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symone starts right now. >> greetings, you're watching symone. a change is coming, y'all. it's much bigger than you think. brace yourself. a republican-led congress is about to put the country through all the things, okay, i'm talking about multiple site for us, investigation, calls for impeachment. how the white house, democratic lawmakers, the media apparatus are preparing for what is ahead. plus, the battle over a woman's rights to make decisions about our own bodies. it is still being waged across the country. in georgia, this states six-week abortion ban was just reinstated. the head of pro-choice america is here. she's going to tell us about the next move and the impact this will have on georgia senate runoff. we've been hearing a lot about a tried damac on the way. i hope you have gotten to that -- covid, rsv, the flu, they seem to be converging for what is going to be a rough winter.

doctor patel is going to answer some questions. i'm symone johnson, i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> are you prepared for the new world we are about to be living? and we are 35 days away from 2023. 37 days away from republicans taking the house majority. things could get pretty ugly. and congress isn't the only change or facing. we are almost definitely going to see more attempts to ban women's rights to make decisions about our own bodies, more attacks on the lgbtq+ community. also some very nasty legislation. more supreme court decisions operating our democracy. the advancement of an agenda based on panic over prosperity. let's start with congress. just let me remind you of some of the bad faith before narrate

from far-right members who are about to wield more power now than ever before. >> democrats want republicans dead. they've already started the killings. >> you are suggesting that these women, these abortion rallies are ugly? >> the jihad squad member from minnesota has paid her husband and not her brother husband, the other one over 1 million dollars in campaign funds. >> each of those members are going to sit on committees as part of the majority. the run-up pulpit in the house. they're going to bring forward congressional subpoenas on any and everything. they are planning their moves. >> we are going to investigate between 40 and 50 different things. there have been hundreds of billions of not trillions of dollars wasted over the past three years. that spans two administrations in the name of covid. >> i ask scalise if he would support investigating nancy pelosi, speaker of the house

and the department of justice in their handling and treatments of the pretrial january six defendants. he said he would support those investigations. >> the secretary mayorkas does not resign, house republicans will investigate every order, every action, every failure. it will determine whether we can begin impeachment. >> look, a congressional oversight is a vital check on the powers of the branches. it is exactly why republicans either miss to exploit it. it's an insult to the incurred internet system crafted by the founders they claim to revere. they want to angry. they want you scared. they want you so exhausted that she won't realize that this pettiness and plunder is all they have. whether we're talking about congress, the supreme court, the culture wars, in my opinion, the playbook for the republican party apparatus and not a distraction. you have a responsibility of

the member of this public to be vigilant, to demand results, not just rhetoric, to show up, to be present, to participate in the political arena. i as a part of the media apparatus, i've responsibility to. i have responsibility to tell you the truth. to ask the questions and not play both sides. news organizations also have this responsibility. they also need to be vigilant about how they are covering this very fragile moments in our nation's ongoing story. is the rhetoric no roth longer dangerous because it's presented as a fetal as a say-so? can the extremist not be called into question because they are members of the congress? is a lie still a lie even if a governor says? it is it really racially charged, is it just plain racism? we all have a role and responsibility, y'all. buckle up, get comfy. we are in for a ride. here to discuss this crazy rib to get on's ali vitali. nbc news capitol hill correspondent.

camila dechalus, congressional reporter for the washington post. juanita tolliver, i nbc political analyst. host of the what a day podcast. and ashley pratte oats, she's an nbc contributor and former republican. welcome, ladies. i have an all-star lady panel. ali, the streets had something to say. ali, you are one of the congressional jurors here for us. i think the only entity that is maybe not underestimating what is about to come from congress is the white house. what do you know about what they are planning and how they're going to triangulate with this republican house majority? >> you're right to prime viewers that they are in for a ride over the course of the next year and a half. the republican focal point is not necessarily policy oriented right now. especially not in a period of divided government, where it's unlikely that any of the bills get passed passed in the senate as well. what's more, likely the focus that we're going to see on investigations and oversight. it's not a, secret no ones made any subtleties about this. the white house has known all along that this was where it

was going. especially knowing that this was likely a year that was going to be favorable to republicans months before the midterm elections. they were staffing up in the white house counsel's office. they were adding lawyers, adding people who could do a lot of the opposition research, making sure that they had a rapid response team effectively in place for when these investigations actually started. that's just what the white house is doing. they are taking seriously, especially the inquiries that are going to be made into things like hunter biden's laptop, as well as things like the afghanistan withdrawal where covid-19 funding moment. all of those are key pieces of the oversight puzzle that we are about to see house republicans mount on the hill. there are outside groups that are going to be doing a lot of the rapid responses. well really, what we are going to be seeing is a lot of real time fact checking from democrats and the white house. republicans trying to continue pushing into oversight. >> what about trump? my least favorite topic, frankly. how will his resistance to congressional subpoenas, something that he has a storied

history, a track record of, how will that play into how republicans are moving in this upcoming congress? >> not just trump. >> bannon, navarro, meadows. also sitting republican members who were subpoenaed by the january six committee who said, no, i'm not going to abide by congressional subpoena. part of the conversation that i was having with republican lawmakers as they were doing those contempt referrals for people like bannon, meadows, the few republicans that did did vote to uphold those content referrals we're doing so because they wanted their congressional subpoenas to also have teeth. this is a moment where actions have consequences. you can't just ignore a subpoena at once and then when you are in the subpoenaing party, say they suddenly have teeth again. you have to abide by them all the time. so, we are now going to see the shoe be on the other foot when people like trump and others have said no to subpoenas from democratically led committees. now we're going to see what happens when they're the ones we're issuing subpoenas. democrats could now have a

light to stand on and say, well, you've established that i don't have to do this. we'll see where it lands. >> if i know my former colleagues, they're going to comply to the subpoenas. it's another story. >> it's another story if you look at the attorney general who had them in the potential position of potentially ignoring a subpoena. that gets you into murky territory. that's where these investigations might lead us. >> let me bring you in here. when i talked about the extremists who are members of congress, i was talking about people like marjorie taylor greene, lauren boebert. there are others, okay? these are folks that have never served and a republican majority in congress. what do we think is on their nasty agenda? >> one thing they said time and time again was that they really wanted, as hunter biden becoming a central focus, also emigration and what they've done at the border. this is something they have heavily criticize the biden administration for. saying they are not mitigating the flow of migrants trying to unlawfully enter the country.

so they, made it no secret that was one of their biggest focus is that they want to really harp in on. that is the immigration policy. they are deterring migrants are coming to the border and really setting up policies to kind of detract people from coming. >> i mean, i think immigration is definitely a threat. people should be watching not just as we move into this next congress, all next year, immigration policy is a huge issue. unfortunately, we've been having a disingenuous debate in the -- i think in politics about it. i want to move to georgia. runoffs are coming up on december 6th. after a legal battle threaten to prevent early voting on saturday, voters into dozen counties cast ballots in the runoff. again, that's between incumbent senator raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. according to the secretary of state's office, more than 78,000 ballots were accepted yesterday.

78,000. to put that into perspective, that is almost double the margin of votes that separated the candidates and the general election. actually, these are amazing numbers. what should these signal for republicans in the state, especially since they tried so hard to keep voting from going forward? >> yeah, i think this says a lot. a majority of the reporting that i was seeing too is that there were students who are home for thanksgiving break who were very excited about the opportunity to vote in person. it would be my guess that many of those students are leaning toward warnock in this race. there are also reports that the absentee ballots from the midterms being delayed or late. i really think this early voting initiative is very, very important to democracy in georgia. and that's why this lawsuit was won by the warnock team. and that's why you're seeing such long lines at voting polls over the holiday weekend. to, me that's extremely encouraging about the future of elections in our country. so many young people are

looking to turn out again over a holiday weekend. so, to me it's very encouraging that so many people showed up to this weekend. that so many people show>> yourg people is well taken. if you look specifically at fulton county in georgia, it's a democratic stronghold. 18 to 24-year-olds, reporting up on the screen for folks, they had the third highest turnout in the county. behind only 50 to 54-year-olds, 55 to 6 year old voters. when eta, the young people are voting. i would like to know that these are not new young people, right? you cannot register any new voters between the general and the runoff. what does the state? you >> it shows me they know their power. they're ready to pull their weight around. georgia voters are probably sick and tired of seeing these ads, seeing these campaigns -- >> i'm tired of. ads >> for months, right? these young people are showing up in, saying look, we have a stake in this fight. we know our votes matter. they are going to keep turning up. once they get a taste of that

power, once they get a taste of that ability to express their political, well they are not going to stop. considering how young they, are they are going to be sticking around for years to come. as republicans continue to cap their appeal, they're never going to appeal to these young people with the policies. young people are turning up. we can assume based on early voting numbers, supporting democrats, just like they did in november. >> yeah, we have to wait to see the final numbers. i think you are right there. there's something there. georgia is important. i'm doing a deep dive on my peacock show. we will have a peacock special about georgia this coming up this week. people need to tune in to msnbc on peacock. i want to talk about the child tax credit. i have been trying to talk about this for very long time. the news, y'all. there is a recent new york times piece, it highlighted growing pressure to revive the expanded child tax credit. people adore member, if the child tax credit, it cut privacy in, child poverty in the night states by nearly half. there were efforts to make it

permanent. it died in the senate. you know, i think this is a policy that prove to be useful to working families. you got a lot of pushback from republicans. there's a recent report from the national bureau of economic analysis. it said that it had, quote, no effects on any measures. people are still going to work. so, what about this opposition from republicans, why? >> well, they say they support families, but, they in fact do not. they don't care about children once they've been born. they would love to have you think that they are the party of family. they are not. this proves exactly that. there is no reason as to why something like this could not be put in place permanently for families. kids are expensive. i have a five month old at home. if you are a family that, you know, you're relying upon two or three jobs to make ends meet and you're still barely cutting, at something like this is going to help you tremendously. when you look at the reporting on this too, you saw this was

helping families who need an extra leg up to feed their kids or just make ends meet through their utility bills. republicans are on the side of families, they say, in reality, they aren't supportive of policies that do everything to help families. >> camille, we have to go, one word to describe what you're watching for this week in congress or across the country? >> one thing i'm looking to see what democrats are using as a strategy, whether focusing on now, republicans are taking back control of the house. we know what republicans want to focus on. democrats still behind the scenes are trying to plan what their long term strategy is to take control of the house in the years to come. >> all right, abc's ali vitali, camila dechalus, juanita tolliver, ashley pratte oates, my sunday lady avengers. thank you all very much. up next, y'all, we have the president to join us about the abortion rights whiplash happening to women in georgia. and then later, we're going to

go to the front lines of the culture wars. remember, it is the playbook. it's not a distraction. we're talking about the children's classrooms and the latest republican efforts to rip black and indigenous history out of virginia's textbooks. first, our bestie is back, richard louis is here with today's other stories. >> it's an 80. we're looking at heavy rain, wind, snow delaying more than 2500 flights this holiday weekend. what we are seeing is brutal storms that are headed to the northeast after slamming texas and florida. this was southwest of new orleans. you see it here after a tornado touchdown with hundred mile an hour winds. we are watching that storm as it makes its way east. atlanta police are investigating a deadly shooting when the city's most popular malls. police say one person was killed and five injured last night. all believed to be between 15 and 21 years old. officials said it happened after a group of young people were escorted off the property leading to a dispute. anti covid lockdown protests hit cities across china

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after six weeks of pregnancy. the ban had been lifted just a week earlier when a fulton county judge blocked. it for one week, abortion providers were able to offer service to patients. this ban is temporary. it's not the final word. abortion rights advocates are in full battle mode against it. georgia isn't alone. the battle for reproductive rights as being fought in state court rooms all around the country. according to the new york times, these 13 states currently have either total bans or a ban after six weeks. that's before most people even know that they are pregnant. these ten states, they pride put bands in place. these bands have been temporary blocked in the court. with so many fights underway, people like my next guest have been working around the clock. mini timmaraju is the president of naral pro-choice america. she is here today. many, it is, it's, it's crazy out there. there is a lot of attention on georgia right now. we just talked about the court reinstate this abortion ban.

what are you hearing from folks on the ground? what is naral doing their? how are you organizing? >> thank you so much for all the intense work you're doing focused on georgia. it is such an important story. i'm excited to watch your peacock special. look, we have 80,000 plus members in georgia. they have been mobilized, on the ground, working hard from the summer until now. since dogs happens and roe is overturned. like you, said the georgia ban is so terrifying and nefarious. it is a six-week ban. as you noted, it's before most people know they're pregnant. the impact on the ground has been really, really problematic. i'm from texas, we watch some of this happen over the course of last year. in georgia it is getting worse. this legal on one day in an illegal on the next is exactly what brian kemp and the republican architects of this extreme ban wants. it's exactly what herschel walker wants if he's elected. our members right now are focused on that runoff election, simone. it's all about what we can do

between now and december six. >> you know, it's safe to say herschel walker is no friend to reproductive rights. meanwhile raphael warnock has been a champion of reproductive freedom. we talked a little bit earlier in the show about the numbers of folks who have come out to vote on this first saturday of early voting. 79,000 ballots were cast. it is important. i guess my question is, do you think that, do you think that people are saying, oh, it's obviously favors democrats. what is your message to folks? i don't think people should be too comfortable. i'm wondering what you think, many, someone who's close to the war. >> yeah, the midterms where a stunning rebuke of the extremist gop. every needs to understand. that women and young people turn out in record numbers across the country. the outcome in georgia was just short of what we'd like. the fact that brian kemp is still in office and the

governor's devastating. i just want to note, he's on the record as being against contraception and idea. for folks in georgia, that is our message, right? you need raphael warnock in the senate. you need folks protecting your rights. in georgia right now, the makeup is such that you don't have, them right? you have a whole administration set up to deny rights to the majority of georgians. you need raphael warnock and democrats to be as strong as they possibly can in the senate to block and tackle for georgians, for their lives. -- >> we will be watching this runoff. many, you noted your from texas. i wonder if you could weigh in on this law suit by a christian advocacy group. it couldn't danger abortion medication. a claims they did not have the authority to approve the drug matter rocks because it's in fun enough research into. it so, that if this case is it for a trumpappointed judge, what happens if the fda loses

this case? >> it would be devastating, simone. look, the majority of abortions in america today are mitigation abortions. 54%. the fda has two plus decades of data showing the efficacy and the safety. medication abortion is safe and effective, it is proven. the fda have plenty of data. so this is an attempt by extremists who know, by the, way their position is deeply unpopular and to use every single tool in their tool box to deny abortion access to the majority of americans. if you show that map, the majority of the country still has access to legal abortion. so, we know this is the game. you talked about the republicans of the, house it's their game two. it's something to be watching very carefully. house democrats need to be ready to buckle up and to fight the waves. >> many, it's going to be a long ride. buckle up, mini timmaraju, thank you very much. as we have been talking about, y'all, the culture wars, i'm gonna keep seeing, it's people like to talk about the culture wars. they are not a description as

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are not a discreet action. they are the republican apparatus's playbook. i can't say that enough. all across our country, school

boards are grappling with proposed changes to curriculum. it's basically because of a fault raise about critical race theory, something that is basically only taught in law schools. about children supposedly being groomed if they are taught that lgbtq people exist. the battle is really intense and virginia. in august the state board of education was given a new standard of living guide first history and social studies. it took educators two years to develop it. virginia governor glenn youngkin and his board of education appointees said it was too complicated. they shortened it from 100, pardon me, from 402 pages to 53 pages. you can guess which parts of the history curriculum were left out. mainly indigenous and black history. parents out leaf their outrage at a board of education meeting. listen to this. >> our children deserve to see themselves reflected truthfully and accurately in the pages of the history books. >> egregiously mislabeled native americans as first immigrants, asserting that

native americans immigrated from asia. >> governor youngkin did walk his proposal back a little bit. saying it's a work in progress. the curriculum battle is still raging. nowhere is this battle more intense than in loudoun county, virginia. a slice of virginia that is shifting from red to blue and becoming more diverse. i want to welcome pastor michelle thomas she is the president of naacp loudoun branch. someone that knows something else going on in virginia. pastor, thank you for being here. the washington post analyzed the original proposal against governor youngkin's changes earlier this month. i want to just, let's look at kindergarten. the original guidelines suggest that students learned about a wide right of holidays and traditions including indigenous peoples day, thanksgiving, martin luther king day, presidents'day, juneteenth, the fourth of july. governor youngkin's guidelines initially only mentioned presidents'day. there was in fact no mention of

mlk day until middle school. what? a revision was released following the backlash. pastor thomas, give me your thoughts about this. i'm trying to figure out if they -- are they going to work on school and mlk day, it doesn't make sense. >> sure, it doesn't make sense. thank you so much for having me here, symone. it doesn't make sense. these children who are five years old when they start school, they will have celebrated five times win. they will have celebrated five times monitoring day. they will not hear and learn about all that dr. king had done until they're actually in the seventh grade. what makes it so disgusting, what makes it so dangerous is that from k to five, most of our black history is stripped away. in fact, dr. martin listen king does not appear in the curriculum at all. even though he's the single

most influential black man in history in america. guess what? he is not in the curriculum. they don't actually get a lesson about him until they get to seventh grade. >> -- >> this is absolutely intentional. >> you said it's intentional. i want to remind people that loudoun county specifically has a long history of racial tension. it's schools and communities are sites -- they were some of the last in the country to desegregate. students of color in the county say that they still feel racism in class. the school systems recent efforts to address it, it caused a huge, huge uproar. talk to me a little bit about that dynamic and how it plays into what we are seeing play out on the ground in the county and in the state at large. >> loudoun county is actually ground zero for all things crt, critical race theory. latin county is the place where

the governor has really started and launched his tip line. it is net zero results of anyone complaining about crt. it doesn't exist. loudoun county is also that place who, in the governor northam's administration, we launched that investigation to our own district, the public schools. citing discrimination. so, african americans did not and could not receive access to challenging curriculum. we couldn't get into those stem schools like aol and t.j.. so, we launched the investigation, the ag actually found that it was credible evidence of discrimination. that was the single most largest investigation that happened before, since brown versus board of education. loudoun county is absolutely the place that has been targeted to map out how the gop would actually take over school

boards and springboard politicians into state and local and federal offices. >> this is why this is something we are going to watch. i'm going to cover this story in virginia and across the country. thank you, past michelle thomas for joining us today. i appreciate your time. >> absolutely, thank you so much, stay tuned, watch what's up next. >> thank you, she said watch out up next because i'm bringing in a woman who has been education equity warrior in the commonwealth of virginia. state senator mcclellan is here. she represents virginia's ninth district. >> the streets were very happy that you are coming on the show. i heard a lot from folks about your appearance. it's because you have been laser focused on this issue. you wrote a letter to the board of education about your personal experience as an african american woman and as a product of virginia public schools. in a letter you say, in part, throughout my life i have seen how a lack of awareness and

understanding of the complicated history of the african american experience in america and our commonwealth has stoked racial tensions. you go on to say you learned very little in school about your states often brutal african american history. i have my thoughts. why do you think that history is not being taught? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me, symone. people don't want a true, accurate, complete history to be taught because, frankly, they want to whitewash history and make everyone feel comfortable rather than learn and grapple with the complicated family trauma that is virginia american history. >> isn't that history also virginia's history? for the more, american history? isn't that how we should be thinking about it? >> that's exactly how we should be thinking about it. virginia in and of itself, the birthplace american democracy, it's the price of american slavery. both are part of our legacy,

both need to be taught. both need to be reckoned with. the first step in that it is having an honest conversation. so we can heal and move forward. >> so, do you think the honest conversations are actually being able to be had in virginia? i mean, i do understand that the governor walked his proposals back just a little bit. that was only after backlash. had no one said anything, i feel like, the proposal would have stood. >> well, it didn't exist, people in virginia want this history to be taught. we were beginning to have a reckoning with our history. an honest conversation. in some cases, in ways we didn't want to because of the blackface scandals of 2019, because of the murder of george floyd. we started to have that conversation. we need to continue to have that conversation. i'm not surprised that people were outraged and needed their voice heard. i expect they're going to continue to do so. >> so, what is next than,

senator? when will virginia curriculum be approved? >> well, elie put before the board again in january. if they are approved by the board it will go forward with public comment and input sessions. it will become final without the public input session. i encourage everybody watching, particularly virginia, parents to make their voice heard so that our children can continue to learn a complete and accurate history. not the whitewash trojan i learned in schools in the 70s and 80s. >> state senator jennifer mcclelland, thank you very, very much for being here. our education equity warrior. i appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, still ahead, y'all, we have covid, the flu, rsv. they are all hitting at exactly the same time. we are all just trying to enjoy and spend time with her family and friends, so, i have asked doctor patel to make a house call. we want to talk to her about what you can still do to

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beds are full. 72%. so, here with us now to tell us how we can stay healthy through the holiday seasons is msnbc medical contributor and former obama house policy director doctor kavita patel. dr. patel, thank you. our personal friend of the show. dr. patel, the questions i have, these are all questions at my producers and i had. you're the perfect person to answer them. the first question is, how can we better protect our children in school if they got all their shots and vaccines but they continue to get sick? >> so, the best way to do it is if you have a sick child if you know of other sick children in the schools, stay home. i know that's not easy to do. childcare, all the things we have to think about. that really is the best protection. these viruses can transmit pretty quickly when you have one child in the classroom. on top of that, masks still work. i know we don't like to talk about. it i know it's not popular. my own kids had the sniffles, i kept them out of school for a couple of days and then i had them put masks on when their

sniffles went down and knew they might be contagious. >> dr. patel, they're going to be some people very upset about the state home. i understand, we might have to do it. okay, i'm going to get to question too. according to a new report by price waterhouse, holiday travel is expected to bring 2020 and 2021 levels. the question is, how can people taking airplanes stay virus free when passengers aren't required to stay up -- our planes safer than being out in the streets? >> planes can be safer especially with circulation. as you just mentioned, the triple threat. we have three viruses at play. rsv and influenza in particular, simone, something that people forget, they live on surfaces. it can live for hours on surfaces. this is a scenario, you will see people scrubbing down where some hands of incentives or packets. i do the same. when i get on a plane now, that on top of wearing a high quality mask, that's the best protection you can have. maybe picking a window seat if

you have -- having a seat that's away from people going up and down the aisle. that can help. >> okay, the new updated covid-19 boosters. according to some researchers and say cdc, it offers some protection against the new covid variants. not as much as the original vaccine. only about 50% of americans have taken the new vaccine. i am one of them. i have it. explain why people should bother to get. it how long does it provide immunity? >> yeah, two things, number one, we never promise that the vaccine would prevent you from getting infected. i think that was just unfortunately how the public interpreted those high numbers two years ago. they were incredible in beginning. to your point, the vaccines are still helping, especially when you get all the series just like even i did. the numbers can depend on your age. they can last for at least 6 to 8 weeks. if not longer, especially if you're younger. here is the real critical point, none of these studies look at what we call memory cell

immunity. they are all measuring antibodies. it is very important. we also know that immunity is very complicated. there are memory cells that we don't do a good job of measuring with our standard blood kept tests. that kicks in. think about, oh hey, i've got a cold before. this time around, it wasn't so bad. similar concept. that's what's helpful when we have a vaccine. even better if you've been infected. just being infected and getting a vaccine. it gives you even more protection. >> i love this, okay, hope, i like ascending on hope. thank you, dr. patel. we have more questions. you will have to come back. folks, send your questions, tweet us, we'll get doctor patel to answer more. thank you, very much. >> all right, next up, did you see the tee that michelle obama spilled on instagram about marriage? it's blowing up in the group chats. we're going to get into it with our culture critics in the regroup right after this break. and fireplaces & heating up to 50% off.

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stretches of discord and discomfort. the last line, -- let's bring in our culture critics kayla walker, the founder of the walker media group. nina brown is also here. the co-host of this one a four 1.1. the readings, ladies. all right, nina. the obamas we, know they've been married for 30 years. almost as long as i've been alive. when you are married to someone that long, i do think that, you know, it's fair to expect some discomfort and discord. >> yeah, absolutely. listen, i gave my hand to marriage, simone. it didn't work out. that's probably the reason why. i didn't get that line. marriage can be uncomfortable. it can be, there could be times when you have to do exactly what she said. if you're married to the wrong person, that is not going to be pretty. i think if you're married to the right person, you know, you're willing to go that extra mile and be uncomfortable in those stages of life. hats off to the obamas.

i am definitely going to make sure i follow them next time on given and hand. >> kayla, some folks are age and some of the gen zers they hear long stretches of discord discomfort, they are out. could that be part of the problem? is there a generational divide here? what folks are willing to tolerate in a marriage. >> there's an idealism that comes with marriage. you think that everything is picture perfect at that point. i think what our first lady is doing here, simply saying, this is the honest truth about what marriages. why you may not want it. it takes a lot of hard work. i applaud her honesty and for sharing that with us. that is what we need to hear. we need to face the music and we'd need to understand that it's not easy. this is when the hard work begins. >> this is the hardworking. look, i just got married. i don't like my husband every day, he does not like me either. he's like, don't you have friends?

don't you have somewhere else to be? thank you, miss obama for keeping it 100, okay? yes. okay, ladies. i have to get your thoughts on the new biopic that is out. the trailer for i want to dance with somebody just dropped. the new whitney houston biopic's head to hit theaters at the end of december. naomi ackie stars in the movie as music legend whitney houston. she's a relatively new actress. y'all, she does not look like whitney. she looks more like brandi to me. okay? nina, am i wrong? look at the picture. >> he ain't never lied, simone. she doesn't look like her. from the previous i saw, i hope she acts like her. that's the assignment, okay? that's the assignments. >> okay, kela, are you excited? i love whitney. i do think that there are some folks -- some people on my team, they're like, can they leave my girl

alone? leave whitney alone. >> i'm with that team, can we let whitney rest in peace? i lost count of how many whitney biopics we had. i'm excited. clive davis is behind us as a producer. i'm hoping they share things that we have not seen before. i'm with her. if we closed her eyes, maybe we can picture with these. he is not resemble her. maybe the cadence, maybe the mannerisms when it hits theaters. -- he's got to saying. -- >> she's not singing, though. it's whitney. it's what needs boys. she is lit singing. y'all, she looks fabulous. they got the hair right. the girl is beautiful. she looks like brandi. >> there is also a little bit that she's not an american actress. she's by an american icon, if you. well she's a british actress. there's a little upset in that.

why couldn't we use one of our own if you will to portray such an icon? it will be interesting. >> we have heard this before. i remember harkening back to the harriet tubman movie that was made. nina has left her seat. it was so disturbing she has left her seat. okay, let me, yes, bring the baby. we're going to end on an uplifting, also to side note. oscar and grammy winning singer irene choir has passed. the 63 year old popstar is best known for songs in the 80s, blockbuster films like the last dance and fame. the publicist said the cause of death is unknown. nina, i'm going to give you the last word on this. there are so many things that people are sharing about irene kara. what's a memory you have? >> to be honest, i just remember her remarkable performance in fame. i was super, super young. i remember growing up and hearing my older cousins and my aunts.

she was an icon in my household growing up. i am super sad that she has passed away. i think it's actually just more upsetting that when someone passes, the reason is unknown, just be respectful of the family. just allow things to come out instead of the speculations and all of that. god rest her soul. >> god rest her soul. kela walker, nina brown, shutout to working moms out here. we support them every single day. thank you, guys. thank you at home for watching simone on this sunday. i'm simone sanders, i will be right here on msnbc weekends at 4 pm eastern, honey. anytime over on the peacock were having and passed as an msnbc hub, every monday and tuesday. also follow me on the socials. you have my instagram, twitter, tiktok there. politics nation with a great reverend al sharpton starts right after a short break. i'll see you. don't forget about my peacock special on tuesday. on tuesday (woman 1) i just switched to verizon business unlimited.

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