Member. And to update the procedures. So i applaud them both for their work and its something i think well pass quite easily. Beverly, youre on with tom cole. Caller i have a question. This is this is a really upsetting me over the childrens fund. I have a grandson who is a disabled child. Everything that he gets he has to have in order to live. If this fund does not go through, and my daughter loses the funds, my grandson will die. Why havent you all done something . The house has done something. The house has passed the reauthorization the chirnz Health Insurance program. The senate has not. I think they will. We understand how important that legislation is to people like you and your circumstances and your grand son so i dont think theres much likelihood that it wont be extended again, but your case underlies the urgency of getting that done. Theres a part of it to put peoples minds at rest. Theres no reason for you in my view for you to go through what youre worrying about. I suspe
As you can see jay carney hasnt begun the briefing yet. We are still waiting for more reporters to come in. While we do a discussion from this mornings journal about pending. Host for more on Congress Budget battle, we are joined by American Democratic congressman john delane yism as you return to work today on capitol hill, how do you see this budget impasse playing out . Do you think theres room for a compromise here . Guest i think there is. I think this has been fairly predictable in terms of how its playing out. Whats going on in the senate starting yesterday and today is delaying things. We have to see how long that will play out. Most people thought that the continuing resolution will come back to the house, stripped of the provisions that defund the Affordable Care act, then that will be taken up by the house. So its really a question when the house gets it back. I think thats what most people on each side believe. Host we had congressman rob woodall of georgia, republican on,
Democrats doubting it as attorney general barr says that there was collusion, muellers not finding it. We are all over, with former House Republican oversight chairman trey gowdy and democrat intel member Eric Swalwell, first traveling with the president in palm beach, florida on how both sides are handling it. Ellison . Reporter neil the attorney general says there are no plans to let the white house see this before Congress Sees it in a letter to the chairs of the house and Senate Judiciary committees attorney general william barr says once the required redactions are made congress will get the report by midapril if not sooner the public will get it at some point as well. President trump would have the right according to the ag to assert privilege over certain parts of the report. For now trump says that he is following mr. Barrs lead. President trump i have great confidence in the attorney general and if thats what hed like to do, i have nothing to hide. This was a hoax, this was a
Royal family. But its his answer on gun violence that you must listen to. And invoking a privilege. The Trump Administration instructs two more white house officials to ignore congressional subpoenas. This morning the president is facing the strongest resistance from his own gop senators to date over his threatened tariffs on mexico. Kelly odonnell and cnbc kayla toury join me now. What exactly are the republicans saying . Theyre trying a preemptive strike, steph. Theyre counsel at the white house where there were strong feelings sent to the white house in conversations with republican senators. What theyre hoping is the president will not move forward with this. Thats important because its questionable what method they could use to block it. They could try some legislative action but thats fraught with its own problems because the house would be unlikely to go along where the president has much more support with republicans there. Certainly democrats would have the numbers. But this i
The eighth running of the Historic Sportscar Racing Classic Sebring 12 Hour, Pistons and Props, presented by the Alan Jay Automotive Network, hit the halfway mark early Saturday evening as darkness fell on Sebring International Raceway.