And new guidelines on Cyber Security. Well get to jack lews confirmation in a moment. First the cbo director Douglas Elmendorf testimony. He warned of the sequester could cost 750,000 jobs. Could you tell me in terms of the negative Economic Impact of the sequester, the. 6 , what does that translate in point of lost jobs . Our estimate is that the sequester alone would reduce gdp growth this year by zero point six percentage points. It would lower that gdp at the end of the year. We think that would reduce by about 750,000 jobs. 750,000 jobs between now and the end of 2013, right . Right. That is a whole lot of jobs. We should be working overtime to prevent that kind of job loss. If you were to replace the deficit reduction through that austerity program, the cuts to the sequester with a plan that accomplishes the same amount of deficit reduction spread over the 10 year period, you would not have that hit on jobs . Right. Our analysis, the republican leader, mr. Cantor had it right las
This building lots of people who work here at msnbc and at nbc know him particularly because he did a lot of Campaign Coverage over the past campaign cycle. In case you havent heard this audio yet, i just want to play you the audio recording that ben jacobs says he was rolling on his own recorder when this incident happened tonight in montana. This is pretty incredible. Listen to this. The cbo score because you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. We will talk to you about that later. But just curious speak with shane, please. Im sick and tired of you guys it the last guy who came in here did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. Get the hell out of here. The last guy did the same thing. Are you with the guardian . Yes, and you broke my glasses. You just body slammed me and broke my glasses. Get the hell out of here. Youd like me to get the hell out of here, i would also like to call the police. Can i get you guys names .
Watergate prosecutor waiting to talk to us tonight. And in montana, republican candidate on the eve of election, accused of body slamming a reporter who captured audio of the encounter. Well play it here tonight on the 11th hour. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. And right before we tell you about day 125 of the trump administration, we at least want to just take a minute here and preview for you a big political story out of montana tonight, which youve no doubt heard about already, and which well be covering life later in the hour. Theres this special election in congress in montana tomorrow. It came about when donald trump chose their congressman to head the interior department. Well, tonight the republican in the race, a trump supporter, is accused of body slamming a reporter who was asking him a question about the Congressional Budget Office projections on health care coverage. The reporter is ben jacobs. He works for the british newspaper the guardian
North dakota thi ed thing. You just body slammed me and broke my glasses. Get the hell out of here. You would like me to get the hell out of here. I would also like to call the police. Can i get you guys names. You gotta leave. He just body slammed me. That actually happened. And wait until you hear the guys response to his side of the story. And Jeff Sessions failed to mention meeting with russian officials when he applied for his security clearance. Its getting to be a bad habit. He also failed to mention those meet tgs during his Senate Confirmation hearings. Well report on that, as well. Lets get straight to that story. Our breaking news tonight. Guardian reporter ben jacobs allegedly body slammed by the rl candidate in montanas special congressional election. He was set to join us tonight, but a short time ago, he let us know by email that hes out of the hospital and currently at the Police Station and hes going to get finished there. Hopefully well hear from him when he finishes