Lets listen to speaker paul ryan. On thursday the house will be in order. Members, remove your conversation from the house floor. The house will be in order. Mr. Speaker, let me understand why this happened. On thursday, this house responsibly passed a bill to keep the government open and to extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program which covers nearly 9 million children from low income families. No games. No strings attached. A straightforward bill. We did our job. But Senate Democrats simply refused to do theirs. Last night, they used the filibuster to block our bill and to shut down this government. But why . What exactly in this bill was it that the Senate Democrats opposed . Why would they do such a thing . What do they find so objectable . What do they disagree with . What is so objectionable that it is Worth Holding the entire government hostage . Was it funding for our military . Was it the Childrens Health Insurance Program . Is it funding for the Veterans Administration .
Im Shannon Bream in washington. Despite the democrats are getting involved in highlevel intelligence briefings. You are going to hear from house intel member peter king in a moment as well as Mollie Hemingway and buck sexton on what it all means for the search for answers as to how the fbi and the dmg have handled the Russian Investigation. First, chief National Correspondent ed henry live with the breaking details and a very heated phone call. You are right. This was supposed to be devin nunes, trey gowdy going behind closed doors at noon eastern tomorrow. All of that has changed now under pressure from democrats would Justice Departments thing there will be a second meeting with democratic and Republican Leaders about 2 00 p. M. Eastern. I got off the phone with devin nunes. Hes fired up. He believes the Justice Departments playing around with these different meanings to try to may be make it like there was daylight between nunes and some of his colleagues. Maybe different informatio
Where those flames broke out. We begin with breaking news of an alleged chemical attack against is vacivilians in syria. They claim they dropped chemical bombs with civilians in a hospital and dozens killed including 22 children. It happened in douma, right near damascus and activists released videos of deceased victims and people being treated there. You see for yourself the syrian and russian government denied the allegations. U. S. Officials say if the reports are confirmed, they demand an Immediate Response by the international community. Lets go to london. Tammy leitner is following this story. Whats the latest on this horrifying picture . Thats right. The death toll is at 40 people and they fear it will climb because of the number of families hiding in shelters in douma outside of damascus. The video coming out of there is horrific. Many pictures of children and infants, showing people being hosed off which is what we see when there is a chemical attack. Many have that paralyzed
It is still unclear when more families will be reunited but dhs says the process typically begins shortly after parents go through their court proceedings. Well, part of the administrations new plan includes Contact Information parents can use to find out the whereabouts of their children and how to communicate with them by phone. Meanwhile, President Trump escalating his attacks against democrats at the nevada Gop Convention yesterday suggesting immigration is a winning issue for his party. They want to use the issue i like the issue for election too. Our issue is strong borders, no crime. Their issue is open borders, let ms13 all over our country thats whats going to happen. If you listen to them. Well, demonstrators across the country plan to stage more rallies today against the administrations handling of the issue. Well do over this mornings headlines with nbcs gutierrez and cal perry and Kelly Odonnell is in washington and with erin delmore and josh barra who is an msnbc contribu
Celebrities now calling for compassion for migrants. And justice for all . President trump suggesting migrants be deported without due process. Ignoring the u. S. Legal system. President trump suggesting a short time ago the rule of law does not matter when it comes to migrants coming to america. Hes using provocative language today like invade, resist, and mockery on twitter to prove his point. This as emotions build along our southern boardser wi border wit protests popping up for a second straight day across the states. Celebrities pushing back against the administration and demanding changes from congress. All of this happening as President Trump is golfing today once again at his private club in virginia. Lets get facts from the ground now in texas. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is by a detention facility in los fresnos. Cal perry in tornillo, texas in a socalled tent city. Cal, what stood out from the protests today from the speakers who have come to protest these policies . Reporter there