16 days and counting. A brandnew nbc news poll just released this morning gives us new insight into the midterms as President Biden tells me whats at stake in our exclusive interview. When you are an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. It really does and i think were at one of those Inflection Points in history. And House Speaker nancy pelosi joins me live to talk about how democrats can keep control of the house and what could happen if they dont. Im Jonathan Kaye part. And this is The Sunday Show. This sunday, the midterms are just 16 days away in a new nbc news poll shows that the economy, threats to democracy and immigration are among the top issues for voters. It also showed intense polarization. Around 80 of both republicans and democrats think the opposing parties agenda poses a threat that will quote destroy america as we know it. And while republicans are still favored to take the house, the race for the senate is still a tossup. Se
continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former of a firefighter s household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you start, it is how you finish. and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leaders jeffries, there will be times we agree and many times we will defer. i promise our debate will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that is my commitment to you. so after taking his own oath of office, the speaker then foreign members of the 118 congress, and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes, too short of a majority of the h
16 days and counting. a brand-new nbc news poll just released this morning gives us new insight into the midterms as president biden tells me what s at stake in our exclusive interview. when you are an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. it really does and i think we re at one of those inflection points in history. and house speaker nancy pelosi joins me live to talk about how democrats can keep control of the house and what could happen if they don t. i m jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, the midterms are just 16 days away in a new nbc news poll shows that the economy, threats to democracy and immigration are among the top issues for voters. it also showed intense polarization. around 80% of both republicans and democrats think the opposing parties agenda poses a threat that will quote destroy america as we know it. and while republicans are still favored to take the house, the race for the senate i
i think it s going to be pretty unpleasant if so, a white lotus style honeymoon. i am interested to see if he makes it through the year. i think that what julie brought up is the key point here. john boehner had a bit of a leash a couple of times to work with democrats and get a couple of things done. it was the only way to get it through before he got pushed down. i don t think kevin will have any leash. the first time he needs democratic votes to pass something will be the last week of his speaker shift. i think it will be interesting to see if he survives. all right, tim miller, kurt bardella, david jolly, john allen, thanks to all of you. i greatly appreciate you staying up for us. my thanks to all of our guests throughout this hour from. msnbc headquarters, i m ayman mohyeldin. our coverage continues after a break. good night. coverage continues after a break. good night - fellow elites. now that we ve made travel so ridiculously expensive, we can enjoy this hotel without all th
biden but months ago, and i think that decision was reaffirmed after these midterms outcomes because look, i be trump in 20, he can beat him again in 2024 and that is the energy is i think we are going to see from democrats. meanwhile like you said on the republican side, republican rank or it s chaos in disarray but what is that unifying theme is that they are likely going to stick behind trump. and i want to common one thing on what david said it is racism and white supremacy as mainstream within the republican party, they are asking trump to be more creative with his racism, you know, harm more peoples lives by chipping them on buses don t be blatantly white supremacist be a little bit more creative here. do it with more of a dog whistle. david, i want to talk to you about what is happening in congress because i think it feeds into this entire dynamic which is that if kevin mccarthy secures the speaker shift in the house he has already pledged to use his new world to launch endles