Funding for Ukraine is on hold as former President Donald Trump has urged

lawmakers to reject any compromise immigration deal. On that battle and the

other story shaping the week we turn now to the analysis of Kapart and Johnson.

That is Jonathan Kapart, associate editor for the Washington Post and Eliana Johnson,

editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon.

David Brooks is away.

Good to see you both.

Thanks for being here.

We reported earlier, Speaker Mike Johnson has basically said in the letter to his colleagues

today that the Senate bill on border security and Ukraine funding is dead on arrival in the House.

That's after former President Trump was ramping up his pressure on Republicans to kill the

deal.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney had this to say about that yesterday.

The fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and Congress people that he doesn't want

us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame

Biden for it is really appalling. Jonathan, the deal was really on life support.

Did Mr. Trump's pressure just put it into the ground?

I don't know. I mean, Senator Romney isn't the only one who's

speaking out against what the former president is asking them to do, speaking out in

favor of a bill that under normal circumstances they wouldn't get.

We have to keep in mind we're talking about a bill that no one has seen.

At least meaning none of us at this table, it has not been released.

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