Of course, two days before the floor vote, if we get there. Could the dont get stuck in committee today . Josh we will find out if the tax bill will move forward in the senate. There are two key senators that are uncommitted to the bill. Either one of whom could stall the bill if theyve dont vote in favor. The most important is senator ron johnson of wisconsin, who has a lot of concerns about the passthrough rate. Johnson himself was the owner of the passthrough business. He says if he is not satisfied with the changes that Mitch Mcconnell is going to make, he will not vote for the bill. The problem is, if mcconnell were to offer more generous pass benefits, it may have the effect of increasing the deficit, which may recognize the vote of tennessee senator bob corker, who is yet to be committed because he has concerns about the deficit. It is not clear whether Mitch Mcconnell will be empty square the circle by 2 30. David lets bring in our colleagues from washington. Pur, ron johnson i
The transition of power from one president to the next is a very complicated process and it actually is getting more complicated by the year. It doesnt always go so smoothly. A new book takes us behind the scenes. How george w. Bush and barack obama managed a transfer of power. Its by political scientist and professor martha joint kumar. Martha welcome to press pass. Thank you for having us. Well talk about that part of your studies later. So the book before the oath, its interesting youre focusing on this transition. Historically it might be the smoothest transition of one president to another from two different parties in our modern history. It was very very good transition. And i think one of the one of the reasons why was all the attention that president bush and his team and the white house and the administration the attention they put onto an early preparation out. This was two big lessons that focused the Bush Administration on this. Number one was how short the transition was,
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A day after 17 people were fatally shot at a high school in south florida, the president read remarks on a telepromptner which he did not mention gun a single time. The white house didnt hold a daily press briefering which meant reporters did not have a chance to ask questions about how else the president plans to address the shooting, about the statement this morning that appeared to place the blame for the shooting on the people in the community about the latest in a string of massacres that have taken place under the president s watch. Reporters also lost the chance to ask about the truly astonishing number of scandals that are currently engulfing this administration. More than a week since the resignation of rob porter whose first wife says did he this to her face while they were married, don mcgahn and yawn kelly have yet to give a full and factual verified account of what they knew about the Domestic Abuse allegations against port earn
He only flies first class because people in coach arent nice to him. Youve encountered near confrontations in coach. I dont want to get into the specs. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A day after 17 people were fatally shot at a high school in south florida, the president read remarks on a telepromptner which he did not mention gun a single time. The white house didnt hold a daily press briefering which meant reporters did not have a chance to ask questions about how else the president plans to address the shooting, about the statement this morning that appeared to place the blame for the shooting on the people in the community about the latest in a string of massacres that have taken place under the president s watch. Reporters also lost the chance to ask about the truly astonishing number of scandals that are currently engulfing this administration. More than a week since the resignation of rob porter whose first wife says did he this to her
Islamic Iran is pulling the strings and its local stooges are jumping to them threatening global commerce. But beyond Hamas terrorists in Gaza, or Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a new seaborne threat has emerged in the Red Sea, a vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean. The Houthi militants, a Yemeni-based Islamic militia have taken their fight from the mountainous lands of the Arabian Peninsula to the Red Sea, which serves as a key commercial conduit for merchant ships sailing between Europe and East Asia. Officially the Houthis are involved in a decade-long civil war with Yemen’s central government, and among other things have caused wider poverty and population dislocation in their already poor country. The current attacks on and seizing of ships recall memories of the Somali pirate threat of a decade ago. But the Houthis have upped the ante with drones and long-range missile attacks, supplied by Iran, to harass both merchant vessels and shi