In the house to once again under cut the American People. This is a time for solutions and they need to be based upon fairness for all. Somebody in the House Republican caucus has to grab the wheel and hit the brakes. There are two deals circulating, first the senate, to reopen the government through january 15th, the exact date the next round of sequester cuts kicks in. Extend the debt ceiling until february 7th and create a budget negotiation framework by mid december. Obama care could be involved with a delay to the reinsurance fees employers pay and efforts to strengthen laws if your income level qualifies you for a subsidy. Then theres the house gop plan, the same dates on the debt ceiling and short term budget but would stop future efforts by the treasury to extend the debt limit. House republicans want a twoyear delay to the medical device tax and to eliminate all obama care protections for labor unions and subsidies for elected officials in washington. No matter which door we c
Cut the American People. This is a time for solutions and they need to be based upon fairness for all. Somebody in the House Republican caucus has to grab the wheel and hit the brakes. There are two deals circulating, first the senate, to reopen the government through january 15th, the exact date the next round of sequester cuts kicks in. Extend the debt ceiling until february 7th and create a budget negotiation framework by mid december. Obama care could be involved with a delay to the reinsurance fees employers pay and efforts to strengthen laws if your income level qualifies you for a subsidy. Then theres the house gop plan, the same dates on the debt ceiling and short term budget but would stop future efforts by the treasury to extend the debt limit. House republicans want a twoyear delay to the medical device tax and to eliminate all obama care protections for labor unions and subsidies for elected officials in washington. No matter which door we choose, looks like well be back in
This. What have you learned . Reporter thats right, john. We learned late last night that the attorneys for Michael Cohen filed this motion. Theyre essentially asking a judge to not allow the government to use any of the evidence that they recovered in the search warrant on his home, on his office, and then in this hotel hes been staying at. Theyre trying to get ahead of it, basically here, and this motion, were expected will be unsealed we think today or may take a few days. But this hearing is supposed to get under way around 10 30 and arguments from Michael Cohens attorney explaining why the federal government should not use any of this evidence, perhaps in a grand jury proceeding or in anticipation of any criminal charges that could be filed in this case. Now, as to Michael Cohen, we expect certainly the court staff does expect him to appear. But we have not able to confirm with him or his attorneys that hes actually going to show up. Thats a mystery here. But certainly, you know,
be the spotlight and not james comey and what kind of an employee he was. all right. asha, i want to get this question to you, a little bit of a left turn here, but we are learning that the president might be about to pardon scooter libby. louis libby, the chief of staff for dick cheney in the bush white house, convicted of perjury, obstructing justice, lying to investigators, having to do with the leaking of the identity of valerie plame, a then cia operative. he may pardon scooter libby today. is there irony in the fact that he will pardon scooter l eer li perhaps shortly on the same day and the same time he s accusing james comey of being a liar and a leaker? it is the ultimate irony, john. the president tweeted that comey is a liar and leaker and leaked classified information. and needs to be prosecuted and that s pretty much what happened with scooter libby. he had interactions with various journalists in which he
intelligence community to tell that to the american people with dhs and with the dni. but to then fast forward after this ferocious debate and the seriousness with which we were taking the issue and seeing the people now going to be in charge coming in and essentially dismissing it and not really being engaged, it was very troubling and i think it set the stage for what we re seeing now. we re how many days since the election and many people feel that there hasn t been the type of response that there should be. there have been now sanctions that have been ramped up and now there may be potential action in syria, which is a whole different matter. shifting gears a bit here, molly, but it might be connected for all we know, the president we understand might soon pardon scooter libby. louis libby who was chief of staff to vice president danchen who was convicted of perjury and obstructing justice. this was part of the investigation over leaked identities, valerie plame. it s ancient his