
News Wrap: Speaker Johnson’s funding plan faces hurdles
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News Wrap: White House calls Speaker Johnson’s funding plan ‘unserious’
In our news wrap Sunday, House Speaker Johnson is facing opposition from hard-line Republicans after announcing his plan to avert a government shutdown, the Pentagon says five Army Special Operations forces died in a helicopter crash over the Mediterranean, Russia is ramping up attacks in two eastern Ukrainian cities, and Megan Rapinoe’s final soccer game had a bittersweet end.
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News Wrap: Speaker Johnson’s funding plan faces hurdles
Clip: 11/12/2023 | 2m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Sunday, House Speaker Johnson is facing opposition from hard-line Republicans after announcing his plan to avert a government shutdown, the Pentagon says five Army Special Operations forces died in a helicopter crash over the Mediterranean, Russia is ramping up attacks in two eastern Ukrainian cities, and Megan Rapinoe’s final soccer game had a bittersweet end.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOHN YANG: Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing opposition from some members of his own party to his plan to avert a government shutdown at the end of the week.
Some hardline conservatives said they'd vote against it because it does not have any spending cuts.
The White House called the plan unserious.
Johnson's plan would fund parts of the government until January and other parts until February.
It does not include any money for Israel, Ukraine or the U.S. southern border.
The Pentagon says five army special operations forces were killed early Saturday morning when their helicopter crashed into the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
They were carrying out a routine air refueling mission as part of training.
At the beginning of the war in Israel, the Pentagon sent additional forces to the region.
Russian forces are wrapping up attacks in two eastern Ukrainian cities.
Russian battalions are trying to encircle Avdiivka, a Ukrainian stronghold considered the gateway to parts of the Ukrainian held eastern Donetsk region.
And in Bakhmut to the north, the site of the war's bloodiest battle.
Russia is trying to take back Ukraine's incremental gains from its summer counteroffensive.
And it wasn't quite the storybook ending to Megan Rapinoe's soccer career that many had hoped for.
Last night was her final game, and it was for the National Women's Soccer League championship.
She was in the starting lineup for OL Reign, but less than three minutes in, she limped off the field with a suspected torn Achilles tendon.
Her team lost the match two to one to Gotham Football Club, giving Gotham their first ever title, a remarkable turnaround for a team that finished in last place last season.
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And for Native American Heritage Month, the story of a trailblazing astronaut John Harrington.
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