In the future. It also Rick Scott is here to talk about the backlash over lingering covid lockdowns as well as Steve Moore and Robert Wolf to weigh in on rising Food And Gas prices around the nation in Brian Kilmeade with us to respond to the violence that is now spiking across much of the country. John we begin our program at the White House where President Biden is set to speak in about 15 minutes time, doing Damage Control following fridays dismal Job Numbers while continuing to push his massive Tax And Spending spree. Welcome to Mondays Addition of america reports. Gillian Great To Be With You on this monday and i hope you and everyone at home have a wonderful weekend. I am Gillian Turner in for Sandra Smith today. The president is expected to follow up on the disappointing leads, those numbers are now creating on the one hand, says americans are interested in signing up for new jobs because of the Bite And Spending plan. On the other hand cannot unemployed workers across the count
passed a spending package in an attempt to avert a government shutdown with just hours left before the midnight deadline. and plus the deepening dwid over the next phase in gaza. benjamin netanyahu insisting that military operation in rafah is the only way to defeat hamas. secretary blinken saying it could have the opposite effect. and donald trump attorneys insisted neither he are nor in-else is able to came cover the nearly half a billion dollars. but he may have it after all it so what is going on? and we want to begin with the breaking news as another potential battle for speaker of the house unfolds. last hour republican marjorie taylor greene filed a motion to oust speaker mike johnson. today i filed a motion to vacate after speaker johnson has portrayed our conference. it is time to choose a new speaker. and this is right after the house passed a bill to finish stopping a shutdown. and more members voted against it than for it. this is just other five months
government shutdown overnight, but there could be the start of even bigger problems for speaker mike johnson and his republican majority. plus, the former giuliani associate who blew a russia-sized hole into republicans impeachment dreams. we ll talk about his testimony on capitol hill. later, michael cohen is with us as his former boss tries to scrape together $454 million all before monday. we ve got a lot to talk about. welcome to the weekend. congress managed to avoid a shutdown at about 2:00 a.m. eastern time, passing a bill that funds the government through the end of september. republicans left for a two-week recess without delivering crucial aid to ukraine and israel, as well as taiwan. overnight, russian authorities detained 11 people following a terror attack at a concert venue just outside moscow. the russian government says at least 115 people are dead after several gunmen opened fire on the crowd. there were fears moscow would blame ukraine for the att
the senate. the president, by the way, has indicated he would sign it. earlier this month, lawmakers approved a package of six different bills to fund the rest of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. with us now nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, good morning. as we re seeing activity there on the hill, this bill needs a two-thirds vote to pass. how does it look? reporter: everybody we re talking to seems reasonably confident this bill is going to pass, jose. both the house and the senate. but it is not going to come easy. as you point out, this is a bill that the way the procedure that they re using to pass it on the house floor means it requires two-thirds to pass. normally a simple majority. they need around 280 votes to get over the finish line. it is going to be a combination of republicans and democrats. this morning we have seen conservative republicans, members of the house freedom caucus in particular, really put pressure on thei
senate. we will bring you the latest. russia and china blocking a u.s./gaza cease-fire resolution and hostage resolution from passing in a blow to the administration s strategy. i will talk to the u.n. ambassador. prime minister netanyahu rebuffs secretary of state blinken s appeals on aid and rafah. the secretary signaling support to hostage families, cheering him on as he left his hotel in tel aviv today. we are determined to do everything we can to get there and to get people home. the negotiators will be working intensely to see if we can get that done. donald trump bragging that he has $500 million for his campaign, even though he has not funded his presidential bid since 2016 and he is now also contradicting his lawyers who told the new york court he has no money to pay for $500 million for a bond due monday in the civil fraud case. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington on a busy news day. it s down to the wire again in congress. trying to pre