and nbc news exclusive, a new record that the federal grand journey and the classified documents case is expected to meet this week. it is part of the justice department and special counsel jack smith investigation into the former president. they re meeting after a brief hiatus. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. this new report could signal a decision soon on whether to indict the former president. for more, i m joined now by one of the authors up the exclusive report, msnbc s julia ainsley. julia, welcome. tell me what you found out. well, what we know is that they are, what we expect is that the grand jury in the mar-a-lago case, remember jacques met the special counsel is looking at the former president trump s involvement in this mar-a-lago documents, as well as january six. we understand the grand jury is looking at his possible obstruction and classified documents in mar-a-lago will be mee
against. one of these items, of, course as the irs funding. that amount, 80 billion dollars was actually passed by democrats in their inflation reduction act last year. it was one of those items that republicans campaigned on doing, so it was very important for speaker mccarthy to be able to negotiate something here, and they were able to reset some of those funds, though not nearly as much as they would ve hoped, especially in that house had passed the plan. take a listen to what mccarthy had to say about this, and what congressman had to say on the flip. and watch. we just stop them from hiring any irs agents. it we also took another 20 billion going into the future. so i think, i think that would be good enough. instead, what would be the option, maria? to have a clean debt ceiling, and let them higher irs agents? and not get the 2.1 trillion dollar cut? or the work requirements? or the reform? our people to strengthen the military, but cut the
example from president barack obama. what is he going to do in the next two years to reflect that desire or is he going to forge ahead as he has in the last 30 days or so with his own agenda. first read points thought way regarding the president not being a lame duck. six weeks ago this would have been an exercise in trying to prove his relevance after the brutal midterm defeat and a rebuke to obama himself. obama clearly proved he can steer the agenda in the last 30 days but pushing through executive action on immigration, a change in cuban policy, and $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill. that s right. he s not going out like a lamb. he s turned that he s been bullish in the last six weeks. especially on the immigration action. and now on cuba. he s angered a lot of republicans who are saying he s not listening to what the
so we have to raise that. the third thing we need 2 1/2 trillion dollar and 10-year deficit reduction. means government spending cults to entitlement programs primarily and tax revenue in increases. if policymakers do those three things then i think we ll be in okay shape. we ll not solve all our problems ad infinitum into the future but that would be sufficient, that would be enough to keep stock prices moving upward and economy moving forward. jenna: let s talk about the 10-year part of all of this because you mentioned earlier that what we want to see is a plan for the next 10 years. but some people look at that, okay, they will get a deal. they will say they will do something over the next 10 years and there is no guaranty they will do it. there is always something that happens in the country, natural disaster, war, anything. economists are like weather forecasters in that way. you have to account for the unexpected. right. jenna: what about those 10-year time frameworks. how sho
siamese slanket. they were sold out. i couldn t get one on line. i had to make a special phone call. honey, it s your lucky day! when i come home today, we ll have some fun in the slanket. wow. ali and clayton will try this off in the after the show together. join us. i don t know how to open it. here. before the big speech, the big fight over spending. president obama expecting to push cutting back the government in tuesday s state of the union address. conservative republicans out pushing their own 2 1/2 trillion dollar cutting plan but labor boss richard trumpka pushing back, demanding more stimulus. who s right? hi, everyone, i m brenda buttner. this is bulls and bears. let s get right to it. bulls and bears this week, gary b. smith, tobin smith along with matt mccall, president of penn