for documents. how the panel could respond to his defiance. a near total abortion ban. looser gun laws and political stands that cost millions of dollars to taxpayers. why republican policies are failing taxpayers. all of this and more is coming up. a good saturday morning to all of you. i am katie fang. let s start with a fact. i hope none of you will have to put this to use. caskets for children come in four different sizes and 11 different paint colors for the exterior. there s only one company that makes them in the united states. sadly, they have had a busy week. the company knee, cherokee caskets of georgia, is covering the cost of the cascades for all of the uvalde shooting victims. it is 30 $400 each. the ceo told the daily beast quote, when we have sandy hook, that was a crazy day. we are tired. we are tired of doing these things. i am beyond tired. i am exhausted and overwhelmed by the death and tragedy of lives lost. as the days tick by in uvalde, there seems to be
victims. it is 30 $400 each. the ceo told the daily beast quote, when we have sandy hook, that was a crazy day. we are tired. we are tired of doing these things. i am beyond tired. i am exhausted and overwhelmed by the death and tragedy of lives lost. as the days tick by in uvalde, there seems to be more and more questions arising. the questions that demand answers are simple. why did law enforcement not charge into the classroom sooner and save those children? what have happened if they had done something and not wait more than at our, according from to timeline from texas law enforcement? how many children s caskets really would have been needed? msnbc news has learned that federal agents who responded to the scene were ordered by local police to wait and not enter
you would have heard about that many years ago. reporter: trump s special counsel michael cohen told the daily beast quote you can t rape your spouse. but marital rape is a crimed in a 50 states and was in new york at the time. cohen has since apologized. ivana trump says the comment was made during a stressful time in their divorce proceedings. quote incidentally i think he would make an incredible president. as for the new monmouth new hampshire poll trump has a 24 to 12 lead over former florida governor jeb bush in the granite state. it shows ohio governor john kasich has jumped to a tie for third with wisconsin governor scott walker florida congressman mark rubio and retired physician ben carson. to make your case in 2016 if you care about people s votes we can t just show up a couple of months before. we have to make our case early on. we re here in philadelphia. we ve been in other places in
[ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i d be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? when you think about it, isn t that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? so some conservatives are accusing senate minority leader mitch mcconnell of sneaking a $2 billion, billion with a b, into yesterday s deal to end the government shutdown. the provision would fund a dam, this project, this dam project, in mcconnell s home state of kentucky and also in illinois. senator mccain told the daily beast quote, these people are
projects in the next c.r. this project has tripled in cost. it s behind schedule and if regular order had prevailed it s unclear whether that would have been funded at all in the normal appropriations bill. other additions to the bill to reopen the government include $175,000 which will be paid to the widow of senator frank lautenberg who died last year. such a payment is standard practice but it might be worth noting lautenberg was one of the wealthiest members of congress. roll call reported he was worth more than $50 million in 2011. finally, let s call this the edward snowden effect. the privacy and civil liberties oversight board will get $3.1 million. they are a white house oversight group set up to guard americans right to privacy against overreach by government cyberintelligence. senator john mccain did not mince words about some of these added provisions. he told the daily beast quote, these people are like alcohol s alcoholics. they can t resist taking a drink. it s ridicu