Spoiled child who, when losing the game, says its my ball and im going home. Well begin with that dramatic oval Office Confrontation between trump and the Democratic Leaders of the congress. The latest round ended acramoniously after less than a quarter of an hour, less than 15 minutes. Senate minority leader described the moment of collapse. Unfortunately the president just got up and walked out. He asked Speaker Pelosi will you agree to my wall . She said no and he just got up and said then we have nothing to discuss and just walked out. Again we saw a temper tantrum. He said it was a waste of his time. That is sad and unfortunate. The president did lit tooling challenge that dedescription, writing just left a meeting with chuck and nancy. A total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if i quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security that includes a wall or steel barrier. Nancy said no. I said byebye. Nothing else works. As it stretch under to
Process to undo the president s Emergency Declaration. Plus as 2020 candidates hit the primary states lets start by changing the rules in washington. A look at what is working on the ground. American values are under attack and it is time to change cour course. And todays stunning hearing on North Carolina Election Fraud. We believe the evident we will provide today will show a coordinated unlawful and substantially resource scheme operated in the 2018 general election. All in starts right now. Good evening from los angeles. Im chris hayes. The man who first opened investigations of the president which would later become the Mueller Probe is now speaking out for the first time revealing just how alarmed Senior Justice Department officials have been by the president s disturbing and potentially criminal conduct. Former acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe, the president s abrupt firing of james comey after having pressured him over the russia probe set off a week long crisis inside the Jus
Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Pardon me. The chairs are making noise here. Im christine romans. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. The president is just hours away from signing a compromise Border Security bill to avoid a second government shutdown. Hes not surrendering. He is using executive powers to cobble together 8 billion from a variety of sources to finance construction of his wall, a move that has the fullbacking of Mitch Mcconnell. I have had an opportunity to speak with President Trump. He is prepared to signed bill. He will also be issuing a National Emergency declaration at the same time. And ive indicated to him that im going to prepare im going to support the National Emergency declaration. The president plans to use executive orders to collect 8 billion for wall funding. 1. 375 billion already in the spending bill he will sign this morning. 3. 5 billion from military construction funds, 2. 5 billion from pentagon counternarcotics funds, and 600 million from treasury
Hannity and the right wing that hates this deal. And the Washington Post has a report tonight a team led by robert cos ta while after the fact they are trying to create the suspense by saying that this almost run off the rails today. The key passage from unnamed republican aide. We thought he was good to go all morning and suddenly everything is off the rails. That, of course, is exactly what the kind of outofcontrol right wing handle to hear, President Trump was fighting right til the last second and Mitch Mcconnell had to corral him, and i dont believe a word. I believe the reporting is completely accurate. Thats exactly what the sources told them. And it was in all of the sources interest to tell that story, create the hero image of Mitch Mcconnell for other senators. Its one of those stories that serves all of the players who are being talked about by these unnamed sources. Yes. Mitch mcconnell looks great because hes able to drag the reluctant president over the line. The presiden
Promo. Goodbye. If its tuesday, its an emergency. Or is it . Good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington. The president has manufactured a heck of a political crisis for himself. Tonight we are going to find out what he plans to do about the shut down or if he even has a new plan. We are hours away from the president addressing the nation from the oval office for the first time in his presidency as he threatens to declare a National Emergency in an attempt to bypass congress and unilaterally build his infamous wall. Its unclear if thats what tonight is about. That raises the question. If its not about that, what the heck is tonight about . If tonight is a pr stunt and this government shut down could last a lot longer, they have no real exit strategy here which democrats might see as a best casey casey isio for them. Is he really thinking hes going to talk about a crisis and it will galvanize support for him and against the democrats . Recall the president made the midterms a referen