Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Just as his mps began taking their seats behind him, one of them the conservative Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor to sit directly behind the Labour Leader. Timed for maximum political effect, and less than two weeks after the defection of dan poulter, how the Labour Leader enjoyed it. If one week, a tory mp whos also a doctor says the Prime Minister cant be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and the next week, the tory mp for dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins labour what is the point of this failed government staggering on . In her statement, the dover mp said the conservatives under rishi sunak had become a by word for incompetence and division. In 2019, the conservatives took on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground. But under rishi sunak, theyave abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed, and i think that change i
Temper 30th, my colleague and friend, ali velshi. Members are back on capitol hill this morning, but there does not appear to be a viable deal to keep the federal government funded, and to avoid a costly shutdown. Federal agencies have already notified workers, and prepared Contingency Plans in the event of a shutdown occurs this weekends. That is a possibility that is appearing more and more likely at this late stage. There are just 13 hours left before the end of the fiscal year. Yesterday afternoon, House Republicans tried and failed to pass a Stopgap Measure thats their own members crafted. There was a group of 21 republican holdouts who voted against it. Even though it was a small group, there was more than enough to take the bell, and send republicans all the way back to the drawing board. Republican Congressman Matt Fulton of new york spoke to our nbc news capitol hill correspondent, Julie Tsirkin, just minutes ago. He says republicans need to get another short term bill on the
The king is back in business, his Cancer Treatment progressing well. So when he is out and about, what will that mean to different people . Tonight werejoined by laura lee, the head of maggies, the cancer care charity, and historian tessa dunlop. Also tonight, labours shadow chancellor rachel reeves, whos tried to forge a reputation for Fiscal Discipline. Where does that Leave Spending on defence . Churchill didnt say, lets have a Defence Review. He said, there is in existential threat right there, lets arm. He lost that argument. Shouldnt we be getting down to it right now . We are committed to get Defence Spending up to 2. 5 of gdp. And also, crucially, working with our nato allies, because its important that other countries also play their role. Scotlands First Minister, who yesterday unceremoniously dumped the snps coalition partners, is trying to save his skin by wooing back the scottish greens. What are his chances . As humza yousaf fights for his political survival, some snp sou