on it as early as it is tuesday, this tuesday, to give members 72 hours to read through the bill. we are witnessing in realtime the first big test for the speaker, you will recall, he was elected just two weeks ago after right-wing republicans forced out kevin mccarthy. mccarthy s ousting the embodiment of a divided gop. , speaker johnson has to get them all on the same page. but the party is still showing signs of major dysfunction. this, week house republicans, they canceled votes on the two party unding bills, a step backwards for the speaker. republican congressman tory nelson telles texas put a like this, quote, i don t think the lord jesus and could manage this group. and with, that let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie circuit. julie, walk us through some of the key takeaways from speaker johnson s two tiered plan? well the big thing to know about this bill, just first and foremost, is that it is by all accounts a clean continuing resolution. meani
reports, breaking news in gaza where new air strikes are posing new danger to already crippled hospitals. a strike reported near one hospital overnight and israeli tanks spotted near another as fighting intensifies near gaza city. the latest from the region as thousands of civilians are caught in the cross fire. also developing this morning, letters containing suspicious powder spent to election workers in at least five states. what we know about these letters and what s being done to find whoever is behind them. also ahead, joe manchin leaving the senate. so is he eyeing the white house instead? hello and thank you for joining us on this friday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news overseas with intense fighting now dangerously close to hospitals in gaza. new video from overnight capturing israeli tanks on the streets of gaza city just blocks away from a children s hospital. and there was an explosion near ano
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Going on here. The president tweeted over the weekend hes willing to shut down the government if he doesnt get the money for the wall and some bigtime immigration reforms. In the process, he may force Republican Leaders, thats his own party, and candidates into a fight they dont want to have, particularly with these midterm looming. But we know it is an issue that has been at the top of the president s agenda since he launched his campaign. Something he made clear again during his weekly address. We must enforce the rules against visa fraud, illegal overstay, Illegal Entry and other Immigration Violations and crimes, and crimes they are, believe me, crimes they are. The president is calling for several things. He wants at least billions more in funding for a border wall. He wants to end the policy of catch and release, which lets Asylum Seekers live in the United States until their cases are heard. And he wants to
Cry of the campaign. We are going to build a great bo border wall. We will build a great, great wall. We will build a wall. Dont worry about it. We are building it. I promise that we will build the wall. And who is going to pay for the wall . Mexico. This new Shutdown Threat happening as the governments deadline to separate united families with their children has come and gone and more than 700 children have not been reunited and Boris Sanchez is joining us live from new jersey near where the president is spending the weekend on his golf resort there in bedminster and tell us more about trumps Point Of View and strategy here. Hey, there, fred. Some say that the time is a flat circle, and we are right back to where we were a few months ago and really starting a year ago around september when congress
had to begin passing the continuing resolutions, because they could not agree on the budget. The government was shutdown for a brief period earlier in the year, and almost took a second bef
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. We will watch the situation very closely. Paula, thank you for the report. Jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former Trump Campaign Paul Manafort for alleged financial crimes. The first test for special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. We have more from evan perez from washington. Reporter dave and laura, Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in Virginia On Federal Tax and bank fraud charges. This is the first trial to come from Robert Muellers investigation. Dont expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or President Trump. Prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the governments accusations that manafort used secret Foreign Bank Accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the Ukrainian Government and failed to report it to t