Something going on. There is action. We will get right to it. Bye to my friend joy. It is high noon in the east. 9 a. M. Out west. The shutdown is here. With the clock striking 12 00, rare saturday sessions are beginning right now on capitol hill. President trump said he would be proud to own a shutdown over the border wall. Now hes got one. The reason for the shutdown is because this wul wall. It shouldnt be i have to worry about when i am going to get paid. It is almost an impossible jam. How does this end. How long until they figure they have talked themselves out . Also, the end is near. Or is it . A new report suggests when Robert Mueller may be, iffed. New reaction to what that means for the president and the legal peril he may face. Plus, what happened . New details today on phone call that might have set the president s syria decision in motion. Breaking news right now. Both houses of congress back in session this hour as the partial Government Shutdown enters its 13th hour. Th
You good advice . I disagree with certain things they said. I think im right. Time will prove me right probably. Wow. Yesterday President Trump undercut their assessments as passive and naive saying they should go back to school. Then the Washington Post reports the president now faces an increasingly adversarial congress from both parties. John thune said i would prefer the president would stay off twitter, particularly with regard to these Important National Security Issues where you have people who are experts and have a background and are professionals. Missouri senator roy blunt told the post, this is an Intel Community the president has largely put in place and i have confidence in them and i think he should, too. Unlike all out trumpites like days of, say see themselves as independent from the president. They join Chuck Schumer who effectively argued for an intervention to dan coats. Senator schumer urged him to impress upon the president how critically important it is for him t
A close, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 785 of the trump administration. Lets toss this in. With the mueller Team Offering scant clues today about where they are headed, and we will get to that in a bit, today was in part about this president issuing his first veto. It was republicans, members of his own party, lets not forget, who crossed over, joining the dems to reject the president s selftitled National Emergency. Well, today he reinvigorated that talk and the need for a wall along our southern border. It is a tremendous National Emergency. It is a tremendous crisis. People hate the word invasion, but thats what it is. Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and i have the duty to veto it, and im very proud to veto it. He was then asked if he had sympathy for members of his party who support Border Security but felt they had to vote for the resolution because they opposed executive overreach. They were doing what they have to d
Who represented Government Employees to put a face on this incident. We had an individual let us know that recently his wife died. He is unable, at this time because of this shutdown to pay for her headstone. And he said at the tail end of his commentary to us that he is broken hearted over that. And you know, that, i think in some ways, incapsulates whats going on and happing to federal workers. Our federal workers do a Great Service to this country. And to be treated the way that they are is indeed unfortunate. Now remember the president said he would own this shutdown, he, however, seemed to be pinning the blame on democrats. Hes also threatening to close the southern bord wr mexico if they dont fund the border wall. Reporter no real word from the white house today on any progless made in the Government Shutdown. Its unclear either side is communicating. The last we heard from mulvaney was when he told report thorns north lawn that talk husbas hadn down. The president signing an exe
Breaking news. President trump is on his way back to washington from the south eern border. He seems poised to declare a National Emergency to get the wall funding he has been demanding. The white house is prepping a Legal Defense of the move as we have learned mr. Trump rejected a compromise proposal by a small group of republicans. Also breaking, the former fixer who knows many of mr. Trumps secrets is now set to testify in public. Michael cohen has agreed ed td appear before the House Oversight committee as the white house is gearing up for a fight to block the release of some or all of muellers final report, hiring 17 lawyers to pursue potential claims of executive privilege. This hour, i will talk with the House Ethics Committee chairman. Our core spoerespondents and an are standing by. First, jim acosta, he is in texas. He is at the border with plex cowhe mexico where mr. Trump visited today. We heard all sorts of wild statements from the president. Reporter its quiet where we ar