Welcome back. Let's go back now to Washington DC, not to the White House where the president, you could see, is speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel, but to Capitol Hill because there is a meeting later today with top congressional leaders about trying to avoid a government shutdown. Emily Wilkins on Capitol Hill has more on that.Emily, hey Brian. Well, yeah. Cong the top congressional leaders, they're making their way to the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue headed to the White House where they are ...

Welcome back. On the brink of a government shutdown, top Republican and Democratic lawmakers meeting with the president this afternoon. Let's get to Emily Wilkins in DC with more on what that meeting may sound like.Hey, Emily. Hey, Carl. Yeah, you know, big question here is whether Trump and congressional leaders really can hash out a path forward when they meet at the White House, expecting that meeting around 3 p.m. Right now, there is no sign of a potential compromise. You know, the White House told NBC ...

Well, join me right now with House Democratic Minority Leader Hakee Jeff of New York. Congressman, glad to have you here, sir. We are going to get to the government shutdown battle in just a moment, but first, President Trump said Comey's indictment was quote about justice, not revenge, but his past words would suggest otherwise.And he hinted more charges against his political opponents are coming. How do you respons to this indictment. And is this the start of Trump's threat to use the Justice Department t ...

Government Shutdown & Budget Concerns - The US government faces a potential shutdown due to disagreements on the spending bill [1] - The White House is considering mass firings across government agencies if a deal isn't reached [1] - Democrats and Republicans are in disagreement on budget priorities, particularly regarding healthcare [1] Healthcare Debate - Democrats accuse Republicans of cutting healthcare to fund tax breaks for the wealthy [1] - Republicans are allegedly undermining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and rural healthcare funding [1] - Proposed cuts could severely impact rural hospitals, with potential closures already occurring [1] - Medicaid is crucial for many families, especially those with disabled members, and cuts would cause significant hardship [8] Political Standoff - Democrats claim Republicans are unwilling to negotiate or even meet to discuss the budget [2][3][7] - The administration's actions are perceived as punishing the American people [4][5] - There is internal frustration within the Democratic party regarding Senate leadership [9] - House Democrats claim to be unified in their fight against healthcare cuts [10]

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Pat Ryan of New York. Congressman, thank you for being here. We were talking earlier in the show about just how deeply unpopular the Republican legislation uh has proven to be and seemingly only more so uh including with significant tax breaks for the rich.But in these negotiations that may or may not shut the government, it does appear that health care has become really the animating point. >> Well, I think it's healthare, specifically the cost of healthare uh and it' ...

want to hear about the child care especially with the cuts that are happening in healthcare. We've been talking um throughout the show about uh what is in store uh for people in terms of their health. Well, I I watched the early segment on the uh rates that will are all already going up because that's right, insurance companies have to get those identified early before you enroll.Uh this is a disaster and I hope that everyone who's watching tells their members of uh Congress, the Senate to add the protectio ...

Federal workers uh could be at risk of more than furls if the government shuts down in a few days. Uh Emily Wilkins joins us now with the latest from DC and the uh well we'll talk at the end Emily but the uh as expected rhetoric. If you need you need 60 votes in the Senate, right.Is that what you need. You need you need 60 votes in the Senate, Joe. And and you got to map the math.There are only 53 Republicans. Some of them have to be Democrats. And look at this.How are you going to say. How are they going t ...

Let's now get over to Emily Wilkins because she has some breaking news on the government funding talks. Emily, >> hey Courtney. Well, at this point, a government shutdown is still looming a next Tuesday if they can't resolve things by then.And a meeting that was supposed to happen between Hakee Jeff, Chuck Schumer, the two top Democrats, and Trump has now been cancelled by Trump. he posted on Truth Social this morning, saying that after reviewing the details of the what he called unserious and ridiculous de ...

When Ted Cruz’s strategy to defund the Affordable Care Act led to an epic government shutdown fight, Democrats excoriated him as a villain. Now, they’ve adopted the same tactic. https://t.co/87YTxTPcxv ...

Joining us now, House Minority Leader, Democratic Congressman Hakee Jeff of New York. Of course, we want to talk to you about the looming shutdown. But first, uh would like to get your reaction and what you're hearing from your colleagues on the Hill uh about uh the Jimmy Kimmel situation being yanked off the air.Well, good morning. Great to be with you. Uh Democrats in the House and the Senate are deeply disturbed uh by the events.This is another example of Donald Trump and the Trump administration weaponi ...