Department, they just dropped the hose and walked away from a house fire. The children on capitol hill return to figure out the looming Government Shutdown further complicated by border wall spending. The wall was the centerpiece and now that its thrust into spending legislation to fulfill a campaign promise, the president is in a damnd if you do, damned if you dont pickle. If he caves and takes it out, hes telling his supporters it was just a bunch of political clap trap. Abandoning it is an act of betrayal. But democrats hate the wall and all it symbolizes. There is no way they will vote for anything other than sitting on their hands in protest. So how do you sweeten the deal . Bribery. Mick mulvaney wants to throw big money down a deep and hungry well by trading obamacare subsidies. We would offer 1 of csr payment for 1 of ll payment. Kennedy its a bad offer. Obamacare sucks and maintaining the subsidies wont get that corpse to rise and dance its paths off. The president knows the s
Department, they just dropped the hose and walked away from a house fire. The children on capitol hill return to figure out the looming Government Shutdown further complicated by border wall spending. The wall was the centerpiece and now that its thrust into spending legislation to fulfill a campaign promise, the president is in a damnd if you do, damned if you dont pickle. If he caves and takes it out, hes telling his supporters it was just a bunch of political clap trap. Abandoning it is an act of betrayal. But democrats hate the wall and all it symbolizes. There is no way they will vote for anything other than sitting on their hands in protest. So how do you sweeten the deal . Bribery. Mick mulvaney wants to throw big money down a deep and hungry well by trading obamacare subsidies. We would offer 1 of csr payment for 1 of ll payment. Kennedy its a bad offer. Obamacare sucks and maintaining the subsidies wont get that corpse to rise and dance its paths off. The president knows the s
With todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Democrats say youre holding hostage, health insurance. Holding hostage to national security. A budget battle looms over President Trumps border wall. The president wont sign the wall if it includes funding for the wall. We need that wall. It will help us complete the promise that the president has made to the american people. Shutting down the government over this outlandish proposal of a border wall. That would be the height of your responsibility. North korea threatened to sink an Aircraft Carrier. Theres so many aspects of this terrorist thing. Obviously youve got the home grown product. I do ejts know how to stop that. Violence in france following the vote in the countrys president ial election. American arms sunday fire after a crew member allegedly im ready to bring a bodyguard the next time i board a plan. Evacuations have been lifted. Peggy whitson setting a u. S. Record. This is the 535th day shell spend in day. All that what i
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Like a team trying to put more points on the board before the quarter ends, the Trump White House tonight is trying to make some big plays ahead of the 100 days in office mark next weekend. And none of them are easy layups. Tax reform and another drive at replacing obamacare are on the agenda. As the president finds himself behind his own schedule in delivering on some of the Biggest Campaign promises and tonight the game plan is running up against a threat of a possible government shut down. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has details. Reporter with the president s first 100 days in office fast approaching this saturday, the government is set to run out of money at midnight friday, could shut down and cloud his first major milestone. Today his press secretary sounded confident but offered no guarantees. Can you guarantee there will no
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Like a team trying to put more points on the board before the quarter ends, the Trump White House tonight is trying to make some big plays ahead of the 100 days in office mark next weekend. And none of them are easy layups. Tax reform and another drive at replacing obamacare are on the agenda. As the president finds himself behind his own schedule in delivering on some of the Biggest Campaign promises and now tonight his game plan is running up against a threat of a possible Government Shutdown. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has details. Reporter with the president s first 100 days in office fast approaching this saturday, the government is set to run out of money at midnight friday, could shutdown and cloud his first major milestone. Today his press secretary sounded confident but offered no guarantees. Can youra there will not be a Government Shutdown