and not allowing anything to get done. both sides have their extremes who are going to you know, they can cater to the base, but in the middle there are plenty of americans who are just fed up by the stagnation in washington and what they see as a congress that is unable to move beyond politics and actually enact policies that help improve their lives. elise jordan, carol lee always good to have you. thank you for your reporting down there. facebook once again under fire for failed attempts to combat fake news. why some who are hired, hired to fact check the social media giant, why they re saying now that facebook doesn t really care. and another front runner to replace white house chief of staff drops out. who, if anyone, is now left on the short list? george woke up in pain.
her support behind the minority leader. as the clock is running out to avoid a government shutdown, republicans are feeling a bit boxed in by the president s border wall ultimatum. i m joined now by the two folks behind politico play book. jake sherman and senior washington correspondent anna palmer. always goods to have you both. nancy pelosi s stock quite high right now. she came out of that tuesday wall brawl with the president looking fairly strong. did she need to make this concession now, anna? yeah, i mean, listen, i think this is a real victory lap for nancy pelosi. she held strong going as long as possible before making a concession, other concessions, bringing people along, wearing democrats down. really this gives them a life raft, the opposition rebels to have something, to say, hey, we did get a victory. something she s going to support even if the measure doesn t pass
carolina. wo wow. good to see you as well. craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york city. inquiring minds, bomb shell revelations from the publisher that owns the national inquirer admitting to hush money payments. we ll break down the legal implications this could have for the president. also, impeachment fears, despite public declarations he is not concerned about impeachment nbc news is learning that president trump is confiding in friends. he s alarmed by the prospect. and help wanted, another white house chief of staff candidate drops out with no clear front runner and a host of no thank yous, who s left? we ll get to that in just a moment. we start with a double dose of bad news on the legal front for republicans. any moment alleged russian agent maria butna scheduled to walk into a washington federal