dale on the sunday show with jonathan kaye part will dig into this as well. jonathan joins me now. would never occurred to me. hey, i've got documents that would be really bad and illegal for me to have, and i'll get them back to you if you give me other documents that i'm really not supposed to have. and then you cannot make this stuff up. >> no, you can't. it's like, yeah, i stole your stuff, but if you want it back, give me, if you want it back -- >> give me other stuff. >> it's insane. yeah, ali, we are going to also dig into that never-ending say go over the missing purloined documents that trump allegedly wanted to do with. animals are coming up on the sunday show, former republican -- is joining us to talk about his role on the january 6th select committee, and the new book the breach in our midterms candidates corner. today, we've got the great florida congresswoman. we'll talk about him moving the needle, or trying to move the needle, in her favor to beat and convince ended and marco rubio. less so the candidate for governor of maryland. he'll join me in studio. we'll talk

so my friend and colleague jonathan kaye mart sat down with an exclusive wide-ranging interview with f the midterms. just jonathan joins me now. good morning my friend, you had a lot of topics with the president and i hear he has a surprise for someone very special to you and to the sunday show viewers. >> yes he did, good morning elliott, the president took a moment to call one of his biggest friends, my aunt gloria, who hilariously said during the 2016 election that it would take an old white dude to beat an old white dude. the president just had to address that, you will see that in the next hour when my aunt joins the show. in my sit down with the president, he talked about republican obstructionism. take a listen. >> i think that this is not a referendum. this is a choice. a choice between what kind of country you want. what kind of, for example, do you let -- do you make sure that we are able to afford prescription drugs for people? with their elderly? do we have a circumstance where we are able to negotiate medicare is able to negotiate drug prices? republicanism made it clear,

i'm jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, the midterms are just 16 days away in a new nbc news poll shows that the economy, threats to democracy and immigration are among the top issues for voters. it also showed intense polarization. around 80% of both republicans and democrats think the opposing parties agenda poses a threat that will quote destroy america as we know it. and while republicans are still favored to take the house, the race for the senate is still a toss-up. setting up a fierce battle fork erases in the states of georgia. nevada, arizona and pennsylvania. we have an all-star group to break this all down. fernando monte, msnbc political analyst and democratic pollster. matthew dowd, msnbc political contributor and analyst and author of revelations on the river. and ali velshi, host of velshi here on msnbc. he joins me from detroit, michigan. where he's been talking to voters. good morning, ali. >> good morning, jonathan. i've had a great conversation with a six detroit residents. kind of how i do i

now it's time for the last word, with jonathan kaye part, filling in for lawrence tonight. hi rachel, it's great to see, you let me just add to your praise of michael young. i'm so sad to see him go, i'm thrilled that he is retiring and going off to do things he really wants to do, he's a great photographer, i don't know if you know this, but he did a photo shoot with me, and one of his shots was so beautiful, then i use it for my head shot for at least five years. so i'm so glad that you gave him a much deserved shout out. >> we all have so many people in this company that we depend on, and work with, and of formed lasting friendships with, michael young is just one of those people where -- this is the sweetest ghana, world any so good at what he does. i can't wish him anything but all the best. >> well good luck to you michael, and thank you very much rachel. there is so much news to get to tonight, five weeks into hours until election day, the justice department opened its case, the january 6th was a seditious conspiracy. the trump lawyers are trying to slow walk the doc

we heard from john kirby from the white house speaking to jonathan kaye part a little while ago about what the ramifications of the move will be. take a listen. >> there's no question -- >> one of the motivation for it was, they can speak to that, it is clearly working to the benefit of vladimir putin into russia who want to keep profiteering off of oil revenues, have more control over what the supply is on the market. clearly this benefits him and we will keep doing what we have to do with our allies and partners to make sure that the energy is secure. -- >> i was with president biden on friday and involve oh plant in maryland, where he said he is not done with his response yet to this opec plus's decision. the u.s. is looking for ways to respond and they are frankly showing a bit more -- than that you typically do. in diplomats durations like this, because they want to send a song strong signal to audi, other opec plus nations about is how upset they are about this the white house even though it's hardly leaving the door open to supporting legislation in congress that is called no p

now it's time for the last word, with jonathan kaye part, filling in for lawrence tonight.st add to your praise of michael young. i'm so sad to see him go, i'm thrilled that he is retiring and going off to do things he really wants to do, he's a great photographer, i don't know if you know this, but he did a photo shoot with me, and one of his shots was so beautiful, then i use it for my head shot for at least five years. so i'm so glad that you gave

now it's time for the last word, with jonathan kaye part, filling in for lawrence tonight.e of michael, young i'm so sad to see him go, i'm thrilled that he's retiring and go on to do things he really wants to do. he's a great photographer and i don't know if you know this, but he did a photo shoot with me, and one of his shots was so beautiful i use it as my head shot for at least five years. so i'm so glad that you gave him a much deserved shout out. >> we all have so many people in this company that we depend on, and work with, and of formed lasting friendships with

turn to midterms now, 17 days, wait president biden spoke exclusively to messi's jonathan kaye part about next month's elections. here's part of what president biden had to say. >> 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, first thing they wanted to do is most of them voted against the bill to reconstruct america through the infrastructure bill. highways, roads, and they all voted against the inflation reduction act, which provides for environmental security and safety. we will have a platform other than tear down when i've been able to, do what we have been able to do. and i don't know what they are for. >> and some breaking news last, night a federal appeals court has blocked president biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt. nbc's monica alba is at the white house with more. monica? >> katie, good morning, white and covering a roadblock for president biden's student loan forgiveness program. just days after millions started applying for the relief. the federal police a