the region braces for bitter cold. windchills as low as 50 below zero in the forecast, a dangerous deep freeze closing out the year with more to come. nbc s steve patterson reports for us there. president biden signs $768 billion defense spending bill into law. the statement reads in part, unfortunately the act helicopters to bar the use of funds to transfer guantánamo bay detainees to custody or effective control of certain foreign countries and unless certain conditions are met. i urge congress to eliminate these restrictions as soon as possible. the bill authorizes $740 billion for the defense department which is 25 billion more than the president requested, that includes as 2.7% pay raise for
maxwell faces 6 separate charges based on activation of four women who claim she was involved in jeffrey epstein s sexual misconduct. benjamin: president biden sends the $70 billion defense bill that neither here nor the military are satisfied with. all those details in jerusalem. reporter: yesterday president biden assigned a $768 billion defense bill though he is complaining it doesn t provide many to remove detainees from guantánamo bay. in a state with the president said the bill constrains the flex ability of the executive branch adding congress should illuminate restricted about transforming them at gitmo. he complained about a provision that would require reports on how much american military equal it was destroyed when us forces left afghanistan. breaking it down further the bill put in place a 2.7% pay increase within the national defense authorization act.
better life. julie. julie: trey yengst, thank you. ben. benjamin: president biden signing the national defense act into law yesterday. the $768 billion package provides more money for ukraine as russia masses troops at its border sparking fears it may invade. the defense act adds funding for fighter jets and other military equipment amid china s development of hypersonic missiles. let s bring in national security institute founder and executive director. nice to see you again, sir. it is a lot of money and i imagine the bipartisan support for this. it goes to all the things that the country needs. that being said, is it backed up by the right messaging? it is fine spending money on new equipment, no weapons and fighter jets and submarines but if the messaging isn t there maybe it needs to work together. for example, president biden has shown some reluctance to use military force.
2:30 out west. i m jonathan lemire. president joe biden signed into law a $768 billion national defense authorization act. he issued a statement supportive of the measure overall but critical provisions that effectively prevent him from closing the guantanamo defencing facility. it bars the use of funds to transfer detainees into the united states unless certain conditions are met. i urge the congress to eliminate these restrictions as soon as possible. the bill authorizes $740 billion for the defense department, which is $25 billion more than the president requested. that includes a 2.7% pay raise for service members. it also includes just under $28 billion for defense-related activities in the department of
whatever you want to call them, socialists, are out of tune with the rest of the country. the rest of the country doesn t like what those people are pushing. the democratic leadership can t get those people angry or otherwise they lose their votes. only because of those people they hold onto power. the democrats are between a rock and a hard place. yes, compromise would be great but these radicals think that compromise is just weakness and they don t want to compromise. they want to push ahead even though the country doesn t want what they want. julie: all right. hugo gur den, thank you very much. we appreciate you coming on this morning. benjamin. benjamin: well, more than 1400 children from afghanistan have reportedly been evacuated to the u.s. without their parents since august. how many will be reunited? and president biden signing the 768 billion dollar defense act into law amid concerns over china s development over