Todd welcomes Stephen Boyd, a veteran Washington operative who writes the new "MONDAY BRIEF" about the latest from the nation's capital.

Topics include:

1. The Alabama Delegation's committee assignments and what they mean;
2. What's really going on with debt limit negotiations with historical context;
3. The realities of divided government from someone who has seen it all;
4. Why we haven't seen a decision on Space Command to Huntsville;
5. And what we should think about the Trump / DeSantis poll.