Good morning. It is sunday, april 21st. And Alisha Menendez with symone and michael steele. Nato Secretary General brings is the view from our allies in europe. The vote might cause Speaker Johnson his gavel this hour. We will hear from house members Jasmine Crockett and betty thompson. Opening statements in Donald Trumps first criminal trial just over 24 hours away. We are getting set for a crucial week in court. At your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. The longawaited 95 billiondollar foreign aid package is now in the hands of the u. S. Senate. Senators are expected to take of the legislation on tuesday. Saturday afternoon, the house passed a series of bills sending military aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan. The eight for israel also increase twominute turn really for gaza. When it comes to supporting ukraine, a majority of House Republicans voted against the bill picked democrats picked up the slack helping House Speaker mike johnson get the bill over the line. As for
benefit of this aid? i will answer the last question first. the senate reached an agreement yesterday i think in part because they were motivated by the recess to at least not be here to take the first procedural vote. they will do it by voice vote. sometime today, they will proceed to the first vote on the floor. on tuesday, we could potentially see final passage. either tuesday or wednesday, of all these bills. aid to israel, aid to the indo- pacific or aid to ukraine. and the fourth bill that could potentially result in a tiktok ban. democratic-controlled senate led by chuck schumer said they would support the package and it is likely to pass and president biden will sign it into law sometime next week when it does pass. when it comes to elise stefanik, she is the highest ranking republican woman in the house. she is a member of house leadership. she is the only member of leadership on johnson s team that voted against aid to ukraine but not exactly surprising when you see how she