Good evening. I'm Amman-Navaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight,

negotiations over funding for Ukraine and the southern border are derailed by Republican

infighting, threatening a crucial emerging deal.

Former President Donald Trump takes the stand in the federal defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.

And the governor of Texas defies a Supreme Court ruling to remove razor wire at the border.

The state standoff with the federal government and

how Mexico's foreign minister views the ongoing immigration crisis. Welcome to the news hour. We start with two intertwined and looming issues. High

stakes negotiations over a possible deal to aid Ukraine and reform the US

immigration system are at risk of collapsing under their own political

weight.

Congressional correspondent Lisa Dejahdan spent the day speaking with lawmakers on Capitol

Hill.

She's here now to explain.

Lisa, good to see you.

Good to see you. So bring us up to speed. Where do think stands on Capitol Hill?

After these weeks of very urgent and serious talks between lawmakers on Capitol Hill and

maybe some less serious sound bites from others not involved

in negotiations.

We are now on the edge of a complete failure by our lawmakers to either address the border security

right now or to figure out what they want to do to help or

not help our allies in Ukraine. As you know we were reporting those two issues have

been linked since President Biden linked them in one bill and Republicans asked for policy changes at the

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