everybody screamed nancy pelosi, nancy pelosi before the election and we picked up 40 seats. at some point this gets old. this is like all those ridiculous investigations, trey gowdy and whatever his name is from california was running the intelligence committees. this isn t going to fly. it just isn t going to fly. people are tired of it. they would actually like to get something done. pelosi has a great record of actually getting something done, and i think it s possible, but probably not with donald trump at the helm. and i m not sure go ahead. go ahead. i just want to say one thing, it s possible to realize we re in day eight of the shutdown. nancy pelosi is not the speaker. the republicans are still in charge of the government. so it doesn t fall on nancy pelosi until at least january 3rd when she is elected. republicans are to blame. that s where we are right now. is it because of principle, susan, politics? what is it that s keeping either side from budging even in the s
to cover this thing in washington. intelligence and national security reporter ken delaney, at the course house in new york city, legal analyst, danny is cevallos and two former prosecutors, elliott williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the doj and jill wine-banks former assistant watergate prosecutor. mr. cevallos, we ll start with you there at the courthouse. cohen expected to address the court at the top. do we have any idea what he might say? and what are the range of sentencing options here? reporter: allocution for a defendant where the defendant often has his only opportunity to speak to the court and the judge, it can be a risky proposition. cohen will be very prepared and make sure he doesn t fall into one of the many pit falls that defendants often fall into, which is to be overly narcissistic. i m so sorry. i m going to miss my daughter s graduation or that he doesn t
saudi crown prince but there are still questions whether the administration will give the saudis a pass on this. analysts are telling politico the administration is trying to sweep it under the rug. what happens in the coming days will be crucial. a senior u.s. official is telling cnn this doesn t fall under the fbi s jurisdiction but today, the senate foreign relations committee has triggered an investigation that could lead to sanctions are for saudi arabia. let s discuss now max boot is here, the author of is the corrosion of conservatism why i left the right. this is an important story we have been discussing and profiling on this show. the president just spoke to fox news. i want you to listen and then we ll talk. well, it s a terrible thing and would not be a positive. i would not be happy at all. and i guess you would have to say so far, it s looking a little bit like that and we re going to have to see. what about the senators are
into the saudi con see lat in istanbul and say his killing was ordered by someone high up in the saudi government according to a turkish official. told the new york times . a lot is at stake here. saudi arabia is a major ally of this administration. remember, it was the first country donald trump visited as president. but how america reacts are to khashoggi s disappearance has consequences for the rule of law and freedom of speech around the world. the secretary of state, the national security adviser, and white house adviser jared kushner have all spoken to the saudi crown prince but there are still questions whether the administration will give the saudis a pass on this. analysts are telling politico the administration is trying to sweep it under the rug. what happens in the coming days will be crucial. a senior u.s. official is telling cnn this doesn t fall under the fbi s jurisdiction but today, the senate foreign relations committee has triggered an investigation that could lead
kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. which brings us to today s big question, do senate republicans want to get to the bottom of what happened between kavanaugh and ford? ben and nick are msnbc analysts. first to you, leanne, i want to ask about what the latest is with what the republicans are offering dr. ford and why that doesn t fall in line with what she was asking for. there s a list of requests that dr. ford gave to republicans last night. their response which has been leaked to the president doesn t