Stay updated with breaking news from Anne hathaway sol. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
good to be with you, i m katy tur. the 118th congress is in a league of its own when it comes to legislating. i would call it little league but even toddlers get a lucky swing or two. this group of lawmakers is on track to become the most unproductive in history. in the year it has been in power, only 35 bills have been passed and signed into law. the fewest since the great depression. it s been particularly bad in the always somewhat unruly house, but the republicans with their divergent interests and painfully slim majority have been especially unproductive, and yet last night, the lawmakers in the lower chamber did something extraordinary. they passed a tax bill that benefits both families and businesses with a giant bipartisan majority. 357 to 70. more than 3/4 of the house. democrats and republicans, all of them together. expanding the child tax credit, and restoring a set of expired tax breaks for certain corporations. and yet the senate is now saying, nar, n ....
in fact, sonoma county firefighters had to rescue someone trapped in their car that was surrounded by rushing waters. also right now, some supporters of a far right group that calls itself god s army heading to the texas border and calling for a civil war. what they say they ll do when they get there. plus, the eu reaching a critical $54 billion deal to fund ukraine. so, can president biden push congress to do the same? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the looming question of when there might be u.s. military retaliation against iran. nbc s courtney kube is reporting on this from bahrain. courtney, what do we know at this hour? reporter: so we re still waiting to hear about what frankly the administration has really been telegraphing was an expected response or retaliation to those deadly attacks over the weekend, in which three u.s. soldiers were killed and at least 41 others were injured, including one who was se ....
this hour, mike johnson about to take the floor to slam the senate s bipartisan border compromise in his first speech after a 15-hour meeting of republicans ending in a vote to push forward and try to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas. nato s secretary-general on the urgent need for the u.s. to support ukraine. the cia director warns cutting off aid would be a mistake of historic proportions. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the ceos of the most widely used social media platforms are on capitol hill today. they are being criticized for not doing enough to protect children online from both sexual and other harmful content, including pro-hamas content on tiktok. executives from tiktok, meta, x, snapchat and discord are defending some of the steps they have taken, telling thediciary committed to keeping kids safe. the technology is growing faster than congress has been able to react. right now, the platforms are left to police themselve ....
any right for palestinians and what elements they re calling for ethnic cleansing and displacement of those palestinians. do palestinians have the right to dignity as you said in angola when i was with you on the trip you said the future belongs to those who can think digdignity,t trample it. i said that at a speech at the reagan forum. i said that to my counterpart minister gallant every time i talk to him and i talk to him every week and i emphasize the importance of protecting civilian lives, also emphasizing the importance of providing humanitarian assistance to the palestinians. it is critical. it is really important. this is there is no question that this is a tough it has been a tough conflict. but we re as i said earlier, we are starting to see the israelis kind of shift their stance and change their approach to a more focused and controlled control is not the right word, more focused effort, focused on a discreet set of objectives. and so, i think, yo ....
honor three u.s. service members killed in jordan as they arrive back in the u.s. for a final time. president biden among those attending the dignified transfer of their bodies home to their loved ones. we ll bring you that moment later in the show. plus, can the most ambitious immigration deal in recent memory survive the scorched earth politics of an election year? that test now just days away as senate negotiators prepare to release the details of that agreement with the first vote expected early next week. closing arguments could be all that s left of the landmark trial of jennifer crumbley charged in connection with her son s shooting rampage in 2021. attorneys grilling the mom who they insist never sought help, despite her son telling her, quote, the thoughts won t stop. we ll have the latest coming up. but we begin in delaware where the bodies of three service members, sergeant william rivers, sergeant kennedy sanders, and sergeant breonna moffett are being ....