Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland. Uh, Congressman, thank you very much for joining us. Is this about health care or is this about repealing Obamacare without saying that they're repealing Obamacare by the Republicans.>> Well, from our perspective, it's about the health care of the American people and this ongoing assault on the living standards and the basic security of the working middle class in America. Uh, we've been raising this for months with them. um even as they have ...

At midnight, Donald Trump and Republicans shut the federal government down because they don't want to provide health care to working class Americans. Leader Schumer and myself met with President Trump and legislative leaders on Monday. We had a conversation that was designed to avoid a painful government shutdown and address the Republican healthc care crisis.Subsequent to that meeting, we heard nothing from any of the legislative leaders on the Republican side. And the president has been engaging in irresp ...

I want to bring in Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherryn Clark, the House Democratic Caucus Whip. Thanks for joining us. Look, um I wonder if I can pick it up there and and I wonder if in the conversations you're having with your members, you are hearing talk about maybe can there be some compromise on the idea of an offramp, as Ally put it, on on ACA subsidies.You know, that has been our absolute message, Chris, to Republicans, to the president, and to the American people. Let's get together. This shutdown ...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and a barrage of Republicans from both the House and the Senate talking about the government shutdown now 10 and a half hours old. Let's bring in Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zenona. So Mel, clearly both sides are going to try to blame the other.Republicans with signs that call this the Democrat shutdown, saying repeatedly it's the Schumer shutdown. Republicans are arguing that the bill to keep the government open, that it's clean, that it's nonpartisan, that they ...

Uh I've got Senator uh uh Chuck Schumer. He's the minority leader right now. He joins us. Senator Schumer, um this is this is the lie of the day uh that that um that the administration is pushing. Uh could you please uh explain? And by the way, we're going to ask you some tough questions. We've been knocking your name around today. So, but but I feel like this is most important. We need to clear this up because this is the lie that Republicans are using to try to to well confuse their base, lie to their bas ...

We just heard from House Speaker Mike Johnson about the potential for a government shutdown happening later tonight. Joining us right now to discuss it all is House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff. And uh sir, thank you for being with us today.I'm not sure if you heard what uh Leader Johnson had to say on some of these issues, but if you didn't, I'll I'll kind of give it back to you. He said that this is a clean continuing resolution that's been put forth. It's the same thing that the Democrats voted for 13 time ...

We just heard from House Speaker Mike Johnson about the potential for a government shutdown happening later tonight. Joining us right now to discuss it all is House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff. And uh sir, thank you for being with us today.I'm not sure if you heard what uh Leader Johnson had to say on some of these issues, but if you didn't, I'll I'll kind of give it back to you. He said that this is a clean continuing resolution that's been put forth. It's the same thing that the Democrats voted for 13 time ...

I'm not showing this video that Donald Trump put out about you and uh Chuck Schumer today. This fake video. People are going to see it.They'll they'll see it in other ways. It's it's easy to find. But it is absolutely disgusting in every way. It is a lie.It's the the man you met with has now lied about what you said after that meeting. Uh could you give us your reaction to that Trump uh posted video tonight. It's a disgusting video and we're going to continue to make clear bigotry will get you nowhere.We ar ...

All right, let's now get to top congressional leaders who are at the White House at this hour. Uh, as the president and Republicans as well as Democrats are meeting, but they seem to be playing a game of chicken right here with less than 36 hours to go until we are told of a full government shutdown is likely. The vice president saying that in just the last few minutes.You don't put a gun to the American people's head and say unless you do exactly what Senate and House Democrats want you to do, we're going ...

Let's get right to MSNBC White House correspondent Von Hillyard, MSNBC's senior Capitol Hill correspondent and host of Way Too Early, Ali Vatitali, along with our MSNBC political analyst Brendan Buck, former aid to House Speakers Paul Ryan and John Boehner, and former Democratic Congresswoman Donna Edwards. Lots to discuss here. Van, kick us off. In addition to these two big meetings today, the president has also just announced another round of steep tariffs. Take us through this day. >> Right. It's a heck ...