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deal on major components by friday. the four key negotiators, pelosi, schumer, meadows, mnuchin, they plan to meet this evening. let s start there with nbc s kasie hunt. she s on capitol hill. kasie, where are we seeing progress? where are we seeing division in these talks? reporter: well, craig, we heard yesterday from the white house side that they are still trillions of dollars apart in these negotiations. so that suggests there s still a long way to go. we know there are three key areas. there s unemployment insurance, which we hear they are making some progress toward. there was an offer on the table for $400 a week for people through december. democrats have some reservations about that and are more likely to suggest perhaps $600 through january. remember, mitch mcconnell signaled he may be willing to move forward with that, that it s not a red line in the sand for him to include that. i think that s pretty telling. you also, of course, have money for state and ....
engaging in spying when they re following fbi investigative policies and procedures? well, that s not the term i would use. when it comes to the investigation into the trump campaign, the attorney general was quick to toss around terms like spying. the fbi director wasn t so cavali cavalier. no. i mean, it is so interesting. we re seeing every day, confirmation of things we already knew, but it is nice to get that confirmation. you know, willie, a couple days ago, when the 500 prosecutors said, yeah, he committed obstruction of justice, and we d like the president to be indicted. we knew that, but it sure was nice to hear it from 500 prosecutors, also republicans. same thing with the fbi director yesterday. yes, we knew barr was lying. we knew he wouldn t call it spying. he has an audience of one. if your job is to be joe mcarthur s lawyer, that s what you re going to do. he dispassionately shoots holes in the things that the president of the administration sa ....
author of songs of america officially out tomorrow and morning joe and economic analyst steve rattner, along with president of the council on foreign relations and author of a world in disarray and also with us form of dccc, adrienne el rod, an ms red sox slugger david ortiz is in stable condition after being shot in the back. police say ortiz was approached by two assailants, one of whom is still at large and the bullet that hit ortiz in the back exited through his stomach. according to witnesses, only one shot was fired. a police press conference is expected later this morning. jonathan, obviously shocking news not only for those of us who have grown up loving david ortiz and the boston red sox, but bu also for all baseball fans, everybody that s known this man, as he was going into surgery he said something to the doctors that so many people that have known ortiz through the years inside and outside of major league baseball have known, and that is i am a good ....
bipartisan bill at the senate, i spoke with mitch, spoke to a lot of people, we re doing very well. it s very far along, and i believe the house is also going to be getting together with the senate. hopefully they can get something done. it s humanitarian aide, it s very important, and i think that a lot of people are starting to realize that i was right when i said we have a crisis at the border, everyone s saying now we had a crisis at the border, it wasn t a manufactured crisis. which they were saying, it wasn t manufactured at all. we have a crisis at the border. jeff mason is the white house correspondent for reuters. we ve been watching what s been happening on the hill with this bill. you heard the president say he talked to nancy pelosi, do you sense a turning point? it sounds like there s some movement anyway, and pelosi s office confirmed they spoke. she reached out to him. it sounds like the house is trying to move in the direction where they and the sena ....
crabs while on vacation. as the burning amazon rain forest becomes a burning disaster, brazil s government says mind your own business. itthe president has tossed hand grenade into the stock market. china announced retaliation tariffs on everything from coffee to car parts, wheat and whiskey. the markets took the news pretty well. a short time ago president trump tweeted his anger at china, saying things like we don t need china, and urging american companies to look elsewhere for trade partners. the market reacted dramatically to that. now, remember, this is all coming just as the president prepares to looeeave the countr this evening, heading to france for the g-7 summit where testy relations and fresh disagreements with top u.s. allies will be on full display. the president also tweeting that he will be responding to china s tariffs this afternoon, so we should be expecting that at any moment and will bring that to you. alison kosik is our business correspondent. ....