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Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Like a team trying to put more points on the board before the quarter ends, the Trump White House tonight is trying to make some big plays ahead of the 100 days in office mark next weekend. And none of them are easy layups. Tax reform and another drive at replacing obamacare are on the agenda. As the president finds himself behind his own schedule in delivering on some of the Biggest Campaign promises and tonight the game plan is running up against a threat of a possible government shut down. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has details. Reporter with the president s first 100 days in office fast approaching this saturday, the government is set to run out of money at midnight friday, could shut down and cloud his first major milestone. Today his press secretary sounded confident but offered no guarantees. Can you guarantee there will no
Sure its very important. That we have the appropriate people working. Im a big supporter of igs, and we take it seriously. We have implemented their recommendations. We have a personal Security Group now that ensures before an offer goes out if you have violated 1203b which are the two most serious issues you dont get hired. And if there are other conduct issues, not only are we going to follow the opm rules were going to review those for appropriateness for employment at the irs. People need to be comfortable that we take it seriously. And people working for the irs ought to be tax compliant. I appreciate that. And i would like the information on those that are still employed that came under these 824. The 824 covers a large a lot of the gentlemans time is expired. I recognize the gentleman from alabama, mr. Palmer, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to give mr. Koskanan a break here for a minute. I dont want you to think thats not appreciated. Well that doesnt mean i w
I sent you a text and i want to compliment you actually, sent you ton ean email. I want to compliment you that on a weekend you responded via email, which was shockingly surprising, and i just want to say thank you. Do you have the automatic reenrollment numbers that ive been requesting from cms . Have they given those to you . Mr. Meadows thanks for the question, and happy to be accessible whenever you need. The answer is i think were still working on it. That is part of the agency, obviously, that i dont have direct oversight over. My understanding is youve had numerous conversations with the ceo of the marketplace, kevin kuninen, and they are working on assembling those numbers. Our focus is getting the numbers out to you and the public, but making sure theyre accurate when we do. So what youre saying is you have not seen the numbers for the automatic reenrollment. Youve never seen any totals . I have not, no. Its my understanding that weve had those numbers and weve been trying for
Real votes. And Steve Kornacki at the big board. Will be waiting for those to either trickle in or crash into the computer. In georgia the warning has been coming up to tonight. Early vote drops first. To the viewers, we need to temper and tamp down some emotions that may be coming when they see the pile of early votes from some of the 159 counties across georgia. I think theres you like a good mystery novel. We have a lot of mystery and suspense. Not just in the results but the sequence. We can look back at november and we can disearn a couple things. Theres the possibility talking to the county officials i keep peering over. Any second we could see results pop late this map. I have the sense that some soft counties maybe changing their sequence from the thnovember election. Some might be faster reporting it out. It will vary. Fulton county ill click on it. Its the biggest in the state. Where atlanta is. Suburbs here as well. 10 of the state. All the votes that will come out of georgi