Being Obstructionist News Today

thank you so much for joining us tonight. laura coates live starts right now. so, did congress not say that movie groundhog day? because they are about to live. it thats tonight on a special two hour edition of laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ all right, congress. pull the parkers out of the closet, snip on the snowshoes. there is a legislative blizzard hitting straight from washington d.c.. if you are one of the lawmakers that serves with the people, you are in store for a very long...

me. im alex marquardt in today for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a important overseas trip for president biden as crises persist back home and around the world. president biden holding a bilateral meeting today with south korea president, the two leaders highlighting this strength of their partnership and alliance in the face of ongoing and nuclear missile threats from north korea. but it comes as american families struggle to feed their infant children. a crippling shortage has s...

That relief. >> this is not just the view of yellen. weve heard similar warnings from business leaders including jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon and fed chair jerome powell. you know, we have to remember the clock is ticking here. yellen reiterated today the federal government is going to run out of cash and the emergency accounting moves by october 18th. >> it is not like lawmakers dont know this. they know that it would be catastrophic. it is so interesting. i understand senator mcconnell says he doe...

The event at "the view" underscored the reach of this virus and how kit get anyone any time. this administration is still dealing with the fallout of the afghanistan withdrawal and you no we are seeing a government shutdown. and as much as, to be clear, this is some of the fault here lies at the feet of republicans. being obstructionist, being unable to help. it not clear if the general public at large will see that and democrats who run all parts of government right now, could face the majority...

Intensity, over the next few days, and next few weeks. youre absolutely right. because republicans have committed to ripple voter suppression as an electoral strategy, and they are bankrupt of substances ideas, in so many areas. we know that we have to deal with this issue, in order to preserve our democracy. >> in the intensity has to come not just from you guys in the house, but from the president in the white house. congressman, a group of conservative democrats in the house are threatening t...

For being obstructionist. so, its a weird day. that was a weird thing that happened. >> and it was weird because devin nunez has essentially functioned as a white house staffer this this whole enterprise. thats been the chief complaint of the democrats on the committee. >> right. and i think a really note worthy aspect of all this is the fact that steve bannon actually didnt have to comply with the executive privilege request from the white house. there is nothing that they could legally do to h...

District are suppressing them to root repeal and replace obamacare after failing to get it done thus far. meantime, when they return next month, lawmakers have 12 days to come up with a budget to avoid a government shutdown. let us bring in our political panel. formal democratic minority leader in ohio senate. executive in residence at macon university school of public affairs. in republic and, ned ryan, former writer for george w. bush and writer for a political training institute. thank you bo...

A lot of these candidates havent put forward their financial disclosures yet but also they want to try to figure out. donald trump has tremendous amount of blanks and his policy. we dont know what he wants to do about russia or nato. we know the things he said but thats why i think these hearings are going to be important. i think eight is a little long of a list. they are not doing anything that different than other opposition parties. >> we expect at least one of these cabinet nominees to have...

A lot of these candidates havent put forward their financial disclosures yet but also they want to try to figure out. donald trump has tremendous amount of blanks and his policy. we dont know what he wants to do about russia or nato. we know the things he said but thats why i think these hearings are going to be important. i think eight is a little long of a list. they are not doing anything that different than other opposition parties. >> we expect at least one of these cabinet nominees to have...

The world. i think hes willing to demonstrate hes willing to take steps necessary in order to stop radical islam in order to secure american interests. i dont think he is concerned at this point. i would also say youve got an awful lot of people who accuse the republicans of being obstructionist, but when you look at policies like this assistance to egypt, it seems its not obstructionism for congress to put a hold on the assistance and for them to stop what hes doing, its patriotism. at some poi...