time. do you understand? you live around here. senate time is ridiculous. they live till 200 hundred. there are tortoises. they live forever and they never lose their jobs, and then never lose their benefits, and they never lose anything. they re not on senate time, they re on human time. cancer time. so they can t leave until this gets done. because these people will not give up. they will not give in, and they will not relent. this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. and if this is america first, then america is [bleep] [applause] you know who will not give up? susan zire, she is spending tonight on the steps of the capitol. susan, thank you for joining me tonight.
benefits. and they never lose all of those things. but they re not on senate time. they re on human time. cancer time. this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. and if this is america first, then america is [ bleep ]. the bill breezed through the senate last month and voted 84-14, it was only brought back up to fix a technical issue with low it was written. but then, more than two dozen senate republicans switched their vote and the bill did not pass. the final vote yesterday ended up being 55-42, every democrat was in favor of the bill, but it needed 60 votes to overcome the filibuster. democrats have accused the republicans of tanking the act as retaliation for a recently-announced spending package deal. and they insist it is not true. they point instead to a budgetary policy dispute between the two pears.
those close to the president are trying to keep ambitious democrats away from the 2024 spotlight. also, we re going to keep a close eye on the economy. stocks look to finish the week on a high note despite the negative gdp report that came out yesterday which is now fueling fears of a recession. those stories and a check of the weather when we come back. time. it s life s most precious commodity, especially when you have metastatic breast cancer. when your time is threatened, it s hard to invest in your future.
done maybe after we get back from our summer recess. maybe during the lame duck. they re on senate time. they live forever and they never lose their jobs and they never lose their benefits and they never lose all those things. they re not on senate time, they re on human time. cancer time. this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. if this is america first, then america is [bleep]. bill: jon stewart not happy. this after senate republicans blocked a bill that would expand healthcare for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in places like iraq and afghanistan. republicans say they were not happy with the provision that they claim was stuck inside the bill and they want it out. back with me today jon stewart. good morning to you. thanks for coming back.
did not press the department leadership at that time to explain why they didn t preserve the records, nor seek ways to recover the lost data. that s according to four people briefed on the watchdog s actions. also failed to alert congress to the potential destruction of government records this. of course comes as the secret service faces a fire storm of criticism for its own lost messages, those texts could have corroborated testimony from a number of white house aides including cassidy hutchinson. turning now to the war in ukraine. where russian forces yesterday hit the capital of kyiv for the first time in several weeks. local officials say at least six missiles hit the city from the black sea injuring 15 people. a military unit and three other buildings were also damaged in the attack. joining us now from kyiv is nbc s josh lederman. great to see you. talk to us about what you see happened there in kyiv and give us an upstate, there s reports of an an update, there s a