News anchor who sued roger ailes 15 months ago. Now she has a new book out talking about Sexual Harassment in the workplace. It could not be better timed, given the weinstein scandal. Shell join me with her view of bill oreilly and the rest, coming up. First, how the press pressures the president to do his job. We all know how President Trumps tweets make journalists jump and react. But how do the questions we ask affect him . Once you start to look, you can see it happening all the time. Niger was the biggest example this week. All the way back on october 4th, thats when there were initial reports of several Service Members killed in the african country. At first reports of three dead. Then we learned of the fourth. The next day White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders opened the briefing with a statement of condolences. But then the ambush fell off the national radar. The following week, cnns jake tapper and chris cuomo pointed out the president s silence on the matter. Trump finall
Spending bill sunday. Two democratic sources say they think the measure will fall short of the 60 votes needed to pass on the next vote. Republicans are resisting a democratic push to tie daca to this bill thaechts the program that prote program that protects thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The shutdown should stop today. And well soon have a vote that will allow us to do exactly that. So lets step back from the brink. Lets stop victimizing the American People and get back to work on their behalf. Now this shutdown, as you see from the clock, its two hours into the third day. Ryan nobles has all the details from capitol hill. Reporter rosemary and george, it turned out not to be as late a night as expected on capitol hill. Thats not not because there was some kind of grand bargain struck. Instead they decided yet again to delay this process, extending just little bit longer until noon eastern time on monday. Thats what Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said on the
From capitol hill. Rosemary and george, it turned out not to be as late a night as we expected on capitol hill but thats not because there was some sort of grand bargain struck between republicans and democrats. Instead theyve decided to yet again delay this process, extending this vote just a little bit longer, till noon eastern time on monday. This is what Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said on the floor late sunday night. Should these issues not be resolved by the time the funding bill before us expires on february 8th, 2018, assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address daca, border security, and related issues. If you listen to what the Senate Majority leader is offering, it is a promise to Senate Democrats and some republicans that they will address immigration, in particular protections for those d. R. E. A. M. Ers, those hundreds of thousands of young people brought to this country through no fault of th
Backed away from their call to reject a temporary funding bill without a law to help the socalled dreamers. Well, the bill passed today will fund the government through february 8th in exchange for a commitment from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to take up the immigration debate, including the dreamers. Well, this morning mcconnell gave this assurance on the senate floor. As long as the government remains open, it would be my intention to take up legislation here in the senate that would address daca, border security, and related issues. Well, a few hours later senator Chuck Schumer, the democratic leader said democrats would vote to reopen the government. Here he goes. I expect the majority leader to fulfill his commitment to the senate, to me and to the Bipartisan Group and abide by this agreement. If he does not, of course, and i expect he will, he will have breached the trust of not only the democratic senators, but members of his own party as well. Well, despite the fact
Aftermath of this weeks mass expulsions. The report coming on the day russia announced it had conducted a test of an intercouldnt mental Ballistic Missile capable of striking anywhere in the world. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports how President Trumps position to maintain ownership of his business all putting his stake in a trust managed by his sons is coming back to haunt him. Quote from mueller to stormy to contributions, three different teams are trying to pry open the trump organizations books. Lets go to florida where the president is spending the easter weekend at his resort amid the controversy over his epas chief use of the condo at bargain prices. Nbc newss Kelly Odonnell is in West Palm Beach for us. What can you tell us about the latest scrutiny over scott pruitt . Well good to be with you alex. Theres been plenty of attention on the president s cabinet. We saw him oust his secretary of state, and his top official at the Veterans Affairs department. And now theres pres