The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

• While speaking from the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden blamed Republicans for “holding Ukraine’s funding hostage with their extreme partisan border policies.” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said that any agreement to send tens-of-billions of dollars in additional aid to Ukraine would need to be accompanied with funding for security at the U.S. Southern border. During his speech, President Biden conceded that the U.S. suffers from a “broken immigration system,” though he did not mention the border specifically—despite thousands of migrants unlawfully entering the U.S. every day due to relaxed border security policies adopted under his administration.
• Karoun Demirjian and Marc Santora of The New York Times write: “President Biden’s urgent push to replenish Ukraine’s war chest and send aid to Israel is on the brink of collapse in the Senate, where Republicans are prepared on Wednesday to block the funding unless Democrats agree to add strict measures to clamp down on migration at the U.S. border with Mexico. A classified briefing with administration officials called to shore up support devolved into a partisan screaming match on Tuesday afternoon, with Republicans angrily accusing Democrats of trying to steamroller over their demands for a border crackdown. Republican senators leaving the briefing said they were outraged that administration officials had refused to answer their questions about border security, which they said was a prerequisite for any plan to send emergency help to American allies.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/ukraine-aid-zelensky-congress.html
• During his speech from the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden claimed that “history will judge harshly those who turn their back on” funding Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.
• While briefly taking questions from the White House press, President Joe Biden denied that he ever had any interactions with Hunter Biden’s business associates, or any involvement with foreign businesses.
• While appearing with Sean Hannity at a town hall event in Iowa on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he does not believe President Joe Biden will be the Democrat nominee for president in 2024—suggesting it will likely be California Governor Gavin Newsom or Vice President Kamala Harris.