evidence of wrong doing on the part of president biden based on the activities of his son hunter biden. the vote is expected wednesday. it's not locked in yet. there's always flexibility there. they're moving the resolution through the rules committee tomorrow, and we will find out where it all comes down. finally, the ma

cous throughout the region, many western countries, including the us maintained a military in the sahil region under the pretext of fighting terrorism. however, they are accused of failing in their mission. many africans also see foreign troops as part of neocolonial project to keep control over african resources. and that's... for your press tv news bulletin everyone, thanks for tuning in and goodbye for now. هم ظنوا ان اغتيال المهندس في العراق وقاسم سليماني من ايران انهم سيضعفون. حركه المقاومه الذين يسيرون على خط الحاج قاسم سليماني اليوم هم كثر وفي وسعه جغرافيه كبيره دي صور عالم اسلامی هم بر سر همین مسجده. now entering its fourth day, we're looking at. leader of iran's islamic revolution is lashed out at the united states for what he called shamelessly vetuing a un resolution a gaza seesfire. said ali khamenei says a washington's veto. means it is accomplice to israeli bombardments of defenseless palestinians. the on security council passes a resolution on gaza to facilitate aid deliveries, approval though, the resolution comes after the original text proposed by the uae was repeatedl

let's go to capitol hill where nbc's sahil kapur is following this for us.on has been pouring in. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right, chris, we're seeing an avalanche of republican reaction defending trump in the wake of this ruling from colorado. this is a tale as old as trump's political career itself. he gets into legal trouble, sometimes it's serious. sometimes less so. republican voters get riled up and the party rallies around him. that's what we're seeing here on capitol hill. let's tick through some of these reacons that we've seen. speaker mike johnson in the house said this was, quote, a thinly veiled partisan attack. he went on to say he trusts that the supreme court will set aside the decision, which he calls reckless and let the american people decide the next president. elise stefanik called the judge's partisan democratic operatives claim they are so afraid that trump will win the next election that they're trying to take him off the ballot. jim jordan, another trump ally mockingly tweeted, the pro democracy party at work, how dic

france is only using its presence in these regions especially the sahil region for its own benefit toour mineral resources. west africans are gradually rejecting french influence and they are blaming these former colonial master for the rampant poverty and insecurity in the region. one you're watching here from your host. reactions for and following israel's assassination of senior iranian military advisor in syria with lebanon's hisbel describing it as flagrant. and shameless violation, bodies of more than 8,00 palestinians are missing in gaza as the death toll from israely onsot since the 7th of october approaches 20,000. in the hamas leader yahya sinwar says resistance fighters are killed or wounded some 5,000 iof soldiers during the onslot.

thank you, sahil kapur, for your update there.latest in a series of stories from pro publica, about supreme court thomas's closures, he rsed the issue of raises so often there were fearse may resign over his pay. thomas's efforts to increase his own salary or push for alternative ways to make money as a justice led to a confidential memo in the year 2000 when then chief justice william rehnquist got this memo from a top judiciary official seeking guidance on what he termed a delicate matter. congress never gave justices a major raise or lifted the long standing ban on speaking fees. justice thomas did develop relationships with a set of wealthy benefactors who not only gave him large gifts but subsidized regular expenses. >> these relationships were basic living expenses, things like batteries for his rv, private school tuition. all of these things were paid for by friends and political donors. you know, which is something that other justices have not done to our knowledge. >> and since those wealthy donors have stepped in, justic

sahil kapur joins us now.t how aides to president biden are directly involved in trying to guide these negotiatio. what are they staing right now? >> reporter: that's right. negotiations are back on. a trio o senators met yesterday for about an hour to rekindle these conversations. the democrat chris murphy, republican james langford and independent kyrsten sinema. langford presented a proposal. there have been no breakthroughs yet, but the failed vote triggered this rekindling of talks. the white house's role has been complicated. they don't like to be front and center in these legislative negotiations. it is a strategy that worked for them in the past, but based on our reporting they are involved, especially at a staff level, white house staff have been calling democratic senators to nudge them to try to get this immigration deal done in order to unlock passage of this national security supplemental and just two days ago, president biden gave his clearest indication yet he does want a deal, saying he is will

energy security and industrial transformation, financing, and economic integration. the alliance of sahil states is gradually transforming into a powerful military, political and economic force. france has had, you know, very strong stance in its former colonies and even dictated the pace as to who rules these countries. you remember that in the 60s when guiny decided to pathways with france completely after independence, france responded in a ruthless manner by going to demolish every infrastructure they had built in that country. france. has remained until the recent you know or maybe couritas in some of these colonies, france has remained the last barrier to real independence in africa and the last barrier to real unity in the subregional groupings and then the regional grouping. burkina faso and niger's transitional governments announced they decided to withdraw from the... france back west african multinational military force known as g5 sahel siting its failure to meet its objectives. now mr. what do you make of these decision? france is only using its presence in these regions espe

many western countries, including the us maintained their military in the sahil region under the pretextunteer rally in support of the palestinians, the besieg gauza strip who've been enduring israeli attacks now on their homeland there for over 76 days resulting in over 20,000 fatalities, mostly women and uh children, we have seen multiple uh basiage volunteer force protests a multiple. protest in general of iranians of all walks of life have poured out in dozens of cities from the east to the west, from the north to the south, central, south, central, all over iran, we have seen many after fight prayers and on many iranian um religious holidays people use those opportunities to come out and support their breathrin in palestine. these protests, the mood has been very solemn as iranians have been very vocal in their support of palestinians in the flight against occupation for decades, especially since the establishment of islamic uh revolution and the new islamic establishment has made it a central theme to support the people of palestine in their struggle. for uh self-determination, fre

that, for example , they gave dead people with an invalid birth certificate, or even, for example, sahil was heard before that birth certificates were purchased, for example, a large number, but not alhamdulillah. thank god for the events of the ministry of interior it has done very well in the field of verifying the identity of the people of the civil registration organization, the platforms it has created will help so that, god willing , there will be no errors or abuses in this field. there were some cases that i mentioned to you. of course, on the day of voting , we have almost a very complete alert in the civil registration organization . we have in the civil registration offices. one of the things we do in the field of elections is the faster exchange of people's birth certificates. which requires birth certificate amulet they need a photo. they have a birth certificate or other identity documents . if he goes there, he can easily go there , the problem will be solved, and he can participate in the voting, and then on the day of the voting, the branch where the person who is actual

of cous throughout the region. many western countries, including the us maintain a military in the sahilo see foreign troops as part of neo-colonial project to keep control over african resources and that brings us to the end of your press tv news bulletin everyone thanks for tuning in and goodbye for now. i'm over in lakesh and i've come here to occupied palestine to investigate what the so-called deal of the century means for the palestinian people and the future of palestine. "this deal is not a deal for beast or base plan, it is a war plan, you know we are the oppressed and they are the oppressed and they they want the oppressed to give more to the oppressor, they want the oppressed to be oppressed more. what would you do? you will just leave your houses for money, leave your land, leave your life, your memories, your history, fair money. leader of brons islamic revolution is lashed out at the us for what he calls shamelessly detailing a un resolution for sease fire in gaza. ayatullah sayid ali khamenei says the washington's veto means it is accomplice in israeli bombardments of defe

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. >> joining us now, sahil. what got him to relent? promotions that had been bottled up. the pentagon refused and more recently in recent weeks, his colleagues in the senate got angry at him and threatened to essentially sideline him and overrule him to neuter to power to block these military promotions. tuberville recognized the threat and rather than suffer defeat on the floor of the senate, decided to cave. that means the promotions can move forward. schumer said that could happen as early as this afternoon and those military families that have been in limbo all this time will be able to get on with their lives. >> why the four star generals? why is he maintaining that hold? >> because there are fewer of them. he didn't exactly explain why. he's caving on more than well over 90% of the military promotions. this is not a full retreat but those 11 four star promotions will be easier for the senate to process in a timely fashion. >> let me ask you about aid both to israel and to ukraine. there's a lot of, a lot going on yesterday in te

nbc's sahil kapur is reporting from capitol hill. so censuring used to be a rare form of punishment. this is the third this year, although only the fifth, i think, of the 21st century. anyway, tell us what's going on and what the reaction has been? >> reporter: chris, the vote was 214 to 191, just three democrats joined republicans in favor of this censure resolution. the author of the resolution, congressman lisa mcclean of michigan, accused bowen of deliberately pulling a fire alarm, but opening a door he wasn't supposed to in order to obstruct the house vote. bowman said he wasn't trying to obstruct the vote. he was trying to rush to the vote. he has noted that he has since apologized for it, took responsibility and settled the issue with d.c. by paying a $1,000 fine. the ethics committee voted against it. bowman did what he was supposed to. he stood there as the speaker read the votes out loud. mcclain has endorsed donald trump, which gives her no credibility on law and order. >> mr. speaker, this is a profoundly stupid resolutio

i have some new reporting along with my colleagues, monica alba, julia ainsley, and sahil kapoor, that congressional hispanic aukus requested an urgent meeting with president biden over a week ago. they said they felt dodged by the white house, by negotiators who are sitting in the room without them. these are the folks who have skin in the game. you have members of the group who represent border districts. i spoke to a number of them and they said they wanted to be involved in negotiations and in discussions. they are concerned along with immigration advocates that the asylum changes, the parole changes will go much too far and are untenable for them to vote for. >> nbc capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin, as always, good to see you. thank you for getting us started this morning. joining me now on set, former new york congressman mondaire jones. he's running again. that is some good news here. he's running in new york's 17th district. it's always so good to see you. thank you for coming this morning. let's start with what we heard this morning from julie. you've been in the halls

sahil kapur, former congressman charlie dent, former congressman joe crowley, thank you, gentlemen, for being with us. jose diaz-balart is picking up our coverage right now. jose? >> good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we continue with breaking news. right now on capitol hill, you've been watching this vote that has been carried out on the floor of the house. and as you can see, it appears that george santos appears to have been expelled. and we were just listening to former congressman talking about what happens now. let's listen in right now to the speaker. >> two-thirds voting in the affirmative. the resolution is adopted and a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york of the action of the house. under clause 5d of rule 20, the chair announces to the house in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is now 334. >> so it seems as though with those few words, congressman george santos has been expelled. he is no longer a mem

a little boy called sahil.d in france, and he returned home. but that story was all over every front page of every papeh over every front page of every paper. um so why has there not been publicity around alex? why has it taken so for long him to, um, escape ? what has happened in um, escape? what has happened in happened to him in the intervening times ? and, you intervening times? and, you know, the trauma that he will feel probably for the rest of his life. um, will be very difficult to come to terms with. so a lot of unanswered questions, um, that i think will find more out about within the next few days. >> well, i mean, i think it's miraculous that he, as far as we're aware, is safe . and well, we're aware, is safe. and well, as you rightly said there, you know, no doubt there'll be some trauma along the way . and trauma along the way. and hopefully he gets all the help necessary for that. he's still 17 years old now, so not kind of legally an adult in that sense. his grandma has been speaking and saying

sahil, it's great to have you with us.ut what impacts ai has already had in the year plus since chatgpt bursted onto the scene. chat bots are getting stuffed into every product and there's all this speculation about job losses and even ai that's smart enough to end humanity, but all that is still really speculative. meanwhile evs are not speculative at all. you have a huge boom in the number of americans who have bought evs this year, something like 1.4 million. that's a 50% increase since the previous year. you have a burst of new models as well. with all the talk of job losses and disruption with ai, all that's happening with evs as the auto industry pivots from gas to electric. >> so it is inevitable that we're moving eventually someday to electric cars. the president has set that goal at 50% ev sales by the year 2030. in the last few months, electric vehicle sales have cooled a bit. what's behind that? >> i think it's largely unrealistic expectations from people inside the industry and outside. if you look at the most

a little boy called sahil.paid in france, and he returned home. but that story was all over every front page of every papeh over every front page of every paper. um so why has there not been publicity around alex? why has it taken so for long him to, um, escape ? what has happened in um, escape? what has happened in happened to him in the intervening times ? and, you intervening times? and, you know, the trauma that he will feel probably for the rest of his life. um, will be very difficult to come to terms with. so a lot of unanswered questions, um, that i think will find more out about within the next few days. >> well, i mean, i think it's miraculous that he, as far as we're aware, is safe . and well, we're aware, is safe. and well, as you rightly said there, you know, no doubt there'll be some trauma along the way . and trauma along the way. and hopefully he gets all the help necessary for that. he's still 17 years old now, so not kind of legally an adult in that sense. his grandma has been speaking and sayi

let's bring in sahil kapur. what are you hearing?atic allies. at this time he appears in real danger of losing the next election to donald trump. what's unique is he's significantly underperforming his 2020 margins with young voters and non-white voters. why? his allies say it's because he hasn't laid out an agenda for four more years. the risk is they could stay home or vote third party. congressman maxwell frost, a biden ally, is young, progressive, black and latino. he has some advice for the president on how tour this around. take a listen. >> obviously it was a great progressive agenda b it's not enough. we have to talk about 2025 and beyond. the third thing isow does this fit into this future we're fighting for? i think that's the key. >> he is not alone. a number of other democrats say it's not enough to beat donald trump. he has to inspire these low propensity voters and oer a plan for thefuture. thatncludes bernie sanders who told me that biden has to lay out an agenda tha addresses health care, climatechange, the housing cr

niger's military hunta had demanded paris pull out its forces and this is a third country in the sahil region that has seen the exit of french troops over the past 18 months. and i'm going to take you back live to a high-level conference on the issue of a palestine hosted by president of the islamic republic of iran ibrahim racey in the iranian capital tehran let's listen in. what has brought us closer together is our sharing of views and the common concern that we all share among in the world of islam what is shared by the scholars and political figures, the cultural figures, social figures and also the media activists,