David Graham, Jennifer Rubin, Rina Shah, and Joyce Vance on President-Elect Trump's pardoning plans; averting a government shutdown with Rep. Adam Smith; the Biden Administration's plans for its final days in office with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm; what Trump's pick to lead the Civil Rights division of the DOJ means for the future of the department; and the future of journalism in a new Trump era with Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, Norm Ornstein and Michael Shure on the Republicans' government shutdown showdown; Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa on holding up democracy against autocratic pressures; Congressman Wiley Nickel and historian Joanne Freeman on a true opposition party strategy for Democrats; CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the future of the agency; and author Paul Hawkins on her banned book, "The Girl on the Train."