President. Well hear from the president himself shortly there. And on the same day that trump will be sworn in as president , more than 1,000 gm workers although a plat a plant be losing their jobs. Their shift is being eliminated. Well talk to some of those workers in a little bit. Lets begin on capitol hill. Hans nichols is covering the latest developments on the battle to repeal obamacare. Hans, what else did we hear from republicans about their repeal efforts today . What do we know . Reporter well, kate, we have a great deal of confidence from republicans, both in the house meeting and that senate meeting. And from the Vice President elect, mr. Pence, that they think they can tag president barack obama for another couple months, maybe a little longer, with owning obamacare. The question no one knows is how much runway they have there. Theres confidence on the republican side. Whether or not thats actually backed by reality is a different question. The other line were clearly getti
Confirmation process and gives him an attorney general in a day. Yeah, and theyre admitting at the White House White house sources are admitting to the Washington Post now that the reason they want to do that is basically so it could start the process of getting rid of bob mueller. I mean recess appointment isnt the only way to do it. Its definitely the easiest way to do it. Boy does that put a spotlight on whether or not the senate is going into recess. Yeah, and of course the president has been saying up to now anyway, they shouldnt go into recess. They should stay here and work on health care. He might have a completely different idea about recess now. Yes. And Mitch Mcconnell was willing to hold the senate so that it never technically went into recess the whole time president obama so he couldnt have a recess appointment. He totally has the ability to do that now in order to stop donald trump from doing Something Like this. We will see if Mitch Mcconnell has any appetite for doing
To hold the senate so that it never technically went into recess the whole time president obama so he couldnt have a recess appointment. He totally has the ability to do that now in order to stop donald trump from doing Something Like this. We will see if Mitch Mcconnell has any appetite for doing that same thing. Jeff sessions will find out who his friends are sooner rather than later. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, Jared Kushner spoke today. Big news. We heard his voice, that little voice in the white house driveway. But he didnt say much. He will have more to say tomorrow under oath. My name is Jared Kushner. Kushner spent two hours answering questions posed by staffers on the Senate Intelligence committee. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. Hes still giving himself an out there, saying he wasnt aware of it. Theres a lot of behavior going on in that white house that makes me think this is how people would behave if the
Leaks. Debbie was sermon schultz is in the awkward position of explaining why she employed pakistani it experts for months after he was linked to data theft and more. She is linked at every level to something that effects our National Security. He would create more jobs for americans. Today he announced fox con has announced to build a new plant in southern wisconsin. This is a great day for workers and manufacturers and for everyone who believes in the content and the label made in the u. S. A. Rock in the u. S. A. Rocking in the u. S. A. Brian John Mellencamp now back together with meg ryan. Thats pretty good news. Steve he has been gone for a number of days. You picked a good time to come back nothing going on. Brian same day yesterday a repeat . Steve we have just been running last wednesdays show over and over. Ainsley how was your time off . Brian it was very interesting because i was able to go to indianapolis. I had no idea my daughter was going to drag out my stay in annapolis
Retained a group of senior politicians to take positions favorable to ukraine which included lobbying in the United States. And the charges allege that manafort used at least four off shore accounts to wire more than 2 million you euros to pay t. And today he said he would continue to maintain the innocence. And we have michelle sindor and the White House Correspondent howard fineman. And Alfonso Aguilar is the president of the Latino Partnership for conservative principles an the chief of the u. S. Office of citizenship. Welcome all. Paul manafort being a big part of the special counsel probe is not news. But, boy, what mueller is finding on him is huge. The question is how much of this touches the president . Thats the number one question to be asked and hasnt been answered. The white house is every time you ask them, they are getting further away from the memory of who Paul Manafort is. And this is to the idea of who President Trump chose to surround himself with. Even if he doesnt