Good morning, good friends, and here we go the first day of the Labor Day weekend. Thank you for

joining us for this week's Reporter's Roundtable here on the Bill Press Pod. Well, it's a strange week

indeed when the big news comes, not from Washington, D.C., but from

Leewood, Missouri, where Travis Kelsey finally popped the question to Taylor Swift, and she said,

yes, that kind of earth-shaking event, even the president and the vice president felt compelled

to comment on.

But life in Washington rolled on as usual with President Trump continuing to fire or sick the Justice Department on people he considers his political enemies.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, CDC director Susan Monarras.

Senator Adam Schiff, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and now maybe former governor Chris Christie.

Meanwhile, only two weeks with the National Guard present in our nation's capital.

President Trump says crime in Washington is gone.

So now he's thinking of sending troops next to Chicago or

Beverly Hills. An alligator alley opened two months ago at a cost of $250 million is shutting down.

What to make of all of that? Well, for that, we turn to today's panel. Philip Bump, former Washington post- columnist. Good

Phil. Good to have you back, Philip. Hello. Happy to be here, sir. John Bennett, White House correspondent for

CQ roll call. Hello, John. Good morning, Bill. And Sarah Wyer, Senior National Political Correspondent

for USA Today. Hello, Sarah. Hello. Well, usually you start with a political

scandal, but we have to start with a big sports scandal today. So I'm going to turn right to you,

John Bennett. The vice president says that Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift getting married. This means

that the refs are going to be playing favors with the Kansas

City Chiefs. And this is going to be a scandal for the big NFL to deal with.

Well, that's an interesting take. I've saw some memes on, on Instagram myself, about all that.

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