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President trump's picks, bringing the total number of judicial confirmations for trump to 170 since he took office in january 2017. joining me now, ruth marcus, "washington post" columnist, also an msnbc contributor. and she is the author of "supreme ambition: brett kavanaugh and the conservative takeover." awfully good to have you here, ruth, and see you again. look, republicans changed these rules earlier this year to try to cut down on the amount of debate time that district court nominees face. this number, 170, can you put it into perspective, please, how that number compares to other adm...

Grow a week after speaker nancy pelosi announced the democrats' probe, 44% of americans feel that president trump should be impeached and removed from office. according to the latest monmouth poll, up nine points since august. it's dropped to 52%. meanwhile, americans are divided on whether congress should hold impeachment hearings against the president. the 44 to 47% split is within the poll's almost four-point margin of errors. the cnbc poll found that president trump's lob approval has fallen to its lowest level of his presidency, hitting 37%, down three points since may. down two points si...

Substantial tax cut for middle income folks who work so hard. >> now, this tax cut would be on top of the tax cut that was approved by the republican-led congress back in 2017. joining me now to talk about this is texas republican congressman kevin brady. he is the ranking member, formerly the chair, of the tax writing house ways and means committee. he was instrumental in getting the 2017 tax cut passed. representative brady, good to see you. thank you for joining me, sir. >> ali, thanks for having me >> let's talk about this the president talked about a tax cut going through in the next year...

We have new details this morning. the air force confirming a report by politico that its crew members did stay at the president's luxury resort in scotland after stopping at a local airport to refuel during a routine trip to kuwait. they said the resort was the closest available and least expensive accommodation to the airfield within the crew's allowable hotel rate. the incident raised the possibility that, quote, the military helped keepd trump's resort afloat after it lost millions of dollars in 2017. joining us now is msnbc's legal contributor, katie feng. good morning. >> good morning. th...

All right. the department of justice filed a civil lawsuit against former white house aide omarosa manigault newman, alleging she failed to file a financial disclosure after her firing. the lawsuit seeks a fine up to $50,000 against the former "prentiss" contestant for knowingly and willing failing to file the paperwork after repeated reminders. omarosa manigault newman's attorneys say it's untrue. he calls suit an attempt to retaliate against the former aide who has been outspoken and critical of the administration since she was ousted back in 2017. joining me to talk about this, msnbc legal ...