Joining us now, vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington. All right, I want to get you first on what Burgess Everett was reporting a moment ago. Uh, and that was positive vibes coming out of the Appropriations Committee.What can you tell us about that. >> Well, what I can tell you is conversations are really important and Democrats want our country and our government to work for people and that includes the appropriations process. But the fact of the matter i ...

BUYING ITS FIRST LOAD OF U.S. SOYBEANS SO FAR THIS YEAR. JOINING US NOW, MSNBC SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER VAUGHN HILLYARD FROM BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, CNBC SENIOR ANALYST AND COMMENTATOR RON INSANA AND UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY JUSTIN WOLFERS. QUARTER POINT CUT JUST CONFIRMED.SO, JUSTIN, I'M GOING TO GET YOU ON THAT TO START. >> YEAH, I'VE GOT THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. >> SO PRETTY MUCH.>> WHAT EVERYONE. >> EXPECTED WOULD HAPPEN HAPPENED. >> DON'T READ TOO MUCH INTO THIS. ...

Over the last week, we saw a huge wave of white collar layoffs with major companies like Amazon, UPS, and Target announcing cuts affecting thousands of corporate roles. In their statements, companies cited in part, growing pressure to operate more efficiently and embrace the use of artificial intelligence. What are you seeing in the fact that this is the first, I think, real impact that we're seeing of AI, something people have cautioned about for a while.I want to set the uh set the ground a little bit. So ...

WROTE WAS FASCINATING. I RECOMMEND IT TO PEOPLE. THEY CAN GO TO THE WASHINGTON POST AND TAKE A LOOK.THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM. APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO BRING IN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES FROM CONNECTICUT, RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, CONGRESSMAN. AND BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHY THOSE SHIPS WERE SENT THERE, LET ME ASK, DO YOU BELIEVE U.S. MILITARY ASSETS IN THE CARIBBEAN SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO HELP THOSE DEVASTATED ISLAND NATIONS. >> YEAH, C ...

>> HOURS AFTER LAUNCHING AIRSTRIKES THAT GAZA HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY KILLED 104 PALESTINIANS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DECLARED THAT THE CEASE FIRE WITH HAMAS IS BACK ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE THOUGHT THE STRIKE WAS JUSTIFIED AFTER A SNIPER KILLED AN ISRAELI SOLDIER IN GAZA, BUT EMPHASIZED THAT, QUOTE, NOTHING IS GOING TO JEOPARDIZE THE CEASEFIRE.HE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH ANOTHER THREAT TO HAMAS, WHICH REFUSES TO DISARM OR GIVE UP CONTROL OF GAZA. >> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, HAMAS IS A VERY S ...

The information minister says the goal now is to reopen the airport in Kingston as early as Thursday. So, what will that timeline mean for my next guest, an American stranded in Jamaica, Peter Kong. Peter, uh, first of all, it's good to see you. It's good to see you safe and sound.Do you have any idea when you might be able to come home. >> Um, so right now, according to the, you know, the Jamaican news, they're saying that they are assessing the damage at Kingston airport right now. As of right now, my fli ...

The images we're seeing from neighborhoods in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa reveal absolute destruction. Gates of homes immersed in murky waters. Driveways and the roads beyond them invisible.Joining me now is Lisa Hannah, a Jamaican resident and former Jamaican politician, stuck in Florida right now, waiting for word on when she can return home. Lisa, um, it's good to have you here. I know you've been talking to folks on the ground in Jamaica.>> What are you hearing. What are they telling y ...

Both of them have made this motion to dismiss their indictments on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. And both of the judges in their cases in the same district have said, you know what, it would be sort of uncosher for us to rule on that. We are people who see the US attorney's office before us each and every day.The statutory scheme here gives power to the judges of the district if there's a vacancy and therefore we're sort of conflicted here. So they pushed the matter off to the ...

Democrats getting a little bit tight right now. Uh it's their constituents, a lot of them that uh in some of these inner cities that that going to need SNAP uh to survive and they're getting a lot of calls and the pressure is going to be put on them. A lot of people need to go back to work.A lot of a lot of young men that are on SNAP that uh should be working. >> Uh anyhow, >> wait. No, wait. No, no, no.Let's let's let that let's let that sink in. Mike. Uh, >> yeah.>> Tommy Tarville, >> a guy who held up th ...

We have some numbers um that Kristen Welker put up um in a story about Donald Trump's approval ratings for uh the economy and most of them are below 40%. Lowest numbers he's ever had. >> He's all over the world.You've got a government shutdown. You've got uh one in four, one in five Americans who depend on food assistance not going to get it. You have health care prices absolutely exploding.Uh you still have concerns about inflation. You've got a 20 to40 billion bailout of Argentina. You also of course you ...