sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast and an msnbc contributor and a former senior advisory to president obama. welcome, all. sam, let me ask you, where is the sense of urgency? we were listening to mitch mcconnell. i know there have been conversations, chris murphy has talked to the president even. so there is a package that's being discussed. but is this going to be any different? >> you couldn't feel the fierce and urgency there? i almost fell asleep during that interview. there was not a -- it's not news that republicans have never felt a sense of urgency about passing gun control legislation. but what stands out about this instance, at least from our reporting is that they're not dismissive of it. if you're a gun control advocate that's a victory in some respects. remember, there was a moment a

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and sam stein.rk, you've studied this poll take a look back at your analysis of where these shifting positions leave us today >> yes, andrea, you look at who looks good in this poll, there are really only two people, it's joe biden and elizabeth warren who have gained ground since the debate that ended up occurring they are both building some formidable coalitions but very different coalitions too joe biden is doing very well with moderates and conservatives, small change democrats, older democrats, african-americans. elizabeth warren, liberal democrats, younger voters. and so to me, i have no idea how this actually is going to play out over several months but right now we're looking at the makings of a potentially very competitive election season with the idea that our poll also shows that only 9% of democrats have fully made up their mind. so there is still fluidity i do think this gives us a snapshot of where things stand in september >> and yamiche, let's talk about the primary calendar elizabet

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. >>> along with joe, willie and me, we have sam stein from the daily beast. republican strategist and political analyst susan del percio. associate editor for the "washington post" david ignatius and associated editor for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> yeah. so willie, this storm has -- it seems like it's been around forever. but finally, making contact with land in the united states. of course, we're going to be talking about the misery that the residents of the bahamas have been enduring. just awful. but south carolina, north carolina and virginia look like the only states directly impacted by this terrible storm. >> yeah. never like to use the term dodge the bullet because it doesn't feel that way to the people on the outer banks of north carolina where the big wind is hitting, but thank god we didn't have more drastic and deadly storm in the united states so far. i'm glad dr. dave is in the bahamas, because man, it has been devastated down there. we'll continue to talk about the storm while it continues to batter the

plus former deputy assistant attorney general harry litman, and sam stein and political reporter forhe new york times nick. ellen, let me ask you to take us through your reporting. >> we are not hearing you, ellen. let us fix your mic and we'll start with frank figliuzzi. ellen, can you hear us? >> go ahead and take us through what your colleagues are reporting. >> so last night we reported that a whistleblower had lodged a complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community that had to do with a phone call that the president -- president trump had with a foreign leader in which he made some sort of promise. and the nature of this conversation or discussion was indeed so troubling or alarming that this intelligence officer official felt compelled to make a complaint to the i.g. which the i.g. then investigated and found to be credible and indeed found to be an urgent concern both in terms of the statute which has a definition of what an urgent concern must be and also a more layman's sense of just something that is really of tremendous importance to the american public

sam stein?> you know, those are fairly remarkable numbers figuring we are theoretically at the start of the process. >> three days in. >> on the flip side i was talking to someone who's been a pro impeachment advocate for a while now. and this person noted we have the data points. it's not like watergate where you were waiting to find the tapes. >> trump put them out. [ laughter ] >> and so we, you know, a large section of the population has been primed for this. now i think no one knows this answer, and certainly not me. where does it go from here in terms of public opinion because we are in such a tribalized society in our media ecosystems are so tribalized too that if you believe the president is being unfairly targeted you are not going to get your news from the nightly news. you are going to get it from people that echo your viewpoint. and it's just going to confirm it and harden it. i don't know if they're a floor or the ceiling, but if you're the white house and you were banking on this b

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political editor for the daily beast sam stein, and national security expert, tom nichols.gn rally in rio rancho, new mexico, last night trying to win over voters, specifically hispanic voters as he looks to broaden his base ahead of 2020 while also slamming republicans who have been critical of him. >> i hate to say this, but we have some republicans they're not good. you call them a rhino, they're rhinos. they're rhinos are worse. and some of them are worse than the obama people, right? they're worse than the obama people. they're worse than the clinton people. but there aren't too many of them left. they're pretty much on res sp respirators. they're gasping. they're gasping for air. >> it's really unbelievable. this is what autocrats do. he's not an auto crat, of course, he's a with be auto crat if he lived in a country that was allowed to be one. there are these loyalty tests. and despite the fact that republicans have been sick of it and allowed this guy to breach constitutional norms, to breach political norms, to say the worst things about p.o.w. war heroes, to say t

. >> the problem with castro's swipe is the daily piece sam stein and nbc's mike memley pointing out is biden actually said the opposite. >> my health care plan does significantly cut the cost of the largest out-of-pocket payment you will pay is $1,000 and get into, anyone who can't afford it gets automatically enrolled in the medicare type option we have. >> the exchange between castro and biden prompted other democratic candidates on stage to issue warnings about sowing division within the party. >> this is why national debates are becoming unwatchable this. reminds everybody of what they cannot stand about washington. scoring points against each other. poking at each other. and telling each other that my plan, your plan, look, we all have -- >> that's called a democratic primary election. that's called an election. that's an election. you know, this is what we're here for. it is an election. >> but a house divided cannot stand. and that is not how we -- >> everyone, we know we're on the same team here. >> and the moderator horge ramos pressed former vice president joe biden on the

>> with me for more, frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence, and sam stein, politics editor for "the daily beast." what we just played was from back in april, and you hear the president invoking the name of the attorney general, william barr. then as this reconstructed conversation came out this morning, you saw the name of the william barr being mentioned in there repeatedly as well. what do you make of the role that barr has assumed in all of this? >> well, first it's a huge gap in our knowledge. we need to know exactly and hear precisely from the attorney general himself what, if any, instructions, guidance, requests, solicitations came from the white house to him to open a case on biden or to pressure ukraine to start looking at biden. we need to understand that because that would be outside the realm of the attorney general's responsibilities. we pay the attorney general's salary. we pay that salary so that he can represent us and fight for justice, not that he can represent the personal interests and re-election campaign of the president and fight for

sam stein is with us. also historian, author of solo america. and jon meacham, he's an nbc news and msnbc contributor. with all of that, we showed you happening in just a week's time the political ground beneath the president is rapidly shifting. a new poll that shows a 13-point swing in favor of impeachment. coming just days after house speaker nancy pelosi announced a formal inquiry. the new "politico" morning consult online poll shows a 7 point jump over the weekend while opposition dropped leaving voters 43 to 43. they said president trump committed an impeachable offense, a record high. half of americans say they back impeachment, up three points since over two weeks ago. and an npr/pbs news hour poll conducted on wednesday also shows support among voters of the house impeachment inquiry 49 to 48%. >> gene, we always look back either at the clinton impeachment. >> yeah. >> or richard nixon's tree treveils and how long it took people to support impeachment. this is just a snapshot of the last two days. there's been a lot of revelations, thin

we had the breaking news alert that went out moments ago from sam stein at the daily beast reportingexecutives and hosts at major news networks demanding that they stop booking rudy giuliani. i know you're learning this for the first time. why would the campaign do that? what's at play here? >> i don't know. that's a puzzling campaign tactic at this stage. you know, look, the biden team obviously thinks that rudy is making inaccurate allegations. he was citing sworn depositions this morning on one of the sunday shows. i don't know. rudy giuliani is a key figure here whether you like it or not. i don't think giuliani very much helps trump's case when he geoe on television. clearly he is a participant here. i think the better question is what is this impeachment inquiry going to effect biden's presidential campaign? they have talked about how they have seen a fundraising bump. i suspect he may get a polling bump as democrats unify. i think there will be lots of questions about how his son was getting a $50,000 a month contract in ukraine without experience in that country. i think ther

the problem with castro swipe as "the daily beast" sam stein and mike emily point out, biden actuallynificantly cut. the largest out of pocket payment you will pay is $1,000. anyone who can't afford it is automatically enrolled in the medicare type option we have. >> so there are so many things wrong with what julian castro said. i want to go back to what you just said before. if julian castro was so offended by barack obama's position on health care, which he is obviously. >> yes, very. obsessed with it. >> extraordinarily offended by barack obama's positions on health care, and if you are you so immigrant, he was in the administration. why didn't he resign in protest. willie, it is hard to imagine how julian crass trastro could looked worse last night. of course, the low blow, the cheap shot, the ageism saying, you don't even remember what you said? the problem is he got it wrong. maybe he has hardening of the arteries at 40 or whatever the old he is. that's what we used to call an odd seven, hardening of the arteries. because it is pacific, and castro i counselted him four or five