Good day, good friends. Good to see you again and welcome to this week's

Reporter's Roundtable here on the Bill Press pod. How, and what a week it's been. Chalk full of

big news on the political front, where Democrats scored big victories in Virginia, New Jersey, New York

City, and California, and even though he was not on the ballot, where Donald Trump lost big time.

Trump and allies tried to shrug off the results as a nothing burger, just what you'd expect

from voters in blue states. But the size of the victories gave new hope

for Democrats heading into the midterms and sent a strong message about the need for generational

change. Two days later, as if hearing that message, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced

she was not going to run for re-election. Meanwhile, we're now in the

longest government shutdown ever, which, unless it's all resolved today, unlikely, will result

in 10% of all flights today being canceled. Republican opposition to Trump is being led by,

believe it or not, Marjorie Taylor Green.

And America has said goodbye to perhaps the most powerful vice president in history.

Wow, that's a lot to cover.

So let's get right to it with today's panel.

Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

Hi, Sabrina, welcome back.

Good to have you back with us, and good to have Linda Feldman back as well,

White House correspondent and D.C. Bureau Chief for the Christian Science Monitor.

Hi, Linda.

Hi, Bill.

And Philip Bump, joining us former columnist for The Washington Post and author of the

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