development. that s r and d right. new documents the f.b.i. weighed using it to track americans. gillian turner is tracking the story. democratic senator believes wray provided misleading testimony to congress under oath and the f.b.i. actually planned to use this very powerful spy ware tool called pegasus even targeting americans phones when necessary. the f.b.i. says the director s testimony was accurate when given and remains true today. there has been no operational use of the nso product to support any f.b.i. investigation. senator told us yesterday quote it is totally unacceptable for the f.b.i. director to provide misleading testimony about the bureau s acquisition of powerful hacking tools and wait months to give the full story to congress and the american people. what is pegasus spy ware? it is a phone hacking tool that
school and build a new one. federal money could be available to help do that, katie. thank you to legs mclaughlin in uvalde, texas. now we will turn to ukraine where 101 days ago, russian president, a vladimir putin, launched his war against the sovereign nation. russian and ukrainian forces are now locked in a fierce and bat bloody battle for the control of the east. president of volodymyr zelenskyy promised yesterday quote, a victory will be ours while a technology the kremlin forces control 20% of ukrainian territory. for the latest on the ground, we are joined by and pc news correspondent alison barber who is live in kyiv. russia has advantages at this a face of the war that they did not before. the forces are concentrated. how does this affect the ability to seize and hold on to the territory that they gained? the hey, katie. russia has not had a tactical success. they had this 100 days ago.
news showing 60% favored the deal. speaking to reporters trump expressed desire for compromise. we re in very good shape and we re going to take a look at it when it comes. i don t want to see a shutdown. shutdown would be a terrible thing. i think a point was made with the last shutdown, people realized how bad the border is, how unsafe the border is and a lot of good points were made. so republican lawmakers says that president trump is the one who knocked down a measure that would provide back pay to federal contractors who were affected by last month s historic government shutdown. for more on that let s bring in our national political reporter, heidi przybyla. reporter: democratic lawmakers in both the house and senate were pushing the provision as part of a bipartisan agreement to avoid another shutdown. the measure also has the support of many republicans. but gop senator roy blunt told reporters yesterday quote, i ve been told the president will not sign that. he added i
right now immediately. all that needs to happen is for our democratic friends agree it s time to put the country ahead of politics, take yes for an answer and vote to put the standoff behind us. so president trump tweeted yesterday quote never seen mitch mcconnell and republicans so united on an issue as the border wall. it s a sentiment endorsed by most capitol hill republicans including newly sworn in mitt romney in an interview with u.s.policy.com. is there any discussions within your colleagues in the senate about trying to put together something that would get 67 votes which would be enough to override a presidential veto. that s your power under article i. you are a ko equal branch. no question. i think it s extremely unlikely, would say, we re not going to follow the president s lead on this. now, who knows what happens a long, long time from now and
reported president trump has frequently asked aides about withdrawing from nato. yesterday, the bill s sponsor, congressman jimmie panetta, had this to say. what we have to realize is nato is not just a transactional relationship. our sole focus can t just be on who pays what and who gets what. being a member of nato is not like being a member of a country club. michael steele, the republicans who i don t get it, in terms of this clear message to the president, at this point, hopefully he will at least step back a little bit and stop talking this way about alliances that we need. there s been some scuttlebutt in some of the circles around the president around what he said. there s been an effort to dial it down if not walk it back completely. yesterday s vote was a reproach