Congress battles over Israel and Ukraine aid

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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President Biden told supporters at a campaign event in Boston that if Trump wasn’t running, he’s “not sure” he’d be running. Meanwhile, Trump ally Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) ended his blockade on hundreds of military promotions but said he would continue to block senior positions. Congress has yet to settle funding for Israel and Ukraine. Also, Presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania testified in front of a House committee, facing tough question over antisemitism on campus. Jon Allen, Amy McGrath, Tim Miller, Glenn Kirschner, Martin Fletcher, and Michael Roth join.

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0:00.0	Tonight President Biden reveals his motivation for running in
0:04.8	2024, plus the whirlwind day on Capitol Hill, for military promotions to
0:10.1	Ukraine funding and the impeachment battle. We'll break it all down and
0:14.0	Jack Smith's plan to use Donald Trump's own words against him in the election
0:18.9	interference case. Then Israel expanding its ground offensive in Gaza amid a worsening
0:25.0	humanitarian crisis and what happens next in the hostage negotiations as
0:29.6	the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.
0:33.0	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule at MS NBC headquarters in New York City.
0:44.0	President Biden is pulling no punches about why he's running for re-election.
0:48.6	Today at a campaign event in Boston, Massachusetts, he told supporters, quote, if Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running,
0:56.1	and added that he cannot let him win.
0:59.2	Tonight in Iowa, Trump had this response to the president. They don't want me to run.
1:05.0	You know, it's very interesting with what they're doing.
1:08.0	Democrats are funding Nicky Haley.
1:11.0	Democrats are funding Ron DeSag Timoniers.
1:15.0	Everybody wants to run against Biden.
1:18.6	Meanwhile, one of Trump's MAGA allies in the Senate has ended his blockade on most military promotions.
1:25.2	Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville held up hundreds of promotions for almost a year
1:30.6	to protest a Pentagon policy that allows service members to be reimbursed. a Everybody I still got a hold on I think 11 four-star generals.
1:44.9	Everybody else is completely released from me.
1:47.4	It's over.
1:49.2	Late today the Senate confirmed the promotions in a single voice vote. The eyes. it confirmed on block.
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