. >> my guest this morning, new york congressman shawn patrick maloney and republican congressman of kentucky, andy barr. >>> plus, crisis in the classroom. >> we're seeing so many dedicated teachers leaving the profession. >> the nationwide teacher shortage. >> i was running myself ragged. >> putting children's learning in jeopardy. is there anything the biden administration can do to help? >>> and president biden takes a victory lap. >> we did not favor. we did not flinch. and we have not given in. instead, we're delivering results for the american people. >> signing his massive tax health care and climate change bill. while donald trump gets a victory of his own. >> i believe that donald trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk. >> even as multiple investigations heat up. >>> joining me marc caputo. symone sanders town send and republican stat gist brendan buck. >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning to all of you. we are less than three months before the m

this is not what shawn patrick maloney wanted. >> this is not what shawn patrick maloney wanted. is is actually in the district he's running in. a lot of progressives were upset he decided to run the 17th instead of the 18th district. jones basically had to leave, so alexandra biaggi is challenging maloney from the left. and don't like he's running in the district we'll see what happens tonight. >> a few other house races, new york 10th, daniel goldman, a lawyer on the impeachment hearing, he's running on that, is mondaire jones who you just mentioned. >> yeah, mondaire jones is also running in this district. oh, my gosh, it's like musical chairs. goldman led the majority counsel in trump's first impeachment. progressives fear vote splitting between jones, niou and valrive. >> we're talking primaries, there are special elections today, harry, these are ones i know you watch very closely. >> these are ones i watch very closely. in the 19th district. biden won the district 50% to 48% in 2020. pat ryan will likely under the 18th under the new lines in the fall. remember, this is und

let's bring in the chair of the dccc, shawn patrick maloney of new york.won easily his primary against a progressive challenger by 2-1. i want to ask you about the bigger picture for your party as the chair of the dccc. let's talk about your race. you were challenged by a progressive in the district, backed by one of your colleagues, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. how did you win last night? >> we won by being a mainstream democrat who gets things done. voters want people who do the work. they showed up and we won decisively. >> when you look at the big picture, we can look up to the special election in the 19th district also in your state. what do you see when you sift through some of the results, particularly in that race where it's a true swing district if you look at the last presidential elections and a close race last night that won by the democrat, a focus on abortion in that race. what do you take away from that result last night? >> well, here's what i would add to your coverage. i hope people understand there are 222 seats in the house t

shawn patrick maloney called it a game-changer saying that kansas is the earthquake that is going to rattle every assumption of about what is going to happen this fall. tell me your thoughts on this. >> women want to make their own decisions about their health. they don't want ted cruz making them or the republican party making them and they came out, moderate republicans, democrats came out and clearly said that last night in the sun flower state of kansas, no one was focused on this, and those who have been out there with our constituents, we know how they feel about, this they don't want a patch work of laws and they don't want women this kansas to have different rights than in minnesota or north dakota or texas, but that's what is happening right now, and when they saw the extremist proceedles, when they find out about a -- proposals when they find out about a 10-year-old girl who gets raped and is supposed to carry the baby and then when they take her to indiana, that doctor who legally performs the abortion starts getting questioned by the attorney general, people have been fol

the democratic congressional campaign committee chair representative shawn patrick maloney defended theney on these ads propping up democrats, their money propping up extremist gop candidates in these primaries, including election deniers. we saw what happened in michigan as a result. here's how he defended that move when asked by chuck todd. >> my job is to win elections for the democrats and i take that seriously because the moral imperative is keeping the gavel out of the hands of kevin mccarthy. >> he's basically saying at any cost. do you agree with those tactics? do you support them? >> i totally reject them. i think they're abominable tactics. first of all, we should not be interfering in other primaries to try to pick more extreme candidates. i mean, what this country needs is for us to get together, come together and have people work to solve problems. be careful what you wish for. the whole democratic party was cheering for donald trump to become the nominee in 2016. it may not be tactically smart. this is what drives cynicism in politics. this is why 58% of americans think ou

but because of redistricting and frankly democratic congressional campaign committee chair shawn patrick maloneydistrict, congressman jones's district, we -- you have now congressman jones in a crowded primary facing many other progressives in new york city. and so i think that this whole chaotic episode really illustrates that democrats do not have a strategy to really groom the next generation of leadership. >> but democrats do have growing energy. as you were just saying, kasie. and i want to throw up a new poll that shows democrats are closing that enthusiasm gap. you can see the enthusiasm from democrats climbing there while the republican enthusiasm is kind of flat. what does that tell us about where the energy is? >> if you throw that graph up again you can look at where that line really started to change. may, june. what happened? roe vs. wade. it fell. that's why democrats are getting more and more excited. really when you dig into the kind of cross tabs of that, i believe that's the new nbc poll. that's what you see. it's that democrats, particularly young women, are really energized b