books, for example. >> yeah. absolutely. that's another thing that justice thomas and really most of the justices at this point have done. justice thomas i believe got a $1.5 million book deal which obviously helped his financial situation. in the last 20 years. but also these relationships were you know, basic living expenses. things like batteries for his rv. tires. private school tuition. all these things were paid for by friends. and many of them political donors. which is something other justices have not done to our knowledge. >> justin, thank you very much for being with me. really appreciate your time. that wraps up the hour. you can always reach me on social media at jd balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now.

>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," outrage in israel after three of their hostages are killed by israel's own troops even though the hostages had made white flags, had sos messages with leftover food on the walls and the troops have been told to withhold fire. large crowds in israel this weekend protesting outside the military compound demanding that hostage talks resume. the cia director in europe with israeli and qatari officials for secret talks to get those negotiations going while defense secretary austin arrived in israel today as the administration is increasingly frustrated with prime minister netanyahu including failure to stop violence against palestinians in the west bank. >> attacks by extremist settlers against palestinians in the west bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable. >> plus, congressional overtime.

senate immigration talks to unlock millions in aid to israel and ukraine running out of time to get a bill passed this week. the impact on the war efforts and congress in the new year. and then poisonous rhetoric. donald trump again praising dictators and spreading lies about undocumented immigrants. what mr. trump's 2024 rivals are and are not saying about it just 23 days ahead of the iowa caucuses. good day, everyone. pressure growing in israel for another deal to bring home the remaining hostages being held in gaza. nbc news has confirmed that william burns has met with his israel a qatari counterparts in warsaw and is leading an effort to restart talks on releasing 130 hostages still in captivity. this comes after the israeli

military admitted that its troops mistakenly shot and killed three hostages. even though the israeli hostages made white flags, smeared s.o.s. and old food and wrote help in hebrew. the families of hostages still being held are outraged. thousands of people demonstrating in tel aviv over the weekend. lloyd austin was in israel this morning bringing a message to prime minister netanyahu. >> so we will continue to stand up for israel's bedrock right to defend itself and we'll also continue to urge the protection of civilians during conflict and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. that's important as israel fights to dismantle hamas terrorist infrastructure in gaza and it will be crucial for our work with our allies and partners after the fighting stops. >> as the humanitarian crisis

worsens inside gaza, a second crossing was opened to allow more aid to get to those in need. this is the first from israel into gaza. the other of course, the rafah gate from egypt. joining us now, nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, from jerusalem, and richard haas. richard engel, first to you. the families are outraged. we saw large crowds protesting in tel aviv over the weekend. that doesn't mean they're against the war. just the way the hostage situation is being held. >> generally in this country, this is still almost universal support for the war in gaza. for the war against hamas. there is however this one very vocal, very sensitive group of the hostage families and they gathered in tel aviv.

they gather there every day in front of the defense ministry and they are urging a change of tactic but not a change of strategy. they want a resumption of negotiations. they want them to release how many palestinian prisoners are held in israeli jails as hamas is asking for and to get them out now because they're seeing their family members, distant relatives, friends, staying there. their condition clearly deteriorating as time goes on then this incident where the three hostages apparently abandoned by their kidnappers tried to run to safety and made signs and took their shirts off and did everything they could to signal that they were friendly, not hostile. not hamas. running toward attacking israeli soldiers including shouting in hebrew and still, they were killed.

one shot repeatedly. he was shot, injured. then shot again. these accounts are making the hostage families say over and over, this has to stop. we need to go back to the negotiations with hamas. we told you so. we spoke to one of the families and you can just sense the frustration. the anger in her voice with the government and with everyone who is not doing more to get the hostages out. >> richard haas, been here with the talks, cia director burns, israel, qatari counterparts. is this a sign those talks could start again? they're not going to be easy. >> they're never easy, but yes, they will start again. and i think that at some point, you'll have some new pause. a temporary, if you will, cease fire. i expect it will again be a package, andrea. more aid will go in. prisoners will be swapped. some hostages will come out. so that will continue.

that doesn't though affect the basics. it doesn't affect first of all what you've been talking about with richard engel, the breakdown of discipline from the idf. there was already going to be a massive investigation about israeli intelligence and defense preparedness or lack of it on october 7th and obviously now there's an investigation needed here. then what secretary austin is doing. the gap between what the biden administration wants. clearly measured, careful, intelligence-driven, small unit operation versus what the israelis have been doing for the most part. the president described as indiscriminate bombing. then there's the whole what comes next. i think there will be future small deals between israel and hamas but i don't see them really addressing the fundamentals. >> richard, there's been a lot of emphasis from the prime minister the last couple of

days. more emphasis from the past about no two-state solution. that's been implicit in the way the settlements have expanded and all these policies for quite a long time. but making that specific, it's been interpreted at least on this side of the, you know, in the u.s. by a lot of people as this is netanyahu trying to appeal to his base because he's trying to ensure his political future at a time when people are supporting the war but not supporting the leader. >> his confidence in his leadership is incredibly low and opponents worry by the day his actions are motivated by his personal survival. that he's trying to placate his coalition which including far right settlers. so when the united states is calling on the government to reign in the settlers, it is in effect calling on the government to reign in itself.

there is not a distinction anymore between the israeli government and the fringe movements because they have the same agenda and they've been brought together by what happened on october 7th. if this, if austin's trip was to pressure israel to move to more targeted campaign, i certainly didn't hear it and israel certainly doesn't seem to hear it. instead what we heard in that press conference was lots of talks of a gradual transition on israel's time scale. that it will maybe finish clearing up areas in the north where it's been doing fighting. allow potentially some people from the south who are displaced there to move up into the north. then it will shift to the south. so what i heard was a very long month potentially years campaign. >> and richard haass, there is also the feeling by some of the president's you know, supporters as well as critics, that he has isolated the u.s. in terms of the european allies, the united

nations. not that the u.n. hasn't always on a large scale been against israel on a lot of votes, but that the you know, what's happening in gaza in particular needed to see a shift sooner away from so-called bear hug of israel that he's been too close to netanyahu and that it's hurting our leadership overseas. >> well, it is. we are isolated. i also think it poisons the long-term u.s. israeli relationship. i think what the u.s. is doing is short sided and alienates the population in gaza, west bank and the entire world. the whole idea of using military force is to change the context in a way that leads to something better. this is not going to -- i think the pressure on the president then is going to be to do something else. his patient, friendly advice is not being heeded. i think what you're likely to

see is a speech that goes over the head of the israeli government. over a prime minister who refuses to listen and essentially tries to make the case to the israeli people why israel's policy may not be in israel's own self-interest. it's going to be very tricky politically. got to be sensitive to still the emotional trauma that defines israel but i think you're going to see the president begin to make something of a turn and i think it has to happen. >> richard haass and richard engel, thanks to both of you. time running out in the senate for talks to come to a conclusion on an immigration deal blocking aid to ukraine and israel. the latest next when "andrea mitchell reports" is back in just 60 seconds. you're watching msnbc. just 60 seconds. you're watching msnbc.

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migrants getting asylum at the border and growing resistance to any last minute deal before the holiday break. tough weekend negotiations with the homeland security secretary reportedly made progress but even if they do produce a deal this week, republicans say it will not be voted on until january when they come back on january 8th. joining us now, garrett haake. so, garrett, explain the procedural hurdles here. not only has the house gone home so you can't call them back, but in the senate alone to get this through. >> look, the senate, the house being gone and the speaker johnson making very clear he's not bringing them back early is the largest hurdle here. the simple fact is you can't vote on a deal or a framework. you have to vote on bill. negotiators involved here all of who have experience with these thorny issues, understand that getting every word right of a potential deal is critical because the law around

immigration is so complicated and they don't want to get bogged down in years if not decades if they make changes to the asylum system or giving the administration more power to deport immigrants that are already here. they have problems in both substance and the mechanism of passing something quickly even if they reach a deal, which everyone involved, andrea, has said they are not close yet. >> garrett haake, thanks for setting that up and joining us now is former republican congressman, fred upton, from michigan. the white house wants a deal. they know it's good politics for them to get a deal, but this is alienating the hispanic caucus. >> and the freedom caucus on the right as well because they really don't want to see any aid, particularly to ukraine. they made that pretty clear. what i can't believe is that the president asked for this back in october. in essence now january.

when congress comes back fully, the house is not coming back until after the first of the year. they're going to have so few days to get things done. remember we've got the continuing resolution. the cr, that expires. we don't even know what those numbers are going to be in terms of spending let alone no deal here. seems like there was a pretty big sweet spot they could operate with. with immigration reform and fix the asylum thing. it's years in the, you know, discussion stage. the wall. you've got ukraine. we still haven't paid for the fires in hawaii yet. then congress just goes home for three weeks after they were gone in essence for the month of october including halloween. and they're going to come back to a very hot plate of trying to get things done where it's all going to be mashed into together and that's not the way to legislate. >> it's remarkable the voters aren't keying on to the fact there are so many holidays.

>> yeah. halloween. i didn't know halloween was a holiday but they got the day off. it was on a tuesday. no votes. it's like, get your work done. i mean, that's why we sent you to washington. you've got these big issues. they're just getting larger and larger and we've got nothing to speak of it. >> including the 21 days when they didn't have a speaker. >> yeah. yeah. and they were exhausted after that. but then when you come back, get your work done. >> it's very tiring. >> you know, this has been a very unproductive congress. there was a report yesterday, they've had only 22 bills reach the president's desk and some of those bills were in essence naming post offices and the like. that's not a very good record when you're more than three months now into the fiscal year. no appropriation bills. >> i believe there are 53 confirmable positions including some top ambassadors and the deputy secretary of state. who have not been confirmed to

the state department because of the hang ups senator rand paul and a couple of other senators just putting holds on them. >> yeah. keep them here. i was one that suggested it. they shouldn't let them go home for christmas until they get their work done. still got seven shopping days. six. >> don't remind me. thank you very much. happy holidays, fred upton. just be happy you're not in congress. right now at the supreme court, mourners are paying their respects to sandra day o'connor. the trail blazing first woman to serve on the court is lying in repose in the great hall. she died this month at the age of 93. president biden and chief justice john roberts will be among the yule gists tomorrow, excuse me, the late supreme court justice is -- has her funeral at washington national cathedral. we'll have special coverage of that service starting at 11:00

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>> i think the real number is 15, 16 million people into our country, when they do that, we got a lot of work to do. they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. >> the biden campaign attacking those comments saying that they parroted hitler who used similar phrases. donald trump is also facing criticism for praising dictators at the same rally and quoting putin. >> vladimir putin of russia says that biden's, and this is a quote, politically motivated persecution of his political rival, is very good for russia because it shows the rottenness of the american political system which cannot pretend to teach others about democracies. joining us now is jonathan lemire, white house bureau chief and host of way too early here on msnbc. and jim messina, former white house deputy chief of staff for president obama. so, jonathan, what's the context for the comments by donald trump and how are the republican

candidates reacting? >> so donald trump is certainly no stranger using deeply inflammatory and racist language when it comes to immigrants and what he said over the weekend in new hampshire. did indeed echo sentiments voiced by hitler and mind you, this comes as he in the same speech praised tyrants like viktor orban, president xi of china, kim jong-un of north korea and indeed, putin. he loves to associate himself with strong men and he is put forth a pretty draconian proposal to handle immigrants here and the biden campaign snapped back quickly calling it out for what it was, which was echoing some of the worst figures of this previous century. but we've gotten largely silence from his republican counterparts including governor desantis on with us on "morning joe" this

morning vying for the republican nomination as well. he kind of stepped around it and didn't really condemn the former president for his harsh and down right incendiary language. much, much tougher stuff from the democrats and the president's re-election team. >> except of course for chris christie. he's the one person who did take him on about it. the lone exception. again. and not doing as well in the polls in new hampshire which is so critical for him. but of course, at least the new hampshire polls, nikki haley climbing up. jim messina, senator graham who endorsed donald trump was on "meet the press" with kristen welker and she asked him about trump's comments. >> with him using words like that. >> you know, we're talking about language. i can care less what language people use as long as we get it

right. >> so, jim, you've run national campaigns in the past. i think we got, you know, upset when george herbert walker bush called bill clinton a bully or a bozo. forget what it was. some words like that. but this language, the issue isn't the language can inspire lone actors, can get people to do things. we saw that on january 6th. >> absolutely. you're exactly right. let's just be really clear what this is, andrea. this is race baiting. and it's race baiting for political gain. they think their way to the white house is driving up their white vote number and so he's attempting to do this and the question is is the modern republican party going to be complicit in this. and are people going to stand up and say this is unacceptable? and lindsey graham is just another one of the former critics of donald trump who just

have been swept away by this movement and whatever donald trump says is now okay. and we all know this rhetoric is incendiary. his rhetoric started january 6th and the question is do any of these people, mitch mcconnell, the speaker of the house, you know, leaders like lindsey graham, is anyone going to stand up to this guy in the republican party or they just going to let him run over their party. >> and jonathan, i wanted to ask you about a provocative story in "the washington post" by tyler paige that the president before the thanksgiving break, was upset with his top political advisers about his sagging poll numbers. especially on the economy. that bidenomics has not taken off. the economy is improving. he's not getting credit for it. how concerned is he about the re-election? >> well, the president is very concerned about these poll numbers to tyler's good

reporting, and we've had stories on similar subject matter here that really see that the bidenomics reset, this push over the summer to talk about the economy and positive biden stories, didn't really go anywhere. in fact, the president's poll numbers have only sunk since. about the month back, the campaign has pivoted and spent more time on drawing contrast with trump. we haven't seen the needle, poll numbers move that much just yet but it's always been the biden campaign theory of the case that right now, people aren't really paying attention. senior aides have told me in the last few days they have polling that suggests most americans don't think we're going to have a biden trump rematch in 2024. they think trump, he'll be in jail. or president biden, he's too old. he won't do it. not really listening to the coverage that we are on track for rematch.

and see how incendiary so they'll see that binary choice between them. they'll say to themselves. >> that is that as each of them get more exposed, it could work against either one of those candidates given the polling that most people within their own parties do not want them to be the nominee. jim? >> yeah. look, i agree with jonathan. i think this race has to become a choice. president obama didn't move in the polls against mitt romney until we made it a choice. and so coming in out of the new year in january as the country starts to focus as to jonathan's great point, that people are very clear that donald trump's going to be the nominee. he will wrap it up on march 4th.

he'll have enough delegates. it will be clear it's biden versus trump. >> thanks to you both. and today, the president and first family are marking a somber anniversary. a sad one for them. the tragedy 51 years ago when joe biden's first wife and their 13 month old daughter died in a car crash that severely also injured the other two boys. the first family held a private, earl my morning mass and visited the grave site. they were killed in a car crash in 1972 just weeks after mr. biden had won his first term in the u.s. senate. his son, beau, was just a toddler. he and his brother, hunter, survived the accident. then died of brain cancer in 2015. on the eve of that anniversary, a frightening moment as an

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sunday, a man was arrested in an antisemitic attack just outside of washington, d.c. synagogue for allegedly shouting an antisemitic phrase and spraying a foul smelling substance outside the congregation on sunday. a man was arrested in another attack also officers arresting brant wood for allegedly shouting that phrase and spraying the foul smelling substance and during a 24-hour period over the weekend, the secure community network tracked nearly 200 spotting incidents and false bomb threats across the country targeting jewish facilities. joining us now, special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism for the state department for the administration. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is a tough time. >> it's a very tough time.

when i first came into office, it was busy. there was a rise, a surge in antisemitism then, but now we're seeing a tsunami. you've mentioned two incidents here in the united states but it's across the world. i've been since october 7th in italy, france, germany, canada and now in israel but in all those european countries and in canada, people are afraid. a mother in france said to me i took my child out of the general school. the public schools as we would call it, because he was being suggested to taunts but now hamas, the day of supposed terror that hamas, i sent him to a jewish school. i don't know if he's safe there. i don't know what to do. very poignant. very poignant. >> you know, one thing that occurs is there was so much sympathy for israel after october 7th. it turned rather quickly. my feeling, you know,

anecdotally is it really turned after the bombing of the refugee camp. >> and the hospital. >> and the hospital. and the siege created you know, problems with the u.n. the u.n. is always difficult for israel. no question about that. but is there any way they could further ameliorate the crisis? >> i can't speak to that specifically. but i do know that the antisemitism that's emerged with this in small ways and large, there was the thing this weekend, the british airways is pulling a sitcom that was scheduled to go, entertainment thing. so it sounds like a sitcom, a seinfeld kind of thing from a british based studio. because it doesn't want to take sides. so what's, and the philadelphia,

a good restaurant, israeli theme, gets bombarded and people are protesting. >> singled out. >> the attack on synagogues, even if they were not real attacks, my synagogue in atlanta felt it. others felt it. people are afraid to go. they had cleared out in the middle of services. the anti, irrespective of how you feel about the middle east and what your position is on gaza, on the west bank, on two states. the antisemitism is always wrong. and on top of that, what we saw, i met with some of the people who have family. who experienced this or treating people who have experienced this, the gender based violence. against women. against israeli women. not all of them jews, most of

them, but not all. it's just been horrific. >> and the failure of the international community to recognize that until finally last week. question though about the islamophobia because hate speech affects all of us. >> speech. >> and the violence against the, well, the shooting, horrible shooting in vermont. college kids is paralyzed. >> there's never any room for hate. there's never any room for hate. words matter. some of your previous guests said. words do matter. the killings in rwanda. the armenian genocide beginning of the century. all these things start with words and then it's a slippery slope. words don't always lead to that, but it always starts with words. and it's dangerous. it's no hate. no prejudice is legitimate. and the incidents of

islamophobia and attacks are horrific. horrific. there's nothing good anyone can say. there's no but. but the tsunami of antisemitism that we've seen worldwide including in this country but worldwide is unlike anything we've ever seen before. >> briefly, you met with the pope. is there anything more he can do? >> i think he can speak out. he has spoken out on some of the things he sees but certainly on the hostages. there are still women there. there are still children there. and these are civilians. one have attack on forces. you want to have a fight, but these were civilians in their homes. >> ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. ahead of what's expected to be a very busy holiday travel period, the state department has added staff and overtime so it can process a record breaking 24 million passports as they tackle a common complaint for american travelers. the wait time for new passports

just in time for the holidays. >> with the holiday travel season now here, the state department is stepping up its efforts to ensure americans can take that dream overseas family vacation with ease. standard passport renewals take six to eight weeks by mail or if expedited, two to three weeks but what if at the last minute you realize you've lost your passport or it's expired? these anxious travelers rushed to get one the same day. >> we are going to spain, to portugal, italy. >> travel picked up after covid. renewals took ten to 13 weeks to progress. now they're up to date. >> we had to do a lot of overtime. >> how much? >> well, thousands of hours per month. for an extended period of time. we really worked our staff as much we could. >> the photo requirements can cause delays. >> you've got to have a photo

that's a specific size. can't be smiling. all kinds of requirements on that. >> and you like to smile. >> i love to smile. >> and the new passports have laminated photo pages similar to a credit card to make them even more difficult to counterfeit. >> we consider our passport the golden standard of passports in the world. >> she and her husband were packing to take their daughter to visit grandma in spain. just hours before their afternoon flight. how did you realize mercedes' passport had expired? >> in the worst of ways. we were packing and realized it's expiring next week so we couldn't come back in without her passport. yep, it's all good. >> the passport office rushed it through in a few short hours. they raced off to try and catch their plane. and the next step coming sometime in 2024, the rollout of

a website where you can renew your passport online. just remember, don't smile for the camera and no selfies if you want to avoid more delays. and america at a cross roads. a pbs documentary series two years in the making and what it says about the forces dividing americans. judy woodruff is up next. americans. judy woodruff is up next

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hour, president biden's approval rating is now at its lowest level of his presidency. just 34%. the pbs news hour's judy woodruff has been traveling the country the past year talking to americans. she's got another year talking about what divides us politically and what that could mean for 2024. joining me now is former nbc white house correspondent, i'm proud to say, senior correspondent and former host at the pbs news hour. also some good time at cnn. >> and thank you very much for having me. >> this is amazing. you're an iconic journalist. this is an expansion of what our old friend and colleague used to call on doorstoping. you went out in american to find out what's going on. >> i knew i was preparing to step down from anchoring at the end of 2022 that i wanted to try to understand why we seemed so divided. in my 50 years of covering american politics, i've never seen americans at this, as

divided as they are. we have talked to the experts at the research center. they assured us that yes, not only are americans more divided than a few decades ago, but they have more divided views. in 2016, 47% of republicans said they thought democrats were immoral. most were immoral. by 2022, six years later, 72% of republicans said they think democrats are immoral. same percentage that think democrats are dishonest. similar numbers coming from democrats toward republicans, but we are clearly at a divided time. and a dark time. in our country. >> and is it because of the way information is being consumed? the siloing, social media? people getting their news but not facts? instagram. >> exactly. and many people, citizens we

talked to, will point to the media. to social media saying this is part of what's driving us apart but it's also very real on issues like what books should be on shelves in schools. school board meetings used to be these sleepy affairs. nobody paid attention. today, they are the site of enormous fights over what books should be on the shelves, what should be banned, how history should be taught. the story of race in america. the black experience in america. lgbtq issues. so almost on issue after issue, these things these things are playing out not just in washington, but they're playing out at the national level, at the local level. >> used to be the hot-button issues were social security, what to do with social security, abortion and guns. now banning school books,

textbooks as well as novels and poetry, that never used to be a hot button issue. >> almost any issue you can think of where people have an opinion, it's become divisive. you mentioned media, andrea. i have to mention local news. as you know very well, something like 2,500 newspapers across the country have shut down in the last couple of decades. tens of thousands of reporters laid off. why does that matter? when you lose that newspaper, that flow of news locally, people don't know what's going on in their community. the glue, the civic engagement is diminished, the democratic process is harmed. people vote more along party lines. there's less bipartisanship. we're seeing this happen across the country. we were in the small town of canadian texas, conservatives who read the newspaper every week, canadian record.

one rancher was in tears talking to me about what that paper had meant. now it's no longer there. >> a lot of the fabric is torn apart. politicians are taking advantage and exacerbating it. >> and what we're doing on pbs tomorrow night, i'm happy to say, there's a special that's going to air at 9:00 eastern on most of your pbs stations looking at all of the highlights of what we've done and conversation at lincoln college with judge michael lutig, retired, former governor patrick talking about where we are as a country and where we're headed in this election year. andrea, i'm going to take over the conversation for just a moment right now. before we go, your producers have a surprise because they are -- we are celebrating 15 years of "andrea mitchell

reports" and 45 years of andrea mitchell's amazing award-winning reporting on nbc around this country and around the world. >> i'll never forget the first time i met andrea mitchell. >> i was still going through the fan boy phase where i'd see nbc legends like andrea and try to be cool. >> i couldn't be surprised that i was meeting the incredible andrea mitchell. >> i was standing in flood water in hoboken. >> i was a new correspondent with nbc working in new york. >> a 20-year-old college student -- >> she emailed me probably on the commercial break to say welcome to the team. >> she immediately made me feel like a valued colleague. >> the first thing she said to me was how can i help you? i thought, oh, my god, andrea mitchell is emailing me! >> i can remember thinking there's the gold standard. >> i have such tremendous respect for you as a journalist, as a woman. >> i pinch myself every day i

get to work around the corner from you. >> she has been a mentor, a leader. >> she truly has paved the way for me and a generation of journalists. >> we had both survived breast cancer. it is something that we went through and we still talk about, survivorship. >> when i was diagnosed with cancer, she had not only gotten me her doctor, but she offered to drive down so i wouldn't be alone. >> one of the people who helped me grow into the reporter i am today. >> i'm so thankful every day that you are my colleague and you are my friend. >> andrea, congratulations on 15 years of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc and for your 45 years at nbc news. >> you are incredible. >> congratulations, andrea. >> congratulations -- >> andrea, from the bottom of my heart, congratulations. >> we love you and we appreciate you. thank you so much.

>> i don't know where that came from. >> that was cooked up without your knowledge. >> do you realize how hard it is to pull over something on andrea mitchell without her knowledge. congratulations. >> oh, my. thank you so much. >> from your friends at pbs, all your friends in the news media. there's so much respect for you and what you do. >> you were my first buddy here at nbc, getting me through some really tough years. >> we go way back. congratulations. >> to all my friends, you're only as good as your team. it's my producers, everyone who has been -- all those people, so many of those people used to work on our team, blayne and vaughn. well, anyway, my colleagues -- >> heartfelt. >> well, what it does kind of emphasize is continuity is important, and the fact that nbc

news and msnbc and all of our other platforms have supported me through all these changes in the front office. we've had a lot of changes overall these years, and this has been a constant. so i'm so grateful on the ms side to rashida jones and the whole team there, and my producers, michelle perry and erica josephson and katherine in the control room, to nbc news -- >> it's a team effort and you've been leading the way. your extraordinary reporting year after year has earned you the respect and admiration of everybody in the business. >> coming from judy woodruff, that is high praise. thank you. >> so glad to be here. to another 15. >> well, that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my thanks to my friends and colleagues. remember us on social media

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