republicans vote on this, and, of course, passage in the house needs 217 house republicans. i think that s actually going to be done. tamron, what i m most interested in are house republicans running in the most competitive senate contests in the country, cotton in arkansas, danes in montana, a handful of house republicans in georgia running for the united states senate, and do they actually vote yes on this? because democrats are ready to pounce when it comes to the medicare changes, as we ve seen in paul ryan s budgets over the last few years. democrats see this as voucherizing medicare or privatizing medicare. it s more complicated than that, but democrats are hoping to be able to use those attacks on republicans if they vote for it next week. that brings me back to what i said, who is happy? everyone seems to be unhappy, you said, well, as if there are someone outside of paul ryan, who is backing at least this initial proposal or some of these ideas that we re discussing. well,
unauthorized. sergeant, i want to check back in with you in five days to see the latest on this. but we appreciate you joining, and we ll see what happens here. thank you. and thank you for your service to this country. thank you. so what does your gut tell you? do you think the army s new hair regulations are racially biased? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to cast your vote. that does it for this edition of news nation. i m tamron hall. up next on andrea mitchell reports , the supreme court s decision on the campaign finance reform. keep in mind unbiased . some brokerage firms are but way too many aren t. why? because selling their funds makes them more money. which makes you wonder. isn t that a conflict? search proprietary mutual funds . yikes!! then go to e trade. we ve got over 8,000 mutual funds and not one of them has our name on it. we re in the business of finding the right investments for you. e trade. less for us, more for you. the fund s prospectus contains its inv
not an april fool s joke, but it is a joke, because it s still not seeing the problem. it still is not proposing reining in wasteful government spending. tea party also criticizing the plan as a, quote, work of april fool s day fiction. they too doubt future spending cuts will ever really materialize. ryan s budget plan will cut spending by $5.1 trillion over ten years and balance the budget by then. it also overhauls medicare and medicaid and reforms social security. it will repeal the president s health care law. a new york times editorial asks does the republican party really want to coalesce around a budget this destructive to the country s future? mark, as you know, in its reaction to it, the white house said this essentially stacks the decks against the middle class and threatens the economy and recovery here. so, paul ryan managed to make everyone unhappy. i think the proof s going to be in the pudding when house
coast of chile. loud sirens blared throughout the night, warning people of the possible coming up tsunamis. joining me now from los angeles is nbc s mark potter. mark, what are the latest details that we re getting in, regarding the assessment of damage and, of course, the fatalities? that assessment is under way now, and one thing i want to tell you, tamron, based on our time in chile four years ago when the big earthquake and tsunami hit, i can tell you nothing terrifies the chileans more than an offshore earthquake and tsunami warning. when they are told to evacuate now, they do not need to be told twice, and that s what happened last night. hundreds of thousands took to the hills to get out of the low country. fortunately this time the tsunami was not nearly as big as it was in 2010. the waves, six to seven feet high, and fortuitously, they hit in the northern part of the country in relatively remote areas in a copper mining country, so that kept the death toll down.