Direct aid to israel, ukraine and taiwan and also aim to ban tik tok in the u. S. , the package will need significant help from democrats in order to pass. Welcome to Fox News Live, im Griff Jenkins, hey, alicia, its going to be a busy day. Alicia its going to be busy, im alicia acuna, hi, griff. Well look whether Marjorie Taylor greene will have the move to oust speaker johnson. He says he would continue to do his job and not be deterred by threats. And chad pergram is on capitol hill following it for us. Good afternoon. All of this is going to go down in the next couple of hours, votes start soon and then questions about johnsons leadership. Their 61 Billion Dollars for ukraine, the most controversial of all. The speak of of the house come out in support of ukraine. History judges us for what we do, this is a critical time on The World Stage and the speaker continued, i would rather send bullets to ukraine than american boys. The house automatically blends the bills into one package
It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Were tracking several breaking stories right now. Israel strikes back, targeting iran overnight. The fallout as tensions grow in the middle east. Here at home, a critical vote under way right now on capitol hill to advance a whopping package of aid to ukraine and israel. In new york city, Jury Selection back under way in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial, a full panel of 12 in place as they search for five more people to fill the alternate seats. And we begin with Breaking News on capitol hill, where happening right now the house is voting on whether to consider a package of bills with 95 billion in aid for ukraine, israel and the indopacific. Joining us now from capitol hill is nbcs ali vitali. What is happening right now . Reporter look, just in the last minute or two, jose, since we came on the air with you, democrats who had seemingly been holding their votes back from this rule vote just i think to get a sens
Are downplaying this. They are not at this point pointing the finger at israel. They are not at this point promising revenge. We are expecting to hear the iranians speaking fairly shortly. This is preplanned speech. Its not specifically in response to this strike, so well be closely monitoring that. In terms of israel, they are not officially claiming responsibility one way or another there are no plans of address from netanyahu and no official comment from the Israeli Government and israeli military. And that, too, is really telling. It feels like the israelis are trying to give iran space to not escalate this further. Theyre not trying to rub irans face in this. Theyre not crowing, not claiming victory. So you have this kind of war of words playing out on top of the actual strike itself, so at this moment despite those iranian threats weve been hearing all week that any iisraeli attack would be met with massive retaliation, it does not look like iran is trying to escalate, and here i
Fresh reporting on how top us officials are worried that israels response to iran will provoke a wider war, one that could drag the United States into this conflict. New reporting on the president convening top congressional leaders to discuss retaliatory strikes for iran as cause grows forrester and legislative response. And buckle up, big apple. A historic week ahead where Jury Selection begins tomorrow in the hush money trial of donald trump, the First American president to sit for a criminal trial. Im Ayman Mohyeldin. Lets do it. Tensions are high in the middle east as the world waits on israels next moves in the aftermath of irans retaliatory attack. United nations envoy issued a stark warning at the Emergency Security Council Meeting earlier. We are not a frog in boiling water. We are a nation of lions. Following such a massive and direct attack on israel, the entire world let alone israel cannot settle for an action. We will defend our future. This comes as President Biden is ca
Iran attacks. The president reportedly concerned a wider conflict is ahead, and that america could get dragged into it. Also tonight, pretrial tantrums. Donald trump on the attack against key figures in his Hush Money Trial with Jury Selection just hours away. And we put a spotlight on a gop art form known as Judge Shopping that has led to the roll back of your rights and how to stop it. Lets begin. We are continuing to follow this weekends major escalation across the middle east. Iran Launching Hundreds of drones, missiles, towards israel saturday. Which it says is its response to israels deadly bombing of a consulate in syria earlier this month. It is what happens next that we are all watching for and bracing ourselves for. Based on new reporting from nbc news, some top u. S. Officials are worried that israel may in fact respond hastily to irans attacks and provoke a wider regional conflict that the u. S. Could get dragged into. Well dive deeper into that in a moment. But over the pa