we love this country. we love our democracy. we love the congress and the house of representatives, the institution designed to be the closest to the people. we're going to fight hard each and every day we have this honor to serve in congress to deliver. i now yield to my good friend and amazing colleague, the incoming house democratic whip from the commonwealth of the great state of massachusetts, catherine clark. >> good afternoon. >> good day. chris jansing in new york city. promising that the kras will fight for the least, the lost and the left behind, you just heard hakeem jeffreys making history.

the congressman just elected house democrat you can leader for the 118th congress replacing nancy pelosi, who he called a speaker for the ages. i want to bring in nbc's ryan noble on the hill for us. history made today. the first black leader in either party. what are we looking for from this new junctioner generation of leaders? >> there's no doubt about that. and it should not go under played that this is an historic day on capitol hill that you have your first african-american leader of either party in the house and the senate who is going to guide the party through the next congress. it will be a big job. there's likely only to be a 4 to 5-seat maujty for the republicans. so it will be incumbent upon jeffreys to keep all the democrats together in the fold as they work to either stop any type of attempts by kevin mccarthy to enact a republican agenda, and also to support the president joe biden in his

agenda from the democratic side. obviously, there's the history behind the identity of him as the first black leader, but this is also a generational shift in both jeffreys, who will serve and pete aguilar, who will be the conference chair. all three of them are about 30 years younger than the people they are replacing. so this is a new younger version of the democratic caucus that we haven't seen in a very long time. so it will be interesting to see how this plays out as we head into the new year in particular because hakeem jeffreys and the republican leader, perhaps speaker of the house kevin mccarthy do not have a very

friendly relationship. the two have battled in public and privately over the course of their leadership positions. they have to work together on some level for some of these big pieces of legislation like government funding and others when the new congress takes hold. as this new group of leaders takes over in congress. >> new, younger and more like america this leadership team. thank you for that. now to that victory in the fight against attempts to subvert democracy. oath keepers leaders stewart rhodes and kelly megs found guilty of seditious conspiracy, charges that many thought shouldn't have been brought because they are so difficult to prove. this was the first time federal prosecutors had even brought seditious conspiracy charges in a dozen years. the first time they were successful in nearly 30. but the doj's decision this time keirly paid off. the verdict potentially having far reaching consequences going

forward for the country and for january 6th defendants yet to be tried. including members of the oath keepers and the proud boys. >> think there could have been a greater change in tenor and tone regarding the future prosecutions had there been not guilty on the seditious cases across the board. i think the return this this even though we're not pleased with it probably speaks to the fact that the doj is going to go full steam ahead in like fashion on all the others. >> i want to bring in justice reporter ryan riley, who has been following this story. and charles colma, an msnbc legal analyst. you heard him, full steam ahead. is that what you're expecting? even though it was mixed verdicts, does it lay the groundwork for those future cases? >> absolutely.

i think this gives the doj an unparalleled level of momentum moving forward with the respect of people who need to be prosecuted related to january 6th. it's important to understand that even as we have only had about 20 people going to trial or 20 trials sha that have taken place, numbering this the hundreds, the doj has yet to lose. what moon by that is they have gotten a conviction on something in every case that they have tried. so if you're remaining to go to trial, you should be watching this. they have laid out a framework that should be successful. they have shown they can get convictions on very difficult charges that are harder to prove than most. so if you're a defendant and you're watching this, you should be thinking about that either am i going to consider a plea, or b, do i have information that's going to allow me to cooperate and get a lugter sentence. >> i don't know if it was you, but i don't think i can remember a legal analyst on my show who said, oh, this is not difficult.

for a case that had a lot of moving part, historically very difficult to prove, the jury didn't seem to have a lot of trouble with it. they brought back a verdict in just three days. what do we make of that? >> what i found interesting is we have seen some january 6th cases while they secured convictions, there's been hung charges. the jury wasn't able to reach a verdict. we found the first actual acquittals along with the big win. it was interesting they were able to agree on a guilty or not guilty finding in so many of these charges. there aren't any charges just hanging out there that there was just an unsurmountable disagreement on and they hung on. there were no hung charges here. they agreed on the verdicts on everything. i think you can clearly see that

the jury applied the facts and the law to this case and considered all of the evidence they represented over the weeks and weeks of testimony. and found what they thought was the best outcome here. there's been a lot of attacks on d.c. jurors coming from the defense attorneys saying that they are too bias, they are too will liberal, they had can't handle these cases. what we saw here is d.c. jurors after they went through the process in which people who had filtered out took their jobs very seriously. and considered the evidence that was presented before them. didn't just give doj all they wanted here. and on appeal, that's going to benefit the government because you have this mixed verdict where it's clear the jurors considered the evidence and didn't just give doj everything they wanted. that's going to make it tougher for these individuals who are going to appeal this case to make that case that this was just a result of some of the jurors going beyond what the

evidence proved. >> the other thing that struck me and hearth rifs one of the people who tweeted about this, this is about justice. it's about what happens to these defendants. but it's also about a place in history. and opposed to this being a tro test that got out of control, this establishes exactly what we saw happen on january 6th. do you see significant here? >> without question. if you look at the path that we have had in terms of this narrative and how it has taken so many different shapes, it started out from everyone as an atrocity of shocking proportion. then from there, it moved it to being something where a lot of people were saying on the right, oh, it was ann tee na. and then it was patriots then it shape shifted to a rally where people got out of hand. so if you were to stop things

before yesterday and look at different accounts, you might not know where to end up. but this verdict sets the record clear. it definitely helps to bolster the narrative this was a planned and coordinated attempt to disrupt a peaceful transfer of power ask overthrow the government. that's so important in terms of looking back retrospectively and how we process things like this so it never happens again. >> charles, you're going to stay with me. ryan, thank you so much. long before the last successful seditious conspiracy prosecution, that was of an islamic exist in '95, there was a great sedition trial of 1944 when a federal grand jury returned indictments against 30 americans accused of conspireing with nazis. it's also a complex and extraordinary story like this one. and it's a huge part of a new podcast by rachel maddow called

ultra. those proceedings share some parallels with the oath keepers trial, including defendants who declare themselves patriots and their allies who did everything they could to get them off. >> portray the prosecution as politically motivated. portray the defendants as small try, innocent victims. even change the law to make the prosecution impossible. deflect and distract in order to obscure their own role in various parts of the scheme. it was a strategy from these members of congress. >> rachel maddow joins me now. it couldn't be more perfect timing. i don't want to overstate the parallels, but the case you describe and the one that just involve extremists actively plotting to overthrow the american government and getting at the very least cover from people in power. how do you see that threat now

compared to the one you laid out? >> fist first of all, thank you for drawing these parallels so well. i do think you can overstate them, but when you're talking about the historic difficulty of proving sedition to a jury, part of the reason we know that is because of the history of case like this. in the trial of 19 4 it was 30 defendants. the trial went on for so long one of the defendants died during the proceedings and a couple were severed. it was this massive trial. and the guilt in their case, it was the evidence of the government had was overwhelming including evidence of direct communication between all these defendants and the hitler government at a time we were at war with germany. it just seemed like a slam dunk case. but seditious is always hard to prove. we have first amendment rights as americans to think what we please, associate with whomever

we ploez, even in the most out yoes terms. it's hard to prove because we have this constitutional protections. the interesting thing, i think, in terms of us thinking about how history can help us is that question of powerful elected officials being implicated or at least adjacent to these plots. and i thus the really difficult history here and the one i hope the justice department is contending with honestly, is when powerful elected officials are um police indicated or worried about their surfacing with cages like this. plots like this, inflammatory things, those official elected ishls tend to pressure to limit the case or to end the case. that can have apt effect both in the courtroom and the way they comport themselves with these dramatic trials. as we move on to the next case,

which starts next week and as the justice department considers these types of charges against powerful elected officials like the former president, that history is really worth contending with in terms of the way this stuff has settled in the past. >> you mentioned how massive that trial was in 1944. and i was anything they are budding a case before cameras were everywhere. pfr cell phone and everyone was recording everything that happened. >> the transcript of that trial was 18,000 pages, as you point out but even in '22 this is not a pursuit for faint of heart. in't wonder what you make of the prosecutors who took this gamble against the oath keepers. we this. a loss could have been devastating for future prosecutions. >> that's exactly right.

and it's really interesting to look back at the papers and the personal records of the restaurants who brought these trials back in world war ii. there was the 1944 case just a few years before that in 1940. there was a similar case against 1 members of an armed group called the crist man front. that was a failed prosecution. when you look back at the prosecutors con tnding with the charges and ut matly those losses, they are agonized over what effect this is going to have on the country. this is going to vindicate the houses of heez who it's just going to make the justice department look like they were persecuting these people for their political believes, which is what they contend in court. losing these cases is not just a missed opportunity to convict them. it can have a really negative impact on the ability of these groups to recruit and portray themselves the way they want to be portrayed and to advance their effort to overthrow the

government. it's really high stakes to bring these. i think ryan riley's reporting has been so good from the courtroom in this trial. he rightfully points out this is a mixed verdict. we got two convictions of the two leaders, but on the sedition charges, three were acquitted. justice happily as thaw head into the next trial of proud boys defendants, that's going to start right away. >> can we go back to the folk who is back up people who decide that they think they should have control of the government. you talk about an actual agent of the nazi government in the u.s. working in concert with members of congress and their staff. i want to play a question you pose in your podcast. >> you want to be the member of congress who's exposed as working with these folks? taking money of from some of the same source? using your america first mailing lists to help out this cause and help out these people? this was a trial that promised to effect pose all of that.

>> i thought is there that same level of risk now to be a member of congress who works with or even just defends these kinds of people, or at the very least, refuses to denounce them? >> i mean, it's interesting. in 1944, we had a couple members of congress who were compelled against their will to testify to the grand jury in this investigation. another congressman from minnesota, when those members of congress were compelled to testify, they really believe they were potentially going to be indicted themselves. and as you showed in that clip, whether or not they were going to be indicted, they knew their names were going to come up. and with some nazi agents, they really department want that.

and those members of congress did something about it. they pressured the justice department. and the justice department caved in both of those cases to that pressure from political pressure who thought they were going to get in trouble. one attorney general who is steamed in history and wept on to be one of the chief judges of the trials, a senior senator said i'm going to investigate you and the justice did the unless you fire this prosecutor. the next attorney general goes on to be a member of the supreme court. president truman said this investigation um police indicated one of my friends in congress. i want you to fire the senator. sorry, i want you to fire the prosecutor. we have over and over again let people with political power off

the hook and let them hamstring prosecutors of people they are associated with because they don't want their names tarred in the same public proceedings. and that record is shameful it's not the way we think of our system of justice, but it's reality. if there are going to be charges that -- scott perry had his phone searched by the january 6th investigation. the political pressure people can bring to bear needs a firewall. it needs a firewall at the justice department. it will be his legally zit as to whether or not he can be that firewall. >> do you think in this moment there's reason to see the beginning of a rejection of hateful and provably false ideas. of course, you have a successful seditious conspiracy trial. you have the supreme court telling high ranking official,

no you koent ignore a. subpoena. you have from people like kari lake. is that reason to say people are paying attention and they are saying no. >> yes. it's really important to know that you can make progress against these kinds of forces. there is no magic bullet. part of the lesson i think of this history of prosecuting sedition during world war ii, including these crazy plots where you have a nazi agent working in congress and alleged seditionist working with the government to try to install a fashs dictator, even in a case that dramatic and that dark, you can't count on the justice department alone. there will be accountability in court. and getting a seditious conspiracy conviction will change the way that we talk about the history of january 6th forever. but it can't just be left to the

criminal justice system alone. there has to be political act blt that exposes what's going on on the ultraright and these ooint democratic forces. voters need to hold people accountability. and the courts node to hold the line. everything has to happen all at once. and everybody needs to pull in the same direction. in order to do that, we have to recognize when fascism is afoot and when there's an antidemocratic movement in this country. people linked to that power that has deserves on our system of government. >> how fortunate to have glou on this program on this day. thank you for being so generous with your time. i want everybody to listen to your podcast, if they haven't already. a lot of people will pick it up. rachel mad depresents ultra.

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the historic bill to protect same-sex marriage is now one step closer to getting on to president biden's desk. the respect for marriage act passing the senate with a bipartisan vote 61-36. here's krysten sinema who made history as the first openly bisexual member. >> being gay is normal. it's normal for families to worry about and wonder what's going to happen. i can't wait for people all across the country to be able to

talk to their children and their children's children about the time in america when we made it completely normal for families to be together and love each other and takecare of each other. >> i want to bring in ali vitali from capitol hill back with us. how quickly can we expect this to get to the house for the final vote? >> we're expecting as early as next tuesday, the house will take up the new version that was just passed by the senate of a bill that offers protections for same-sex couples. but it's important to remember the backdrop here. the reason that this legislation is happening at all is because of what we have seen out of the supreme court in recent months. the provision on the dobbs decision to strike down the president of roe v. wade. that was a precedent that be enshrined 49 years and it was still able to be knocked down. you listen to some of the logic that they applied in making the decision and many thought it could be applied just as easily

to decisions on same sex and interracial marriage, which is why you see the push happening right now. we do expect after it passing the senate, it's on a glide path back through the house where it was confirmed in bipartisan passion previously and then to the white house for signature. >> this is also a little bit complicated. i was reading the op-ed that my friend jonathan capehart, who is on this network, wrote. he wrote it to the equivalent of insurance. let me read what he wrote. what the act tuz not do is require states to issue marriage licenses in contra vengs of state law. this is the province. so same-sex couples living in states where they couldn't legally marry would have to go to another state where it is legal if they wanted to marry. what is the second class -- what is second class citizenship? that's what got all of this moving.

same-sex marriage bans in 35 states would go into effect. so this would not protect people from the logistical, the financial problem of having to go to another state to do this. and it wouldn't stop somebody who says, well, i have religious belief, i don't have to serve you. >> there are not a requirement under the respect for marriage act that basically mandate same-sex marriage in every state. so if it is overturned by the supreme court, it would automatically kick in the bans in over 30 states in the united states. and that does make it significantly more burdensome for same-sex couples designed to be married in order to do that. they would have to go to that state and endure the financial burden of that. so you also make a good point about the religious exemptions that some of the republicans who voted against it fought hard to include in the bill, and that was to say if i'm a religious

organization or a nonprofit, i don't necessarily have to provide support for same-sex marriage if that goes against my religion. those are two very important points that people need to understand still require a lot of revisiting as we consider the progress that has been made with this legislation. >> also on capitol hill today, house democrats are electing that new leadership team. we saw congressman hakeem jeffreys, the first black man to lead a congressional caught cushion. the number four spot is being challenged. that vote is later this week. could he have the votes? >> reporter: this is a challenge that just came about today. and you're right. it's really one of the few points of drama, if you want to call it that, in these democratic leadership elections

because for the new trio of leaders atop this party, jeffries, clark and aguilar, this was something that was done unanimously really within the caucus. pelosi, hoyer and clyburn all blessed this new trio of leaders. with clyburn, it's going to be interesting to see if they are able to mount a serious challenge here. there's one other point they are going to be electing the vice caucus chair. so we're going to see several ballots later today for who ends up with that position. this is a new era of leadership. and one that's coming poet for democrat who is are seeing new leaders for the first time, but also we're watching the seas change. we're going to have to see if kevin mccarthy is successful in his bid for the speakership. but one of the first things i asked today right before i came up to talk to you was what it's going to look like for them to

get stuff done for the american people. but do so in a time where you're seeing kevin mccarthy consistently have to juggle the needs of reluctantly we managed to work in bipartisan fashion on a whole number of things during the last two years. we would hope that this new republican party would in the same way. but at the same time if you look at the bipartisan things like gun violence prevention and others, much of the bipartisanship originated this the senate it's going to be interesting in how this works out. >> ali vitali, thank you for that. charles, great to have you here today as well. where is paul whealen? embassy employees have unsuccessfully been trying to contact the marine who has been jailed in russia for nearly four years now. his family hasn't heard from him

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>> and jonathan, the announcement of this commission comes after trump's dinner with a white supremacist. you can argue both republican leaders offered only muted criticism. there's a couple headlines that sum it up. mccarthy condemns white supremacist, stopping short of faulting trump. and mitch mcconnell won't say if he backed trump in 2024. mcconnell said it's unlikely anyone meeting with white supremacists would be elected president, but that's not exactly a ringing condemnation. >> the last time when he lost to barack obama and what they put forth as the vision. donald trump went in the opposite direction. and he is still dancing with hateful rhetoric. in this case dining with a white supremacist. kevin mccarthy was still

desperate for trump's support as he tries to be speaker. he can't afford to lose any republican vote there is. he stopped short of condemning what trump actually did. and this is the same story from mitch mcconnell, who since january 6th has become a critic of trump, but still won't vote for trump if trump is the republican nominee. in the past, he's made clear he would. there's some republican senators speaking out against trump, but it seems like for many, they are afraid to cross trump and his supporters. >> cornell, let's talk about that 2012 election autopsy, which concluded the party needed to campaign among hispanic, black and gay americans and demonstrate we care about them too. yesterday they said they want to return to focus by growing the party with black voters. is that a hard argument to make when the leader of the party,

donald trump, is sitting down with aipt semites and racists. >> it's hard when not just a leader of the party, but the members of the party is someone that rumored to be a part of this autopsy thing. and he said some outrageous things as a carrier of the big lie. and part of the problem is now is the same problem they had with the 2012. voters broke away by 38 points. democrats won voters of color. and they will make up 3 to 4% morse of the electorate in 2024 that be they did in 2020. so it becomes a growing problem. if you look at states like arizona, both from the standpoint of minority voters and also young voters. blake masters lost voters under 30 by better than 50 points.

it's hard to be a national majority party if you can't win voters of color and you're struggling with younger voters. >> what is it you're hearing among democrats and maybe from folks around the biden administration who may be involved in a 2024 campaign. what's their reaction to this recirculated idea from the rnc? >> probably an arched eyebrow mostly. democrats have actually lost some support of latino voters in particular the last couple cycles. trump has shown some strength there because of the republicans' economic message. that's something the democrats know they can't take for message. another black men a z a voting bloc that has gone republican. and they feel like those close to the president feel like he would be well positioned to win

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in effect across the florida panhandle. take a look at this destruction from nighttime tornadoes in mississippi. homes destroyed, trees uprooted, tens of thousands without power. tornadoes at night are historically two and a halftimes more deadly than ones during the day. and tens of thousands remin in the storm's path today as it travels up the east coast bringing heavy winds and flooding. new york city's mayor eric adams is unveiling a new plan aimed at a problem we're seeing in cities across america. the mental health crisis, particularly among the homeless. police and first responders are being told to remove people from the streets and subways and take them even involuntarily to be hospitalized. >> very nature of their illnesses keeps them from realizing they need intervention and support. without that intervention, they remain lost and isolated from society, tormented by delusions

and distorted thinking. >> one doctor telling nbc news if this plan is done without attention to the broader needs of the system, then it's really like putting a bandage on a hemorrhaging wound. i want to bring in investigations reporter tom winter. we have been here before. for decades, ongoing debates about how to deal with the mentally ill, the people on the streets, they can be a danger to themselves as well as to others. what's been the overall reaction to this plan? >> right, so i think it was approaching a point where everybody said this isn't working. these people need help. it's the humane thing to do to help out somebody who can't help themselves. when we're talking about people with severe mental illness, that's what we're talking about. whether it's cops on the beat, whether it's people that are in the ems realm in the city or people that are professionals, they just realize there's to way to go forward. the mayor coming out with this policy is his way to potentially address this.

now to be clear, we are not going to walk out of this studio and see police officers pulling people out and ambulances waiting outside of the subway stairs. there's a lot that needs to go on here before of this happens. namely, training. there needs to be some sort of procedure put in place for police and other people involved in this effort, but the involuntary component is what people say is a key part of this task of attacking problem. on the other hand, it's one of the things people have some concerns about that when you take somebody against their will in. on the other hand if you listen to the mayor, they say these people need treatment in a way that just bringing in the hospital for 48 hours can't provide. we need long-term solutions. i think that's where the the ru meet the road here, one, the legality of this, already, playing fast and loose with new york estate laws as far as what you can do with somebody and when you can in voluntarily remove them, number one, and number two, do we have the

systems in place from a treatment stand point to be able to take care of these people long term, and give them the help that they need. this is something that, based on studies and information that we've red, it is something that takes time. we're not talking about a month or two in the hospital. we're talking about long-term treatment for people that have serious injuries. you don't take somebody who has a debilitating accident, maybe confined to a wheelchair and say okay, good luck, you're done, that's somebody who gets treatment, this is an entirely different thing, they will need some help long-term as well. it is something we'll obviously continue to follow. >> and we would love to follow it on this program. so thank you for coming in. appreciate that. tonight, the university of idaho and many people across that state will pause to remember four students killed two and a half weeks ago, there is a vigil on campus at 5:00 p.m., and while investigators still have no suspect, they also have no murder weapon. students on campus are both grieving and frightened. >> i have an evening class that

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and the stakes are getting higher and we want to go all the way. >> all the way he says. meagan fitzgerald is live from doha, what's the reaction on the ground, and what do we know about the preparations they are making for saturday? >> reporter: i can tell you, this environment here is just electric. people are so excited, i mean this is what the fans travel here for, to try and see team usa pull off a win, and they did. now, they're heading to the next round. today, as far as team usa is concerned, they had the day off. they're hanging out with their families. they're relaxing. going in the pool. tomorrow, it is back to work. they've got two more practices that they'll get in before the big game against the netherlands on saturday. but look, the fans, they're just celebrating. take a listen to what they said. >> yes, it's amazing. we waited eight years for this. to be back in the world cup. >> i feel fantastic. freedom always wins. >> electric. it was, it was loud. it was really loud.

my voice is gone. i couldn't hear the person sitting next to me for 90 minutes. it was great. better that we won. >> reporter: a stream of happiness just pouring out of that stadium. listen, note team usa is not favored to win on saturday. but the reality of the situation here is we have seen upset after upset after upset. today, tunisia ranked 30th just beat france, which is ranked fourth. you never know what's going to happen. team usa captain has always said, tyler adams, all you have to do is just believe. >> if they don't have the expectation, they're young and incredibly fit and they can go out and play their hearts out, i believe, meagan fitzgerald, thank you so much. what a great assignment. right? that's going to do it for us this hour. join us for "chris jansing reports" reports every weekday 1:00 eastern time right here on msnbc. don't go anywhere. "katy tur reports" is up next. "katy tur reports" is up next. u.

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