Photo. We begin with nbcs Aaron Gilchrist in New Hampshire where President Biden just touched down a short time ago. Aaron, what are we expecting there . Reporter chris, good afternoon, we expect to hear from the president near the bottom of the hour here, and this is an official event as opposed to the Campaign Events we saw on saturday and on friday in philadelphia area, and in atlanta. Today the president s focus as we understand it from a white house official, will be on lowering health care costs, something he talked about during the state of the Union Address and will reiterate today, highlighting in particular his call on congress to make some changes to enact some policies that he believes would Lower Health Care costs, proposals that are in the president s budget that was released today, the 2025 budget. In particular, theres one portion of the president s policy plan that would reduce rather, cap costs for prescription drugs, theyre drugs that are already capped for people wh
i wore sparkles for you. i did like that. have a great show. good day to all of you. it s high noon here in the east. 9:00 a.m. out west. this is weekends with alex witt. a new headline raising questions about the president and whether he was working on behalf of russia. the white house fired back as we action pours in. a bomb shell report by the new york times. it s an extraordinary, unprecedented, pick your a adjecti adjective. it s chilling. it s extraordinary. it falls in the category of shocking but not surprising. the government shutdown now the longest in u.s. history. capitol hill is a ghost town with no new talks scheduled with federal workers caught in the middle. new proof washington s most famous novembice is getting und the establishment.
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Then there was the dark ages. okay. david k. johnson, thank you for giving us a bit of something to chuckle about. it is the headline raising questions of where the russia investigation is headed next. what will it mean if he cuts a deal with robert mueller? i will ask the senate intel about that in a moment. how roy moore is using president trump to try to raise campaign cash. it s time for the ultimate sleep number week on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort
Focused, so the media sew focused totally on the should down. jon: weill keep an eye on it. judy miller, kirsten powers. thank you to you both. jenna: hard to avoid the shutdown in the news, deal or no deal, that is the big question, right? that is kind of a big deal in the country right now, yep. jenna: efforts to raise the nation s borrowing limit as the debt continues to tick higher and higher. president cutting military aid to egypt a big headline raising questions why now? as the country struggles to keep a lid on growing turmoil. we ll ask kt mcfarland who just got back from egypt next. [ male announcer ] campbell s angus beef & dumplings. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice.