brendan buck is a former aide to house speaker paul ryan and john boehner as well as an msnbc politicallyst, carol lam is a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. so garrett, talk about the politics of all this. i wonder what you're hearing in d.c., have we heard anything from either the white house or the biden campaign? >> well, democrats and republicans alike can see that these charges have absolutely nothing to do with joe biden. jim comer who's leading the oversight committee said as much yesterday. it a's bit of a political rorschach test with democrats arguing that it proves there is no two-tiered justice system. if someone as powerful and connected as the son of the current president can face charges the system must work. conspiracy minded house republicans see this as proof that the doj is somehow shielding hunter biden from anything that might connect him with his father. the white house, they've been relatively quiet about this. i think that's part of the strategy. they want to both separate joe biden from hunter biden on any of these things if they can, and they

smikle, brendan buck, think you both very much. coming up, folks, there are some other news justice in georgia. election workers ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss, they just scored a major legal victory over rudy giuliani. but, is it too little, too late? their lawyer joins me after the break to talk about what accountability looks like. my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain,

. >> joining us now is ali vitali, brendan buck, an. ♪♪ msnbc political analyst.ah feinburg, good to have all of you here. ali, as early as this hour, i understand the house is expected to vote on a short-term spending bill. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: look, we'll see what happens. there you see the senate floor, of course. we're there in the interim waiting period on what they're trying to work on for a stopgap funding measure. on the house side, a bit of a surprise perhaps watching the rule pass for this stopgap funding measure, but according to conversations that i've had in the hall, people like congressman matt gaetz and other hard-liners who have been consistent thorns in the side of leadership said that they don't want to tank the rule. their goal is to vote against the cr itself. this upcoming vote would allow them to do exactly that, and that's why one of the things that i just asked speaker mccarthy was what happens when that occurs. his response was, of course, to ignore the substance and instead pivot in a way that sort of allows us t

brendan buck, good to see you. next time let's do it for a little longer. a lot to talk about. that's going to do it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. is 4:00 in new york. i'm ayman mohyeldin in for nicolle wallace. what joe biden refers to as the central cause of his presidency, defending our democracy. just moments ago, speaking in arizona at the announcement of a library

> joining us now, communication strategist and former aide to house speakers ryan and boehner, brendan buckto see you. we heard the governor's pushback, but polls say what the polls say, and donald trump is way ahead. did you see anything last night that changes the trajectory of the race? >> it was interesting that they at least started to go a little more directly at donald trump, but it felt far too little and far too late. i think we've known for a while that donald trump is going to be the nominee, but these debates seem to only cement that further. there is a narrative going into these debates that, you know, this is the kitty table, and it certainly felt that way. there was a lot of shouting, a lot of name calling. you could hardly hear what each of them was saying at times. certainly, nothing that would draw donald trump back into this debate. i think that was ultimately what they needed to do last night, and i think they all failed. they need donald trump to feel compelled to show up to a third debate. if you're donald trump, certainly no reason to do that at this point. so we are

brendan buck, no relation to ken buck. >>> up next, donald trump's attorneys want a new judge in d.c. what they are accusing judge tanya chutkan of doing. >>> pennsylvania police now say the escaped convict now has a rifle. how cavalcante got the gun. >>> charges in the death of tyree nichols. what five memphis police officers are now facing. we're back in 60 seconds. e backs i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com whenever you're hungry, there's a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doing?! get it before it's gone on the subway app

cofounder, jake sherman, and former press secretary for john boehner and nbc news political analyst, brendan buck. he was with john boehner during the 2013 government shutdown and ryan during the 2018 shutdown. you've got a lot of experience, my friend. i know you and jake don't agree on what's going to happen next. i'm curious to hear this debate. jake, this clean cr that's going to come from the senate, is that the likeliest path toward avoiding a government shutdown? >> let's start with this. i'm not convinced it will be clean, as clean as is being reported. we reported this morning the white house does want some ukraine money in this. there are people who are going to push for disaster money. so i'm not, let's see what this, when this bill comes out, what's in it. that's number one. number two, here's where brendan and i disagree sharply in our text messages for the last month or so. i think so the house is going to spend all week with spending bills. there's a chance none are going to pass. mccarthy is going to try to pass a republican cr. also includes some border provisions. if a clean cr

. >> stuart stevens and brendan buck, great to have you on tonight. thanks very much. coming up, kevin mccarthy it was in control of his caucus as offense start to spin beyond his control. but first, pete latest from georgia and who will, it looks, like actually be standing trial on live tv five weeks from now. that's next. every business deserves a great deal. that's why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. with our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. it's our best internet. powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99.9% reliability. plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. it's the mobile made free event-happening now. get started for just $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. comcast business, powering possibilities. we now know donald trump will not be facing his 13 count r. i. c. o. trial in georgia in roughly five weeks. i mean, we suspected that, but now we know. because today, fulton county judge, scott mcafee in georgia will move t

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joining me now, msnbc political analyst, brendan buck. senior adviser to the lincoln project, terrace that mayer. and vanity fair special correspondent and author of network of lies, brian stelter. thank you all very much for being here. brendan, let me start with you. seven republicans have qualified for the debate. they plan to appear on the debate stage on wednesday. are there any new strategies you're expecting to see from the candidates? might one of them actually say the words donald trump and then something negative about him after doing so? >> yeah, well, obviously there's a lot they left behind last time that they could've done and didn't. a lot like what that editorial said. donald trump got through in the first debate without inflicting, having any damage inflicted upon him. it showed in the polls. you know, he basically skated by without having to answer to the fact that he's dodging questions. that seems like a very obvious safe place for any of those people on that stage to raise. where are you? are you taking these voters fo

let me bring in nbc political analyst brendan buck, former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john. back to where we are on the republican race, you said on social media the latest polling is the kind of lights out moment for trump's challengers. but new hampshire's governor chris sununu disagrees. let me play that from yesterday, or sunday. >> over a third of his supporters have said they would happily go to another candidate, they need more time to look at them. that's where trump's weakness really is. it is not a fait accompli. not you per se, but a lot in the media are, like this is over, it is really not. remember this guy named barack obama who they said had no chance against hillary clinton and the clinton machine and all of that back in '08? in six months things got very, very different. >> does that make you hedge your argument at all? do you have any hesitation that trump could be beatable? >> barack obama was an unknown figure as he was able to introduce himself, he was able to take over. there are a lot of people who just don't like hillary clinton. republican voters kn

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dasha burns in salem, new hampshire, former aid to republican speakers paul ryan and john boehner, brendan buckernand amandi. what are we expecting to see in new hampshire today? >> reporter: we're going to see all the folks you just mentioned vying for votes in new hampshire. this is a state where voters here have a lot of scrutiny. they are independent voters. a lot of folks here very independent minded. they're going to be watching closely to see what those folks have to say. it's going to be interesting because we are going to have mike pence is and vivek ramaswamy, when those two have been locked into little bit of a battle with pence consistently going after ramaswamy. it started on the debate stage, and it spilled over to the scam -- campaign trail. take a listen to what he had to say, mike pence recently. >> i don't have a problem with vivek. i met him a couple of years ago, he's a good man, a good family man but he's wrong on foreign policy. he kind of goes one direction and then goes back another direction. i don't know how we fully back and then say that there's a limit to what our m

. >>> and joining us now is brendan buck, no relation as far as i know, former senior adviser to john and paul ryan. do you want to sort through some of this for me? i covered the house for decades going back to the '70s and '80s and i don't remember a majority party ever losing a rule twice in a row on a defense bill. >> hasn't happened in my time in washington. look, i've seen a lot of stuff. i don't think that i've ever seen it break down this bad. all of the things that house republicans are talking about, different spending levels, different machinations of how to pull it all together, is all fantasy law making. none of this is never going for become law. the entire house republican conference has been so focused on doing anything and everything that they possibly can to avoid working with democrats that they have spun themselves so much energy on something that is just dead, it is dead from the beginning. we are a week away from the government shutdown and no one is even asking the question what happens after the house. even if they do pass this stuff, what happens then. as you

joining us now from capitol hill is ryan nobles and former top aide to john boehner, brendan buck, who negotiations to end the 2013 government shutdown. ryan, where do things stand now? why is kevin mccarthy now calling to sit down with the president? >> reporter: it seems late in the game for that. doesn't it? we have known this is something that needed to be done for months. here we are three days away. the situation right now is that in the past, there was a way to get around this. if you weren't ready to pass a long-term spending bill, you would pass what's called a continuing resolution, a short-term spending bill. that would give you time to negotiation. but they have become a political pariah for republicans in the house of representatives. many of them have said that they are never going to vote for one. when you are in a situation where you don't have an exit strategy to at least move the ball down the road so you can continue broader negotiations, you are left in a position where there's a standoff between the two sides. that's something that is frustrating the more establish

also with us, brendan buck who worked for former house speakers john boehner and paul ryan, along withbc legal analyst, lisa rubin and former federal prosecutor harry litman. thank you all for joining us for this discussion. ali, we're going to be careful with how we cover this hearing with a focus on providing view ers with facts and contexts. can you just set the scene for what we're expecting? >> i think all of that is really important, ana. that's certainly the mind-set we've brought to all of our coverage of this. while this is the first impeachment inquiry hearing that we're seeing it's hardly the first time these committee chairmen have gone down the investigatory rabbit hole on these topics. this is the fruit of multiple investigations from the oversight committee and the judiciary committee, and in terms of what we'll see in that room, it's going to be a lengthy hearing process here, multiple hours we expect in large part because there are so many members who are now involved in this process. to lead us off, though, we will hear from those three key committee chairmen, each of

joining me now to talk about this, phil rucker, brendan buck and robert gibbs., let me start things off with you on this. i want to bring up some of the polling numbers. the former president now in this poll specifically having a 35% lead. he is up 1% from back in may as well. several indictments since then. it seems as if no matter what happens, his base is sticking with him. >> yeah, that does seem to be the case. it's a very solid support within the republican primary electorate no matter the criminal liability he appears to face. it looks like he is on track to potentially win the republican nomination if he maintains that support and perhaps grows it in the months ahead. all of this legal activity, the criminal indictments certainly seem like they would probably be a vulnerability for trump in a general election. the challenge for him is, how does he grow beyond that base of support in order to get himself back into the white house? >> i'm happy you brought that up. brendan brendan, pivot off of what he said. it seems as if he has a broad lead in the primar

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brendan buck, good to see you. next time let's do it for a little longer. we have a lot to talk about. that's going to do it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. is 4:00 in new york. i'm ayman mohyeldin in for nicolle wallace. what joe biden refers to as the central cause of his presidency, defending our democracy. just moments ago, speaking in arizona at the announcement of a library dedicated to his friend and the late senator john mccain, the president described a battle for the future of our country against a movement led by the former president, facing criminal charges for trying to overturn an election, while also running for the white house for a third time. >> there is something dangerous happening in america right now. there is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy, the maga movement. not every republican, not even a majority of republicans adhere to the maga extremist ideology. i know because i've been able to work with republicans my whole career. but there is no question

brendan buck, thank you, as always. >>> thank you so you for getting up "way too early" on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> thank you. >> may i finish. >> you can't be on both sides. >> gentlemen, you'll have your turn. >> one of the challenges -- >> listen up. >> can we focus on the issues that matter? >> we know -- >> in china, everybody knows that. >> if i may -- >> focus on holding joe biden accountable. >> i agree with ron desantis. >> everybody is speaking at the same time. >> if you couldn't understand any of that, you were not alone. the republican candidates on stage at the ronald reagan presidential library last night, mostly focused on attacking each other rather than the frontrunner in the polls, donald trump. talking over each other a lot. trump was, instead, on stage by himself in michigan speaking to a crowd of mostly non-union auto workers, and criticizing the strike against detroit's big three. that's a tight shot there. >>> meanwhile, in washington, it appears the far-right republicans in the house are ready to shut down the government over one