Killed and 16 tons destroyed us. Actually a states has to be blinking, says washington will not let it run, develop nuclear weapons. Speaking of the american israel, Public Affairs committee blinking also uh, just the normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel made the comments just hours before leaving for talks and re add. The United States has a Real National security interest in promoting normalization between is real and saudi arabia. We believe that we can and indeed we must play an integral role in advancing it. No, you know, theres just that this can be done quickly or easily. But we remain committed to working towards that outcome, including on the trip. Im about to take this week to jetta and we are for engagements with our saudi and gulf counterparts. Have you ever lied . Shelling has taken place and see dance capital coll teams. This fighting intensifies again between the army and the permanent treat wrap and support forces. Residents reported gun fi through
And top Homeland Security senator gary peters is calling for a hearing immediately. Hes going to join me live. And coming up at 8 00, we count down to the conventions. Now less than 24 hours away. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins me in our second hour along with Steve Kornacki and so much more. We want to start with that breaking news. House speaker n eer nancy pelos announcing shes calling the full house to return to session later this week to vote on legislation to reverse changes put in place by new postmaster general and trump ally lewis dejoy earlier this year. The House Oversight committee is calling on dejoy to testify a week from tomorrow after the Postal Service warned all but a few states this week that it cant guarantee all mailin ballots will be received in time to be counted in the election. One example of just how urgent democrats feel it is to address this crisis, congressman jim cooper, a moderate from the red state of tennessee, says if dejoy fails to appear, t
More about this indictment, what it means and what happens next. Well, the government lays out what it says is a fraudulent scheme, and thats what the charges are here. These are garden variety fraud charges against four people, brian kilfage, the man who actually came up with the idea of this we build the wall program, he is said to be the ring leader here, and it was a crowd source funding website, and it said it was raising money to give millions of dollars to the federal government to help build the wall. After a time, it changed that to say well, actually were going to give this to a private concern that will help build the wall, and it asked all the people who had given originally if they wanted to give again and most did. It raised, according to the government 25 million and it started out as a rousing success within its first month after being formed in december of 2018, it had already raised 17 million, but it had a troubled history almost from the beginning, because the crowd
This afternoon, how they may decide who wins the white house. All right, topping our political headlines this hour, hunker down today, preparing for mondays third and final debate on Foreign Policy, the president is doing his prep work at camp david. Mitt romney is doing his in florida. Meanwhile, the candidates running mates are out tonight trail, working hard today. Vice President Biden is in the Sunshine State and is still speaking at a rally in st. Augustine, where he went after mitt romney, accusing him of shifting positions on one too many times and too many issues. Congressman paul ryan has events in a pair of battleground states, pennsylvania and ohio, to start the day. In pennsylvania this morning, ryan framed this election as a choice. Take a listen. Look, we have a very clear choice. America cannot afford four more years of president obamas failed policies. We need real reforms for a Real Recovery to get people back to work, to get this kpli going again, to get us back on th
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Judge kavanaugh is confirmed to be a justice in the spring court, he doesnt have a recusal obligation just because he was nominated by the president at issue. The law doesnt support that. Look, this is a constant fight between Special Counsels and president s. President clinton. They fought back hard and ultimately got a very constrained interview. That interview did blow up in the president s face. Its a cautionary tale for any president going before a Special Counsel. The Supreme Court has weighed in on these issues a number of times. They have not come down on the side of the president. In two nixon cases, one case they determine the president was immune from civil litigation. Prior to that, they decided the president was subject to a criminal subpoena which Richard Nixon the tapes. Its not clear the president is going to enact the battle. This is going to be an interesting battle if it comes down to it and i t