forces are carrying out a targeted operation against hamas inside gaza s largest hospital, where hundreds of civilians are trapped, including dozens of babies younger than the war itself. senior adviser to israeli prime minister netanyahu joins us to talk about that and more. here in the u.s., high stakes summit for one of the world s most consequential relationships as president biden and chinese leader xi jinping are set to meet face to face this afternoon for the first time in a year. meanwhile, on capitol hill, new house speaker mike johnson appears to have cleared the first major hurdle of his tenure with the house passing a temporary plan to avert a government shutdown. and today in georgia, the judge will hear arguments in the 2020 election interference case after the fulton county d.a. slams the release of interview tapes with former trump allies as witness intimidation. why she is seeking an emergency protective order. and we begin this hour with new developm
about when he may put tuberville s block to a vote. this is the traditional solution to what s become a very unusual problem in the senate. typically when you have a senator who has put a hold on something, what they often release the hold for is a vote on their issue. whether they win or lose, this is important to me, i think the senate with me, if it s not, i ll let it go. up until now that s not been the tune tommy tuberville is singing. the pentagon needs to change or we need to have an affirmative vote. schumer is not interested this that. what may be a solution here would be an amendment vote on the defense authorization bill that the senate is dealing with now. if that s good enough for tuberville, a take it or leave it vote, he might get what he s asked for after months of stalling and delay, that even
despite the fact they got their desired amendment vote. it is really going to be a big test of kevin mccarthy s speakership tomorrow when they vote on final passage. simply, not entirely unrelated, senator tommy tuberville spoke with lloyd austin today about his hold on military nominations over this very issue. how did that go? still no signs of budging from senator tuberville. as a reminder, he wants the pentagon to either roll back that travel abortion policy, or for the senate to hold its own vote on the issue. he did connect by phone, as you mentioned with secretary austin earlier today. tuberville s office described that call and cordial and productive, and they agreed to continue speaking next week. and a defense official said the call was brief, but the secretary reiterated this blockade is continuing to harm military readiness. meanwhile, president biden also weighed in earlier today, but tuberville remains unmoved. take a listen. he is jeopardizing u.s. security is what
on an amendment to strip out approving the mountain valley pipeline. this is a pipeline that should have to go through normal permitting processes. sadly, the deal that was struck gives this a greenlight, exams it from all the normal permitting processes. and to build a pipeline, you have to take people s land. this runs through appalachian virginia, some of my poorest, hardest hit, residents. they don t have their land taken. and they definitely don t want congress putting our thumb on the scale to take away the power of agencies in courts to review whether it s a good idea or not. so, i ve got an amendment to say, let s strip out this provision. i want to vote on it. it s not gonna delay us, we can do an amendment vote immediately. and i guarantee, if this amendment were to pass, and it were to go back to the house, nobody in the house is voting for or against this bill. because of the green light of the mountain valley pipeline. it s not fatal to the bill.
amendments a day, i m insisting on an amendment to strip out approving the mountain valley pipeline. this is a pipeline that should have to go through normal permitting processes. sadly, the deal that was struck gives this a greenlight, exams it from all the normal permitting processes. and to build a pipeline, you have to take people s land. this runs through appalachian virginia, some of my poorest, hardest hit, residents. they don t have their land taken. and they definitely don t want congress putting our thumb on the scale to take away the power of agencies in courts to review whether it s a good idea or not. so, i ve got an amendment to say, let s strip out this provision. i want to vote on it. it s not gonna delay us, we can do an amendment vote immediately. and i guarantee, if this amendment were to pass, and it were to go back to the house, nobody in the house is voting for or against this bill. because of the green light of