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Wake up monday morning to a whole different set of headlines. thanks to all three of you for joining us. were preparing for elijah cummings funeral that is coming up shortly. >> jon: the impact of the teachers union strikes as pay hikes force districts to look for cuts elsewhere. robbing peter to pay paul and how it will play out in classrooms. >> jon: elizabeth warren banging the drum for medicare for all but struggling how to pay for it. money man charles payne is here on all of that next. >> ...

And that is just the beginning of the trouble that he faces. correspondent jacqui heinrich is live outside the federal courthouse tonight. jack qui. >> michael avenatti was calm and smiling in court. he was wearing no hand cuffs. when the judge asked him how he would plead he said, quote, 100 percent not guilty. after court he took a different tone and seemed to blame his troubles on the president. >> for over 20 years i have represented davids vs. goliaths across this nation in many courthouses...

Then he is. its a very very confusing week. people are all over the map. the west wing is in tough straits. theyre not sure where thing are going, people looking for a way to get out. their jealous that hope hicks are heading out because theyre looking for ways out themselves. >> peter thank you for that report. you heard peter mention nbc news reporting, h.r. mcmaster may be looking for the exit by the end of the month. heres what huckleby sanders had to say. >> general mcmaster isnt going ja...

It benefits him in states like pennsylvania, ohio, wfr. by the time voters vote in november we may be seeing negative consequences. >> particularly from the china aspect. thats going to affect exports like soybeans and corn. >> exactly. and even some senators from states that stand to benefit, like roy blunt, a state that does export aluminum, he said,down, sure. we also import other kind of aluminum so its not worth it. this idea of robbing peter to pay paul its coming up a lot on the hill. >> ...

Listen. >> i love the president, i think hes done a terrific job up till now, this could turn another way. whoever advised him on this ought to be reprimanded. its not going to help america its going to cause high prices around here and help him to be less competitive. >> peter we know who advised him. i want happen to be wilbur ross. what do you know, whats your reporting telling you? >> senator hack shouldnt feel bad not getting a heads up, i dont think trumps own staff got a heads up. they ju...

Whether going to pass tomorrow. most accurate but fundamentally disagree with the respect of the cost increases particularly for seniors. what shes referring to is special deal made for new york members of congress to get their votes that says that counties no longer pay their share of medicaid but shifted to other taxpayers of new york state. robbing peter to pay paul. nothing free in washington. shifting burden to new york state, have to increase the income tax and property taxes. >> go ahead ...

Comply to obamacare mandates and lose employees to keep up with them. gone to self-insurance. lot of people hurt by this terrible bill. especially in new york. >> ive got to run for time. i appreciate you joining us. >> i appreciate it. >> you see the kind of thing thats happening. robbing peter to pay paul, i disagree with you, whatever. health care is complicated. going to move on. get back to the panel. bring in "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof, good to have you on. heard the conve...

Population. >> these are the conversations that you have been having and have had this evening, correct? >> absolutely. i think, you know, weve been fighting for a deal. look, in a free market system that we dont really have in new york, we would have -- this bill is really not a full repeal. its the best we can do in light of whats happening with the senate. but im pleased that were getting somewhere, that were actually going to provide some relief. i own a small business. ive had to look at pe...

In iraq sooner and syria later. defeating the islamic state, meaning, you know, eradicating their ability to recreate a califate somewhere relies on how will this govern? what kind of a rebuilding effort will be made in these countries in conflict, and thats the state departments challenge. i think while i understand the need to plus up military funding and homeland security funding. the state department has a large piece in this long-term effort as well, and so youre in essence robbing peter to...

Future to pay for media concern is robbing peter to pay paul. >> something like 60 million impressions so far online. senator mike lee joins us right now from the russell rotunda. what is rand paul talking about right there, robbing peter to pay paul. >> hes talking about a bill that was passed in the senate last week that took $150 billion from the social security trust fund, that busted our spending caps to the tune of $80 billion, took $1.5 billion from the crime victims trust fund and decide...