not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
we learned that the u.s. government is bracing for p a potential surge in political violenceot once the court hands down the ruling, which is expected tod overturn roe vs. wade.n now when this document wasas leaked w, the white house was given the chance to condemn it, but they chose not to and even went so far as to say that biden was energized by the unprecedented protests outside the justicesente. a now they brought this anger to the fore and now the only i responsible thing to do is to release this ruling. ng the court has. to release the ruling now and the leaker. are we ever going to find out who the leaker is? chief justice john roberts, weor await that now. we re going to have more on ourn panel on this topic in just a moment. but first, biden s epic collapse. that s the focus ofon tonight s angle. . don t look at the stock market as a means by which to judge the economy like mine. my predecessor did as stock market has gone up exponentially since i ve been presid
hour. a small aircraft caught fire after crashing into a bridge in miami, this afternoon. you see some of the images there. officials saying that that plane possibly crashed into some vehicles on the bridge. miami authorities confirming at least two patients were transported to an area hospitals. a total of five people were involved in the crash. we are going to bring you updates on this, as we get more. those images are starting to see. want to go to our nation s capital, as well, thousands of demonstrators gathering in support of abortion rights to oppose the leaked supreme court draft decision that would overturn roe. it is one of more than 300 rallies happening across the country, right now. nbc s antonia hilton is following this for us, in washington d.c.. antonia, good to see you once again. i see that you have moved locations now as this rally is continuing to go on and throughout the day here. bring us up to date as to what more you are hearing from folks. hi yasmin
important one is to remember that of the $40 billion for ukraine, not all of that is for military equipment or even training. a good deal of it, in fact, is for just running the operations of the government. and right now, you crane has a $5 billion a month hole the u.s. is hoping to fill $1.5 billion of that each month and hope that europe, japan, others will fill in the rest. senator rand paul, a republican, he held up the bill insisting in some kind of oversight be included to ensure accountability in terms of how and where the $40 billion is spent. that earned him a bipartisan smackdown. here s the leader of the senate, democrat chuck schumer. it is repugnant that one member of the other side, the junior senator from kentucky, chose to make a show and obstruct ukraine funding, knowing full well he couldn t actually stop its passionage. for senator paul to delay
they ve made them worse. and those things t are a distraction from it. and going back to molly s great point about about the republican party today, you know the reason so many hispanic voters havec come to the republican party is because they believe in a secure border too and thinkoo about this . how racist is it that you have an entire democrat party who believes, oh , you re a hispanic voter, therefore youo must love open borders? that sac the most idiotic i veha ever heard. i know plenty of yeah, i knownt plenty of hispanic votersy . they want a secure border as much as anybody else. well, i wants to get to this point about what chuck schumer said today. molly, about one particular republican senator. watche . it is repugnant that one member of the other side, the junior senator from kentucky, chose to make a show and obstruct ukraine funding knowing full well he couldn t actually stop its passage for senator paul to delay ukraine funding for purely political motives is to only st