Via a tweet from the White House Press secretary saying potus invites senator reid, nancy pelosi, mcconnell press and Speaker Boehner to the white house later today to discuss the need to reopen the government. Raise the debt ceiling. Want to bring in dana bash on capitol hill, brianna at the white house. Brianna, first of all, we know the pressures on here. The president has made very clear hes not negotiating actually the obama care and attaching it to the budget. So what is he going to offer . Well, at this, point, we dont expect he will offer anything. Thats what white house officials ive spoken to are saying. This isnt going to be a negotiation. We are told that when congressional leaders come here at 5 30 p. M. And meet with president obama, his message will be what it has been, which is that he says he will not negotiate on obama care. He wants congress to pass a clean funding bill as youve heard it called. So a funding bill without any conditions attached, without any obama car
Bennett is known as being quiet i mean, softspoken. Hes a quietly confident person who does not need to yell to make his point. And to see him out there with no notes, to see him out there with no staff, to see him speaking from the heart like that in a way that absolutely blew up, all the more powerful because of his because of his personality. Because of his quietness. And thats what makes it the hollywood moment. It is the mr. Smith moment. Because he is, as you put it, mildmannered. When you were talking about it. And softspoken. It wasnt a person anybody expected this from. Let me give you one more technical detail about this that was fascinating for me and that is that when a senator rises to speak there is a microphone that is attached to their desk and they pull it right out. It looks leek a pen. It looks like a black pen like this and they pull it right out and they drop it they actually tend to just drop it right in the pocket of the suit coat. Right . Thats what ted cruzs mi
I always have regrets for every show. My great regret for this show is i didnt play more of it, so im glad youre going to spread out into it. Also the fact that Michael Bennett is known as being quiet i mean, softspoken. Hes a quietly confident person who does not need to yell to make his point. And to see him out there with no notes, to see him out there with no staff, to see him speaking from the heart like that in a way that absolutely blew up, all the more powerful because of his because of his personality. Because of his quietness. And thats what makes it the hollywood moment. It is the mr. Smith moment. Because he is, as you put it, mildmanner mildmannered. When you were talking about it. And softspoken. It wasnt a person anybody expected this from. Let me give you one more technical detail about this that was fascinating for me and that is that when a senator rises to speak there is a microphone that is attached to their desk and they pull it right out. It looks leek a pen. It l
From washington tonight, and rachel its so fascinating to hear senator blumenthal say that. Hes a former attorney general of connecticut. Hes a careful speaker in these kinds of spots. And hes talking about the possibility of more criminal charges and the words donald trump jr. Are right there in the middle of what he said. He knew he was saying that. Yeah, and you know, the question that i had asked him, i asked him kind of a long compound question, but the point of it was has the special counsel been asked for or obtained official transcripts of other witnesses who have spoken before your committee and he was like, i cannot talk about us and the special counsel, but let me tell you i was there behind closed doors. If people are getting in criminal trouble for lying to congress, donald trump jr. Is one of them that may be in trouble for that. Very straightforward and blunt. And rachel, in addition to senator Elizabeth Warren, in her very very first, msnbc appearance as a president ial
Jr. Just wanted to make sure we underscored that, and you knew that happened on our air tonight. We will be back again tonight. Time for the last word with lawrence odonnell, a big interview tonight with senator Elizabeth Warren joining him live. Thats correct. From washington tonight, and rachel its so fascinating to hear senator blumenthal say that. Hes a former attorney general of connecticut. Hes a careful speaker in these kinds of spots. And hes talking about the possibility of more criminal charges and the words donald trump jr. Are right there in the middle of what he said. He knew he was saying that. Yeah, and you know, the question that i had asked him, i asked him kind of a long compound question, but the point of it was has the special counsel been asked for or obtained official transcripts of other witnesses who have spoken before your committee and he was like, i cannot talk about us and the special counsel, but let me tell you i was there behind closed doors. If people ar