here as well, because most of them don t want to tell them. most of them do not want to do anything with obamacare. the affordable care act, as you said , it s actually a very well favored program here in the country. and they remember what happened in 2017 when donald trump basically his biggest campaign promise, was unable to fulfill, even though he had a republican majority in washington, they could not repeal and replace obamacare. now, this is all because donald trump read an op ed in the wall street journal that said that elizabeth warren had some question as well as republicans, and he thought that if there was bipartisan dislike for obamacare, it might be time to bring it back up. but again, if you look at the polling, obamacare, the affordable care act, is actually much more popular now. people rely on it. millions of americans and republicans really don t want to go down this path. they would rather focus on the border and immigration and inflation, not take this
u.n. thomas pickering on whether there is a potential endgame for israel in all of this. also ahead, a vote could come as early as this week on the next step in the house gop impeachment even as his son hunter turned the table on the committee leader demanding that he testify. it comes as court declared insurrectionist donald trump has a new sales pitch. he s a candidate who will protect democracy. all of that plus the santos saga ends in congress. so i am no longer congressman santos. i m just regular old professor major general reverend astronaut santos. protector of the realm, princess of genova. coming up, i m going to talk to a screenwriter who saw his fictional story about a conman in congress come to life over the past year. stay tuned for that conversation. you don t want to miss it. we ll begin this hour with the breaking story out of the middle east. the pentagon confirmed the uss carney shot down two drones after multiple commercial vessels were attacked in the
ayman, another ex trump lawyer agrees to testify against. him could we see even more flippers in the georgia election, plus the new republican house speaker could cost the party big-time in 2024 and we will explain why and breaking news out of israel as troops push amid a massive communications black out. let s get started. fani willis knows what she is doing, that is clearly within a matter of days, after the fulton county district agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. they secured plead eels from sydney powell, kenneth chesebro, and just this week, jenna ellis. they are all former attorneys for donald trump. in august, ellis didn t appear to show any regret for her behavior. smiling from ear to ear as she opposed for her mugshot. but she is singing a very different tune. i think my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously and i am a person of sound moral individual and all of my dealings. in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, i believe that challenging the r
her january six testimony. at the top of the hour, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is one pm here on the east coast, seven pm in the middle east. and we begin with breaking news on the israel-hamas war. [sound of artillery] nonstop shelling in the gaza strip today. here s what is new this hour. israel confirms it has boots on the ground in gaza. the limited internet access is back on. the world food programme warns of growing hunger and desperation. the idf says it has hit 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. here s part of a report from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. [sound of artillery] reporter: we saw and heard a huge explosions that shook buildings for miles around. israel says it is using heavy bombs to collapse hamas tunnels and remove the group from power, after it murdered 1400 israelis and captured at least 229 hostages three weeks ago. [spea
Followed. It will amount to a declaration of complication war and it will warn a response with economic means, political means and, if necessary, other means. Our american friends should understanding that now, that threat follows this weeks announced u. S. Sanctions on moscow for its use of a nerve agent to target a former russian spy on british soil. Those sanctions, by the way, which could ratchet up even more in 90 days just the latest blow to the russian economy and, in particular, its currency. I dont have to tell you this, you know. This but for the folks at home who are unaware, the president s Dollar Diplomacy sent the ruble plummeting. Their currency is down 7 for the week. Its worst week in over three years. It is absolutely cratering. As for the state department. Here is what Heather Nauert had to say. She said Secretary Pompeo spoke with russian counter part sergey lavrov. Secretary pompeo reiterated the u. S. Seeks an improved
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