fighting climate change. with me now, jake sherman, founder of bunch bowl news and an msnbc political contributor. jake, great seeing you. what s going on with the defense policy bill and efforts to keep the government open past friday. so let s take this issue by issue for a second. number one is defense policy. as you mentioned, republicans blocked efforts to overcome the filibuster last night to clear a procedural hurdle over concerns about amendments. we anticipate based on our reporting that those differences will be bridged. there ll be some sort of agreement to deal with amendments at some point. we also anticipate that government funding, although it s coming down to the wire once again, i feel like we talk about this every few months, it s coming down to the wire, but we anticipate some sort of agreement in the next couple of days. we don t anticipate a government shutdown, the house will take up a short-term government funding deal first that goes until the end of january.
it could lead to the redefining or overturning of roe v. wade. it makes sense for the court to review their decisions in the past, and this is a vehicle in which for them to do it. i ll talk to mississippi governor tate reeves. also, donald trump s former personal attorney michael cohen is free after serving time for breaking tax and campaign laws. i ll talk to him about the investigation into mr. trump s financial dealings they re working on a daily basis in terms of bringing this indictment. and the former president s political ambitions. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson, washington post, columnist eugene robinson, daniella pletka of the american enterprise institute and jake sherman, founder of bunch bowl news. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd.
republicans have said they want to discover why the capitol was not well protected on that day. of course, the national guard is mostly in the purview of the president of the united states. so that s one thing to chew over. i do think though that pelosi is going to i would have to imagine is going to try to put another republican on this panel. the only other republican who would be willing i would imagine is adam kinzinger of illinois. listen, i think we wrote this in bunch bowl news this morning, both liz cheney and adam kinzinger, republicans have mostly if not completely written them off. do not think they re going to run for reelection. if they run, they believe they will lose resoundingly because as, michael, you and i have talked about so many times on the air, this is a republican party that is not interested in people no. a republican electorate that is not interested in people that do not have, that do not express fealty and support and
you know, i think ultimately that the answer to that question is not determined in the decision pelosi made yesterday, it is determined in the work product that they produce. if they get primary documentation, if they get records of phone calls, if they get witnesses to testify in unimpeachable ways, ultimately, the public will say, yes, it is a credible outcome and it doesn t matter if she vetoed banks and jordan from being on the committee. what matters is what was discovered. i would like to bring into our conversation, jake sherman, founder of bunch bowl news and as msnbc contributor. jake, you are on the hill. you have all of the clatter and noise around you. give us a take of what you are hearing. what is the latest you are picking up on the hill? well, i m also not dan riggelman or sam stein or donna
or is it going to be another is the story going to stay the same, where they continue to talk but it doesn t seem like they get very far? it s a little like deja vu, it s like starting on tweak on the same level of where are the negotiations. i do think it is a key week for kind of the group of ten senators, rob portman, the republican from ohio, really trying to make the case with this colleagues. but i m very pessimistic that they re going to get anywhere. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said he s open and listening. i don t quite get how they re able to pay for it without tax increases. the dance continues in talks. and it s something that we re watching very closely because time is clearly of the essence if they re going to try to get something done in the summer or fall. anna palmer of bunch bowl news, thanks very much. we really appreciate it. still ahead here, making the cut.