In the bake of this audio, the former president and congressional republicans seem to be sticking with him for now, but that could change. trump is not a reliable ally to republicans. we ve seen him give enforcements only to yank them away. it doesn t seem as though there will be any immediate political consequences for mccarthy q but the lie was bold and noteworthy. all right. covid and ukraine still top of mind throughout washington. congress returning from a two-week break. president biden is expected to ask lawmakers for more give on those areas. reporter: that s right. house speaker nancy pelosi s office says she wants to bring ukraine aid to the floor as soon as possible, but not offering a specific timeline as yet. the funding measure is expected to have wide bipartisan support. but some of the open questions of will this bill include more covid funding or if other unrelated policy differences that happened from time to time