welcome to inside politics. we are in the middle of a very busy day here in washington. we re standing by for president biden to speak on the dire situation in congress if it fails to aprue more money for ukraine. an agreement on capitol hill is looking quite grim right now as the white house is already been warning about the dangerous stakes for the u.s. now the president is going to weigh in. and lawmakers, it s up in the air whether or not they are going to act. priscilla alvarez is at the white house. manu raju is on capitol hill. priscilla alvarez, what are you hearing about what the president will say? reporter: the president is going to take an urgent tone on passing the is supplemental request. the president addressed the nation. he s gone to the pages of the washington post to express how important this is passed. the resounding message from the president has been that this request in aid to ukraine and to israel is not just about helping these countries abroad
disaster voluntarily inflicked. maria: well, did you see that they sent back two people for the remain in mexico program? i mean, ors this is just so outrageous my view, and i m speaking only for myself, he s violating the court injunction. in my view, speak only for myself here, i believe if the house retakes the majority, that should be first up in the articles of impeachment. maria: well, how are the republicans doing? i mean, you and i spoke about the leadership in the senate and why you re seeing republicans vote with democrats on things like infrastructure, debt ceiling. and government funding bills. the i want to talk about senate leadership for a moment, senate leadership. because in the senate you need 60 votes, the house is a simple majority, and i give great credit to house leaders for fighting tooth and nail despite not having any procedural tools. the senate leadership has made a series of inexplicable decisions. i ll key in on one right now. not once, but twice, t
disaster voluntarily inflicked. maria: well, did you see that they sent back two people for the remain in mexico program? i mean, ors this is just so outrageous my view, and i m speaking only for myself, he s violating the court injunction. in my view, speak only for myself here, i believe if the house retakes the majority, that should be first up in the articles of impeachment. maria: well, how are the republicans doing? i mean, you and i spoke about the leadership in the senate and why you re seeing republicans vote with democrats on things like infrastructure, debt ceiling. and government funding bills. the i want to talk about senate leadership for a moment, senate leadership. because in the senate you need 60 votes, the house is a simple majority, and i give great credit to house leaders for fighting tooth and nail despite not having any procedural tools. the senate leadership has made a series of inexplicable decisions. i ll key in on one right now. not once, but twice, t
controversy. is even a hint of this that they re not getting in line behind him. giving you the sense maybe they re done completely being in lock step with president trump. yes are, i think that s hold on, i m going to bill. look, maybe you saw a little bit with jeff flake. to me, this whitaker thing is another example of a self-infliself-i self-inflicked wound. nobody knows who the guy was people from the masculine toilet company know who he is. i m pretty sure from the fbi who have been investigating how about the in the law enforcement circles. i mean, he s chief of staff to the attorney general. why not pick rosenstein?
weapons on european soil and put us on a level playing field which is a deep cause for concern for me. this was self-inflicted for macron? i don t think it was self-inflicked, but he was speaking the need to bolster defenses in light of a variety of threats. typically leaders, perhaps not our own, make statements that benefit their national security rather than worrying about what a personal reaction might be. he knew this would get a reaction from president trump just like he probably knew that making the claims about nationalism might get a reaction from president trump. that s a smart move when he thinks about strategic interest. good to see you. thanks so much. the contentious florida elections are in sharp focus as hundreds of thousands of votes are recounted. here s a live look at poll workers are going through,