We are moments away from a very rare primetime Oval Office Address from the president United States. It comes amid a desperate situation in the middle east as the war there between israel and hamas enters its 13th day. Nearly 200 kidnapped civilians, including american citizens, are still being held hostage, surround accounted for. Militants continue to fire rockets into israel, and israel s missile strikes Strike Targets in gaza. A worsening humanitarian crisis leaving people with limited access to food, medicine, and clean water for more than a week. President biden just returned from israel. Is second trumps president to an active war zone. He visited kyiv in february and tonight is expected to make it appealed to the American People to continue supporting ukraine and israel. Likely to take billions of dollars and Military Assistance for the two countries in addition to 100 Million Dollars in humanitarian get aid for gaza in the west bank. This comes as the white house continues eff
C. As President Biden prepares to address the nation. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. I will be with my colleagues in washington. We are moments away from a very rare primetime Oval Office Address from the president of the United States. It comes amid a desperate situation in the middle east as the war there between israel and hamas enters its 13th day. Nearly 200 kidnapped civilians, including american citizens, are still being held hostage, some unaccounted for. Militants continue to fire rockets into israel, and israels missiles strike targets in gaza, a worsening humanitarian crisis leaving people with limited access to food, medicine, and clean water for more than a week. President biden just returned from israel. Its the second time for the president to visit an active war zone. He visited kyiv in february and tonight is expected to make an appealed to the American People to continue supporting ukraine and israel. Its likely to take billions of dollars in Military Ass
Opinion, it is their decision how to use these weapons. They are defending their country, putin invaded them, violating international law. They are forced to take measures. We do not discuss the relevant caveats. Lets be absolutely clear. Russia attacked ukraine, and ukraine has the right to retaliate against russia, including on russian territory. This is ukraines decision. Ukraine has this right. Russia strikes on the territory of ukraine, so it is clear that ukraine feels the need show that she is defending herself. This is to drive the russians out of the country and have the ability to strike back. Britain provides ukraine with stormshadow missiles, which have a range of approximately 250 km. These are cruise missiles that are designed to hit large buildings and complexes, such as port infrastructure, headquarters, warehouses, bunkers, missile sites, airfields, bridges and. The military has already struck occupied crimea with these missiles, so in september, they hit at the headqu
Chinese communist party p for influence. We are taking a stand to protect our own, protect our values, and then a Major Chinese communist party our hero. Lets be that hero. Thank you very much. I yield back. The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Vance thank you very much, mr. President. With respect to my colleagues who voted in the other direction on there piece of legislation, let me offer some serious concerns about the direction were headed as a country and about what this vote represents in terms of american readiness, american capacity to defend itself and its yooels in the future allies in the future and most importantly, the American Leaderships ability to acknowledge where we really are as a country, our strengths, our weaknesses, what can be built upon and what must be rebuilt entirely. I am extraordinarily aware of a couple of historical anothingies analogies that should inform this debate, one that seems to always inform the debate and another that never seems to
Vote the clerk mr. Moran, aye. The clerk ms. Ernst, aye. It the clerk mr. Bennet, no. Mr. Menendez, no. The clerk mr. Murphy, no. The clerk ms. Cortezmasto, no. Ms. Butler, no. Mr. Kennedy, aye. The clerk mr. Blumenthal, no. Mr. Budd, aye. The clerk ms. Collins, aye. Mr. Cruz, aye. The clerk mr. Van hollen, no. The clerk mr. Warnock, no. Mr. Coons, no. The clerk mr. Carper, no. Ms. Murkowski, aye. The clerk ms. Lummis, aye. The clerk mr. Sullivan, aye. Vote the presiding officer on this vote the nays are 48 on this vote the yeas are 48, the nays are 50. The motion is not agreed to. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion on the house message to accompany h. R. 815 be waived. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Schumer i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cl