Bob menendez, to resign keeps growing. And then the lineup is set for the second gop president ial debate. We begin with President Biden about to be on his way to michigan where he will be joining auto workers on the picket lines, striking against the countrys big three automakers. Take a look at the live shot right there of Air Force One. The white house says its the first time a sitting president has walked the picket line in modern times. The president is not the only one vying for Working Class votes in the Battleground State this week, and tomorrow former President Trump is expected to appear in detroit where he will deliver a speech to workers instead of attending the second gop president ial debate. Joining us, Gabe Gutierrez and maggie vespa. Reporter from a soggy michigan where the president , as we said, is expected toland in a short time, and the president , of course, saying that he wants to veer pro union. He considers himself the most pro Union President ever. Yesterday he was asked if he supported the uwas demands in the strike, and he said he always supports the uwa. And the president is not trying to antagonize the auto companies, but over the last few days, he has thrown his support increasingly behind the uaw. Clearly the Trump Campaign says its aggressive in courting Rank And File auto workers, and he called it a photoop on the part of President Biden, and arguing the push for electric vehicles could cost union jobs, and the white house is trying to stress the president is behind these workers, and for some it might be a tough sale. Some workers on the picket line this morning, we spoke to one this morning and said she wished the president would have showed up sooner. How are workers on the ground reacting to the highprofile visits . Workers tell us regardless of the political infighting between the former president and president , they are happy to have any spotlight on the ground and any extra pressure on the big gm, ford and chrysler stellantis, and they are happy to have them coming to the picket line at the invitation of their president , shawn thaeupb. In fact, we have gotten statement from ford and gm, and ford says they are going to be the one this is according to the company, to solve this, by finding Creative Solutions to toh issues together at Th Bargaining Table saying they had a shared interest in the viability of the Industrial Midwest and the Auto Industry. And gm echoing that stiment in their statement, saying our focus is not on politics but bargaining with the leadership, and i have to tell you, workers out here on the picket line say they are not buying it and they think it will make a difference and are glad for the extra pressure. Maggie, talk to us about the differences in the uaw and automaker talks, because there are three different automakers, and there has been some progress on two of them and not as much progress with one of them. How is it as of right now . Reporter right, so there has been progress specifically with ford, with one of the automakers. I want to point out something right now. If we could widen out just a little bit, and this is a Parts Distribution facility for stellantis, and this has been happening throughout the day, trucks are trying to get through the picket line and they are saying go to another gate, you are not crossing this one. And both sides are saying they have a long way to go. We have heard about less progress, really, no tangible progress in the last few days with gm and stellantis, and seems like those talks are still stalled, at the very least. And they are hoping these two highprofile visits will make a difference with all three. What is the schedule of the tiktok, and this is a historic thing with the president walking with picketing workers, how will it work . Reporter the white house is not saying publicly which plant the president will be at, certainly because of security concerns, but the president is expected to walk on the picket line according to the uaw president. And the white house is saying this is the first time a sitting president has done in in a while. Candidate biden in 2019 visited the picket line, and the fact that he will be with shawn fain, and the uaw workers elected shawn fain, and hes a new leader and seemed to shape up the status quo here, and significantly the uaw withheld its endorsement in the 2024 president ial race thus far, and many of the workers support President Biden and they want to get the sense hes earning their vote. And the campaign there courting Rank And File workers, and they are looking to cut into President Bidens support among Union Members here in michigan, of course a critical Battle Ground state in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The optics of the president , shawn fain, the uaw president , will be significant. We are still waiting for Air Force One to leave washington and head here to michigan. Thank you both very much. With us now to continue our conversation, a tiffany simmons, and she is joining us by phone. Thank you for being with us once again. What do you make of the president s decision to visit michigan today and join the picket lines . Wow, we appreciate the support. The support is overwhelming and its monumental to not only have a sitting president but a former president decide to join the movement. We are very appreciative. We want to make sure the movement stays at the frontline of the news or of the talk. How do you make sure the focus is on the fight for better pay and working conditions as opposed to the politics of this . Well, thats why we have boots to grounds and we have all of these workers that are walking these lines every day. These picketers and these protesters, that is the that is how we keep it at the front, at the center, at the frontline. The politics in all of this, we want to keep the fight. The fight is so important. This is a historical event that is taking place for all three of us to be fighting hand and hand, all three companies. Thats how we keep this focused on what is happening now with us, seeing these faces on the frontline, and seeing entire families walking the picket lines, and seeing the support everybody has for the Auto Industry right now, and thats how we keep it about thats how we keep it about the fight. Tiffany simmons, again, we spoke on the first day of the strike. I want to thank you for being with us. Of course, we will continue to have our time for you anytime. I really appreciate you being with us. No problem at all. Thank you. We have Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court which has blocked alabama from using a congressional map that includes only one majority black district. Lawrence joins us this morning. What more can you tell us about this decision . This time the republicans in alabama have less traction than three months ago when the Supreme Court in a slightly surprising ruling affirmed the key part of the Voting Rights act and turned away the republican effort to impose the new map that would have only one black majority district in the state. Since then, they came out for a new map that still didnt allow for a second majority black district, and then it seems unlikely the court would go back and it didnt, and theres no brief in the ruling, and it was 54. Didnt seem like the court was giving this much credence, and the implications are pretty big because this means a new map will be drawn now with a second majority black district in a state with seven districts, six of which are currently held by republicans. This probably means, you know, with black voters more likely to vote democratic, democrats have a chance of picking up a seat in alabama in next years congressional election, and that could be pretty important with Republicans Holding such a slim majority in the house. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Up next, the latest on what is holding up a deal to prevent a Government Shutdown days from now. Plus, Hundreds Of Migrants Cross the southern border, and the horrors some have witnessed on their journey to request asylum. Youre watching jose diazbalart reports on msnbc. ee diazbalart reports on msnbc. I wanted to try something that was overthecounter. I saw the prevagen commercials. 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Right now Senate Leaders are working on a clean 45day stop gap bill that could jeopardize Kevin Mccarthys hold on the gavel, and on the line, paychecks for several thousand federal workers, and here is one worker that lived through this thing in 2018. That was a partial shutdown. It was high stressful and high anxiety of not knowing if we were going to get paid. I will have to cancel vacation plans we had over thanksgiving and i cannot do holiday shopping. We will have to contact our mortgage lenders, and our car loan servicers. Joining us now, the co founder of punchbowl news. Jake, good seeing you. Mccarthy was asked a few minutes ago what he would do if they happened him a gap measure i am not going to take a question about a hypothetical about the senate may do something. When they do something, come back and ask me what is he saying about what could be happening, if he says thats just a hypothetical . He is right that its a hypothetical right now, but theres hypotheticals and then hypotheticals, jose. Theres a good chance sometime this week the senate will pass a clean, or relatively clean, stop gap measure to fund the government roughly through november 15th, and thats a reality, and mccarthy will have to figure out what to do. Hes trying to pass a host of Spending Bills that dont mean much for the immediate deadline of september 30th, because if he gets them all pass he will have to reconcile them with the senates version and get them signed by president joe biden, and theres not enough time for that. The Operative Question in front of is is what will he do on the shortterm spending bill. And now he is hoping the house will pass the bill and the senate will be enticed to take it up, and its probably a long shot, and i dont have a good feeling about that, and does he put the bill on the floor and push it across with democratic votes, and if he does that that will be problems for him eternally. Thats all great, but saturday is the cutoff, right . Sunday, sunday at midnight, and sunday into midnight is the cutoff when the government will shutdown. A shortterm bill, what we call a cr or stop gap, that could pass in a day or two in the house and senate, and a shutdown could be averted. This does nothing to solve the longterm Funding Problems the government has, and it has to pass a entire fiscal year of runs out. Enever that stop gap we have a long, long road to getting this Funding Puzzle put back together and it will last for a couple months. Meanwhile, jake, On Capitol Hill theres also nine Democratic Senators calling for bob menendez to resign amid federal bribery charges . Yes. The hits keep coming for Senator Menendez, who, as we all know, was indicted last week on serious bribery charges. This is politically expedient for people up for election in 2024 to distance themselves, and could the senate vote to expel him . Unlikely. Will the pressure become too much . Not clear. If you have been indicted, if you are planning to cut a deal with the government, the best place to do that from is from your perch as a member of congress, as unseemly as that is. And those who have not called on him to resigns cory booker, and chuck schumer, and those key figures have not called on him to resign and we will have to see what they do in the coming days. Back to the first part of our conversation, do you sense do you sense that theres any kind of real concern that Sunday Night May Come And Go and there wont be any agreement . Yes, i would say its likely, actually. I would say its likely. As i am sitting here today having covered a number of the shut downs over the last couple of years, i would say they will probably shutdown more likely than not. I would say that republicans, a group of republicans, lets call it between 5 and 15 of them have been inching for a shutdown because they believe they will be able to extract some border money out of a shutdown, and i dont think thats the case. I dont think anybody ever gets anything out of a shutdown, as they envisioned. But the odds for a shutdown are pretty good right now. Jake sherman On Capitol Hill. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. New this morning, who hunter biden is now suing over a violation of computer fraud. Plus, what the Trump Campaign says really happened when the former president visited a gun shop in south carolina. You are watching jose diazbalart reports on msnbc. B. And if we proffer it, we know youll proffer it too. 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Yeah, thats cory booker from new jersey, a Junior Senator from new jersey who we just talked about as being a key figure in the public narrative, the public dialogue about bob menendez future, and in a Statement Booker says he served with menendez for many years and learned a lot from him, and he can defend himself, but at the same time Public Service requires a higher standard and bob menendez gets to make the ultimate decision, unless the senate moves to expel him, and unless it gets to a point where members of the senate are saying hes got to go, hes a distraction. These allegations are serious enough that he should not stick around. I just think that we are very close, if not at that Tipping Point where theres enough senators saying he has to go and people in his orbit are beginning to think that as well, and frankly, i will put it this way, you know, the number of calls for his resignation in mass, like we are seeing right now, in a short time period indicates to me as a reporter that democratic leadership is not trying to do anything to stem the calls for his resignation, and they are not trying to keep him around. The fact that so many people felt the openness to do this is a pretty bad sign for menendez. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Meanwhile gop contenders will make their pitch to voters at the Ronald Reagan president ial library for the second president ial gop debate. And the frontrunner, former President Trump, will be missing. Joining me, darsha burns. What are you watching for tomorrow night . The last debate moved the needle, and didnt do much to cut into former President Trumps lead as you saw the poll that came out over the weekend, but it did shake up the contenders on the first debate stage. It did give nikki haley a pop, and also for ramaswamy.