ryan nobles is still. with us. . >> and then the whole signal chat fallout during this hearing. yeah, it seems pretty. >> clear. >> jose, that the administration. >> officials that were involved. >> in this. >> signal chat and. >> the administration itself. >> is much more in line. >> in terms of what their talking. points are. >> and what their argument is. >> about why. >> the signal. >> chat was not inappropriate, as. >> was demonstrated in. >> this hearing today. >> and the hearing that we saw yesterday, they stammered. >> there were a lot of inconsistencies. as to. >> their view of whether or. >> not. >> the information was classified. they were careful. >> to couch their language when it came, when. >> it. >> came to how this chat manifested itself. >> today they were much more definitive. >> saying that they. >> believe that. >> that. >> information was not classified. >> they said specifically that there was no source. >> information that. >> was made. >> available. >> no names of. individuals were a part of

now, back with us, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ver today that he has the votes to get this over the finish line. and right now, the vote is scheduled to go forward sometime between 4 and 5:00 this evening. now, one of the things we'll be watching for is that there is a group of around four congressional republicans who, at this point are undecided. they have gone back and forth as to whether or not they're going to support this legislation. and they've received quite a bit of pressure from the white house, from the speaker's whip team, and, of course, from donald trump himself. there's only one republican that we know is a no vote, and that's thomas massie of kentucky. then there's the other side of the aisle, the democrats. how will they handle this vote? the leader of the democrats, hakeem jeffries, is imploring his members to vote no. he believes that this is a bad bill, and he doesn't want to give donald trump the opportunity to continue the cuts that they are currently employing in the white house. and they're fearful that jus

ryan nobles, nbc news, washington. ukrainian president zelensky says russia is still attacking his country this even after russia agreed to a partial ceasefire. president trump says both leaders agreed to a limited ceasefire on a phone call this morning. it's intended to stop attacks on energy sectors in both countries. today, the ukrainian government says putin launched 200 attack drones hitting targets across the country. zelenskyy posted these pictures to his social media account, although it's not known exactly what was hit. meanwhile, the kremlin says ukraine also fired drones last night. the two sides are expected to hold the next round of negotiations in saudi arabia this weekend. an american airline mechanic who is on is on his way home tonight, more than two years after being held in captivity by the taliban. the terror organization released george glaesman yesterday. back in 2022, the taliban abducted glaesman, who was traveling through afghanistan as a tourist. the u.s. said he had been wrongfully detained.

ryan nobles reports on the backlash tonight. >> reporter: tonight democrats are pushing back on elon musk's effort to slash the size of the federal bureaucracy. ♪ and now zeroing in on his comments about social security's finances. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> the richest man in the world is telling americans that earned benefits that they depend on and they paid into are a scam. they are not a scam. and americans know it. >> reporter: social security currently pays out more moneto recipients than it takes in in taxes. the social security administration announcing it will cut costs by cutting 7,000 jobs, saying they're focusing on employees who do not directly provide mission-critical services. president trump has pledged there will be no cuts to social security benefits. meanwhile, doge's next target for spending cuts, the pentagon's budget, which president trump says he asked musk to go through. >> check out the pentagon, which is the military. and you know, sadly you'll find some things that are pretty bad. >> reporter: musk touting the cuts so fa

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jose. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill for us. thank you so very much, ryan. it's great.ressman ami bera from california. he actually voted in support of the censure. and congressman, it is a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. you decided to vote this, to vote support for this censure. why? i did. al green's a friend. i respect al green. our caucus cannot. >> be a distraction. i wish you guys were asking me about 70,000 va workers getting laid off. i wish you guys were asking me about closing the department of education. that's what we should be talking about. we've got to keep the focus not on our caucus, but on what donald trump is actually doing. >> what was the reason and what was the basis of your support for censure? like. >> we have a clear strategy on how to defeat donald trump. that is to make sure the american public understands what donald trump is doing, how it is going to hurt their lives, how it is going to be inflationary, how it is not helping them. when we act as individuals, that draws attention away. that is exactly what donald trump wanted

. >> joining us now, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. . what have we heard in this hearing so far today? so far. >> what we've seen, jose, is that these democratic mayors from these big cities are not backing down to republicans and making the case that their immigration policies, the way that they deal with migrants in their cities, is actually working, and that their cities are much safer than the way that republicans in congress have tried to portray them to the general public. listen to how denver mayor mike johnston responded in his opening statement. >> when those busses kept on coming, denver made a choice as a city not to hate each other, but to help each other, not to turn on each other, but to turn to each other. it wasn't perfect, and it required sacrifice from all of us, but in the end, denver came out stronger and closer than we were before. >> we must not let mischaracterizations and fearmongering obscure the reality that chicago's crime rates are trending down. we still have a long way to go, but sensationalizing tragedy in

joining us now a ryan nobles. chuck schumer facing backlash from house democrats.uck schumer is opposed to the bill, but he's allowing his colleagues to vote on this on a majority vote. a piece of legislation in the senate requires 60 votes. there's a procedural requirement where they can lift the 60 votes. what's schumer is doing is giving opportunity for every democrat to vote no. the vote still about to happen. there are a lot of angry democrats. they believe senate democrats should be standing up to thee trump administration and stand in front of their agenda, even if that means the government shuts down. hakeem jeffries held a press conference, but it appears this is the path democrats will take in the senate looking to avoid this fight. zinhle? >> ryan nobles, thanks so much. >>> in ohio people are taking matters into their own hands. they say it's to protect themselves from hate after a white supremacist rally. morgan radford had that story. >> reporter: these aren't police officers or soldiers. these are civilians, members of the lincoln heights safety and

ryan nobles. ryan, thank you.n't celebrate daylight savings. but i have to say, it's weird. >> it is weird. >> guess what? it's 8:43. i think people don't like it. >> a majority of people don't want to bother with this. >> what say you, mr. roker? >> i say that i'm just shocked that there is inaction in congress. unbelievable. how is that possible? but speaking of arizona, savannah, take a look at phoenix. this was a big dust storm yesterday. you can barely see anything. there was low visibility. winds were really gusting. the good news is today they are dying down. however, we've got more fire weather as we move further to the east, from parts of new mexico into texas. we have that elevated risk. we also have a critical risk for parts of texas with windy weather and low humidity. don't forget, spring forward, daylight savings time. most of your appliances and watches already changes, so you don't have to worry about that. as far as temperatures concerned out west, colder than average where the jet stream dips dow

nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake, nbc's chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles fbi assistant director for counterintelligence frank figliuzzi, and former cia director john brennan. guys, we're going to be tap dancing here as we poke in and out of this hearing. we're watching on capitol hill. but, garrett, before it kicks off, you just spoke to president trump by phone about this. what did he tell you? and does he have confidence still in key members of his administration? >> he does. ali. we had a brief phone conversation in which the president defended michael. >> waltz. >> the national security. >> advisor who. >> created this group chat. >> he told me. >> waltz is. >> a good man. >> who he. >> thinks has learned. >> a lesson. >> here in all of this. >> he described this. >> entire episode. >> as a glitch. >> essentially saying that it's the one thing from. >> these. >> past two months. >> that his. >> critics can. >> cling to attack the. >> administration, and that he argued that. because these attacks in. >> yemen were ultimately. >> so successful. >> the fa

. >> hill correspondent ryan nobles. nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake, nbc. >> news national. >> security correspondent. >> joining us. >> from the pentagon, courtney. >> kuby and former. >> assistant fbi director frank figliuzzi, senior national security analyst. >> for msnbc. >> so, ryan, boy, this hearing, which there will be a further meeting down the line behind. closed doors, how are folks on capitol hill reacting to what we. saw publicly in the last hour? >> yeah, well, i don't think there's any doubt, jose, that there. >> is. >> a level. >> of alarm amongst senate democrats. >> right now about the revelation. >> of this text thread, the carelessness in which administration officials. were talking about sensitive military information. >> and the response. >> from the administration. >> as to the. >> revelation of this information. >> you heard. >> democratic senators. repeatedly trying to pin down whether. >> or. not specifically. >> there was. classified information on this text thread. ther

here is ryan nobles. >> reporter: denise perishak is a 70-year-old retired nurse from pennsylvania who relies every day on her check from social security. >> it's something we always counted on. >> reporter: she is one of millions of americans who paid into the system and now worries about the impact of potential changes from president trump and elon musk. >> just looking at being able to provide three basic meals each other, for ourselves because if social security were eliminated, i can't even think about how terrible that would be. >> reporter: musk has openly attacked social security. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> reporter: enter frank bisignano, the former ceo of the financial services company fiserv tapped by trump to run the program, today promising no one's benefits will be impacted besides planned staffing cuts and office closures. >> are you willing to commit right now that you will put enough people back to work so they can do the job of delivering the benefits that americans earned? yes or no. >> i will commit to having the right staffing to

nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles is with us this morning. ryan. good morning. johnson. and then what now happens in the senate. yeah. >> well, on your first question, jose, this was a massive victory for speaker mike johnson because in many ways, what he did here was call the democrats bluff when it comes to this spending plan. they have for weeks been daring him to pass a continuing resolution or some sort of extension of government funding with only republican votes, thinking that that would be impossible for him to do because there is a gaggle of conservative republicans that never vote for this type of legislation. and with donald trump's help, and to be clear, donald trump played a big role in this process. johnson was able to secure their votes and pass this bill. so now it is squarely on the democrats to decide whether or not they are going to stand up to donald trump and stand up to senate republicans and withhold the votes that are necessary in order to get this legislation passed and avoid a government shutdown. i've spent the morning talking to as ma

ryan. >> nobles and. >> former top. >> communications adviser. >> to speaker. >> ryan and boehner, brendank. >> guys. >> thanks for joining me. so. >> ryan. >> senate republican leader john thune said. >> earlier that it. >> is time. >> for democrats. >> to fish. >> or cut bait. >> is there going to be. a deal. >> at. >> the last minute? >> alex. >> the time for deal. making is really over when it comes to. >> the prospects. >> of a government shutdown. >> republicans hold all the cards here. >> they have. already passed. >> a piece. >> of legislation that will keep the. government open. >> now they're just. >> waiting to see whether. >> or not there are eight. >> democrats that will join. >> them in that effort and. >> pass this. >> continuing resolution before the clock strikes midnight. >> on friday. >> democrats will. >> have some leverage in terms of speeding up the time frame. >> perhaps they allow. >> for some sort of an amendment. >> vote for an alternative. >> 30 day continuing resolution. >> that would allow them. >> more time to negotiate. >> but republicans. >> are pretty. firm

. >> ryan nobles. >> and michael schnell, congressional. >> reporter for. >> the hill. ning events for the release. of his. new book. >> anti-semitism in america. >> because of security concerns. right. >> so what are we learning about the blowback. >> he's facing? and tell us more about this meeting with hakeem jeffries. >> yeah, this is a significant development on that. >> chuck schumer is. >> postponing all. >> of these events because it's a recognition. >> of. >> just how. >> much angst there. is within the democratic. >> party about his decision. >> to allow. >> this continuing resolution to. >> go through on a simple majority. >> vote last week. >> and schumer. >> knows this. he recognizes that there are many rank and file democrats across. >> the. >> board who. >> wanted to see the senate democrats stand up and fight donald. >> trump. >> but he really viewed that this situation as. a decision that he had to make with. >> two very. >> bad options. and between those. >> bad options, he determined. >> that opening the door to a shutdown would. >> have been a far wor

nbc's ryan nobles has more on the backlash to doge. >> reporter: democrats are pushing back on elon musk's effort to slash the size of the federal bureaucracy. and now zeroing in on his comments about social security finances. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> the richest man in the world is telling americans that earned benefits that they depend on and they paid into are a scam. they are not a scam. and americans know it. >> reporter: social security currently pays out more money to recipients than it takes in in taxes. the social security administration announcing it will cut costs by cutting 7,000 jobs, saying they're focussing on employees who dot directly provide mission critical services. president trump has pledged there will be no cuts to social security benefits. meanwhile doge's next cuts, the pentagon budget which president trump says he asked him to go through. >> check out the military. and sadly, you'll find some things that are pretty bad. >> reporter: musk touting the cuts so far. >> it's a target rich for saving money. if it was a very well-run

ryan nobles looks at this potential impact on benefits. >> reporter: denise is a retired nurse from pennsylvaniaday on her check from social security. >> it's just t mething that we always counted on. >> reporter: she's one of millions of americans who paid into the system and now worries about the impact of potential changes from president trump and elon musk. >> just looking at being able to provide three basic meals for ourselves. if social security were eliminated, i can't even think about how terrible that would be. >> reporter: musk has openly attacked social security. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> reporter: enter the former ceo of fistserve, tapped by trump to run the program, promising no one's benefits will be impacted. >> are you willing to commit right now that you will put enough people back to work so they can do the job of delivering the benefits that americans earned. yes or no? >> i will commit to have 9 right staffing to get the job done. >> reporter: congressional republicans are on a mission to cut as much as $2 trillion in federal spending, a

joining us now are nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, along with kimberly atkins, store columnist and senior opinion writer with the boston globe, also an msnbc political analyst. so, ryan, what is in this bill? >> well. >> what this does, katie, is it effectively would. >> fund the. >> government through the end of this fiscal. >> year, which would. >> be until. >> september of 2025. it basically. >> keeps funding levels at the same levels that they were. >> during the biden. >> administration, which. means a lot of these cuts. >> that donald. >> trump has claimed to have found through d.o.j. >> would still be appropriated in this current funding bill. and this. >> is really kind of an anathema. to what. >> conservative republicans often talk about. >> they are. >> usually very. >> much opposed. >> to these. short term. >> spending gaps to get them through. >> to the. >> next phase. in fact, this was. something that speaker mike johnson was. vehemently opposed to before he became. >> the house speaker. he will now preside what we. >> believe is. >> his fifth conti

. >> well, joining me now, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, former republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania and democratic strategist basil smikle, former senior aide to then-senator hillary clinton. he joins me in studio. hey, guys. good to have you all. so, ryan, what will you be watching for in this first senate vote on the government funding? could there be any kind of last minute shenanigans? >> well, listen, we. >> are in congress. and anything. >> is possible. >> in congress. >> especially this version of congress. >> so i wouldn't. >> completely rule out the possibility. >> that there. >> aren't the votes. necessary to. move to the next. stage of this. >> process. >> which would mean to eliminate the need for a 60 vote threshold. >> to pass. >> this bill. >> but i do think it's unlikely. >> i don't think. >> chuck schumer puts himself out. >> there unless he knows. >> he has. >> the. votes to allow what's. >> called cloture. >> to then prevent the need for a. >> 60 vote. >> margin to. >> ultimately pass. >> this piece of legislation. >> but it's worth. >

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ashley parker, kelly o'donnell and ryan nobles, thank you guys. we will be watching tonight. also watching tonight will be russia looking for any signs of what donald trump might do next. nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons filed this report for us from moscow. >> president trump's address to congress will happen in the early hours of the morning here in moscow. it's unlikely that kremlin officials or other members of the russian government will stay up to watch, but they will certainly be paying close attention. and reading what president trump has said when they wake up on wednesday morning, they'll be looking for more warm messages from the american president. there is certainly a feeling here in russian government circles that an opportunity has presented itself. they are pleased with the talks that have taken place so far. they are pleased that diplomatic relations are back on track. but at the same time, government officials here in moscow are cautious. they will see the way that president trump dealt with president zelensky, the way that president z

covering the military and national security, courtney colby, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, the new york times reporter and msnbc contributor teddy schleifer, and national security analyst kevin barron. all right, courtney, what does nbc news is reporting on what happened at the pentagon today? >> well, elon musk arrived here just before 9 a.m. and then went straight upstairs to secretary of defense hegseth. work. sweet. his his office suite, essentially the room that you saw there in that video is basically like a conference room right in his his general area. and he met. they met for about an hour and a half, leaving about 10:20 a.m. that's really the extent of what we know officially now. according to defense officials, they were expected to discuss a number of different topics. that includes d.o.j. and cuts, various programs that could potentially be cut from here at the pentagon. but they were also expected to discuss china as part of this, defense officials explaining that there would be a china briefing, but it would be unclassified. now, katie, the room that they we

joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and senior writer at the dispatch and author of in trump's shadow, david drucker. all right. so, lisa, what's up with this deadline? >> so, katy, as you noted, the deadline was at noon. there could be many reasons or really two principal reasons that we don't see it on the docket. one is the obvious one that they haven't filed anything, and therefore they would be in violation of a court's order. but there is a second possibility. and sources with whom i've talked today have acknowledged that, particularly here, where you expect the administration perhaps to invoke that state secrets doctrine instead of providing the information that judge boasberg called for. those were the two options he gave them. answer my five questions or invoke the state secrets doctrine. if they're going to do the former, they may have done so ex parte under seal, and that means it wouldn't necessarily have hit the public docket yet. there could be a filing in his hands, just not one that we can see. >> when w

. >> nbc's melanie zanona did that reporting and speaker johnson's district, nbc's ryan nobles is onst and former senior aide in the hillary clinton campaign. melanie, although republicans often deny it, economists say cuts to programs like medicaid and food stamps are the only way to make the budget work. so again, you're in speaker johnson's district, which he won, by the way, with 85% of the vote. what else did his constituents tell you? well, there's. >> a lot of fear here in this community about potential cuts to both medicaid and snap. it is a small, rural town. a lot of people told me they are struggling right now to pay for groceries, pay for eggs, pay for diapers, they're struggling to find jobs. and so a lot. >> of. >> the residents here have come to rely on government assistance. also, relying on the food bank that we visited yesterday that passes out baskets of free food every week to members of the community. now, speaker mike johnson has said repeatedly that they are not going to cut medicaid benefits and that they are only looking to reform the program, including insti

thank you for that, ryan nobles. okay. i got such a great panel here. michael, i'm going to start with you. schumer says, look, we're living to fight another day that what would have happened with a government shutdown would shift doge into overdrive. you just heard him say that. did it instead shift into overdrive, a democratic divide. what do you see is going on here? >> well, the majority of this party voters, activists, even members honestly are against this cr because the reality is that voting for this cr is like drinking acid because you're thirsty. it makes no sense. and i think that nancy pelosi also weighed in today and said that leader jeffries is correct. democrats should not vote for this in the house or the senate. and so if. >> you think leader jeffries is ticked right now. >> well, he has to be. he did the hard work of keeping his members in line, which they were. i think that as you look at the senate and you look at a midterm election in a year and a half, we should be thinking about what all of this means. if democrats can hold the li

courtney koob, keir simmons and ryan nobles, i appreciate it. and joining us now is investigative journalist and editor at the insider, michael weiss. so i just want to go back to that question. is this relationship salvageable? you heard donald trump there before. von and i were talking about the history of the relationship. he was asked, you know, whether the deal can be done again. and he said that it might be time for zelensky to leave if zelensky doesn't want to get involved in this deal, which he. donald trump thinks is very fair. he might not be around for much longer. vaguely threatening language? fine. but is there a way for the two of them to come back to the table? do you see? do you see any any hopeful signs? >> i actually think. >> that it's. >> the wrong question. >> to ask. >> is the. >> relationship salvageable? >> i think. >> the question is, is the. relationship getting in the way or. advancing donald trump's. >> real agenda. >> which is a strategic realignment of the united states toward russia? >> the writing i. >> think kati

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ryan nobles there for us. thank you. >>> now to the potential breakthrough for the push for peace in ukraine. u.s. officials announced ukraine is ready to accept a 30-day cease-fire. in return, the u.s. agreed to resume sending military aid to ukraine. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground for us. he's inside ukraine this morning. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it has been a wild week for the people here in ukraine. first they were cutoff by president trump. now the government has accepted this u.s. proposal for a cease-fire. this cease-fire is the first serious proposal to stop the fighting here since russia's full-scale invasion of this country three years ago. after a day of marathon talks, ukraine and the trump administration appeared to bury the hatchet. the allies now back on the same page. in saudi arabia, ukraine accepted a proposal brought by the u.s. for a total and immediate cease-fire lasting 30 days. ukraine would pause fighting in the

nbc's chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles continues to follow this.ood morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. and many federal workers were unsure how to respond to the first email they received demanding to know what they had accomplished at work. now they're getting a second version with a warning that this request may become a regular requirement. over the weekend, millions of federal workers received a second email demanding five things they accomplished in the last week or risk being fired. the emails have been created by the elon musk-led department of government efficiency and endorsed by president donald trump. >> there was a lot of genius in sending it. >> reporter: but many agencies have been giving their employees conflicting guidance on how to respond, guidance that has still not been cleared up. while this weekend democrats warning that musk may turn to cutting benefits for americans after he criticized social security last week. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> reporter: senators quickly respondin

nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us now. esident is going to address congress tomorrow. republicans are, you know, trying to charge forward with this, these two plans, one to fund the government, the other one to get this budget deal going, going at some point. what are we what are we going to hear? >> well. >> i would be very surprised. if the president, in any way, shape or. >> form, directly. >> addresses the government funding showdown other. >> than just. >> to say. >> that he supports. >> a clean. >> cr and that they do everything they can to avoid a shutdown, which is something. >> that he's already made note of on his truth social account. >> the bigger question for trump is how. >> senate republicans. >> and house. >> republicans are going to come together. >> to. >> try and finish a. >> budget resolution. >> that they. >> can then pass through. >> reconciliation with only 51 votes, that meets all. >> these agenda. >> items that he has made a priority, including funding his mass deportation program, extending those t

we're going to start in washington with nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles.st? >> so, nicole, right now we are in the most critical stage of these deliberations. and this is kind of the rub. >> the big. >> fight that democrats are having, whether or not to lift the provision that requires 60 votes for any bill to pass the united states senate. and this is essentially what chuck schumer has endorsed. he is against the bill itself. he will likely vote no on the final passage of the bill. but that's really a distinction without a difference here, because this is the critical stage. and if eight democrats join with the rest of the republicans, save for rand paul, that will be enough to move the bill to the next stage of the voting process, and then the bill would be able to be passed with only 51 votes. and that's the stage that we're at right now. i can tell you that at least five democrats have already voted yes for the elimination of the requirement for the 60 vote threshold. they are dick durbin from illinois, angus king from maine, brian schatz, who's a memb

he also told my colleague ryan nobles that this is the last continuing resolution that he will put up get back to regular order. this funding bill, remember, maintains status quo, essentially maintains biden era spending levels. it pluses up some defense spending, which is good for defense hawks in the republican party. but it does cut back some non-defense discretionary items, which is why democrats part of the reason they're voting against this today in the house. of course, we heard leader jeffries say they're going to be a no. we'll see if any democrats break. but johnson feeling confident that they won't need them. jose. >> julie sirkin, thank you so very much. and joining us now, former republican congressman carlos curbelo from florida and former democratic senator heidi heitkamp from north dakota. she is a director of the university of chicago's. >> institute of politics. >> carlos, i see that you're in d.c. today. how do things look for speaker johnson? right behind you. well, it's a beautiful. >> day in d.c. we'll see. >> what kind of a day it is. >> inside the capitol. >> a

he told my colleague ryan nobles, as you heard in that exchange, that this is his last plan, continuingion. remember, this is not how government is supposed to operate. it's been operating in this fashion, though, under both republican and democratic administrations over the last decade. they really need to get back to regular order, which is what everyone on both sides essentially wants johnson there, saying that with this white house, with trump, they're going to do just that. but it's a lot easier said than done. so we'll actually see if they can do it in a couple of hours here. >> okay. keep an eye out for us julie. thank you. so, tara, look, we know how persuasive donald trump can be when he starts making phone calls. is there any reason to think it'll be any different this time with the holdouts? >> well, it's hard to predict because this spat between him and thomas massie has increased in its intensity. it's rather interesting. >> however, massie's only one and one won't make a difference. >> so that's true. they need. they need 1 or 2 more. but we'll we'll we'll see if that happ

i want to bring in nbc's ryan nobles covering capitol hill. senior nbc news correspondent courtney, qb covers national security and the pentagon ned price is a former state department and cia official. and with me here in studio, christopher o'leary, former fbi counterterrorism official and senior vice president for global operations at the soufan group. good to have all of you here, to say the least. ryan, this hearing was fiery. it was contentious. how would you sum up what we saw today? >> chris. >> i think it was very clear that democrats. >> feel that they have the receipts to back up their concerns and their complaints. >> about the way. >> that these government officials were conducting business on this signal. >> group chat. and what. >> you saw them do was basically set many of these officials up to. find out specifically, were they sharing classified information. >> if they. >> were sharing classified information, did. >> they. >> know they were. >> doing it on. >> a platform which is an open source platform of which many government

joining us now, nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, new york times chief opinion columnist david french, who can tell us a thing or two about the tea party. democratic strategist and pollster and msnbc political analyst cornell belcher, who will help us understand the numbers, and former democratic congressman and senior adviser for votevets. max rose, you might have heard his heavy sigh there in the middle of me talking about the poll numbers. sorry i called you out. but, ryan, i'm going to i'm going to begin with you. tell me about what is what life is like for the democratic party on capitol hill. i know they're not there today, but you have a good sense of the anger that they are currently experiencing. >> yeah, there is. >> definitely a sense of frustration among democrats on capitol hill about what the path forward should look like. and they're probably getting an earful this week from their constituents. as many of these democratic lawmakers have town halls planned throughout the week, where they're going to hear firsthand how their constituents feel about this decis

we want to go to ryan nobles, who is inside the house chamber, in the room where it will happen. and he has a republican senate, a republican house, but these are very narrow majorities, and the political clock is ticking, ryan, for him to get his agenda through. >> yeah, that's exactly right, savannah. and it is pretty stark when you look out at the chamber from my vantage point, right behind where the president will be speaking in the next few minutes. all the republicans to the left side of where i'm sitting are standing. they are awaiting the president's arrival. the democrats are sitting stoically, which is a representation of how this speech will likely be e received here in the next few minutes. it's important to keep in mind, when donald trump first came into this chamber in 2017, it was a very different environment than what he's going to deal with here tonight. his our party wasn't necessarily 100% behind him eight years ago. and he won the presidency despite even some open opposition from his fellow republicans, and even had some democrats that were hoping that he woul

nbc's chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. president trump promised not a single social security benefit will be impacted by his plans to overhaul the federal government. even if he has no plans to cut direct benefits, democrats are worried dramatic changes could make life difficult for millions of americans who count on their social security check. the future of social security in the spotlight as president trump's pick to run the social security program pushed he would not push to privatize the system. >> i've never thought about prioritizing. it's not a word that anybody has ever talked to me about. >> reporter: the former ceo of a tech financial services company testimony comes as the agency is in the cross hairs of a budget battle that could lead to dramatic reforms, spearheaded by elon musk, a noted critic of the program. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> reporter: republicans insist it is not benefits they are after. can you guarantee at this st

ryan. >> nobles brings us the latest. >> over the. >> weekend. >> millions of federal workers received aed department of. government efficiency and endorsed by president. >> donald trump. there was a lot of genius in sending it. >> but many agencies have. >> been giving their. >> employees conflicting. >> guidance on how to respond. >> guidance that. >> has still. >> not been. cleared up. while this weekend democrats warning that musk may turn to cutting benefits for americans. >> after he criticized social security. >> last week. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> senators quickly responding. >> no. >> i think what musk, the. >> wealthiest guy in the world, just. >> said is. >> totally outrageous. >> while the changes by musk's team are still being felt, including at usaid, the agency that handles america's foreign aid, we're. an official. nick heinrich. wrote a memo saying the cuts will, quote, no. >> doubt. >> result in preventable death. destabilization and threats to national. security on a massive scale. he was. >> later placed on administrative leave. m