Joins me to discuss in moments. Plus economic pain. More than 10 million americans file for unemployment as Small Businesses vie for federal loans to stay afloat. We have to open our country again. What will federal money get to struggling americans . Ill speak to House Democratic whip jim clyburn, next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is bracing ourselves. Today marks the beginning of what President Trump says may be the toughest two weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Announcing at a press conference saturday that there will be, quote, a lot of death. It is hard to fathom since the numbers are already so overwhelming and so bleak. Over a million cases worldwide. And the virus has killed more than 8,500 in the United States alone. Last sunday, the u. S. Death toll was around 2,000. The week before, just over 300. As the crisis worsens, the president is also taking advantage of a distracted nation, choosing this moment to fire the I
Congress to take action on authorization of military force. Well talk to one of the congressman demanding that. Plus, new political attack ad highlighting isis. President obama and senator shaheen seem confused about nature of the threat. Not me. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Its being described by the pentagon as only the beginning. Part of the expanded Bombing Campaign which began with an extensive attack on isis in syria last night and now includes strikes on a different group. President obama announced this morning that five arab countries are participating in the operation. A key victory looking to tout its broad support, particularly from sunni nations. We are joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and gitar. Well, bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia and the uae all confirm they have flown missions in saudi arabia. On the sidelines of the u. N. General assembly in new york, the president later met with som
Authorization of military force. Well talk to one of the congressman demanding that. Plus, new political attack ad highlighting isis. President obama and senator shaheen seem confused about nature of the threat. Not me. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Its being described by the pentagon as only the beginning. Part of the expanded Bombing Campaign which began with an extensive attack on isis in syria last night and now includes strikes on a different group. President obama announced this morning that five arab countries are participating in the operation. A key victory looking to tout its broad support, particularly from sunni nations. We are joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and gitar. Well, bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia and the uae all confirm they have flown missions in saudi arabia. On the sidelines of the u. N. General assembly in new york, the president later met with some of those partners to reco
Then, renewed calls for congress to take action on authorization of military force. Well talk to one of the congressman demanding that. Plus, new political attack ad highlighting isis. President obama and senator shaheen seem confused about nature of the threat. Not me. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Its being described by the pentagon as only the beginning. Part of the expanded Bombing Campaign which began with an extensive attack on isis in syria last night and now includes strikes on a different group. President obama announced this morning that five arab countries are participating in the operation. A key victory looking to tout its broad support, particularly from sunni nations. We are joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and gitar. Well, bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia and the uae all confirm they have flown missions in saudi arabia. On the sidelines of the u. N. General assembly in new york, the pres
Youre used to seeing the republicans like this. Washington is about lobby, not parties so much. There are a bunch of provisions in that bill that i really do not like. We are moving backwards on wall street reform. Wall street has dominated the white house. This is really congress at its absolute worst. There are deep divisions. Had i been able to draft my own legislation and get it passed without any republican votes, i suspect it would be slightly different. The 113th congress is wrapping up its lame duck session with a trillion dollar spending package that is nearly in the bag. The senate is in session and majority leader for a little longer, senator harry reid, says he hopes for a vote on the deal today. In a nailbiter late last night the socalled bill passed the house narrowly averting a Government Shutdown. That was driven in large part by senator Elizabeth Warren who made no secret for her distaste for the deal. When the next bailout comes, a lot of people will look back to this