msnbc analyst rick tyler and "washington post" editorial page editor ruth marcus. there are a lot of questions, i know you and your colleagues will want to ask them. >> and a lot of followups to the questions we were able to ask in the oval office. i asked president trump just moel moments ago, really, whether he spoke to the president of ukraine about joe biden, as you just played at the top of the show. he didn't deny that, instead saying he didn't want to get into the details of the call. he said he didn't know who the whistleblower is and said he hasn't read the complaint. the following questions become, why is the administration blocking the complaint from being turned over to congress. i asked the president whether congress should see it, he said it's not a big deal, brushed the question aside. i anticipate that will get a lot of focus. and the broader impact, what it could mean, why the ukrainian aid was held up. all of those will be among the top questions here when the president and prime minister of australia enter the east room. andrea, this mounting con

rick tyler, this is -- this is just -- >> what happens. >> this is not tough. if you're running against tom tillis or in the alternative, if you care about our military men and women that serve overseas, that serve here, to still $8 on million for a wall that he said mexico was going to pay for that republicans wouldn't even fund. they had control of the house and the senate for two years and john cornin said it wasn't worth it. lindsey graham said it wasn't worth it. so he stole money from their states. i don't care who it was, newt gingrich did try to take money from some of my military bases and it did not end well. i got all the money back and i was just a lowly congressman. so these senators -- i forget about that. i actually -- was fine with everything. i swear to god -- handed me a piece of paper and he said, here you go, congressman. you tell me where you want the money to go on your five military bases and we'll put it there. that was the end of the story after that gutted my military bases. and i was a slowly freshman. these senators, thom tillis, he

let me bring in gabby orr and rick tyler. rick, bill weld released this statement saying in part, quote, we don't elect presidents by acclimation in america. donald trump is doing his best to make the republican party his own personal club. republicans deserve better. what's your reaction? >> i agree with bill weld. look, part of what the white house is saying, part of it isn't true. there is a history of parties canceling primaries. that happened to pat buchanan when he challenged president bush in 1992 in iowa. they canceled their priority. primaries can be canceled if there's no legitimate candidate that qualified for the ballot. that's not what's going on here. the president is trying to keep anybody who would challenge him off the ballot by making it more difficult. ballot access in most states is controlled by the party. even if there's not a ballot, they can do other things. where i live in virginia, they can select whether they'll have a primary or a convention, depending on who they want as a nominee. they can also d

rick tyler and antoine, thank you. we should note the newest candidate, mark sandford is joining craig melvin, did you know he was from south carolina, too? right here on msnbc. >>> a wave of republican congressmen from the lone state has announced their retirement. garret haake joins us next. but we're also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. ♪ ♪ ♪ applebee's handcrafted burgers now starting at $7.99 now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. so much more than i could have imagined. my grandfather was born in a shack in pennsylvania, his father was a miner, they were immigrants from italy and somewhere along the way that man changed his name and transformed himself into a successful mid-century american man. he had a whole life that i didn't know anything about. he was just my beloved grandpa. bring your famil

let me go to you first, rick. the cancellation of three and possibly four primaries or caucuses, is this, as mark sanford, who says he's going to run for the nomination -- is this a sign of weakness by the trump campaign that they're afraid he won't get a 90%, 95% vote in some of these primaries and caucuses, or is this the marginalizing the republicans that oppose this president? >> it's both, reverend al. it's great to see you. look, the president doesn't like criticism. this may not be news to your viewers. and he's going to try to shut down, you know, any competition in any way he can. closing down primaries is not unusual. it's done often actually. most often it's done where there just isn't a challenger to an incumbent. but it has been done in many cases on both sides where the state party will shut down a primary with an incumbent president. it happened with george w. bush and buchanan. it happened with bill clinton. but it does show a weakness in the president. the president doesn't want a challenger, and

the co-host of the podcast, unredacted, and former deputy stand secretary of state, rick tyler and msnbc political analyst, and the president and ceo and msnbc contributor and you happen to be mtk in houston. i want to come to you first. give us the feeling in the room. >> code names! >> it's 1:00 in the morning. we won't tell anyone. >> so in the room, it seemed that beto o'rourke got a huge response when he talked about race the way he is so good at doing. it seems that moment that we just heard from kamala harris resonated in the room. who resonated in the race about criminal justice? >> beto o'rourke. i have to say when every candidate start to talk about it, they acknowledged, talking about race or gun reform. they acknowledged his leadership in el paso. when he, he took it humbly. i think he was surprised by the warmth that he was, that he received specifically on that. it is an acknowledgement. he was the first one to call it what it was. it wasn't on the debate stage. it was a welcome. you cannot treat the source of the cancer if you can't say it out loud and he did that. overall

it's despicable. >> rick tyler, steve israel, and shannon watts, thanks all. thanks to you. >>> coming up, details, details. joe biden says voters should focus on the big picture and not his campaign trail gaffes. >>> at the top of the hour we're expecting a briefing from fema with the latest from hurricane dorian. that's coming up, stay with us here on msnbc. 's comg inup, stas here on msnbc. you're out there, quietly running the world. creating jobs and fueling the economy. you're small business owners, and there's nothing small about your business. that's why with dell small business technology advisors. you'll get tailored product solutions, expert tech advice and one-on-one partnership. to help your small business do big things. ♪ call an advisor today at 877-buy-dell ♪ >>> joe biden is defending the con exfolia details he told on a campaign trail of his heroic young soldier. >> i was making a point about a generation. that has nothing to do with the judgment of whether or not you send troops to war. >> not judgment but details. that's something i hea

and msnbc political analyst rick tyler. melanie, first to you. you've been watching joe biden. is he braced for the action because it's going to be all against one, nine against one, tonight on that stage. >> that's right. biden advisers say we want to make this about elizabeth warren. first is joe biden. they're prepared for the fact the incoming fire may come from the edges of the stage than from the senator with the momentum there, elizabeth warren, in the center stage with him. if you remember in the first debate the plan for joe biden with was to focus on his own forward-looking case, what he would want to do as president. of course then there was the confrontation with kamala harris, with some of the other candidates about immigration and bussing. they knew in the second debate they needed to be much more aggressive. the vice president knew he could take a punch. the strategy for the third debate is closer to the first one, but that doesn't mean he's not going to try to draw implicit contrast with senator warren. with e got a other preview of this in the recent weeks with

and republican communication strategist and msnbc political contributor rick tyler. >> so you worked with presidents, you worked

so rick tyler, there is still a divide. how important are the next couple days and weeks in helping to move that machiopinion one w the other. we're not going to hear from the guy that he believes trump, right? that is not who i'm talking about. how important are the next coming days and weeks? >> i think it is extremely important. and i think we wasted a whole day yesterday. what we have right now is adam schiff and the intelligence community is a raft, and they're saying what about that two foot alligator. what i'm saying -- but isn't that why nancy pelosi said we have to keep this on this one thing. >> yes, but she is always talking about the definition of shall. that is dc talk nap is important to members of congress. >> and she is coming out and talking about more legislative things. let's listen to the first few things she has to say. >> thank you for being here as we observe the 200 days since we sent hr 1 over to the senate pip want to commend congressman john sarbanes for his leadership, integrity, and government b

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tyler is also with me, rick is an msnbc political analyst, former national spokesman for senator ted cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, and jonathan lemire, also an msnbc political analyst. thank you all, gentlemen. mr. lemire, start with you, the white house seems as if they are ready for a prolonged fight over this impeachment inquiry. what are you learning from your reporting and what do you expect we'll see coming out of the white house? >> last week they were caught off guard by the pure speed of this moment, of this story. unlike the robert mueller or russia investigation which took more than two years and was seemingly opaque at times and hard to follow. in various polls, the public went up and down what they taught about it. this one, it's a matter of days. we've learned a lot of information and this finally moved the house democrats to act towards impeachment. they've started the inquiry. the white house was scrambling, relying on the president's twitter feed and public comments as a means to rebut what's coming. there are now efforts to formalize that, as hans said. our rep

also with us, republican communications strategist and msnbc political contributor, rick tyler. mike barnicle, elise jordan, karine jean-pierre, all back with us along with joe, willie, and me. this is quite a piece. >> it really is. it's a remarkable piece. it reminds me of a philadelphia enquirer piece i read back, i think in the late '80s about the ptl club and jim and tammy faye bakker. ben, i think we grew up in the same church. you grew up in the southern baptist church, as did i. but i think you may be too young to remember the rise and fall of the ptl club? i certainly don't. my grandmom watched them every day. but, man, what i read yesterday in politico magazine just smacks of jim and tammy faye bakker and what we started hearing about the ptl club in charlotte back in the late '80s. >> well, you know, i am a bit young to remember it as in watching the news and really knowing what was going on, but in the book, i actually did a little research on that and talked about all of the pentecostal scandals of the '80s. you know, it was usually sex and money and corruption and

rick tyler, let me bring you in here. mayor pete buttigieg also made a very blunt comment on racism i want to play now. take a listen. >> do you think that people who support president trump and his immigration policies are racist? >> anyone who supports this is supporting racism. [ speaking spanish ] >> you know, rick, buttigieg i would say is a centrist of the candidates up there, and he is a very sober, serious fellow. if even he is acknowledging the racism, not just among trump, but among his supporter, what does that wind up in you view doing to the race? >> for the democratic primary or the general election? >> i think for general election, if he were the nominee. >> look, it depends. i'm glad they're talking about race, and it's amazing that here we are talking about race all these years on, but racism is with us. it may always be with us, but it seems to be worse than ever now. and it does need to be rooted out. and i'm glad they talk about it on the stage. there was a lot of impassioned dialogue about it. look, i

i'm joined by rick tyler, glen kirschner. former federal prosecutor. you know, the politico guy like i've been. what is wrong? there's no sense about regs, this president keeps punching into cotton. there's nobody stopping him. >> we don't have a coequal branch of government in congress. look at the -- nadler's committee. >> the judiciary. >> the judiciary committee. he sends ut subpoenas, calls witnesses three months late, calls out subpoenas, nobody shows up. he gets a low-level fired political hack to show up, and he mocks them. and people are supposed to take that seriously? he's so screwed up the accountability problem with congress, they don't know how to react. congress has a coequal duty, it's in the constitution. read the constitution. use your constitutional powers. they have the power of the purse, the budget. they could screw up this executive branch so seriously, so quickly if they wanted to, but they're not serious. >> you know, i agree. >> i agree with rick. right now the congress is not acting like a coequal branch of government. i love

i'm joined by rick tyler, glen kirschner. what is wrong? there's no sense about regs, this president keeps punching into cotton. there's nobody stopping him. >> we don't have a coequal branch of government in congress. look adnadler's committee, he sends out subpoenas, calls witnesses three months late, calls out subpoenas, nobody shows up. he gets a low level fired political hack to show up, and he mocks them. and people are supposed to take that seriously? he's so screwed up the accountability problem with congress, they don't know how to react. congress has a coequal duty, it's in the constitution. use your constitutional powers. they have the power of the purse, the budget. they could skru up this swrejative branch so quickly if they wanted to but they're not serious. >> i agree with rick. right now the congress is not acting like a coequal branch of government. nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. they've given their consent to be an interior branch. the republicans have given their consent because they're scared to

tyler. he notes how his record on north korea compares to his predecessors, zero, the number of missiles fired over japan compared to president obama. two, the number of missiles kim fired over japan under trump. now kim has solid-fuel mobile rockets. you know why? trump is a little pony dictators like the ride for the fun of it. end quote. and then the matter of the middle east, news the middle east envoy is departing for any achievable progress on a peace plan there. "new york" magazine is out with a report on the u.s./israeli relationship. they conclude this about trump's determination to mention the iran deal. quote, trump's withdrawal from the deal compounded by tevents f riept months has revived fears, not just israel can take military action against iran, but also all of the parties can stumble into a conflict out of hubris, miscalculation or ignorance. joining our merry band, ron klain, former chief of staff for vice presidents al gore and joe biden and now adviser to former vice pre

rick tyler say republican strategist and co-founder of foundry strategies. happy labor day to both of you. i mentioned we heard from all the democrats. but beto o'rourke's remarks stood out. let me play what he said. . >> the firearms that were used or how they acquired them. but we do know this is [ bleep ]. >> so people talked about that. the use of the word. can outrage be an effective way of both communicating is examine separating yourself from the pack? >> you know, chris, in this circumstance, absolutely. i think he is reflecting the views of the majority of the american people, which are this is really messed up. i'm not going to repeat the word on television. you have to keep in mind, pet toe o'rourke has seen several mass shootings this texas the last year and a half. . >> his home state. >> souther land springs, el paso and odessa. if anybody has the right to say this it is him and julian castro. they are so fed up with the language of thoughts and prayers. beto is taking it one step further. i'm not sure every other candidate would auto us that k

elena beverly marmry clifton and rick valencia and stephanie tyler. elena set up nicely for the conversation. the last poll out of south carolina had biden at 36% more than double the support of any other democrat. how much of in is about service in the obama administration? >> well, again, alex i would start with a word of caution here and would remind folks of what happened in 2008 where hillary clinton was ahead of barack obama in the early days of 2007 over a hard fought primary battle with african-american voters. and it wasn't until south carolina where barack obama and after iowa then new hampshire he loses in new hampshire and then wins in south carolina. and that's where we saw him and a number of african-american voters break away to support him. >> okay, do you see that happening this time around or do you think joe biden still carries that vote? >> he absolutely carries the weight and the history and the association of being vice president to barack obama, and all of the work that happened under the obama administration that disproportiona

tyler and msnbc political analyst. with a welcome to you all, danielle, i'll let you respond first to what you heard the former vice president say there and we should say that that followed his statement that he, when queeried, said that he had never spoken with his son, hunter, about any of his overseas business dealings. >> look, we know that, first of all, that trump is a liar. we know that he is incredibly dubious, that he has used foreign interference before in our elections and that he will do that again. he has said so. he said it on abc with stephanopoulos. so, this is not news in the way that it is, oh, are we surprised that trump is doing this. and i think that joe biden's response is good. it's a forceful one. him saying that he's going to beat trump like a drum. according to the polls, they're saying it too, but i think biden's camp needs to make sure that they remind the american people that donald trump is not to be trusted, that he has used foreign interference before, that is against the law, and he nee

santelli tracking the action at the cme rick >> you know, tyler, it's fascinating today. if you look at the 24-hour chart of tens, we're not on the low yields of 166, but still down several basis points maybe the culprit, the next chart of bund yields you see how they dropped into more negative territory. remember, we had pmis. they were preliminary reads for september. on the manufacturing side, the eurozone is in aggregate, 45.6 germany, specifically, 41.5. france was above 50, barely at 50.3 so this is the reason. now, the service sectors still were all above 50, but deteriorating. now, if we look at what's going on the currency side, you can see a 24-hour chart there. the currency getting down, now hovering around 109.90 open the chart up going back to may of 2017, the lowest level since then is right under 109. the euro currency is definitely migrating towards testing or getting close to 28-month lows kelly, back to you >> thank you, sir. falling treasury yields may be forcing investors to hupt for yields outside the bond market so which are worth diving in for? "fas