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Failed to convince enough members of his party to back a stop gap measure that would fund federal agencies for another month, while Congress Worked on long term spending plans. This means at midnight eastern time on sunday, the Us Government will run out of money to fund itself unless congress can agree a last minute deal. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are in a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging Spending Cuts. One of that groups main objections has been the white houses request for an additional 24 billion in aid to ukraine. Mr mccarthy urged the senate to drop that measure from its resolution. I think if we had a clean one without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move that through. I think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. Earlier, megan scully is Bloomberg Congress editor joined me with her reporting on capitol hill.
Youre very welcome. We begin with a Space Mission that could help explain the origins of Life On Earth. A Nasa Capsule Containing Rock and dust from the surface of an asteroid has successfully touched down in the utah desert. Its the largest ever sample from an asteroid that has made it to earth, and its an achievement nearly 20 years in the making. American scientists first pitched the idea to nasa in 2004. It wasnt until their third attempt in 2011 that the project was finally approved by nasa. 5 years later in 2016, scientists launched 0siris rex into space. On december 3, 2018, the capsule arrived at asteroid bennu. 0siris rex collected a sample from bennu in october of 2020. Then on may 10, 2021, 0siris rex began itsjourney Back To Earth leading us to this weekends events. On sunday, it successfully landed back here on earth. Recovery teams are now assessing the capsule s condition, before transporting it to clean rooms near salt lake city. It will be disassembled there, and the s
operation against hamas in gaza s biggest hospital al shifa in gaza city where thousands of civilians are believed to be sheltering. in a statement the idf says is conducting a ground operation in gaza to defeat hamas and rescue hostages. israel is at war with hamas, not the civilians in gaza, it says. we re just getting details mark correspondence in gaza who was hearing that israeli soldiers are now inside shifa hospital and eyewitness told us reporter rushdi abualouf saying that is really fight a smoke from that caused people to suffocate. he said soldiers vandalised the specialised surgical department and contact with him was cut off. it comes after the white house and pentagon confirmed there is an intelligent supporting israel s claim that hamas and the palestinian islamichhad are operating from tunnels under hospitals including al shifa. they say they are storing weapons there. hamas denies the claims and his court for an international committee to come in and inspect
in new york confirmed the raid saying the israeli military was doing everything possible to prevent civilians at the hospital getting caught up in the operation. and eyewitnesses told the bbc he has tanks inside the hospital grounds and more than 100 soldiers entering the main emergency department. in a statement, the idf says it is conducting a ground operation in gaza to defeat hamas and rescue hostages. it said israel is at war with hamas not with the civilians in gaza. this is the first time the military is directly entering al shifa hospital after days of strikes and heavy fighting around the grounds in gaza city. the white house has reiterated its earlier position that it does not want to see any targeting of hospitals. the raid comes after the us confirmed it has intelligent supporting israel s claim that hamas in the palestinian islamicjihad are operating from tunnels below hospitals, including al shifa. they say they are also storing weapons there. thomas denies the