Menendez. We begin this hour with Breaking News from capitol hill. At any moment, we expect the senate to begin to pick on the house bill to avert a government shutdown. However, we have Breaking News about why we have yet to the process began. Nbc news now reporting one senator is holding up the bill, concerned about a to a current. The house passed the 45day stopgap Funding Measure with bipartisan support earlier today, the bill includes money for Disaster Relief, keeps the government open until november 17th, but the bill does not include aid to ukraine. The house vote was a uturn for House Speaker kevin mccarthy, who ditched demands from hard on republicans and relied on votes from democrats to get a continuing resolution over the line. But the bill does not include further aid to ukraine. And that is a problem for democratic senator Michael Bennet. Nbc news says he is reportedly holding out this senate vote on the cr, citing concerns over the lack of funding for ukraine. This is w
do their dangerous and difficult jobs. dana: homeland security secretary mayokas facing tough questions in a senate hearing underway defending president biden s border policy after illegal policies have hit record highs. they want an additional $14 billion to support operations along the border including temporary detention and processing centers and money for cities to expedite work permits for non-citizens. senate republicans are calling for solutions including resuming construction of the border wall and asylum reform. a full report coming up for you later this hour. also on capitol hill the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on free speech on america s college and university campuses along with the rise of anti-semitism and violence against students supporting israel. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. nice to be with you. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. today s house hearing happens as reports
wildlife, grizzly bears and wolves, creatures that are rare in other parts of the globe and here are healthy and depend on a whole growth rain forest. the salmons in alaska s waters still wild are a key part of the economy of south east alaska and important for people who make their way of life based on salmon in the region. in addition, the unique tongito forest draws visitors from around the country every year, last year more than a million visitors to see the spectacular place. and together with the fishing industry, the visitor tourism is the mainstay of southeast
i touched on this a moment ago, indicative of a much bigger problem, tell us more about what you believe is behind all of this. yeah, when we stopped and examined these salmon we looked for sign of diseases, infections, anything they might have indicated that these salmons were sick, we saw nothing of the sort. these were healthy salmon. they had beautiful eggs inside of them, weren t even close to spawning and really what we think happened it was an extreme heat event that caused stress to these salmon. it coincided with record-set temperatures in alaska. on the river alone, in these villages i looked at the weather history, a temperatures for about a week in early july were 20 degrees higher than average. and so you can imagine that really warmed up the water and