What actions should the Border Patrol take to keep young migrants safe . Im Frances Rivera at nbc headquarters in new york. Heres whats happening. We begin with new reaction from democrats on day eight of the partial Government Shutdown and the detail of how low the president was willing to go to end his own shutdown. Nbc news learned trump backed off on his original demand of 5 billion for the wall, revising that figure down to 2. 5 billion. Democrats rejected that figure a week ago and are doing so again today. Were not going to allow the American People to be held hostage that 5 billion or somewhere south of that ransom note in order to build a ridiculous border wall thats not going to make anyone safe. If he wants to see us increase Border Security, well go there, well do this. But were not going to use seventh Century Technology for a 21st century problem just because in the middle of a Campaign Speech he thought he would say build a wall. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Niel
We need to make sure that the president stays firm and a lot of people are very nervous this morning about whether the president will cave or not. I think not funding the wall will go down as one of the worst, worst things to have happened to this administration. Forget mumueller. This breaks the promise with his supporters. We promised we will build and put it on the spending bill. 5 billion measly billion dollars when compared to the size of federal budget for Border Security is an impossibility. Something needs to explain to me how this happened. This pressure sent republicans in the house into chaos. They were waiting for a president ial tweet to figure out how they should vote. That prompted another unnamed gop lawmaker to use a four letter word to explain to our Capitol Hill Team to plaexplain what its like to be a member of congress in 2018. Who exactly is calling the shots . President , congress or conservative media. Jake, does this mean that a shutdown is more likely . Do Hou
Yeah, i think theres different versions of it, but this to me just adds momentum for it among the democrats. And isnt it a little ironic even donald trump was saying vote for us, well support the Affordable Care act and preconditions. We covered that during the campaign. It was one of the most frustrating elements of the Campaign Just trying to set that straight. Thank you, joy. Thank you, lawrence. Have a good show. Well, we now know the revolution will be televised. Michael cohens personal revolution against the man who ruled his life for many years bill be televised. Michael cohen went on television to attack what the president said about him yesterday. He is a lawyer. He represents a client. I never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong and he understands that. So that was yesterday. And this was this morning. First of all, nothing of the Trump Organization was ever done unless it was run through mr. Trump. He directed me as i said in my elocution, and i said as well in th
Of the 120 million severance. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, december 18th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Set to be sentenced in a few hours for lying in the russia investigation. And special Counsel Robert Mueller has released a memo giving details of the fbi interview where flynn lied. Flynn allies, including the president , latched on to the fact that flynn was interviewed by peter strzok who was later fired over antitrump texts. Flynn suggests he was tricked into lying because he did not have a lawyer with him. The memo with the questions and answers debunks that claim. Here is White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins with more. Reporter dave and christine, Michael Flynn is expected to be sentenced in the federal d. C. Court today. We know special Counsel Robert Mueller has recommended litt littletono jail time. The special counsel released a memo detailing the note
And isnt it a little ironic even donald trump was saying vote for us, well support the Affordable Care act and preconditions. We covered that during the campaign. It was one of the most frustrating elements of the Campaign Just trying to set that straight. Thank you, joy. Thank you, lawrence. Have a good show. Well, we now know the revolution will be televised. Michael cohens personal revolution against the man who ruled his life for many years bill be televised. Michael cohen went on television to attack what the president said about him yesterday. He is a lawyer. He represents a client. I never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong and he understands that. So that was yesterday. And this was this morning. First of all, nothing of the Trump Organization was ever done unless it was run through mr. Trump. He directed me as i said in my elocution, and i said as well in the plea, he directed me to make the payments. He directed me to become involved in these matters including the