the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
people arriving every day. it is where the idf has suggested people go for safety. there are people pouring into that region. in fact, everyone in the u.n. says rafah is, quote, bursting at the seams. this pause was to allow humanitarian aid in. primarily food and water. just what came in today clearly will not be enough. i wouldn t be surprised if the idf allows fighting there to ponce in the future, as well. there are so many people moving into that area. so little food and water right now. such a different situation. this violence has affected children and the west bank and in jerusalem, as well. and he spoke with organizations trying to do work to help. what they have to say? we spent some time in the west bank. the u.n. says the war in gaza is now spilling into the neighboring west bank and east jerusalem. what a lot of those who are working with these community say is that it has never been as violent, never been as deadly as it is right now. that is saying somethin
democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement. our republican colleagues who have said action on the border is so urgent should have no problem with continuing to work next week. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling republicans bluff on border security. he s delaying the upper chamber s recess in hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid, which includes critical funding on ukraine. meanwhile, the biden administration put more pressure on the israeli prime minister to scale back the country s ground war in gaza. we ll have the latest developments from the middle east. also ahead how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. hey, everybody. good morning to you. and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 15th. i m yasmin vossoughian, in for jonathan lemire. there are signs this morning on a potential deal on immigration reform, which could pa
is. welcome to you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for christian sing live at msnbc headquarters. today authorities in a pair of texas towns are grappling with a ton of unanswered questions as they investigate the deaths of 16 people, half guild in a hail of gunfire in the city of allen, the other half killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd in brownsville. we got an update on the second incident near the border. we ll bring you that in just a moment. meanwhile, the attack at a mall in a dallas suburb underscoring this chilling reality, that we re seeing more americans every single day who have had to live through a mass shooting. in a minute i ll speak to one man whose decision to go shopping on a saturday afternoon nearly cost him his life. with a potentially historic default looming 3 1/2 weeks ag way, the president and kevin mccarthy brace for a meeting at the white house. what is the president s new plan to pressure republicans into cutting a deal? we ll get into that.
like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gaetz. keri lake for, example, a prominent election denier who lost the governor s race in arizona last year, was also a guest speaker. so or steve bannon and pillow salesman mike lindell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and our and see chairwoman, rhonda mcdaniel, did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other presidential candidates possible presidential candidates set out the conference in favor of a different event this week. a sign of the republican party remains somewhat splintered with some members trying to charter new path forward and leaving donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. the group