The Trump administration has now told a federal court how the US Department of Agriculture plans to partially pay for SNAP food benefits this month. The funding expired on Saturday. Uh MSNBC's Fallon Gallagher has been following this.On Friday, we talked a lot about what was going on in Massachusetts, but this eight-page response, as I understand it, from the USDA to the Rhode Island State Council of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches is about Rhode Island. tell us what this says. >> Yeah, Chris.So, ...

So, we got something very important that we've been waiting for. Literally just handed to me. 15 pages.We've been waiting for this Massachusetts judge to let us know whether or not the federal government is essentially going to be forced to pay for SNAP benefits. We're just 10 hours and 10 minutes away from 42 million Americans losing this benefit. I want to bring in MSNBC senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin.Lisa, what did the judge say. So the judge Chris is saying that the defendants are obligated to use the ...