Why the West is starting to fracture over Ukraine
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🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Last night, for the first time in American history, the House of Representatives voted to remove its speaker from office. It was a victory for a group of Republicans who oppose giving Ukraine further American aid – which, for now, is on pause. Meanwhile in Europe, Slovakia's recent elections saw a new, pro-Russia, leader pledging to end support for Ukraine. What does all this mean for Kyiv's war effort?
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| 0:58.8 | NBC News Special Report, here's Lester Holt. |
| 1:05.8 | Good afternoon everyone, we're coming on the air with breaking news and a major shift |
| 1:09.7 | in power on Capitol Hill. |
| 1:11.6 | The house just voted to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post and it's the first |
| 1:17.0 | time this process has ever successfully removed a house speaker in American history. |
| 1:26.5 | It's been an even more turbulent week than usual in the world of American politics. |
| 1:33.4 | Last night, the house speaker Kevin McCarthy, one of the most influential Republican politicians |
| 1:39.4 | in America, was ousted from office by members of his own party. |
| 1:46.7 | It made him the most recent and perhaps most unlikely victim of the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:53.8 | He was booted out after a far-right congressman accused him of doing a deal with President |
| 1:59.1 | Biden to keep sending military aid to Ukraine. |
| 2:04.2 | Ukraine has lost the support of a majority of the majority. |
| 2:08.5 | The last time there was a free standing Ukraine vote on this floor, it was last week 101 |
| 2:13.3 | Republicans voted for it, 117 Republicans voted against it. |
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