Obstructing justice. Ur the president has repeatedly claimed that yoeport found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him. But that is not what your report said, is it . Correct its not what the report said. A we decided we would not make a determination to whether the president committed a crime. Democrats endeavoring to make their case for impeachment. I believe he did uncover substantial evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. Republicans attempting to cast the probe as unfair to the president. Having desperately tried and failed to make a legal case against the president , you made a political case instead. Following Justice Department instructions to remain within the boundaries of his report eller offered little to no new information. At points frustratingwi lawmake limited answers zbllt did he lie to you guys, too . Iant get into it. Refuting a rbyeated claim the president. It is not a witch hunt. There was no t defense this row dick louse hoax
Six key gop senators. It is interesting a mall gum. The latest hurdle seems to be a spending bill, budget bill. Not that the government lights go out but there is concern about how long do you keep it going latest talk is a twoweek measure . Do you believe that . A twoweek measure. To get us over christmas. I kid you not. We have a a chief congressional correspondent. This will be bigger issue than the tax cut thing, by and large been resolved. We have arguing back and forth today, but what do you make of this . First of all i dont think the tax deal is settled either. Today the Republican Leadership handed out three pages of differences that the house lawmakers have to look at and consider when they go into negotiations with the senate. A lot of them are small differences but those are 30 or so differences they need to work through. As for the spending bill, youre right, that will really take the oxygen out of the room for the next couple weeks. Right now theyre talking about a twowee
Senate on cspan2. Today the Senate Waiting for action from the house of representatives on shortterm Government Spending legislation. Current government funding expires friday night many the government will shut down without action by congress. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Answer us, eternal one, as we lift our hearts to you. Have mercy upon our lawmakers and hear their prayers. Remind them that you have set apart the godly for yourself, surrounding them with the shield of your favor. May they never forget that you alone can keep a nation safe. Lord, lead them on the path that will bring them to abundant life, telling them what to do and showing them which way to turn. As hanukkah ended last evening and christmas approaches, may your blessings and peace rest on our nation and world. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in rec
Citizenship for socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers, but at a steep price. Are we headed for a deal or another shutdown. My guest this morning, Republican House leader Kevin Mccarthy and democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia. And under attack. There is deep concern that the fbi may have been used in a political way. Ill talk to former cia director robert gates about republican efforts to delegitimize Law Enforcement institutions they once reveered. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ca kasie hunt, rich lowrie and Heather Mcghee. President of demos. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If this were a normal presidency with a state of the Union Message coming up in two days, wed likely be focusing on how the president plans to sell his agenda to the public in a crit
Citizenship for socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers, but at a steep price. Are we headed for a deal or another shutdown. My guest this morning, Republican House leader Kevin Mccarthy and democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia. And under attack. There is deep concern that the fbi may have been used in a political way. Ill talk to former cia director robert gates about republican efforts to delegitimize Law Enforcement institutions they once reveered. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ca kasie hunt, rich lowrie and Heather Mcghee. President of demos. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If this were a normal presidency with a state of the Union Message coming up in two days, wed likely be focusing on how the president plans to sell his agenda to the public in a crit