annoying. i just strongly believe you have to follow the law. alex, the mayor has continued to express his support, but we have says nothing wrong, again, at this point, he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. no charges have been filed. alex? okay, thanks for both of those points as well. george police, appreciate that. there s a lot of ground to cover in this next hour for you. first, up donald trump s testimony in court. did he help the prosecution instead of himself? you re going to hear from a courtroom insider. plus, what if trump wins the election? a chilling new article about what could come next. plus, my election officials are on high alert, and whether it is this is a new normal. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. drama on capitol hill this afternoon, as house republicans will hold a meeting in an effort to avoid a looming government shutdown. the details of the gop funding plans
on it as early as it is tuesday, this tuesday, to give members 72 hours to read through the bill. we are witnessing in realtime the first big test for the speaker, you will recall, he was elected just two weeks ago after right-wing republicans forced out kevin mccarthy. mccarthy s ousting the embodiment of a divided gop. , speaker johnson has to get them all on the same page. but the party is still showing signs of major dysfunction. this, week house republicans, they canceled votes on the two party unding bills, a step backwards for the speaker. republican congressman tory nelson telles texas put a like this, quote, i don t think the lord jesus and could manage this group. and with, that let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie circuit. julie, walk us through some of the key takeaways from speaker johnson s two tiered plan? well the big thing to know about this bill, just first and foremost, is that it is by all accounts a clean continuing resolution. meani
commitment is not unlimited, our support is not a blank check. martha: in many ways, bret, it was a very trumpian version of the war ond afghanistan. he said, we will not write a blank check, and we won t tell you how long we are therefore, we want to tell you how manyor troops are on the ground, and we won t tell you how many troops are on the ground, it was kind of a combination of the input that we have seen from different military advisors who have talked to him aboutut this. we are no longer going to nation build. weon know that mcmaster has made the argument that it can be a westernized country once again but that doesn t seem to be for the president comes down on this. it s a very presidential, trump version of the input that he has received. bret: as the speech was happening, i was getting messages from current and former special forces members, he said this is the speech they wanted to hear, that power, the result, their pride, the courage, and the commitment to let them d
again, we just have this quote. you have to understand that some people are giving us some quo s quotes. sure. again, they are talking to us like you do in your report. we have long relations with t m them. they give us some information. we are not inside the apartment with them. this special forces members who are injured, is that still at two? two policemen injured. yes, it has been confirmed to s us. is the raid much is it continuing right now, or has the gunfire subsided? is this a quiet standoff, so to speak? that i don t know. i am not on site. i cannot tell you that. i really don t know. okay. let me bring jim cavanaugh
and his family. i am as the family. we ll bring him out. alisyn: we like your optimism. eddie, thanks very much for the update on exactly what is going on down there. my pleasure, alisyn. thanks for having me. everybody keep writing letters. keep praying please. and i need all the support, especially praying. we ll, i ll be filing let me tell you that right now. with the judiciary. alisyn: i m sure our viewers will comply with your requests. this is topic that is near and dear to their hearts now. thanks so much, eddie. bill: you innings ined this prison too. alisyn: very dangerous. notorious. bill: members of the zetas and other drug cartels are held there. said to be a tough, tough place. they are former special forces members of the mexican army. said to be highly involved in human smuggling and known to kill migrants for not running drugs for them. at 1:00 hour with megyn the