well, claire mccaskill, with this being the case. with me just stating again, fact, not opinion, that the republican party since 2009 has more often than not been the party of "no." and they've not come forward with a single major unifying plan on health care. they've said "no" to one popular bill after the other. i'm just curious, i read what my friend, joe manchin said yesterday. i know you worked with him. and joe said that he's opposed to reconciliation, he's opposed to any sort of reform on the filibuster, that he thinks they should work with the republicans. he wants to work with the republicans. well, i want my cat, meatball, to play chopin, i really do. it would be nice as i was having an early dinner to hear meatball get on the piano and play choppin. he's not going to do it. but there is a chance he'll do it before the republican party will do anything even remotely constructive, if it remotely helps america if it helps joe biden. >> first of all, it's not just joe manchin. joe manchin is staking out this territory because

claire mccaskill and charlie sykes are sticking around with us.reak, the latest in the nationwide clash over voting rights. one democratic mayor is showcasing a new tool in her arsenal to curb the power of georgia's restrictive new law. >>> plus, the republican party picking up where trump left off when it comes to scamming its own supporters. the new fundraising trick by the republican congressional committee. >>> and international alarm over a chief critic of vladimir putin getting sicker and sicker and sicker in a russian prison. all that when "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't goer anywhere. a quick break. don't goer anywhere. ear of cream cheese. the recipe we invented over 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobile app? yeah, actually i'm taking one last look at my dashboard before we board... and you have thinkorswim mobile- -so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. you two a

claire mccaskill talked about the story earlier.carolina governor badly wants to be president. let's start there. she was the against donald trump right before she became, wait for it, a trump in fact, he appointed her un ambassador and she said all the right things about him in return. until she found her situational courage after one six when she put out this bold statement about trump, quote, we need to acknowledge he let us down. he went down a path he shouldn't have, and we shouldn't have followed him, and we shouldn't have listened to him. and we can't let that ever happen again. but no worries, she is still nikki haley after all so that didn't last long. here's what happened today when she was asked if she would support trump if he runs again in 2024. >> if he runs again in 2024, will you support him? >> yes. >> if he decides he's going to run, would that preclude any sort of run would possibly make yourself? >> i would not run if president trump ran. and i wouldn't talk to him about it. that's something that we will have a c

brad, claire mccaskill is here with a question. >> hi, claire. >> good morning, brad. ask you about your friends in country music. i think you guys have such a powerful platform about this -- the vaccine-wary folks out there. have you visited with some of the other superstars of your genre to talk about doing exactly what you've done which is being on country radio or psas or using a way to convince people that the vaccine is something to welcome and not be afraid of. >> there are definitely some things bubbling about that. i've had a few conversations with a few of my artist friends and several are vaccinated and others are, you know, about to. i think you're going to see some of that. we all realize, i think, maybe not all, but most of us realize that this is the safe way to get to do this. when you're going to cram 12 people on a tour bus and go down the road it makes sense, and it is so absolutely safe. these vaccines are really, really game changers and to get on a bus, i, for one, i don't have to wear a mask the whole time i'm on the road and neither do any of my

i have to start with claire mccaskill. what is in your cake dome?i typically bake for my grandchildren on weekends and usually display on mondays my latest baked goods. in a tribute to the absolute stupidity of larry kudlow, fox news and all those people that worship at their altar, i thought it was time to put a pot roast under the came dome. what you see is one big hunk of beef. it is silly, but that's how silly these people are. i mean, the notion that the president will tell people how many hamburgers to eat is beyond dumb. i gave you claire's pot roast under the cake dome in honor of their stupid lie. >> it is a stupid thing, nick. but we're covering it because it is an easily accessible example of the fact that they've got -- if they wanted to be serious, there are policy debates to be had with joe biden, but truth is he has in the first 100 days been nothing short of transformative at a policy level. they reimagine childhood poverty, food insecurity, instead of coming at it with a conservative version of protecting the most vulnerable, they'r

joining our conversation yamiche elsindor, claire mccaskill and david henderson.ll get numb to seeing this. i know from watching the george floyd trial that every single time the video is played you're so aware that you are watching a man crying for his mom in the final minutes on this planet and with this video you watch a deadly shot fired. so i guess my question is wherever this leads young black men are paying with their lives for this huge problem that despite people pouring into the street day after day we don't appear to have made much progress on. >> yeah. it is heart breaking and it is -- there's so many question that is that video brings up in my mind as a former prosecutor. he appeared to be totally compliant. he got out of the car, put his hands behind the back and then there was some talk about a warrant. what was the warrant for? was it for anything serious or dangerous? if it turns out that warrant was for something that's a property crime or something that was even less serious than a property crime then what are they doing? why is this escalation

senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. joe has the morning off. we have an avalanche of news coming at us this morning. and we're following all of it. including, major news expected today on the war in afghanistan with president biden set to announce a date to withdraw all american troops. it was another night of unrest and tension near minneapolis after the police shooting of daunte wright as the officer who pulled the trigger has since resigned. we're also learning more about the advanced warning capitol police received leading up to the january 6th insurrection, including that officers were instructed by their leaders not to use their most aggressive tactics to hold off the mob. why? we're also following new reporting on the sex trafficking investigation into congressman matt gaetz that has his one-time ally flipped and is now working with prosecutors, sharing information about gaetz with prosecutors. >>> and the fallout from the government's decision to recommend a pause in the use of

with us, former msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill is with us. associate editor of "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. nbc news and msnbc be national affairs analyst, host and executive producer of showtimes "the circus" and host of "the hell and high water podcast" from the recount. jon hileman is with us, and alina plott. joe will be back on monday. we're following a number of stories this morning. another day of dramatic testimony in the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of george floyd. >> -- floyd had this great, deep, southern voice. raspy. he was like, sis. you okay, sis? and i wasn't okay. i said, no, i'm -- i'm just waiting for my son's father. he -- sorry. he said -- um -- well, can i pray with you? >> chauvin defense team argued that floyd's underlying health conditions and drug use killed him. what do jurors think? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says president biden's infrastructure package won't get any support from r

also with us former prosecutor and former senator claire mccaskill. claire let me start with you. i've been glad to your twitter feed. as a former prosecutor, is there anything reliability to be read into the timing of these jury deliberations? >> well, i think the one thing we can state with some certainty is they were unanimous fairly quickly. typically what takes a long time in jury deliberations is when you are some contrarians against what the majority of the jury thinking is the right thing to do. so much, nicolle, having tried many murder cases myself and having been on a jury myself, so much revolves around the foreman or forewoman and how strong their leadership is to organize the jury and to go through the three counts they had to decide on. murder 2, which is felony murder, that derek chauvin caused the death of george floyd by committing assault, the felony crime of assault, our murder 3, which is basically recklessness, a deparagraphity of mind, he didn't care whether his actions would kill them, and finally manslaughter, which is negligence gens causing the death. th

. >> tucker: claire mccaskill a former senator, governor, whatever. she's a senator i guess.her way, to recap, it's always challenging when you make things mandatory, also unconstitutional and not science but here's where we are right now. if you want to live in this country, you will need a vaccination. the government will celebrate when you get the vaccination but either way, you must get it. the vaccine works perfectly, do not question that. once you do get the vaccine any questions about why we're doing it this way, then you are a bad person and we must hurt you so get ready to be unemployed if not in prison for reckless endangerment, that's a felony. we hope that settles your concerns about the available science, so roll up your sleeves. a professor of surgery at johns hopkins, author of the price we pay, thank you so much for coming on. so a medical question if you take a protein test and it shows you high levels of antibodies from a natural covid infection from which you've recovered, should you be forced, compelled to get the vaccine? >> no, and in fact that's the cas

our thanks to joyce vance, carmen best, and claire mccaskill. everyone will continue to listen to the trial. we're going to continue to monitor it for other developments, but in the meantime, we're going to get to other headlines when the next hour of "deadline white house" starts after a quick break. don't go anywhere. tsfter a quick don't go anywhere. and in an emergency, they need a network that puts them first. that connects them to technology, to each other, and to other agencies. that's why at&t built firstnet with and for first responders the emergency response network authorized by congress. firstnet. because putting them first is our job. how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short

watching along with us nbc news correspondent shaquelle brewster and claire mccaskill and eric dyson author of "long time coming" we hope to talk about that but we are in a five-minute break here and i wonder if you could put your former prosecutor hat on and tell us where we are in this point of the closing arguments. >> watching this reminds me of what it felt to sit at the table and listen to defense lawyers make their close and you just being so anxious to stand back up and rebut and that's what the prosecutor's going to do now. the prosecutor's going to walk this jury back through the law and the evidence. i got to tell you from my perspective this defense attorney, i don't think he did his client a lot of favors. he rambled and went on and on and on and on rather than just focusing on his most powerful arguments, briefly and strongly. it is almost like he kept trying to throw stuff up against the wall to see if anything would stick and jurors sense that. he only has to get one jury to make it be a hung jury with no result but i didn't think he was particularly effective because

watching along with us nbc news correspondent shaquelle brewster and claire mccaskill and eric dyson are in a five-minute break here and i won

senator claire mccaskill and michael steele, two of our friends along for us. of your former colleagues and how highly mush this is for them to be sitting there tonight. >> yeah, this is really weird. this is one night in washington where there's a dinner held for the senators, spouses are always in town. there's a lot of social interaction before going down to the speech. i remember watching the diplomatic core walk in that i used to favor a seat close to the diplomatic core on the very edge and my secret was, brian, that meant i could get out of there quickly when it was over. because i wouldn't have to wait for everyone to go down the front aisle. this is very different. tonight will emphasize what we all knew when we were sitting in the chamber and listening to the speech. this speech is not about who is in the chamber. it's a speech to the american public. jb will know that clearly. when he looks out, he will not see all of his friends that he expected to see in his first speech to congress. >> michael steele, we're watching the chief justice come in. your

senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill is with us. reporter for the new york times, elena plot along with reverend al sharpton who is still with us as well. good to have you all this hour. >> this is really, this is just an incredible panel because the rev is talking about james brown. >> okay. >> i can talk about crimson tide football. >> sure. >> i can talk about boston red sox baseball. jonathan lemire, let's start there. garrett richards, what did i tell you? what did i say, this kid could be our next cy young winner. did i ever say that when he was like pitching -- >> i believe the -- >> horribly the last game? >> i believe the word you used was cofaxian to describe garrett richards' potential. yeah, that came out of nowhere last night. he's not exactly been their most stable or consistent starter. hey, ten strikeouts, seven innings and a win tonight as they go up against jacob degrom pitching as well as any pitcher we have seen in a decade or so. >> okay. >> let's get willie in quickly. >> oh, man. >> come on. >> one thing we ca

. >> all right, senator claire mccaskill, rich lowry, it's always good to have you with us, and we're going to have more reaction to the president's address a little later this morning. and as mentioned, craig has an exclusive conversation with president biden, his only network interview marking his first 100 days in office they'll sit down today we'll bring it to you tomorrow morning on "today." >>> president biden used part of his address last night to highlight strides being made against the pandemic, while pushing all americans to get vaccinated the white house and health officials hoping new guidance loosening those outdoor mask restrictions will bolster slowing vaccine rates. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has more on this one. hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that rollback from the cdc comes as the u.s. is still averaging 55,000 new covid cases a day on par with last summer's surge, but perhaps just as concerning, a vaccine plateau is pausing progress >> this morning americans are outside and unmasked. >> so it will be a lot more comfo comfortab