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
Headquarters in New York City. We start with that breaking news. We are awaiting a News Conference here in New York City on Sex Trafficking charges against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, a man politically connected to two president s and a host ever other wealthy and powerful people. You can see folks assembling there for that News Conference set to start any moment now. We will bring it to you when it starts. Officials telling nbc news that epstein was arrested saturday after a joint investigation by the fbi and new york police stemming from incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005. Epstein is charged with two counts of Sex Trafficking for allegedly sexually abusing three minors. Im joined now by nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter, msnbc legal analyst former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner also with me. Wendy murphy is in massachusetts and here with me in the studio former federal prosecutor ann
marie mca voi and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. Tom, let me sta
For the first time, the United States has hit a national debt of $34 trillion. But according to President Biden's press secretary Karine Jean Pierre . that's the REPUBLICANS' fault?! Glenn and Stu review KJP's ridiculous attempt to blame the debt on Republican tax cuts and "trickle-down economics."