the now indicted founder of the oath keepers, and other far-right groups. meantime, there is the pressing business of actually running the federal government and today the house approved a spending measure. that measure now goes to the senate. >> i intend to the senate to have it taken up quickly and in time. so while negotiations are a full year before the agreement is continuing, we will in the meantime avoid costly and when this government shutdown. >> diplomatic efforts to avoid a war in ukraine also moved forward today. french president emmanuel macron met with president zelensky in kyiv. president putin has so far showed no signs of removing the troops alongside the ukrainian border. macron says putin said there were no plans to escalate the crisis. but there is pushback on suggestion of progress. with that, let's bring in our lead off guests,