Go for it . The president s heart is right on this issue. I think hes got a good understanding of what will sell. And every time we have a proposal, it is yanked back by Staff Members. As long as Steven Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, were going nowhere. Or as the Washington Post frames it, yet another period of trumptulled tumult. Not understanding the policy nuances of the negotiations. Thats the quote. So we are now in day three of a Government Shutdown. This morning, all eyes are on the senate where there are now signs of a possible break in the log jam. Good morning, everyone. It is monday, january 22nd. With us we have Political Writer for the New York Times Nick Confessore. Former aide to the George Washington elise jordan. President of the council on Foreign Relations and author of the book a world in disarray Richard Haase and historian john meech um is with us. And host of casey d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt, who worked all weekend. Joe, wow. It feels like the mo
Was very critical of president obamas trillion dollar deficits. Now we have republicans hand in hand with democrats offering us trillion dollar deficits. Frozen. As the world watches, Vice President mike pence gives the Cold Shoulder to kim jonguns sister while he tells lester holt the Olympic Games wont break the ice with north korea. Well make it Crystal Clear that our military, Japanese Selfdefense forces, our allies here in south korea, all of our allies across the region are fully prepared. Military to defend our nation and take what action is necessary to defend our homeland. Im Andrea Mitchell where john kellys job security is an open question with the white house navigating yet another controversy. Kelly feeling the heat after three separate responses to outgoing staff secretary rob porter. The latest, a memo trying to convince white house staffers the Trump Administration does take Domestic Violence accusations seriously. Porters lone Public Defense in response to the allegati
Complicated. Tonight, is President Trump trying to shut down the government . Does he want a deal . Does he even know what he wants . It could happen. Well see what happens. It is up to the democrats. Plus the partisan blame game kicks into a predictable higher gear. Democrats refuse to cooperate. Republicans are dilly dallying. Taking their good old time. And is chief of staff john kelly on the outs for calling the president uninformed. No, he didnt say that. I dont think he said it the way you would like him to say it. He didnt say that. Got that . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening, im chuck todd here in washington, trying to cover our government. But it cant quite govern. Less than 31 hours away from a Government Shutdown. The house has been debating after the president threw a giant wrench into the negotiations and dealmakers on capitol hill were unsure of what the president wants or if he understands what is in the shortterm deal. And now Senate Democrats are
White house budget director Mick Mulvaney is next. And daily with the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Democrats arent budging. Theyre using the d. R. E. A. M. Ers as a shield for their incompetence. Republicans say not now. They want a deal on immigration, it is a shakedown strategy. Will the daca debate keep the government closed . Senators Bernie Sanders and rand paul in minutes. Its the second full day of the Government Shutdown right now and according to courses, senator republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and Senate Democrat leader Mitch Mcconnell in an interview wi interview with Chuck Schumer, he outlined his demands to reopen the government. We need a good bipartisan agreement that allows us to get a good defense number, get a good nondefense number, get a vote on the d. R. E. A. M. Ers bill and get that done and deal with the disasters too. Now Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he wont vote on issues until the government is funded and open and he plans to hold a vote on a threewee
Daniels went public in the 60 minutes interview about the 2006 encounter and how she says she was threatened to keep silent. Hope you had a great weekend. Easter is six days away. Im bill hemmer. Sandra good morning. Hope you had a lovely weekend. Bill it was. Sandra im sandra smith. Stormy daniels offered little new evidence of that alleged affair, but she says she stayed quiet until recently because she feared for her safety. I was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter taking seats facing backwards in the backseat, diaper bag, getting all the stuff out. A guy walked up on me and said to me leave trump alone, forget the story. Then he leaned around and looked at my daughter. Beautiful little girl, shame if somebody had to her mom. Daniels received a 130,000 payment from trump Attorney Michael Cohen as part of a nondisclosure agreement. Cohens lawyer is responding to the interview issuing a cease and desist letter and calling on daniels to apologize for insi