new reporting on the judge in the mar-a-lago documents case. new questions about whether she should step aside as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle and we are now 138 days away from an election in which abortion is set to play a defining role. and now democrats on capitol hill have a new focus when it comes to safeguarding abortion access. which they believe will be at risk if donald trump returns to the white house. they are ramping up efforts to reveal the comstock act. this has been on the books 150 years. it is related to materials being sent by mail that are connected to abortion. it is often referred to as a zombie law because it remains on the books though it hasn t been enforced in decades. the democratic senator tina smith who is cosponsoring the bill to repeal it warns it could be used under trump to crack down on abortion access or ban it altogether. we have seen a full on attack on women and their
Our answers will be based on what we know now and that changes fast. We can keep you on top of the headlines. Theyre coming in as fast as we can write them. New york, new jersey and connecticut have closed all bars and restaurants starting at 8 00 p. M. 33 states have shut down schools. In texas they said some School Districts could be closed until the end of the school year. The confirmed cases in the u. S. Are 3,800. President Trumps Administration pushed back a Task Force Meeting that was supposed to happen a few hours ago. Its now at 3 30 eastern. Wall street markets crashed that halted a 15minute stop in trading. White house economic adviser larry kudlow wouldnt say whether he thinks were headed into a recession. He said the u. S. Could pump 800 billion into the economy. Were monitoring things abroad. In italy there were 368 deaths in one day. Its the biggest daily jump there yet. Italy has 24,000 confirmed cases. This morning the Trump Administration Surgeon General could not rul
Mark short this morning denied the president made those comments but pushed for congress to take a more restrictive stance on immigration policy. I was not in that meeting but the people in the meeting say that those comments never happened and so i have no belief that that actually transpired but lets talk about the temporary protective status for a second because its an important case. The people here from haiti are here from an earthquake that happened roughly ten years ago under temporary protective status. We have tens of thousands of people in our country from honduras and nicaragua from a hurricane that happened in 1999. Tens of thousands of people. Copying needs to change these laws. Mark short speaking a few minutes ago. Lets start with Kelly Odonnell down in West Palm Beach florida with the president of the United States. Sarah Huckabee Sanders vehemently denying this. What have Administration Officials said since, kelly . Reporter well, good morning. Good to be with you and
Good morning, ever one. Merry christmas eve. My good friend, joy reid, has the day off. President trump with a new tweet questioning the integrity of the agency. Could that back fire . Post cards to the irs with your tax return, separating fact from fiction after ivanka suggests it would work for most americans. The latest forecast ahead here on msnbc live. And then we begin at the white house. Ramping up attacks since learning last night that mccabe will retire in march. Heres white house legislative director, mark short, earlier on the agencys investigation of Hillary Clinton and also reiterating the administrations argument of why Robert Muellers investigation should wrap up. Mccabe looks forward to move on and we wish him well, and the white house has cooperated in every single way with the investigation, and after millions and millions, no collusion has been proven. The president is saying we need to know our Civil Servants are doing the honorable thing and its important for peopl
But offers no proof. I hope its not so, because if it is theres never been anything like it in the history of our country. While Rudy Giuliani says truth is relative and that Robert Muellers team may have a different version of the truth than we do. My guests this morning, senator jeff flake of arizona who attacked the president and also congress for failing to respond to President Trump. And, patriot games. Nfl owners vote to find teams whos players kneel during the National Anthem. Who gets to define how to be patriotic. Joining me for inside analysis are nbc news chief correspondent Andrea Mitchell. Eugene robinson, amy walter, and Matthew Continetti editor and chief of the free beacon. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning and a happy memorial day weekend wherever you are. We have two big stories were following this morning, first north korea whe