Lawmakers have until Friday to pass a new stopgap funding bill to keep USDA and several other departments and agencies from shutting down as leaders continue struggling to finalize spending bills for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1.
that funding has been caught up in those border security negotiations. still, many questions remain for where they could actually avoid a government shutdown, but some are hoping that this will be the first step in doing so. all right. arlett saenz, thank you very much. a programming note. just five days before the iowa caucuses, a make or break night for republican presidential hopefuls. the cnn republican presidential debate moderated by jake tapper and dana bash, wednesday at 9 p.m. eastern. still ahead, today marks three months since the horrific start of the israeli hamas attacks. headrests and cushions fripd a plane leaving a gaping hole in the plane. stunning new details emerging about this incident. we ll have a live report and another major winter storm to tell you about about to impact millions this coming week. it might be here sooner than you think.
threat that donald trump will pose if he is re-elected back for a second term. the biden campaign is treating this weekend as the opening salvo of their campaign as they re trying to begin early, to make this contrast with trump as they are looking at a potential rematch with him in november. and president biden has also accepted house speaker mike johnson s invitation to deliver the state of the union speech. what more do we know about that? reporter: well, house speaker mike johnson invited president biden to deliver the state of the union on march 7th. the president tweeted back at him saying that he was looking forward to it. there is expected to be a few tumultuous weeks ahead on capitol hill. there are not one, but two government funding deadlines that need to be met. it s unclear how exactly that will play out. there are still those ongoing discussions over border security negotiations, as republicans are insisting that any additional aid for ukraine or israel must
on the words stronger together which hillary clinton and others notedy that was the democrats theme. joining us from washington, d.c., our capitol hill reporter. let s talk a little bit about the border security negotiations, especially all tht news that s been breaking overnight. does this agreement in principle seem likeem enough to avoid another government shutdown? likely to get the approval and support of the president? well, that s the question. that s why they are saying that the agreement happened in principle because trump, of course, is the wild card. what s happened here is these congressional negotiators who are not overtly partisan people, they comert together to try to reach agreement, they agreed to far less than whaty the presidt wanted.he he wanted $5.7 billion for a border wall. they came to an agreement on $1.3 billion of additional
it s all time crunch at this point and have to come to a solution that actually does what they promised that they would do which is promise the american people, we expect no less. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney is holding retreat in camp david, we are told border security negotiations will not be focus of discussion but they will certainly come up, leland. leland: mick mulvaney on fox news sunday, chris wallace will ask him about that tomorrow. garrett tenny, thank you. we bring former press secretary to vice president pence, mark, good to see you. rule number one of trumpism he declares victory no matter what happens almost. how much money does he need for fencing, barriers, something that looks big on southern bord tore declare victory? any funding that provides structure is leland: