drama is on top of the other features, not, bugs of the new republican lighthouse. like a subcommittee meant to investigate the so-called weaponization of the federal government. probes into biden and his family. and bills pushing to limit abortion access in this country. the, time now, for my sunday morning power political panel. pollster in msnbc political. honest donna wells is a former republican congressman roy represent illinois in the united states house. i will still like to say they are both friends. so it is the best way to be able to start my sunday morning as well. joe, we like to start with. you used to be a republican congressman serving in the same capacity as the gop majority right now in the house. or would ve vector even look like for republicans here? i m talking about the debt limit crisis. you are the gonna cut popular enough it s for americans or sinus into an economic catastrophe. it sounds like a disaster for them. katie, i was there is a former congressman. t
phil is also an msnbc political, analyst and author of multiple books about the former president including, i alone can fix it, jonnel trump s catastrophic final year. and a very stable genius, donald trump s testing of america. i have to share with you, the biggest write-ups that i saw was from the new york post one they talked about how he quoted himself as being a very stable genius, and it was just interesting to see the murdoch family actually deciding that they did not want to go down that route. but let s go back to the doj decision to appoint a special counsel, and why it was motivated in part to lessen the public perception that their investigation was politically motivated. that clearly hasn t happened. as trump is already using the special counsel to try to 2024 presidential bid. you shared this washington post article which titled trump seizes on special counsel as rallying cry for 2024. do you think that the doj made the right decision? did they have a choice, but to
immigration, and education. voters were deadlocked in the margin of error. democrats have the advantage significantly on abortion and climate change. joining me now, don calloway, democratic strategist and ceo of pine street strategies and susan del percio, republican strategist, msnbc political carlos curbelo. he is a msnbc political analyst. welcome to all. let s get into this. don, you first. you saw the numbers for abortion. it was sandwiched between the economy and inflation in this new poll. will abortion impact midterm voting even more than we have expected? certainly it will. as our friend david jolly, who is now with us today, has often said, you can be pro-life and still pro roe. what we have seen in the 90 days since the decision was officially overturned is a kickoff any of really, really unfortunate human rights violations where young girls are being forced to carry babies to term where women are
chairman general mark milley talked with his ukrainian counterpart about de-escalation efforts. ukraine s president spoke to the nation yesterday, urging people to remain calm and not panic, even though an estimated 100,000 russian troops are masked along russia s border with ukraine and in belarus. now, the biden administration is looking for ways to bolster oil and gas supplies in europe, in the event of a conflict, as europe gets at least a third of its oil and gas from russia. with me now to talk about this, nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley, he is in kyiv, ukraine. tom nichols, contributing writer for the atlantic, and peter baker, new york times chief correspondent and an msnbc political, and also author of kremlin rising: vladimir putin s russia and the end of revolution. peter, does the fact that president biden may give a speech to the nation on this crisis suggest that the white house is worried it s not clearly going well in russia and
the house judiciary committee ramped up works a potential impeachment hearing. i m joined by msnbc political contributor jake sherman and former rnc chair and msnbc political analyst michael steele is with us at all. jake, i ll start with you. i know you were in the room with nancy pelosi a short time ago. it would seem as if she s over all the impeachment talk. she s over the questions, that s for sure. what ri been saying the last couple days and what sources have been telling me non-stop is the only person you need to watch here and we ve talked about this before on air is nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi has been remarkably consistent. people around her, other house democrats have wanted to go farther. nancy pelosi said that democrats are legislating, investigating and litigating, a three-prong approach she believes is the key to success for house democrats right now. frankly, she s frustrated by these questions and thinks