Seven days to go before we hit our heads on the debt ceiling. Is there any way out of this mess. There should be a short term deal. Temporary increase in the debt ceiling. Six week clean extension of the debt limit. We cannot waste any mr. Time. There wiz is one hiccup. The government would be shut down. Thats the conversation well have with the president. You need to be able to say what you are asking for. There is no clear indicator. A lot of republicans expressed frustration. Is the government shut down until november 22nd. Dont expect them to go along easily. What is it shut down over . Its spite. Shifting into a shutdown over nothing. Gops favorability rating sunk to an all time low. Not what we asked for. They ought to turn on the lights and pay our bills. Just about pride at this point. You and your pride and your ego. Is there any way out of this mess . No one gets everything they want. Well i got 98 of what i wanted. Im pretty happy. That is a leader with a clear goal. Thats t
Thats the conversation well have with the president. You need to be able to say what you are asking for. There is no clear indicator. A lot of republicans expressed frustration. Is the government shut down until november 22nd. Dont expect them to go along easily. What is it shut down over . Its spite. Shifting into a shutdown over nothing. Gops favorability rating sunk to an all time low. Not what we asked for. They ought to turn on the lights and pay our bills. Just about pride at this point. You and your pride and your ego. Is there any way out of this mess . No one gets everything they want. Well i got 98 of what i wanted. Im pretty happy. That is a leader with a clear goal. Thats the best evidence yet that our congress functions at a kindergarten level. The president s strategy of absolutely refusing to negotiate has worked. Republicans surrendered on the debt ceiling today. Now with the country turned against them, for shutting down the government, all 46 Senate Republicans are he
It. Thats above and beyond. When you do cable news all day, you dont have to consume any of it. Sometimes you dont want anymore. Thats true. But i mean, also, the contrar contrary, the nonworrying interpretation of this series of facts, is that the president has come up with all of these things, all of these as you put it,ess sew terik ideas about afghanistan and montenegro and belarus and poland and all of these things on his own, without any input from the kremlin. And that just seems so unbelievably improbable. I dont think thats true. Anyway. Someone. Someone is talking to him. Someone. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy to have you here this fine friday night. Cnns excellent legal reporter Katelyn Polantz was first to report today that the grand jury that has been impanelled in washington, d. C. To hear evidence and issue indictments in conjunction with the special counsels investigation under robert mueller, that gran
The kremlin. And that just seems so unbelievably improbable. I dont think thats true. Anyway. Someone. Someone is talking to him. Someone. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy to have you here this fine friday night. Cnns excellent legal reporter katelyn pollance was first to report today that the grand jury that has been impanelled in washington, d. C. To hear evidence and issue indictments in conjunction with the special counsels investigation under robert mueller, that grand jury has just had its term extended. Remember when the president s lawyers kept insisting to reporters that they were totally sure the whole mueller thing was going to be over by thanksgiving, by last thanksgiving in 2017 . Yeah, it turns out it is not over. We think of a jury as, you know, the kind of jury that sits in a courtroom during a trial, hearing from witnesses, maybe hearing from the defendant, in front of a judge, and there is members of the
Thanksgiving in 2017 . Yeah, it turns out it is not over. We think of a jury as, you know, the kind of jury that sits in a courtroom during a trial, hearing from witnesses, maybe hearing from the defendant, in front of a judge, and there is members of the public or even reporters sitting back there in the back of the courtroom. Thats what we think of when we think of jury. A grand jury is not like that. A grand jury is not the same as the 12person jury that sits in on a public trial. For one thing, a grand jury holds its proceedings in secret. They also dont sit every day. They meet behind closed doors, often one day a week. There are up to 23 people on a grand jury. Prosecutors bring witnesses before the grand jury. Again, behind closed doors. Those witnesses give the grand jury sworn testimony. Prosecutors also bring them documentary evidence they have obtained as part of an investigation. The role of the grand jurors is to look at all that evidence, weigh all that testimony, weigh a