james comey. plus the debt ceiling hostage situation was not a lesson about bipartisanship as many have suggested. i will tell you what my takeaway was. also today, the supposed pro business anti counsel culture right wing is acting pretty anti business and pro cancel culture lately. a looks putting that in just a few minutes. and later, a trip to pennsylvania for an afternoon with one of the country s most high-profile political spouses, gisele fetterman. we talk about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her husband battle with depression and the spaces she commit created to help families in her community. to what donald trump on the campaign trail this week was to watch someone doing his best to make it all seem like he was just a typical front runner for the nomination, nothing to see here traveling through iowa, shaking hands giving speeches. on the one hand, he s still leading the field by very wide margin. but on the other hand he s already a criminal defe
International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new year s day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. and reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. it s a good one. he said start by digging two graves. one of them for yourselves. yeah. wow, that really does strike you when you look what s happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. one that has seen childhood poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70-year lows. it s in the u.s. wo
bipartisanship. i get it that s his campaign message that seen how he won in 2020. he has to say that. and also he very much believes it and believes and bipartisanship and compromise, that s a good thing. but bipartisanship working again is not my take away from last week. so let me tell you what is. joe biden was once again underestimated, again. his strategy and the strategy of team were once again questions the doubters were very wrong. you might have heard why isn t he out there more, why isn t it front and center on this that s going to make us lose the deal. if it sounds familiar, all of that doubting, it should. here are a few headlines around the negotiations leading up to the infrastructure deal. know the bipartisan infrastructure deal is probably doomed. quote, biden s agenda remains, agenda remains an realized.
so what could he do to change that, to get attention? do you really believe that the act is tired? or is it perhaps when legal peril comes in a perverse way, it s an indictment that could get people to stop talking and caring about trump again? first of all, i think some of it has to do with his track record. was it we can t undermine or down play the effect that simply republicans have gotten off the band wagon because he s a proven loser. to your point, i do think he should get out there. some of this may be laziness. it may be fatigue. boredom, not just boredom with trump but from trump. why isn t he out there holding more rallies. that is a question, if he were