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>> first of all, big amen to all of that. this hour, the former president doubling down, donald trump telling a crowd, immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. and quoting vladimir putin, condemning american democracy. all well questions swirl about reports around a binder thats been missing, containing highly classified russian intelligence. >> a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with ...

A key player to get on board crystal that is right terry that key player being canada and negotiations whether the country will join a fresh north american free trade agreement resume later today the atmosphere during the initial talks in washington was described as optimistic but there are pitfalls kind of this prime minister so far insists on keeping terrorists that are meant to protect the countrys dairy farmers u.s. president trump says these tariffs must go now theres a lot at stake here mu...

Congregation, cannot fathom anyone in his congregation voting for doug jones because of his stance on abortion. and the vibe he gets from people in his congregation, a lack of confidence in roy moore, and he said he personally plans to vote for the republican, he said many in his congregation will stay home. whether that has a large enough impact in such a republicanekals a question. cant get people out to the polls, could doug jones actually have a chance on december 12. >>? >> thats my questio...

What are the chances that the government shuts down? >> i think they should be rather small. i mean, heaven forbid if we cant pass a short-term continuing resolution from december 8th until say, december 20th. and shame on us. we should be able to do that hopefully without too much drama and the question, add childrens health insurance program to that resolution. something like that could happen. i dont think there should be a shutdown. we need democratic votes. we dont have 218 republican votes...

Broken this jda, joint defense agreement, michael flynn has something on somebody higher up than him? >> at this point, no. when you see this kind of thing thats broken, a joint defense ate agreement is broken. reported earlier that flynns lawyers went in to see muellers prosecutors it is very possible today was the first day that an attorney proffer was made with the attorney -- >> attorneys will sell whatever he has in the best convey they can. doesnt necessarily mean he has something? >> yes....

>> rice thinks its years. >> and in the al franken matter. for instance, the woman alleges that he put his tongue down her throat during a rehearsal. there are witnesses. we should hear from those witnesses. did that really happen? you know? was it part of a skit or not? we know from the photographic evidence that what he did was pretty bad. nothing to make excuses over it, but i dont think we can figure out what his punishment should be until we know more about the details. >> i differ fairly s...

Taxes. >> get to 50, whats plan b. if you dont get to 50? >> we intend to get to 50. >> will the republican agenda cross the finish line as the year winds down on the hill? and is mike flynn giving in to the mueller investigation? this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. good evening. im katy tur in new york, in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." the president is standing by more and more. nancy pelosi is standing by john conyers, and al franken is still standing, which begs the qu...