Lisa merkowski. This is what he wrote. Senator Lisa Merkowski of the great state of alaska really let the republicans and our country down yesterday. Too bad. Senator merkowskis name now part of the president s growing naughty list that now includes his own attorney general Jeff Sessions. The president seems to be trying to push him out. This morning sources tell cnn that several white house officials are telling the president 0 back off. Lets begin with the health care debate. Mj, where are we . Reporter good morning, guys. The next couple of days are going to be extremely chaotic. At this point, its really hard to be able to lay out hour by hour what we expect to see happen. Lets begin with what we saw happen last night. Senators voted on the motion to proceed they took up an amendment that was a comhence i. Appeal and replace bill that Mitch Mcconnell had been working on. It excluded 100 billion to go towards medicaid states. As as well as an amendment by ted cruz. Now that was not
Months, we have seen two terrorist attacks in new york city. Carried out by men who were here as a result of failed immigration policies. The lottery system and chain migration. We are going to end them, fast. I just want to feel this moment oh i just want to feel this moment. Steve hey, come on upstairs. Ainsley good morning, everyone. Its wednesday. Middle of the week. Steve thank goodness. And today is the day of our fox friends christmas party. Our holiday party. Ainsley we are all excited. We usually do bowling today we are doing karaoke. Are you going to sing . Steve listen to your voice right now. I want to hear that. Ainsley i cant sing normally. Steve thats why Brian Kilmeade had to leave the house he hates karaoke and in his place is todd piro. Todd my doggy foster parents are here to take care of it thank you, steve and ainsley. Ainsley glad to have you on the curvey couch. Alabama spoke yesterday. Steve they sure did. An upset in alabama for the republicans. Democrat doug j
Government is going to open very soon when the president signs what the senate and house just passed. Surely in the house the breakdown of the vote. 240 to 186. Easily passing, remember, you needed over just about 217 to get it done. And for republicans there were plenty of defections because this adds 400 billion to spending and fiscal conservatives not happy but Speaker Paul Ryan issued this statement after the passage just shortly ago saying this is a great victory for our men and women in uniform. Republicans and Democrats Join together to finally give our troops the resources and our generals the certainty to plan for our future our National Defense will no longer be held hostage by shortterm spending bills and reckless spending caps. Democrats though upset. Pelosi leading them in the no. She was part of the negotiations in the end she held out for dreamers and gave some passionate remarks here about an hour ago. Take a listen. As part of it agreement, we have always expected that
For a second time before the special counsel. When you see mueller with the conflicts, hes so conflicted. Congressman adam schiff on the foiled far right plot to undermine the Mueller Probe when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. One week before the crucial mid term elections from the president down is growing ever more desperate. Donald trump and the gop have controlled the government for almost two years but with apparently little to show for it, they are engaging in an increasingly reckless, indeed dangerous gamut. They are throwing red meat to their most rabid supporters instead of running on their repo record. Something donald trump almost certainly cannot legally do. Yesterday the administration announced plans to send 5200 u. S. Troops to the border potentially stationing up to 14,000 there because of migrant mothers and children, almost 900 miles away, coming on foot to ask for asylum. Before that it was Donald Trumps promise to pass a fictitio
Administration and president a graduate of yale college and yale law school, judge kavanaugh currently teaches at harvard, yale, and georgetown. Throughout legal circles, he is considered a judges judge. A true leader among his peers. Hes a brilliant jurist with a clear and effective writing style universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. Some background now on judge kavanaugh in addition to what you just heard the president said. In addition to being a graduate of yale, yale law school. Hes a former clerk to Anthony Kennedy and that is critical. He served as an associate counsel to ken starr during white water. He was staff secretary to president george w. Bush and served on the d. C. Circuit of the federal bench since 06. He married the personal secretary to president bush 43. Together they have two daughters. Hes a catholic who would maintain a twothirds catholic majority on the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh is 53. Hes a product of d. C. And maryland