Before go to harrys. Com slash a shave to claim your 7 trial im pete muntean at Reagan National airport. This is cnn you are in the cnn newsroom. Im Alex Marquardt and washington. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin with a pivotal vote on capitol hill after months of delays and political wrangling rare saturday session today, house lawmakers passed a 95 billion foreign aid package for israel, ukraine, and taiwan. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was finally able to advance the bills through congress with the help and must be noted of democrats. Its a move that could cost him his job as some hardliners his party of threatened to introduce a measure to remove him from his speakership the senate is now set to take up that aid package on tuesday, President Biden now urging senators to send the legislation to his desk quickly so that he can sayyed them into law, quote right away. Lets get straight to our correspondence in both jerusalem and kyiv two countries set to benefit directly
Johnsons here and boy, do we have some questions . The lead starts right now urgent action on the hill as Speaker Johnson finds a way to allow votes on aid to israel and taiwan and ukraine but its johnsons a forward that has his rightward flank in an uproar i dont know how much longer are members are going to tolerate the republican speaker . For that, we elected is it all just talk just johnson need democrats to be his lifeline. Ill ask the speaker himself here on the lead, plus more drama im on the senate, sayyed and Impeachment Trials underway democrats are trying to save Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but republicans, well, theyve got their own plans and a brand new filing. Justin from the new york Hush Money Case a line of questioning that the prosecution may take if donald trump makes good on his pledge and takes the stand welcome to the lead on jake tapper and we start today with our politics lead and just 15 minutes or so, im going to be join live by the Speake
Pants. just slip in an experienced skechers, innovative comfort technology, the bricks skechers slip in pants more on that big news from capitol hill today, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle coming together to approve a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel, and taiwan after months of fierce debate, it now goes to the senate where we ve just learned it s going to be voted on, on tuesday and already president joe biden is asking for it to be sent quickly. get to his desk for signing speaker mike johnson is hailing it as the right move, but it is one that could potentially cost him his job, at least three republican hardliners are threatening to oust him, potentially leaving it up to democrats to save him as republican speaker let s discuss with our political panel, ron brownstein is a senior cnn senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. and mike lillis is a congressional reporter for the hill. thank you both for joining me today. mike, i want to start with