Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. A Military Aid Package to item that has been improved. It has also voted to ban the run that cut its ties with china. Tiktok. Lets speak tour correspondent in washington, helena humphrey. It has been six months in the making. It has been six months in the makinu. ,. , ,. , making. Now one step closer to aurantin making. Now one step closer to granting that making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited aid l making. Now one step closer to l granting that longawaited aid to granting that long awaited aid to ukraine to the tune of some 61 billion us dollars. It happened with much needed bipartisan support. We saw 311 votes in favour. A simple majority was needed, 218 were the votes we needed so it passed with 93 extra votes on its side. We will see it going to the senate now. Senate
To the yes. The bill has passed. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 Billion Dollar package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky. Yes, hesjust said, im grateful to the United States House Of Representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision. He says that keeps history on the right track. He talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. And a slight reagan quote where he says, just peace and security can o
me. i m fredricka whitfield. the deadly storm system that shredded northern tennessee is bearing down on millions of americans on the east coast. it spawned a tornado saturday afternoon that killed six people including three in the clarksville area. one of them a child. witnesses appear to be just yards away when they recorded the monster twister crossing a street. oh, my god. how did they remain so calm? nearly 50 miles away, emergency officials say a suspected tornado killed another three people in madison, just north of nashville. reportered a 2-year-old child is among the dead. the governor of tennessee declared a state of emergency as rescuers search for survivors today. we hope the death toll doesn t rise. as of right now, we don t have anything and we hope we don t. but we are still in the recovery stage right now and making assessments. cnn meteorologist alisa rafah is tracking the system from the severe weather center. but, first, let s go to madison, tenness
welcome to the programme and we are tracking the latest on the israel gaza conflict. us secretary of state antony blinken is back in tel aviv. wednesday was the sixth day of a truce between israel and hamas. talks are ongoing in an effort to extend this before it expires. in the past few hours, senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc that israel would agree to an extension as long as hamas continues releasing hostages. earlier, ten israeli and four thai hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip arrived in israel, after being handed over to the red cross. two russian israeli women were freed earlier. this is the sixth group to be released in as many days of the truce. meanwhile, israel announced 30 palestinian women and teenage boys have been freed from israeli prisons in return for the latest releases. also looking at more news on israel, still trying to confirm a claim by hamas that a 10 month old baby the youngest hostage being held in gaza has been k