Boehner need to engage in Something Like the ancient practice of sacrifice, this time to the right wing gods. Do we have to sacrifice the economy . A new cnn orc poll asks who will get the blame if a shutdown happens. 46 say republicans in congress. 36 the president of the united states. So will the president swoop down in the 11th hour with a big, bold deal to avert a shutdown or will he hold his line in the sand . Whats the president to do, say take my arm this time. In two months when this cr runs out, take my leg . Joining me now for more of all of this is republican congresswoman from North Carolina, renee elmers. Shes a member of the energy and commerce committee. Thank you so much for being here this morning. Good to be with you. Politico points out that this is a Pivotal Moment for john boehner where he basically has these options, attach a provision cancelling the highly prized Health Subsidies for lawmakers and their aides. Send the senate an extension or pass a clean continu
Before we talk debt ceiling, lets talk about the here and now. The senate will vote shortly after the top of this hour. We know how this is expected to play out. Tamron, well, the Senate Chaplain has been praying the daily prayer and whats needed now the country is so fed up with this kind of brinksmanship, the steps that will unfold in the next few minutes do vofl the senate where they will take up what the house passed over the weekend and effectively put it in the trash bin. Its called a motion to table, taking the bill and setting it aside. Thats the Senate Democrats way of saying we will not negotiate on anything that has to do with the Health Care Law. They only want a measure that will keep the governments lights on and doors open and people employed. What we will see is that vote. It should be a significant Party Line Vote and then well hear from Senate Leaders who will come to the cameras in 15 or 20 minutes or so and tell us the state of play. But in those other clips that yo
We are not our enemies, they are americans. Theyre americans. The bible tells us to everything there is a season, a time to build, a time to reap and a time to sow and a time to heal. This is the time to heal in america. Good morning, and welcome to a. M. Joy, im ari melber. Spending the next two hours with you on a very newsworthy sunday. This election is over, joe biden is the president elect of the United States, vote nood office by a record 75 million american votes. That is, as mentioned, so many times this weekend, the most ever by a president ial candidate in the United States. Kamala harris joins him, herself making history as the first woman, first black and first asianamerican Vice President elect. Across the coast we are seeing the newspaper front pages her d heralding a news of the major change in america. We have the New York Times biden beats trump. Of course, the Washington Post with the same bottom line in three words. Go out to motor city, detroit free press, heralding
Well devote our entire next hour to breaking down those executive orders, what they do and what they do not do. Thats in the next hour. Chief among those priorities of course is the pandemic. On day one, the Biden Administration released its national covid19 strategy. Part of the plan is to administer 100 million vaccinations in 100 days. And hes pushing for a 1. 9 trillion economic package. It would include stimulus payments of 1,400. How likely is that plan to become law . Senator bob casey of pennsylvania will join us to consider that, just ahead. Prioritizing the pandemic also means a familiar face is back in the White House Briefing room, dr. Anthony fauci. He is clearly relieved to have new leadership at the top. Dr. Fauci spoke to Msnbcs Alex Witt today. We will be transparent. There will be bumps in the road. There will be potholes. There might be mistakes that we make. And what were going to be doing is instead of pointing fingers, making blame, were going to try and fix it. S
Care of a few lastminute things. Maybe run the dishwasher one last time. You take out the trash. You do all of these things in order to put your house in order before you leave. You do that so youre not faced with a big stinky mess when you get back home. Thats what people do when theyre heading out for vacation. Turns out, washington did the same thing. Now, contrary to what you may have heard, they actually did get some stuff accomplished before they skipped town today. We have a new u. S. Ambassador. A lot of people expected this to be a big hair are confirmation fight. But Samantha Power got 87 votes in the senate. There you go. Confirmed. The Senate Confirmed one of the top judicial nominees before leaving town. The Senate Unanimously confirmed raymond chen to sit is on the court of appeals for the federal circuit. That is a lot of stuff, including trademarks, patents and claims. The Senate Confirmed b. Todd jones. The First Permanent director in seven years. They said it couldnt