Negotiating behavior by President Trump. This is a diplomatic crisis that is the doing of the president himself. We continue to believe there is a very Good Opportunity for peace to be achieved. Theres no scenario in any Peace Process that jerusalem is not recognized as the capital. This is not an american first Foreign Policy gesture. This is a trump first move. This is a big day in washington when it comes to the russia investigation. The president s son donald trump jr. Is testifying on capitol hill. A closed door interview with the House Intelligence Committee today. Hes expected to face questioning about the trump familys denying reports that bob muellers team is subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for records of the president s financial dealings. New information obtained by nbc news is shedding more light on what trump junior was looking for from a russian lawyer. Russian Attorney Says donald trump jr. Asked her if she had evidence of illegal donations to the Clinton Foundation in a meeting at trump tower in june of 2016. All right. Lots to cover this morning. But the biggest thing right now is that President Trump is preparing to upend nearly a half a century of u. S. Policy in the middle east announcing plans to recognize jerusalem rather than tel aviv as the capital of israel. The president is working to make good on one of his Many Campaign promises. We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people jerusalem. But the announcement is bringing alarm. U. S. Allies across the middle east from saudi arabia to jordan to turkey warn this could destroy hopes for a peace settlement between israel and the palestinians. Jordans King Abdullah ii says the move will provoke muslims and christians alike. Even theresa may voiced concerns over the president s planned announcement. The pope saying he hopes President Trump will reconsider the move. The leader of hamas said moving the embassy would cross a red line. The group declared three days of National Anger beginning today. Hoping to organize protests in the region. But it is unclear if the president will order the embassy to be moved to jerusalem or how long that would take. Lets put Historical Perspective on why this issue is just so delicate. Its understandable. Its been going on for a long time. People may not remember all the context and history about it. Lets bring you up to speed on this. The beginning of our current climate dates back about a hundred years to the collapse of the otman empire. In 1917 the british took over jerusalem. A movement called zionism started. It gained some stuff with the goal of creating a jewish state. Understandable because of everything that happened in the holocaust. The british wanted this thing to look like. It was submitted to the United Nations in 1947 and the hope is that they were going to split jerusalem between muslims, jews, and christians aiming to create a jewish state and an arab state. With jerusalem itself not governed by any one country. Now, arabs subject to the plan said absolutely not. Arab countries surrounding the state of Israel Attacked it in 1948. Israel won that war and in the process occupied west jerusalem. They declared jerusalem as israels capital. The Israel Legislature moved from tel aviv to jerusalem in 1950. However, at no point recognized jerusalem as israels capital. Nor did governments around the world. Every embassy to the world remains in tel aviv to this day. 1967, another led to gaza seizing the west strip, west bank, and East Jerusalem which was then controlled by jordan. Now, the annexation of East Jerusalem which displaced many was not recognized by the International Community and is the main factor for preventing israeli and Palestinian Peace talks. Maybe not the main factor. Nevertheless, in 1980 israel passed a law declaring jerusalem complete and united as the capital of israel. U. S. President s, however, have refused to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital since the camp david accords in 1979 partially to help ease the Peace Process in the hopes of obtaining a twostate solution between israelis and palestinians. That is predicated on East Jerusalem being the capital of a palestinian state. In 1995, president clinton signed the embassy act which required the u. S. Embassy to be moved from tel aviv to jerusalem. But the act included a waiver signed by the president every six months delaying the embassys move. And every president since then has signed that waiver including President Trump back in june. It is unclear as stephanie said if you refuse to sign the waiver or hell sign it and declare jerusalem the capital. But either way, there could be dire consequences. Joining us now is a senior fellow at the center for new american center. And eamon mo. Reporter as you could imagine with the historical layout you put forward, it depends what side of the divide youre on. On the palestinian side. We heard from the Christian Community here who criticized this move saying its not the right time. Its not the right decision. We heard from palestinian factions including militant groups and heard from ordinary palestinians. As you go broader into the arab world, you heard from any country on the map. They will tell you thats not a good decision. They expressed their concerns to the u. S. Privately and publicly with their statements. But have very different reaction as you could imagine from israelis here. Welcomed this decision at one point there was supposed to be celebrations here. The weather has not been cooperating. But you could imagine for a lot of israelis that this is a dream being fulfilled that jerusalem is being recognized by the United States as the capital. What that does is heightens the tension here on the ground. That is why palestinian factions are calling for three days of rage. Well see how that plays out over the course of the next day. It comes down to how President Trump makes this announcement. There are some being skeptical but hopeful that perhaps in the tone of President Trumps message in deciding to move the embassy to a part of jerusalem as you outlined west jerusalem, that you could also advance the claims by palestinians that East Jerusalem will be the future capital of their state. That is enshrined in International Law as they argue. And so they would hope that President Trump at least strikes that balance with the language of what he is going to say today. Im not very confident according to palestinians ive spoken to that theyre hopeful that he will strike that right balance. Thats why the mood here is a little bit dire but also tense. Guys . Ayman, that is helpful. Elon, talk to us about the potential danger here. That sense of optimism, people like that. There is an argument being the middle guy hasnt worked. Could this be a new strategy . But give us the real dangers. So theres a series of dangers. First of all, i just say it makes absolutely no sense to do this right now. Supposedly the Trump Administration is in the middle of a big peace initiative. But also to recognize the palestinian state and palestinian capital in East Jerusalem. That would make sense. Instead what the president is doing is throwing a grenade into the middle of this process. He just kills the process and everything blows over in terms of the violence and danger in the region. The more dangerous scenarios are if you do have these protests get out of control, the biggest thing i worry about is possibly targeting of american diplomatic personnel. Because the embassy is such a significant piece of this that then you have targeting of embassies in the middle east. And that becomes the biggest danger. Protests in jordan which is 70 palestinian. The key partner of the United States and not necessarily the most stable country in the world. Protests in the west bank. All these things could be very explosive and get out of control. We have to hope that does not happen. Ayman, the president has spoken to sisi of egypt. Spoken to the turks. Apparently the mayor of qatar today. And the jordanians. Theyve all said dont do this. They said exactly what elon has said. Theres more danger than benefit in doing it. But in the end, palestinians often feel they even feel disconnected from their own governments in many cases. The danger of that third as much as it will be a protest against the israelis or anyone else. Reporter that is a sentiment echoed widely here. Ineffective in stopping this but also in ending the occupation. So as a result there is a growing sense of frustration among palestinians in East Jerusalem and the west bank toward the Palestinian Authority. That their efforts of participating in the Peace Process over the years have not participated. And at the same time theres also anger and frustration with the militant factions including hamas and others who over the years have engaged in Armed Conflict with israel much to the detriment of palestinians who are still in gaza. And what youre seeing is this kind of third movement, so to speak, that has emerged among palestinians. That is also a movement saying that is the only way to get the International Community to recognize some of these legitimate claims of the palestinian people. Because the Palestinian Authority has failed to deliver on their process, on their promises in the Peace Process, and so, too, have the palestinian factions that are not engaged in any diplomatic process. And to the International Community. Thats an important point to keep in mind. And elon, where does iran fit into this whole thing . Because the iranians have at least have given vocal support to the palestinians and in some places supplied them with military support. Well, this isnt really about iran per se, but it is a great opportunity for the iranians. You know, i think what the iranians will try and do is play this role of being in the oppositi opposition, the access of resistance. And any of americas arab partners stay close to the United States. Iran will use that. So, for example, it would be interesting to see when the next time President Trump or Jared Kushner, even Rex Tillerson are able to meet with the family. Is that going the happen . Or can does salman feel he cant be seen with the United States for awhile because of the diplomatic benefit that gives to iran and irans ability to argue the saudis are american stooges after doing this politically provocative thing. Theres also a question i would argue that when you talk to israelis, none of them care all that much. Theyre excited about the embassy moving. But really on the wish list, this was pretty low. Nobody was clamoring for this now. What they really want is the United States to push back on iran and the middle east. The president gave a tough speech, weve actually seen no action. And the israelis are incredibly concerned about what iran is doing in syria and getting no response and help. Jcpoa being the iran deal. Thank you so much. And weve got breaking news in southern california. A fastmoving wildfire is burning at the edge of a busy expressway during the morning rush. Officials have ordered thousands of people to evacuate. Traffic is backed up with people stranded in very dangerous conditions. Msnbcs jacob soberov is live in l. A. It looks devastating. Reporter yeah, hey steph, hey ali. Earlier this morning many the middle of the predawn rush hour, folks were stopped in their tracks on the 405 freeway headed northbound towards mulholland drive. Stopped because there was a massive wildfire. Im here now with members of the l. A. City Fire Department who are fighting it basically below and above many households here in the west coast foothills of the bel air area of los angeles. If you look down there, you can see a resident fighting in tandem with the Fire Department with his own hose down there, ali and steph. Basically trying to tamp down on the flames that are directly above that home. If you take a look, out in this direction, thats the getty center. Its one of the cultural monuments in the city of los angeles. And directly below that is the 405 freeway. Right now all traffic is stopped coming northbound on the 405. Theyre starting to let cars through on the southbound side, but for miles, theres a huge wildfire burning up and down this freeway. Lets look at this right here. There are firefighting helicopters coming in and out of this area right now. And on the ridge up there, im not sure you can see it. But there are crews, men and women of the Los Angeles County and city Fire Departments actually going by hand and trying try ing to tamp down this fire. I want to come back down over here and bring in this captain. Talk to us about what were seeing out here right now. We got here in the Early Morning fire that spread fast here. The wind driven fire we had. Came down here to the southbound from the 405 here and ran down the valley. Right now the primary objective for you guys is obviously defend life and property. Correct. At this point, yes. Reporter so can you talk to us about the tactics being used right now . What are we looking at here . From the top, were in someones back yard here. Youre looking down at other homes and trying to keep those flames away. All this started from embers being thrown downwind here. What were trying to do is allow it to run up these hills and these homes up here. And all the dry brush. Were talking about an area that has got a lot of people out here. You know, the neighborhoods of bel air, brent wood. Were talking about tens of thousands of people that live in this general area. Correct. Not only people going to work this morning but also the mandatory evacuation in this area. Reporter this is a mandatory evacuation zone, steph and ali. What youre looking at is up in the hills below bel air are members of l. A. City engine 3 Fire Department. There are units from all over the city that are here right now just to give you an idea. Engine 11 where captain goodwin and his team are from is on the other side of los angeles. We have a 55,000 acre fire burning up in Ventura County fire. Thats the thomas fire where units from throughout the state are also and its not just these two. I think weve got at least four, possibly five, maybe more fires burning simultaneously throughout southern california. Its been a very, very dry last couple months out here. And even though were in december and this morning the temperatures dipped into the 40 degree range, you got massive widefires through the area. Quickly before we go, how about you . Your family . Your house . Okay . Reporter thats nice of you to ask. I grew up not too far away from here, actually. Just a little bit over this mountain towards the pacific ocean. My familys okay. My wife, my son are okay not too far from where the brave men and women from engine 11 are coming over here from. Stay safe. So, so sorry to see this terrible, terrible news. Yeah. Jacob, thanks very much. The president just tweeted about these fires. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of the california wildfires. I encourage everyone to heed the advice and orders of local and state officials. Thank you to all First Responders for your work. I stand by the president on that statement. Thank you to the First Responders. Stand by, everybody. Right now on capitol hill, donald trump jr. Testifying. The latest on the closed door session as we learn more about his meeting with russians during the 2016 campaign. There is much more ahead today. This hour at 11 30 President Trump will host a Cabinet Meeting at the white house. At noon, thousands of socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers are set to protest in washington. At 1 00 well hear from democrats on new Gun Legislation that the house will vote on today. That bill would force all states to recognize concealed carry permits from any other state. On that issue, later this hour well speak with astronaut mark kelly whos advocated for gun control since the shooting of his wife Gabby Giffords. Stay with us. Yo, check it out dawg. That was just aight for me. I mean, you got the walk. You got the stance. But i wasnt really feeling it. You know what, im not buying this. You gotta come a little harder dawg. You gotta figure it out. Eh, i dont know. Shaky on the walk, carriage was off. Randy jackson judging a dog show. I dont know dawg. Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money lisa saved by switching to geico. Wow performance of the night. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. We are back. This is velshi ruhle. And as donald trump jr. Makes another high stakes appearance on capitol hill in the russia investigation, all eyes are on him. Right now the president s eldest son is testifying behind closed doors of the House Intelligence Committee after appearing before the Senate Judiciary committee back in september. This is exclusive nbc video as he left the Trump International hotel this morning. His testimony comes amid new revelations about that nowfamous meeting at trump tower that pretty much everybody was invited to except you. But really it was because it was with a russian lawyer. That also included Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Nbc news has exclusively obtained the lawyers wran answers to senate investigators. They reinforce that trump junior accepted the meeting on promises of incriminating information about Hillary Clinton that was coming from the russian government. Trump junior asked whether she had evidence of illegal donations to the Clinton Foundation. Quote, the meeting is essentially ended there when she said she didnt. The question is whether thats true because its bad both ways. If it just ended because you didnt have clinton information, thats bad. Means you were seeking clinton information. Not everybody believes thats true. That there was no further contact after that. Joining us now with a true beast of a reporting, the man who got this information exclusively. Nbc news intelligence and National Security reporter kenny d. Known as ken dilanian. Okeydoke. Talk us through this document that you got, this back and forth information that you exclusively obtained. So its a 51page statement. She answered written questions by the Senate Judiciary committee. This whole thing is a big misunderstanding. Promising help from the russian government calling her a russian government lawyer were wrong and exaggerated. She had no ties to the russian government. She was not there to provide incriminating evidence. Even if all thats true, the first question practical that donald trump jr. Asked her is whether she had any evidence of illegal contributions to the foundation. That he thought was coming from the russian government. Thats i think the significance. The other significance is the grand jury Robert Mueller wants to lock in what happened in this meeting. Theyre trying to figure out why donald trump said what he said about it calling it about russian adoption. So we have this corroborate this emails or the emails that we got that donald trump jr. Released corroborate this statement. Right . They took the meeting because they believed they were going to get dirt on Hillary Clinton. And the trump side of the Campaign Says when they found out they didnt, they became disinterested and now the lawyer said the same thing. So the bottom line is a lot of people dont believe that to be true. They didnt all just show up, have this meeting on the promise of juicy information and suddenly walked away. Its starting to look like this is being told to the grand jury. This may be the story. This doesnt mean this wasnt a dangle by the russian intelligence and these people were dupes and didnt know the idea was to test the trump campaign. After all, most campaigns faced with this offer would call the fbi. Its an offer of help from an foreign adversary. Assuming that would be it, is this going to be another oops i did it again, were buffoons, were simple, were new to the world of politics which weve heard over and over when jared forgot to list, i dont know, a thousand contacts . That has been their story. But the problem with that story is that sitting in that meeting was Paul Manafort who had been on political campaigns going back to the 1970s. I dont know what his excuse would be. Also very tight into russia. So he would have known the intricacies of this. Donald trump jr. May face about wikileaks starting in december of 2016. Thats also thats such a good point. The timing is so crazy. June they have this meeting. And that is hugely they have e the emails they got. Did they help weaponize that information. Did any americans help that . And these communications between wikileaks is important. Quickly before we go, is he under oath . Yes. All right. Thank you, ken. Good to be with you. Ken dilanian. Stand by, everyone. Republicans promising big tax cuts for the middle class. But that is somewhat of a misleading promise. See what your taxes would look like ten years from now and how those cuts might disappear. Well be back in a minute. What i want, youve got, but it might be hard to handle like the flame that burns the candle the candle feeds the flame topped steak twisted potatoes at applebees. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. We are the driven. The dedicated. The overachievers. We know our best investment is in ourselves. We dont take no for an answer. We fight for what we want. Even for the things that were once a given. Going to college. Buying a home. And not being in debt for it for the rest of our lives. But were only as strong as our community. Who inspires and pushes us to go further than we could ever go alone. Sofi. Get there sooner. Welcome back to velshi ruhle. Republicans are racing against the clock to reconcile their tax bills so provisions from either one could end up in a final bill. And remember, the senates individual rates expire in 2027. So lets see how this huge middle class tax cut would look ten years from now according to New York Times analysis. For those making less than 10,000 a year, only 1 will see tax cuts in 2027. Those in the 10,000 to 20,000 range dont fair much better with 3 getting cuts ten years from now. 20,000 to 30,000 would see a rate cut in 202737 and if you make up to 40,000, 9 of that range will see a cut of that in 2027. We finally hit double digits in the 40,000 to 50,000. 12 of that group will see tax cuts ten years from now. 14 of those making 50,000 to 75,000 will see that. 22 will see a cut that year. See the trend yet . The more money you make, the more you can likely to get a tax cut. A third of those making 100,000 to 200,000 will get a cut. 43 in that range will see cuts. And more than half 58 of people making 500 grand a year to a million will see cuts in 2027. And if you are fortunate enough to make over a Million Dollars a year, well, youve got a very good chance of seeing cut. 61 of that group will still have tax cuts in 2027. And just take a look at those ranges again. In case someone tells you this benefits the middle and lower income groups, make less than 10,000 a year, by 2027 only 1 of you get a cut. Make somewhere between 50,000 and 75,000, 14 . But more than a million bucks a year, 61 of your income range will see cuts. Right. And thats the part thats interesting to us. Because we know every survey, every study of these tax cuts indicates that the deficit is going to increase. We know a lot of people, big league conservatives dont want to see an increase. And those cuts tend to disproportionately hit the middle class and the poor. This could be a double whammy. Not only is this tax bill itself not necessarily good for lower and middle classes. But the increase to the deficit its going to have is also bad. Thats the part we have to remember. You could speak to a steve mnuchin, a gary cohn, a Mick Mulvaney and theyll make the argument people on the lowest level of the scale dont pay taxes. Them getting a tax cut isnt that big of a deal. But those people are dependent on social programs that do in some cases mean the difference between life or death or life and thriving. And what we want are those people to thrive so theyre no longer on the bottom rung. We have a progressive tax system and that is the more you earn, the higher you earn, the larger your spojt is to society. It is generally something thats accepted. Well continue to study this. We hit on taxes every day. What they havent done is close loopholes. This isnt reform. Its tax cuts. And by keeping those loopholes in place, this plan is going to be a beautiful field for tax specialists and accountants to look at these loopholes and really exploit them. I was watching a show the other day and i heard a republican congressman from utah telling you there are plenty of loopholes being cut. Couldnt name one. Couldnt name a single one, but he said there were plenty. And getting rid of carried interest. I still see it. The house is voting today on new legislation that will allow people to carry concealed guns in more places. Well speak with mark kelly whose wife Gabby Giffords survived a shooting in arizona. Youre watching velshi ruhle live on msnbc. Everyone deserves attention, whether youve saved a lot or just a little. At pnc investments, we believe youre more than just a number. So we provide personal Financial Advice for every retirement investor. Theres nothing more important than your health. 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But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of Sexual Misconduct is necessary and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this water shed moment is bigger than any one party or person. The pervasiveness of Sexual Harassment and the experience women face every day across america within the existing power structure of society has finally come out of the shadows. It is a moment we that we as a country cannot afford to ignore while a lot of the media focus has been on high profile cases with powerful leaders in politics, hollywood, and the media business. We must recognize that this is happening every day to women everywhere up and down the economic ladder. It goes on beyond that. But kasie hunt has been working to get these comments from senator hirono, mccaskill, hassan, and gillibrand. She joins us now from capitol hill. Kasie . Reporter hi. So this is a little bit of the dam breaking for senator al franken. He had so far been pretty insulated from calls to resign. There had been instead of focus on that Ethics Committee investigation. And his colleagues had said that was the appropriate way for this to be handled. And i think its a pretty significant statement for so many women, Democratic Senators to come out and call on him to resign. We of course have seen quite a bit of back and forth here as some of the most prominent democrats have wrestled with how to handle these allegations of misconduct. Nancy pelosi, of course, came under fire when she initially seems to defend john conyers as an icon and say she didnt know who his accusers were in an interview on meet the press with chuck todd. She very quickly back tracked and eventually called for conyers to step down after criticism and backlash especially from women who have felt em mapowered by the me too movement. And there have been a lot of sort of behind the scenes conversation and agonizing, really, over how to fit al franken into this puzzle. And a lot of democrats were trying to decide did they feel as though there was some difference in the level or nuance of the allegations. And clearly these women senators have collectively decided that no, in fact, there is not. And that the standard that is applied to others should apply to senator franken. We should point out that there is a new accusation today against al franken. It was published in politico. A woman who says he tried to forcibly kiss her and said thats my right as an entertainer to do it. Franken forcibly denied that allegation. He has in the instances of other allegations that have been made apologized or said he feels bad the woman felt disrespected. This is a categorical denial in this particular case. Thanks, kasie. The me too movement, part of whats been named Time Magazine person or people of the year. The silence breakers. And also to note, kasie was saying how empowering this movement has been for women. Its not just women. We cannot forget we work every single day with extraordinary men who are happy to see this movement because its less about sex and more about an abuse of power. And a structure that has not been supportive of women and men, its been about objectify kags. There are a lot of men in it. Another big story were following on the hill, in just a few hours, voting on gun rights. The concealed carry reciprocity act would allow gun owners with conceal carry permits to cross any state line with their weapon hidden as long as that state allows pit. Now all states allow some form of concealed carry, but the laws vary. Some are highly restrictive and others lenient. You dont need a permit. Under the proposal, anyone with a valid permit from one state could carry in another state even if that person doesnt meet that states standards. Gun owners would be able to travel without accidentally breaking state laws. Democrats are outraged by this saying undermining Public Safety. Joining us now is mark kelly. Good to see you again. You and your wife Gabby Gifford is working against this bill. You are gun owners. Whats part of this legislation that troubles you . Well, you know, as a gun owner and a responsible gun owner, i think its just bad and its dumb policy. It allows people with little to no training, no background check to carry a gun from one state and bring it to another state. And we know when we loosen concealed carry laws, there was a study down by Johns Hopkins and in a tenyear period the murder rate went up 10 and Violent Crime went up 14 . So we know this is not good policy. But it also does happen to be the big item on the nras christmas list. So thats why its getting a vote in congress today. Well, you say that this threatens Law Enforcement. Exactly how . Well, in a number of ways, when more people carry guns in public, more people die from gunshot wounds. Theres a clear connection. It also complicates the job of Police Officers. You know, the concept that the good guy with the gun is going to, you know, save the day every day, you know, thats not thats actually fiction. I mean, that is not reality. Thats just what we see on tv. You know, reality is when a Law Enforcement officer shows up at a scene and there are additional people carrying guns, its hard for them to figure out whats going on. We saw with a shooting in the walmart in denver just a month ago, it was hard for the Police Officers to figure out who was the you know, who was the bad guy and who was the good guy. This was on a tape after the fact because there were a lot of people that pulled out guns. It made it difficult for them to track that person down. The other thing that complicates this incredibly is how is a Police Officer in one state supposed to understand, you know, while hes doing his job, what the laws are of the other 49 different states. Its not possible. So, you know, for them to do their job of policing a community, it just gets incredibly complex. Thats why Law Enforcement is against this. You know, our organization giffords, you know, we have a Law Enforcement coalition with a lot of chiefs of police and sheriffs that have come out strongly against this. You know, a former state department worker in the Bush Administration also wrote an oped in the post as you did arguing why she should be allowed to carry her gun all across state lines. Heres what she said. Its easy to see how a lawabiding person with a permit could make a mistake while trying to navigate all these different state laws. As this is a constitutional right, the onus should be on the government not the citizen. Which is counter to what you said. That means the onus is on local Law Enforcement to figure out you just came into new york from connecticut where the laws are different. That does seem how do you respond to that argument . Its not a constitutional right for anybody to carry a firearm on their person in public. You know, the Second Amendment and in 2006 or 07, antonin scalias decision, his majority opinion that he wrote said that the Second Amendment means you have a right to own a gun in your home to protect yourself if thats what you wanted. You know, but states, communities also have the right to regulate what that means. So carrying a gun across state lines i would say is not a Second Amendment right. Im a gun owner. I served in the military for 25 years. If youre a responsible person and your state has a reciprocity agreement with another state, its your responsibility to know that and allow individuals from the states that and impose that on states that take this seriously and have stronger gun laws and by the way also have a lot less gun violence because of that, i mean, thats just not right. Mark, for responsible gun owners, ali and i talk about this with one another all the time. Why dont the responsible gun owners faction, step out in a bigger more public and powerful way. As it stands, it seems like all gun owners get swept under the nra umbrella. Thats not what all gun owners want. And its not what all the public wants either. Things we support like universal background checks get the support of 90 of americans. I mean, that is a really huge number. Strengthening Domestic Violence legislation is overwhelmingly supported by americans. But its not supported by the gun lobby. And you know, we just hope that responsible gun owners come to us, sign up, you know, on our website. Thats what were trying to do. Were organizing Law Enforcement and veterans, you know, people that understand this issue. You know, that really come out on the side of Community Safety and Public Safety and smart legislation to keep our community safer. Not go back in the other direction. And its just its reprehensible that the first vote on the floor of the house of representatives after two of the worst Mass Shootings that weve seen in our countrys history is taking us back in the wrong direction. Its just not right. Mark, thank you very speaking out. Captain mark kelly. Thanks, mark. Breaking news now. Six women Democratic Senators calling on senator al franken to step down. Lets listen in. To stand up and talk to people about Sexual Harassment. Its because of you, gretchen, and thousands of women like you who have said no more that we today we are on the verge of making Real Progress on fighting Sexual Harassment in the workplace. I also want to thank the rest of my colleagues who are here with me today. On the house side, walter jones, elise stefanik. And to your right, senator Kirsten Gillibrand who has been an absolute champion on this issue. Senator graham, thank you so much for being a cosponsor of our bill today. I couldnt wish for better partners to be here for what were announcing today. The name of our bill is ending forced arbitration of Sexual Harassment. Before i tell you what this bill does, i want to tell you why it is so badly needed. The idea of this legislation came to me actually in february. It was a monday night. Im reading the Washington Post. Thank you to our reporters im a former reporter. Thank you to our reporters for uncovering what is going out there. Reporters for uncovering what is going out there. I read that night about a story that involved kay jewelry and jared jewelry, and how they had a rigged system that allowed those in Senior Leadership to prey on women in the work force. Heres what they reported. Detailed allegations of a chief executive who would only promote women who would sleep with them. It shed light on an alcoholfueled Management Meeting where, of course, spouses were banned and where dozens of women would go there and they would be groped, they would be demeaned, they would be harassed. By the way, these meetings were mandatory for these women. The report in the Washington Post painted a troubling picture of a Corporate Culture that fostered systemic sexual harrassment. Once the women had had it, they were totally fed up, they were disgusted by this offense ive behavior, and they finally decided they were going to take action. They did what women who were sharing these stories would do, and they decided to file a class action suit. But as you can see, by those of us standing in front of you, there is not one woman from kay jewelry or jared jewelry. And you know why . Because when they were hired, they filled out paperwork just like when you start any new job, you sign your name on the paperwork. Or youre handed an employee handbook. And it was slipped right under their nose, and that took away their right to sue. Youre hearing something a little different. Weve had now one, two, three, four, five, six senators, i believe, this morning call for senator al franken to resign. Maggie hassan, clair mccaskill, kristen gillenbrand, carrie hirono, and theyve called for a stand on sexual harrassment to get all that resolved. All of that is happening on capitol hill as it should be on sexual harrassment. Moving on, an important story that affects millions of American Families and anyone who cares about children. Children in ten states could lose their health care if congress does not take action soon. Im talking about checkups, immunizations and prescriptions. Why there is a literal lifeline that had bipartisan support for years is at risk. Were going to be right back. Youre watching velshi ruhle live on msnbc. His family had used another insurance product but i was like well ive had usaa for a while, why dont we call and check the rates . It was an instant savings and i shouldve changed a long time ago. Theres no point in looking elsewhere really. Were the tenneys and were usaa members for life. Usaa. Get your insurance quote today. avo but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. Noninsulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. 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Its a sign of how broken Congress Really is. This republican majority has jammed through a multimilliondollar tax break for the richest americans, and yet children all over this country are threatened with losing their health care. You know, when the law was passed in 97, i was still the insurance commissioner, ali, and to show how bipartisan this is, the governor of kansas reached out to me at the time and said, would you lead the chip program in kansas, which i happily did. Every state in the country is part of the chip program. Half the states cover kids up to 200 of poverty, the rest of them cover kids up to 250 of poverty, but these are the lowest income children in the country. And it is a program that affects about 9 million children across america. And its just shocking that in all of the back and forth, all the things i heard you talk about, that congress is going to vote on conceal and carry, and they cant take care of 9 million lowincome children . It is not more important. Kathleen, unfortunately, as you know, because were a cabinet secretary, we have a Cabinet Meeting under way right now, so well have to pick this conversation up with you later on and listen to the president. To be respected once again all over the world, however, we face many serious threats. Lots of things are happening in our country. Lots of very positive things, but we have some things that we have to talk about. Were going to be discussing today the situation in north korea. It will be handled and it will be handled properly. Many of our brave troops will be spending christmas overseas. Were thinking about them. Were funding them like they havent been funded in a long time. Best equipment you can get a. Our military is getting stronger, and i expect that very soon ill be able to say stronger than ever before. It was very depleted when i got here. Its not going to be depleted any longer. So i just want to thank everybody. I want to congratulate Kirsten Nielsen who was just confirmed yesterday. Its been a long wait, and were waiting for a lot of others. All of you are waiting for people, or most of you are waiting for people to come in and help. I know from the standpoint of trade, were waiting for a lot of our trade representatives to be approved. They just dont want to do it. The democrats just dont want to give us those people. They delay them as long as possible. They take every single minute they can take. Its not right, but i would like to congratulate our new secretary of homeland security, kirsten. Good luck. Im especially thrilled to report that the Senate Passed massive tax cuts in reform. You know about that very well. Youve covered it, for the most part, accurately, which is surprising for you folks, but thats okay. Were on the verge of a historical victory that cuts taxes for the middle class, for businesses, brings back probably in excess of 4 trillion. As you know, weve been saying 2. 5 trillion for years. Well, that number is greatly expanded. And well be bringing back in excess of 4 trillion. It will be put to work in our country. There will be a lot of jobs being brought back with that money. Right now that money is being spent overseas. Its not going to be spent overseas anymore. The house and senator now negotiating the final bill, and i cannot wait to sign these giant tax cuts and reforms. I mentioned tax cuts, but its also reforms. But im looking forward to signing it. It will be the largest tax cuts by far