President Trump announced the United States will resume testing nuclear weapons. In a social media post, Trump wrote that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume testing on an equal basis with Russia and China. The US conducted its last nuclear weapons test in 1992.Former President George HW Bush signed a moratorum on testing that year. David Ignatius the president then in the follow-up questions was asked are you talking about China here and he said effectively it has to do with others they all seem to be te ...

Welcome back. We're following the latest move from the Federal Reserve. The central bank cutting its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point, lowering it to 3.75% to 4% range.It's the lowest it's been in about three years. But because of the government shutdown, officials were forced to make this major decision without key economic data. And joining us now, Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan.Uh, always good to have you here. So, what's your initial take ...

Reporting from the Wall Street Journal reveals that the Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create what's known as quick reaction forces in every state and US territory that are trained to respond to riots and civil unrest within the United States. According to the Pentagon directives, as many as 500 soldiers in each state or territory will be assigned to deploy on short notice and receive non-lethal training in crowd control, handling of detainees, and the use of batons, stun guns, as well as body s ...

Namdi Guan Woo, Kevin Fry, Lisa Rubin. Thank you all for your reporting. And joining us now is Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia of California.He's the ranking member on the oversight committee. Congressman, good to have you here. Your state is among the 25 that are suing the Trump administration now over this potential SNAP benefit suspension.Just how much do your constituents rely on these benefits. And what are you hoping comes out of today's hearing. >> It's incredibly important.I mean, let's be real ...

Let's now bring in MSNBC National Affairs Island analyst and a partner and chief political columnist at Puck, John Hileman, as well as MSNBC senior national security reporter, David RH. And David, let's let's start right there uh with this sort of seemingly almost out of nowhere announcement from President Trump about uh the nuclear testing that he's ordered up. You know, seems as if in response to what Vladimir Putin had said earlier in the day.But the United States, as we've been noting, has not done this ...

And now it's day 30. He was talking about day 29 yesterday. Joining us now is Democratic Senator Katherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.And she's one of the few Senate Democrats to repeatedly side with Republicans voting for the House bill to fund the government. Senator, thanks for taking the time. There's been some reporting of quiet negotiations happening behind the scenes that you've been part of.First, where do those conversations stand right now. Do you expect any imminent breakthrough. >> Well, good mornin ...

Let's get right to MSNBC's senior White House reporter Von Hillyard in South Korea, Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason, New York Times trade and economics reporter Anna Swanson, and former CIA and State Department official Ned Price. So, Von, the president really hyped this meeting and the expectations going into it, but it sounds like some major details still have to be ironed out and some major topics weren't even addressed. Walk us through the deliverables.>> Right. But I think it's notable tha ...

Update on President Trump's pressure campaign on American universities. On October 1st, the Wall Street Journal reported details behind the Trump administration's proposed compact for academic excellence in higher education. According to the journal, universities that sign on to the compact will get quote multiple positive benefits, including substantial and meaningful federal grants, setting a letter addressed to university leaders. However, a message sent out on October 20th by Vanderbilt Chancellor Danie ...

Okay, joining us now, Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan. She's a member of the Armed Services Committee and um with one of the things that you wanted to talk about today is uh the No Troops in our streets act and that comes upon u more news on that front. Tell us about it.Yeah, I mean I look yesterday I just felt the need to lay out um sort of popping a flare on the authoritarianism that we are seeing and the playbook that is being run by the president whether he knows it or not. Um, and one of ...

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