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dorgan listen live on the free -span radio app. host: thank you for being our guest. mr. bishop: thank you. the two reporters who will be asking questions. d covering energy issues and covering congress. and you are up first. reporter: big news is averting a government shutdown. are you confident that congress will be able to fund the government in the coming days? mr. bishop: yes. reporter: why are you so confident? mr. bishop: it is a continuing resolution. i feel very comfortable it s going to go along and try to work through some of the issues. i expect they will continue to be some kind of continuing resolution through most of this spring with the possible exception and probable exception of the defense department. if we do it for the defense spending we help our military. and everyone recognizes that. reporter: you are not expecting congress to pass an omnibus spending package? mr. bishop: i would be happy if they would, because there are a couple of things i wo ....
restrictions at all between now and the fall. this as the white house is now openly attacking its own experts. in an op-ed for usa today, the president s trade adviser, peter navarro attempts to discredit the nation s top infectious disease expert writing dr. anthony fauci has a good bedside manner with the public but has been wrong about anything i have interacted with him on. and dr. fauci is now having to publicly defend his credibility. you can trust respected medical authorities. you know, i believe i m one of them so i think you can trust me. he said those remarks at georgetown, i believe, yesterday. joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur, and what are we watching? well, chuck, this hour, president trump departs for atlanta, georgia, where he ll deliver remarks on rebuilding america s infrastructure at a ups hub. it follows the infrastructure plan which the former vice president unveiled yesterday in delaware. it also comes at a time ....
tedio hoe for calling her a sexist, derogatory name this week. she said it s evidence of a larger systemic problem, not just in congress, but across america. and michael cohen will be released from prison again. the president s former fixer was sent back into federal custody two weeks ago after refusing to sign a gag order, which would prevent him from speaking about his case to the public. a judge overturned that decision, calling it retaliation for his tell-all book. we have got a lot to cover this hour. so let us begin where a lot of the action is, over on capitol hill. that s where republicans covid relief bill has yet to materialize. as of now, we believe the package contains incentives for schools to reopen, and some form of direct payments to families. but it s clear senate republicans are not yet all on the same page. steve mnuchin, who is representing the white house in the negotiations, admitted the president s desired payroll tax likely will not make the c ....
need to keep our expectations low. his wife is saying that she suspects he may have been poisoned. thank you, matt. it is a new hour. first up on msnbc, we have breaking news from california. it continues to burn. more help arriving as crews fight the biggest fires in the state s history. rare saturday session on capitol hill. all about your mail. the question today, will lawmakers be the one delivering for the postal service? on the heels of the convention, joe biden and kamala harris and how they handle the covid-19 crisis. and father/son doctors trying to save those battling covid. they share their story ahead. good morning. it is saturday, august 22nd. i m kendis gibson. i m cori coffin. here is a live look to you. sun starting to rise. beautiful light in the sky. quiet in grand rapids as it should be at 6:00 in the morning. 7:00. we say good morning. we have a lot to get to. including the development over the showdown over the postal service which hea ....
to do with reality it s all a bunch of hot air. in fact, contracts awarded by u.s. governments to foreign companies using american tax dollars went up 30% since he s been president so to recap, one, trump hasn t stopped companies from closing plants and sending jobs overseas two, he s rewarded companies that have cut jobs and failed to invest here at home with billions of dollars in tax breaks and three, he s awarding more and more federal contracts to foreign companies. president trump has broken just about every promise he s ever made to the american worker. and he s failed. he s failed our economy and our country. but look, would you really expect anything different from this guy, from someone who called those of you and those who are serving in uniform who have given their lives to the country losers and suckers let me tell you something. my son beau was an assistant u.s. attorney, volunteered to go toicose avo goicose a voe to help them set up a government in the m ....