Screeria nigeria. 114 congress. Later a look at president obamas use of executive orders and the impact on states. Wednesday the council on Foreign Relations hosted a discussion on global conflicts and instability. Scholars and former federal officials examined threats posed by the situations in the south china sea, the middle east, and the conflict between russia and ukraine. This is just over an hour. Welcome. Hello, everyone. Hi. My names jeanine davidson, thank you all for coming today for what promises to be a fascinating conversation i can tell just by the looks an your faces and also by the people that we have here today. This has become a bit of an annual event where we sort of take stock on the last year, and look forward to the new year thinking about all the crises in the world, and looking at the potential horrible things that can happen or not, and debate a little bit. And also kind of think about what it means for the United States and for the rest of the world, before we
Rules on the travel ban. And as the president lashes out against the russia investigation, does this new talking point seem preemptive . What crime . Right. Can anybody identify the crime . Collusion, its not a crime. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The Senate Health care bill at this hour is in trouble. After being crafted in secret, the bill has finally been forced out into the open as republicans try to pass it before they lee for recess at the end of this week. Every day the bill spends in the glare of public attention, the more criticism it attracts from just about every direction. Tonight, democrats are planning to hold the senate floor late into the night to protest the republican bill which is headed for a vote with zero hearings and very little debate. Senate democrats are the least of the bills problems. Within the last hour or so, republican senator Susan Collins said she would vote against the bill in a crucial test vote. And after
Rules on the travel ban. And as the president lashes out against the russia investigation, does this new talking point seem preemptive . What crime . Right. Can anybody identify the crime . Collusion, its not a crime. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The Senate Health care bill at this hour is in trouble. After being crafted in secret, the bill has finally been forced out into the open as republicans try to pass it before they lee for recess at the end of this week. Every day the bill spends in the glare of public attention, the more criticism it attracts from just about every direction. Tonight, democrats are planning to hold the senate floor late into the night to protest the republican bill which is headed for a vote with zero hearings and very little debate. Senate democrats are the least of the bills problems. Within the last hour or so, republican senator Susan Collins said she would vote against the bill in a crucial test vote. And after
Observers told Pete Williams and i before this hearing they werent sure this was going to happen. They didnt think it was going to happen. Judge jackson said there was no less restrictive remedy. She said this isnt middle school. I cant take your phone. She decided the allegations that the prosecution made against Paul Manafort that he reached out to witnesses in an attempt to get them to change their story was so significant such an assault on the integrity of the court that she had no choice but to send him to jail. Hes going to a cell inside this building behind me. Hell be transferred to a county jail awaiting trial. His first trial date is july 25th in virginia. Joining us, Pete Williams nbc news justice correspondent and former u. S. Assistant attorney in the south korean district of new york. The president trying to down play it earlier today that circus of a walk about on north lawn clearly a distraction, an attempt to distract from the event that are unfolding as the ig report