public might be part of a negotiating tactic, we should say. how real are preliminary conversations? reporter: it is very unlikely that will ultimately play out here, in large part because democrats say they re going to vote for hakeem jeffries on every single ballot. it s hard to see some moderate republican being the ultimate choice of some democrats and get some report from republicans. so that s a far-fetched scenario. it really just underscores the unprecedented nature of the navy. yes, it happened 100 years ago, but in the modern era, this has not happened. while people are trying to figure out the alternative, there s no clear alternative. the congressman mentioned steve scalise. he s been mentioned as someone potentially that could emerge, but even he would have some problems as well. not that there s just skeptics,
consent to pass this short term stopgap bill if they don t get unanimous consent, they cannot do that today. that s right, andrea. unanimous consent request is the easiest and cleanest way to make sure that all of the deadlines are met here in congress and congress give themselves enough time for the spending bills. if it s not agreed to, we could see amendment votes as kind of a negotiating tactic, or we could very easily stumble into a shut down overnight friday night. i ll be here. you ll be here. we ll be here. ashley parker, barb mcquade, robert gibbs, brendan buck, thanks to you all. fighting inflation, a new key interest rate rises. concerns about raises, concerns rather about a potential recession. how to avoid it? former treasury secretary joins me next. andrea mitchell reports, you re watching msnbc. watching msnbc well the sun is shining and the grass is green i m way ahead of schedule with my trusty team
negotiating tactic as way to get him to cooperate, without getting him to go that far. certainly, if they are getting to the point where they re considering bringing charges to get a court order against cash patel, this is getting more and more advance. quite how advanced, no one will know except the doj? ben rhodes, the washington post most recent description of adding detail to what could be the classified documents involving iran and china, what is your reading of that? well, i think there are two things that we have to be mindful of here. first, with respect to because donald trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, the iranians have been advancing their nuclear program, and so what are we are concerned about is the capacity of iran to take their nuclear capability and put it on a warhead of missile. so, you could not describe the stakes as any higher when it comes to our intelligence
to bring him in before the grand jury already. they have not done that with his other individual, so they clearly do not have quite as much as they would want to corroborate or used against him in a potential criminal charge. that is why they are trying to leverage this informal negotiating tactic as way to get him to cooperate, without getting him to go that far. certainly, if they are getting to the point where they re considering bringing charges to get a court order against cash patel, this is getting more and more advance. quite how advanced, no one will know except the doj? ben rhodes, the washington post most recent description of adding detail to what could be the classified documents involving iran and china, what is your reading of that? well, i think there are two things that we have to be mindful of here. first, with respect to because donald trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, the iranians have been advancing their nuclear program, and so what are we are conce
reporter: so it s about 18 months before this will be on the ballot here in los angeles. and expect plenty of mudslinging between now and then. some opponents to the bill, well, they claim that the union is only push as a negotiating tactic, as leverage. the union tells us that is false, they just want to hold the hotels accountable and make sure they re playing their part in trying to solve this problem here in los angeles which appears to only be getting worse. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. what a story. clearly, there s no easy solution. thanks to nick watt for that. just ahead on the next hour of new day, the latest on the highly classified documents believed to be at mar-a-lago. what a redacted affidavit tells us about why the fbi searched donald trump s florida home. that s coming up, at the top of the hour.