The Bill Press Pod

Breaking news! Just before the show went live, Roger Stone was arrested and charged with 7 different counts including obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering. It all has to do with the Russian hacking of the DNC and Wikileaks coordination with the Trump campaign to disseminate the information. The net is closing in around Donald Trump and collusion. Today is the day that federal employees missed their second paycheck of the year as the government shutdown entered its 35 day. What will it take to break the fever?Guest host Peter Ogburn talks to Ariel Edwards-Levy from HuffPost, Brittany Shepherd from Washingtonian and Nevin Martell from www.PayItFurloughed.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After a back and forth over whether or not Nancy Pelosi would allow Donald Trump to give him State of the Union in the House chamber, Trump CAVED and said he would wait until after the shutdown was over. It goes to show that behind all of his bluster and showmanship, he has a serious lack of understanding of how politics work. It also shows just how important it is that we have Pelosi as the head of the Democrats in the House. Michael Cohen postpones the date that he was going to testify before Congress. That just means we'll need to wait a little longer before he spills the beans about Donald Trump's shady business dealings. We talk to New Republic's Matt Ford, Molly O'Toole from the LA Times and former head of the SC Democratic Party Jaime Harrison! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mitch McConnell has the power to bring a bill to the floor to reopen the government, but he won't do it. Instead, he's doing Trump's bidding by bringing up a bill that is doomed to fail. He's not doing his job! Democrats are NOT caving on the border wall. Keep up the fight! We talk shutdown with International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Sara Nelson and then get into the politics of the day with Eugene Scott from the Washington Post and Ginger Gibson from Reuters! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every major 2020 contender was out on the campaign trail Monday. They were honoring the legacy of MLK and speaking to the American people about their vision for America. Donald Trump made a 2 minute surprise trip to the MLK Memorial and said NOTHING. Disgraceful.Rudy Giuliani continues to try and twist and spin the Trump Tower meetings narrative. How long did Trump try to get it built? Rudy has always said it was up until November of 2016, but now says that's all "hypothetical." It makes no sense.We talk to Politico's Daniel Lippman, former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu and USA Today's Eliza Collins!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump makes a very weak deal offer to Democrats to re-open the government. Democrats will not take the deal. It's a pathetic attempt to save face and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won't fall for it. In a few weeks, Michael Cohen will testify before Congress and tell them about his dealings with Donald Trump. Will he confirm the Buzzfeed story that says Trump directed Cohen to lie under oath? We'll find out soon. Plus, a new Democratic entrant into the 2020 race! We talk to Niels Lesnewski from Roll Call, Graham Vyse from Governing Magazine and Leah Askarinam from Inside ElectionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A HUGE story by Buzzfeed says that Donald Trump instructed Michael Cohen to lie in front of Congress. That absolutely reaches the definition of obstruction of justice. What are the next steps? How will the GOP respond?Donald Trump hits back at Nancy Pelosi over the shutdown in a very petty way. We have all the details and try to figure out WHEN this shutdown might actually end. Guest host Sabrina Siddiqui talks to The Hill's Juliegrace Brufke, HuffPost's Ryan J Reilly and Pema Levy from Mother Jones. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A grotesque display from the Trump administration on Wednesday. Hours AFTER ISIS claimed responsibility for killing 4 Americans in Syria, Mike Pence stood in front of a crowd and repeated the lie that "ISIS has been defeated." What an irresponsible statement to make. ISIS has NOT been defeated and everyone can see it. Rudy Giuliani lies on TV again. He claims that Trump has only ever said that HE was not guilty of collusion, but can't speak for other members of the Trump Team. We talk to Elaina Plott from The Atlantic, Sabrina Singh from the DNC and Igor Bobic from HuffPost! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rep Steve King (R-IA) faced a vote to punish him for his recent comments praising white supremacy and white nationalism. He lost his seats on his committees, but he's still serving. Republicans have known his racist history for a very long time. This shouldn't be a surprise. And while they punished him, he still has a seat and is working with Republicans. Not to mention... his comments are NO different than the comments of Donald Trump. Plus, the shutdown continues and Democrats won't participate in Trump's games. New 2020 contenders enter the race, and Trump's AG nominee begins his confirmation hearing. We talk to The Hill's Niall Stanage and Ed Chung from the Center for American Progress. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The shutdown is still going on, but Donald Trump welcomed the Clemson Tiger football team to the White House on Monday evening. He served them a large spread of McDonald's hamburgers, Burger King, Wendy's and Domino's Pizza. Not exactly health food for the student athletes. SOME Republicans are finally seeing the light about Steve King. They see that he is a white supremacist and they're taking action. We've known this for YEARS. Why are they just now noticing?We talk environmental issues with Maya van Rossum from the Delaware Riverkeepers, host of the Off-Kilter podcast Rebecca Vallas and Cate Martel from The Hill! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BOMBSHELL stories from over the weekend that examine the relationship between Trump and Russia. First, the FBI was so concerned that Trump was a double agent for Russia that they opened up an investigation. Wow. PLUS, there is also a report that Trump hid the contents of his meetings with Putin. He even went so far as to have the interpreter destroy the notes from their meetings. He hid facts from his team. What could he be hiding????We talk to Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizar, who have a GREAT new book called Fault Lines. It examines the political tribalism in this country and how it all started going south in 1974. We also discuss the Russia stories with Max Bergmann from The Moscow Project and Addy Baird from ThinkProgress! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.