Let's now bring in New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse, the editor of The New Republic, Michael Tamasi, and co-host of The Weeknight right here on MSNBC, Simone Sanders Towns. And a great group to start us off this hour. Carl, starting with you.Uh, President Trump is spelling it all out for us right on Truth Social this morning. Two posts of note. First, an all cap screed saying once again repeating the false talking point about Democrats wanting to give healthcare money to illegal alie ...

Joining us now, a couple of Capitol Hill insiders. Former Republican Congressman Garrett Graves from Louisiana and Michael Hardaway, former spokesperson for Democratic leader Hakee Jeff. And I know Michael, you're trying to get that if in your ear so you can hear when we play those sound bites.Good to have you both as part of this conversation. Thanks so much. Here we are, day two of the shutdown.Congress isn't in session. We just listened to uh at least Speaker Johnson talk this morning about the pain that ...

to get to the news that's happening right now. The US government officially shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on how to extend federal funding. It is the first shutdown since 2018 during President Trump's first term, which was the longest ever at 34 days. Hours before last night's deadline, both Republican and Democratic funding proposals were rejected by the Senate. this despite three Democrats voting in favor of the GOP bill. As of this moment, there is ...

you're not. If you're not, you're not old. >> I was there.>> You said it, not me. >> I know we're in day two of the government shutdown. Joining us now with where the administration stands on the latest Treasury Secretary Scott.Scott, it helps to us, Mr. . Secretary. It helps to have seen the moon landing, doesn't it.I mean, isn't there something beneficial about having some experience in life or is it me. >> Joe, I find good to be with you and Becky. I find wisdom's good.I remember when my dad got me up ea ...

Right. What is this shutdown about. In the eyes of the Democrats here, it is about specifically healthcare.What does that mean. Let's start with the big picture, specifically on Obamacare. 24 million people get their insurance through Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act, right.Same thing. All of them, almost all of them, 90 plus%, the vast majority, they get a tax credit, which basically keeps their premiums down. This is a credit that's supposed to go away at the end of the year.Okay, that goes away. If ...

The health insurance lobby is leaning into the US government shutdown drama by running ads urging a renewal of expiring Obamacare subsidies https://t.co/gFB636fByO ...

GOP is repeating what the New York Times calls a new and misleading talking point that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants. The false assertion, false, has been repeated by Vice President J. D.Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson along with the president himself. Here's what is important to note. Undocumented immigrants have long been prohibited from taxpayer funded Medicaid coverage except for treatment in emergency medical situations.They also do not q ...

government now shut down after Democrats and Republicans couldn't reach an agreement on federal spending. Joining us right now is Senate Democrat Peter Welch. Good morning to you.Uh Senator, we're all trying to understand what comes next. Um what kind of negotiation is happening or not happening behind the scenes. Can you just even update us on that before we get into it all.>> Well, I don't have any news to report. The bottom line is there have been no negotiations whatsoever. I saw you ran that quote of P ...

Jen, how do we answer the lies, the Democrats. I'm looking at where where we have been and how we and how the Democrats get to a better place. I spent a lot of time yesterday talking to people who think that the Democrats have a bad strategy on their shutdown to just kind of test my own thinking on this and I have come out convinced that picking this healthcare fight is a good idea.First of all, one of the biggest problems Democrats have in fighting, people have believed for years and years and years, ever ...

Want to get to the news that's happening right now. The US government officially shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on how to extend federal funding. It is the first shutdown since 2018.During President Trump's first term, which was the longest ever at 34 days, hours before last night's deadline, both Republican and Democratic funding proposals were rejected by the Senate. this despite three Democrats voting in favor of the GOP bill. As of this moment, ther ...