interesting he said he s hoping that ven within the next week, some of these staffing shortages may improve. but again, a lot of them are due to the christmas spike and we may very well see a new year s eve spike as well. that you know, really cuts across industries including staffing at schools. great interview. looking forward to seeing more on that the rest of the day here on msnbc. that s the news that just broke on that show. you watched it happen. adam schiff, a member of the committee investigating the january 6th attack, telling us that yes, the committee does plan to ask for cooperation from fox news host, sean hannity. saying that hannity is more than just a fox host. calling him a confidant of former president trump. he obviously is and was. leanne caldwell is on capitol hill. we ve got to be, congressman schiff said yes, this is coming. we should be getting more information shortly. i haven t looked at my phone in the last 30 seconds so i don t know if the e-mail has popp
the top money man from the white house meets today with key lawmakers. look for a deal on the budget, january 19th, not on the table today for the talks is what democrats would like to be discussing. and that is daca, the program that protects roughly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought here when they were younger. some homeland security officials now say congress has just about three weeks to act. not a couple months until the deadline hits. and making all this harder for republicans in charge, the new guys. two new democrats being sworn into the senate in just about two hours from now. and leanne caldwell is on capitol hill for us. it seems like what is old is new again. same sticking points in 2018 that we had in 2017. reporter: that s right, hallie. the new year is starting just as the old year ended. congress is facing a critical deadline to fund the government. and there is a whole host of issues wrapped into this. as you mentioned, the big four