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Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would d...

 

The husband of vice president kamala harris doug emhoff has tested positive for covid-19. emhoff, the second gentleman, tweeted his symptoms are mild and said he is grateful to be vaccinated and boosted. a white house aide said the vice president has tested negative since her husbands result. of course, shes still in the window where that could change. she backed out of a white house event yesterday evening out of abundance of caution. earlier in the day she did appear with president biden and s...

Speaker nancy pelosis office and this is how she responded to joe manchins top line number. >> can that be done with a $1.5 trillion reconciliation package? >> well, look, theres no number. i dont have a number. i dont have a number. >> thats the number that manchin -- >> thats what he tells you. thats not what ultimately is going to be the package. >> thats what he told speaker schumer. >> i dont have an offer in front of me. my number is $3.5 trillion. you dont negotiate against you yourself. ...

The floor. speaker speaker schumer said they want to dot more. how big are democrats willing to go. he said as peter pointed out some members wan wanted more thanes 3ds.5 million and heard joe manchin say $3.5 million is too much. another thing schumer said in a press conference, did knoll rule out coming below that if he has to, if thats what it takes to get all of his members together pap very complicated dance he and house speaker nancy pelosi are starting on, and we also were just told, two ...

Actions are resolved the rest of the bill will come together smoothley. you are seeing the back biting with the republicans are saying that the democrats are not reasonable in the requests, and the democrats saying that the republicans are moving the goalpost. so whether it is tough negotiate from the two sides, it is yet to be seen. >> my inbox is filling up with comments from both sides. and has speaker schumer given the latest on the vote? >> well, he doesnt have a choice. he has to wait for ...

Guilty, they would be throwing that ceo out. were seeing the president of the united states, his inner circle that helped him get to the presidency, has wone by one been convicted, indicted, plead guilty, this is not something that we can accept as normal. >> would you believe me here on mueller friday i have more answers for you. speaker schumer said to come out on this any moment. well have speaker pelosis response to what looks like nonpart sans experts we had, from a wall to a cave, part of ...

Reform the budget process. let me be as clear as i can be. without significant spending cuts and changes in the way we spend the american peoples money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. were not talking about billions here. we should be talking about cuts in trillions. >> all right. in comments meant to counter speaker boehners speech, speaker schumer said this, quote, mr. boehner needs to have that adult moment right here and now. this next speech by the speaker will be the litmus t...

Repeal them? >> thank you. >> youve got to go back -- >> come on, guys. isnt it only fair? >> im not sure why the president extended those. >> agree with you. i agree with you. >> i think that what is important, part of this adult conversation has to be mr. president and senator schumer, where is your alternative? the only serious plan thats on the table right now is the paul ryan republican plan that we put on the table that takes a stab at reform and entitlements. you know what the speaker kep...