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Learned that theres no reason why we cant work on the issues at hand. So hopefully thats a lesson that will be internalized and not just by me but also by democrats and republicans not only the leaders but the rankandfile. Thanks very much, everybody. Mr. President , will this happen all over again in a few months . Well for the first time in 17 days the federal government is up and running this morning, a final congressional vote last night, capped an ugly drama on capitol hill where partisan p...

The skills they need to do the jobs . Number three, how do we make sure that once they have a job, it leads to a decent living . I believe we reward the effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. [cheers and applause] that part of the reason why i said last night that its time for and increase in the minimum wage, because if you work full time, you should not be in poverty. Host at was the president. From the hill newspaper this morning we ...

Committee. They put it on the schedule. It was going to the floor of the house for a vote. They pulled their own bill. The next one was a border bill. A Border Security bill. Securing the border was all they wanted to talk about in the campaign for the last election. They ran it through commute. Scheduled a vote on the house bill and then they yanked that one too. They couldnt pass their own legislation with only their own votes. They couldnt do it. There is this manufactured crisis at the Homel...

The republicans own Border Security bill. Remember securing the border was all they wanted to talk about in the campaign for the last election. They ran it through committee. Scheduled a vote on the house floor, ready to go on their own Border Security bill and then just like the abortion bill they yanked that one too. Now this was not the republicans getting outmaneuvered. This was not the democrats figuring out how to block the republicans plans. This was just the republicans doing this to the...

Particularly along the gulf coast states. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Happy monday. Im Kristen Welker in washington in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily and what appears to be a political identity crisis for the Trump Campaign on their defending issue defining issue, immigration. We were told trump was going to deliver a major policy address on immigration on thursday. Then just moments ago, a Campaign Official tells nbc news that event has been postponed. No rea...

Proposals and new attacks on the way. Aides to donald trump say this morning, trump will call for a significant increase in military spending and to restore the military cuts part of it. And trump will go after the Foreign Policy vision which he says favors, quote, military conventionalism. And overnight, trump with plain for isis. That plan to order his jens to figure out a way to beat isis in 30 days. Sounds easy, right . And trump message as hes Campaign North Carolina income. In a fiery spee...

Different iphones . In four years. The only people who use that many phones are usually involved in very, very and i mean very shady activity. Reporter well, there was another change in Donald Trumps speech and that was him behaving almost more like a traditional candidate and almost laying out a plan for the first 100 day as president. In addition to repealing obama care, he said he would build a wall. And give his generals just 30 days for a plan on how to defeat isis. Donald trump is back on ...

Veteran populations. Two points id make. The first is i have instructed the joint chiefs and up and down the chain of command that they have a responsibility to Destigmatize Mental Health issues and issues of ptsd and help to explain to everybody in all of the units of their command theres nothing weak asking for help. If you break your leg, you well go to the doctor to get that leg healed. As a consequence of the extraordinary stress and pain that you are witnessing typically in a battle field,...

The biggest block of the Obama Coalition she has yet to win over. She was campaigning on wednesday in the other voting state of New Hampshire. She had Bernie Sanders by her said. He made this argument to voters. I am asking you here today not only to vote for secretary clinton, but to work hard to get your uncles and your aunts and get your friends to vote. If anybody tells you this election is not important, you ask them why the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson and other billionaires are spend...

Tonight we remember a senator and symbol of heroism, integrity, and basic human decen decency. Flags around the country are flying that halfstaff to honor the passing of senator john mccain who died yesterday at the age of 81 after a hardfought battle with brain cancer. In his 60 years of service, mccain held many titles, official and unofficial, Fighter Pilot, father, war hero, and political warrior. A maverick who had a unique voice and knew how to use it. Ive stood in this place many times an...