joining me now is democratic senator brian schatz of hawaii.nate foreign relations committee. i want to start with this idea that republicans are treating these very real challenges, i mean, immigration reform, long outdated, obviously something needs to be done about what's happening at the border. but they are treating it as a kind of again. you posted on twitter this, which caught my attention. i think if democrats were holding up funding for the defense of three allies, unless we got an unrelated thing, and then we said no to the very thing we demanded because our nominee told us to kill it, the media justifiably go thermal nuclear on us. you said it better than what i would say. give us a sense of how crazy the situation is in the senate right now. >> well, i remember, talking to a lot of the pro ukraine numbers of the republican conference. they came to us and said, look, we don't think we have the votes in the senate or the house unless we do a strong border bill. and we said great. the president is proposing, you know, 14 billion dollar

. >> senator brian schatz joins me live. then. >> mister president. >> thank you very much. >> welcome. great to see you. >> the craven pandering or fox news to republican front runner, and what it would take to make the primary an actual competition. >> it's going to be a two person race. we know that. >> when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we are monitoring breaking news tonight out of the middle east, specifically eamon, where u.s. and british military forces launched strikes on targets linked to the houthi militia, a yemeni militia backed by iran, after a series of attacks on ships by who. president biden statement, these targeted straight strikes are a clear message that the nine states and our partners will not lerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world's most critical commercial routes. details on the strikes are still coming in. welcome back to the story with much more information as it develops. first, today, do

someone i'm interested in talking to for a long, time brian schatz. plus, george connally will be here to discuss his role in the e. jean carroll verdict. those responsible for putting carroll in touch with her attorney, robbie kaplan. and then tomorrow at nine pm, her and her attorneys robbie kaplan and sean crowley will join my colleague, rachel maddow to discuss the verdict against former president trump. in the meanwhile, stay where you are, there's much more news coming up on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this hour on ayman, breaking news in jordan. three u.s. troops killed and dozens injured in a drone strike. who ordered it? how will america respond? also tonight, 2016 dÉjÀ vu. it is time we all talk about how we will talk about trump and his current primary for the route white house. we couldn't sign out this weekend with her diving into the drama surrounding barbie. the stars, the snubs, and the serious conversations it is all. sparking. i'm ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. we begin this hour, though, with that breaking news out of the middle east. spec

someone i'm interested in talking to for a long, time brian schatz.en tomorrow at nine pm, her and her attorneys robbie kaplan and sean crowley will join my colleague, rachel maddow to discuss the verdict against former president trump. in the meanwhile, stay where you are, there's much more news coming up on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this hour on ayman, breaking news in jordan. three u.s. troops killed and ns

someone i've been looking forward to chat with for a long time, senator brian schatz of hawaii, joiningre at the table in studio. plus, george conway will be here to discuss his role in the e. jean carroll verdict. those responsible for putting carroll in touch with her attorney, robbie kaplan. and right after that, at nine pm, e. jean carroll and her attorneys will join my colleague rachel maddow to discuss the verdict against former president trump. in the meantime, stay right where you are because there is much more news coming up on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> two major developments on capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. >>> plus, able proposition that might result donald trump's legal issues once and for all. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it's one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. >>> we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming thre

someone i've been looking forward to chat with for a long time, senator brian schatz of hawaii, joiningplus, george conway will be here to discuss his role in the e. jean carroll verdict. those responsible for putting carroll in touch with her attorney, robbie kaplan. and right after that, at nine pm, e. jean carroll and her attorneys will join my colleague rachel maddow to discuss the verdict against former president trump. in the meantime, stay right where you are because there is much more news coming up on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>>