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Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home hav...

Form of government when you find yourself working at the very top of it and knowing youre in some crazy grade School Recess yard where the big skid sticks the other kids with nicknames, brags about himself like some dangerous clown, and you having to take it every day, every minute . Thats hardball for now, thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes, starts right now. Tonight on all in. Did you undercut the secretary of state today with the iq comment president president floats an iq test...

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President trump. he says ive actually always gotten along with her, but now i dont think i will anymore. shes doing a tremendous disservice to the country. if she doesnt approve the wall the rest of it is just a waste of money and time and energy because its desperately needed. so the view of the white house is this, the president they say isnt prejudging the ongoing negotiations. hes being realistic because democrats have already said what they will and wont fund. the view of the white house is...

That is why youve heard the president and top white house officials make the case if the president doesnt get what he wants at the end of this three-week negotiation, he might just shut down the government again. evidence of that, take a listen to what mick mulvaney said >> is the president really prepared to shut down the government again three weeks? >> yes, i think he actually is keep in mind, hes willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border he doesnt want to shut the government down....

>> you just fundamentally dont buy this whole notion that kelly and tillerson and mattis and all these people are just sitting there trying to mind this man that they fundamentally think is so volatile they might have to tackle him if he goes for the nuclear football? >> i dont think so. i think rex tillerson, general mattis, and general kelly, are advising the president using their years of experience to give him the best advice that they could give him, and that theyre going to carry out his m...

And certainly health care, i dont know that the president -- >> you just fundamentally dont buy this whole notion that kelly and tillerson and mattis and all these people are just sitting there trying to mind this man that they fundamentally think is so volatile they might have to tackle him if he goes for the nuclear football? >> i dont think so. i think rex tillerson, general mattis, and general kelly, are advising the president using their years of experience to give him the best advice that ...

Getting to avotes for repeal only is an insurmountable pass. they recognize passing a repeal only bill, even though they pulled it off in 2015 is going to be extraordinarily difficult this time around. the consensus that is emerging among hill aides is they want to check the boxes, and when the repeal only process falls apart, which isnt guaranteed, but is possible, mcconnell can say, i did everything i could and move on to tax reform. another important concern for senators like portman is what ...

Health care bill. now our nbc news reporting is, i believe were going on 20 republicans -- around that number -- 21, excuse me -- who say that theyre not going to be voting for this health care bill. 22 is the magic number. it doesnt look good for them. whats the deal? do they not talk to the house about whip counts or are they just projecting confidence no matter what? >> yeah. they think the good rule is when you have the votes you take the vote. and any dont clearly have the vote right now. i...

How theyre going to pull all of that off. now, ive spoken to hill aides that beav this eventually will become law again, but its not clear when. expect to focus on this issue to be a lot up until about christmastime when folks say it should happen. well see. ayman? >> wait and see indeed. nbcs luke russert, thanks for that update. were just over an hour away from the first debate of the night. coming up, well go back to simi valley to see how the candidates are making last-minute preparations....