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and really speaks to the diminished power that the former president has in this party right now after, you know, midterms and shellacking that republicans -- well, i guess you can't call it shellacking. they did flip the house, but still trump's diminished power doesn't want to weigh in now because he doesn't want to look like he's backing a loser. you just hinted at. mccarthy has a real problem on his hands right now in that his detractors are furious his allies starting threatening them saying they could lose committee posts. the theory trying to argue he is owed the speakership because he raised money for them, campaigned for people, et cetera. last night they spent time working the phones and trying to whip more republicans to come out against mccarthy. i think that that's the big question for today. he's got to show -- mccarthy has too show some sort of progress. show he's winning people over, but the more likely scenario is that the longer this, you know, stays out there, unresolved, the
i know you're not in charge, but were you in charge, would you be doing things in a bigger way than the administration right now? >> well, as i said, i'm really glad to hear they're going beyond the sanctions that they have already imposed on the breakaway territories. i think that was the really big question for today. are they going to also impose some swift and severe sanctions on russia itself, to make it clear to putin, you know, that the pain is not going to be felt just in these breakaway territories, the pain is going to be felt by russia and by putin. that was the question. i think we got an answer to that this morning, in the interview that you did. and that's what i would be doing, putting in place and getting our allies to put in place some of those swift and severe sanctions right away, today. >> i think we got an answer. i think you along with us are waiting to see exactly what is in those announcements that
terrorism because a father gets mad? >> are we, my friends, neighbors and constituents, are we domestic terrorists? >> no. >> are we criminals? given the timing of this, your memo appears to have been motivated by politics more than any pressing federal law enforcement need. >> martha: right there is one of the big question for today. so former education secretary betsy devos has called the move a shameless attempt to intimidate parents and she joins us now. secretary devos, good to have you with us today. what was your reaction you watched this play out this afternoon? >> well, very concerning. i mean, parents have a right to know what is going on in their kids schools, what they're being taught and they have a right to be heard. what we saw here today was a continued defense of what is clearly a very political move, calculated move when national
the 9/11 attacks, then who will stop terrorism from breeding there again now that the taliban are back in charge? this is a big question for today. this is benate a very emotional and poignant day here today at the world trade center site which is now the memorialfor those who died at the twin towers. that reading of the names of those who were killed is always so moving and it has been especially so today. a file —— a family member said the weather isjust the file —— a family member said the weather is just the same as it was 20 years ago, the same bright blue, now so painfulfor all 20 years ago, the same bright blue, now so painful for all others. well to end our special programme and our live coverage of the ceremonies held to mark 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, we thought we'd play you a little of the musician bruce springsteen's tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives and to the family and friends who continue to mourn them.
insurrection with our democracy on the line, and many of these same republican senators going along with the notion that somehow there were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they are suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues an figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. they don't even want to talk about voting. and that is not acceptable. >> so the big question for today's vote is whether all democrats will be on board, that includes senator joe manchin who has said that he can't support the f"for the people act" in it original form but he offered a substitute that includes mandating voter i.d. and giving state and local election officials more authority to update their voter rolls. that plan does have support from stacy sab stacey abrams.
joe biden. today, i should say, biden's team is pushing back on assertion that he's weakening as a front-runner, especially in light of other polls showing biden with a commanding lead. >> polls show that he is still in the lead. >> most important thing is the reason why, which is not that voters know his name, but that they know him. they know his character. they know his values. and they know that he's offering plans. and ideas that capitalize on the urgency of now. >> while many watchers say that reports of joe biden's political demise are greatly exaggerated, the fact remains that in an increasingly competitive and narrowing field, the debates are do or die for any candidate who wants to face president trump in the general election. so, our big question for today is this, what happens to the 2020 field, once the debate stage begins to wind down? joining me now msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki, "washington post" writer jonathan capehart, former senior advisor to jeb bush and
let's stick with the topic at hand. we're talking about the president and michael cohen and who the president might think is a bigger threat, michael cohen or robert mueller down the line. that's our big question for today. phil rucker, he is tweeting over the weekend about robert mueller being appointed on a false premise. that these comey memos were illegally leaked, because he was unable to declassify memos, even though he could have at the time, made it so that robert mueller had to be appointed. how worried is the white house on mueller as opposed to how worried they are on cohen? >> that tweet about the memos were not correct. comey has made clear that the memos were not classified, they were soefrt like personal diary entries and he was able to get those out into the public square on his own accord personally. the broader concerns in the white house and with the president are much more about cohen at the moment than with
happy. he is encouraging people to protest the nfl peacefully in order to effect change and in this case in order to get peaceful protesters who are players fired for protesting in a way he doesn't agree with. he is doubling down on all of this. this comes as the president is getting a lot of backlash, not just on social media, but also on the wearair waves he is pick with black players. a lot of people are saying why didn't we see this passion for him with the charlottesville, virginia, march last month. why is he calling neonazis and kkk supporters very fine people? so the big question for today is will there be more protests in response to the president's actions? we saw a baseball player taking
politicizes the relationship but what is also a problem is when the topic of the prime minister's speech is an area where the executive branch, the u.s. president and his team have a disagreement with the other side. i don't think it is permanently destructive. i think it is a distraction from what should be our focus. martha: very strong words from the president. the white house also reportedly pressuring netanyahu not to reveal any of the details of the iranian nuclear talks that are ongoing. john kerry and president both said nobody knows what is in that agreement at this point. will benjamin netanyahu spill the beans on any of that is the big question for today. like james said this will be netanyahu's third address before a joint meeting of congress of the last time he was here was may of 2011. he was focused on iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon warning lawmakers that a
suddenly go away? is this a model for another's other european nations and for us here at home? that's the big question for today. more from the ground in athens from our greg palkot coming up of the like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grains steams and bakes the actual whole grain. now check out the other guy's flake. hello, no seam. because it's more processed.