roughly half will be for military aid, the other half for humanitarian aid. it s not sure if that s going to be rolled into this larger omnibus funding bill or if it s going to be stand-alone but that s what we re looking ahead to as the week starts next week in washington. okay, ali vitali outside the white house, thank you so much for that report. let s go now to those breaking developments in just this past hour on the efforts to oust russia from s.w.i.f.t. the german ambassador to the u.s. now says germany is working on how to limit the collateral damage from banning russia from s.w.i.f.t. that is a european-based messaging network and that connects financial institutions around the world. president biden thus far refraining from banning russia earlier this week, saying the move does not yet have widespread european support. well, joining me now is natalie jaresko, ukraine s finance minister from 2014 to 2016. natalie, big welcome to you. glad to have you here and want to ask how
have the chance to meet with prime minister bennett and others, and across these meetings i will affirm as i always do, as president biden always does, and there are ironclad commitment to israel s security. we discussed this short while ago. and just a few days ago, president biden signed the omnibus funding bill that includes $1 million for the system that has saved countless lives, including during last year s conflict with hamas. we condemn the attacks in bathsheba, and when it comes to the most important element, we see item why. we are both committed that iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon. russia s aggression against ukraine is
Trump Caves to Pressure, Signs COVID Relief and Funding Bills
On 12/27/20 at 8:28 PM EST
President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion bipartisan COVID-19 stimulus bill Sunday night that passed by Congress earlier this week, providing some much needed economic relief to struggling Americans.
The stimulus package was combined with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package to keep the government funded next year. As a result, Trump s signature also averted a pending government shutdown that lawmakers had scrambled to prevent.
Most Americans will receive $600 stimulus checks with an additional $600 for dependents up to 17 years of age as part of the COVID-19 relief legislation
washington. and you wonder, as you watch this, everyone seems to be angry and united against gun violence and agreed, it s difficult to find anyone who is for more gun violence, everybody typically agrees that that s something that needs to end. the debate how to end it is a lot more complicated. noteworthy part of the manifesto that march for our lives put out, talking about demands. one is ban accessories that simulate automatic weapons, aka bump p stocks. that s something that the white house has already done in terms of fixing background checks and trying to close loopholes. the white house will tell you that that s something that they ve already done as well, with the latest omnibus funding bill, trying to begin to close the crack that things have fallen through. speaking of the white house, president trump is not in washington right now, he s down in palm beach spending the