I want to bring in New York Times chief White House correspondent and MS Now contributor Peter Baker. Susan Glasser is a staff writer for the New Yorker who writes letters from Trump's Washington. You know, Susan, the women like Liz Stein have been relentless in the face of great opposition in many cases.They met with lawmakers. They showed up on Capitol Hill. They've been doing these interviews. They've been taping this new public service announcement.You saw how emotional it was for them. Is this a case w ...

Joining us now, Democratic Congresswoman from Massachusetts and Minority Whip Katherine Clark. It's good to see you. Um, I wonder why you think Donald Trump changed his mind so dramatically late last night.>> Listen, he's been in a full pressure campaign calling Republican members to the situation room in the White House just last week to try and stop this vote. He has been desperate since he took office to go back on his promise to be transparent, to seek justice, and now he sees that this vote is very lik ...

We begin this hour with new MS Now reporting. According to a White House official, President Trump is facing a quote losing battle when it comes to the Epstein files. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss the president's thinking.The official goes on to add that the more Trump publicly involves himself in protesting the release of the files, the worse off he looks. But despite Trump's goal to move on from this controversy, he's showing no signs of shifting regardless of how Re ...

Well, I want to turn to the other big issue that you have been focused on pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Your joint bill with Thomas Massie is going to come to a vote on the House floor. It's expected to this week.Do you think you have enough votes for it to pass. >> We do. And there's nothing I have been uh prouder of or more meaningful than this work.It's the credit goes to the survivors. They're going to be at the capital on Tuesday in a press conference Massie, myself, and Represe ...

Today, during her first floor speech as a sworn in member of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Adelicia Ghalva took the time to recognize two survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, sitting in the gallery, Liz Stein and Jessica Michaels were met with a big round of applause. Welld deserved. With me still is Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Adalita Grahalva, sworn in less than 24 hours ago.I hope the name sounds good to you. as well as Jess Michaels, one of the Epstein survivors who was present in the House ...

And we're going to turn and listen in to um the business on the floor and the swearing in of the latest member of Congress. >> Do justice and accountability for hundreds of victims abused by rich and powerful men. She is a smart, principled fighter through and through.Mr. . Speaker, it is my honor to welcome and introduce to this chamber Congresswoman Adalita Graalva. Come here.Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you much.Gracias. Thank you so much. Thank you to my colleague and friend, Congressman Stanton, for ...

More outrage building among Jeffrey Epstein's victims as we learned that his convicted co-conspirator Gain Maxwell is reportedly seeking a commuting a commuting of his her sentence from President Trump. That's according to a whistleblower who also gave House Democrats details about how Maxwell's move from federal prison to a prison camp has come with some extraordinary perks. What we've just learned is that she has been receiving basically uh clubfed or Trump hotel style treatment, concier style treatment.S ...

that we are fighting to restore the destroyed health care benefits of the American people both under the ACA tax benefits so people's monthly uh health insurance premiums are not uh completely skyscraper out of control. We've said we want to restore Medicaid. We said we want to uh save uh the SNAP program and the food benefits and the nutrition of the people and we want to reopen the government and make sure that all federal workers get paid pursuant to federal law and pursuant to their contract. So, we're ...

Outside Indianapolis, the family of Maria Florina Rios Perez in tears after the 32-year-old house cleaner from Guatemala was shot and killed Wednesday morning while attempting to enter what police say was a mistaken address. Pedz's husband, Mauricio, who cleaned houses with her, was by her side when it happened. >> "It's not easy," he says.At the moment, seeing my wife in my arms, already lifeless, covered in blood, I felt like they tore everything from me. Video shows the bullet hole still visible in the f ...

The Trump Justice Department ate a loss today after a jury came back and acquitted the man known as Sandwich Guy, who threw a sub at federal officers deployed at Donald Trump's order in August. Sandwich Guy has become somewhat of a hero in DC with murals popping up across the city and with people dressing up as him for Halloween. But jurors show no appetite for the case against him, deliberating for about 7 hours before acquitting him of assaulting an officer.The officer testified that the sandwich exploded ...