Matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill known as a continuing resolution. Its a measure which could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the past few days before funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately which is a time consuming and extensive process that would take more than a week. Ahead of the call with republicans yesterday afternoon, speaker Kevin Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters he things when it gets down to crunch time the holdouts will, quote, hopefully move off. A few hours later, however, this meant, delusion a congressman garrett grace, a mccarthy ally, you will remember him, he was instrumental in the Debt Ceiling Negotiations of few months back. He had tougher words. He compared the holdouts to arsonists who burned their own houses down than want credit for putting the fire out, he added, quote, anyone who says we are going
Member of the Freedom Caucus why is going after Marjorie Taylor greene and speaking out against an Impeachment Inquiry against President Biden. Earlier, my congressman conversation with senator Amy Klobuchar. Talking about a rebrand of the term prolife. Something tells me that she does too. According to mark meadows, he was just doing his job, setting up a job so that they could into finding him some votes. So that is just typical runofthemill Chief Of Staff stuff, nothing to see here, just doing my job. At least thats been his argument to get his case moved to Federal Court, and if hed been successful he may have had a more favorable jury pool. So there were some stakes for him, or in the dreams narrow for meadows, it couldve meant dismissal of his case altogether. But, late on friday, a judge in atlanta flatly rejected his request to move his case. It turns out you cant just claim all of your alleged crime was under the big umbrella as politics as usual. The word for a talking point,
Saying that he is wasting time, trying to please the farright. Just a few months ago after long negotiations may myself in the new speaker agreed that Government Will Fund while still cutting the deficit by one trillion dollars for the next decade. Now a small group of extremely public donna live up to the deal. With all those basic responsibilities it is time for the republicans to start doing the job america elected them to do. Just hours ago mccarthy admitted the gop outputs of made things very difficult. The speaker now says he will accept help from democrats if they compromise on immigration. I work with anybody that wants to work with us but i havent had a lot of people talk about securing the border. We have to secure that border. You watch how weve set new records because of the Biden Administration. Mccarthy could lose his gavel if he makes a deal with democrats. But no matter what happens during the budget standoff, he wont lose his paycheck. Thats because members of congress
Special Prosecuting Donald Trump on this pivotal and and the looming trials of the former president , current candidate, and defendant, donald trump. Im ari muller and tonight our aim is to go beyond even the many important day the headlines and takes a wider look at the stakes in Criminal Justice priorities for these unprecedented cases. To do that, i am joined by doj veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, to see him right there back at work, Andrew Weissmann. Burning off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord whos also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen, Prosecuting Donald Trump. Before we get in any further, i want to actually give a question to you that i think is on peoples minds in all fairness, which is can defendant trump get a fair trial with these primaries approach . Great question. I would broaden the question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . I would say the answer to
Majority leader, Kevin Mccarthy who is now threatening members of his own party. Plus, pitiful priorities, i will speak with congressman jimmy gomez of the House Oversight committee, as the gop focuses on impeachment instead of keeping the government open. And will later on, no obstruction allegations, what a former aide says donald trump told her just after the classified documents organization was speeding up. Im Charles Coleman junior, in for ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started, i got a lot to talk about. But first, breaking news, time is running out, we are just seven days away from a Government Shutdown and most House Republicans are nowhere to be found. Literally. They have left washington to go home with no resolution insight. Now on thursday, for the second time this week, House Republicans failed to start a debate on a bill to fund the government after five farright members of Speaker Mccarthys own caucus block the measure and demanded additional spending cuts. This marks yet an