Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that he will not resign as the chamber's top Democrat, despite pressure from some House colleagues who criticized his move to help pass a Republican funding bill. Alex Witt discusses this with Crooked Media's Shaniqua McClendon and Meghan Hayes, former special assistant to President Biden. #chuckschumer #democrats #senate #aoc #crbill #politics #news

Rachel Maddow shares video of Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, opining that missing a Social Security check for a month is no big deal and only someone committing fraud would complain about that. #howardlutnik #socialsecurity #donaldtrump #rachelmaddow #politics #doge #news

London’s Heathrow Airport said it will restart some flights later on Friday, after a massive fire caused a pre-dawn power outage at the global transport hub, disrupting travelers around the world and sending hundreds of thousands of people scrambling to make alternate plans. Heathrow said it hoped to return to full service by Saturday. For now, the airport urged stranded passengers not to travel there unless they have been specifically instructed to by their airlines. #breakingnews #news #travel #airplane #flight #london #heathrow

Tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for a briefing that two defense officials had said would include a discussion on China. The briefing was unclassified, the officials said before the meeting. Musk arrived at the Pentagon shortly before 9 a.m. ET and left at around 10:20 a.m. When asked afterward how the meeting went, Musk told reporters as he was walking with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “It’s always a great meeting.” The New York Times was first to report the news. The Times also reported, citing two U.S. officials, that Musk would be briefed on the U.S. military’s plans for any potential war with China. The defense officials whom NBC News contacted could not confirm that Musk would be briefed on plans for any potential war with China, known as the operational plan, or O plan. President Donald Trump denied the report. #breakingnews #trump #elonmusk #musk #pentagon #washington

BREAKING: London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest transportation centers in the world, will be shut down at least through Friday, after a massive fire caused a power outage, sending hundreds of thousands of people in the U.K. and around the world scrambling to make alternate travel plans. NBC's Daniele Hamamdjan has the latest from Heathrow. #breakingnews #news #london #heathrow #travel #airport