Been a wild weekend on capitol hill. He is coming up first. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in the studio, with a view from the biden administration, as the president frames this whole episode as a full on failure for republicans. And later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today, and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to that former trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He blew the lid off trumps shady business dealings, he is on the witness list for this trial, and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are awaiting remarks from President Biden, at any moment, from the white house. And when he is ready, we will take that you live. But in the meantime, i just want to level set on what weve seen washed, and over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The president is going to weigh in, after Congress Managed to pass a shortterm funding bill, that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Now, preventing a Government Shutdown is obviously good news. And so is the fact that the final bill didnt include any of the devastating cuts to domestic programs that had been on the table. So, for the time being, as of right now, House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy has managed to avoid a complete disaster of republicans own making, by relying on democratic votes to get it over the finish line. Congratulations, are in order, i guess . But, before you all think wow, maybe government is functioning again in washington, not quite. Because even though mccarthy tried to please his fringe right by not including funding for ukraine, there is now the question of whether or not he will keep his speakership. Earlier today, Congressman Matt Gaetz announced he is going to put forward a motion to vacate this week, which is basically a motion to kick mccarthy out of his job. I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker Mccarthy this week. I think we need to rip off the bandaid, i think we need to move on with new leadership, that can be trustworthy. For his part, mccarthy said today, bring it on. So, is there an alternative for a candidate for speaker who get enough votes . Who knows, but remember, it took 15 rounds last time for mccarthy to get elected. So, another round, or 15 rounds, of votes for speakership, could become an incredibly distracting time. Of course, matt gaetz doesnt really care much about that. This also raises the question of what else Kevin Mccarthy might agree to, in order to hold on to his speakership ahead of a another spending fight. Those members who wanted to slash the budget of the Justice Department in retaliation for investigations into donald trump . They will still be there, maybe even more empowered. Those members insisting on hard right Immigration Reform . They arent going anywhere either. In many ways, this continuing resolution is just picking kicking the can down the road, setting up a similar fight, where Hundreds Of Thousands of government employees, recipients of Government Programs for low income families, parents of kids in head start. And yes, travelers over the holidays, and will again be riding that mechanical bull, waiting for resolution right before thanksgiving. Now, while some members like congressman don bacon acknowledge that in the house, they are, quote, tired of effing around with these whack jobs, not holding back their congressman bacon. This entire saga has been just another example of the dysfunction of republican governments and, governance, and the absence of leadership. It wasnt just the house this week. We also watched a republican debate, where the most memorable moments, to the degree that there were any at all, are a tossup between nikki haley and tim scott screaming over each other about curtains, and Chris Christie losing a cringey for paired line to attack donald trump, for not appearing at the debate. The guy who is leading the race by more than 20 points ahead of all of the candidates who are on that stage combined, brought us this bizarre scene, standing in front of nine nonunion workers, a nonunion plant, arguing he alone was the candidate in favor of workers. You heard that right, during the a uw strike. Trump is also still facing 91 felony counts, and was found by a judge who have committed fraud. And, he is continuing to encourage political violence. And, none of that was discussed on the debate stage. There was also a sevenhourlong Impeachment Hearing on thursday, just days before a potential shutdown, we are even fox news favorite jonathan turley, a key witness for republicans told lawmakers, quote, i do not believe that the Current Evidence would support articles of impeachment. And, that even some of the evidence that republicans gathered, actually favorite President Biden. So, all and all, a real bang up week for the republican brand. But the problem is, they are dysfunction impacts all of us. And 47 days from now, will republicans make funding the government contingent on deep cuts to social safety nets . Will it be about implementing draconian policies at the border . And, Will Mccarthy continue to cut out ukraine funding, at the behest of maga republicans . Members of congress can breathe a sigh of relief, for now, for this moment. But in just a month and a half, we could be right back where this whole mess started. Joining me now is democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut. So senator, we are awaiting for the president to speak, but you are the perfect person to level set for us here. I want to start with the news from matt gaetz this morning, that he is going to offer a motion to vacate the speakership this week. He wants mccarthy removed, you of course have not been in the house for a long time, but you do have to work with a chaotic house. How concerned are you, that an already kind of wild house could become even more difficult to work with . Well listen, this is an ongoing disaster for the American People. Republicans are simply not fit to govern, they are not serious people. And, while the house of representatives, the Republican Caucus is going to go through another round of navel gazing, deciding who is going to lead them, people out there are hurting. We still have crises that we need to tackle, whether it be the Record Number of people dying of overdoses, continued gun violence crisis, and House Republicans are going to spend the next couple of weeks arguing amongst themselves as to who should be the next speaker. And, well, i am glad that we are not shutting down the federal government, what a low bar for House Republicans, that we celebrate the fact that they can just barely keep the lights on, with hours to go before a shutdown occurs. Mccarthy, you know obviously, he had to reach out and get democratic votes, as he will have to do 45 days from now. But as you mentioned, the price here is that he gave into republican demands to cut ukraine off. And ultimately, American Security is at risk, if we dont start funding ukraine again. And that will be one of the big fights that we have to undertake over the next month and a half. It is not enough to just keep the lights on, in the federal government, we actually have to live up to our National Security obligations. And one of those is making sure that kyiv doesnt become a russian city. I want to get to that, and there is a lot at risk here. I do want to ask you, i mean with that in mind, there are rumors that Speaker Mccarthy could bring a funding bill for ukraine to the floor. He did at the last moment, decide to work with democrats to keep the government open. It could be worse, is what im saying. Is there incentives to try and save mccarthy, as speaker . So, no matter who is the speaker of the house, no matter who is in charge of the Republican Caucus, the path to a majority in the house runs through democrats, who actually want to the federal government to operate, and who want to help ukraine, and a handful of more responsible republicans. So, that is the problem here, is that whether mccarthy is in charge, or somebody else, the governing majority in the house are democrats and a minority of republicans. I hope that mccarthy is going to make good on his commitment to bring a ukraine supplemental funding bill, before the house. Because we know is that it has the majority, in the senate and the house, there is a commanding easy majority of members who will support continued funding for ukraine. And my worry is that if we wait until the middle or end of november to have this conversation about whether we are still supporting ukraine, it may be too late for ukraine by that point. So, my preferences in the next three weeks, to bring supplemental funding bills before the senate, send it over to the house, and really Dare Mccarthy to make the decision to abandon ukraine, even though he has a majority of republicans and democrats who will support ukraine. Are you worried at all that this potential threat to his speakership could make him put pause on the idea of bringing up this supplemental funding bill, that he has been rumored to be considering . Well, i am concerned by the fact that when it came down to it, the only demand that mccarthy was willing to give into, that was coming from his hard right, was the demand to abandon ukraine. He stood up to them on the immigration debate, he rejected their Spending Cuts. But the one thing he did give into was this idea that we should end american support for ukraine. Which is, lets just be honest, an invitation for putin to march his army straight into the rest of ukraine. It is an abandonment of the entire post world war ii order. So, that doesnt bode well for the future of ukraine, and it just means that those of us who believe that this is a worthwhile fighter going to have to step up our advocacy, in the next several weeks and months. Youve been through, unfortunately, a lot of these spending fights before, Government Shutdowns before. What do you think the next 45 days look like . And, it is your expectation that we are looking at a similar situation, in the lead up to thanksgiving . Well, i certainly worry that we are in for a series of Groundhog Day is, where we are just having the same fight, where mccarthy and these Arsonist Republicans bring us up to the precipice of shut down, over and over. And of course, the reality is, this is terrible for the American Economy. If these hard right republicans claim to be fiscally conservative, it is just not fiscally conservative to shut down the government, because we ultimately pay federal employees when they come back to work. But it also cost the American Economy billions of dollars, when the federal Government Shutdown. So, i think the next year and a half are just going to be a series of ongoing disasters, in the house of representatives. And i think were going to have to try to do a better job of making the case to them that there is nothing fiscally conservative about threatening shut down, or actually going through a shutdown. Its all a reminder of the power of voting, and how important it is who is in charge. Just to go to politics for a moment, rfk junior is that with a new video, strongly hinting he could run for a third party ticket, teasing a, quote, major announcement. We dont know what that means. Do you worry that him running as an independent, or thirdparty, could hurt President Biden, and the democrats . Flip i dont. I mean frankly, what you see is that the portions of the electorate that are interested in Robert Kennedy junior, tend to be coming from Donald TrumpsConspiracy Theory base. So, if he is running as an independent, i think that may end up hurting donald trump, or the republican nominee more than joe biden. I also think that the fascination with rfk juniors candidacy was a bit of an elite media fascination. I think ultimately, voters know what the stakes are here, and i think Third Party Candidates are not going to be as big of a deal come the general election, as folks may think. People who support democracy, who support ukraine, who Support Competence in government, are going to understand that the only way to preserve those things is to vote for joe biden. Senator chris murphy, thank you for encouraging people to take a deep breath about that, and also worry about ukraine funding, which is a huge threat, it was a pleasure talking to you today. Weve got our eyes on the white house, where we are awaiting remarks from President Biden. And we will take you to that will live, what happens. Up next, i lasts transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, how likely he thinks it is that congress can come to an agreement in the next six weeks or so, before a Government Shutdown right before holiday travel. Plus, as donald trump prepares to head to new york today for a fraud trial that starts tomorrow, a look back at everything that led to this moment. And later, Michael Cohen, who is on the witness list for trumps trial, which tell us what he is expecting to see play out in the courtroom, when it comes facetoface with donald trump, for the first time in years. We will be right back. L be right back. Protect against rsv with arexvy. Arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower Respiratory Disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. Arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. Those with weakened Immune Systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. 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After congress avoided a shut down last night with time running out, theres a lot to dig into here. And a statement after signing the stopgap gill, the president said, quote, the American People expect their government to work. Lets make sure it does. Hard to disagree with that. Thats what Everyone Wants to happen. We do expect our government to work. Of course we do. Lately, House Republicans have had a hard time holding up their end of the bargain. Heres what else the president had to say in a Statement Last night. Quote, we should never have been in this position in the first place just a few months ago Speaker Mccarthy and i reached a Budget Agreement to avoid precisely this type of manufactured crisis. For weeks, extreme House Republicans try to walk away from that deal by demanding drastic cuts that would have been devastating for millions of americans. They failed. Joining me now here on set, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. Great to see you mister secretary. Congratulations on your iron man. The sky to feet. I want to start with the path forward here. I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Were not far, 45 days, 47 days, thats not long until we can face this again. We just heard this morning from matt gaetz that he wants to challenge Speaker Mccarthys speakership. It could be a risk against his willingness to work with democrats. How concerned are you about that potential threats and what it could mean for being able to negotiate with the house. Not only with the fact of a shut down be incredibly damaging, just having that threat and that chaos that goes with it dangling over us, not just dangling over the administration, dangling over the