The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

3:05pm- Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal reports that “House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) has pledged to bring up Ukraine aid for a vote in the House soon after Congress returns from Easter recess in coming days. But what the bill will look like—and who will support it—remains unsettled…The Senate passed a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in February with bipartisan support. Johnson has resisted calls from defense hawks of both parties to simply bring the Senate bill up for a vote in the House, saying his chamber will move forward with its own bill that would add ‘some important innovations’ not included in the Senate version.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-johnson-us-ukraine-aid-package-a3bac384?mod=hp_lead_pos2

3:10pm- Rich offers live play-by-play of the solar eclipse—however, he can’t see anything from the studio. Henry leaves to try to get a better angle but still can’t see anything thanks to clouds—so, the play-by-play is not going well. Matt refuses to look at the sky because he doesn’t trust the quality of the glasses Henry acquired via Amazon.

3:30pm- According to Dr. Sabine Stanely—a professor of planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University—the moon is slowly moving away from Earth. Consequently, we only have 600 million more years of solar eclipses ahead of us. So, enjoy it while you can! You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/eclipse-sun-moon-earth-science/