That clause gives congress what People Markham and they referred to as the power of the purse. The power not held by other of the executive branches according to the constitution. A providing fence keeping the government running and functioning is one of the things of congress. And they cant even agree what to get started on getting that. Right letting the government agree on that bill, let alone a strategy for the house is proven to be a challenge. Signs that things were going well. Indicate most apparent on thursday. When a motion to begin a debate on the Defense Funding Bill fails for the second time this. Week prompting Republican Leadership sent members, Home Congress now only has about five days left to take action because members are off tomorrow on monday for the jewish holiday of the occupier, the speaker of the house, told reporters yesterday that he believes that congress is making progress his congress is making progress in its negotiations, and it anticipates resumed votin
Israel awake and on edge. Overnight. As iran unleashed hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation for the april 1st attack on the iranian consulate in syria. Im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Its daylight now in israel, where they are now looking to assess the damage following irans first ever direct Military Assault on israeli territory. Now that damage is believed to be minimal, with israels air Defense Systems, along with us Military Action taking out most, if not all, of the iranian drones and missiles. But the message iran wanted to send is very clear. And now the unprecedented Revenge Mission is pushing an already tense region even closer to a wider war. Multiple thresholds have been crossed here that have not been crossed before for. And i think it is correct to say that, were going to be looking at a new middle east in the future. The white house is monitoring the situation closely, and President Biden has, as you would expect, been in contact with israeli Prime Minist
fox news at night. breaking tonight hunter biden indicted in california on federal tax charges. the same charges prosecutors in california would not indict him on last year. what changed? how did the breaking new affect the presidential campaign. kevin cork has new information. it s a 56 page indictment filed in california. the central district. it lays allegations including 9 tax related charges. 3 are felonies. the younger biden engaged in a 4 year scheme to not pay at least 1.4-million dollars between 2016 and 2019. the indictment charges that biden spent millions on an extravagant lifestyle with membership to sex clubs and more than $188,000 on adult entertainment rather than paying taxes. house republican leaders next week will vote on whether to initiate an impeachment on president biden to his possible ties to his son hunter s business dealings. james comer released subpoenaed bank records showing an entity owned by hunter biden made payments to joe biden. they are s
painted red swastikas on grades in a jewish cemetery. on friday night, right here on this show, we interviewed congressman adam smith, whose home was marred by pro-palestinian vandals. now, peaceful protest, even passionate protest is an american right. but, smith told us that he sees an overlap between these tactics and that of another group. these are the same tactics that we saw in that most extreme form on january 6th. it is these tactics that are not accidental. they are an attempt to intimidate people into silence, an attempt to overthrow democratic norms. today, there is outrage in some corners of the democratic party, because what some on the left will not to do without hesitation, apparently. that is, condemn hamas. without them, immediately mentioning israel. listen to this exchange, for example. this sunday between cnn s dana bash and pramila jayapal. have you talked about it since october 7th? absolutely, and i ve condemned what hamas has done, i ve cond
week-long pause ended. israeli strikes have already killed at least 32 people in gaza this morning. an eyewitness tells cnn, trucks with that desperately needed humanitarian aid at this moment have stopped going into gaza. israel is accusing gaza of breaking the truce by firing rockets near the gaza strip. the big question, what happens now? this is a conflict, a region, a world at an inflection point. negotiations, they are still technically ongoing, according to the foreign ministry of qatar. but whether or not they can actually reach any type of resolution, whether or not they re engaged in a fullsome manner, it s unclear at this time. stakes could not be higher. the remaining hostages is a significant question across the world. israel says 137 are still believed to be in gaza. a senior u.s. official tells me before the truce fell apart, hamas claimed it did not have any more women or children hostages to exchange that s been critical to the deal up to this point. israel