Focus on full repeal. Kristen fisher is live at the white house with more. Does the president think he has the votes to get this bipartisan deal passed . He it would be a temporary fix. But he does believe they have the votes for a broader Obamacare Repeal and replace bill despite previous multiple repeated failures to do so. I think we actually have the votes. People are criticizing me for saying that. I think we have the votes for that. We were basically one short. And i think well have the votes for that also. Reporter one thing he hasnt made clear is what kind of vote he would vote for. First he supported the Alexander Murray bill, now he doesnt. This morning the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell had this message for the president. What im waiting to hear from President Trump what kind of healthcare bill he might sign. If there is a need for and i interim step to stabilize the market, we need a bill the president will actually sign. Im not certain yet what the president is loo
By 20 in the next year. Oh, all that for the bargain price of 200 billion, which we wouldnt voice to spend if the president would loo everybody the darn thing alone. So that bargain policy change was announced by the president , today democratic senator patty murray and le mar alexander, announced a bipartisan plan theyve come up with to basically undo that policy change announced by the president. It used to be when something was announced as a bipartisan proposal in washington, that would make that thing more likely to pass. It would make it less controversial. These days, anything bipartisan is seen as an affront. Even when its a relatively specific sort of boring policy fix like that. So patty murray and Lamar Alexander had their proposal. Now we let the bipartisan food fight begin while the american businesses wait do see if that intentional damage and that intentional hike in costs is going to be inflicted on us all or not. Also tonight, we just learned the former white house Spo
Right across the street, to be honest with you, and it was only for the reason that the United Nations who was here that that turned out to be such a successful project. So i want to thank you, Ambassador Haley, for your introduction and for your steadfast advocacy for american interests on the world stage. On behalf of the cohost countries, i would like to also thank secretary general guterus, you have been fantastic, for joining us. And we affirm our commitment to the United Nations reform and reform is what were talking about. I applaud the secretary general for laying out a vision to reform the United Nations so that it better serves the people we all represent. We support your efforts to look across the entire system and to find ways the United Nations can better and be better at development, management, peace and security. The United Nations was founded on truly noble goals. These include affirming the dignity and worth of the human person and striving for international peace. Th
While the Government Shutdown is day 14 and leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers in financial limbo and nothing of the scores of businesses around dc and federal installations around the country hurting. Joining me is Geoff Bennett, and Garrett Haake on capitol hill, and msnbc political analyst Michael Steele, a former Republican National committee chair. And first, are they still in that meeting at the white house . Yes, and no signs of horse trading between President Trump and the House Democrats so we will have to see what if anything comes from are the meet i ing. What we do know though is in order for the shutdown to end, one side has to give in, and one side has to cave, and if it is going to be donald trump, then he is going to be needing political cover to do that, and the president to this point has balked at every attempt by the ai aides and allies to do just that. Earlier in the process with Nick Mulvaney and Kellyanne Conway and Lindsey Graham trying to budge, t
Proposal. And in the midst of that, there is another crisis and the historic protest of the secretary of defense, jim mattis is resigning in an extraordinary letter outlining the d disagreements with the president on National Security. Joining me is Kristen Welker at the white house, and Garrett Haake on the hill, and National Security and military reporter courtney cubii. And kristen to you, at the white house, they have not come out of the meeting. They were supposed to be in the Senate Session starting at noon today and still in with the president. Thet president was supposed to sign the criminal reform bill at 11 00 this morning, and that has not happened. What do you think is going on inside of this meeting with the Republican Leaders opposing their own president , and we saw that extraordinary letter, and the statement from Mitch Mcconnell yesterday after mattis resigned, and he is standing up to his president now. He is, and there is so much uncertainty here, andrea, and that is