reconciliation bill with president biden stepping in to help with negotiations. the question is will he reach a compromise by the end of the week? plus, amazon is set to start test driving cars on the streets of seattle. the question is how will it hold up with that state s rainy weather? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that bets it could beat a self-driving car in a parallel parking contest. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, october 20th. the house select committee unanimous in its vote to hold steve bannen in contempt of congress. and whether to refer ban tonight justice department which will then decide whether or not to charge him. a conviction could mean a year in jail and a fine up to
we d love to have him on, and it d be straight down the middle. i m a conservative. can answer the questions. ask conservative questions. we ll ask them both the same question. that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. hi there, i m stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is wednesday, october 20th, a busy morning in our nation s capital. we have all the facts you need to know so let s get smarter. lawmakers are set to return to the capitol after a late night of negotiations on the spending bill with moderate and progressive democrats now sounding hopeful that they are getting closer to a deal, but not without serious compromise. some big-time proposals are now on the chopping block. congressman josh gotten halftimer was inside the room, inside the oval office during key negotiations yesterday, and
heavy discussion this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. wednesday, october 20th. along with joe, mika, and me, we have former u.s. senator and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. with the associated press, jonathan lemire. i didn t see it live. i watched it for the first time. do you know how tired we are? tied at two with two outs at the top of the inning, right? yes. that looked like a strike to me, even to this yankee fan. it was a strike. he threw the perfect pitch. it painted the corner. that was two strikes, two outs, out of the inning. except he wasn t. it was yet another blown call last night. there was a blown call against martinez for strike three at a critical point that was so bad, alex cora did something he rare
hill. maybe things are happening. wheeling and dealing. it is wednesday, october 20th. jonathan lemire is still with us. joining the discussion, chief white house correspondent for the new york times peter baker. msnbc contributor mike barnicle joining us. white house correspondent for pbs news hour yamiche alcindor. and joe is here, awake. i don t understand, when do you sleep? this is not a healthy way to live. we don t sleep in october. by the way, i loved your opening line, washington, d.c., where it all happens, said nobody ever. okay. mike barnicle, we ve been going frame by frame through the tape last night of that missed strike three call that actually would have gotten the sox out of the inning. instead, seven runs were piled on top. here it is. frame by frame, you will see the
new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, october 20th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. so steve bannon was directed to comply with a lawful subpoena. instead, he chose to define lawmakers. and that is why the house committee investigating the january 6th en insurrection is recommending criminal contempt. based on the investigation, it appears mr. bannon had substantial advanced knowledge of the plans for january 6th and likely had an important role in formulating those plans. mr. bannon s and mr. trump s privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of