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so today, he sat down for an exclusive interview with my colleague, jonathan capehart. we now bring you that interview, airing for the first time right now. >> mr. president, thank you very much for being here. >> happy to be with you. >> we're here at delaware state university, where you talked about college affordability, your student debt relief program, and we'll get to that in a moment. but we gotta talk about some of the big news today. the biggest being the january 6th committee formally subpoenaed a former president, donald trump. there are a lot of issues involved here. should he comply? >> well, look, i'm not going to opine on what he should do, but i think the committee's handled it very well. they have been straightforward and to the point, and it seems to me it would make sense, but i'm not going to get -- because if i get into that, they will say i'm influencing the committee and the rest. i have been very circumspect about anything i'm saying. >> one more question on that, though. what would it say to the american people if he didn't testify, do you think

david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze thetate and federal response to hurricane ian and recent election victories by right-wing political parties across europe. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour."

david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the week's political news. ukrainian artists who cannot return home form a new community in the u.s. plus, much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: in a grand ceremony at the kremlin today, russian president vladimir putin signed papers to formally but illegally annex four regions in ukraine, an area the size of ohio, after what the west calls sham referendums. the u.s. and allies responded with tougher sanctions and reiterated their support for ukraine. that all happened at the same time as one of russia's deadliest strikes on civilians. nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: today's reality, the body of the ukrainian civilians killed by a russian rocket. today's alternate reality, the red square celebration of conquest. a euphoric concert marking russian annexation. reality, ukrainian soldiers re-seizing their own territory from russian occupiers. alternate realit a handpicked audie

let's turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart.k times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post. hello to both of you on this friday night. jonathan, i want to bring up mething at the beginning of our conversation that is kind of hard to think about, and that is the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was attacked in their home in san francisco overnight, he's had surgery, they have said he will recover, but what does this say? jonathan: it is shocking to wake up to that news this morning. we've gone to a point i think in our political discourse where -- things like this are bound to happen and it is imperative upon our elected officials, elected leaders, political leaders, to tamp down the rhetoric, to call it out and to say -- i don't know how else to say it, but stop it. i think folks need to look at what would have happened if speaker pelosi had actually been home? it is bad enough that mr. pelosi was attacked, he is 82 years old. but if we don't get to a situation where republica

that brings us to the analysis of brooks and capehart. york times" columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for "the washington post." and welcome to you both. it is good to see you. we are in the final weeks before those midterm elections. you expect some potentially politically damaging stories to be dropping. we see hunter biden's name back in the headlines all week, herschel walker's name in the news on reports he paid for his girlfriend abortion even though he supports a national ban. does any of this resonate with voters? is it likely to move the needle? david: you would think so. it used to be if somebody did something really bad -- herschel walker, a bunch of unacknowledged kids, that is not great if you are a family values guy. you would think it would hurt. but if you look at the polls, they are pretty tight that race. but they are tight. the question becomes, maybe scandal doesn't matter. why? somebody in nevada in oklahoma said to me the last couple weeks, politics is national now. you try to have local p

. >>> plus, jonathan capehart will be our guest on his exclusive interview with president biden. also ahead, in the tradition of ross perot and ralph nader, we'll take a look at the crop of third-party candidates running in these midterm elections who could play a major role in swinging the results. >>> but first, willie, you us a preview earlier, but tell us who you have on "sunday today." >> my guest this sunday on nbc is oscar winner eddie redmayne. you know him from "les miserables", "the fantastic piece," and now "the good nurse," a stunning true story that people don't know about, a nurse turned serial killer. he stars with jessica chastain. really smart and thoughtful and a funny guy, great conversation. the academy award winning eddie redmayne on "sunday today." president biden has now signed the inflation reduction act into law. ok, so what exactly does it mean for you? out of pocket costs for drugs will be capped. for seniors, insulin will be just $35. families will save $2,400 on health care premiums. energy costs, down an average of $1,800 a year for families. and it'

i am jonathan capehart, associate editor of the washington post. midterm elections are less than a month away and democrats are not only hoping to hold their majority in the senate but also to pick up two more seats. the person leading that effort is the chair of the committee, senator gary peters, welcome to capehart on washington post live. sen. peters: thank you. >> over the summer, you know the democrats seem to have the wind at their back. but we are less than four weeks from election day and key races are training for democrats. what changed? sen. peters: nothing change from what we anticipated. we knew the polls will be tightening, we knew the elections would be nailbiter's it would be very close. if you asked me last year where you see these races going into the last few weeks, i would've told you all of these battleground states are going to be tight. it is going to be critical for us to have a ground operation to make sure we turn out voters. as you know, voter turnout in the midterm tends to drop off where our presidential election is. s

capehart and jonathan, please.t's yours to take it away. >> well, thank you, madam secretary, we've got 25 minutes and i have a lot of questions to try to cram in in that time. um last year the focus of the forum was on on recovery in the mid in the middle of the pandemic and the administration's focus on equity in administering relief. my question is, what are you seeing one year later in terms of recovery for communities of color. >> great. um well thank you very much. why don't i start largely because of the council of economic advisors, we've been very focused on understanding how the recovery is going, how it's affected different populations and just in september and i only date that because we get new data on friday, which will tell us even more up to date information about the progress. but we did, we actually wrote and did an analysis about the economic recovery for black for blacks in particular. we've looked at hispanics as well, but let me focus on black americans for for the moment. so if we go back to

laura capehart also asked bidenn if he planned to run again.s the moment that the battery fell out. >> dr. biden. is for it, mr. president . oh, dr. biden thinks thatnt bidr my wife thinks. that i that tht we're doing something very important. my oh, my . e said to judgeh by his energy level law, but the biden pause itis seems to be infectious. . i want you to watch kate parttin here. even he had troubles getting the quest contagious, infectious. >> you need fifty one or nee fifty three seats in order in the senate in order to make that hat make that happen. ppen.but what happens if republs take control t of congress? uldt >> he couldn't get the words out either.s ou and they edited a lot oft of t s out of the final interview thatd aired on sunday trying to clean up biden's frozen moments. s but this is why. 24% of democrats don't want the president to run again. >> they need only twenty four wh percent want him to run again. h >> so even when he was asked originally whether you're going to run and he said, well,n is my intention is to run. and

that brings us to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that is david brooks and johnson capehart.th of you. it is very good to see you smiling. i think you are smiling. the january 6 committee, ninth public hearing and they did vote to subpoena the former presidents. we do not know if he will come. if he did -- first of all, do you think he will if he did, , would it make a difference? david: if he did, i think cows would fly. [laughter] i don't think he's going to do it. first, would it make a difference? in the polling nothing would make a difference. the public opinion is exactly where it was when this committee first started going. the reason i don't think he's gointo do it is even though , he says he wants to do it, he's being investigated by the justice department for the same thing. no lawyer lets their client go under oath and confess they are being investigated over here. he has shown he's willing to take the fifth, as he did in the new york investigations so i just think that spectacle is one we'll have to just dream about. judy: cows flying? what do you see, jonathan? j

jonathan capehart and jason weigh in on the headlines.oadway revival of "death of a salesman." >> this is the ebs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: a connecticut jury will soon decide how much money conspiracy theorist alex jones has to pay families from the sandy hook shooting. that's part of a defamation suit after jones called the shooting a hoax and the victims' families actors. the infowars host spread those lies for years before apologizing during an earlier trial this summer. now, he could be on the hook for millions of dollars. stephanie sy has the dails. stephanie: amna, alex jones lost four defamation lawsuits filed by sandy hook families late last year. the trial in connecticut is the second of three trials for juries to decide on how much money jones must pay in damas. a previous jury in texas orded he pay $50 million to a sandy hook family. during this trial in connecticu where the shootings occurred, father mark barden was

i really like the way he laid out this frame with jonathan capehart in this interview.bout not only the policies that he have been able to pass president along with democratic led congress, but, also the fact that a lot of these policies have been passed without one single republican vote. inflation reduction act, which puts a lot of money in the pockets of american families, at a time when inflation is high at, least democrats are trying to do something about that. i hope, look alex when people go to the ballot box, they're not just going to be thinking about the economic issues affecting them. i think what we want to do as democrats on the president is trying to do, is remind voters also the party that has tried to help them. and that is simply the democratic party. republicans they've been jumping up and down with inflation, inflation rises, because to them they feel like that's what's going to get them the power back. and that's not putting people first. >> yeah. so, kurt, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the presidents student loan forgiveness plan, as i

capehart, if democrats message is as simple as congressman khanna told me, why don't they talk aboutif citizens realize the social security is iris, and they cannot make ends meet and new and -- they would certainly be feeling a lot better about the democrats message. >> well, short, but i think the problem is, it's not like the administration or the president isn't talking about all of these good economic numbers and good economic news. it's just that people aren't listening, you have an entire television network somewhere else on the dial that won't even cover any of this stuff. and then you look at the public opinion polls and when folks are asked, who do you trust with the economy, they say republicans. a lot of that has to do with paying at the gas pump which is not -- i'm not discounting that at all, high inflation. these are all things that hit folks right in the pocket books and the wallets immediately. so when they hear that unemployment is the lowest in it's been in 40 years, 3. 5%, that there's been record job creation, one thing i thought stephanie, was a couple of weeks

watch the sunday show with jonathan capehart at 10 am eastern msnbc. and now overseas to the united kingdom, the country was plunged into political chaos, when prime minister liz truss announced her sudden resignation after 45 days in the job. and now there's where that former british prime minister boris johnson may make a political comeback. he was ousted by pm just three months ago amidst a series of ethics scandals. for more, returned to sky news as wilfred frost. wilfred f>> okay, yes indeed, and portions of the slide back in the uk earlier this morning from a holiday in the caribbean. he now has 50 in peace publicly backing him to be an ex leader. but he trails rishi sunak, there was his finance minister and came second over the summer in the race to replace johnson to liz truss. which is sunak as 100 mps publicly backing him, and 100 is the magic number. that is what is needed to get on to the shortlist by 2 pm on monday. after, that it will go to the party members, about 200,000 of them across the country to make the final choice. there's only

talks about the same -- [inaudible] i could get deceased tomorrow. >> president biden told jonathan capehart that he is still physically and mentally healthy and he encourage people to take a look at whether they see him as he's going about conducting the job as president, whether he still has the passion for the work he's doing. we have voters think that he does, great. if not, they can vote for someone else. that's how president biden is framing that choice if it does come to that in 2024, alex. >> okay. josh lederman, thank you. what a new bill from house republicans proposes is drawing outrage. some believe it offers a bleak preview of things to come if the gop prevails at the ballot box. that's next. prevails at the ballot box. that's next. new details from the january six committee, today and how long it will go toe to toe with donald trump. vice chair liz cheney says they will not let trump make a circus of his testimony if he complies with their new subpoena. let's go to nbc's allie raffa on capitol hill for us. liz cheney had a lot to tell trump todd. what happens next? >> alex, liz

david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze the week's news.

david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze thetate and federal response to hurricane ian and recent election-wing political parties across europe. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour."

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my colleague jonathan capehart had an exclusive interview with the president and asked him about theset some much money to help them. where we spend money helping ukraine, it is so much more than ukrainians. it's about nato, about western europe, about making sure that putin is not able to succeed in the way that he is using the brutality of these activities. >> of the sound that i have seen, i thought it was some of the most interesting and compelling because it is a fundamentally different world view. it offers a very sharp contrast between president biden and democrats, and republicans as led by mccarthy. >> yes and as led by trump. trump wants to break up a nato. yes, this is expensive, but what would be more expensive than an invasion of poland, and nato ally. think of the world economy and what that would do to it. it's a critical opportunity for the u.s. to back to ukrainians. i think if the republicans win the house, kevin mccarthy can become speaker. i don't think he needs to say things like this to become speaker. again, it helps putin think he can out-wait a divide and weak.

jonathan: i am jonathan capehart , associate editor of the washington post.emocrats are not only hoping to hold their majority in the senate, they are hoping to pick up two more seats. the person leading the effort is the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, senator gary peters of michigan. welcome to "washington post" live. sen. peters: thank you for the invitation. jonathan: over the summer, democrats seemed to have the wind at their backs and bulls are now tightening. what changed? sen. peters: actually, nothing changed from what we anticipated. we knew the polls were be tightening. and we knew these elections are all going to be nailbiter's. they are all going to be very close. if you would have asked me last year, where do you see these races in the last few weeks? i would have told you these battleground states are all going to be very tight. it is critical for us to have a ground operation to turn out voters. voter turnout in a midterm tends to drop off from a presidential election, so turnout is a major factor. it is something that t

show i am jonathan capehart.tol. and according to the washington post, the hundred and 99 of the republican parties candidates for congress and top state executive positions are election deniers. that is more than half of all republican candidates, and more than 170 of them are favored to win their races. meanwhile, voters in 20 states are being impacted by 33 new restrictive laws and coincidentally, some of the most watched races are in those states like georgia. where the allegedly pro-life republican senate candidate herschel walker is embroiled in abortion scandal. >> i am pro-life and i think a basic responsibility of governments in a civilized society is to protect innocent life, i personally believe that life does began at conception. >> unborn babies are human, beings science confirms that. >> i feel rachael won akin and joe biden -- it's just lie, cheat, and smear. that's what democrats. do >> i don't care if herschel walker paid to import endangered baby eagles. that does not change anything for me. i d

i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, residents and relief workers are on rescue missions, coping through the rubble as floridians grapple through the trauma and devastation left by hurricane ian. >> water came up to about here. when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news i thought it would eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and i said goodbye. >> it was very traumatic. i went into the water and save three people. i lost one friend, i couldn't savor. she got washed away. >> the devastation is unbelievable. i was a paramedic fireman for 25 years. it is just unbelievable. >> nbc news has confirmed at least 77 deaths have been caused by ian and florida and north carolina. more than 800,000 floridians and tens of thousands in the carolinas remain without power. creating a new facet of this emergency. some hospitals in the area now scrambling to evacuate critically ill patients. in florida's hard-hit lee county, yesterday the sheriff confirmed that 35 people had died from the effect

good evening, i'm jonathan capehart in for a stephanie ruhle. the breaking news this hour, the new york times is now reporting that trump endorsed a georgia senate candidate herschel walker, urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion, after he allegedly paid for that first abortion which was reported by the daily beast. walker has yet to respond to this latest report. and just a short time ago, the daily beast, added to the story it's been breaking all week. reporting that walker's wife reached out to his accuser earlier this afternoon, and nbc news tonight is reporting that walker is now confirming, for the first time, friday, the identity of the woman, and, quote, in a brief interview, walker said this was also the first time, who is the mother of one of his four children, mentioned to him or his wife that she had had an abortion. we will have more on this still developing controversy a bit later in the hour. but tonight, we are also tracking the very latest on the former president standoff with the justice department over this white ho

jonathan capehart is away. hello to both of you.erms, i looked them up, they're 17 days away. the winds seem to be blowing favorably in the direction of the republicans. we don't know if that's going last. but what we see in your newspaper had a poll showing that republicans were behind by one point. they had 40. you can see it here. well, it's actually two points. 45%. but this month -- well, we had -- i'm describing it differently. this month, republicans have picked up three pnts is the yup shot here in where they stand when voters are asked what party do you support when it comes to -- when you think about the congressional vote. what is going on? >> yeah, i would say just looking at at the poll, you think it's a little shift. but it's a pretty big shift. the generic ballot when you get a four-point lead that's a big shift. there are some shocking numbers in the polls. democrats think they would have an advantage with women. but the gender gap which used to benefit the democrats completely gone. some numbers are unbelievable. >>

i want to play for you what -- what he said when he was asked by jonathan capehart about this. >> the reason i'm not making a jum aboually running or not running. once i make that judgment, a whole series of things kick in and i treat myself as a candidate. i have not made that formal decision. but it is my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. >> when your out and about are people talking about this when they talk about the major issues that they face amed of the midterms? >> no. i mean, the kitchen table issues are the front and center to everyone but political junkies. the average person regardless is not following what former president trump said over the weekend, that he is going to have to do it again. he said. or what president biden is saying. but political types are. and the reason why it matters is democrats are sort of concerned and wondering about the future of their party. so this is an unusual case here. most presidents run for re-election win or lose. joe biden has not yet said. but i could tell you talking to folks at the white house, they are

i want to ask you about a moment getting a lot of attention and that is jonathan capehart had this interview-election. >> the reason i'm not making that judgment, once i make that judgment a series of regulations kick in and i treat myself as a candidate from that moment on. i have not made that formal decision but it's my intention. my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. >> dr. biden is for it? mr. president? >> dr. biden thinks that -- my wife thinks that i -- that we're doing something very important. and that i shouldn't walk away from it. >> what did you think about that michael? what was happening there? >> i thought it was pretty arresting. the substance of what he said, so if you read it in print, and i've taken interest in how "the new york times" and "the washington post" and "the associated press" in contrast to "the new york post" reported on this. if you read his answer, no harm, no foul. good, substancive answer. she wants him to continue to do good things for the country. he's not sure what he's going to do. but she wants him to run. but if you watc

which is interesting because the guy who asked all the questions, jonathan capehart put out a piece todayden is totally going to run again i writes folks, biden is just fine. more than fine. stop asking biden if he is okay. he very much is you asked him if he was okay, jonathan and i think he needs to go back and watch the interview that he did because this seems far from fine. that's my intention, intention to run again. we have time to make that decision. >> dr. biden is for it? mr. president? >> dr. biden thinks that my wife thinks that -- that i -- that we're doing something very important. >> jesse: kellyanne is thekelly. you know how grueling campaigns can be. does he look like he could campaign for the presidency again? no he doesn't but he will. i mean, i will never forget on air force one and be taking to have trump would have five rallies i could barely keep up with the man. key would get this interview lid called joe biden 9:05 a.m. he calls a lid before breakfast times that means we won't hear from him for the rest of the day. he will run again, jesse. he is so stubborn, just

stay here, jonathan capehart begins right now.the number of fatalities from hurricane ian spikes dramatically as new images show the scope of the destruction. the head of fema joins me live with the latest on federal relief efforts. a texas sized showdown. better o'rourke joins me with an exclusive interview after his first and only debate with texas governor, greg abbott. still in denial, the wife of supreme court justice, clarence thomas, tells the january six committee she still believes the 2020 election was stolen. questions remain about what she told her husband. and, the newest supreme court justice officially takes her place in history. >> i have a seat at the table now. i am ready to work! >> we will look at the landmark cases

biden is urging a little bit of caution about these polls as he spoke to our colleague jonathan capehart. here's what he had to say. >> poll after poll shows that the american people trust republicans on the economy and think that republicans should control congress. how do you -- >> i'm not sure about the pulse. the way people conduct pulls today it is, 90% of it, is on a telephone we have to call seven times and get to meet answer the phone. that's number one. number two, a lot of what we have done in the past is not kicked in yet. that is why these last several weeks, what i'm doing is saying that he is what we are for, here's what they are for, like a choice. >> you see the president they're trying to frame this election as a choice and not as a referendum on him, given those approval ratings, or the economy as or poll still shows significant pessimism among americans about the economy. with about half of them saying they don't expect anything to get better, only one in five americans at this point say they expect the economy to improve over the next 12 months, yasmin. >> josh for us

stay right where you are, the sunday show with jonathan capehart begins right now. s right now. >> indicting trump. as attention shifts to mary garland, a new piece in the atlantic argues why the attorney general will bring criminal charges against donald trump. its author, frank wham four, will make the case. the economy. inflation remains high but unemployment remains low. jarred bernstein of the president's counsel of economic advisers will try to explain. 31 years after her judiciary committee testimony against clarence thomas, anita hill talks about the supreme court and her bud, believing, live. and laura proof that speaker pelosi ate one bit afraid of donald trump. >> i'm gonna punch him out, i'm going to go to jail, i'm going to be happy. >> i'm jonathan capehart, and this is the sunday show. this sunday, the january 6th elect committee is closing argument. and what was likely last public hearing on thursday, the committee voted unanimously to subpoena donald trump. after more than a year interviewing more than 1000 witnesses, they want to hear from the man

capehart over on msnbc asked karine jean-pierre about her boss yesterday on his show. >> so why is thepresident making this case and not the current president? >> so i would -- i would disagree with that alexandria characterization of question. the president has been talking about this almost every day for months now. he has been talking about the choices that are at stake here, which is what i was just talking about moments ago, which is what republicans are trying to do. the president has been talking about our economy every day and the things -- the things that -- and i want to be careful of the things we saw former president obama passionately speak about are the things that are at stake, right? but also the work that the president -- president biden and vice president harris have done to get our economy back on its feet for the last 20 months. >> brian: listen to what they are saying, what barack obama is saying now is that people like ron johnson want to cut social security and your medicare. he is just grabbing at things that don't even exist. republicans are so confident, guys,

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and in an exclusive interview airing this weekend on the sunday so with jonathan capehart biden offered about what will happen if republicans take over congress. >> this is a choice, a choice between what kind of country they want, between, for example, do you let -- do you make sure that you are able to afford prescription drugs for people that are elderly? do we have a certain stance where we are able to negotiate medicare, or negotiate drug prices? the republicans have made it clear, i think they want to do is a lot of them, most of them voted against the bill to reconstruct america through the infrastructure bill, highways, roads, you know? they all voted against the inflation reduction act, which provides environmental security and safety. they don't have a platform other than tear down what i've been able to do, we've been able to do. and i don't know what they are for. >> with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight. charlie savage, washington correspondent for the new york times and author of power wars: the relentless rise of presidential authority a

that we are seeing play out in realtime, where you have president biden and our colleague jonathan capehart interview, i want you to imagine what it will be like if republicans gain control. they are going to start undoing, dismantling what i've done. the administration had open the doors for borrowers to begin submitting their applications. this was becoming very real to people, so the possibility that something that seemed like a step forward to people could be taken away, to me, it distills in every away the threat that democrats are ready to make clear to voters. >> the court cases will move forward. but at the end of the day, this is a another way in which there has got to be a connection to voters. they have to make it real clear who is against this. who is bringing these lawsuits to stop this? it's not democrat governors, right, these are the republicans. so, not only are they pushing through abortion bans, but they also want to make sure that there is no debt cancellation. so, it is pretty clear, i don't, know a good pr person, i do not even know if you have to be a good pr person t

. >> house speaker, nancy's below, sharing optimism with my colleague, jonathan capehart this morning. as she pointed out, so much is at stake. in the midterms from lgbtq rights, reproductive rights, to the future of the economy in our democracy, as well. republicans need to gain only five house seats to gain control. with only 16 days left to go, we need to keep in mind what a republican controlled congress could be, is capable of. we want to bring in new york congressman mondaire jones, a victim of redistricting in his bid for reelection. thank you for joining us, congressman. we spoke specifically about lgbtq rights. you are pretty passionate about this on twitter. 33 republicans just this week introducing a bill which would ban lgbtq topics and schools, hospitals, and other federal facilities for children under the age of ten. here is what she put out on a tweet and reaction to that. last year nearly half of all lgbt plus youth contemplated suicide. that did not stop 33 image if he colleagues from introducing a federal don't say gay bill today. i'm confident the people introducing

. >>> jonathan capehart sat down exclusively with president biden. tonight to share a little bit of their conversation. you can see it tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> and now turning to a big question on capitol hill, will the house january 6th committee finally issue its subpoena to former president trump today? it's now been more than a week since the committee voted unanimously to subpoena him. we do know the committee was set to meet yesterday to flesh out some final details. i want to bring in ali vitali. you, i'm sure, know a lot of the details that were fleshed out. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we know enough, jose. and specifically the fact that they were meeting was over finalizing some of the language in this subpoena, finalizing the dates that we're likely to see in the subpoena for when the former president has to comply for records and a deposition. but, look, this is where they are now a week later. everyone on the committee from members to sources that i'm talking to keep using words like soon and shortly an

in an exclusive interview with msnbc's jonathan capehart taped last week, polls showing voters disapprovingy, as well as next month's elections. >> the reason i'm not making a judgment, once i make the judgment, a whole series of regulations kick in. i have to treat myself as a candidate from that moment on. i have not made that formal decision but it's my intention, my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. i'm not sure about the polls. because, you know, the way people conduct polls today, 90% of it is you get on the telephone where you have to call seven times to get somebody to answer the phone, number one. number two, the lot of what we've done and we've passed has not kicked in yet. for example, you know, we have all of this money to rebuild the highways, bridges, internet, et cetera, but it's going to take time. i think that this is not a referendum. this is a choice. a choice between what kind of country you want. republicans have made it clear, the first thing they want to do is most of them voted against the bill to reconstruct america through the infrastr

an interview with msnbc's jonathan capehart, president biden said he is not made a formal formal decisionto kick off a formal campaign. but he intends to run. quickly, let's take a listen. there is a question on the flip side of this. >> i have not made that formal decision, but it is my intention. my intention is to run again. and we will time to make that decision. >> dr. biden -- >> my wife thinks that we are doing something very important. and that i should not walk away from it. >> obviously there's not been around the bush, there are a lot of questions about president biden's age. and weather at 79, turning 80 soon, he is the right candidate at this moment. over there who should pass it on to the next generation. what is your take on what president biden should do, and how you make up his mind? and think through the other possibility of iran? i'm >> very very, clear. sam i think joe biden should run for president denies it again in 2024. anyone who restore the house of our nation like joe biden did and anyone who is able to fight all the way through the legislature process to reduce

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national security council spokesman john kirby tried to thread that needle as he spoke to jonathan capehart >> mr. putin has been using this kind of rhetoric since almost the beginning of the invasion, jonathan. but, certainly he has been doing it a lot more recently. we have to take that rhetoric seriously. it would be irresponsible if we didn't. so, we're monitoring it as best as we can. but i'll tell, you see no indication that mr. putin has made this decision to use nuclear weapons. and we see nothing that would cause us to change our own deterrent posture. >> the white house says they are continuing to watch that very closely, in case that changes. and certainty the u.s. has a whole range of different responses prepared if president putin were to decide to use a tactical nuclear weapon. but if you want evidence that the white house really is trying to calm things down right now, look no further than the fact that the white house is not even touching the story of this attack on that crimean bridge this weekend. they don't have any comment on, it certainly don't want to play into any not

how president biden, described republicans in an exclusive interview with my colleague, jonathan capeharthey don't have a platform, other than tear down what i have been able to do, what we've been able to do. and i do not know what they are for. >> folks, let's be very clear about this. republicans actually do not have plans to address our real concerns. they are too occupied trying to own the libs and create culture wars to win the midterms. but if the right takes the house in november, it will not be democrats who lose, it will be the american people. let's discuss this with my saturday night panel, former maryland democratic congresswoman donna edwards, she's an msnbc political analyst. hayes brown works for msnbc daily, and jonathan alter is a presidential historian and msnbc contributor. it's great to have all three of you with us. jonathan, i'll start with you. it's common, you're the historian here, it's common for parties not in power to make an election a referendum of sorts on the party that is in power. but is the gop taking it to a whole new level with what we are seeing now?

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