Way. Senator al franken is addressing the allegations against him. No intention to resign . No. We have an ethics process that i agreed to cooperate with completely. He insists hell be back at work today. Congressman john conyers stepping aside from his powerful position as Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee amid an ethics investigation. Conyers is an icon in our country. Do you believe his accusers . Do you know who they are . They havent come forward. Congressman conyers, release her to tell her side of the story. There is a powerful story to tell. The list of Unfinished Business for lawmakers is brutal. The vote to overhaul the tax code. Moderate members may think this plan is too friendly to corporations. Nobody showed up at a donald trump rally last year was chanting, cut Corporate Taxes. We dont know any fiscal conservative could ever vote for the bill. You see a bill passing by christmas . I do believe in prayer, number one. Hope we get it done. I cant imagine were
D. R. E. A. M. Ers from being deported. Plus is anybody home at the white house . Why was President Trump radio silent as lawmakers hashed out a deal . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening and welcome to mtp daily. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. It looks like the Government Shutdown is coming to an end. Possibly in this hour, but if the battle is over, the roar is just beginning. The Senate Just Voted to reopen the government after members from both parties reached an agreement on a threeweek government funding deal earlier today. Were expecting a vote in the house soon after. But guys, right now hardliners on both sides are not happy. Especially on the left. Even if moderates on both sides are. The president s leadership is once again being questioned. Despite what the white house is trying to spin. And both parties are still as divided as ever on one of the hardest issues they could face. Immigration. So who blinked first . Democrats wanted a deal on da
Present. Hashtag democrat shutdown. Correspondent manu raju joins us now live from capitol hill. So manu, what are you hearing about these meetings . Reporter well there is dividing lines stark this morning. I can tell you the republicans in this Conference Meeting largely united behind their insistence that immigration should not be tied to any bill to open the government. They are saying out of this meeting the government should be reopened first before we deal with any side negotiations on the issue of negotiations before that march deadline where all of those d. R. E. A. M. Ers, people under the daca program may lease legal status. They dont want to tie the two issues together. But im told about a senior democratic source that they will democrat insisting that needs to be part of any funding solution. Some resolution on the daca issue. Something similar to the socalled d. R. E. A. M. Act that democrats have been pushing for a very long time. They are in sifting there needs to be a
Kevin . Boy, did it go fast and boy did it go wrong. Neil, its one of those unusual days. We talk about this on occasion. Sometimes you have a little falling out, a different of opinion. What we have today at the white house in washington is quite the separation. Were talking about a clash of titans here in part of what was said in the book that you talked about. The president pushing back strongly on suggestions made by steve bannon. Who you may recall the president has called a friend and Time Magazine interestingly actually once referred to him as the great manipulator. Let me share a part of what is in this book as recorded by michael wolf, the author. Hes quoting steve bannon as having said explosive things, in particular about the meeting at trump tower during the 2016 election. Some of the things hes saying are eyebrow raising to say the least. Let me share party on what we have here. In the book, bannon describing the meeting of the president s son and a group of russians as tr
Through. Brian, god. Settle down. Lawmakers lacing up their cleats for the annual congressional baseball game. The star of the show was Steve Scalise. Hit right to scalise. Got it wow. There we go. Britain brian last time heard three doors down at the inauguration. You will hear them today. They will play that song, i guarantee you. Exciting day as always. Summer Concert Series. Allamerican summer Concert Series produced and put together by kissinger. Ainsley if you have a kissinger team doesnt it save your life . Genius. Coffee saves my life every morning. Sit on a couch when Washington News is front and center. Brian guess what else is front and center . That and that. Ainsley the ig report. Bine brian i know a lot of people are having trouble digesting, 15page overview which is also intriguing. Jason chaffetz, former chairman of oversight was up to his eyeballs with this before he decided to join us. Congressman, is this unbelievable it . Is unbelievable. Hats off to Michael Horowit