WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.890 RACHEL MADDOW AND TEAM FOR IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AS RESULTS 00:00:00.901 --> 00:00:03.059 IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AS RESULTS COME IN TONIGHT, BEGINNING AT 00:00:03.070 --> 00:00:05.972 COME IN TONIGHT, BEGINNING AT SIX ON MSNBC. 00:00:06.007 --> 00:00:07.464 SIX ON MSNBC. >> WE’RE FOLLOWING THAT 00:00:07.475 --> 00:00:08.641 >> WE’RE FOLLOWING THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT IN A NEW 00:00:08.643 --> 00:00:10.334 BREAKING NEWS THAT IN A NEW TRUTH SOCIAL POST, PRESIDENT 00:00:10.345 --> 00:00:11.544 TRUTH SOCIAL POST, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE’LL FUND THE 00:00:11.546 --> 00:00:13.914 TRUMP SAYS HE’LL FUND THE CRITICAL SNAP FOOD ASSISTANCE 00:00:13.948 --> 00:00:14.738 CRITICAL SNAP FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT 42 MILLION 00:00:14.749 --> 00:00:16.640 PROGRAM THAT 42 MILLION AMERICANS RELY ON. ONCE THE, 00:00:16.651 --> 00:00:18.342 AMERICANS RELY ON. ONCE THE, QUOTE, RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS 00:00:18.353 --> 00:00:21.211 QUOTE, RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS OPEN THE GOVERNMENT. MSNBC 00:00:21.222 --> 00:00:22.622 OPEN THE GOVERNMENT. MSNBC SENIOR LEGAL REPORTER LISA 00:00:22.623 --> 00:00:24.514 SENIOR LEGAL REPORTER LISA RUBIN IS COVERING THIS FOR US. 00:00:24.525 --> 00:00:26.459 RUBIN IS COVERING THIS FOR US. LISA, A JUDGE SAID SOMETHING 00:00:26.461 --> 00:00:28.285 LISA, A JUDGE SAID SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEN THE 00:00:28.296 --> 00:00:29.529 VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEN THE USDA JUST YESTERDAY SAID, WE’RE 00:00:29.564 --> 00:00:31.688 USDA JUST YESTERDAY SAID, WE’RE GOING TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY 00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:34.558 GOING TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY FUND THIS. SO WHAT WHAT IS THIS? 00:00:34.569 --> 00:00:36.360 FUND THIS. SO WHAT WHAT IS THIS? >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, 00:00:36.371 --> 00:00:38.472 >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, BUT IF I WERE LOOKING AT THIS 00:00:38.473 --> 00:00:40.541 BUT IF I WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN 00:00:40.575 --> 00:00:41.575 AS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THESE LAWSUITS, I WOULD 00:00:41.576 --> 00:00:42.399 THESE LAWSUITS, I WOULD CERTAINLY BRING THIS TO THE 00:00:42.410 --> 00:00:43.644 CERTAINLY BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF JUDGE JOHN 00:00:43.678 --> 00:00:45.202 ATTENTION OF JUDGE JOHN MCCONNELL IN RHODE ISLAND 00:00:45.213 --> 00:00:46.379 MCCONNELL IN RHODE ISLAND ALREADY. AS IT IS, THE 00:00:46.381 --> 00:00:48.015 ALREADY. AS IT IS, THE PLAINTIFFS TO THAT LAWSUIT HAVE 00:00:48.049 --> 00:00:50.083 PLAINTIFFS TO THAT LAWSUIT HAVE NOTIFIED HIM THAT THE USDA 00:00:50.084 --> 00:00:51.575 NOTIFIED HIM THAT THE USDA HASN’T COMPLIED WITH THAT ORDER, 00:00:51.586 --> 00:00:54.278 HASN’T COMPLIED WITH THAT ORDER, AND HE DIRECTED THE GOVERNMENT 00:00:54.289 --> 00:00:55.756 AND HE DIRECTED THE GOVERNMENT UNAMBIGUOUSLY TO EITHER FUND 00:00:55.757 --> 00:00:57.514 UNAMBIGUOUSLY TO EITHER FUND THE FULL SNAP BENEFIT BY MONDAY, 00:00:57.525 --> 00:00:59.360 THE FULL SNAP BENEFIT BY MONDAY, OR TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WERE 00:00:59.394 --> 00:01:01.495 OR TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO RELY ON ONE POOL 00:01:01.496 --> 00:01:02.720 ONLY GOING TO RELY ON ONE POOL OF AVAILABLE FUNDS AND NOT THE 00:01:02.731 --> 00:01:04.831 OF AVAILABLE FUNDS AND NOT THE OTHER, THAT THEY AT LEAST HAD 00:01:04.866 --> 00:01:07.491 OTHER, THAT THEY AT LEAST HAD TO PARTIALLY PAY THEM BY TODAY. 00:01:07.502 --> 00:01:08.392 TO PARTIALLY PAY THEM BY TODAY. AND NOW, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE 00:01:08.403 --> 00:01:10.261 AND NOW, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT IN THIS TRUTH 00:01:10.272 --> 00:01:11.595 THE PRESIDENT IN THIS TRUTH SOCIAL POST SUGGESTING THAT HIS 00:01:11.606 --> 00:01:13.397 SOCIAL POST SUGGESTING THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO PAY 00:01:13.408 --> 00:01:15.809 GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO PAY ANY OF THE SNAP BENEFITS UNTIL 00:01:15.810 --> 00:01:17.301 ANY OF THE SNAP BENEFITS UNTIL THE SHUTDOWN IS RESOLVED. SO 00:01:17.312 --> 00:01:19.780 THE SHUTDOWN IS RESOLVED. SO EVEN BEFORE THAT. 00:01:19.781 --> 00:01:21.305 EVEN BEFORE THAT. >> WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM 00:01:21.316 --> 00:01:23.340 >> WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS 00:01:23.351 --> 00:01:25.553 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THAT IT COULD BE WEEKS OR EVEN 00:01:25.587 --> 00:01:28.789 THAT IT COULD BE WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS BEFORE, I GUESS THEY’RE 00:01:28.790 --> 00:01:29.790 MONTHS BEFORE, I GUESS THEY’RE CLAIMING THAT IT’S LOGISTICALLY 00:01:29.791 --> 00:01:31.382 CLAIMING THAT IT’S LOGISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET THE 00:01:31.393 --> 00:01:32.850 IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET THE MONEY OUT RIGHT AWAY. 00:01:32.861 --> 00:01:34.062 MONEY OUT RIGHT AWAY. >> CORRECT. AND THAT’S WHAT 00:01:34.095 --> 00:01:34.651 >> CORRECT. AND THAT’S WHAT PRECIPITATED THE PLAINTIFFS 00:01:34.662 --> 00:01:36.520 PRECIPITATED THE PLAINTIFFS GOING BACK TO JUDGE MCCONNELL 00:01:36.531 --> 00:01:38.499 GOING BACK TO JUDGE MCCONNELL AND SAYING, HEY, WAIT A SECOND. 00:01:38.533 --> 00:01:39.423 AND SAYING, HEY, WAIT A SECOND. YOUR ORDER WAS AN UNAMBIGUOUS 00:01:39.434 --> 00:01:41.592 YOUR ORDER WAS AN UNAMBIGUOUS PAY IN FULL BY MONDAY, PAY IN 00:01:41.603 --> 00:01:42.393 PAY IN FULL BY MONDAY, PAY IN PART BY WEDNESDAY. AND NOW 00:01:42.404 --> 00:01:44.362 PART BY WEDNESDAY. AND NOW THEY’RE SAYING THAT, 00:01:44.373 --> 00:01:45.906 THEY’RE SAYING THAT, LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, THEY 00:01:45.941 --> 00:01:47.532 LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, THEY CAN’T TURN THE SPIGOT BACK ON 00:01:47.543 --> 00:01:48.766 CAN’T TURN THE SPIGOT BACK ON SO EASILY THAT IT WILL TAKE 00:01:48.777 --> 00:01:50.435 SO EASILY THAT IT WILL TAKE THEM WEEKS. WE WANT YOU TO 00:01:50.446 --> 00:01:52.646 THEM WEEKS. WE WANT YOU TO EITHER ENFORCE YOUR ORDER OR AT 00:01:52.648 --> 00:01:54.916 EITHER ENFORCE YOUR ORDER OR AT THE VERY LEAST, FORCE THEM 00:01:54.950 --> 00:01:56.250 THE VERY LEAST, FORCE THEM THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL ORDER TO 00:01:56.251 --> 00:01:58.619 THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL ORDER TO DO WHAT THEY WILL NOT AND THEN 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:00.554 DO WHAT THEY WILL NOT AND THEN ENTER INTO THAT DEBATE. THE 00:02:00.555 --> 00:02:02.279 ENTER INTO THAT DEBATE. THE PRESIDENT, IN TRUTH SOCIAL 00:02:02.290 --> 00:02:03.424 PRESIDENT, IN TRUTH SOCIAL SUGGESTING NO PAYMENT IS 00:02:03.458 --> 00:02:04.481 SUGGESTING NO PAYMENT IS APPROPRIATE UNTIL THE 00:02:04.492 --> 00:02:05.693 APPROPRIATE UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ENDS. OF 00:02:05.727 --> 00:02:07.318 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ENDS. OF COURSE, THIS BEING ELECTION DAY, 00:02:07.329 --> 00:02:08.653 COURSE, THIS BEING ELECTION DAY, IT’S NOT COINCIDENTAL THAT THE 00:02:08.664 --> 00:02:08.996 IT’S NOT COINCIDENTAL THAT THE PRESIDENT IS WEIGHING INTO THIS