senate republicans have shown that for all of their attempts to sound moderate reproductive care, when it comes time to vote they will choose at maga extremism over the republican people. senate republicans blocked federal protections for contraceptives they chose at maga extremism over the american people. this is no surprise. this is no mistake they did the same thing when they blocked federal protections for ivf they chose at maga extremism over the american people when donald trump announced he would nominate hard right justices to the supreme court for the explicit purpose of overturning roe the same senate republicans enthusiastically voted to confirm them. not once, not twice, three times. so make no mistake meg a hard right attacks on women are not done. first it was abortion, then contraception than ivf, what is next? if they get the chance i'll push for their ultimate goal of a national abortion ban. that is why voting on legislation protecting access to these things might contraception and ivf are so important that is why affirming a woman's fundamental right to choose is so

senate, republican house of representatives, or not, republican president, democratic house of representatives, republican senate. there can be different schedules, and each of these schedules, any of these, it's like a chessboard, you can sit down and play with each position, there are a lot of them, a democratic president , a republican senate , a democratic house of representatives, a democratic president, a republican senate, republican house of representatives, democratic president, democratic senate, the republican chamber, and so on , that is, how many options are issued there, 18, if i'm not mistaken, or 24, you have to sit down and count how many different options there can be. and each of the options changes american politics, and there is a clean option, when the president gets everything, but not for one and a half years, and then the situation changes again, well, then there are 19 options in total, that’s a lot of options, and it also does not give us opportunities to say exactly what american politics will be, because it is not a mo

in foreign policy, has said whatever the president wants, we, the senate aren't going to say anything about it. when there's a republican president, democrat senators suddenly discover their voice and say, hey, the senate ought to say something. when it's a democrat president, it seems no matter how incoherent and disastrous the foreign policy from the democrat president, sedemocrat senators don't want the senate to exercise its authority. i will reiterate the offer i made just moments ago to the staff and the senate majority leader. i will withdraw this war powers resolution if the senate votes on the legislation that has already passed the house to provide the weapons that the biden whiteho house is blocking to -- the biden white house is blocking to israel. the senate democrats don't want to do that because they don't want their vote on record. and because of that, this is the only procedure i have. because procedurally i have a right to force a vote on this. chairman of the foreign relations committee said they're not active hostilities, the biden department of defense has disa disagreed. i don't think we have come

today and every day senate republicans proudly stand with israel. >> thank you. senator cornyn. >> thank you, senator ernst for arranging for this press conference. it cannot be more important. on october the 7th of last year, hamas terrorists supported by uh the number number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world, iran, hamas attacked and killed more than 1000 innocent israelis. they took 251 hostages and over 100 are still in the custody of hamas under this network of tunnels they built under gaza. eight of them are american citizens. eight american citizens are still in the hands of this terrorist organization sponsored by iran. and we know that israel, our number one ally in the middle east, the only democracy really is under attack in the north and , the who fees -- the houthis in yemen. it's in our national security interest to support our friends and ally in the middle east against an aggressor nation like iran, which by the way in addition to being the number one state sponsor of terrorism is working toward developing a nuclear weapon thanks to the p

all year long senate republicans have shown everyone just how out of touch they are with the mainstreamenators blocked federal protections for contraception, when they blocked protections for ivf, they chose maga extreme over the american people. when donald trump pushed not one, not two, but three radical justices to the supreme court with the explicit goal of overturning roe, senate republicans confirmed them without question. it was trump who said, quote, if we put another two or three justices on the court, that will happen, unquote. every time senate republicans have gotten a chance to do the right thing this year, they have consistently doubled down on their antiwoman agenda. just yesterday senate republicans again and again came to the floor to block commonsense legislation to protect women's reproductive freedoms. of course, if my republican colleagues take issue with being called out for their bad record on women's issues, they have another option. they should vote yes today. maybe it will happen. unlikely but you always hope. if republicans don't think women, on the other hand

senator susan colnsnd lisa murkowski were the only republicans to vote in favor. senate majority leader chuck schumer chand s vote to know in order to reintroduce the measure at another time. prior to the vote democrats took to the senate floor to voice support for the legislation. >> madam president. >> junior senator from hawaii. >> after dobbs came down we worried about what a post-dobbs america would look like. what other reproductive freedoms be attacked and stripped away piece by piece across the country? two years later we know the answer is yes and dobbs, the supreme court, quote, returned the issue of abortion to the states and eliminated a constitutional right women in our country had relied on for nearly 50 years. we also referred to the states as laboratories of democracy. this sadly these laboratories are now experimenting on women with dystopian results. this hellish experimentation has resulted in devastating consequences for women and families across the country who are now subject to state imposed abortion bands. as a result of over 20 states and a

tomorrow we are going to find out if the senate republicans agree.he vote on the tax bill tomorrow has bone been more than six months in the making. in fact, i have been working on this in a completely bipartisan way for two full years. the only reason this did not get done along time ago is delay on the part of the senate republicans. so, no more delay. it is time to vote. everybody is going to see work each senators stands. went over the next 45 minutes or so, i am going to have a number of my colleagues talk about why this bill is so important. so i'm going to start the few key points. for starters, the bill was designed with balance in mind. for every dollar in tax cuts for business, the joint committee on taxation which is the official scorekeeper of these matters has told us an equal amount goes to children and families as goes to business. focus on families is on those it's a walk in the economic tight rope. 16 million kids are going to got from the bill half a million lifted out of poverty. a huge accomplishment it is especially important for

and now that the senate democrats and house democrats and house republicans are all on board, senate democrats, house democrats, house republicans, all on board, we're very close to getting this bill done. the only one standing in the way of enacting tax relief right now are senate republicans. everyone else, even house republicans, hardly known for their moderation, support this tax bill. respectfully, it is never a good -- respectfully to my republican colleagues here in the senate, it is never a good sign to be more obstructionist than house republicans on any issue, but that's precisely where our senate republican colleagues find themselves in right now. that's where they are. at yesterday's republican weekly lunch one senator was passing around pamphlets telling his colleagues to oppose this bill, to oppose even having a debate. they're repeating a whole bufrnl of false talking points about undocumented immigrants and about discouraging work. they're trooig very hard to -- trying very hard to justify voting no. let's be honest there is no great mystery about senate republicans op

now today, madam president, senator republicans must answer a simple question. do they believe that women should have the right to make their own health care choices? yes or no? the reproductive freedom for women act is exceedingly simple. all it does is express support for woman's right to chose that is ite. no more, no less. it should be an easy yes vote. my republican colleagues have a choice vote yes and stand with women who want their rights protected or stand with donald trump and maga radicals who want to see those rights taken away. we know where the american people stand on the freedom of choice over 80% of americans including two-thirds of republicans agreepu that health care decisions including abortion should be between a woman and their doctor but americans are rightfully worried that reproductive rights with becoming extinct many this country and they see what's happening at the supreme court they see attacks on women's rights. and states like texas and florida and alabama and idaho and beyond. the american people want to know where their senators

today and every day senate republicans proudly stand with israel. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. senator cornyn. >> thank you, senator ernst, for arranging for this press conference. it could not be more important. on october the. 7th of last year, hamas terrorists supported by the number one state sponsor or of terrorism in the world, iran, hamas attacked and killed more than a thousand innocent israelis. they also took 25 the 1 -- 25 the 1 hostages -- 25 the 1, and over 1000 are still in the custody of -- 100 100 are still in the custody of hamas under the tunnels under gaza. eight of those are american citizens. eight american citizens are still in the hands of this terrorist organization sponsored by iran. and, of course, we know that israel, our number one ally in the middle east, the only democracy really, is under attack not only from the if south, from gaza through hamas, but also hezbollah in the north and the houthis in yemen. this is a fight for israel's very existence. and it's in our national security interests to support our fr

senate republicans have shown that for all their attempts to sound moderate on reproductive care, when it comes time to vote, they will choose maga extremism over the republican people. when republicans blocked federal protections for contraceptives, they chose maga extremism. this is no surprise. no mistake. they did the same thing when they blocked federal protections for ivf. they chose maga extremism over the american people and when donald trump announced he would nominate hard right justices to the support for the explicit purpose of overturning roe, the same senate republicans enthusiastically voted to confirm them. not once, not twice. three times. so make no mistake. the maga hard rights attacks on women aren't done. first it was abortion, then contraception, then ivf. what's next? if they get the chance, they will push for their ultimate goal of a national abortion ban. that's why voting on legislation protecting access to these things like contraception and ivf was so important and that's why affirming a woman's fundamental right to choose is so important as well. let me tur

senator chase smith set the sort set the predicate for it. but it was also the eisenhower administration itself because it encouraged republican senators and republicans in the political system to to question and then counter in oppose. senator mccarthy. had they not done that, i think he would have been stronger and he would have been able to stay in power longer. well, jim townsend, your center is named after pretty well-known congressional investigator, senator carl levin. what kind of work did he do? and what about the levin center? well, senator levin was the longest serving senator from the state of michigan. he served six terms, 36 years and he did many, many things. but one of the things he was really focused on was doing good oversight and making sure that those lessons learned from the mccarthy era, the lessons about the importance of a bipartisan investigation, of investigations that are truly committed to finding the facts. he took those lessons to heart. and when he came to the senate in 1979, he really made it his mission to to do everything he could to try to investigate corruption, malfeasance. and just really the performance of govern

that in may of last year, house democrats, senate democrat, house republicans, and senate republicanstnership with president biden, reached an agreement connected to the bipartisan fiscal responsibility act. that agreement in this upcoming fiscal year calls for a topline spending number of 1681. the republicans in the house right now are marking up an appropriations bill at 1606. that means they are cutting $75 billion from their own agreement reached with everyone else under the capitol dome and president joe biden along with vice president kamala harris. that $75 billion cut will adversely impact the health, the safety, and the economic well being of the american people, hurt children, hurt seniors, hurt veterans, and hurt many others. it's unacceptable, it's not sustainable, we are not going to accept a dime less that then 1681 number we all agreed upon. the behavior of the extreme maga republicans right now, and by the way, they're unable to pass their own reckless appropriations bills, which should tell you everything you need to know, suggests to me that they are marching the co

utter, complete nonsense. >> noticeably absent vice president kamala harris, president of the senate and republican vice presidential nominee senator jd vance, each of their teams saying they were attending previously scheduled events. prime minister also calling for stronger action against iran, which supports militant groups fighting israel. >> this is not a clash of civilizations. it's a clash between barbarism and civilization. >> outside the capitol, thousands of protesters making their presence known amid tight security. cease fire now! >> cease fire now. >> the prime minister meeting with families of american, israeli hostages held by hamas while he's in washington. this week, he's also set to meet privately with president biden and vice president harris tomorrow, and with former president trump at mar a lago on friday. alexis christoforous, abc news, new york. >> but before a meeting with netanyahu tomorrow, president biden will address the nation from the oval office. tonight, it will be the first time in more than 50 years that a sitting us president delivers a speech to explain why he is

we'll talk to two key political voices, vermont independent senator bernie sanders and south carolina republican senator lindsey graham, plus the secretary of general of nato jens stoltenberg will be here to discuss the challenges facing the alliance. that and more is all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. and welcome to "face the nation." margaret is off. we are less than four months from election day and the dilemma facing the democratic party is dominating the headlines as is the fallout from the presidential debate, but president biden is determined to stay in the race, even as many democrats are increasingly worried he might lose to former president donald trump. that all said, washington democrats might be on edge, but what do democratic voters in america think? our cbs news campaign journalists have been out talking with them in two battleground states, wisconsin and pennsylvania. here are their voices. >> is choosing the lesser of two evils i feel like, and joe biden is not evil, i don't think he's fully equipped for the job at his age and mental capacity right now. tru

i will let an answer that senator scott _ republican? n since republican? i will let an answer- that senator scott question since he knows him a lot better than i do, but the republican party has changed. the republican party has become more of a party in many aspects that is different from the party than when mick and i were serving together in congress was up it is become more polarised as our nation has become more polarised and thatis nation has become more polarised and that is reflective of the american voters. also reflective of the fact that we have constant focus and a 24 hour news cycle, focused on nothing but the political differences that we have here in america, rather than talking about the many more of times that republicans and democrats in washington agree on issues. what washington agree on issues. what about jd vance? _ washington agree on issues. what about jd vance? we _ washington agree on issues. what about jd vance? we were - washington agree on issues. what aboutjd vance? we were discussing how much he is of the t

group of senate republicans right now, i will tell you, pulling back the curtain a bit tonight, that i am told on the second floor of the white house residence, what's called the state floor, that hundreds of white house staffers and members of the vice president's staff, as well, have gathered together tonight. they were watching on big screens with pizza brought in the military band playing as well, described to me as a joyful gathering, but also a bittersweet one where they were sharing hugs and memories. the first opportunity for many of these staffers to sort of see each other and gather together face to face. since the president made this formal announcement, a couple of things i'm struck by and this is this, in many ways, was a farewell speech for the president. but it's only the first of several to come. he will speak again on this issue more broadly with the dnc. the democratic national convention, to take place in chicago. our reporting is that he is already retooling his message for that address to focus more heavily on kamala harris. and, of course, he will deliver anothe

host: what's more likely, republicans take the senate or democrats take the house? guest: republicans taking the senate is more likely than democrats taking the house by far. the senate has always been republican. that is an opportunity to hold the lever of power, which has been so difficult for democrats. all that republicans would need to do to win the senate majority would be to flip west virginia, which they are absolutely certain to do, winning the white house, where the republican vice president and j.d. vance, if trump wins, is poised to break the tie in the favor of republicans. the four other seats we have in the tossup column are all held by democrats. you have democratic senators in nevada. jacky rosen, sherrod brown. the michigan open seat that debbie stabenow is leaving behind. also, these seats are at a high level of vulnerability for democrats with an additional three seats democrats occupy in the lien column. leaning democrat. so, arizona, pennsylvania, wisconsin, it looks like democrats have leads in those races but they will be high dollar affairs.

senate republicans voted no on protecting contraception. voted no on protecting ivf and they voted no again yesterday on supporting the right to choose. so, we say to america, you want to know who is on your side protecting abortion and women rights, it's the democrats. every republican with one or two exceptions has universally voted to take away women's rights. that is the truth of it. our republican colleagues can run, but they cannot hide. they are voting against women because extreme groups are pushing them to do it or maybe because of belief. either way, they are out of touch with america. now, for all of the chaos and disaster of the first trump presidency. it fails in comparison to the threat of the second trump presidency. 2025 drafted by the heritage foundation. a project overseen by former trump officials and advisers and appointees. a manifesto for the second trump presidency. what does it do? the trump manifesto raise. that is the heart and soul of the republican party. that is where they always go when they are in power, folks

a republican senate. because we're, or down-ballot races or hurt donald trump's going to appoint federal judges in all across the united states, us attorneys all across the state coming out of the federalist society, like democrats, need to wake up and realize that we've got to act with conviction we saw what we saw, we love him this happens, people get older. it's he didn't do anything wrong. but we've got to move on and we've got to put a candidate that can prosecute. there's so much at stake for women. you know what, let's have a kamala harris former attorney general, prosecute that case against donald trump on the choice issue for women brag about the inflation reduction act, the reindustrialization of the united states. our energy policy like she could do that and i would be excited. i think our base would be excited young people who were bleeding out now, young people, they're just so disengaged. i think the minority communities were soft support their all of a sudden, we're in that weren't a dogfig

the wavering of political hypocrisy in the behavior of congressmen, senators, republicans and democrats is an institutionalized act. i am currently responding to your question. the fact is still the mps of the parliament are politicians under the heavy influence and lobby of zionism and ipec, but to the credit of the fact that the public opinion was able to take the initiative during the last seven or eight months in the massive crimes committed by israel against the oppressed nation, we have we are talking about a situation where, until this time , the monopoly of the news was the monopoly of the media , powerful media such as cnabc and fox news. but with the growth of social media and virtual space , this initiative has been lost by the mainstream media , and i believe that virtual space was able to take the initiative. take a hand and the international opinions outside the relations of the domination system and the domination media were able to make waves and protest on the streets of america, that america which was unprecedented. . for a matter of foreign policy, later it was domest

senator thune and senator cornyn, and thank them for letting me say a few words about my friend, jim inhofe. with that, mr. president, i will yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> republican whip. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to join senator reed and so many of my colleagues today as we express our great sorrow in learning about the death of senator jim inhofe. jim was an icon here in the senate. he was a personal inspiration to me. when i first got here [inaudible conversations] when i first got here, he was the chairman of the environment and public works committee in the senate and worked with me. my first legislative accomplishments came as a result of him is and his staff working with me to help me establish myself as a new senator and to do the work that the people of south dakota sent me here to do. and he made that possible because of just the way that he led the committee, his understanding of what it takes to get things accomplished here in the united states senate, and i'm grateful for his legislative prowess, for his leadership as a chairman of not only that committee, but later the senate armed services committee. and grateful for his ti

republican support for ukraine in the senate has been strong, has been encouraging and force. and so has democratic support for ukraine. there's a lot of attention pegged to what has been a strong republican caucus that has spoken against funding. and there have been the talk of the timing weapons delivery what i wish we would say there is a consistent, sustained commit development ukraine regardless of the path forward. son sullivan: i think it's less important for ukraine's admission into nato than it is to continue to support ukraine and that putin not prevail. i don't know anybody who believes -- [applause] i don't know anybody with any sense of history who believes that putin will stop at ukraine. and the ukrainians have been incredible in terms of their will to fight. and i do think there's a very important point with regard to nato. nato needs do more. that's something president trump was very intuitive about years ago when he said that nato needs to step up and do. i'm not just talking about 2% which i thought was pretty encouraging what the european commitment is going

a group of american senators, republicans, demanded that the international olympic committee stop mockinganity. in a letter to president moch thomas bach protested. the opening ceremony of the olympic games was called blasphemy. especially a parody of the last supper with the participation of transvestites and representatives of the lgbt community, an extremist movement banned in russia. at an event designed to unite the world, there is no place for anti-christian fanaticism, the senators said in their address. in moscow, on the novosibirsk opera and ballet theater has opened a tour of the historical stage of the bolshoi theater and will present premiere productions. this is a ballet classic of the 20th century, notre dame cathedral, roland petty, as well as la bayadère as edited by a modern spanish ballet master. the tour program will conclude with swan lake in the famous moscow edition of 1956. get money, even every day. a fairy chicken is needed for sweet dreams, a rubber chicken is for distracting maneuvers. the most tender chicken for burgers at a delicious point, new sauce carry in

the behavior of congressmen , senators, republicans and democrats is really institutionalized, i am now answering you. the fact is that the politicians are still under the influence and heavy lobby of zionist and ipec, but according to the fact that the public opinion in the last seven or eight months, that in widespread crimes israel has done to the oppressed palestinian nation , the public opinion was able to take the initiative. you see, we are talking about a relationship that before this monopoly of news was the monopoly of the media, powerful media such as cna, abc, foxin. . however, with the growth of social media and virtual space, this initiative has been lost by the central media, and to my credit , virtual space was able to take the initiative and international opinions outside the relations of the domination system and the domination media were able to make waves and protest. on the floor of the streets of america, the unprecedented american basically, we have never had the experience of occupying the streets in the united states. people for a foreign policy issue, later it

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the trump was not seriously hurt us. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said to to night, all americans are grateful. the president trump appears to be fine after a despicable attack on a peaceful roddy. violence has no place in our politics. we appreciate the swift work of the secret service and other law enforcement is with all the political figures have not been calling for unity in response to republican senator j. d. vance is binding. president joe biden. vance has been tipped as chunk of possible choice for vice president said on x today is not just some isolated incidents. the central premise of the bite and campaign is about trump isn't the photo tavian, fascist must be stopped at all costs and the address are excellent directly to trumps attempted assassination. james davis is the find that have touched on strategies the communications firm is also a republican political strategist. he's joining us live from las vegas. thank you very much indeed for being with us. and i wanted to bring you back to the state. that was just me made by j. d funds. we don't know anything about the

and in the fifty's, joe mccarthy, the republican senator from wisconsin. the red bay are the the which hunter of comments and actually of those free one was the fascinated and that was you a lot of from louisiana, the founder said in our democracy in our democratic republic, remember, we're not a direct democracy. we're a republic. so these people who run for office we're running to represent the people rather than the people themselves, making the decisions. so those people who are running for office, oh, want to our country, the republic to cheese things and bounce keeps things onside the founders, most fear, demagogues, demagogues, why they use half truths. they generate the emotions of the people and they often pick out groups of people in society to turn the, the people they want against them. and that's why we have an electoral college and rather than the popular vote determining our, our outcome in presidential elections. so it is incumbent upon presidential candidates, particularly attend, she within the bounds and not become demagogic. and i think

to all the senate republicans. it was entitled carpe diem, sees of the day. it was about a 45 page powerpoint. what he did was i walked through historically have done in the last century democrats have that unified control of the executive in both houses of congress and every time republicans have. and the democrats have control, they pass the new deal. the past the great society. they pass obamacare and dodd-frank. they fundamentally rework the country. when republicans have unified control we do almost nothing. i went through historically we have piddling legislative victories compared to democrats. and part of the prom is to me republicans treat politics like we're playing croquet. and not like we are saving the greatest country in history of the world. what i propose to leadership in august of 18 i said listen, it is not complicated politics that the odds are significant that in november were going to lose at least one house of congress. if that is a case we have my finger was 183 days from now to the end of th

that does not stop. >> senator cassidy, if it is a republican senate and a second president biden term, are there too many incentive structures in the way of some republican senators for bipartisanship? >> republicans take this seriously to do things for the betterment of our country. if a democratic president recommends things which i think are harmful to our country, i'm going to oppose them. we can speak about some of the spending programs that biden has had igniting inflation. if it is something good for our country, the infrastructure bill for example, which was paid for and predicted to decrease inflation, then i am all there. because it is good for my state and our country. >> final question to both of you. there is now bipartisan concern that the future of democracy is on the ballot. you look at the cross has of these polls and it is almost equal amounts. trump supporters and biden supporters who think this election, if it goes the way they don't want to go, it is the end of democracy. are the voters right? this is the last one for each of you. >> i have faith in the resilience

also involved, but we should not ignore another point that in the same congress, more than 90 senators, republicans and democrats, were either not present or strongly opposed to regional policies and netanyahu's warmongering personality, well , one of the reasons for anxiety and running forward and gaining diplomatic and political points at the negotiating table is that the criminal zionist regime led by netanyahu in the coming azar, that is, in the next few months, because of the corruption he had in israel. including economic corruption and political corruption in now, because of the appointment of this trial and in order to remain in power, he committed this crime. yesterday he committed a crime in the southern suburbs, and today , unfortunately, this incident also happened. but i want to convey this point from the words of an expert and from the language of the islamic world. and especially from the language of the oppressed palestinian nation, this is not the first time. many leaders have been assassinated for the past 75 years, before 1948. but have these blind assassinations worked ? israel

republican party has stood -- just look at mitch mcconnell, he has stood for funding ukraine and helping allies abroad and j.d. vance stood staunchly against that. j.d. vance has blurred, at least in the senatene between republicans and democrats. he's partnered with elizabeth warren on things, and praised the biden administration's ftc, and this is somebody mor of a populists recently than many of the senate republican colleagues. furthermore, mitch mcconnell with whom he shared a good relationship with before he got to the senate, now j.d. vance has clashed head on with mcconnell. in elevating vance, he has taken vance at the top of the next republican generation, somebody who most certainly at some point will run for president and be vice president if trump wins. he bears no resemblance of the mitt romney and other presidential candidates who believed in the traditional republican and conservative values,nd vance does not. >> carlos, who do you think vance is going to attct? >> well, josÉ, it looks like it's about the blue wall. donald trump knows that biden's one path to remaining in power is to put up that democratic ue wall in the midwest, and j.d. vance being a midwesterner can maybe

he is considered to be the most right-wing senator among the republican senators who are currently in office his argument in economic issues has a populist approach, so he is with left-wing senators like elizabeth warren in issues such as bank control and confronting the monopoly of technological companies. he has cooperated, but in social issues , he is considered to be against the right wing of his own party. this james david vance has already had a speech against trump, which i have pictures of. it has been popular for a couple of days, but some of them, including biden himself, have copied vance according to his views and personality. trump knows what you think, we do. of course, see an updated version of trump for the future of america it is true that in 2016, vance was a very moderate republican, and even then , many people said that vance could be a bridge between american liberals and conservatives, and during this time, his opinions changed drastically. i don't think that vance is a hypocrite and a liar, i think that he has really faced an ideological change in these years. i

of ukraine, specifically, there has been no more vociferous opponent in the united states senate in the republican party than jd vance. >> he took on his party on the senate floor. he tried to work to block additional ukraine funding, very supportive of funding for israel, said he could see the goals there, could see the outcome did not really put much weight into the value of the alliance with ukraine and the u.s. support for that, that is put him in a very different place than many senate republicans. in fact, once in a republican said, look, we know he is extraordinarily smart, but he's not exactly an extra burt inside the conference now, that may actually be a bonus for jd vance, political establishment, particularly the republican party, not super well-liked here one of the most interesting elements over the course of the last couple of days, seeing republican senators on the convention floor asking them what they think about the pick very cautious, very careful. don't know him super well, very concerned about his form from policy. and in the near term, that means he's going to be a voice in

. >>> we now go to republican senator lindsey >>> we now go to republican senator lindsay graham.morning, senator graham. >> good morning. >> let's start with foreign policy. it's a serious time in israel. are you confident, senator, that u.s. and lebanese efforts to cool tensions between israel and hezbollah will be successful? >> no because i think iran is behind all of this, and until we put iran on notice that we're going to hold you accountable for attacks by hezbollah and hamas against israel, you're going to get more of the same. the attack on october 7th was designed to stop normalization in my view until saudi arabia and israel. until the iranians agree that they'll get hit and they'll be on the list. whe when it comes to iran in terms of controlling the ayatollah. they've enriched him and israel is paying the price. >> could this conflict spiral and could it open up a second front? >> yeah. what i worry the most about is a sprint to the nuclear weapon. it gave a senate report last week about the status of the iranian nuclear program and the maligned activities helping th

missouri republican senator josh hawley says hamas has to be dismantled. israel has got to be able to defend its own borders. south carolina republican senator lindsey graham and says the u.s. has to hold iran accountable for hamas and hezbollah and should target its oil refineries without those refineries. they would not be able to fund terrorism. graham also says iran could be responsible for a nuclear arms race in the region. iran will keep going until somebody tells them to stop. >> he warned iran could have a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> coming up, a county with one of the largest homeless populations is opposing governor gavin newsom's order to clear unhoused encampment. and california's fast-food council meeting for the second time since it was created. still ahead this hour, fast food workers across the minimum wage increase but say there is still more work to be done. but first, an east bay aquatic center will stay closed. another summer. well, it's been shut to the public for years. >> originally slated t