The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially within days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congresswoman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with the us mexico border. That particular vote failed. They needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. We know that Republican Congress woman Marjorie Greene has signalled her intention to potentially oust the Republican House speaker mikejohnson over this filing a motion to vacate. She said s
President biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially even days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with a us mexico border. In that particular vote failed. They needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. And actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has
Our news correspondent helena humphrey. Helena, after a long wait, an aid bill for ukraine has now passed its biggest a vote in the house. Thats right, carl. Very much long awaited. Just to paint a picture, it was back in september that ukrainian president zelensky went to the white house to speak to President Biden about the need for this day will do particularly with regards to things such as air defence, missiles and so on. It took this long to actually come to the floor. That was because there was a growing chorus of opposition from republican congressional lawmakers, particularly in the house with regards to aid to ukraine at a time but there hadnt been stricter legislation when it comes to immigration, bordersecurity and legislation when it comes to immigration, Border Security and so on. Nevertheless it appears that speakerjohnson appears to have A Change Of Heart. Potentially after a rounds attack that we saw on israel last week. It came to the floor. Were seeing over 60 billio
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Alongside money for ukraine and taiwan, the us Aid Package would also send 26 Billion to the middle east, billion dollars of which would go 17 Billion dollars of which would go to israel to buy things like Air Defence missiles and advanced weapons. 9 Billion will go to humanitarian relief for Gaza Something democrats insisted be included, over the objections of some conservative republicans. That boost in aid and in weapons comes as unrwa, the un agency responsible for getting aid to palestinians, says the risk of disease in gaza is rising. The un warns the situation could deteriorate if israel goes ahead with a planned Ground Offensive against hamas in the southern city Of Rafah where an estimated 1. 5 million palestinians are sheltering. Wyre davies has the latest from jerusalem. The effect of war has graded a desperate crisis in gaza. Amid the ruins of conflict in some