Nov. 16 — Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Ro Khanna and Sen. John Barrasso

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) weigh in on the government reopening, the Democratic divide over Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s leadership and the Republican split over the release of the Epstein files. Peter Alexander, Jamelle Bouie, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Lanhee Chen join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, paying the price.
0:03.4	The longest government shutdown in history ends.
0:06.7	But Democrats come up empty-handed in their fight for health care affordability, revealing
0:12.1	a divide in the party.
0:13.7	My concern is that the lesson that they're learning is that Democrats are weak.
0:18.0	This was the only deal on the table.
0:20.5	Was the 43-day standoff worth it?
0:23.0	They didn't achieve anything with this at all. You should not forget this when we come up to midterms.
0:27.7	Plus, records release. Congress gets ready to vote on a bipartisan effort to force the release of
0:34.2	the Epstein files as new emails from the convicted sex offender emerge,
0:38.8	mentioning Donald Trump.
0:40.8	These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.
0:46.3	This Epstein vote, the record, is going to last longer than Trump's presidency.
0:50.3	Will Republicans vote to block the release?
0:53.3	And break up.
0:54.8	President Trump turns against one of his biggest supporters.
0:58.0	Is the MAGA movement fracturing?
1:00.0	MAGA was my idea.
1:02.0	MAGA was nobody else's idea.
1:03.0	I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else.
1:06.0	And MAGA wants to see our country thrive.
1:08.0	My guest this morning Democratic Senator Tim Cain of Virginia,
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