Balance of Power

Joe spoke with Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution on takeaways from French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the White House and funding for Ukraine, Bloomberg Government Congress reporter Emily Wilkins on legislation passed in the Senate to avert a rail strike without a deal on paid leave benefits. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Lester Munson, Principal at BGR Group on the Inflation Reduction Act excluding our European allies on EV tax credits, breaking Donald Trump legal news on the Ways and Means Committee getting access to Trump tax returns and the ruling that halts the Special Master Mar-a-lago documents review, and a group of Republican senators threat to block a floor vote on defense funding if the vaccination mandate policy for service members isn't ended. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with former labor negotiator and Cornell professor Art Wheaton on the legislation passed by the House to block a rail worker strike, Bloomberg Economics Editor, Michael McKee explains Fed Chair Jay Powell's remarks about the inflation road ahead, and former communications director for new Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Hardaway, founder of Hardaway wire on challenges facing Rep. Jeffries and the caucus. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on rail strike legislation, Kevin McCarthy's quest to be Speaker of the House, the latest on the Georgia runoff race and Janet Yellen walking back Twitter investigation comments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke exclusively with Senate Minority Whip John Thune of South Dakota about President Biden urging Congress to intervene to avert a nationwide rail strike, the deadline to fund the government, Donald Trump's recent dinner date with a white supremacist, same sex marriage legislation and how a Herschel Walker win in the Georgia runoff election would impact the Senate. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on takeaways from Senator Thune's interview and Kari Lake's lawsuit challenging the Arizona election results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with AGF Investments Chief U.S. Policy Strategist, Greg Valliere on the to-do list for Congress in the lame duck session, and Craig Singleton, Senior China Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on the protests over Xi Jinping's strict Covid-zero policy. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on the Georgia runoff election, the political fallout of the China protests, Donald Trump's dinner date with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's intention to run for Chairman of the RNC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Bloomberg Economics Editor Mike McKee on the Fed's fight against inflation and what it means for holiday spending. Plus, the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum Executive Director Christopher Browne discusses the just re-opened museum with new exhibits and an emphasis on the diverse voices that have advanced air and space exploration. And, our politics panel, Bloomberg politics contributors, Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Art Wheaton, former labor negotiator and director of labor studies at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations on the threat of a rail shutdown before the holidays. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Lester Munson, Principal at BGR Group on division in the new Congress and House Republicans prioritizing investigations, the Supreme Court clearing the way the for the Ways and Means Committee to get 6 years of Donald Trump's tax returns, and Kevin McCarthy's trip to El Paso to address the migrant crisis on the southern border and call for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Bob McNally, Founder & President of Rapidan Energy on the Saudi Arabia's denial of a WSJ report that it's discussing an oil-production increase, and Brian Ott, Professor of Communication at Missouri State University on Donald Trump's potential return to Twitter. Plus Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on energy prices and US relations with Saudi Arabia, Trump's potential return to Twitter and what it means for the fate of Truth Social, whether Donald Trump could be indicted and President Biden pardons White House turkeys Chocolate and Chip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with two experts, Rebecca Roiphe, Professor of Law at New York Law School and Nick Akerman, former Watergate prosecutor about the DOJ's appointment of an independent special counsel to oversee criminal investigations related to Donald Trump and decide whether to bring any charges now that he’s making a third run for the White House in 2024. Joe Weisenthal Co-host of Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast on the Fed and inflation, Plus FTX, SBF and the ABC's of the crypto crisis, and June Grasso on Elizabeth Holmes 11 year sentence for fraud at Theranos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations and former US Ambassador to NATO on the response to the missile strike that killed two people in Poland, Drew Littman, Policy Director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on the GOP leadership competition, and Nancy Pelosi's future. Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Lisa Camooso Miller, former Communications Director for the RNC on how the US should respond to the Poland missile strike, Donald Trump's candidacy for president in 2024, the same-sex marriage bill that cleared the Senate, and Donald Trump's claim that China meddled in the 2020 election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on reports of a Russian missile strike in Poland that killed 2 people, Melinda Haring, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center on the response from NATO allies and the next Ukraine aid package. Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Rick Davis on the debate over another Ukraine aid package, GOP leadership battles with Kevin McCarthy and Rick Scott challenges Mich McConnell for Senate leader, and Donald Trump's big 2024 announcement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.