Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington and we begin with the breaking news of a major shakeup inside the president's cabinet. President Trump today firing Attorney General Pam Bondi, posting on social media that Bondi quote will be transitioning to a muchneeded and important new job in the private sector and that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch will step in to serve as acting attorney general.Bondi has been a staunch ally of Mr. . Trump's, joining him at the Supreme Court just y ...

Lawmakers are gone for the rest of this week. I know that members of the House and Senate will be back next. But there doesn't seem to be a path for a breakthrough on a deal here when it comes to the masking or warrantless raids, unless you're hearing something differently.Congresswoman. What's going to happen here. How long could this last.Well, I'm not I understand. Maybe we've offered something else to the Republicans, but the Senate's gone. I mean, they're in Munich at the conference or some are at the ...

The future of DHS funding depends on finding a way to a deal. https://t.co/v6xRbevcZH ...

WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW, I'M MELANIE ZANONA IN WASHINGTON, WHERE ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI WAS DEFIANT AS SHE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TODAY. THE HEARING AT TIMES BECOMING CONFRONTATIONAL, ESPECIALLY AS DEMOCRATS PUSH FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S HANDLING OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. IN HER OPENING STATEMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI DEFENDED THE ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE CASE.>> I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR WHAT ANY VICTIM, ANY VICTIM, HAS BEEN THROUGH, ESPECI ...

WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW I'M KRISTEN WELKER, AND WE BEGIN WITH THE NEW DETAILS IN THE DESPERATE AND AGONIZING SEARCH FOR NANCY GUTHRIE, THE BELOVED 84 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF OUR DEAR FRIEND AND NBC NEWS COLLEAGUE SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. WITH THE SEARCH NOW ENTERING ITS FIFTH DAY AND STILL NO SUSPECT OR PERSON OF INTEREST IDENTIFIED BY INVESTIGATORS AS AUTHORITIES ALSO INVESTIGATE A POTENTIAL RANSOM NOTE TODAY, AUTHORITIES PROVIDING NEW INFORMATION WITH A TIMELINE FROM THE NIGHT THEY BELIEVE NANCY GUTHRIE WAS TAK ...

Congressman Eric Swalwel from California who serves on the House Judiciary Committee. Congressman, thanks for being here. First, your reaction to what we just heard there.Schumer demanding that there's some ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. DO YOU EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT POTENTIALLY THIS VOTE. WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LITTLE KIDS TO BE I WANT TO BE HORRIFIED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES AND WHO'S CONNECTED TO IT.I ...

Balance of power. Live from Washington, D. C.From Bloomberg's Washington, D. C. studios to our TV and radio audiences worldwide.Welcome the balance of power alongside Julie Fine. I'm Joe Matthew. Tonight, a softer touch.President Trump acknowledging his administration could use a different approach on immigration enforcement the same day that 700 federal agents are pulled from Minneapolis. The impact this could have on a possible homeland security shutdown now just nine days away. We'll talk with Republican ...

AND WELKER. WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON DEVELOPMENTS OUT OF ARIZONA AND THE SEARCH FOR NANCY GUTHRIE, THE MOTHER OF OUR FRIEND AND NBC NEWS COLLEAGUE SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. OUR HEARTS, OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE WHOLE GUTHRIE FAMILY.AS AUTHORITIES SAY, NO SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOUR DAYS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE. WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THAT COMING UP SHORTLY. BUT WE DO WANT TO BEGIN HERE IN WASHINGTON WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SITTING DOWN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MY NBC NEWS COLLEAGUE TOM LLAMAS.AS THE ...

And the stakes are getting higher after the Senate failed to pass a deal to continue to fund the government last night. The news came as a surprise after President Trump announced that both sides had come to an agreement on how to move forward. Now, the goal is to break off funding for Homeland Security from the larger spending bill that's designed to fund the government in order to negotiate immigration reforms.But Democrats are blaming Republican Senator Lindsey Graham as being a key holdup and not voting ...

Joining us as promised, Democratic Senator fro Connecticut and member of the Senate FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, CHRIS MURPHY. SENATOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.YOU JUST GOT OUT OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC LUNCHEON TALKING ABOUT DHS FUNDING, WHAT TO DO NEXT. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU'VE DECIDED. WELL, I THINK LIKELY SENATOR SCHUMER WILL MAKE THAT A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.BUT LISTEN, LET ME SAY WHAT I THINK EVERYBODY IN AMERICA WANTS, AND THAT IS FOR THERE to be reforms that st ...