we are all celebrating the birthday of you, symone. i m going to light it up for your birthday. happy birthday, symone. thank, you reverend, i love you so much. i love you. and to all of you watching, good evening and welcome to politicsnation, tonight s lead, the clock is taking. lawmakers will return to capitol hill this week with less than two weeks to go. if they hope to pass a military aid bill before christmas. republicans have pushed to add border security to the bill, alongside the politically thorny issues of funding for israel and ukraine. they have so far been unable to find much common ground with the white house. in the middle of it all, how speaker mike johnson is poised to move forward on an impeachment inquiry against president biden. adding to the partisan gridlock. delaware representative lisa blunt rochester joins us shortly as the clock ticks down on 2023. we ve got a real treat for you later, elder statesman of saturday night live, comedian and acto
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union activity. it s a big day. ainsley: that s not what i celebrated. steve: i know. brian: everybody bring their lunch pail. steve: speaking of lunch pail and unions and things like that bernie sanders was on yesterday on one of the sunday shows. and he was talking a little bit about joe biden s chances in 2024. remember, he kicked off the campaign last week. and, as it turns out, bernie sanders, who is 81 years old, is not concerned about joe biden wants 80 years old currently when it comes to agility and stuff like that. joe biden is doing just fine. ainsley: is he very agile. steve: agility and acuity as well. joe biden is going to do fine as long as he doesn t forget his roots, which are blue collar. brian: forgets everything else. ainsley: here is bernie sanders over the weekend talking about joe biden. he is the trite candidate and senator chris coons on biden s run in 2024. i think the choice is pretty
montana s capitol yesterday. this is about transgender legislation that would allow gender affirming surgeries for minor children. you didn t have to check with their pair analities. it is a major issue poised to be key in 2024. remember yesterday it was oregon, it was washington. now more. plus president biden with no shortage of awkward moments and gaffes while in office. president biden: if you don t have one of those loans you get $10,000 written off. it is passed. i got it passed by a vote or two. two words, made in america. in 2018 when they tried to do it we went to 54 states. harris: made in america. that s my favorite one. the liberal media continue to run cover. one commentator claimed he has a largely gaffe-free presidency. yeah. wow. power panel next.
my colleague msnbc host symone sanders-townsend, former vice president harris s chief spokesman, and former connecticut congressman chris chaise. simone, there s a new report out that says a trump desantis matchup could be unpredictable and a long and bitter dogfight. yeah, i agree. but look, i, again, i could be wrong. but i do believe ron desantis is quite possibly scott walker 2024. remember, scott walker, very popular republican governor, took on the democrats and was constant, gave it to them, got republican gains. and to the kids even know scott walker nowadays? they don t. they don t remember scott, walker or the big foxconn plan of sports be breaking ground there. he did not break through it, and either to that plant. exactly, so i do think it s a long road before the first republican debate. and folks are like will there be debates? i think there will be, in august. so i think to pump the brakes,