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First: Government shutdown averted as Speaker Kevin McCarthy makes a call to work with Democrats to keep the government open. Will it cost him his job?
Plus: Shocking accusations made by Donald Trump as he picks a fight with one of the nation's top generals, Mark Milley. Will there be political repercussions?
And: President on the picket line. President Joe Biden says he's the Democrat with the plan to win back working class voters but it remains to be seen that his plan will work.
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Shortly before today's show we learned about the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein at the age of 90. An American original, she was the first woman to serve as San Francisco mayor, the first woman elected to the Senate from California, the first woman to sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first woman to chair the rules committee, and the first woman ever to chair the important Senate Intelligence Committee. We devote good portion of Inside Politics to her life and legacy.
Also on Inside Politics: The latest on a last-minute attempt to prevent a government shutdown.
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First: Republican candidates got busy bruising each other last night in a chaotic debate marked by insults, prepared one-liners and plenty of pettiness. But it offered little clarity about who, if anyone, can beat Donald Trump?
Plus: Today is day one of the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Republicans promise a show and tell. Democrats ask, where's the evidence?
And: President Biden is in Arizona to revive a 2020 and 2022 campaign theme that Democrats believe worked: MAGA extremists are a singular threat to American democracy.
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First: New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and his wife entered pleas of not guilty this morning to federal bribery charges. He's accused of using his influence to help Egypt in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury car.
Plus: Seven 2024 White House hopefuls take the stage tonight at Ronald Regan's presidential library in California in the second Republican debate. Notably absent - again - will be front-runner Donald Trump.
And: With just four days remaining to get a deal done, it's still a big question whether Congress can avoid a government shutdown.
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First: Joe Biden does something we've never seen before from any sitting US president by standing shoulder to shoulder with picketers in Detroit.
Plus: At least a dozen senators are now saying Bob Menendez should quit, including his fellow Democratic senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker.
And: The lineup for tomorrow's Republican presidential debate is set. Seven will clash in California.
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First: Bob Menendez vows to fight a federal bribery indictment, saying that, when all is said and done, he'll still be the senior senator from New Jersey.
Plus: Congress confronts a shrinking, six-day window to stop a government shutdown. But Donald Trump just made Kevin McCarty's job a whole lot harder.
And: In a picket line gamble, Joe Biden heads to Detroit to try and help bridge the big gap between what labor wants and what automakers say they can afford.
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First: With only one week left to avoid a government shutdown, Congress continues to argue over a spending bill. House speaker Kevin McCarthy faces threats of removal as speaker if he compromises with Democrats.
Next: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars and luxury gifts in bribes from multiple people. He was indicted Friday on corruption charges. Some Democratic politicians have called for him to resign, but others have not.
Then: The second Republican Presidential primary debate will be Wednesday, but Donald Trump will not attend. Other conservative candidates have criticized Trump on various issues such as abortion.
Later: President Biden is doing poorly in many national polls. He is tied with Trump in some head to head election polls.
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First: The speaker suffers another humiliation on the House floor. Republicans can't agree to move forward on a defense bill and will remain nowhere close to solving a shutdown riddle.
Plus: Life or death politics. Ukraine's president tries to convince a coalition to pay billions more in bullets, but Washington decides what will be felt.
And: Media titan Rupert Murdoch steps down and says he will hand off the business to his son.
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