i want to bring back david drucker and jackie kucinich. through all the tweets that wefdz conversations about the last 24 hours, which is interesting if you juxta pose that with the president's message. i want to listen to that last thanksgiving. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. in declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice and one heart. that's just what we have to do. >> one voice, one heart, shared purpose. what we are accustomed to hearing from the commander in chief. this thanksgiving, that purpose is thanking the president perhaps? is that where we're going, david? >> look, i think the president would benefit and would have benefited post campaign given the low expectations, especially because of the divisive nature of his leadership had he followed through on that message. he would not have lost any credibility with the base of his party that rea

. >> jackie kucinich, you would have a former administration official indicted.ow significant is that? >> the former national security adviser. someone who the president actually -- flynn initially didn't want to come into the white house, according to reporting. he wanted to stay in the private sector. trump brought him in because he trusted him so much, because he felt so close to him. he was an early signer -- he was early in on the campaign, an early adviser to the president so this is someone close to trump. it's not -- i mean, even manafort who, you know, was part of the campaign, de-i spite what the white house may want to brush under the rug. this is one they can't explain away. >> chris cillizza, he also led the chants of "lock her up" during the campaign. >> he was an early adopter of trump and trumpism and he was the most prominent sort of introducer of donald trump. they clearly had a personal rapport. i'm fascinated by susan's sort of analysis of what this all could mean. obviously if there is cooperation, then it feels like, well, if he's cooperatin

i'm joined now by mally baolly d jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief for "the daily beast." this obviously deals, among other things, some of these accusations that have been made against john conyers, the longest serving house member, the former ranking democrat on the house judiciary committee, who we understand is home now in michigan and we're told maybe considering his future. where do you think that stands right now, jackie? >> the fact that the congressional black caucus is now involved and met with him last night, really does bring up how serious this is and how serious it should be taken. ultimately, they're leaving it with congressman conyers to make that decision, but clearly, he is being pressured to resign without being pushed out. because, he was a founding member of the congressional black caucus. he does have a very important place in civil rights history. that said, that doesn't excuse what he is accused of doing. >> molly, is this a real moment in congress? is congress coming to terms with dealing with sexual misconduct the way the media industry is like th

jackie kucinich, the meeting as you know was originally set to happen in the oval office with the democraticnd the republican leaders. the white house moved it to the roosevelt room in the west wing of the white house, seemingly to set up the optics of president trump sitting between two empty chairs with plaquered for schumer and pelosi. was that smart politically? >> i think it looks silly. i think everyone looks silly in this situation. to dana's point, this plays well with the respective bases, but at the end of the day these people need to get together and get something done. i think pelosi and schumer played into the president's hand here by not showing up and making it look like they are from the republican perspective just not willing to work with republicans. and on the other siede, i mean, yes, sure, they couldn't show up, but at the end of the day i think everyone came away from this looking bad, looking partisan and looking like they're not adult enough to get something done. >> the stakes are enormous right now. matt visor, nancy pelosi responded by tweeting this. i'll read it.

with us now, cnn political analyst, jackie kucinich, ed martin, and former policy director for former first lady, michelle obama, now a democratic gubernatorial candidate in maryland. welcome to have you back. jackie, good to have you back. let's talk about the instan significance of this. backing an accused child molester in the alabama senate race, because he explicitly said, the president, we don't want a liberal in there. politics aside, the significance of this? >> you know, so much for draining the swamp. this has become purely political. it's very cynical to look at this and say this is just about a vote in the senate. and it could have very large implications for the republican party as a whole. because if roy moore does make it into the senate, there -- i mean, unless they expel him, even if they expel him, he is a part of the republican party and his colleagues are going to have to deal with him and these allegations that are much more than it's -- iyou know, it's -- they're very serious. it's much more than some of the other things they're being conflated with. so this coul