stephanie ruhle. that does it for us this morning, as alex says. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage now. sorry, stephanie. hi, there, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is thursday, may 20th and there s a lot going on this morning. today hopes for a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection appear to be fading, despite some surprising support in the house from republicans. mitch mcconnell now telling republicans in the senate to vote it down when it gets to them next week. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu shrugging of president biden s calls to dial back his military operation in gaza and ignoring international calls for a cease-fire. remember, we thought it might end today. and we ve got breaking news on former president trump. a day after we learned the trump organization is now the subject of a criminal investigation in new york, the new york times reporting that trump s longtime cfo alan weitze
about his push for a minimum hl wage hike. how long have you been trying to get the minimum wage raised federally? well, for ran fomany, many y when i ran for president in 2016 i called for a $15 an hour a lo minimum wage.of at that point, frankly, not a lot of people it.iorteded today the last d a i think back to when i was in high school and making minimum wage working at a clothing store at a pizza place and it was $3.75 back then and i was ople a looking through some of the states it s $7.25 now. in the year 2021 people are $7.25 an hour, and these thought are not high school to students. these are atults.r sand these are people witht families. that s a very important point tountry make.an there s a lot of misconses about that. but i veall been all over this country, and i honest to god cao recall talking to working moms, raising children trying to do i, on $10.50 an hour and you can t theyt. tease are adults. kids. they ve got to pay rent. they need to have all
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wednesday has been declared a national day of mourning with the government closed. any legislative work in the house may take place later this week. we ll have live coverage of the session at 3:45. this morning we talked about capitol hill reporters on what to expect this week. host: joining us for a discussion on the weekend in washington, gabby orr of politico, who covers the white house for that publication. also, erica werner of the washington post covers congress. good morning to both of you. thanks for joining us. s. one of the things that the president has to deal with before their leaving for argentina was the fate of the budget and possibility of a government shutdown. where are we in that possibility? guest: as things stand right now, the deadline for a government shutdown when funding is friday at midnight, december 7, at midday. it looks like, because of president bush s staff and events that will surround that, they will push that deadline off by at least a w
president s casket arrives. at 4:45, members of the house and senate will have public statements. and public viewing. on capitol hill, the u.s. house will meet at 3:45 to consider resolutions authorizing the former president lying in state. legislative work has been postponed until after his remains leave the capitol. on wednesday has been declared a national day of mourning with the federal government closed. any legislative work in the house will take place late this week. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service as america s cable television company and today we bring you unfillered coverage of congress, the white supreme court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable supreme court and or sate. ceremonies began earlier today in houston marking a lifetime of public service that began in the navy during world war ii when he was 18 years old and ending as commander