goal. spend less and we achieved that coal. ~ . , spend less and we achieved that oal. ~ ., , , goal. was it everything i wanted? goal. was it everything i wanted? no. goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but- goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting| goal. was it everything i - wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty darn good for the american public. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from capitol hill. tell us about some of the reactions you have been hearing after this bill passed? after this bill passed? when the bill passed, after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there - after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was i after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was a | the bill passed, there was a sigh of relief in the chamber, certainly by the moderate democrats and republicans who were glad it finally cleared
nomia, tell us some of the reaction you have been seeing to the vote having passed? fix, to the vote having passed? huge sigh of relief, really, by those members of the republican party and democratic party who were somewhere in the middle and glad this has now past this hurdle before it gets to the senate. the numbers are really interesting. 71 republicans opposed the bill. some are not surprising. 46 democrats also voted against. again, some of those members were not surprising. but what is interesting, ultimately more democrats supported, 165, than republicans, 149. now the next big battle is the senate. find big battle is the senate. and what can we big battle is the senate. and what can we expect - big battle is the senate. and what can we expect in the senate, nomia? what can we expect in the senate, nomia? well, the democratic senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, - senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, chuck i democratic party, chuck schumer, the demo
i want to ask you about a possible path to peace, we spoke to richard haas last week. while we are continuing to help ukraine, can we introduce a diplomatic dimension? i m not talking about peace, not talking about letting bygones be bygones, but at least bring about something of a ceasefire. what do you think of that? i would quote douglas macarthur, who once said, in war, there is no substitute for victory. ambassador, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. let s turn to conflict in sudan. there are reports of ongoing fighting in the north of the capital khartoum, hours after the army suspended ceasefire talks with the paramilitary rapid support forces. both sides have accused each other of breaking ceasefires, the latest of which is supposed to be in place until saturday. merchuma has this report from nairobi.
worry that the isolationist virus is loose in the us again. i think the campaigns are at a very early stage. i think at this point, support among the general population to continue to aid ukraine is overwhelming. i want to ask you about a possible path to peace. to a ceasefire. we spoke to someone last week. ceasefire. we spoke to someone last week- - - last week. while we are continuing last week. while we are continuing to last week. while we are continuing to help - last week. while we are l continuing to help ukraine, last week. while we are i continuing to help ukraine, can we introduce a diplomatic dimension? i m not talking about dimension? i m not talking about peace, not talking about letting about peace, not talking about letting bygones be bygones, but at least letting bygones be bygones, but at least bring about something of a ceasefire. of a ceasefire. what do you think of that? of a ceasefire. what do you think of that? | of a ceasefire. what do you think of
of between prosecuting the insurrectionists and letting sort of the process take care of itself and in this very american way just moving on and letting bygones be bygones. what we re watching is a huge part of the country that really sincerely believes the election was stolen and if you consider that for a second, you realize that s showing up with guns to election counting is not an unreasonable thing to do in the frame work. imagine you really believe your democracy was stolen from you. what are you going to do about it is a question they re asking themselves exactly the same way we re asking ourselves, right? so it has to be a huge national effort and that s the one thing that we re not interpreting. we re seeing, jason, it seems like administration is counting on the january 6th committee to