New reporting today that the Treasury Department has instructed employees not to take or share photos of this demolition crews tearing into parts of the east wing of the White House with bulldozers and cranes. The Wall Street Journal quotes an internal email requiring prior approval of the Office of Public Affairs before documenting what's going on. It's the site of what will ultimately be construction of President Trump's long-desired White House ballroom.MSNBC political analyst Wanita Toiver joins us now. ...

I read a poll this morning that said uh you know a lot of Americans are starting to pla blame Democrats for the government shutdown and it's just simply because Republicans are better at messaging than Democrats will ever be. I can't believe Democrats still haven't figured out how to message. But right now at a time when American people are hurting and they can point directly to the Trump administration and say it earlier in the year it was Doge cutting all the federal jobs. Now they are in charge of every ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . faced bipartisan backlash turmoil rocking the CDC.His goal will be to make America healthy again. >> Senator Kennedy has been shot. >> This is an inescapable trauma.>> He's pushing back against people who've told him he's a fraud. >> They're not playing by the rules. They're not using gold standard science. They're not using evidence.>> He's the most famous Kennedy in America right now. That was a look at the new frontline PBS documentary, The Rise of RFK Jr. . premieres today.The fi ...

Welcome back. The Trump administration crossing a major hurdle in their immigration crackdown on Democratic le cities. A federal appeals court ruling yesterday to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, saying that the president likely, in their words, lawfully exercised his statutory authority in making that order.Oregon plans to appeal the decision. But this fight isn't just playing out in Oregon. A group of Tennessee officials has just filed a lawsuit over the deployment of Nat ...

Want to get right to some breaking legal news. A pardoned January 6th rier has been arrested for allegedly trying to threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff. Christopher Moahan has been charged with making a terroristic threat against the Democratic congressman.He was one of over 1500 capital rier defendants who were pardoned by President Trump on Trump's first day back in office. I want to bring in MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin here as well as former federal prosecutor Ankush Cardori. L ...

We are now three weeks into the government shutdown. >> Still no end in sight. But what we are beginning to see are its real world effects. The FAA says staffing shortages from the shutdowns caused thousands of flight delays across the US over this past weekend. According to the website FlightAware, at least 8,000 flights were delayed from Friday to Monday at major airports. They include Dallas, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. About 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA officers are currently workin ...

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When are you going to swear in representative electita grava. >> As soon as we get back to legislative session when Chuck Schumer allows us to turn the lights back on. >> Why haven't you done it already.>> Because this is the way the institution works. To I'm following the Pelosi president by the way when my dear friend from Louisiana Julia Lelo was elected to fill the seat of her deceased husband because of co Nancy Pelosi took 25 days to swear her in. By the way, >> are you say let me stop you.Are you say ...

Let's get to our top story. Uh lawyers representing former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges he's currently facing. In motions filed yesterday, Comey's attorneys argue the US attorney who brought the case against him, Lindseay Halligan, was unlawfully appointed. They also contend Comey is being unfairly targeted because of President Trump's quote personal spite against him. Comey has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from congressional testimony in 2020 ...

Meanwhile, three weeks into the government shutdown, the Senate yesterday failed for the 11th time to advance a House passed measure to fund the government. House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to blame Democrats for prolonging the shutdown, even as he keeps House lawmakers out of session. Johnson also continued to defend his decision not to swear in Democratic Congresswoman Electita Graalva of Arizona, saying she could be using this time to help her constituents navigate the shutdown. >> The chronology is ...