our goal today is to try to foster a discussion based on principles, not politics, much like the example of bipartisan bridge building said by democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch, passing some of the most important legislation of their times, such as the americans with disabilities act and the children s health insurance program, and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been the hallmark of the u.s. senate for more than two centuries. and now, without further ado,
m kennedy institute, hatch foundation and be our goal to foster a discussion. based on principles not politics. politics. passing some o and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement we ll try to find common ground. through constructive disagreement. and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been hallmark of u.s. has been hallmark of u.s. senate for over two centuries, now. without further ado, let s get started welcome new hampshire senior jeanne shaheen and iowa senator joni ernst. [applause] senators welcome. you know senator sanders an
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
russia is going to get the upper hand over the ukrainians in that war well let s start with the irony that our former president is on trial in a courtroom in new york and american leadership is on trial on the floor of the house of representatives. that s a lot of trials. i think what crenshaw said is right, the big problem is that kevin mccarthy, in order to become speaker eva way all the power of the speaker. so my view is if johnson is not removed over this, it will be something else he s hanging by a thread. the good news is he s doing the right thing. i wish he were putting the senate bill on the house floor so that there would be no conference. and this thing could move faster. and i do understand and that there s still a move to have a discharge petition signed by a majority of members of the house that would force that to happen. but meanwhile, at least putting the money bills, four, three important international crises on the
information and the right answer is to fund courageous ukrainians, whatever their religion is, who are fighting not only for their freedom but for our freedom, don t we understand that putin s next move? if he wins in ukraine is heading to europe to nato countries, we are a member of nato. they will invoke article five and we will be at war with our boots on the ground in europe. and this is not something we should wish for. this is a tiny little micro share of our budget to spend on our aerospace here, to replenish the assets that they will shipped to ukraine. there replenishment will be higher technology than what ukraine is getting a lot of those assets are already in europe and can get to ukraine quickly. i was just there two weeks ago. what i saw was ukraine making its own drones, very inexpensive for short reign drones, longer-range drones tanks and