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you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart is next, at its new time, six pm eastern. jonathan, i know you have the latest from new hampshire on the final stretch of the primary campaign, plus congresswoman becca balint on house speaker johnson is kicking the can down the road by keeping the government open. so you take it away. >> all right rev, thank you very much. >> crunch time. we are live in new hamp...

mike johnson may have to fight with frustrated far-right republicans to keep his job, after relying on democrats to keep the government open, again. for now. congresswoman becca -- with the budget committee joins me live to discuss the latest congressional can kicking, and whether johnson will be able to hang on without democrats coming to his rescue. >> and who, fani. fulton county district attorney fani willis is under scrutiny for an alleged relationship with a top prosecutor she hi...

Vote. i was watching matt evans, sitting on a mail per showed his democratic opponent in a governors race in kentucky like next to companionra ocasio cortes. like it is engaged in this full tribal moment anyway. it seems to me that republicans still dont have an answer for an argument for what case theyre trying to make on the presidents behalf. >> thats exactly right. what is so frustrating, they want to defend the president. they want to be able to engage in the substance if they felt like the...

Vote. i was just watching matt bevin sitting on a mailer that showed his democratic opponent in a governors race in kentucky like next to alexandra ocasio cortez. like it is engaged in this full tribal moment anyway. it seems to me that republicans still dont have an answer for an argument for what case theyre trying to make on the presidents behalf. >> thats exactly right. whats so frustrating for republican lawmakers is they want to defend the president. they want to be able to engage in the s...

You also have murkowski is a senator from a rural state who have a special interest in this because they rely on federally funded programs so much more than others do but i think theres just, i mean, the reason she just gave there, there is an argument to be made about hypocrisy because the republicans complained with democrats when obamacare passed which took longer on the calendar than theyve given themselves for the republican version of repeal and replace, was that it was the line you have t...

Democrats seemed to actually have won at least the messaging argument in washington over spending. the temporary spending bill that is going to avoid a shutdown this week does not have a lot of presidents priorities in it. the white house was not necessarily thrilled by that. the president was getting an earful because of reports, accurate ones, that says his border wall is not funded. there is money for border security, but not actually build that new wall. >> not what mulvaney said. >> they ar...

Chairman michael steele. from the associated press the one and only and welcome to you all. michael steele, i am one of those saying lets stop pretending were going over the cliff. it is clear were not. republicans are coming up with a way to pass a tax rate hike. when will the white house realize thats happening? >> yeah. youre absolutely right. and i agree were not going to go over the cliff. well hug them. you know, new years eve we will all be hugging them. >> dont go that far. christmas eve...