like the president is going to leave for europe regardless. it doesn't matter if he has something in hand as much politically he wants to have a deal to go over there to italy and then scotland. same with the governors race next week. the two things are not inherently linked even though people want them to be. are democrats facing debate giving up things? >> probably not. as you stated, these are not hard deadlines, but they do affect morale and confidence and belief and faith and what's going to happen moving forward, and i think we saw this, you know, when it came to the coronavirus pandemic and the july 4th deadline. these are not things that, you know, have to be accomplished by these specific dates, but it certainly does take some of the wind, you know, out of the and to say that mission was accomplished by the time that we, you know, set for it to be done. and that can really make it very difficult to remind or should i say convince the voters that the party has done what they said they would do when they said they would do it. >> "the w

the president wants a win before he gets on the plane to go to europe. he wants to be able to tell different countries at the g-20, the climate conference, and the pope as well, what he's getting done at home. it's a big, big day with a lot of moving parts. >> and neal katyal, if you were running the 1/6 committee or advising the staff, what would you want asked to mr. clark and mr. eastman? >> i think jeff clark just has to come and tell the truth. he was a low level environmental lawyer running temporarily the civil division. he decided to try to overstep his bounds by far. basically try and machinate to become the attorney general and displace jeffrey rosen, the acting attorney general. we need to know the story about what happened. and particularly what did trump say to him, and what did he say to trump, and what was trump's role in this whole thing? it's been almost a year, and we don't have answers to those basic questions. which is just unforgivable. as far as john eastman, i think a subpoena on him is inevitable. he tried last week to say he didn

we have one of the largest muslim communities in europe. we are the third largest jewish community in the world. we are really very much attached to this diversity, to this tolerance. this is the base of our policy, exactly the contrary to fight against racism, to fight for tolerance. it's a base for our society. >> but what does it say -- you probably heard me in the beginning of the segment -- i know you have presidential elections next year. one of the most prominent potential candidates is a person convicted of racial incitement. he wants to ban non-french names. he is a person getting a lot of traction. what does that say about the politics of your country that someone like this could have such popularity in this current climate? >> for the time being, i think it says only one thing, that candidates or potential candidates try to put the question of migration, immigration in the center, in the focus of the political debate. the elections -- thank you for asking about our elections. it will be a very important moment for us, for our dem

i'll have more to say after i return from a critical meeting in europe this week. but for now, let me lay out a few points. first, we face -- and i apologize for saying this again. we face an inflection point as a nation. for most of the 20 th century, we led the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people. not only our roads and highways and bridges, but in our people. and our families. we didn't just build an interstate highway system. we built a highway to the sky. we invested to win the space race, and we won. we're also among the first to provide access to free education for all americans, beginning back in the late 18 00s. that decision alone to invest in our children and their families was a major part of why we were able to lead the world for much of the 20th century. somewhere along the way, we stopped investing in ourselves, in our people. america's still the largest economy in the world. we still have the most productive workers and most innovative minds in the world. what we risk losing our edge as a nation. our infrastructure used t

the white house ahead to get a deal before president biden leaves for europe. he's slated to go tomorrow but even they are lowering expectations. white house press secretary jen psaki, our guest yesterday on "way too early" has acknowledged it. some lawmakers are worried if the deal isn't agreed upon by the end of the week, they will lose momentum. and joining us now, co-founder of punchbowl, anna palmer. what more are you tell us about the deadlines that the president had last night with senator manchin of west virginia and sinema of arizona? >> this is the whole key for joe biden, senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. going to pieces of the package because they know everything is in their hands at this point but i do think you have to have a pretty miraculous 24 hours for joe biden to head to europe without any kind of a deal here. there is so much here still undecided. >> give us updates on a key components here, in terms of the family leave plan, or the child tax credit, or the mechanism to pay for it. there was some reporting last night this is being hur

they wanted american support for french independent defense efforts in europe. independent additional to nato. that is being done. and they wanted signals that france would genuinely be a partner in america, efforts to deal with china, competition in the indopacific and also that is being done, as officials talk in detail how to draw france into their efforts. i think they've worked hard on this. we'll just have to see over the next days whether biden is really back. whether he's seen as representing a strong and united america or whether european doubts continue. >> what are you going to be watching for to give you that answer? >> i'll be watching, as always, at these gatherings, the body language. i'm going to be watching the communique. i think biden will go to the glasgow summit conference, which begins on sunday, with a very strong hand, assuming that he can get the progress he's seeking and finalizing his budget deal. to go with a commitment of $555 billion in climate change spending to a conference where nobody has got anywhere close to that in terms of c

biden is hoping to get a deal before he leaves for europe on thursday. also tonight, moderna now says its covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children 6 through 11 years old. tomorrow an fda advisory panel meets to discuss authorizing pfizer shots for younger children. with that, let's bring in our starting line on this monday night. philip rucker, pulitzer prize winning senior washington correspondent of the "washington post," carol leonnig with the "new york times" best seller, i alone can fix it, donald trump's catastrophic final year. and associate editor and columnist for real clear politics, and professor melissa murray, law clerk for justice sonia sotomayor on the federal bench prior to her nomination to the supreme court. good evening, and welcome to all of you indeed counselor, i would like to begin with you because the white house counsel has, again, said there's no privilege worries here. we're going to open up the files on the existing records from 1/6. what happens next, professor, especially considering this is under lawsuit? >> well

, bill any bill, beyond the naming of national peach month between now and when he is wheels up for europe on thursday? >> yes brian. president biden very much wants to have one if not both of these bills signs and done by the time he leaves for europe, in part because there is a major climate conference, convening this weekend, and he wants to be able to announce there that the united states, has signed into law, some major climate change legislation, that of course is contained, in what, happened a three and a half trillion dollar social spending package, that is now being whittled, down effectively in half, my colleagues on capitol hill are reporting at this hour, that it appears there honing in on a deal for that 1.7 five trillion, we were there still haggling with senator joe manchin of west virginia, senator kyrsten sinema of arizona, over a couple of the key elements of that bill. specifically the expansion of medicare and medicaid, the expansion of the paid family leave program. and some of the climate measures that manchin is opposing, in part because of the power of the coal indu

number one president biden could still be in europe, if not on his way back. perhaps democrats who sent him empty handed to europe will give him something to tout. also, it's the governors election in virginia. terry mcauliffe said he wants to see the bill passed. perhaps this is a gift they're giving to the governor in virginia ahead of a really tough race there. alex? >> thank you for that comprehensive report. >>> more breaking news to share. we're taking you live to rome. that's where the leaders are taking part in that g-20 summit. that includes president biden arriving there for that gala dinner. that is not president biden. it's been a very busy day overseas for the president meeting with several world leaders. just a few hours ago the president sat down with european allies to discuss the iran nuclear deal. meanwhile, the race for governor in virginia is as tight as can be. the candidates are neck and neck. terry mcauliffe, democrat, has 49% support of likely voters. youngkin close behind with 48%. democrats have taken the lead in early voting ahead of

he has funneled tons of cocaine into the united states, into europe. he's an individual that has killed police officers, soldiers, social activists. he's engaged not only in cocaine trafficking but also the abuse of young females. this man is a very cruel, heartless drug trafficker and i'm sure he's going to be extradited to the united states because he's wanted on charges here in miami and then also in the southern district of new york. >> talk to us about the operation to get somebody like this. i mean, 500 armed officers plus special forces. you have dealt with some big takedowns over your career. what was it like to get this guy? >> it took a lot of planning. the planning took place on the 15th of this month in bogota. then it was executed very quickly. we knew that he had eight rings of security, of gunmen surrounding him. so it was going to take a huge force of army, air force and then also colombia national police. and they also had air cover provided by helicopters with .50 caliber machine guns that sprayed the jungle area to scatter all of his

they mean this week to europe. they're in hand to hand combat. the ammo's all gone, they've switched to bayonnets. they're just trying to get it done, said john podesta. it's got to be a lot if it made podesta go military there. jonathan lemire, what reporting have you that they are any closer today really than they were yesterday or last friday night? >> yeah, bayonets are certainly a strong image. transportation bill funding runs out at the end of the month. number two, the virginia's governor race, terry mcauliffe literally pleading, begging the white house and congressional democrats to get this done, at least pass the infrastructure part of it, if not the reconciliation bill to give him something to run on, which shows the alarm he is experiencing about his candidacy. and then of course, yes, the president on thursday heads to europe, rome first an audience with the pope. then the g20 summit, although xi jinping won't be there so that takes out some of the heat of it. the president does have a meeting with french president macron. and then t

is going to make good on its promises, europe and other factions, and they don't. it affects everybody. >> you're absolutely right, alex. you know, china is by far the biggest polluter in the world. india is going to have literally five times as much electricity generation in 2050 as they do now. but what i believe will happen is that clean energy over fossil fuel energy. no reason for people to build more coal plants no reason to build natural gas plants. the ideas coming from the private sector are going to make it imperative for countries around the world to build clean energy, use electric vehicles that will be cheaper and better. governments have to lead. there is a huge signal that has to come out of glasgow, scotland, this week, but that signal is going to reverberate in economic systems around the world, and i truly believe that private sector is going to take up this mantle from governments and really blow everybody's mind in the best possible way. >> i tell you, from your lips to the lawmakers ears for sure. let's hope that's the case. let's remind people

is it because the civil war happened in america versus europe? i'm sorry, rachel, that's to you. >> oh, well, i think the history of the holocaust, it certainly didn't happen here. the history of enslavement, the history of the civil war is deeply personal. this is our story. it is the story of the foundation of our nation. it is a lot harder to be honest with the difficult truths about your own history than about a history perceived as having occurred elsewhere. >> interesting. let's all take a listen to this clip from isabel wilkerson. here it is. >> those of us alive today have to find a way to explain to succeeding generations how is it that we saw a confederate flag inside the united states capitol this year, january 6th, how is it that a rioter was able to deliver the confederate flag farther than robert e. lee himself? >> okay. erica, if it's fair to connect slavery to the plight of black americans today, is it also fair to trace done content, that which we saw in the january 6th capitol riots, back to fallout from the civil war? >> i thin

again day 281 of the biden administration, the president may now be delaying his schedule departure for europe tomorrow morning so that he can continue to try to persuade members of his own party to pass his domestic policy bills. drama sometimes helps in these matters, we'll have more on that in just a moment. there is also news from the house committee investigating one six, just a short time ago. one committee member confirms, they expect to hear testimony from jeffrey clark. he is the former trump doj official, who was reportedly involved in the former presidents effort to overturn the election. >> i think the committee has acknowledged with scheduled, this friday for an interview, so i believe that is still on. >> as we reported, the washington post says that the committee expects to subpoena john eastman, the trump friendly lawyer who outlined that for overturning the election. by having former vp mike pence, nullified the electoral votes. last week in an interview with the national review, eastman disinvited the plan calling it quote, not viable and crazy. but eastman was caught on came

they've been doing this really in effect in europe for quite some time. their astrazeneca vaccine is similar to johnson & johnson, and they've been doing mixing and matching to good effect. >> i want to ask you about the doses now for these vaccines, particularly as we're about to open up vaccines for kids under the age of 12. we know some of the european countries have decided to do one dose instead of two because of the issue of the heart inflammation risk, particularly in young adolescent boys. what's your sense on this, and do you think there needs to be further investigation here by cdc and fda? it does seem as if we're -- we don't have the research yet to know for sure. >> well, first of all, pfizer who is first in line with their vaccine for children age 5 to 11 has reduced the dose in their vaccine. it's one-third of the dose that was required for adolescence in young adults, and they get a very good immune response, and their immediate safety profile is comparable. so that looks really pretty good. secondly, we -- although we don't know everythin

they mean this week to europe. there are in hand-to-hand combat. the animals all gone they've switched to bayonet's, they're just trying to get it done. said john podesta, founder of the progressive thing town center for american progress. it's gotta be a lot if it made podesta go military there. jonathan lin here, what reporting have you that they are any closer than they were yesterday or last friday night? >> yeah, bayonet sterling a strong image, brian. there is some concern because there's a trio of deadlines. but at -- at the end of the month. number two, the number the race we've been talking about, the virginia governor race -- taking this a usual stephen begging the white house and congressional -- at least pass the infrastructure part of it if not the reconciliation bill. to give him something to run off. which shows the alarm he's experiencing about his candidacy. and then of course he has to present on thursday, had to europe, rome first audience with the pope, and then the g20 summit. jinping will take will be there. the president does

he's saying i'm getting on a plane, i'm going to europe. i've delayed my departure by a couple hours to meet with democrats and speak to the american people and his message to his own party is please get onboard with this. i expect to you get onboard with this. this may be a real last opportunity or shot to get everybody together and to get something done not just on what they're still negotiating when it comes to these social spending programs but also to get his already bipartisan infrastructure deal across the finish line. originally the white house hoped there had been major progress on this by the time he was going to leave for europe, but significant is yesterday the tea leaves were indicating he was going to push his departure back which is exactly what he's doing. he will go to capitol hill. but, remember, we've seen this movie once before at the end of september when the president went to meet with these same house democrats in order to try to see if he could get something accomplished, some agreement. remember, they decided they d

i got reporting of the legislative agenda as well as the president's trip to europe. how do you see them navigating the next two weeks or so? >> i got to flip it around on you and say what's your one big thing now? we know deadlines, and whether or not the october 31st deadline is really that real of a deadline, you want to go on recess or do you want to go on a district court period, whether or not the trip will go to europe, those deadlines will get postponed. >> hans, we have a little bit of a faceoff today, i think we navigated pretty well and we appreciate you being here this morning. >> thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> it's 6:00 on the east coast, a beautiful shot of washington. >> happy monday mika. >> happy monday. >> look at that beautiful shot of washington. makes it feel like i am in my rush morning hour traffic. >> good

and in europe, and in new zealand, in australia. they've all shown, and canada, they've all shown a means to getting to this. but here in this country, where these companies are located, our legislators, i don't know if you can guess how much legislation covers the internet brian. how much do you think? how much you do? imagine i read as much as i should for my job. not much i'm guessing is the setup here. >> zero, there is no legislation. there is none. there is one piece of legislation that protects them and gives them immunity. so we don't have adequate data protection laws, for the internet. we do not have a national privacy bill. we don't have an anti-acting bill. you can go on and on, on a lot of things. and so until we have just one piece of legislation that controls these companies. we are going to have the same outcome. and we are out there, whatever they feel like doing, we are going to have to do. and the only power is the federal government government to deal with. this and we will see what they do. >> so philip rucker,

was going to say, dave, ironically, the toughest legislation may come from europe or california. the weakness could be the federal government, right? >> that's right, but i think even as states like california move this direction, we're not going to see a let-up in washington for there to be some kind of national regulation of data privacy and some of these other questions about online safety. the united states is an outlyer in the western world of not having a comprehensive national law and even an agency that could regulate these questions in a really comprehensive way. there is very little in terms of a national privacy law or regulation. >> ten years ago people ran for office claiming there would be a digital bill of rights. we're still waiting for that digital bill of rights. let me switch quickly to facebook and what type of crisis management they're in right now. i know they're going to try to rename the company. they don't like to be compared to big tobacco. we don't like it, let's go by el tryo. there's still tobacco. >> wall street still loves facebook as a company, as

extremist parties in europe are covered very differently. even though germany's afd or italy's northern league are considered fringe parties their extremism is made clear. we talk about neo fascist and yet the american far right is no longer fringe. it is one of our two main parties right now. a lot of very serious people in washington, d.c. seem in denial about that. don't want to call the gop what it's become when it has become what we would call a far right party in any european country. >> david, it is an incestuous ecosystem. they are all friends, date each other, have sex, get married, get divorced, slap each other on the back. i remember a day before a white house press conference a couple years ago there was a big party. producers, hosts, reporters. you know who else was there? sean spicer. remember the man who literally lied to the press from the pulpit? he was having the best time mehdi back slapping someone. so it is a failure of the washington, d.c., new york incessuous press network that looks for access, looks for the bottom li

we will have the latest on the g20 summit right now in europe. "velshi" starts right now. >>> good morning. today, democrats may finally have a deal, but at a cost. heather from the white house council of economic advisers joins me next to talk about the latest and what we get and lose and what comes next. >>> the deadline for the new york city first responders to get the first vaccine dose has come and gone. that is setting up closures happening. i'll talk to the head of the new york firefighters union for the support for those protesting the mandate. >>> a preview of the post-roe landscape from someone who had been studying the laws for over a decade and a certain twice impeached president is trying to keep hidden from the january 6th investigation. "velshi" starts now. good morning. saturday, october 30th. i'm ali velshi. we are find ourselves in the middle of the breakthrough of the plan to shore up america's social safety net. there is a lot to gain from what the president announced this week, but much we are about to lose. the plan was cut

fact they want to have a framework at least in place before the president does leave for that trip for europe. now only six days away the press secretary confirming he will depart on thursday. so time is ticking. and that's why when the president leaves for delaware tonight the press secretary said he won't be off the clock in any manner this weekend. he's going to continue to be in touch with senators manchin and sinema, we understand it, to really hash out what's left to be resolved here. and in terms of the vice president who was traveling, she did say this was a very unique moment, again, trying to underscore the sense of urgency the administration has right now in trying to finalize this so-called human infrastructure bill. listen. >> so i'm here today to ask people to see this moment for what it is and to step up. we can do this. it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the president did travel as we saw this week, of course, to scranton, pennsylvania. last night he was in baltimore. really notably, though, next week, garret, he's going to have to craft this message a little bit more f

we have one of the largest muslim communities in europe we have the third largest jewish community in the world. we are really very much attached to this diversity. to this tolerance. this is the base of our policy. exactly the contrary to fight against racism. to fight -- base for our society. >> but what does it say, and you probably heard me in the beginning of the segment, i know you have a presidential elections next year, what does it say that most of the prominent candidates is a person who was convicted of racial incitement. he wants to ban muslim names, not french names. and he is a person who is getting a lot of attraction. what does that say about the politics of your country? like someone like this could have such popularity in this current climate? >> for the time being, i think it says only one thing. some candidates, potential candidate, tried to put the question of immigration's in the center and the focus of the political debate. the elections, and thank you for asking about our elections, it would be a very important moment for us, for our democracy, will take place

and that leaves biden in europe for a big climate change summit without congressional signoff on his climate agenda. it leaves the white house without a key victory at a moment where they badly need some wins as the president's approval ratings continue to decline. and it leaves democrats in virginia twisting in the wind in a governor's race where republicans seem to have all the momentum. a new fox poll out of virginia has glen youngkin up 8 points. eight points of terry mcauliffe. that poll is an outlier, but even if the poll is off by ten, it's still a tossup race. and tossup is where the new washington post poll has this contest. this is a dead heat. and there's also the political reality facing democrats that passing a huge piece of legislation ahead of a president's first midterm cycle isn't always the political life preserver the party in power hopes it will be. democrats found that out the hard way after passing the affordable care act and then republicans learned the sam lesson after signing in trump's tax reforms. the party in power got hammered hard in the following midter

that had not happened in europe since world war ii but russia did that to ukraine in 2014. russia under putin had been pushing it to be considered a part of the g8. him invading ukraine and taking part of it and calling that part and the g-8 always had a bit of drama. the g-8 had big drama. that with of ukraine russia that was too much. was that was too much for the g-8. russia got booted indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014 and that is how the g8 shrunk and become the g7. so the g7 still exists minus russia now. but then there is also the g20. and the g20 is not seven countries. it's 20 countries. and, therefore, by definition, it's less exclusive. and it turns out if you want to be a part of the g20, it's fine if you invade a neighboring country and take part of their land as your own. even when they kicked russia out of the g7, they let them stay in the g20. and lots of people have stayed in the g20 through lots of scandals. but when president biden leaves washington tomorrow to fly off to this year's g20 summit in rome, there is a source of embarrassment, a sign of someth

haugen in the united states and europe. what do you think the prospects are for totally different ways of regulating disseminators of disinformation, not just facebook but all of them. >> very much so and i think you're right, miles is right, regulation will probably occur overseas first, and the business models of all of these platforms, including facebook, build in a certain presumption of an unregulated industry. it has been the secret of their success. look, i think facebook, though, the one argument that does land with a lot of people is this. any engagement, knowing engagement and amplification of otherwise criminal behavior certainly should be regulated and certainly should be subject to prosecution. but the broader context of this, and i'm sympathetic to this, is with all of the amplification, all the engagement in hate speech, in lies, who bears responsibility? because in many ways, this debate we're having as a nation about regulating facebook is also us as a society looking at our own selves in the mirror. i mean

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>> in europe the president gave a thumb's up on commitments from the senators. yes. i wanted to be sure that i vote for an agreement. not just an aspiration. i have been concerned that neither of those senators and a few members in the house clear what they were willing to agree to. if we can come to a final vote in the house on tuesday or thereafter this week, i would just want to be sure it will be adopted in the senate and not agreeing to something and then see the negotiations start all over again to drive it found further. the other issue that's pending, i have the companion bill in the house to the prescription drug bill which is a much better approach on this, i'm glad he is still focused on this. you can tell that there's negotiation in progress. so i still -- i have not made a final commitment but it's important on prescription drugs that we get measure than nominal negotiation. the bill that we began with was weak. it excluded two thirds of drugs. now some who are very closely aligned with the pharmaceutical industry want to narrow it further. you can get t

we pay three times as much for the same pharmaceuticals as europe. and that's because the biggest purchaser of pharmaceuticals in our country can't negotiate. all their governments negotiate. that's ridiculous. a child tax credit reduced child poverty by half. biggest middle class, working class low income tax cut in the history of the country. people like the elements. we have to start talking about what the elements are and not call it the reconciliation package. >> well, let's call this segment a blueprint and a call to action from a guy who knows from the u.s. senate because he's been there. al franken, friend of this broadcast, thank you very much for joining us from the twin cities tonight. >> thanks, brian. >>> coming up for us, new reporting on how the january 6 committee is bracing for a collision and a legal fight with many of those who thought overturning the election was a good idea, including the guy who sent them down there. m down thee they may have lost an eye, or their hearing, or their youthful good looks. but there's a lot of thing

course we know there's increasing pressure given the fact the president is supposed to be leaving from europe a week from today, not to mention heading to a major un climate summit where he hoped to tout progress on that particular part of the bill that is now in peril. or we just don't know how much money is ultimately going to be dedicated to that and whatever the final legislation looks like. the white house will also tell you these conversations continue. they're talking out wardly about progress. but there is a sense of frustration that simply the action needs to happen now, that the time for talk is over and past. and notably the deputy press secretary was asked do you believe senators manchin and sinema are negotiating in good faith. the white house saying yes they still believe that but refusing to answer when senator sinema gave them heads up about her opposition to this corporate tax rate shift, something that had been a pillar of the plan. we're waiting to hear about those details. something that perked up my ears and would your ears is we don't need congress, we can do things on o

interestingly, one senior europe diplomat told me in the past 24 hours that they were convinced, actually, that the president would get the build back better act passed. that's important because part of that act is the climate change measures that he hopes to kind of bring with him for the big climate change conference that he now goes onto in scotland. it looks good. interesting thing on the iran deal, yasmin, i think, actually, despite the fact that in the past few hours, we heard the news from the europeans and americans, that may be one of the trickiest aspects at all, those negotiations with iran are very, very difficult. it is nuclear brinkmanship and there's no necessary certainty that there will be a deal. >> and we well know, iran can oftentimes be its worst enemy. keir, i'm curious, how are leaders perceiving what's happening domestically? who are they placing the blame on when it comes to getting infrastructure and build back better across the finish line. is it president, democrats, republicans? are they kind of up to speed on the nuances of what's happening here at home? >> r

, i've done a lot of work in, europe's biggest rake in germany in decades, just happened in berlin. where the workers, 30,000 workers striking in berlin, hospital workers just saying we're not going to take it anymore. what's interesting is, we have a great minority of workers said that you are represented by unions, but i think to your point. there are a lot of people who are watching unionized workers going on strike and winning, and that's the motivating factor in. think when people see people going on strike in winning. and not being punished, it actually emboldens more people to, do it and it's a way to show american workers at large, hey there's something you can do when you act collectively you can win more. >> i also wonder, to him thinking about. this is the psychological effects of the pandemic, that life is too sure. honestly, i think a lot of people. look at these numbers, 1952, 2.7 million workers out on strike. in 2020 which is during the pandemic, 27, 000, so that's a factor of 1000, but we think of the world war ii period in the period afterwards, at this period of n

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the president is still pushing for an agreement before he heads to europe. holding a meeting yesterday with leaders from several key congressional caucuses and meeting once again with west virginia senator joe manchin and arizona senator kyrsten sinema. with me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. and jonathan lemire, politico bureau chief as well as an msnbc political analyst. and jonathan, congrats, also the new host of "way too early," which airs at 5:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. ali, let me start with you. depending on who you listen to, democrats are either very close to an agreement or trillions of dollars away from one. where do things stand? >> yeah, that's a pretty large gap there, jose. and it's right, it depend who you talk to here, the varying levels of optimism that we're hearing from different lawmakers and senators, who are central to these negotiates. the one who i think probably hit the tone just right is the guy whose office i'm standing outside right now, is senator joe manchin, who described these negotiations as

also showing support for different things president macron wants to do, like strengthening europe's defense capabilities in the future. it's something blinken showed support for when they met. >> meeting for biden and macron scheduled in europe later this month. the president will be over there, his second overseas trip for g-20 in rome and then the climate meeting in scotland. also, president xi will not be there, taking a little of the heat out of the summit. tell us about the exclusive data axios has about former president trump's post oval office online engagement. what did you guys find? >> as you know well and others watching this show well know, former president trump is no longer on twitter. he desperately wants to be back on twitter. we have some new data provided to axios by news whip, which tracks social networks, engagement with article, things online. it really shows in spite of the different ways that donald trump has tried to put out messages -- he created his own platform of sorts. he's put out messages and emails to look like press releases and statements. there's far less

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and europe and meetings between the president a ten leader of turkey and issues there dealing with syria. turkey a member of nato bought russian equipment. that is a tension point. there have been conversations that the president has had with the outgoing chancellor of germany. climate will be the next big item as they leave italy and head to ireland for cop26. the 26th time they have gotten together to deal with climate and big expectations about what can these countries do to lower carbon emissions, to try to deal with a planet that's getting warmer. these are big problems and the countries are trying to come up with solutions. another step taken here is an agreement among the nations gathered here to have a global minimum tax rate. that's an effort to try to reduce the number of tax havens and the world with corporations with businesses set up in places driving some of the enterprise to countries that compete in a downward spiral toward tax xax creating imbalances. having that level of taxation on a more level playing field can help to pay for soernl intervention just the u.s. comes i

that had not happened in europe since world war ii. but russia did that to ukraine, in 2014. russia under putin, and frankly been pushing it for a long, time in lots of ways. to be considered part of the g8. but him invading the ukraine and taking part of, and calling that part of ukraine russia, was too much. that was too much for the g8, russia got booted, indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014. and that is how the g8 shrunk, and it became the g7. so the g7, still exists, minus russia no. but then, there's also the g20. and the g20 is not seven countries it's 20 countries. and therefore by definition, it's less exclusive. in a turns, out if you want to be part of the g20, it's fine if you invade a neighboring country, and take part of their land as your own. even when they kicked russia out of the g7, they let him stay in the g20. and lots of people have stayed in the g20, through lots of scandals. but when president biden leaves washington tomorrow, to fly off to this year's g20 summit in rome, there is one source of embarrassment, one side of something gone wrong in our count

it could be next year, perhaps somewhere else in europe. that's going to be an important moment akin to what we saw when president biden met this past summer. there is an opportunity for biden who is mostly popular with his foreign con temp contemperaries. is biden the aberration or was trump the aberration. we won't know that until 2024 at least. on climate change hope even if the president comes there without meaningful legislation in hand that he will strike a tone that other nations can follow and hopefully then white house aides say in short order after he returns to the united states they can get this legislation done. >> let's turn to the latest with covid-19 where new coronavirus cases plummet nationwide. the united states is now averaging roughly 70,000 new cases per day. that's a 20% drop the past two weeks. >> great news. >> the number of people dying from the virus is still high. about 1,400 each day. but represents a 15% drop over the same period. that number has steadily decreased throughout the fall. that is good news. >> and

this was certainly a personal highlight for the president as he begins this nearly week-long tour of europe the first stop being here at the vatican. of it back in 1980 when senator biden met with pope john paul ii and that meeting lasted 40 seconds and being extraordinarily long. today the visit almost twice that length going 75 minutes where the two met privately in the papal library. among the takeaways from the visit, they have developed a personal connection, the president with later visits was asked to pull back the curtain on the visit and said that pope, pope francis, said he was a good catholic and said that he should continue to receive communion, which was notable because many american bishops have sparked controversy saying catholic politicians, including president biden, should not receive communion for their support of abortion rights. andrea? >> and want to bring in george waggle, of course, president biden in meeting with the pope and in passing on that information about communion, that's been a controversy, at least raised political issue here for the president, certainly s

look for that this week or next before the president heads to europe. thank you all for getting up "way too early" on this wednesday morning. "morning joe," perhaps with a discussion of a bad call at home plate, starts right now. >>> breaking ball just missed. tried to backdoor the breaking ball. we talked about it earlier in the series. five pitches, at least 10% or more, and he throws all of them for strikes. best strike thrower on the roster. >> controversy at fenway in the pivotal ninth inning last night. i suspectre

all of this is happening as the president prepares to head to europe later this week for a series of high-level engagements, including the cop26 climate summit in glasgow, g-20 in rome, and a meeting with the pope in vatican city. meaning that at the risk of sending the president abroad empty-handed, the pressure for lawmakers to work fast could not be greater. and the capitol hill infrastructure stalemate is but one of this administration's many moving targets. in a bipartisan vote on thursday, the house of representatives voted to hold former trump adviser steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the january 6th select committee. the vote was 229 to 202 with nine republicans clearly voting their conscience. now, it's up to attorney general merrick garland and maybe van grand jury to decide if bannon will face criminal charges. >> the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. we'll apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. >> congress shot down bannon's specious claim

if you look at europe, way cheaper, way more competition, way more testing. >> and dr. hotez, if you've got a family of four and you're testing, you know, weekly, that's like 80 bucks a week for these tests. how does this at-home testing regimen fit into the overall fight against covid? would we be in a different place now if a program like this existed earlier on? >> it certainly would have helped, geoff. i think i heard bob redfield, the previous cdc director, say if he had to do it all over again, he would have added a whole diagnostic program to operation warp speed or would have recommended it and it would have made a big difference. so i'm glad this is happening. it's about a year too late, but at least it's finally happening. and even though the number of new cases is going down now, many of us are expecting an acceleration after the thanksgiving holiday. so, for example, if we had this home kit, an antigen based kit that we could get an answer on, if you're bringing relatives over for thanksgiving or getting together for various holiday events, that could be hel

progressives about the timing of these particular votes means maybe the president will be wheels up for europe without anything completely agreed to. today and tomorrow, i'm told he'll be working behind the scenes, talking with lawmakers, seeing if they can get closer to yes. but the president here really wanting to bring this on the world stage to show world leaders how serious he is about these things. the white house is saying that's not a deadline we had set. it was congressional leadership who had halloween circled. obviously there is an intense optical and diplomatic intention here to try to have the president be able to tout something. later this morning we'll hear from the national security adviser, jake sullivan, on how they'll walk that fine line with this trip just around the corner and no deal in sight yet. >> john, progressives may be making demands as of yesterday, but is this white house listening? right now it seems like joe manchin is the guy the president is with. >> yeah. he's focused on manchin and sinema of arizona. manchin is speaking right now as we're talking. he's givi

about the pandemic, about the role of the united states and europe in the world, so these are still his objectives. they are just a little bit undermined or undercut by the complicated reality of the mess in washington and the global pandemic and climate change that is proceeding unabated. >> i want to read some of the reporting ashley is talking about. one of the key abductions to shifting away from oil has been the costs but the president has been making the climb that nature is already exacting a price. president obama is also going to lend a hand to this agenda. the obama foundation is going to be sort of coming in and undergirding that message. i wonder if you think that this issue with all corners of our country, seeing this extreme weather from flooding in new york city and new jersey to rampant fires in places that have never burned in california. if you think this might be soft of part of that. >> i absolutely do. i mean, the evidence is in the tex dream that we're seeing when you see this nation from coast to coast, all facing weather emergencies, things that don't happen at t

we have not spent much time on the history of the nazis and the holocaust in europe. very few topics are clarified with comparisons to nazis. but neo-nazis compare themselves to nazis. they are the modern nazis. they are the ones quoting kamu in their marches. that day in charlottesville is when many people in america heard a direct reference to replacement theory. >> you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> you will not replace us! you will not replace us! you will not replace us! >> those neo-nazis take this replacement hatred literally, as do some recent mass murderers who killed 50 people in the jewish mosque or the el paso people who killed 20 people in a walmart. those murderers invoked this conspiracy theory by name. the el paso shooter wrote a ndiaye -- diatribe claiming it to be the great replacement. the hispanic community was not my target before i read the great replacement. kamu said he rejected that violence. he still welcomes how his ideas are spreading, noting he does not object to people seeing me what he calls ethnic substitut

the "new york times" is reporting while this big reconciliation bill is in europe, she is in europe for a fundraising trip? >> right. "new york times" reporting that she is in paris fundraising for the democratic senatorial committee. we have not heard back from her campaign. but like virginia, arizona is one of those states where these individuals so much is being looked at. and kyrsten sinema is not up for re-election until 2024, but this is the conversation that we'll be having. yes, mark kelly will be up first in 2022. we don't expect a primary challenge against mark kelly. but everybody's eyes right now on are on 2024 and kyrsten sinema, and the congressman from phoenix continuing to look at him. there were calls for him to run against mark kelly two years ago. and serious conversations looking a male latino veteran running in a primary against kyrsten sinema as you see her approval numbers going down. and at the same i'm is that going to pass an infrastructure bill? we don't know. >> vaughn hillyard covering it all for us. good to see you. >>> coming up here, new pledges from face

he said, jim, the secret is, you go to europe. don't think you're going to become charlemagne. don't think you're going to take over the roman empire. it was a classic colin powell line. as i was leaved, he gave me a copy of his memoir which i highly recommend. "my american journey" which takes us from his journey as an immigrant. he describes in the book don't be charlemagne. it's pretty good for all of us. in other words, keep your ego in check. another point that strikes a lot of us in uniform, but veterans and those on active duty, we remember general powell. he was a great secretary of state and national security adviser. before that he was an army soldier wounded in vietnam, got the soldier's medal for rescuing others in vietnam, and always that combat experience shaded the advice he gave to presidents, to cabinet officers, to cap weinberger, all that jeremy and others have discussed was shaped by his experience as an american soldier, so we've lost a great military leader, a true north to so many of us, and also we've lost someone of humor and grace and kindness. just lo