In just a couple of hours. From his golf club in bed minister. The white house has not officially said whether or not he is going to sign an executive order. But all signs clearly point in that direction, coming off the News Conference, the president hastily arranged last night in bed minister, where he said he did plan to move forward with executive action because congress has not been able to get a deal to extend these benefits that so many millions of americans are relying on. We expected trump was going to take more time before moving forward by that. He suggested by the end of the week, which many meant likely next week that potentially creating more pressure for congress to find a compromise that would avert the need for the president to go around congress by signing something himself. Now the president scheduling this new press conference today. We do expect it is possible he will move forward with at least part of what hes talked about doing threw executive action ask. The item
Us. Breaking news to start this hour. The president is expected to hold a press conference. Lets go to my colleague Josh Lederman, following this in washington, d. C. What do we know about this shall josh . Reporter alex, we knew from President Trump last night that he was looking to sign something within a week to take executive action, to take some of the steps that congress so far has failed to take. What we did not expect was that an executive order could come as soon as today. Now, to be clear, the white house is not specifying at this point in time exactly what the president is going to do or say when he takes to the podium just about a few hours from now in bedminster, new jersey. All signs point to the possibility that he may go ahead and sign something to follow up on what he said last night. This all coming amid real pessimism on capitol hill about the status of those negotiations. Take a listen to how senator Chuck Schumer described the current state of affairs. It was a dis