Washington doesnt work. That was president obamas message at a high dollar fundraiser in manhattan this week where he told attendees we have a party on the other side that has been captured by ideology that says no to everything. If the president wants to get to the true root of gridlock in washington, he may also want to look at the democratic controlled senate where harry reid shut down debate refusing to allow a vote on all but nine, thats right, nine republican amendments since last july. Topic several bipartisan stopping several bipartisan bills cold. Im joined by ke eed by dan hen james freeman, washington columnist, kim straussel. Kim, describe to us what harry reid is doing. Look, here has been the long standing deal in the senate, paul. The Minority Party would agree to move on to a bill, give the vote for cloture and to actually start debating a bill. The Majority Party in return would allow them to debate the bill and propose amendments. Everyone got something out of it. Har
Well get into that in a second. But moments ago, the editor of breitbart, this is Steve Bannons former website, tweeted this in a single word. War. Lets begin with our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta live in bridgewater, new jersey, where the president is having this working vacation. Jim acosta, we wont beat around the bush. The man was fired. Reporter not much of a working vacation. Yeah, not much of a working vacation for the president , and he had to deal with something that was really pressing, it seems, if you talk to multiple white house sources and that is the pyrifiring of steve bannon. My understanding from talking to white house sources is that this was going to happen a couple of weeks ago, that bannon was going to be fired a couple of weeks ago, that it didnt happen, and then that recently he was given the option to resign, which, you know, if you want to break through the white house speak there and you were just doing that a few moments ago, brooke, he was fi
Coast. If we have to go to war to top this, we will. And clearing a hurdle after a chaotic day in d. C. The senate takes a major step on taxes, passing its version out of committee. The president very encouraged by the partisan vote. The camaraderie, it was somewhat of a lovefest. They want to see it happen. In true trump dramatic style, he made those comments flanked by two empty chairs after Democratic Leaders bail on a sitdown. Isnt this stunning, were not beginning with north korea, were beginning with some very difficult news for the nbc family and for you out there. This morning we learned that today show anchor matt lauer was terminated for a complaint alleging inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. Heres how his cohost, savannah guthrie, reacted. Just moments ago nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear colleagues, on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace
The ingraham angle from washington and tonight who are nancy pelosi and Company Really aligning themselves with when they come to the defense of aoc plus three . My angle and reaction from former speaker Newt Gingrich. Plus the media obsess over trumps tweets. Why have they been ignoring antiamerican violence at the hands of antifa thugs . California is literally going back to the dark ages, not literally, but it seems like it. We speak to an assemblyman who is warning about a infestation of rats across the state. I wish we were joking but democrats knew aoc plus three agenda. That is the focus of tonight single. Last night, i explained the last night, i explained the smart political strategy of trumps decision to take on congressman alexandria ocasiocortez, ilhan omar rashida tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley calling out and elevating the squad and socialist agenda for all to see. Now the democrats naturally rushed in to defend the radicals whom Speaker Pelosi referred to as our girls. S the
Insight on it. Hillary clintons unhinged attack have you seen these . Tulsi gabbard. Ck some witches planning to curse President Trump on halloween and which pop star suffered an unfortunate stage fall. Raymond arroyo has it all. I want to break down a telling headline that caught my attention today. American diplomacy is crumbling under trump. Very understated. Some of americas most seasoned diplomats are warning that President Trump his wounded american diplomacy so severely that it could take generations to heal. Generations to heal . How long will it take to heal from the diplomatic missteps that has now become the go to policy apparently of the elite in both parties. You see the permanent bureaucratic class now pretending that they are the experts in all the things theyve screwed up for years. How can they . Some of them have been through multiple administrations. This is their bread and butter. President s come and go, but the diplomatic corps of a lifetime Civil Service remains.