We begin tonight in washington, where President Biden is urging lawmakers to finish their work after congress barely avoided a Government Shutdown this weekend. Funding was due to run out today but will now be temporarily extended through the middle of next month. The bipartisan vote saturday has angered some House Republicans with one gop lawmaker pushing to oust speaker Kevin Mccarthy as soon as this week. Cbss Congressional Correspondent Nikole Killion has been following it all along and starts us off from capitol hill. Good evening, nikole. Reporter hey, good evening to you, jericka. The funding fight may be over for now. But the political infighting continues here on capitol hill, and President Biden says hes had enough. Stop playing games. Get this done. Reporter an exasperated President Biden blamed House Republicans for putting the federal government on the verge of a shutdown. Im sick and tired of the brinksmanship. And so are the american people. Ive been doing this, you all
Authorities are calling it a possible abduction. Multiple agencies combing the park using dogs and drones. Also tonight, while the shutdown is delayed, the crisis isnt over. Millions of federal workers and u. S. Troops could be back where they were facing a loss of pay within a month and a half. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy passed the deal with the help of democrats. Now faces threats from the right. Matt gaetz moving to oust mccarthy. The speaker says, bring it on. Maryalice parks has the latest. President biden tells House Republicans to stop blaming games after Congress Fails to approve new u. S. Funding for ukraine. This comes as ukraine renews its Drone Attacks inside russia. Tom soufi burridge is on the ground in ukraine. Were tracking a new storm system sweeping across the country this week. Plus, the return of smokey haze from canadian wildfires. Somara theodore times it out. Some of Donald Trumps valued businesses could be on the line as the former president goes on trial in a
In a dramatic 11th hour scramble on capitol hill, lawmakers voted to extend government funding at current levels for 45 days. The bill passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support. But did House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy alienate the gop hard liners who refused to vote for it . Well ask him. Whats missing in the bill . Any help to deal with the border crisis and theres no aid to ukraine, which the Biden Administration says will run out before the november 17th deadline. Well talk to South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham and Trump Administration defense secretary mark esper. Whats included in the bill . 16 billion in disaster relief. That type of funding will help with once unthinkable scenes like the new york flooding. The states governor kathy hochul will join us. Bipartisanship saved the day. This time around on capitol hill. Can it happen again . Well talk to the heads of the selfproclaimed house problem solvers caucus. New jersey democrat Josh Gottheimer and Pennsylvania Republican f
Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. In a dramatic 11th hour scramble on capitol hill, lawmakers voted to extend government funding at current levels for 45 days. The bill passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support. But did House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy alienate the gop hard liners who refused to vote for it . Well ask him. Whats missing in the bill . Any help to deal with the border crisis and theres no aid to ukraine, which the Biden Administration says will run out before the november 17th deadline. Well talk to South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham and Trump Administration defense secretary mark esper. Whats included in the bill . 16 billion in disaster relief. That type of funding will help with once unthinkable scenes like the new york flooding. The states governor kathy hochul will join us. Bipartisanship saved the day. This time around on capitol hill. Can it happen again . Well talk to the heads of the selfproclaimed house problem solvers caucus. New jersey democrat Josh Gottheimer and P
You just know there are more great things to come. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im Michael Holmes in atlanta. Appreciate your company. With just hours to spare, the u. S. Senate late saturday averted a Government Shutdown by a vote of 889. Senators passed the house bill that will keep the money flowing for another 45 days. The white house sent out a photo of President Biden signing the shortterm measure into law shortly before the med night deadline. The deal came together with surprising speed in the end with u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy abruptly changing course and asking democrats for help. The result was a resounding bipartisan passage of a shortterm bill. But many lawmakers on both sides are very unhappy the final bill did not contain additional aid to ukraine, especially at such a critical moment in the war. Still, Senate Leaders were relieved to have brought this showdown to an end. Its been a day full of twists and turns