attacked. our civilian economy is being threatened. and i think it s fully appropriate for the president no matter who the president is to act in this way. he also has, as you indicated, come to congress and indicated that that was his response opinion and his reaction, and it is the responsibility of congress from this point forward to think about what that means in terms of longer term offensive actions. one thing that i m frustrated by, frankly, is let s say that that that s true and that we need to, you know, think really hard about article i. this congress is so incredibly dysfunctional that i don t think we even have the opportunity to fund the government let alone think about our article i responsibilities. and that s why i get frustrated by the responses from both sides on this particular houthi attack. jacqui: speaking of dysfunction, and i m bouncing to another topic, i realize, but we re coming up on a government funding deadline, and you ve had threats to the speaker of the
some really cold weather for a few hours, you ll launch me to be able to serve you as president for the next eight years and turn this country around. reporter: and what you re seeing behind me now, this is nothing compared to what we re expecting monday night, negative 30, that s tough for iowans used to brutal temps. i can t thank you enough for braving it for us. we appreciate it. but the shot s fantastic, let me tell you. let s go to capitol hill now where house speaker mike johnson is under pressure from all sides as he tries to juggle a looming government shutdown with demands from his right flank. nbc s julie tsirkin is on capitol hill for us. we re a week away from the first partial government funding deadline, so what do we know about where negotiations stand. hey, chris, we finally got a marker from speaker johnson this morning, who after meeting several times in his office off
happy new year. not a happy new year for members of congress. what i don t see, i don t think there s been a break for negotiators working through the holidays. trying to come up with a border solution. a border solution that will likely not make the progressive wing of the democratic party happy. well, there s no solution, andrea, no movement on the border, there s been very little movement on solving the government funding about 17 days away from a government funding deadline. and congress doesn t come back in next tuesday. so congress plate is very full. they have to come up with how much money, how much money the government is the going to spend. and there s also talks in the . but those talks don t include the house of representatives. even if they come upith a package, they have to find a way to get it to the senate and to the house.
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