Good evening. I am chuck todd here in washington. At this hour theres chaos in the white house, at the pentagon, and, yes, on capitol hill. Thanks to one person, the president. And were going to bring you the latest on all of it. Oh, and by the way, the stock market just had its worst week in ten years with the nasdaq in bear market territory. Welcome to what is going to be one hell of an hour here at mtp daily as we build towards the possibility that history will see this moment after the jim matt mattis resignation repudiation as part perhaps the beginning of the end of this presidency. We have news from capitol hill where the president has been marching his gop troops toward a partial government shutdown, now potentially hours away. But there appears to be some exit strategy in the works. What were hearing is it would end up looking like a white house cave again on border money, at least through the lens of ann coulter and Rush Limbaugh. At this hour, there is also growing panic amo
6,000 miles away, wars that we should have never been in in many cases but we dont control our own border. Were going to confront the National Security crisis on our southern border. We have the latest from washington with allison barber. Reporter at least one lawsuit was filed yesterday, that was filed on behalf of three land owners in south texas and a nonprofit Environmental Group. The aclu said they will file a lawsuit next week. Jerry nadler is asking to make their lawyer and some doj officials available for a hearing, one that he wants to happen in the coming days. Democrats say President Trump is overstepping and that he does not have the authority to declare a National Emergency in this situation. They also say that hes changing the game in a way republicans might regret down the road. Most republicans, they disagree with all of that. Article one, section nine is very, very clear. No appropriation except through a law passed by congress. Hes got Supreme Court precedent from 199
Patrol in nanbij. There are reports that there were american casualties. The u. S. Led coalition confirmed that american troops were on patrol in the area, quote, u. S. Led coalition is aware of open source reports regarding an explosion in syria. Coalition forces conducted a routine patrol in syria today. We are still gathering information and will share Additional Details at a later time. The city of manbij was captured by a kurdishled force in 2016. Earlier this year, an American Delta force commander was killed during a raid in the city of manbij. More proof that isis has not been defeated. U. S. Patrols are patrolling the area and have taken fire in the past few years. More evidence that they have not been defeated and it remains a very dangerous place. Bill all this continues, to clarify policy, the movement of pieces and equipment and troops continues in syria. Reporter thats correct, bill. The u. S. Military says they have gun removing equipment from syria. This is more prove t
Rejections of the clearances from the personnel security office. Big deal. Incredible. Senior officials. No action on the health care front unless you count democrats rallying outside the supreme court, this against the Trump Administrations station to abolish obamacare. They say congress will not vote on a new plan for a couple years from now, until after next years elections. Lets dig into this with manu raju. Beginning on this Mueller Report fight. Theyre not going to meet this deadline today, are they . No, theyre not. Six Democratic Committee chairs in the house have sent a letter to bill barr demanding the full unredacted report, saying theyre prepared to subpoena for this report, demanding bill barrs testimony. Not in may as hes proposed but now, according to this letter. And theyre saying bob mueller should come before congress and testify as well. Theyre calling on barr not to, quote, interfere with the potential mueller testimony. Now, at the same time, the president has been
Across the board and reallocate officials to areas that are patrolled by the Border Patrol is having an economic impact. President dialling back recent days, mexico stepped up to the plate and appear henneding people coming in from northern Triangle Companies and insisting mexico and Congress Need to do more or he will shut down the border listen here. Very easy stopping people coming in from mexico. Lets see if they can get it done. If we dont make a deal with congress, the border is going to be closed 100 or close large sections of the border. Maybe not all of it. It is the only way we are get ago response, totally ready. Many people want me to do it. President trying to put pressure on mexico and congress by threatening to close the border. President putting pressure on el salvador, guatemala and honduras. Democrats say is a horrible idea. Here is secretary pelosi. Point is to have resources that make it feasible. I dont know who is advising him there. If advising is even the word.