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Mitch mccontinentals audacious strategy of ramming it through senate in one week has failed after the bill proved unable to withstand a little more than just five days of public scrutiny. In the wake of the cbo score yesterday, showing the bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026, the legislation has continued to hemorrhage support. By this morning, at least five republican senators announced they opposed advancing the bill to the floor. More than enough to stop it in its tracks...

One, headed back to the United States. Hell be back, if im not mistaken, around 8 p. M. Local time tonight. The president takes off here. The support planes just landing there, at the airport in hamburg, as the president prepares to take off. You alluded to this, liz, he had a couple of meetings that really overshadowed anything that happened related to climate or trade, which is the two big things, the g20 wanted to talk about and that was the meeting with the russian president yesterday and th...

Done its going to be something we dont like and its okay and i understand that. I think we have a chance to do something very, very important for the public. 52 senators invited to the white house to huddle with the president after shelving one of his Signature Campaign promises. Its a complicated subject. I remember how challenging it was for the democrats when they were enacting this in 2009 and 2010. We are optimistic. I believe we will get to yes. Its going to take more discussions in the mo...

Terrorist attack. As is on which the case in attacks like this, the Islamic State was quick to claim responsibility. However, we do not yet have any evidence to confirm their part in all this. The regional president of catalonia says 12 people are dead and 80 have been wounded. After a van jumped the curb of a busy tourist area. The van reportedly swerved from side to side to plow through as many tourists and locals as he could get to in the historic shopping stretch of las ramblas. And all of a...

Overwhelmingly in congress. And the white houses plan to restrict Legal Immigration, say changing who can come into the United States. For decades the United States has operated a very low skilled immigration system. Issuing record numbers of green cards to low wage immigrants. This policy has placed substantial pressure on american workers, taxpayers and community resources. Among those hit the hardest in recent years have been immigrants and very importantly, minority workers competing for job...

Early estimates are that Hurricane Harvey caused a staggering 100 billion in damage and some 100,000 homes are either damaged or destroyed. Following the massive destruction following Hurricane Katrina some victims faced legal battles that took years to resolve including attempts by fema to protect overpayments. Joining me a civil rights attorney and law professor and from los angeles vegas, good to see you both. So richard, you first, what will likely be the biggest legal headache for these sto...

Charlottesville now charged with Second Degree murder. The president still not calling out the hate groups w s behind the violence even though some of his top advisors are. That includes his attorney general who in the next 90 minutes will be arriving at the white house along with the fbi director to talk about that new investigation into what hes describing as potentially domestic terror. And now the mother of the woman killed in that attack talking exclusively with nbc news. Telling us shes up...

Mitch mcconnell. We are probably now despite what we read, were probably now as far as im concerned closer than ever before. And the relationship is very good. Were fighting for the same thing. That was today. Again there is the same Mitch Mcconnell hes been slamming, lead the very same gop lawmaker he was criticizing two hours earlier today. Im not going to blame myself ill be honest, they are not getting the job done. We have had healthcare approved, then you had a surprised vote by john mccai...

Misconduct allegations against him. Well have that for you and the republicans make their tactic Crystal Clear when it comes to the Russian Investigation, target the fbi and be Robert Mueller. Will it work in undermining the evidence, though . Im back from israel. The backlash is obviously in the streets and the anger is growing. All that coming up. We begin in alabama where its a tale of two candidate strategies this sunday, democratic doug jones looking like the traditional candidate holding m...

But after the attorney generals testimony was over, california congressman adam schiff, the top democrat on that committee, he came out of the room and talked to the press about what had happened inside with the attorney general. He said he needed to express his concerns about what had just happened. Basically congressman schiff is setting off a little alarm bell today, again, that was closed door testimony by attorney general sessions, but congressman schiff came out and told reporters today th...