Tonight we need to make America Great again. My sense was the attorney general knew he shouldnt be leaving which was why he was linger. The massive question facing the attorney general as sessions prepares to testify before a surprise hearing less than this hours from now. As the special counsel hires more fire power. I think hes considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. The growing group of republicans trying to get Robert Mueller fired, comey was not allowed, what we learned when he broke his silence. When ive been reading the stories about how hes been contacting jim comey over time, like deja vu. Mitch mcconnell and republicans are planning to spring on american sight unseen, all in starts right now. And what now may be an investigation to criminal obstruction of justice, attorney general, Jeff Sessions, the nations top Law Enforcement officer will testify less than 24 hours from now before an open session, Senate Intelligence committee. Sessions appearance tomorrow at 2
For the purpose of influencing our election. Jon and, cindy slams into the gulf coast. Where the storm is heading after leaving a trail of damage and high water. Its all happening now. We begin with this fox news alert, the white house reacting to the Senate Republican plan to roll back care as the legislation hits a potential snag. The three g. O. P. Senators expected to announce they oppose the bill in its current form and that could be enough to do it. Julie thats all it takes. Jon welcome to the second hour of happening now, im jon scott. Julie im julie banderas. We are seeing some major opposition from both sides of the aisle. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell defending his partys actions on the floor today. Republicans believe we have a responsibility to act and we ar are. For our constituents, for our states, and for our country. Julie meanwhile, protesters descending on the capital decrying medicaid cuts of they say could mean life or death for people with disabilities. Br
Joe speaks badly of me. Dont watch anymore. Then how come low i. Q. Crazy mika along with psycho joe came to maralago three nights in a row around new years eve and insisted on joining me . She was bleeding badly from a facelift. I said no. Quote unquote. Jim acosta with reaction at the white house. Jim, were going to be getting a host of other responses to that, those tweets in just a few moments. First, i want to know what youre hearing from inside the white house on those tweets, which were truly outrageous. Reporter truly outrageous. Appalling. Hearing bipartisan criticism of the president coming from all over washington today, wolf, but so far the white house is issues no kind of apology or statement saying that the president regrets these tweets from earlier this morning about msnbc host Mika Brzezinski. This is what Sarah Huckabee sanders, the spokeswoman at the white house said earlier on fox news. Heres what she had to say. I dont think that the president s ever been someone w
Economic agenda. A key to that agenda is repealing obamacare. One bill already passed the house. Now its the senates turn, which is where we start. After so much secrecy, republicans in the Senate Finally came out with their own draft to the Health Care Bill to owned obamacare. Heres what the bill changes. Medicaid expansion to millions of lower income americans gets phased out. States have the flexibility to wave coverage of essential health benefits. Thats the list of more than a dozen things like pregnancy coverage, mental health, Emergency Services that obamacare mandates that every single insurance policy has to cover. The individual employer mandates to have insurance or provide insurance are going to disappear, as are the taxes on the wealthy that help fund obamacare. Now well talk a little about that later. Heres specifically what the senate bill keeps. Low and middle income americans who purchase their own insurance will still get help in the form of subsidies and tax credits.
Lies, and we will go through each and every one of them for you. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, june 22nd. Welcome to morning joe. With us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state department, solis jordan, jon meacham, and capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. And joe will be back tomorrow. Were going to get to the fact check of the president s rally in a moment. Theres a lot of work to do to get all of those facts checked, willie. Yes. There were quite a few doozies in there. Its kind of uncomfortable. Well its so uncomfortable to see a president i mean, can you remember having to go through lies after lies after lies from the president of the United States . Well, i know were going to talk about this in a second, but the one interesting thing is the one piece of legislation he can tout, which is the Health Care