Economic growth power with senator ron johnson, bob lutz, and my great old pal jim cramer, all those stories and much more coming up on the kudlow report, beginning right now. Welcome to the kudlow report. Its 7 00 p. M. On the east coast, 4 00 p. M. Out west. Enrollment numbers and a possible senate revolt. John harwood joins us from washington. Good evening, john. Larry, the president at the end of husband european trip got good news and announced it, which was that 6 Million People so far have enrolled in private plans on the state and federal exchanges. Now, that meets what the Congressional Budget Office had predicted after the disastrous rollout. They had ratcheted their initial estimate of 7 million down to 6 million. It is still possible with four days left that the administration could hit that original 7 million target. That does not however resolve the questions about the financial viability of the exchanges. That will be determined by the mix of people older and sicker peop
But at the same time, a weekend of protest began last night. In washington, d. C. , police in riot gear had to control demonstrators that took to the streets. And confirmation hearings continue with rick perry no longer wanting to dissolve the Energy Department. And Steve Mnuchin facing tough questions over foreclosures. Good morning, everyone. Its inauguration friday, january 20th. Im alex witt. In just a few hours donald trump, a Real Estate Developer born in queen, new york, becomes the 58th president. Mike pence and donald trump will be sworn in around noon. Trump will place his hands on one bible, one given to him by his mother before his 9th birthday, and the one Abraham Lincoln swore on in 1961. The speech is said to be on his agenda being sincere in tone. The speech is expected to be about 20 minutes. Among the topics set to touch on, outsourcing, infrastructure, immigration, education and american manufacturing. Afterward, President Trump and Vice President pence will review t
Hearing. Were also watching this today. Intelligence fushls want to see evidence to back up the claim he was wiretapped by his predecessor. The House Intelligence Committee gave the white house a dead line to show proof. That dead line comes tomorrow. Cnns athena jones is here with more on that. Youre at the white house. Any indications on whats going to happen tomorrow. Theres no indication that the white house is prepared to offer any proof to back up the president s unsubstantiated allegations. Reporters have been asking the white house since last saturday to provide that evidence. Instead of doing so after a couple days of being asked that, they decided on sunday to call for these congressional investigation ps. But the president himself also has been dodge iing these questions. He was asked repeatedly by a report eren standing a few feet away from him about any evidence he might be able to provide and he ignored that it reporter. The Vice President also dodged a direct question as
Planned release of a classified memo for apparently political purposes. Good morning, it is tuesday, january 30th. Welcome to morning joe. With us we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, John Heilemann. Nbc News National political reporter heidi przybilla. Former fbi special agent and msnbc contributor, clint watts and jim vandehyde and Pulitzer Prize winning historian john meechum is here. We frame the story by looking at the fact they voted to release this memo. What are your thoughts . Its unbelievable. Donald trump never just allows himself to have a straight shot at anything. Here we have the state of the union coming up tonight. That should be the focus. But instead, you look at what happened last night in the house. And you had nunes memo, which twists the truth and plays these crude political games with highly secret intelligence. That mika, most of the republicans who voted to release this controversial memo, that the Justice Department said would be extraordi
A moment. It was shocking that he said the word him and he so many times, and never said the word she or her. No mention of the women involved in this case. Peter alexander, thank you very much. It is 2 00 p. M. In washington where there does not seem to be a moral red line at the white house. The latest sx examp eest exampl porter. The white house says john kelly wasnt fully aware of the Domestic Abuse allegations until this week. Quote, fully aware . So when was he, quote, partially aware . The Washington Post reporting kelly knew last fall about the allegations. And that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn knew for a year. No action was taken. Did either one know about the restraining order or the Police Report . If they did, it looks like it didnt matter. If they didnt, why didnt they . Why didnt the chief of staff ask why his key man could not get a security clearance . What we now know is in a porter was given more responsibility, more power, a man who handled the countrys most sensit