and former democratic senator and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill.at to have you all on board. mike, since the president hasn't left yet. why don't we start with you at the white house. we seem to be on biden time. we expected him to be up at capitol hill near garrett already. what's the goal for the president here? this has to be the environment that heel revel in getting to go back to the lunches he attended for 36 years. see something colleagues still there from when he served. a lot of new faces. what's the approach? and what does he see as the main task at hand? >> well, there's obviously going to be a little bit of reminiscing when they all get into the room for lunch. the president, of course, always valued his time in the senate. and there's going to be a lot of nostalgia in the room. of course, we also have to note, and that picture you showed of senator schumer, senator sanders last night announcing this deal speaks to the level of coordination, surprising coordination at times between the white house and between to serve all, the full spec

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>> we're back with michael steele and claire mccaskill.er constituents. tell us what's going on. >> we have a crisis in missouri. people are dying. listening to the health care workers in the southwest corner of my state, it is the third largest city, springfield, missouri, but it is the medical center for a surrounding group of counties where the average vaccination rate hovers in the 20s. and what is happening is their emergency rooms with being flooded with the delta variant. and all of the people who they are putting on ventilators, the people who are dying, the people who can't breathe and the young people they are treating, none of them have been vaccinated. and what does our governor do? our governor just looks the other way and refuses to even embrace the vaccination. i mean, the health care people in our state are tearing their hair out. it's heartbreaking to watch. it's unbelievable that people are dying and this governor wants to say, oh, they're going to knock on your door. well, they're asking for volunteers from the community

. >> and senator mccaskill, the old saying that a picture is worth 1000 words and that crowd with therate flags each of those pictures is worth the epithets that i'm not surprised that that crowd was throwing around. >> yes, and i think frankly lawrence the visuals that are now really on everyone's hard drive, the confederate flags, the man hanging from the balcony in the senate, the guy with no shirt in the animal horns on and then the violence as they broke through the doors and smashed glass that has been touched by hundreds of people sent there by america to do their work. those visuals are never going away. and anyone who believes this is gonna get swept under the rug doesn't understand the power of visuals and i think this testimony today just absolutely augmented the visuals we've all seen but those visuals will continue to be the most powerful way america will remember what donald trump tried to do to america on that day. >> clear mccaskill and eugene robinson -- >> wait, i gotta tell you something! >> yes? >> i have to congratulate you on your emmy nomination. i know that jus

. >> so also with us, john allen and also claire mccaskill.ans who worked on the bipartisan bill voted against it. where do things stand now? >> this is infrastructure week and we're told by a democratic source close to the negotiations that democrats sent republicans a global offer to resolve all the lingering disputes and finally ink it, that includes disputes over transit funding, less high profile disputes overbroad band policy, water policy and labor provisions. and one separate democratic source told me that they are tantalizingly close to a deal and if they get the transit issue resolved, there is a lot of optimism that the rest of the stuff could come together pretty quickly. last night a republican source told me that their offers on trance either are reasonable, that this is on top of billions of dollars that have been spent on public transportation as part of these covid relief negotiations and this republican source said if democrats don't become more flexible on this, this deal is unlikely to happen. that gives you a sense of wher

claire mccaskill loved it so much she is hosting a viewing party, watch. >> we're going to start a newery fourth of july moving forward we are going to watch that video "the new york times" put together of january 6th. >> fun! >> jesse: i want to go watch the fireworks. sorry, you have to come watch the january 6th riots. that sounds like a lot of fun over at their house. >> the fourth of july is when we celebrate our independence, freedom, liberty. people walk around feeling a little more patriotic as we reflect on the good things the country has to offer but if claire mccaskill wants to focus on the bad i'm sure we can provide her with some black lives matter riot footage to go along with the insurrection viewing party. if she does that, what a double whammy, how do we get invited to that party, my goodness. >> jesse: she seems like the kind of person that doesn't grill, either. or have air conditioning, possibly peer chef gordon ramsay taking some heat after posting a video from puerto rico of their "beautiful local dish." but it's not a stable dish at all. instead it is a word loca

jason: what was your take on claire mccaskill?i am not going to the july 4th barbecue at that household, what a bummer that is. we are somber on memorial day and 9/11. how is she somber on independence day? the declaration of independence, our freedom is the greatest advancement in human liberty in the history of civilization and it puts a frown on her face. jason: let's go to the next one, matthew dowd on domestic insurrection fears. >> there's 300 million guns in america that we have spread across the country and that concerns me. i'm concerned january 6th was just a pulmonary event for the worst thing that could happen for loss of life, a very scary thing. >> this shows how paranoid doubt and the rest of the media elite are. what is your take? >> since when were progressives against mass violence? last summer nearly every city in the country was getting burned down and these guys were literally and metaphorically fanning the flames to the best of their ability. they even had celebrities tweeting and breaking about paying bail m

shannon pettipiece, claire mccaskill, and general barry mccaffrey. he retired as a four-star general in the u.s. army. good evening, and welcome to yoy all. general, it's you we must begin with tonight because of the news at the top of our broadcast. i want to get your reaction to the stunning quotes out of general mark milley. i knowma you've been a fan and supporter of his. and remembering he is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, he as well as you know that there is supposed to be civilian control of the military. but you also shared a worry about those final days. what the president might attempt, and you were also looking for the guardrails. >> there's no question that the president of the united states, mr. trump, was literally unhinged, certainly during the last year in office, and following his defeat in the election. it was a very dangerous situation. mark milley, i've known him since he was a colonel. one tough customer. most of his life has been deployed in combat or operational areas. 39 years in uniform, princeton columbia educate

let's bring our lead off guests with sherrie petty peeve our senior white house reporter, claire mccaskill, democratic -- and general general barry conley combat veteran from getting vietnam, former cabinet member, member of the national security council, he retired as a four star general, good evening, welcome to you all. general, it is with you that we must begin because the news at the top of our broadcast, i would like to get your reaction to the stunning quotes out of general mark milley. i know you've been a fan and supporter of his and remembering he is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he, as well as you, know that there is meant to be civilian control of the military, but you also shared a worry about those final days. what the president might attend, and you're also looking for the cardinals? no question that >> the president of the united states, mr. trump, was literally unhinged, certainly during the last year and of office. and following his defeat in the election. he's a very dangerous situation. mark milley, i've since i've known him since he was a colonel, he is on

also joining us former senator claire mccaskill and an msnbc political analyst, and charlie sykes is here. claire, thanks for handling these hours last week while i was away with my son. let me start with you on how speaker pelosi and liz cheney will basically assume the role of the ranking member. smart move? >> very smart move. and she's up for this job. she will be very good at this job. she knows how to handle herself in front of the press. she knows how to keep this very not allow the democrats to go off on some sort of anti-trump thing. this will be about what happened that day and why it happened that day. and trump will figure into that. liz cheney will be terrific at this job. you know who knows it? kevin mccarthy. when he called them pelosi democrats, he looked silly. he looked like a little kid who hasn't gotten his way and doesn't know how to deal with it. i really do think that even if she has more republicans, they're in a strong position now to justifiably say this has, in fact, been a bipartisan effort. >> i want to show you, jackie, some of the sound that claire is t

i'm claire mccaskill in for nicolle wallace.t to turn the investigation into january 6th into a farce strongly pushing back against complaints that the january 6 select committee will now be a partisan exercise in light of pelosi vetoing two of the house gop leaders' appointments and mccarthy pulling all of his picks in response to pelosi's veto. >> given how divided the country is at this point, do you risk what the committee finds with yo

claire mccaskill, what was your take away from yesterday? what questions do you want answered primarily? >> well, i think the focus on who funded some of this, where'd the money come from, were all of these people there on their own dime or was there any effort from any groups to coordinate with the white house to build this into the riotous angry mob that it took. i think liz cheney is going to be masterful, get that tictoc so american understands that donald trump was enjoying this. he liked it. he thought it was terrific. these people were breaking down doors in the capitol. he could have, at that moment, he saw every bit of it on television. he was sitting in his little dining room, that's right off the oval office, watching a bank of television, and people were coming in and out begging him to take actionio what this committee needs to figure out is how are they going to s enforce the subpoenas in a timely asmanner. one of the problems we have is we should have a rocket docket, an accelerated docket for any congressional a subpoena that

we have political analyst claire mccaskill.ne robinson. and white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. mika has the morning off. and we've seen a few moments and again we never want to overread into these moments and if we do, we certainly will hear about it. it will suggest that we're somehow hopelessly naive. but it is important for americans. it is important for the world to see the president and the governor of florida sitting down, being polite to each other, agreeing with each other that they're on the same team. that they're working together to alleviate the terrible pain, the terrible suffering that these families are going through in florida. we also saw it earlier this week when we saw mitch mcconnell, yes mitch mcconnell, i could say his words, i promise you know one watching will disappear or be turned into a pile of ashes, when mitch mcconnell said some nice things about joe biden and his relationship with joe biden. are there fights going on in washington? yes? . are we going through a very pol

i'm claire mccaskill in for nicolle wallace.publican party's attempts to distort and distract from the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. pelosi just this afternoon rejecting two of five of mccarthy's picks for the january 6th select committee. congressman jim jordan and congressman jim banks. both of them voted to overturn the 2020 election result even after the riotous mob stormed the capitol on the

. >> claire mccaskill and andy slavitt, that was great, thank you both. you may remember texas was on the brink of passing one of the strictest voting restrictive bills in the country's already one of the hardest states to vote in. and then, a dramatic a late night walk out block faux from happening back in may, so now, republicans are back in special session preparing a new set of bills, are democrats about to walk out again? that is next. at is next sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long enough. we are getting that $9.95 plan, today. (jonathan) is it time for you to call about the $9.95 plan? i'm jonathan from colonial penn life insurance company. sometimes we just need a reminder not to take today for granted. if you're age

clair mccaskill, former democrat from missouri. and an author. clair, let me start with you. in missouri, there's really some worrying stuff happening there. i'll tell you what the data say that there's, you know, vaccinations are 56% of adults have at least one dose. only 49% fully vaccinated but in parts of the straight where we have these outside breaks you have in the southeast particularly about 51% of age vaccinated. what's going on? >> if you look at the dark areas on the map where you have a significantly higher number of people vaccinated, those are the areas in and around kansas city and st. louis. in the middle of the state in colombia, missouri. the rest of the state you have a real problem. you have not just anti-vaxxers. you have a governor who is -- has a huge part in this disaster that is currently in the making in missouri. someone who today tried to tell missourians he was going to stop the federal government from going door to door. nobody's talking about the federal government going door to door. they're talking about community activists and volunteers goi

joining me now is former senator claire mccaskill of missouri and charlie sykes, editor at large foryou. speaker pelosi has a choice now of accepting jim jordan and congressman banks and all of these other insurrectionists on the commission or saying absolutely no. what do you think she ought to do? >> well, before i tell you what she ought to do, i have to say -- ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ you have done an amazing job, my friend. we are all lucky to be able to work alongside you. myself from time to time, not as often as i would like, but certainly i'm very proud of you and what you've done over the last year. like rachel said, looking forward to many more years. >> you know i'm going to now push for a cake. >> i know! i feel so badly. i was traveling today, of all days not to have a cake for you. >> when we get together. when we're together in person, we're going -- we'll bake. we'll do a bake-off, it will be fun. >> cake and wine, always a deadly combination. >> i'm in favor of cake. >> so i've got to tell you, i think nancy pelosi has a tough decision. sh

i'm claire mccaskill in for nicolle wallace. as nancy pelosi draws an unprecedented red line against the republican party's attempts to distort and distract from the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. pelosi just this afternoon rejecting two of five of mccarthy's picks for the january 6th select committee. congressman jim jordan and congressman jim banks. both of them voted to overturn the 2020 election result even after the riotous mob stormed the capitol on the day of the insurrection. both issued statements maligning them. the jordan calling it, quote, impeachment three against the disgraced ex-president. pelosi announced her veto in a pointed statement today saying in part, quote, with respect for the integrity of the investigation with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these members, i must reject the recommendations of banks and jordan. she added the unprecedented nature of january 6th demands this unprecedented decision. in response mccarthy is pulling all

i'm claire mccaskill in for nicolle wallace. more fallout from speaker pelosi's refusal to give in to the republican party's attempt to turn the investigation into january 6th into a farce strongly pushing back against complaints that the january 6 select committee will now be a partisan exercise in light of pelosi vetoing two of the house gop leaders' appointments and mccarthy pulling all of his picks in response to pelosi's veto. >> given how divided the country is at this point, do you risk what the committee finds with your findings in the select committee, and, also, can you talk about liz cheney's role now after leader mccarthy's move of withdrawing his members? >> overwhelmingly, if you look at the polls, and that's what your measure is, they want to know the truth. like in the 70s people want to know more about what happened on january 6th and 59% of republicans think we need to know more about what happened on january 6th. nobody is saying that this should be one point of view going on in the committee but it is, when s

claire mccaskill said it is a bulwark against the republicans doing bad things when they have a slim majority. i am of the view that the republicans will do bad things that they have a slim majority if democrats are nice to them and the republicans will do bad things if democrats decide that voting rights are worth protecting in the same way that republicans decide judicial appointments were worth blowing up the filibuster. it is really on your spectrum of stages of accepting what this party is, and you have to get to that one. and i wonder what you make of the new variables. the filibuster decide is where it's been but you have these texas democrats who are in the state. they're used to -- there is a long history in that state of trying to work things out. not in this moment, but historically speaking. and i was surprised to hear representative crockett say we don't need the whole thing. i'd love the whole thing. i don't need the whole thing. i just need an inch. i just need something. and you've got manchin offering at least an inch. do you think those things shake things up a litt

let's bring in claire mccaskill and eugene robinson and donny deutsch. kasie hunt is still with us as well. for like 1 hour and 45 minutes, i can't even believe it. we'll talk about that coming up. it's just unspeakable. claire, your reaction to the revelations in the book about the rift that developed between chris christie and rudy giuliani. >> if this special committee does anything, it should take the american people inside of that small dining room and -- to orient people as to where this is, you basically walk in the oval office and there's a hallway to your right, you go down a very short hallway and at the end of that hallway is a small dining room. donald trump tricked out that dining room with a bunch of tvs. this was his little cave where he would watch, mostly on an endless loop, cable news that was good for him. the propaganda stations pushing his stuff. i want the american people to get inside that room and realize what was going on in this guy's head. and this is what this book begins to lay out for us. that is, that he was in that room an

>> first of all, want to note my backdrop is not to claire mccaskill's kitchen.ll those games, get each other, know each other. you know what, not to compare those to the athleticism, carrie and i barely knew each other. we met once, twice, and we quickly found a rhythm. night four was better than night three, hopefully tonight better than last night. or maybe we go downhill and they take us off the air. american men and women will sweep. >> that's quite a prediction. and you all have found a rhythm. mika and i together 14 years, still trying to figure out how to do that. we're going to be watching you do that. jonathan lemire is with us. >> kenny, good to see you again. walk us through if you will the big story line, women's gymnastics and then intention has been on simone biles, but as much as she generated a headline, probably the greatest to do this, her teammates stepped up, some of them delivered inspiring performances. tell us what you've seen and if we have a sense whether she will be able to compete in individual events later in the olympics. >> that's a

rachel: claire mccaskill k remember her? people, hold on to your traditions. turn now to your headlines. we might have a headline from booth tomorrow from those fireworks. search and rescue efforts are paused at the florida condo collapse. 24 people are confirmed dead and 121 are still missing, but the crews say they need to demolish what's left of the tower ahead of tropical storm elsa. it's expected to hit south florida with heavy rain and winds tomorrow. governor ron desantis has declared a state of emergency for 15 counties. >>> talk a look at this, this pipeline burst in the gulf of mexico creating a raging fire in the middle of the ocean. the inferno dubbed the eye of fire, burned for more than five hours before it was put out. a mexican oil company that controls the pipeline says no one was hurt, and mexico's environmental agency says it did not cause -- pete: uh-huh. rachel: you can decide to believe the mexican environmental -- pete: i want to know, why do you pour water on a fire that's in the water? anything? is that not water? will: i don't know. [