Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im frederica whitfield. Right now lawmakers are on capitol hill with just hours left until the Government Shutdown, and today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthys plan is to pass bills to minimize the impacts of a shutdown, not stop one from actually happening. Gop hard liners blocked his last attempt at passing a shortterm funding bill. And if mccarthy turns to democrats for help, today he could lose his job. Over on the senate side, lawmakers are moving ahead with their own funding bill, but it would not pass in time to keep the government open. The stakes could not be higher. When the clock strikes midnight millions of federal workers will be off the job. Employees considered essential like active duty military and Border Agents will be forced to work without pay. And you could even see airport delays, museum and National Park closures, and Food Assistance programs put on hold. Now that a shutdown seems all but inevitable, the questions on
Menendez. We begin this hour with Breaking News from capitol hill. At any moment, we expect the senate to begin to pick on the house bill to avert a government shutdown. However, we have Breaking News about why we have yet to the process began. Nbc news now reporting one senator is holding up the bill, concerned about a to a current. The house passed the 45day stopgap Funding Measure with bipartisan support earlier today, the bill includes money for Disaster Relief, keeps the government open until november 17th, but the bill does not include aid to ukraine. The house vote was a uturn for House Speaker kevin mccarthy, who ditched demands from hard on republicans and relied on votes from democrats to get a continuing resolution over the line. But the bill does not include further aid to ukraine. And that is a problem for democratic senator Michael Bennet. Nbc news says he is reportedly holding out this senate vote on the cr, citing concerns over the lack of funding for ukraine. This is w
Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. Congress is trying to crawl its way out of chaos, but a feeling of inevitability has taken hold on capitol hill as the Clock Barrels toward a Government Shutdown. Both chambers are trying to reach shortterm spending agreements, but will they find the votes . Millions of federal employees and contractors are bracing for impact if a showdown does happen, but how significant a toll could it take on our armed services, both at home and abroad. And tributes for a trailblazer, lawmakers emotional remembrances of california senator Dianne Feinstein who passed away at the age of 90. Very sad. May she rest in peace. Voting the last day. We will take a look back at the life and legacy of the democrat who served longer than any other woman in senate history, and with big shoes left to fill, what happens now to feinsteins seat . A complicated calculation over who could be her successor. But we begin with the 2024 campaign, alr
Pandemic while Health Care Workers may strike next week. All of this with big implications for inflation and the economy. How are markets digesting it . We start with dom chu and the latest on that. A little indigestion as we progress through the day. We were solidly in the mean at one point today, but we are trading at session lows. The dow down about one half of 1 , 136 points down. The s p 500 now below the 4300 mark. 4292, down about six points, the session low. We were up roughly 34 points at the highs of the decision. So down six right now, down about 1 10th of 1 . Even the tech trade, up north of today for the nasdaq composite, is up 1 3 of 1 , up 39 points, 13,249. One place thats interesting in the marketplace right now is energy. Specifically between socalled new energy, solar, that sort of thing, versus Traditional Oil and gas, fossil fuels. If you take a look over the course of this year, the Energy Sector spider, oil and gas type companies, up 3. 5 . The solar etf that att
Hierarchy. Reporter he blames strict adherence to ideology for the decline, but says that can change. What do you think it would change for the Catholic Church to be able to reconnect with americans . They need to meet americans where they are. We are a very secular society. And so if the church can figure out a way to help people understand how a spiritual journey and a Faith Community can really make ones life more rich and meaningful, that i think is also part of the story. And Nikki Battiste joins us now. Nikki, so many of the people we spoke with thought that pope francis has been much more inclusive. What did you learn . Reporter the feeling is very much the same here in the u. S. Pope francis has made a concerted effort to soften the message of the Catholic Church. Its a church that has angerered some of more conservative followers, but its part of a plan to make all feel welcome. Norah . We also asked him about those conservative bishops. Youll hear than later. Nikki battiste,