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leverage. also, the republican majority in the house became even narrower today. congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin who already announced he was resigning is headed for the exits earlier than expected. he is leaving congress april 19th. that will bring the house gop majority down to just one single vote. and that seat will be empty until november. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. sahil kapur. john allen, connor lamb and former republican congressman charlie dent. so, what is happening in the senate as we speak? the senate just began voting on this unanimous consent agreement. we expect six roll call votes. chuck schumer said he wants them to be limited to ten minutes. we ll see if that happens. then after those are done, there are three voice votes on amendments as well which are expect today be wrapped up instantly. and then final passage of the bill. sometimes in the next hour to two hours probably, we should get this bill pass ....
fallen in line behind donald trump. he is the presumptive republican nominee as far as the presidential race is concerned. the republican party is a pretty united front but when you look at the republican party beyond the scope of just the cult of trump. when you look at the part of the party that donald trump would actually have to work with to govern, unity is not the first word that comes to mind. today the republican-controlled house of representatives. states biggest legislative accomplishments so far. it voted to keep the lights on. after kicking the can down the road for six whole months, republicans in congress finally funded the federal government with a $1.2 trillion spending bill and most of them didn t even vote to do that. despite having the majority in the house, only about a half of today s votes came from republicans. it was democrats who actually brought this fundraising extension over the finish line and because congress took so long to pass this thing ....
obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute n ....
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. lega ....
reappeared decades after it was washed away by a storm. the main story, emmanuel macron has vowed to fight the forces of division that threaten france. damian grammaticas. good afternoon from paris where emmanuel macron has begun focusing on thejob of emmanuel macron has begun focusing on the job of taking over as president. that will happen on sunday. earlier today he was here at the arc de triomphe, he had already received congratulations from around europe, from angela merkel in germany, from the uk, from european union leaders as well. here mr macron appeared standing side by side with the outgoing president. it was an extraordinary moment, the outgoing president francois hollande, the man who hand picked emmanuel macron as a young man, brought him into his party, supplanted by mr macron now, gave him a pat on the back. james reynolds reports on all of the day s events. emmanuel macron, the election winner, now prepares to lead his country. this morning in paris, he ....