Congresswoman, a democrat from california who serves on the house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up these house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up these boats l house Foreign Affairs. The fact i that we took up these boats and pass them once again with overwhelming democratic support shows that were not going to continue to sit the sidelines. It has been tense in Foreign Affairs committee is because republicans continue to share chinese and russian propaganda when we are all looking at the same kind of intelligence that tells us that iran and russia and china are working together in partnership to continue to create regional instability around the globe. We see it in africa in the middle east, in South America and in europe and we have to take a stand. From the capitol, our news correspondent Helena Humphrey told us more about todays vote. After a rare show of bipartisanship the
President biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially within days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with the us mexico border. That particular vote failed. They needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. Than actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has signalled
Set. So marshall, this is a big day for the country, a big day in history. A lot of it, it was this wall be happening Behind Closed Doors with no cameras in the courtroom. But what can we expect . We wont see anything. We wont hear anything will be totally reliant on our colleagues in the room. They can provide realtime updates in writing and sketches. Of course, look, its been a long time coming. Here we are. Donald trump faces 34 felony counts. These are state charges. He cant pardon himself. If he is ultimately convicted. And the theory of the case is falsification of Business Records all about that. Hush money payment to Stormy Daniels how they use the ledger of the Trump Organization to funnel that money to Michael Cohen after the fact and the prosecutor say that it was essentially a cover up, cooking the books so a lot of the names, a lot of the people who are involved in this trial are quite familiar to anybody whos been following trumps travails for the past few years, who are
Would save thousands of lives. Russian officials on the other hand, said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. The focus is now on when that aid will arrive, washington says the first deliveries of American Military hardware and supplies could be in ukraine within a week. Ourfirst report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in Congress Waived ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so muc
Russian officials said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. The focus is now on when the aid will arrive, with reports suggesting it could begin within days. Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag