he is not only from a state that took the money, he is from a state that is doing relatively well on obamacare. people comparatively like the law and like the process there. he also is up for re-election. yep. and one of the very few republicans who are vulnerable on the ballot in 2018 in the senate. all of those combined is going to make it very hard for him to support anything that his constituents will feel is him taking away the health care that they have. it is as personal and important to constituents as anything that people in washington do. and that s why this matters. on the other side, ted cruz, he was one of the 13 men in the room where it happened. he is not even on board yet. he wants to see the language. he was actually working on giving up some of the conservative principles in the
steve brill, founder of the american lawyer magazine and founder of court tv and an msnbc contributor. jonathan, the breaking news of the hour is the congressman telling us their demand is they have this information tomorrow, they need to see it tomorrow, whatever it is that devin nunes brought to the white house. devin nunes has gotten himself into a real pickle. i think he s in major damage control mode right now. but the thing is, this story is just beginning. i think we all tend to want to jump ahead, is this going to lead to impeachment, is it going to lead to the intelligence committee being stripped of its authority? we re in the second inning of this story. as carl bernstein has said, we might be still in the coverup phase of this story. so i m not going to hazard any predictions on what tomorrow is going to bring on that. steve, obviously there s a reluctance on nunes part to just turn this over and show it. what s the this ? as he going to bring some fox news clips
breaking out in the house intelligence committee investigating russian interference in our election, the question tonight remains, what will we know and when will we know it? joining us now, jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst, and steve brill, founder of the american lawyer magazine and founder of court tv and an msnbc contributor. jonathan, the breaking news of the hour is the congressman telling us their demand is they have this information tomorrow, they need to see it tomorrow, whatever it is that devin nunes brought to the white house. devin nunes has gotten himself into a real pickle. i think he s in major damage control mode right now. but the thing is, this story is just beginning. i think we all tend to want to jump ahead, is this going to lead to impeachment, is it going to lead to the intelligence coittee beg stpped of its
the fact that we re at least six years out of the recession and this data isn t that strong considering. so you ve got the fed wrestling with that and also the market volatility that s happening in china. you know, the fed may be willing to won t be willing to say it specifically but it looks like the global economic picture. it is not looking great. so it leaves the fed in a real pickle because at the same time it wants to raise rates because it s been so long, it also doesn t want to undermine the recovery that continues to be under way here in the u.s. when you raise those rates, it sort it s called some people think of it as tightening, meaning it makes it so it s more difficult to get a loan for businesses and for average americans, brooke. yep, yep, all interconnected. alison kosik, thank you so much. i want to get back to the breaking news here as we know, three individuals considered extremely armed and dangerous. wanted right now in connection to the murder of a 32-yea
i think domestically for him and the russian people, it would be extremely difficult just to turn on the dime and say, oh, i m sorry, our rebels did it. and we have to stop supplying them. how he s going to get out of it, i honestly don t know. i would presume there would have to be some type of turning, if he even gets that far. but it will be with late of caveats and a lot of explaining. so, at this point, i think he s in a real pickle. i really think he is in difficulty. and i think that the kremlin is worried about how they get out of this. and another question that many are asking, what will be the u.s. s response, the international response, to russia? there s a piece in the washington post this morning, the editorial board they have this opinion piece, let s put some of it up on the screen here. they talk about the president s words on friday. mr. obama said that the malaysia airlines tragedy should be a wake-up call about the consequences to an escalating