Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part
and indeed, some democrats who are running in these congressional races are talking about the possibility of impeachment. what this is is a concerted strategy bit republican party to energize the conservative base voters who might otherwise say, the president s not on the ballot, i don t know if i m going to come out this fall. the republicans goal is to say we need these voters to come out and vote for the republican candidates. okay, let s get to the dinner itself. i want your reaction. let s play part of comedian michelle wolf. here s where she s roasting sarah huckabee sanders. i actually really like sarah. i think she s really resourceful. like she burns facts and uses that ash that create a perfect smokey eye. like maybe she s born with it. maybe it s lies. do you think, melanie, conventional wisdom wise, did michelle wolfe go too far at all here? look, i think whatever you think about sarah huckabee sanders, you have to give her credit for being able to sit there and ta