thanks to you at home for staying with us for the nebs hour. aparentally, because there was just a huge national election on tuesday, that doesn't mean that we can't have a huge friday night news dump tonight. and, yes, we do a thing at the end of the show that we jokingly call the friday night news dump here. but that's not what i mean. tonight, there was an actual friday night news dump from washington that we didn't expected. and that is very, very big news. tonight, the wliet house put out their official announcement on a friday niekt naming president obama's advice to succeed eric holder as attorney general of the united states. he was a historic choice for a.g. he is our nation's first-ever african american attorney general. the nominee who president obama has chosen to succeed him will also be a history-making choice if she is confirmed for the job. but the fact that we did have a big, national election this week

in which the republicans took control of the senate, that does raise the question as to whether the president's new nominee for the attorney general will be confirmed for the job. there's some interesting wrinkles there. we'll have a report on that late-breaking news. it's also going to be the subject tonight on the interview. we've got an incredible corruption story coming up out of the deep south. it involves a really, really good local journalist and the better part of a billion dollars in a corruption case in a very poor state. that amazing story is coming up later on in the show tonight and more. we start tonight in colorado. the top of the ticket, headline results in california elections were, of course, that mark udol lost his seat to a republican congressman named corey gardener.

democrats had control in both chambers of the colorado legislature heading into this election. and, as of right now, they still don't know who's going to be controlling the senate after this election. in colorado, there's something like 800 votes in the senate race there. so whoever wins in adams county, colorado, that will determine which party controls the colorado senate. in the colorado house, they only decided late this afternoon who would be in control. late this afternoon. and the results came in from the last outstanding house races in colorado, that the republican party there finally conceded that they will not be able to take over the house from the democrats there, even though they really wanted. but i should tell you, among the

newly-elected republicans who will be keeping the democrats company in much larger numbers than they dd before in colorado is this guy. gordon has been a long-time internet preacher. but now he's a republican state lawmaker in colorado. he's become famous for his eloquent kp eloquent exorcisms of the demons that he says live in president obama. they're doing this secretly behind the scenes. here's what jesus warned in

chapter 12. they're not going to keep their secrets from us. we're not going to expose them as soon as we see them. there's knock covered up that will not be revealed. what you said in the dark, mr. obama, will be heard in the light. what you whispered in secret rooms, we're going to proclaim that on house talks. let's pray. father in help, we pray against the domestic enemies in constitution against this demon of tyranny who is using the white house occupant. that demonic spirit is oppressing us. father, we command it to leave. we prae that you will help the president repent. >> newly elected gordon klingenschlit performing exorcisms of demons inhabiting

president obama. every though his name is republican state representative elect, he prefers that you call him dr. chaps. we learned today that dr. chaps will not be up for any plilt kal parties. the house is still up for grabs, although the senate still is. and, actually, a lot of states are still unsettled in terms of individual races and late legislature of alaska. the republican governor is behind by a few thousand votes so far in alaska against the ticket that is running against him. which is an independent and a democrat running against him. nobody has con solded that so far. same deal, actually, in the alaska senate race where it's

the incumbent democratic senator who is blind a few thousand votes. a huge storm, stronger than superstorm sandy and about the size of alaska it, is due to hit the islands in alaska sometime this weekend. this is as big a storm they think it might be, it could have really wide-ranging implications in a state where they're still counting among other things. the virginia senate race, that race was finally settled today when ed gillespie announced he would not be asking for a recount. all-in-all, in terms of the senate, that's the last two senate races in the country that are now dded.

we knew on election night would be going to a run-off because neither candidate got 50 pbt of the vote. the mayor will be defending in a louisiana run-off on december 6th. mary landrieu is projecting all kinds oaf confident about that run-off. the odds are considered to be pretty strongly stacked against her this year. she is the last remaining democrat in a state-wide office in louisiana. they preserved almost $2 million in tv air time for that run-off election. but, now, they have released those reservations and mary landriue is going to be on her own to try to save her seat. so, yeah, still to be called in alaska and louisiana. this's also about a half dozen

house races to control its settled in washington. so, today, we have the great bipartisan awkwardness at the white house. herb crusted sea bass was the main course from both parties today. the press isn't allowed to stick around and actually watch them put their napkins on their lap and actually eat the sea bass, but you do get the sense from watching the first part, you do get the sense that this is the kind of lunch where people spend a lot of time not talking, right? awkwardly looking down and pokes at their sea bass. it's like the worst kind of dinner party where they don't let you is e sit with the person you came with, even though that's obviously the person that you like the best that's why you came with them. you notice sometimes they forceablely break you up so you can't sit next to your spouse or

your partner? so john boehner sat next to president obama. oh, this was a big, you know, ornate display of very unhappy good with. if you didn't feel happy, at least say happy thinks. at least say nice things. and they did. >> well, i want to thank the leadership for being here for this lunch. as i said the other night, they congratulated both mitch mcconnell as well as speaker boehner for running a very strong campaign.

they're frustrated by the gridlock. >> me in particular. conciliatory words today from president obama. let's work together. let's get things done. i, in particular, are looking forward to cooperating with the new republican leadership in republican congress. very conciliatory words. and then they eat their fish. and these things are awkward at the best of times. i cannot imagine how awkward it must be for speaker boehner to have to sit there, accepting the congratulations from the president, hearing the president say how much he's looking forward to working together and how much they can get done together and how much he wants to kite e co to cooperate with them. and then the press leaves and the door closes and then it eets

time to really talk. really talk about maybe what you've been saying since the election. >> when you play with matches, you take the risk of burning himself. and he's going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. >> speaker boehner talking about president obama yesterday with a very complicated metaphor involving poison, a path, matches, burning and somewhat incongressly a well. if you like the fire metaphors better than the drowning metaphors, that is a post-election inspection of reince priebus. >> the president is just throwing a barrel of gasoline on a fire if he signs the executive order. then he went forward and threatened executive amnesty,

which is, in our mind, a nuclear threat. >> nuclear, kerosene, barrel fire, poison, burning maps, in a well. >> since the republicans did so well, the press has been tatata about how the republicans visceral hatred for president obama just can't be their reason for living anymore. now that they are taking control in washington, surely, they'll be looking for ways to work constructively to find areas of mutual agreement. substantive policy matters that matter to the american people. this is what the beltway is saying. they're going to be working on governing. now that the republicans can have control, they can't just be interest.in going after president obama anymore.

listen to them actually talk to each other. >> there's going to be a fire storm on capitol hill. there's going to be calls for impeachment. >> some of the other things that people are suggesting which is possible impeachment of the president for which people would consider lawless action if he goes too far. how big would the action have to be? how big would it have to be to make it an impeachable offense? is president obama trying to bait the republicans into impeaching him? ♪ >> attention sunday morning. the beltway press has decided that these elections this woke mean everybody's going to be sipging kumbaya. the republicans must feel super-con strukt ef now.

they must be ready to put this behind them. you should have taken it as a hint when the morning after the election was done in front of a giant red screen that said stop obama. that's what they mean when republicans talk to each other, which is what fox news is for, what they're talking about this week is not constructive policymaking. it's when do we impeach the president? when do we get to start? that is where republicans are right now. you can see it on the fox news channel. you can also see it in the polling. you ask everybody all together and everybody all together says that's crazy. there's no reason to begin

impeaching president obama. that's kra sill. no. that's nuts. that's what happens when you ask everybody all together. now, look what happens when you ask just republicans. republicans, yes, actually. the new congress should start impeaching president obama. and, if you ask just tea party republicans, just the subset of the republican party which is super-served by their representatives in congress, if you ask just tea partiers, wow, they are ready to start impeaching president obama by a 2-1 margin. the republican party is clear as a bell. it's on fire. joining us now is stan greenburg, the conduct xx of that poll. thank you for being here tonight. it's nice the see you.

>> i'm delighted to be here on this day to talk about this really important data. >> can i ask you when you look at this data on impeachment, does it look the same to you as it did the last time republicans impeached a democratic president? >> you know, my vantage point on this was as the spouse of a civility conference in hershey, pennsylvania. and my partner was bob barr. upon leaving the conference, he, then, proceeded to introduce the first impeachment rez lougs. i've seen these moments in the past and get together and sing. that's not their agenda in terms of who they are. >> in terms of the way republicans talk about this, i see them telli ining each others would be an unpopular thing to do. this is something we know wouldn't have paid political

dividends for us. but, yet, there is this drive for it. can you tell us what makes the difference? remember, when they proceeded down this path in '98, such that nut gingrich had to resign as speaker. but, none the less, they proceeded to go forward with the impeep. despite the fact that the voters had rejected it very concretely. they had already paid a political price for it. yet, they proceeded to go forward. you know, it was at that point they begin to realize that the politics within the re3ub hi can party, which obviously began under newt gingrich, which i think reached a whom new level, is that the politics within the republican party which is very much grounded in gop conservative hartland, south h

appalachian. this those places, they are talking to each other like fox news in which impeachment seems loik a reasonable thing. why wouldn't you be talking about impeachment given what he says he is doing. i was actually surprised that a majority of republicans would say yes. but that's the echo chamber they're in. it's a big part of the country where they have almost total control in these 20 states. stan greenburg, thanks for helping us understand that.

>> ewe think about what's going on right now, the next thing that's going to happen that's important to republicans is the 2016 presidential prime mare where they've got to convince the candidates to vote for them. that is something for which impeachment is probably a very appealing case. just my guess. lots more ahead tonight. stay with us. there's confidence... then there's trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. our expertise, technology, and high quality parts means your peace of mind. it's no wonder last year we sold over three million tires. and during the big tire event, get up to $140 in mail-in rebates on four select tires. ♪ i used to think a to kimouthwash had to burn.uth, then i went pro with crest pro-health mouthwash. it's scientifically proven to kill 99% of germs

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two really big things happened today in washington. one is that the supreme court is going to think again to kill obamacare. the supreme court said they'll take up a new challenge to the affordable care act. it's almost a typo as to how the law was written. now that the court has decided to take this case, if they decide in fair of the plaintiffs, that could, in a stroke, take away health care coverage for over 5 million people in 36 states. the court will rule by june. that's one big thing that landed on the political radar today. the one big thing is the news that the white hougs had all but confirmd the identity of their nominee to replace eric holder as attorney general. today, rumors swirled all day that the president's nominee would be this woman.

her name is loretta lynchment she oversees federal prosecutors in brooklyn, staten island and long island. it was interesting. the white house, all day, wouldn't make a final decision, let alone an announcement after he returned from his trip from asia. but then, all of the sudden, that changed. after 6:00 p.m., the white house announced that yes, that's correct, all of that is correct. president obama will make the official announcement in person tomorrow at the white house. so now, there's the washington politics of it all. especially since we did have the giant election which the body

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>> president obama today addr s addressing reporters during that bipartisan meeting. you saw the president there starting to ignore and then just batting away these questions about whether he had made this decision on who he wanted to be the next attorney general of the united states. just a few hours later, the white house did make it official. announcing that the president tends to nominate the u.s. attorney district of new york, loretta lynch. the president will announce tomorrow that she is his choice to become the new attorney general of the united states. succeeding eric holder. again, that announcement due tomorrow at the white house. the white house put on statement tonight that it will happen tomorrow at about 11:00 a.m. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> did you know this was coming? >> i was hoping it was coming.

>> it was very rare to get federal prosecutor to attorney general. that hasn't happened in decades. >> only the second time in history. the last time was 1817. >> there you go. well, yeah. almost 2. >> we know the basics. we know about her storied educational background. her legal career. how would you describe her to a country that is now going to try to fig your out what she'd be like as attorney general? >> i think she'll be a terrific attorney general. she has a whole package of skills you'd want. she's smart. she has great judgment. she's fair. she's very sophisticated. she's been a great leader twice now. obviously, committed to the cause of justice. she's served in the department for 15 years. to me, she's got what we want. >> in terms of what the attorney general does, and sort of remit of that very, very important

job, obviously, part of it is overseeing the department of justice. part of it is setting political areas of justice in carrying out the president's policy views in that area. what have been her priorities as a u.s. attorney. you oversee a huge number of lawyers, a ton of power, a big jurisdiction. >> i think her priorities mirror those of the justice department, generally. i'm talking about areas like terrorism, health care fraud, corruption, organized crime, cyber crime. these are some of the areas where i think the eastern district has been most active under her tenure in the last few years, and i think that's consistent with the department of justice at whole. >> the other thing, the sub hitle under that job title is the lightning rod. attorneys general seem to be the

subject of a lot of krit schism. >> how does she deal with criticism and with political attacks? >> so, you know, i think she's probably one of the most even-tempered people, not just lawyers, i've ever worked with. i've known her for almost 25 years. i don't think i've ever seen her lose her temper. once, when i think she was frustrated on a particular issue. she sort of took her fists and sort of down-pounded the chair a little bit. >> at that volume? >> basically. and that's about as bad as it gets with her. and that's true in terms of her outward appearance. that's amgs the way she carries herself with her colleagues in the office. she's very calm, cool, collected, emp under pressure. high profile situations. to me, that's e's also qualities that you want in an attorney general.

>> she'd be the first african american woman in that job. have no idea what the confirmation process will be like or what the political response will be. but the pride that you can feel over this choice in new york is almost palpable. >> absolutely. >> thanks for being here. appreciate it. >> all right. we'll be right back. stay with us. [coughing] dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. [coughing] hey amanda, sorry to bother you,

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this is a herks ell of a story. all right. not many journalists win genius awards. the genius award is called the mcarthur fellowship. you can't apply for one. nobody really knows who does the no, ma'am nating or the deciding. the mcarthur foundation just calls you up and says you have been picked. when you get picked, if you get a genius award, you get an award of several hundred thousand dollars paid out not at once,

but over time. the idea is to give you time and freedom to do whatever it is that you have proved to be so extraordinary at doing that you are recognized for this award. the gene yusz award has recently been given to community organizers. not many georgists win genius awards. but this one did. his name is jerry mitchell. jerry mitchel was thought of as a general yus when he started tracking down cold cases in jackson, mississippi, decades after a killing took place. he helped put in prison this emperial wiz art of klu klu klu klux klan for a fire bombing in mississippi decades after the klan thought they got away with it.

40 years after that bombing, jerry mitchell's reporting helped send another klansman to prison for that crime, every though the klansman had moved away from alabama and seem today be forgotten as a suspected. in 2006, jerry mitchell was named a finalist for covering those cases in the civil rights era. at the time, his newspaper had been going through layoffs and that genius award bought time, freedom and attention and recognition. and what that translated to in his career in journalism is that it basically earned him the right to work on big, long term stuff, stuff that needed lots of lead time and tons of sources and the stuff that you can't do with two phone calls and a rough draft. but now look at what that work has turned up.

jerry mitchell spent the last year taking a really deep dive into a very unfordpgiving subt. mississippi prisons. he spent the last year plus investigating what goes on behind prison walls investigating the beatings and stabbings and guards and being paid protection money and drugs and smuggling. all of this very dark stuff. 2 one thing jerry mitchell noticed, it was also sort of weird. there seemed to be something strange about what was going on. and it seemed to have to do with the guy at the very top of the system. something was just off. here's an example of what was just off. back in 2012, a judge ruled in a federal lawsuit that one specific mississippi prison was posed a cesspool of unconstitutional and inhuman

acts and conditions. 2012. the very next year, that same prison got a perfect score, a perfect, 100% rating from the american corrections association. you know what? it turns out the head of the american corrections association, which gave this cesspool of mississippi prison a perfect, 100 percent school, the head of the american corrections association, was also the head of the mississippi prisons system. commissioner christopher epp said at the time -- the commissioner pushed back. he said they had gotten perfect scores before. we're always perfect. but, still, that was the kind of thing that was weird, right? the commissioner getting an award from himself for this very, very troubled prison. and jerry mitchell kept digging.

and i'm not sure even he had an inkling of how huge this story was about to get. >> looiive at the federal courthouse with this corrections correction tape. tammy? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this is a huge investigation. everyone from the f.b.i., the i.r.s., the state auditor's office, that's just to name a few. now, all are accusing the former head of the state prison system and a former lawmaker of a huge bribery conspiracy. >> and our commissioner, christopher epp is quiet on bribery and conspiracy charges. >> at this point, we just got the indictment. it's an extensive document. we really have no comment and the commissioner is not going to make any comment. >> the federal prosecutors just unsealed an indictment months in the making against commissioner christopher epps. in the mississippi department of krexzs.

dozens of federal felony charges. federal prosecutors say he's been collecting bribes and kickbacks from a local businessman who has ties to companies that were given contracts to run parts of the prison system. the scale of this thing is actually epic. all tolled, the companies have taken in close to a billion, bon with a b, dollars. a billion dollars in mississippi. that comes out to almost $200 for each person in mississippi. the indictment alleges the commissioner got his share in increments of several hundred thousand dollars at a time. after one con trakt, i got us $12,000 a month which they then divided evenly after accounting for the taxes that the businessman would owe on his part of it.

so i guess that part would be legal. mostly, though, as you read through these 49 felony counts, you get the sense that the commissioner seems to have preferred cash. so much that he couldn't figure out anybody from noesing that he was a wash in bills. we mapped it out as best we could. "on july 30th, 2009, the commissioner depoz sited 9,000 tlars in cash at 216 p.m. 15 minutes later, he deposited 9,000 tlars cash at the region's bank in jackson. and then he depoz itted $9,000 cash at the public credit union. honey, i'll be back in an hour. i have to go stash $36,000 in cash at four different banks. commissioner epps resigned on wednesday as the president of the trade group that gave

himself the perfect score. he and the businessman guy pleaded got yesterday. the commissioner now faces 368 years in prison. and i believe that would be federal prison, not mississippi cesspool prison. now, nearly a billion taxpayer dollars are alleged to be tangled up in this scheme. and there's a lo of questions to answer about this 49-count indictment which includes not just the commissioner who allegedly took all the bribes and the kickbacks but this businessman who's charged with paying him in order to get the business from the prison system. but this huge, huge federal corruption case is almost an x marks the spot, where a local reporter, right, the celebrate ed genius reporter decided he would spend his newfound freedom to dig.

even though nobody wants to hear about poorly-run prisons in a poor state. we can at least expect that the people in charge of them will watch out for their beachfront condominiums and their mercedes-benz sedans and bank accounts all over town. fortunately for all of us, as long as we've got good local press where we live, we can still expect good local journalists, sometimes genius local journalists to stay on a story like this one wherever it leads and however long it takes. for that, we thank you. stay with us. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return

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news all over one of our faithful viewers. producer nick tutz is here to make the introduction. hello, nick. snazzy. >> i do what i can. >> you didn't wear that all day. >> no, i did not. i changed because i'm on camera. >> we have laura. she's an opera singer, a fan of the alp horn. and she's ready for the show. >> laura anne, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, too. >> what's an alp horn? >> it's a special instrument that comes from switzerland. you've probably seen it a few times. it's wooden and very long. >> it looks like a cross between a shofar thing and a pop? >> exactly. >> how do you watch us from switzerland? >> i only listen to the pod

cast. i listen obsessively every single day. >> wow. thank you for doing that. and welcome. i'm now going to ask you three questions. and you know the deal. if you get two or more of them correct, you will win -- nick, what is the prize? >> we have a minidrink mixer. >> that's right. you can use it for all sorts of swiss things. if that's appropriate. all right, we also now need to bring in the disembodied vote of steve bennan. >> good evening, laura anne. >> hi, steve. >> the way this works is i will ask you question, steve will tell you whether or not you got them right. if you get two of them right, we'll give you that cheap thing that nick just showed you. ready for your first question? >> yes. >> this is exciting. on monday's show, which was the day before the election, we

talked about the likelihood of president obama having a republican controlled house and senate and therefore the likelihood he might start breaking out his until now extremely dusty rarely used veto pen. how many times has president obama vetoed legislation since he has been president? is it 11 times, four times, two times, or never? >> two times? >> did laura anne get that right? >> let's check the segment from monday's show. >> heading into the elections, president obama so far in this presidency has only vetoed two pieces of legislation. it's only happened twice so far in this entire presidency. >> the correct answer is c, two times. >> here's question two.

on wednesday, we learned that chevron, the giant oil corporation didn't have that great of an election, at least at the local level. chevron spent millions of dollars to try to elect their own chosen candidates in the town of richmond, california, where chevron has a really big refinery. but the chevron candidates all lost. we also learned that i am very immature because i loved the name of the new mayor of richmond, california. the one who she have von bet against. what is the name of the new mayor elect. it's multiple choice. is the new mayor's name mayor butt, mayor doody, mayor snott or mayor fart? >> the correct answer is a. >> mayor butt. >> and you might need to grow up. >> steve, do i have to grow up and is she correct? >> let's check the segment from wednesday.

>> if part of your mind is permanently 8 years old like mine is, the fact that his name is tom butt is a constant course of delight. >> yes, the mayor butt was elected this week. the answer is a, and laura anne gets another one right. >> the best was when you called it an asset. >> i wrote it into the script. i was like oh, i can't use, oh, i'll say it anyway. >> genius. >> one last question. yesterday's show, we learned that yet another state legislature flipped from democratic control to republican control, but this one happened a day after the election. when the results came in on election night, the particular state senate was tied half republican, half democrat. but when on wednesday, one democratic state senator switched parties, thus giving the republicans of the senate in his state. in which state did this party-switching state senator give the republicans control of his state snat for the first time since the great depression.

was it a, kentucky, b, tennessee, c, indiana or d, west virginia. >> d. >> steve? >> let's check the segment from last night's show. >> a state senator in west virginia, a democrat, left the democratic party and flipped his registration to republican. >> the correct answer is d, just like laura anne said. >> nick, did laura anne win a prize? >> she did, congratulations. >> you're the first person who has gotten them all right. i think you might be our first extra credit winner. second? first? well, anyway, you got all three. you only needed two. if we do have a piece of tom butt campaign swag around the office somewhere, we'll mail you that as extra credit along with your tiny shaker. >> super. >> that was awesome. >> thank you so much, guys. >> happy alphorn. if you think you have what ift

takes to win the rachel maddow news dump. before you can do that, you do tonight have to go meet your new cell mates. but i have heard they are extra nice tonight. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. there are 2 million people behind bars in america. we open the gates. "lockup." >> this is what you call a dog cage. >> a lot of them complain that the walls are closing in on them. >> i'm just keeping my eyes open, that's about it. >> and i'm pregnant. >> contraband. >> my sentence is life without parole. there's no way you can say sorry for something like that. >> they didn't allow me to go to the funel,