politico white house editor sam stein. first, what do we expect from the debt limit vote that -- we expect it to pass, but the focus shift it is something that the progress is may not be keen on, but doing fewer programs but doing them well. >> we expect the house to pass that short-term debt ceiling bill to extend the dead looip. and they still have to expectation some of deadline. it is the difficulty of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell hand that in the votes for the filibuster. he is facing rare criticism for members of his own rare republican caucus that support him overwhelmingly and strongly as well as from trump. on to the reconciliation bill, speaker pelosi reminded erin that there are important decisions, difficult decisions, to be made to meet the falling price tag. she did not say how low it would go, but she said it was disappointing that it would not be the full 3.5 trillion. he emphasized that that is a big priority and that will be part of this. she mentioned that some programs are tied to others. it

but with that let's bring in our starting line, on this evening, sam stein, veteran journalist who is now white house editor for politico, daniel goldman, former assistant u.s. attorney, for the southern district of new york. also served as general counsel for the house intel committee during the first trump impeachment, them and kimberly, previously of w b you are in the boston herald. now a member of the boston globe, editorial board. also one of the cohost of the podcast, sisters in law. with joyce vance, and barbara mcquade. good evening and welcome to you all. sam it was your news organization, that broke this story. about trump influence on the one six committee. how if at all, does this bring us into new territory? given the players? >> well i, mean this is what we're building up to. right we knew that trump was has an urge to find participation from former aides in this committee investigation. we knew that he was going to pressure them not to cooperate, whether it was in respect for the committee or hand documents over to the committee. now we have it ordered, the question, i

joining us now is sam stein, white house editor at politico, he's an msnbc political analyst, and the of as so communications. sam, you wrote about this failure to connect, accomplishment to the people who are delivering that accomplishment. voters just not making the connection. >> yeah, i mean there was a proposition democrats had very early in biden's, turned that they were going to do things a little bit differently. by, that they were going to give benefits to the american people that were immediate, and there were tangible. what could be more immediate in more tangible, than money in your pocket, and so you outlined three of the main ways, in which they were going to shuffle resources, to the american people. but what's striking, to make this underscored in these polls and interviews, is how little that's translated, 38% credited biden, with the enhanced child tax credit, which is the crown jewel of his massive agenda right now. something he's trying to extend to 2025. that is an abysmal number, if your proposition for the electorate is hey, i gave you, the working parent, $300

sam stein and mike barnicle , i don't know if you have shared this, there is a sense of calm.us at all. we have accepted this faith. to get to this point was remarkable in its own right and beat the dreaded yankees was an achievement. a win against the race was five different cherries on top of that. no, not nervous, i feel good about what we have accomplished. i know you can't say the same. >> thank you for bringing that up. they talk themselves down so when they win they come back. all they have to do is win two game in a row then it becomes this great achievement. >> this is just us trying to cope with our own insecurinsecu okay? >> only you stand between the houston astros and the world series, you know what has to be done. the nba is speaking out against the chinese government harsh rules to say the least over tibet. >> i am speaking out of what's happening today. our rights and freedoms are not existed. brutal dictator of china, xi jinping, i have a message for you, i would say again and again loud and clear. i hope you hear it. free tibet, free tibet, free tibet. in 201

sam stein, "politico" have some new polling on trust in the u.s. hanks for being with us, sam. we'll be right back. >> bring the kid in. >> yeah. might be better at analysis than me. we measured party lines. as you can imagine, it's split. 77% of democrats say they have trust in u.s. elections. 49% of independents. just 28% of republicans say they currently have trust in the u.s. elections. >> wow. >> if you dig in deeper, we looked at, retrospectively, 2020 election. was it free and fair? we asked that question. only 26% of republicans said that they believe the 2020 elections were free and fair. 68% said no. you ask just donald trump voters, 22% of donald trump voters thought the 2020 elections were free and fair. 72% said definitely not. a total of 60% of republicans said they thought the 2020 elections should be overturned. look, this is -- we know these numbers are bad, as i said, but when you look at them, the depth of distrust, of cynicism on the republican side, all which has been stoked repeatedly by donald trump, is profound. it really doe

. >> i want to bring in sam stein now, white house editor for politico.bc news poll numbers show 43% of americans approve. 42, excuse me. the fact that the virginia race is so close, not necessarily a steal for democrats. also the fact that his domestic political agenda isn't passed and how can the world trust you with the domestic issues at play? how do you feel that the president handled the issue? >> most politicians say poll numbers don't matter. people inside the white house are worried about the poll numbers privately. there's sauce in the idea that they see a runway to go back up. but much of this if not the vast majority of this really is tied to the handling of the pandemic and the pass ablg of the two domestic initiatives. if he can get the pandemic under control and moving in the right direction now frees up an economic rebound and confidence about the direction of the country and rebound on him in terms of rating. if he does get the agenda passed then the numbers that you see which are -- one of the things contributing to the numbers is democr

let's bring in white house editor for "politico," sam stein.at do they tell us? >> hey, guys. i just downed a ton of bayer aspirin for my heart condition, then i'll get to the poll numbers here. >> good. >> before you start coughing up blood, go ahead. >> wait, did something happen with bayer aspirin? i've been taking it for years. >> yeah. >> no, we have a poll on the 2024 race or what will be a race. it shows donald trump is in the driver's seat. 47% saying they want trump to be the nominee. >> wow. >> or would vote for him, i should say. the remaining cast, not great. mike pence at 12%. desantis at 12%. don, jr. at 6%. i look back to 2016. everyone was like, trump can't break 35. wide open field. we ended up with trump. if he is up 47% now, it suggests this is, in fact, his party. >> how is josh hollie doing? he obviously made a name for him by leading an insurrection against the u.s. government, gapping the mantle of trumpism. is he doing well? >> 0% in this poll. could be 1%. i think it's zero. >> really? >> not good. >> what about mike po

sam stein, white house editor of politico. tim miller, writer for the bull work. and emily cessman with centers for american progress. welcome, guys. great to have you on this sunday afternoon. sam, i want the straight-up reaction to the new reporting from the new book of jonathan karl. conspiracy theories by the former president, therm stats made in china. talk to me. your reaction here. >> seems legit to me. right? no. this is crazy stuff obviously. i think the congressman probably hit the nail on the head when he said you have to step back and recognize that it wasn't some reddit forum where this took place but the oval office. president of the united states espousing this. one of the things that i have been struck by i guess which was really personified in a piece from the iowa rally where trump spoke is trump did not back off this but what's happened is that the vast majority of the republican party is more comfortable with it. he was there last night with chuck grassley the elder statesman of the republican senate who at 88 is running. grassley put out a fair

. >> political sam stein. thank you for waking up with us.k and instagram were hit by a massive outage and stopped working for millions of users. facebook was down for a day and that short time, everyone got the vaccines. >> amazing how that happens. [ applause ] i don't know. >> yes, facebook's entire site crashed, oh my god, this is the best present we got in months. >>>

sam stein, last one for you, got a few seconds left here.the red sox tonight? i am at a 15. >> i am not nervous at all. i have come to a realization that it's a great season. all thing that are great comes to an end. i did love this team now and alex cora, i don't want to put someone on a deity level but he's pretty close. i am happy with what they accomplished and i am willing to take our fate. >> you say that now, i will look to the four letters text message for you later tonight. >> have a great weekend and thanks to all of you for waking up way too early with us on this friday morning, "morning joe" starts right now. >> there are people in this chamber right now who were evacuated with me and the rest of us on that day during that attack. people who now seem to forgotten the danger of the moment and the assault on the constitution and on our congress. >> liz cheney calls out members of her own party for their continued dismissal of the january 6th attack on the capitol. now the house voted to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress but

sam stein, veteran journalist who's now white house editor for political. during the first trump impeachment. and kimberly atkins-stewart of boston herald, now a member of the boston globe editorial board. and co-host of pod sisters-in-law. good evening and welcome to you all. sam, your news organization broke this story of trump influence on the 1/6 committee. how does this bring us into new territory given the players? >> this is what we were building up to. right? we knew that trump was going to urge defiance, papgs from former aides in this investigation. we knew he would pressure them not to comply. now we have it reported happening. the question is what do the four people do with that request from the president? do they honor it and defy the committee. defy the subpoena and risk all the legal consequences that come with it? do they fight it out as they can in court? do they comply? everything that we know from the past is that they will obfuscate and dig the heels in and dare the committee to flex the muscles that it has. democrats seem to be talking

joining us now, sam stein, white house editor at "politico," he's an msnbc political analyst, and anutnker asorio, the founder of aso communications. sam, you wrote about this, a failure to connect accomplishment to the people who are delivering that accomplishment. voters just not making the connection. >> yeah, i mean, there was a proposition that democrats had very early in biden's term, which was that they were going to do things a little bit differently than the obama white house did. and by that, they were going to give benefits to the american people that were immediate and that were tangible, and what can be more immediate or tangible than money in your pocket. you outline three of the main ways they were just going to shuffle resources to the american people. what's been striking to me as underscored in these polls and interviews i've done with top operatives is how little that's translated, 38% crediting biden for the enhanced child tax credit, which is the crown jewel of his domestic agenda now ask something he's trying to extend until 2025. that is an abysmal number f your

joining us for the scoop sam stein, susan paige and sallu founder of generation lab with polling on theiar but had an eight point spread with youngkin surging. likely voters, the actual number for, you know, registered voters are more closely aligned to other poll. what do you think? >> well, the "washington post" out that has mcauliffe up one point among likely voters. which ever poll you believe, this is a very tight race, one democrat are in great risk of losing, a ray they thought they would be able to win and one that many democrat are worried will be a signal for bad news for democrat in next year's midterm. >> schooling, education, the whole business about critical race theory which is not even, you know, k through 12 curriculum agenda. but it does seem to be taking -- catching fire with school districts, and school boards under fire. >> this is an issue youngkin and his campaign have used to tie across a number of plank that pertains covid and build school are keeping them closed too long and in person education and culture and whether the curriculum is too progressive and offen

. >> political sam stein. thank you for waking up with us. we are nervous, we'll talk more on "morning joe," that show starts right now. >>> facebook and instagram were hit by a massive outage and stopped working for millions of users. facebook was down for a day and that short time, everyone got the vaccines. >> amazing how that happens. [ applause ] i don't know. >> yes, facebook's entire site crashed, oh my god, this is the best present we got in months. >> facebook employees tried to reboot the system but could not get in the building because their badges didn't work. >> the facebook did not say what may be causing the outage. >> i am no computer expert but my theory is adjust god. >> we'll dig into the facebook fiasco in a moment. why republicans are refusing to pay their own tab. we'll talk about the ongoing threat as teachers are facing from those caught up in the anti-hysteria. someone just stroke gold in california with a winning ticket of $700 million. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it's tuesday, october 5th, that's a big o

. >> "politico's" sam stein has reporting on the debt ceiling and infrastructure debate.ning. please don't mention the red sox. we had enough. >> what is going on? how are you doing? >> thanks a lot. not doing so great, buddy. fascinating numbers from "politico" about this question of a u.s. debt default and how republicans feel about it. >> right. >> mitch mcconnell is out of step, it seems like, with this question. >> did you see the game last night? >> all right, all right. >> wow. >> trying to move us along here. >> oh boy. >> sorry, sorry. just had to for a second. >> i know. >> the numbers are interesting. there is broad concern, obviously, that we will default, but i would say oneesting numbe unattentive to the numbers. 47% say they don't understand the conversations well, and 71% is concerned about the possibility of default. there is a disconnect that's happening. joe is underscoring it here. as democrats want to move the needle here, they do need to probably get the public more on its side, more attentive to the debate, so that they can apply pressure to republi

. >> white house senator sam stein on the show yesterday morning on how new poll numbers show formerme democrats or forming a new party. the renewed america movement is a group of high profile lawmakers working to elect candidates who denounced political extreme. joining us now is two members, former republican of new jersey, kristine todd wittman and miles taylor, at homeland security from 2017 to 2019 and including chief of staff. was the anonymous author of a 2018 quest essay from "the new york times". >> so you both coauthored a new piece for the times. there is only one way to save our party from protrump extremistst. governor whit man, what is that wave forward? >> support those candidates who stand up to the big lie and which every side of the isle they appear on. getting republicans to understand if their choice is a extreme candidate, and vice versa. the industry is vaccinating. since we put out the op-ed, we hear you and we are worried to cross the isle. there is a real anger out there for senators to find some place to go and that's what we are trying to create. trying to