Back from the brink. Democrats bail out House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy from the radical republicans who were intent on shutting down the government. I want to know if this 45day deal to keep the federal government funded is just a temporary mandate for a non fixable wound. Representative becca balint is standing by with her thoughts. Plus, must ctv. Well get to watch one of the for criminal trials of the most indicted former u. S. President in history play out on tv and the internet. But before trump is ready for his closeup, he could be on the Witness Stand in the new York Attorney generals 250 milliondollar fraud trial starting tomorrow. Msnbc legal analyst Glenn Kirschner is also standing by to break down all of the developments like only he can. And later, from jail to yale. How a Higher Education partnership is revolutionizing rehabilitation behind bars. All of that and more is coming up. A good Sunday Morning to you all, im katie phang. We start todays show with a down to the wire close call. A full blown Government Shutdown crisis is narrowly averted for now. In a major plot twist that would rival a hollywood blockbuster, House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy was somehow able to shake off the radical Republican Freedom caucus demands and pushed forward a vote on a clean 45day short term funding bill. That bill passing thanks in large part to 209 democrats bailing mccarthy out and voting in favor of it. And with just three hours to spare, the senate would pass that house bill with a vote of 88 to 9. Overnight, President Biden signed it into law just moments before that dire midnight deadline. But mccarthys House Of Cards is teetering towards collapse. Heres what the House Speaker had to say when confronted with the strong possibility that hes staring down a motion to vacate after the bipartisan vote. If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. There has to be an adult in the room. I am going to govern with what is best for this country. I dont understand how long it will take until you understand that. I won 15 rounds. It took 15 rounds for mccarthy to become speaker, but maybe its just one thwarted Government Shutdown to knock him out. Well see what money brings when the house returns. Joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin. Julie, good morning. 45 days seems like its a long enough timeline to hammer out a long term deal, but not much may change over the next six weeks. So whats the level of optimism about predicted talks moving forward, that youre hearing there on the hill . Yeah, youre exactly right. They have a lot of work to get done especially when it comes to approving those individual Appropriation Bills. Because remember, thats how this process is really supposed to work. The house and the senate are supposed to each pass 12 Appropriation Bills that touch every corner of the government. And then coalesce in whats called the conference to see if they can hammer out differences, and ultimately fund the government for an entire year. Thats not whats been happening over the last few years. Political poor lauras agent has rifle to this chamber, and instead theyve been Jamming Everything at the last second. Members cant read the bills, thats part of the problem here. And for mccarthys part, you really did back off and block off those conservatives to get to this place yesterday. But he did so, as you said, rightly said, with the motion to vacate looming over him. And we know that congressman matt gaetz, from my conversations with him yesterday, hes having those conversations and would only take one person to trigger that vote. For mccarthys part, he is not worried about that at the moment. Heres what he had to say yesterday in terms of this bipartisan would i have wanted the bill we put on the floor yesterday that would secure our border, cut wasteful spending, yes i did. But i had some members in our own conference that wouldnt vote for that. So if you have members in your conference that wont let you vote for Appropriation Bills, doesnt want an omnibus, and wont vote for a stopgap measure, and so the only answers to shut down . I dont want to be a part of that team. I want to be a part of a conservative group that wants to get things done. Katie, we narrowly avoided this shut down. This time, a total surprise. Not only to us but to members of congress, including democrats, who are rushing to read the 70page clean Continuing Resolution. The problem now is of course that bill did not include any funding for ukraine. You heard from mccarthy, conservatives want to see the border addressed. Congress hasnt been able to come around on a bipartisan solution on that in three decades. And of course President Biden cant do that much on the border without congressional action. So the next steps here in addition to funding the government for a full year will be that supplemental for Ukraine Funding at the border as well. That will be the next big fight that ill be watching. Julie tsirkin, thanks for getting us started. As always, its good to see you. Lets bring in somebody who was in the thick of it yesterday. Democratic congresswoman from vermont becca balint who is a member of the house budget committee. We just heard from julie tsirkin, there was kind of a with that 70page cleaning on Continuing Resolution. Some concerns among democrats as well thre might be some nasty surprises in there. Did you encounter any when you read it, d w did you eventually come to decide to support Speaker Mccarthy spell . So, as you said, there was concern that there might be some in there. The reason why we thought that is because thats what weve been dealing with for months now. There is always poison attached. So there was this a very surreal moment when you had the extremists and mccarthy saying you need to trust us. You need to trust this. You dont need to read it. And we had our wig asking for time for us to read the bill, that was denied. So we used some parliamentary procedures so that we could read it. And yes, there were just a few minor changes from my perspective. The most important thing that i was looking at was the funding for fema, and disaster relief. Now, obviously the Ukraine Funding is an issue. But the reason why i felt comfortable voting for this was because we had a very, very strong bipartisan vote in support of Ukraine Funding. And so i believe theres another way that we can get that support to ukraine through. But it certainly was a saturday surprise when i woke up yesterday morning, i felt certain that we were heading to shut down. Because mccarthy has not been willing to stand up to the extremists thus far, and so this was really a victory against the folks in congress who actually dont stand for anything except themselves. And it shouldnt have gotten to the 11th hour, but i am so pleased that we were able to get funding for 45 days, as you said, thats not a long time. But maybe, just maybe, the fever has broken for some of the socalled moderates within the republican conference. Its a math problem. You cant pass these bills without democrats. You cant. Congressman, to your point, 45 days sounds like its going to be enough time. We all know in reality its not going to be. Youve got a chaos caucus thats going on. They may have been overruled with sane or, more calmer, rational voices in the room yesterday, as mccarthy said, an adult in the room. But what is your optimism in terms of being able to productively get something done within those 4 to 5 days . Were going to be kissing thanksgiving. The eve of thanksgiving by the time that 45 days is up. Yes. That is absolutely concerning. I just want to go back to mccarthy is saying hes going to be the adult in the room. Give me a break. This is a man who gave away the store. Who made a promise after promise after promise to the extremists. He set up this dynamic, and so for him to come out and say he is going to be the adult in the room is rich, when hes got Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gaetz and others leading him by the nose. And so it is crucially important that the folks who truly ran to govern stand up and band together. That is the only way to get to these Appropriations Bills through. Ive got less than a minute, but i do want to ask you. Lets talk about something thats probably not going to be surprising, and thats going to be a motion to vacate thats probably going to be facing Kevin Mccarthy when the house returns to session next. Do you think mccarthy could get some support from across the aisle, from the dam side of the world, to keep his job . You know, that is certainly something that is very much a topic of discussion within our caucus. Look, this is a man who promised that he would not even entertain an Impeachment Inquiry into the president until after we funded the governments. That didnt happen. This is a man who said he was going to stick to the agreements that we made back in june, on the default measure. The measure that we were able to come together on to avoid a catastrophic default. He has backtracked on every single promise that hes made to us. So he is not a partner that we can trust. That being said, if there is not another candidate in that arises, certainly will look at some sort of power sharing agreement. We will consider that. But in terms of this being a partner that we feel confident in, that just is not the case. So well just have to see how the next few weeks unfold. Maybe that old adage gets tested. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Congressman becca balint, thank you for getting us started this morning. Its always good to see you. Thank you, katie. Have a good one. You too. And when we come back, crisis averted, for. Now Florida Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz on how House Democrats saved the nation from the radical republicanled shutdown, and his thoughts on the Circus Sideshow that is embarrassing the gop. Youre watching the Katie Phang Show, only on msnbc. But with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. For one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. One pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. Whenever youre hungry, theres a deal on the subway app. Buy one footlong, get one 50 off in the subway app today. Now thats a deal worth celebrating. 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Thats plenty of time for House Republicans to cause more chaos on capitol hill. Farright chaos caucus members continue to will their power over how speaker Kevin Mccarthy. They arent ruling out ousting him, even after he came to their demands to launch a baseless Impeachment Inquiry into president joe biden. House republicans first Impeachment Hearing on thursday would not as poorly as youd expect. So called expert witnesses for the gop said there is simply no evidence to prove the flimsy allegations against what radical republicans are calling the, quote, biden crime family. My next guest was there at the Impeachment Hearing. He said its all a bluff. Were here because of matt, thats what this is about. They cant save donald trump, they cannot take away the two impeachments and the four indictments. They can try to put some numbers on the board for joe biden. The problem is, when you sling mud, you have to have mud. If you dont think theres so much evidence, where here, call the vote on impeachment. Impeach him right now, i dare you. Joining me now is florida congressman, Jared Moskowitz. Jared, a little channeling with that white board, very impressive. Look, we know there is this lastditch effort. It worked to stave off a full still government shut down, im interested, as im a Fellow Floridian with you, thats 16 Billion Dollars in disaster relief. You just heard becca balint at the beginning the show talking about how important that was for her stay in vermont because of the recent flooding. That managed to make it through. Talk about that, please. Thanks, katie, thanks for having me. That was a must for me, i had let my friends across the aisle know that that was an absolute must. I had traveled to hawaii with Speaker Mccarthy to view that damage, since im a former Emergency Management director and all of congress. Yeah, that was hugely important. It was hugely important for florida, program i, for the fires in hawaii, and for the future disasters that havent yet happened. Were still in hurricane season. Its why i filed that standalone bill two months ago when fema said that the Disaster Recovery fund was going to run out of money. The idea that cities, counties, states would not be able to get the reimbursement money for a response recovery, the idea that individuals would not get that individual assistance dollars because the u. S. Government did not find fema correctly. Femas the agency that helps people in its time of need. Its a bipartisan agency. Disasters dont care what party you belong to. So, that was a must for me, im glad we pass that on a bipartisan basis. Congressman, i did want to shift gears to what is being called a, by the way, i mean he is republicans actual words now, the clown show, disgraceful, as pathetic, all use your phrase, political impeachment malpractice hearing, that happened a few days go on thursday. What new lows do expect Chairman Comer and others to kind of pull off going from here . First of all, who holds an Impeachment Hearing when you have no evidence on the guy you want to impeach . I mean, look, theyve been working on this for the last eight or nine months. This was not the first hearing, they had six or seven of these. Now, they decide to rebranded it, hit the Video Game Reset Button and go with Impeachment Inquiry. Okay, fine. They hold this Impeachment Inquiry, they dont come with a new single peach of evidence. They presented the same stuff theyve been presenting for eight or nine months. The idea we wouldnt be prepared on how to handle that, since we know it all, we know they were gonna say, its ludicrous. By the way, they called a witness, professor turley, who they call all the time, what does he say in his Opening Statement in the first two minutes of the hearing . He says, with everything we now at this juncture, every shred of evidence they presented, every accusation theyve made, everything they put on social media and fox news. With all of that said, heres what we know, it doesnt rise to the level of impeachment on joe biden. Right after the gay, he says, you dont have the goods. Look, this is all about hunter. They want to go after hunter. The sins of the sun, they want to put that on to joe. Thats not what high crimes and misdemeanors are in this country. Yeah, look, it was a clown show for them, it was an absolute another disaster. Its why im glad they funded fema because they dont need femas help to bail them out of the Impeachment Disaster that they created for themselves. I wouldnt be surprised if comer doesnt have another Impeachment Hearing for sometime. So, jared, i have less than a minute, i did want to ask, as a lawyer, my currency is evidence. You just said, there was no evidence. I was curious about this, why wont the committee, and republicans, allow you guys to subpoena rudy giuliani, the people who are actually trafficking analyzed been debunked. By now i know you guys wanted to subpoena them to appear to account for those lies. Where the republicans standing in the way . Oh, listen, theyll never let us, you know, control the hearing, obviously. Except they forget that we get 50 of the time. They forgot, like, if you conduct an Impeachment Hearing, the democrats are gonna get 50 of the time. Like, somehow they forgot that. This is all, theyve got their instructi