for lack of a better word, went nuclear. and in a stunningly candid moment, president biden said the way the deal went down was clumsy and notably he said he was under the impression that the french had been told it was happening before it was announced. i can t imagine the conversations happening today at the state department or the pentagon or in the halls of congress for that matter, where president biden put it all on the line yesterday in an effort to get every democrat in line on supporting his infrastructure and social spending plans as they currently stand. no dice on getting an infrastructure vote before he was wheels up for italy. but buried in the mistrust of senators manchin and sinema was enthusiasm to vote for the deal once they ve seen the full text. how long will that take? and is time the enemy? this tweet from congresswoman pramila jayapal, leader of the progressives in the house, reads this way. we will pass the build back better act and the infrastructure
fellow democrats announced a framework on that massive infrastructure and social spending package. we expect to hear the first official reaction from house speaker nancy pelosi at any moment. president biden delayed his flight to meet with the pope at the vatican today, seemingly in order to seal the deal with one last sales pitch on capitol hill, to get everybody on board and push his signature spending plans over the finish line before boarding air force one. today the president made clear compromise is at hand. he is on board even without everything he wanted. today i m pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, i think we i know we have an historic economic framework. it s a framework that will create millions of jobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity, and put us on a path not only to compete but to win the economic competition for the 21st century against china and ever
immediately. so it will remain in place for now. the justices, just like the appeals court previously, did not provide any reasoning behind their decision to allow the law to stand. but justice sonia sotomayor was having none of it, writing this. the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women who need relief now. nbc s pete williams and boston law professor wendy murphy, welcome to you both. pete, let me start with you, and folks want clarity on this question. will the supreme court decide the case on the merits of the law or over the justice department s right to sue? or is it really both here, pete? it s both. the supreme court s going to hear both those cases on november 1. that s the lightning speed part of this. the decisions will follow, i suspect, at the court s normal pace, complicated by the fact that on december 1, the court hears the third big abortion case of the term, the direct challenge to roe v. wade on mississippi s law that would ba
house of representatives is expected to hold trump confidant steve bannon in contempt of congress and refer the matter to the justice department for prosecution. then it s up to the acting u.s. attorney in dc and ultimately the attorney general on whether to bring criminal charges against bannon. the house of representatives votes for referral of a contempt charge. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. it will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. the pressure on merrick garland will be intense. and his decision on whether to prosecute will be consequential, not only for bannon and donald trump, but also the future ability of congressional power to call witnesses, demand information and documents, and enforce subpoenas for those who refuse to cooperate. now, if history is any indicator, the doj has historically been reluctant to use its power of prosecution against witnesses fo
already see this movie? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really could use a long weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 8th. we ll start with the news. with just days go before the federal government was set to default on its national debt for the first time ever, the senate passed a short-term measure to raise the country s debt ceiling. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell provided democrats the ten votes necessary to advance the bill yesterday after a tense stalemate. the new measure lifts the country s borrowing cap by $480 billion, temporarily putting off what secretary janet yellen warned would be a, quote, utterly catastrophic democratic crisis. they look to early december when the next new limit expires and they ll have to negotiate the debt limit all over again. despite the votes democrats needed this time, mcconnell insists that won t be the case in december. former president donald trump