Were talking with more people seeing, feeling and living the shutdown. Plus what democrats want as this standoff drags on. One freshman house lawmaker who also happens to be a former white house insider joins us live with more on her partys play book. We have our team set up from here in washington and around the country covering all of this as the president tries to pick up the sense of urgency tonight, picking a new setting for him for the prime time address. His first from the oval office. Democrats want equal time after the president argues his point that he says theres a humanitarian and National Security crisis at the southern border. Msnbc and nbc news will be providing that equal air time to democrats. The dueling speeches come 18 days into the second longest Government Shutdown in u. S. History with no real end in sight. Were going to have more of that interview with the Vice President in just a moment. First we want to set the stage for what to expect and whats happening righ
Thank you again for joining us. We want to begin with news out of north korea. State media say a, quote, very important test was carried out saturday at the satellite launch site. We dont know what was tested. But in or about tphoerbg north state media say it will change the country in the near future. You covered the mills program. He joins us now. Will, first of all, do we know how significant this test may be . Reporter i think its safe to say, natalie, this is the most significant test that we have seen so far this year. And we have seen this is now the 14th weapons test we have seen this year. They have been shorter range tests up to this point. This was not a launch because we would have detected the launch. But the way that north korea is deliberately cryptically sorry. Im putting my earpiece back in here. It leads me to believe that based on satellite imagery within the last few days that arms controls experts showed a test of a missile engine perhaps a solid fuel engine that w
Every year, in early August, new articles appear that debate whether the dropping of the atomic bombs in 1945 was justified. Earlier this month, the 75th anniversary
person of immigration. pete, you re outside the supreme court wearing multiple hats. i want to ask about what you ve heard about whether the president has the authority to declare a national emergency. i just spoke a democratic lawmaker who says she believes it s illegal. is she right? simpli. i doubt it. i think the president has broad powers to declare a national emergency, but it s a two-step process. the law is pretty blank on what constitutes a national emergency and what authorities the president has to invoke to declare one. that s the easy part. saying there s a national emergency is the easy part. then the second part is what follows. that opens the door to a menu of different statutes that he can invoke to try to get done what he wants to do. that is the part that would most likely be subject to legal challenge, because then someone could come into court and say that doesn t fit. you want to build a wall, but the defense department law that you re trying to invoke only