Two pm eastern, symone starts right now. Greetings, everyone. Youre watching symone. We are monitoring Breaking News at this hour. Its been a busy day on capitol hill. With a Clock Ticking and a Government Shutdown deadline just hours away. House lawmakers just approved, they just voted, yall, just approved, 45day stopgap bill. That would keep the government open, democrats coming to the rescue. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is here. Shes gonna discuss todays 11th hour scramble to avoid the shutdown. And Speaker Mccarthy surprise move, something he said he would not do. Its not over though, because keeping the government open is now in the hands of the United States senate. Theyve got eight hours. We are monitoring these developments. We will bring them to you as they are happening. Im symone sanderstownsend, i have something to say. A lot, actually. Crisis averted. We will see. Its been a whirlwind day on capitol hill. Because just hours to spare before a devastating Government Shutd
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good afternoon. With each passing minute the nation is getting closer to a Government Shutdown, but just a short time ago, a possible breakthrough that could help keep The Lights On. The yeas are 335, the nays are 91. Twothird being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended. The bill is passed. And without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The house passed a bipartisan shortterm Spending Bill. The Stopgap Measure would provide 45 days of Government Funding before the next time they have to do this up on capitol hill. It includes federal Disaster Relief assistance as the white house requested, but it does not include aid to ukraine which is a Top White House priority. House democrats overwhelmingly supported the measure and now head the over to the senate. Lets go straight to capitol hill and our manu raju whos been up there all day. Hes going to be going into the evening, i guess. Whats the latest,
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive