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revolutionary war, but we are. good to be you with. im katy tur. america has been arguing about it for its existence entirely, the first debt racked up during the revolutionary war in 1776 when george washington borrowed $7 a million, a ton for that time, to pay for it. 247 years, and now $31.4 trillion later, we have hit our self-imposed limit. again, so what does that mean exactly? house republicans are promising a political showdown in washington, and it also means the beginning of ...

Voters, between the ages of 18 to 34, by 2020 theyll be the largest segment of the american electorate. Theyre not part of this trend. White millennials will almost certainly not vote for donald trump, young white people. The children. Heather mcghee, fernand amandi. Well be right back here on saturday after joy reids bonus hour. Well be here, if my voice makes it. Be sure to tune in for that. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Do you know that i have magic throat lozenges that cure everyt...

Value, lose its credibility, and then the government might have to start drawing from, for example, social security payments, food stamp programs, medicare, and we havent seen that happen before, there are 78 times since 1960 that congress has either passed to resolve by extending, or suspending the debt limit, which as a reminder is a cap on how much the government can borrow to pay bills that it has already racked up. it is separate from spending from the perspective that this has nothing to d...

The fact of this meeting. took more than a year to get it out. not forthcoming about the substance. the statement saturday said all about adoption. and three, havent been forthcoming on the attendance of that meeting. learning today, jonathan, who was there. >> so how big was this room? at this point, the white house and the trump allies are confronted with a narrative that seems to shift every single day. and as just indicated, this is only undermine their credibility. this shifted from, oh, it...

He told if a.p. today, quote, she will not get my vote, period. millions of us vote for president. but its really only the 538 people who are the members of the electoral college who ratify that choice and actually pick the president. the electoral college will cast its votes after the election on december 19. we expect them to be bound by the way their states voted, but expectations -- i mean, it is unusual, it is exceedingly rare for an elector not to vote the way his or her state voted but te...

Probably thought the election couldnt get any other weird little twists and turn in it at this point. well, heres something to watch in case this election really goes down to the wire on tuesday night. today, a democratic member of the electoral college, so one of the people who actually casts the vote that elects the next president, democratic member of the electoral college said he will not vote for hillary clinton, even if she wins his state. hes from washington state. hillary clinton is expe...

Hillary clinton is expected to win that state on tuesday, but robert was a bernie sanders supporter in the primary and today he told the a.p. that he believes hillary clinton is a criminal and that she doesnt care about american indians. he is native american himself. he told if a.p. today, quote, she will not get my vote, period. millions of us vote for president. but its really only the 538 people who are the members of the electoral college who ratify that choice and actually pick the preside...

Down in a voter referendum. the college town of starkville, mississippi, got themselves a big profile in the "new york times" because of their progressive policies in deepest, mississippi. but then the same officials who voted in those nondiscrimination policies then voted to take them away. and then we have the little town of eureka springs, arkansas, where they passed their civil rights ordinance, city council level, but that ordinance is up for repeal. decision time in eureka springs. its a v...

Today, quote, we dont go by convention. somebody else us you cant do something, welsh watch us. the big arc of gay rights in this country the last few years has been toward more. the shorter term story of gay rights particularly in the south has been toward less. we are experiencing a short term period of backlash, at least in the south. this effort to rescind existing discrimination provisions that protect gay people. that mini trend is going to get a test tomorrow in eureka springs, which may ...

Doesnt have a cap today, then under this delay, the plan would have an additional year to add that cap. >> but the white house says this cap on out-of-pocket costs still benefits consumers. >> for the first time, every sing thele american will have access to a health care plan that will limit their out-of-pocket medical expenses. that means never again will a family go bankrupt because somebody in their family gets sick. >> reporter: yesterday there seems to be plenty of confusion and criticism,...