Plus, an inability to agree on helping people in disability. Former Senate Leader bob dole on the dysfunction thats driving that debate nowhere on capitol hill. Thats part one of my exclusive sitdown with the longtime republican leader. Good morning from washington. Its monday, august 4th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Also coming up, the latest in the middle east and how africas Ebola Outbreak is impacting a summit here in d. C. This week. Let me get right to my first reads of the morning. We are the 2014 Campaign Headquarters so well start there. The sprint to november used to start the day after labor day. Thats not true anymore. August is the new september for a number of reasons. One, a history of both parties underestimating the importance of august to set general election narratives whether this president ial years or midterms, but a second bigger reason. The amount of money available to spend. Theres still only 24 hours in a day and as tv ad time is bought up in september an
2014. This is the daily rundown. Im Kristen Welker in for chuck todd. Developing news this hour, a Solemn Movement at Dover Air Force base this very hour. The body of army twostar Major General Harold Greene is being brought home two days after his killed in kabul in an insider attack by an good afternoon soldier. Greene is the highest Ranking Member of the u. S. Military to die in the line of duty in afghanistan. Were expecting to see the dignified transfer live and we will bring that to you when it happens. We want to turn now to the latest on the ceasefire between israel and hamas. Talks continue in cairo with just under 16 hours left until the threeday ceasefire is set to end. Israel withdrew its troops from the gaza strip on tuesday after declaring it had completed its mission to destroy the crossborder tunnels built by hamas. On wednesday an Israeli Government spokesperson told nbc news israel has no problem with an unconditional extension of the ceasefire and another israeli sou
Color . Kimberly we are not sure what to expect but something is planned and we are going to give an eye on. Some members of the president s own party are taking him to task for attacks on the press. John mccain wrote an op oped d jeff flake offer this. The enemy of the people was how the president of the United States called the free press in 2017. Mr. President , it is a testamt to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Joseph Stalin to describe his enemies. When a figure in power reflectively calls any press that doesnt suit him fake news, it is that a person who should be that figure of suspicion, not the press. 2018 must be the year in which the truth takes a stand against power that would weaken it. Let us resolve to be allies of the truth and not partners and its destruction. Kimberly the white house had this to say about the senators speech. I found it quite interesting that he is coming out to attack this president considering he
Republican says hes happy to consider an immigration deal quote as soon as we figure out what trump actually supports. And by the way, one day away from a Government Shutdown. Good morning, its thursday, january 18th. With us we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemiere. Incoming National Political reporter for nbc news, heidi pryzbila and moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Robert costa. I love what the New York Times has done today. The opinion section. Instead of the usual voices that are, i think the opinion writers are critical of trump. They have decided that they were going to open up their page to letters to the editor from Trump Supporters one year in. And i think its pretty critical. For those of us who think that donald trump has destroyed or is trying to destroy constitutional norms and has lied day in and day out. Theres a reason why people support him. And its good for us to try to continue get out of our bubble. Theres always liberals are alwa
There are new concerns on whether a deal can be struck. House Republican Leadership aides say theyre confident they have the votes to pass a shortterm government funding bill that would keep the federal government running at least until february 16th. But thes prospects in the senate are less positive. Lindsey graham said yesterday enough is enough and a fourth shortterm extension since october is too many. With graham against the measure and fellow republican senator john mccain absent for cancer treatment, Senate Republicans need the support of 11 democrats to pass it. President trump yesterday said a shutdown could happen and said democrats would be to blame. Speaker paul ryan, yesterday, echoed the that blame on the shoulders of democrats, citing their push for a deal to help young undocumented immigrants as a part of the bill. Weve been very clear, we want to see a daca solution. But a daca solution has to be a balanced solution, a solution that not just treat tess the symptoms, b