The Bill Press Pod

Bernie Sanders-backed Andrew Gillum won the Democratic primary for governor in Florida last night. He'll be facing Ron DeSantis, who has tied himself to Trump more than any other candidate. It's going to be an amazing race to watch. Can Gillum win? Damn right he can.Facing the walls closing in around him, Trump did what he does best... He tried to change the topic. He brought the wall up again and still insists that Mexico is going to pay for it. He also accused Google of burying positive results about him when people search for him. Conspiracy theories galore! He might try to change the subject, but it's not going to work! Bill talks to Politico's Dan Lippman, Alex Seitz-Wald from NBC News and Simone Pathe from Roll Call.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump *might* be a millionaire, but money clearly can't buy you class. After flying the flag at half staff for just over a day, the White House raised it back on Monday. It took a day of criticism from all sides before they even issued a statement of John McCain. There was also a MAJOR shift in Florida when it comes to how the GOP redistricted the voting map. A court ruled it unconstitutional and we could see them swing in a favorable way for Democrats before the November elections. Combine that with some exciting news about Bet O'Rourke's race to defeat Ted Cruz and you've got some pretty exciting news for Dems. We sit down with Tom Perez, the chairman of the DNC, Graham Vyse from Governing Magazine and Congressional Reporter for Daily Beast Andrew Desiderio. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill is back! He's got a lot to catch up on! We go through last week and how crazy the news was. And there was breaking news from over the weekend. The CFO of the Trump Organization has been given immunity to discuss the money. This could be BAD NEWS for Trump. The walls are closing in! Bill remembers his friend John McCain and talks about how far the GOP has gotten away from his message of decency. We discuss the legal problems for Trump with New Republic's Matt Ford and how Fox News speaks to the President with Matt Gertz from Media Matters! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Florida, the "Stand Your Ground" gun law is back in the news after a white man shot an unarmed black man over a parking dispute. Peter Ogburn talks to Ngozi Ndulue, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Programs at the NAACP about the history of the controversial law and the direction that it's going in Florida. We also get into the specifics of the shooting, so if there are young ears nearby, maybe wait to listen until they are not around. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump. What a wild week we had. Guest host Evan McMorris-Santoro joins us to recap all the craziness we saw this week. There was a major blow to the Trump campaign with Michael Cohen, but Trump and his staff don't seem to be changing their strategy at all. Will it work out for them? Time will tell, but so far it doesn't look great. We're joined by Vox's Dara Lind, HuffPost's Ryan J Reilly and Alex Jaffe from Vice News! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After we received news that Michael Cohen implicated Donald Trump in his crimes, the WH rallied the troops and pushed back on Cohen. Donald Trump and Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced the media to say that Trump did nothing wrong. Again, it's an attempt by the WH to make this a "he said-he said." Time will tell if it's actually going to work. Guest host Sabrina Siddiqui welcomes Max Bergmann from The Moscow Project, Daniel Lippman from Politico and Zoe Tillman from Buzzfeed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A jawdropper of a news day on Tuesday as we saw Michael Cohen plead guilty while implicating Donald Trump in his crimes, but also Paul Manafort get convicted on 8 of his charges brought by Robert Mueller. Not only that, the second Congressman to endorse Trump, Duncan Hunter Jr, was indicted on several counts of fraud. This could very well define the Trump presidency. Guest host Jason Dick welcomes Todd Ruger, Bridget Bowman and Clyde McGrady all from Roll Call to tackle the insane news day. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump spoke to Reuters to try and clarify statements that Rudy Giuliani made when he said that "truth isn't truth." Trump turned the whole Mueller investigation into a "he said-he said." Will that ultimately work? Don't count on it. We also size up the midterms and the Democrats' chances of taking back the House and the Senate, but also the role that women are playing in taking down Trump's agendaGuest host Peter Ogburn welcomes Lauren Gambino from the Guardian, Alayna Treene from Axios and Ella Nilsen from Vox. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rudy Giuliani went on Meet the Press and declared that "truth isn't truth" when he was talking about Trump talking to Robert Mueller. Sure, it looks like a "he said-he said" situation at the moment, but calling the entire concept of truth into question is a very bad look for the Trump team. Did Chuck Todd push back hard enough?We talk about the wild weekend with Zack Ford from ThinkProgress, Katherine Tully-McManus from Roll Call and Niall Stanage 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.

Michelle Obama created a rallying cry for Democrats in 2016 when she exclaimed "when they go low, we go high." In the years after the 2016 campaign, has it lost it's luster? Michael Avanatti says that when they go low, we fight back. That seems to be a message that resonates more for Democrats hoping to win. Peter Ogburn talks to The Hill's Amie Parnes about how Democrats are moving past the message of Michelle Obama and finding a new message. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.