is it donald trump or is it elon musk? is donald trump just elon musk's puppet? elon musk has been down at mar-a-lago the entire time, obviously put $300 million into donald trump's campaign, stands to benefit tremendously from donald trump's tax cuts and from all of the various government contracts that musk has as well. i think we need to have a real evaluation, and i think it is incumbent upon house republicans, senate republicans who will be in the majority to stand up for the american people, not to just do the bidding of donald trump. and right now, the american people are going to suffer because of donald trump's incompetence and elon musk's inexperience and dangerousness. >> congressman dave goldman, thank you very much for joining us in this breaking news environment on capitol hill tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and the chairman of the senate budget committee, rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, will join us next with the senate perspective on this ongoing budget crisis now on capitol hill. that's next. crisi now on capi

donald trump cheered that recommendation. and we're getting ready to vote on an attorney general and a director of the fbi who have made clear they are ready to eagerly prosecute trump's political opponents. this is really important to talk about, because this is one of the key ways that democracies fall all around the world. it frankly doesn't take hundreds of political prosecutions. it only takes a handledful, before -- a handful before ordinary, average americans just decide they would be better off staying quiet, instead of facing potential harassment or intimidation or a jail sentence for speaking out the way that liz cheney did. the second thing that happened in this last week was that donald trump filed a lawsuit against a pollster in iowa. the grounds of the lawsuit are simple -- he didn't like the results of the poll. the poll said the iowa race was close. the poll ended up being wrong. but he is suing the pollster and the newspaper because he was upset that that poll helped galvanize opposition to him. that poll, wh

and this is president elect donald trump arriving at the elysee palace here there in paris. st saw moments ago the french president, emmanuel macron, standing outside waiting for mr. trump to arrive. macron invited trump to the reopening ceremony of notre dame cathedral and now there is much fanfare around his arrival. as you can see president-elect trump shaking macron's hand there. let's listen in beaucoup j'arrive and there it was. >> the handshake between president-elect trump and the president. president emmanuel macron there an informal, very tight grip, which they have shared before, which we have covered when they have met the president of france. president macron has been critical of president elect trump during the biden administration. but he is, if not a 180, making a significant adjustment now that trump will be returning to power with this invitation. with the first call after the election congratulating donald trump on the win. of course, they'll go in and we will see them again at the beginning of their conversation. let's go to cnn reporter alayna treene, who

all that happened injuly, one of those key points was the fact that the supreme court ruled that donald trumpunity for acts that they take as president, and that was seen as a huge victory for the trump camp as well. but that was kind of how that month started off, and, of course, we should say there was also the nato summit here in washington that we were covering. so there were there was this big us political story and this big global event happening as well, butjuly was quite something. yeah, i mean, because you had that chat about should joe biden go, then you had the assassination attempt on donald trump in butler, pennsylvania, on the saturday. gunshots. get down, get down, get down, get down! gunshots, screaming on sunday, everyone travelled to milwaukee, wisconsin, for the republican national convention. donald trump turning up there with that bandage on his ear. a very, very successful convention, but all the while that was going on, the chatter aboutjoe biden, everyone comes back from milwaukee, trying to rest a little bit over the weekend. and on sunday, joe biden puts this stateme

my god, donald trump doesn't want that to go disturbed. and i and april, we all know trump has a very aggressive and cruel agenda he wants to begin to commence on january 20th when he's sworn in. the last thing he wants is any chaotic sort of speaker fight. so i think probably that's why he endorsed mike johnson. trump doesn't give a damn about mike johnson. donald trump just doesn't want his january ruined. >> so, april, talk to me about this because there are a few republicans who were pretty clear on the fact that it may cost them to go up against donald trump, but a cup of them said straight out i win my district by 80 points. going up against donald trump might cost me 30 points, i'm still going to win. tell me how you scare this circle, because i think joe is right. donald trump doesn't want a chaotic start to congress or we think he doesn't want a chaotic start to congress. how does this play out in your mind? >> ali, what i saw from truth social, a statement from donald trump, and then listening to what some of the republican congre

talking about donald trump?llionaires and the appropriate over rulers, if they run away from the fight, why should i be in play? why are people afraid right now? they don't think the guardrails will hold. they don't think that donald trump can be eased up. they don't have confidence in congress. they don't have confidence in the courts. thank you john roberts. they don't have the independent agencies that will remain independent. that is the real danger. we have lost faith in holding our government accountable. i will say this. you go back to richard nixon and watergate, journalist back in the 1970s were not scared of richard nixon, in the sense that he thought he was going to go after them. they stood up to him. they need to remember what that felt like. >> on that note, not afraid of anyone. thank you for reading our conversation. fantastic reporting. >>> when we come back, one journalist who knows exactly why donald trump does this, files i had trained with lawsuits, -- political enemy. tim o'brien, joins the

they could call donald trump to the stand.so far not testified in connection with the january 6th case in connection with the hearings, in connection with the impeachment. so having a trial in many ways is the very last thing you want to do if you're trying to whitewash history. >> andrew, as we go forward here, the jack smith report could be coming literally any day now. is there anything that you would consider in the release of the report that would indicate a better time to release it than another time? is it something you want to get done as soon as possible or wait till january to release it? >> well, mechanically there's a lot to do. having been involved in a report and one of the things that does take time is making sure that you have culled out thinking that is grand jury, anything that is national security sensitive, or anything that could unfairly tarnish somebody who is currently facing charges. now there's the two co- defendants in mar-a-lago. so i think that is the main thing, but i suspect they are going to rele

, and donald trump t lost. donald trump's threats meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. elon musk's threats and his billions meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. so far elon musk has failed at every public lobbying attempt he has made since the presidential election. elon musk told republican senators who they must vote for for majority leader next year, and republican senators said no. elon musk's candidate came in third in the election for the republican majority leader in the senate next year. elon musk's support meant nothing mto republican senatorr elon musk was part of the group that hatched the brilliant idea of having matt gaetz for attorney general. elon musk lobbied publicly for matt gaetz to be confirmed as attorney general. elon musk lost badly in that lobbying effort. and then yesterday elon musk decide decided to tell the republican speaker of the house and the republican members of the house of representatives that the bill that they negotiated to pass the house, pa

so, you know, it would have to be up to donald trump to potentially fire him, which is something, speakingtentially prepared to do at 12.01am on the 20th of january. and that leads us, i suppose, to this other issue of the pardons, right, and that huge, huge, huge decision thatjoe biden took this week to pardon his son, hunter biden, having said he wasn't going to do that. and notjust pardon him, but give him basically a blanket ban against any possible prosecution in a ten—year window. it was such a broad pardon, wasn't it? i mean, what did you guys think of the reactions we saw from democrats in particular? because it seemed like some chuck schumer, for example, refused to answer any questions on it. there were a few, or actually a good number by now who have come out to criticise president biden, but some others who have also defended him. it seems like it also gives us a sense of where the democrats are right now. yeah, i thought michael bennet from colorado, making the point that this is just going to further distrust in the criminal justice system. i think he kind of got right to the

he did take chris wray in 2017 had impeccable financials, that was donald trump's own terminology. this go around he is going in and picking somebody with questionable credentials but somebody who is going to go and undo what he says. >> during the trump transition, howard lutnick did not say the top qualification to be part of the trump administration is impeccable credentials, number one was loyalty to trump. is this, christopher wray stepping down and kash patel moving in, the framed portrait of trump 2.0 dj t first? >> yes. i do want to point out, trump did say that kash patel is the most qualified nominee to leave the fbi in history. so, i think that is true. i think it is very much the case that we have seen this pattern across the proposed nominations and across all the decisions he is making, that loyalty is the predicate to what he is doing. there is an actual test being applied to people, how did you feel about 2020, was it stolen or not? i think, at the end of the day, if you are christopher wray, all else aside, why do you want to go through, i get that he is someone tha

even president-elect donald trump and doge co-chair elon musk, they are both opposed to it. our own ryan ogles has more on where they stand. >> reporter: tonight, president- elect trump blowing up a bipartisan spending deal worked out by house speaker mike johnson designed to keep the federal government open through march of next year. writing, quote, we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn't give chuck schumer and the democrats everything they want. the bill extended government funding while also adding $100 billion for disaster aid and 10 billion for farmers. but it also included healthcare reforms and a provision allowing for pay raises for members of congress, leaving to conservative backlash. unit elon musk will lead trump's effort to cut government spending writing, any lawmaker who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in two years. tonight, vice president-elect vance talking about the spending plan known as acr. >> with the president believes is -- that's the position of the president and that's what we are going to try to push

donald trump is not afraid to use it and after donald trump's threat of tariffs, the president-elect reported that mexico's president agreed to secure their own border and stop the migrant caravans that are heading towards our border. north of the border, little justin trudeau immediately hopped on a plane, flies down to beautiful palm beach in mar-a-lago where he all but begged donald trump not to impose any new taxes on canadian imports. accordance reports, donald trump choate -- joked that canada might have to become our 51st state if they can't handle the tariffs. look at this. >> we are getting some new details about that trump trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. we are told that when trudeau told president-elect trump that new tariffs would kill the canadian economy, trump a joke to him that if canada can't survive without ripping off the u.s. to the tune of $100 billion a year then maybe canada should become the 51st state and trudeau could become it's governor. >> sean: earlier today donald trump continued to troll our neighbours to the north with this meme

i mean first of all, just we should we should note how everything has, has changed because of donald trump firing comey. that that we're now at a stage in which the fbi director who is not supposed to serve at the whims of whatever president comes in we sort of just trump sort of views that as a given, it is viewed as his appointment. so so whatever is happening in terms of who he chooses, the fact that this is even a seat that we're talking about shows how much trump is planning on putting his people in. and now this gets to to to catel there is no one less. i mean, there's a lot of people less qualified to run the fbi fbi, there is no one that the only reason why trump would have done this pick is for his retribution campaign. uh, there is there is almost no other reason to explain this. and i know that we have to say, you know, in terms of reporting. well, we'll see what others say or we'll see what the republicans do. but everyone who has followed, uh this president elect and who he wants to put in knows that this particular position and this particular person is being chosen for what

and the meeting between donald trump and emmanuel macron. went on. and this is a geopolitical happening at the opening of the notre dame cathedral, one of the leaders that was in trump's first term until 2020 and inviting donald trump to the opening of notre dame and macron is positioning himself to be a major political leader and also attending today, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy. he may meet with president trump-- soon to be president-elect trump as well, but no meeting is officially scheduled. britain's prince of wales, prince william is here, jill biden, the first lady is here as well. five and a half years ago, a fire nearly destroyed the 12th century gothic cathedral. and macron promised that it would be done in five years and so the work began. the statues restored and 2400 oak treeses around paris were cut down to build the trusses, and the roof, the relic, the crown of thorns, the nail, a sliver from the nail, the holy-- believed to have been in the crucifixion. and it's just this rebirth and the restoration of an old friend

>> we would get work done. >> dog owners are more likely to vote for donald trump. et the dogs out. my favorite dog would go to the radio studio with me and he knew not to bark or whimper. he will go to the doubt that you knew not to make a sound and i loved having him with me. i did a better show when i was nicer. >> we want you nice. >> we should have bring your dog to work day. they lower your stress and you all the things that make you more productive. when i first read this, i thought the question was, do we want dog in office like vote for them? yes two dogs in the office space, especially a small business. [laughter] >> tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. east eastern, mayor adams will sit down for an interview with martha maccallum on "the story." be sure to tune in for that and thank you for tuning in to add spirit to make sure to dvr we can't watch us live and for now, "america reports." ♪ ♪

but even some of donald trump's safer choices have proven to be gross strategic blunders by donald trump. consider congresswoman stefanik of upstate new york, who will probably have no problem being confirmed as the united states ambassador to the united nations. the problem is when she's confirmed she will reduce the republican majority in the house of representatives by one. same thing with congressman mike walz of florida, donald trump's choice of national security advisor, which does not require senate confirmation, so he will definitely leave the house of representatives for that job and reduce the republican emajority by another seat. but keep an eye on congressman mike walz because he is now tonight on the public list of possible replacements for pete hegseth as secretary of defense. congressman matt gaetz already reduced the house majority by a seat when he resigned the house after being selected for attorney general by donald trump. and so taking three members of the house of representatives for his administration before donald trump knew what the final count of republicans woul

i go back to the first donald trump administration where this was largely true then, donald trump is much more effective at killing the policies he does not like then in passing the ones he does. he needs a strong speaker and he needs a bigger majority. he will not have either of those things potentially going into next year. i think that will hamper him significant on his legislative agenda. >> thank you so very much, i really appreciate it. >>> house democrats just finished up a meeting on capitol hill and we will speak with a lawmaker in the room. we will chat in just a minute. >>> how a government shutdown could immediately affect everyday americans, and the suspect in the murder of united healthcare ceo is facing new charges today. now that he is back in new york city. we are back in 90 seconds. you are watching jose dmaz-balart reports on msnbc. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try new vaposhower max for steamy vicks vapors. drew barrymore: in this family, we never give up. st. jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80% with

donald trump won big there you go. donald trump won big over 5%. 5.5%. georgia to 2.2. michigan 1.4. nevada. pretty healthy 3.1. north carolina the same. pennsylvania 1.8. and wisconsin the smallest margin. it was a clean sweep, though it was a clean sweep. >> there's no doubt about that. i say often, you know, elections can be both close and decisive at the same time. his victory was decisive, but as you just saw there, it was also close, less so in the sunbelt, as we were reporting at the time than in the so-called former blue wall pieces of pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, which is where this election came, came down to and 200,000 plus votes the other way. and that could have flipped. that doesn't take a thing away from donald trump's decisive victory sweeping all seven states. and as kristen alluded to earlier, also winning the national popular vote, just adding to the decisive nature of of his victory, you mentioned the electoral college totals. one thing to watch for. i'm just curious today, as you see the the tally going up on the side, will those totals lo

look, here's the one constant about donald trump. all he cares about is donald trump.use can't conduct any business until they pick a speaker. there's business they need to conduct on january 6th, monday, and that's certify the election result. my god, donald trump doesn't want that to go disturbed and you and i and april, we all know trump has a very aggressive and cruel agenda he wants to begin to commence on january 20th when he's sworn in. the laest thing he wants is any chaotic sort of speaker fight. i think that's why he endorsed mike johnson. trump doesn't give a damn about mike johnson. donald trump just don't want his january ruined. >> april, talk to me about this because there are a few republicans who were pretty clear on the fact it may cost them to go against donald trump, but a couple said straight out i won my district by 80 points. going up against trump might cost me 30 points. i'm still going to win. tell me how your square this circle because i think joe's right, nald trump doesn't want a chaotic start to congress. how does this play out in your min

poses to american democracy and rule of law. >> donald trump is nothing more than a cheap crimehat guy is nothing more than cheap criminal. >> trump really sees himself as a trump mobster the maccabee take the cannoli, i'm going to shoot you with the gun. [laughter] >> media and trump critics looking to compare trump to a mobster and claim trump is assembling his cabinet like mafia with under buses go what our real mob tactics like? many think the expertise to answer for sure first-hand experience. michael, great to see you again. i wanted to play the clips for you because they are claiming they understand the mob and donald trump is one of them. what is the truth? >> i think they watched too many movies. they called him hitler, fascist, dictator. the threat to democracy. calling him a mob boss is a compliment because we are all about family. as far as him hiring loyal people, what has biden done? everybody has lied for him and supported him in every way that was detrimental to the american public so what trump is doing in no way resembles a model boss. they get shot, they go un

they're a little afraid of donald trump. they don't want to cross donald trump. and so now you're seeing all these people starting to get realigned again, waiting for january 20th. and they're already starting to realign before then. >> what do you make of hezbollah, hamas? joe concha and vladimir putin and zelensky in particular, and their reaction and their change? they all have a change of heart since trump was elected because they saw the movie the first time around. sean, 2017 through 2021 and the trump foreign policy then remember that jv group, as obama called them, called isis. donald trump destroyed that caliphate. he dropped the moab, the mother of all bombs in afghanistan early on, sent a message. obviously, iran and the killing of general soleimani as well. the soleimani excuse me, that was a very big deal. kim jong un suddenly stopped launching missiles over guam, over japan, threatening the united states. and suddenly that went away as well. so they saw how strong this president was in his first term. they know that he means business and that's why

i mean, donald trump may not have a choice.r it — who are also on tiktok — like, posting campaign videos, you know... square that circle. it was a bipartisan law, which shows that there is — this is another one of these examples where there is bipartisan support for curtailing the power of, of social media in particular, and because of the national security component of that, as well. i think that really created an interesting coalition behind it. but i think there will be some people who are pretty shocked come mid—january if tiktok's turned off without someone else stepping in to take over the service, and they'll be looking for an explanation, despite promises from people like donald trump, that this isn't going to happen, why this ended up taking place. we'll see tiktokers marching on capitol hill and the white house, demanding... dancing on capitol hill. dancing, yeah, dancing their way up pennsylvania avenue. i think that's all we have time for, guys. but it's been a pleasure to talk to you. anthony, i promise if you come

matt gaetz pulled a donald trump. he tried to do everything donald trump did with the courts. matt gaetz tried to do with the house ethics committee. and mike johnson helped him at the end. mike johnson said to republicans on the committee, don't release it. and the republican co-chair of the committee apparently opposed releasing it. he wrote a dissenting report. he even said i don't disagree with the findings, we shouldn't release the findings. at some point the standard for performing in republican politics should be above the bar of credible allegations of statutory ra pshs e of above the ball of sexual abuse. it's not hard, republicans, to go find candidates, elected members that don't have credible allegations of sexual misconduct. they're not finding them right now. we have a party led by donald trump and elevating the likes of matt gaetz. >> you know, paul, i did want to mention this as well because this is something that you and i have dealt with as prosecutors and david has been a lawyer. but the women in this case. there was a decision to not try to re-traumatize a

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the american people gave a mandate to donald trump. and in many ways, a lot of republicans were able to cross the finish line as a result of trump's success. and so the question for some of those sort of soft trump voters who said, i'm going to vote republican for the first time in my life, am i actually seeing something tangible that crystallizes that support for the next two years? if not, then democrats are going to have the opportunity to articulate their message and point to potential failures of republicans as they return that power back to us. we've got to be careful. >> this foreshadows what's going to happen for the next for the next couple of years. the kind of chaos with donald trump throwing a grenade into this process with a with a narrow margin. now, it now takes nine seats, nine people to for a motion to vacate. so he has a little bit of a johnson has a little bit of padding there. but he's always going to be on life support as long as the margins are this close and everybody stand by. >> we're about to hear very, very so

status as trump's first choice to run the pentagon could change or has been widely reported that donald trump has changed his mind and tapped one of his alternates like florida governor ron desantis according to four sources trump is already in, quote, advanced talks with about taking the job. so far hegseth's attempt to win over key senate republicans is not going very well. case in point as we showed you joni ernst, who is the first female combat veteran elected to the senate and a vocal advocate for survivors of military sexual trauma. here's more of what she had to say after meeting with hegseth yesterday. >> it was a very frank and thorough discussion. >> will you support mr. hegseth's nomination? >> it was a frank and thorough conversation. >> did he ask for your vote specifically? >> keep walking. >> thank you. >> when you met you said he brought up some of the allegations against him. did pete hegseth -- >> it was a very thorough conversation. >> and also frank. >> any concerns? >> keep walking. >> guys, need a pathway. >> frank and thorough conversation. as politico reports a no from

donald trump, has no common sense. i don't think he's going to do anything to hurt us. >> are you kidding me? >> happy holidays, good to see you. it's hard to keep up with the stories and so many others coming out, working class people, low income folks across the country, depend on social security, medicare or medicaid, social safety net. here you have donald trump, his cabinet, elon musk, they actually want to cut these vital programs that are lifesaving. so many folks across the country. i think a lot of donald trump voters don't realize, cutting medicare, he has talked about replacing obamacare. it was by the way, 45 million americans depend on. replacing it was something that we cannot even explain to the american public. we should be very concerned about these. those voters, the american public should know that democrats, are going to fight like [ bleep ], to keep these programs from demand, regardless of who they vote for. medicare security, americans have earned. even donald trump and his appointees, want to ta

donald trump asegura que carter lo regalÓ por un dÓlar.ue panamÁ niega . >> como presidente quiero expresar de manera precisa que cada metro cuadrado del canal de panamÁ y sus zonas adyacentes, son de panamÁ y lo seguirÁ siendo. >> donald trump asegura que las tarifas que cobra panamÁ son ridÍculas y muy injustas. el canal genera una quinta parte de los ingresos anuales del paÍs. para el exembajador, se trata de una vieja idea del presidente electo. >> esto ha sido una obsesiÓn de donald trump, precisamente por cuatro dÉcadas, recuerdo cuando niÑo en nueva york, en los ochentas. el arremetÍa en contra del tratado del canal de panamÁ. >> panameÑos dentro y fuera rechazan la propuesta. >> ahora mismo empresas como la mÍa y de muchos otros panameÑos pueden beneficiarse en este caso, lo del turismo . que el canal de panamÁ se atan abierto y no sea un territorio militar. >> y si te pasas un tratado que es una ley hecha desde septiembre de 77 . quÉ se puede esperar de otra cosa. y como panameÑo estoy en desacuerdo. >> los acuerdos torrijos carte

content they can see. ♪♪ >>> manhattan judge juan merchan issued a 41-page decision today denying donald trump'sbe overturned and dismissed because of the supreme court's ruling on presidential immunity concerning the supreme court's ruling, judge merchan's decision reading, "the trump versus united states court's decision was principally concerned with a president's ability to make decisions and make those decisions for the public good. based upon that concern which chief justice roberts refers to in various ways throughout the trump decision, it is readily apparent that trump versus the united states addressed a very specific issue, when may a former president be prosecuted for official acts taken during his presidency? that is not the issue currently before this court." the trump attorneys claimed that some testimony from the trial was related to official business of the presidency and that that testimony contaminated the verdict. judge merchan dismissed that writing in his decision, "this court finds that even if the disputed evidence was admitted in error, such error was harmless." joining

i'm told by republican senators, republican sources who say that donald trump isn't going to fight this fight for pete hegseth, that if pete hegseth can swim, then he's going to let him try to get confirmed. meanwhile what's really telling is the fact that trump team floated another nominee, ron desantis, and i'm told that that's actually very real, that ron desantis is absolutely in the running should pete hegseth flail and the reality is is on capitol hill that even the senators who are giving positive vibes about pete hegseth, this is making them so uncomfortable and there's not that many senators that need to defect in order for him to fail this nomination. so, you know, it's a very uphill battle and there's a lot of questions among senators if he can even make it through next week. >> my question, pete hegseth making the argument if he gets this job to lead the department of defense, he will stop drinking. what if he doesn't get the job? he's just going to keep on rocking? that's what i want to know. dave, kash patel, john cornyn said he has heard from people he respects very much

the democrats they're trolling donald trump. they think that at stopl point that at some point it's going to get under his skin. if not more powerful to him. yeah. the democrats know they can get under trump's skin this way and they want to do this as much as possible. on election day and now is, you know, what's the term they usually use about democrats. the republicans are in disarray at the point with speaker johnson and the margins he has. you know the opening of the next congress could be, i'm trying to think of like a television appropriate trump for it. would be a crap shoot. >> whoa, it's after 11:00. television appropriate has a lot of leeway at this hour. here's the thing, melanie. donald trump cannot run again. elon musk is not an elected official, answers to absolutely no one. neither of them are beholding to voters in the way that members of congress are. >> you realitily saw with the matt gaetz nomination how quickly that fell apart. everyone though trump is calling to primary some of those republicans that voted aw

lauren, we're waiting to see donald trump meeting with emmanuel macron, a lot of ore world leaders who -- other world leaders, huh? >> reporter: oh, absolutely. neil, you think about it, trump's victory, he both -- both trump and notre dame went through fires, difference fires. trump went through political fires, notre dame went through a physical fire, and they both emerged better than ever. of course, a lot of world leaders are coming here even to though they're celebrating the reopening of notre dame cathedral, the undercurrent of geopolitical conference is the undercurrent of this main event. president-elect donald trump arrived this morning for what is the first appearance on the world stage since winning the election on november 5th. in a but minutes, he will meet -- few minutes, he will meet with emmanuel macron not too far from the cathedral here. macron was in office during trump's first term that ended in 2020, and sources say by inviting trump to the reopening of notre dame, being the first head of state to extend the olive branch, macron is positioning himself -- [audio dif

of it is ceo mark zuckerberg donating $1 million to donald trump's inaugural fund. erberg during the election if they did anything to hurt his campaign. message received, bullying works, folks. now just hours after that news broke, guess who stepped in. amazon announced their own one million-dollar gift. founder jeff bezos, who used to call trump a threat to democracy, is planning to visit trump at mar-a-lago next week. here is how he talks about the president-elect now and interviews. >> if we are talking about trump, i think it's very interesting. i am actually very optimistic this time around. you probably grown in the last eight years, he has, too. >> 78-year-old donald trump is grown so much in the last few years. but wait, there's more. yesterday, sam altman's open a.i. announced that it is also buying a seat at the table by adding another million dollar donation to the trump inauguration. this comes at the end of a triumphant week for a media obsessed donald trump after time magazine, owned by marc benioff, made him person of the year and touted his comeback o

but i also think donald trump's analysis is actually wrong. joe biden doesn't bear any blame for this. this was going to sail through. the government was going to stay open. trump and musk chose to pick this fight and they are gonna lose this fight. so the question is how do you get out of to now? the biggest chess move starts with hakeem jefferies. does he deliver the caucus, a single vote? if he doesn't, there is no way out of this for republicans and joe biden's not gonna get blamed for it. donald trump and elon musk will. >> vaughn, since we have been on the air i have been handed nbc's latest reporting that suggests that house republicans appeared to have finessed a second spending agreement, avoiding a looming government shutdown hours after the original bipartisan agreement was torpedoed by trump. this feels like partly manufactured drama, partly, you know, wiping the egg off their faces. is this likely to hold if you're seeing this reporting as well? >> reporter: yeah. it was now president-elect just posting that there is a, quote, all

debate over gender identity. >>> but we start with this remarkable turn of events, not only that donald trump pull the plug on his choice for defense secretary, pete hegseth, but that he is actively considering florida governor ron desantis as his replacement, a man who trump brutally mocked on the campaign trail, questioning everything from his political acumen to his sexuality. the new reporting comes from two sources familiar with trump's decision making. one of them telling nbc news that desantis is, quote, very much in contention. hegseth, meantime, is back on capitol hill. meeting with senators amid new nbc reporting that his drinking raised alarm bells among staff he worked with at fox news. but this morning, he said he's not withdrawing and said the president-elect is behind him. >> i spoke to the president-elect this morning. he said keep going. >> you're in this all the way? >> why would i back down? i've always been a fighter. >> it's clear hegseth is in for a fight. nbc news learned that at least six republican senators could vote no, which would effectively doom his chances. but

he came out and said that he was best friends with donald trump for 10 years. so you can imagine -- well, you can't because you don't think trump ever did anything wrong. and that seems to be a thing about propaganda nowadays. you convince people that one of the most disgusting individuals to ever walk into the white house is almost like jesus and they even referred to him as jesus sometimes. have you ever heard that? host: where do you see him referred to as jesus, give me an example. caller: marjorie taylor greene said that even jesus was tried and convicted, talking about how -- i don't know. you can't convict someone who is perfect. i was surprised because i got in on the very first try which has never happened, but i really appreciate c-span but listen, they stole the selection. that is one thing i've felt since the election happened. why do i say that and why am i the only person that says that? it is because they always cheat. and this time apparently nobody cheated anywhere. miracles happen every day with donald trump. host: when you say stolen election,

donald trump wants to raise or abolish it. most democrats would love to get rid of the debt limit altogether. they have wanted to get it done on biden's watch. but republicans say they will not touch it without spending cuts next year. what you think is going to happen? >> to what you said earlier, total collision course. donald trump is a heads i win, tails i lose kind of person. it sounded like a great idea for him but he understands what it is able to do. this talk of cutting $2.5 trillion in exchange for a debt limit later seems like a pie in the sky at best. i don't know if it is the vegetable or fruits or some of the wine in the punch bowl. but definitely some sort of intoxicating material to think you will be able to cut $2.5 trillion. certainly not in a year. you would have to rip up medicare and social security. it will anger the constituents and republicans voting for it. what i do see happening is an ongoing fight between trump and some maga type republicans in the house. you see the hard right in the house that lar

the last eight years i have grown, he has too. >> aw, 78-year-old donald trump has grown so much the h openai is also buying a seat at the table adding another $1 million donation to the trump inoculation, it comes at the end of it triumphantly for medium obsessed time argues seen -- time magazine, touted his comeback of historic proportions. danielle and hayes are still with me. there's a difference between kissing up to someone, you know, and then there is paying for this type of influence, i assume this is what they're doing, hoping to have, i assume trying to ingratiate themselves to him. i don't know why just bezos is doing what he is doing now. what you think of it? >> the fact is that $1 million to these people is absolutely nothing, that is obscene in and of itself. the fact is, again, this is cya campaign, how people protect themselves and protect their wealth to and protect their influence and assets. they know that donald trump says he will come after them, you pre-emptively do the right thing. he is the president and we must respect the president, don't you understand that

and that's exactly what donald trump did here. two will meet here at the palace before president macron will then have a separate one-on-one meeting with president zelenskyy of ukraine. it is not clear whether president-elect trump intends to meet with zelenskyy himself. we do know, however that the president-elect will be meeting with prince william, first lady jill biden will be here in attendance and will also be meeting with prince william. there's a lot politically at stake, not only for the nato alliance, the questions over the trump administration's commitment to additional ukraine supports and aid. donald trump has consistently said he would bring an end to the war, but what does that mean? would it require ukraine to cede land to russia. donald trump has not been explicit about his plans here. that is where you could expect president macron to have a great many questions for president-elect trump himself. of course the other major issue here for the greater region, the eu, but especially france is questions over donald tru

is that donald trump? because it certainly doesn't seem to be mike johnson. >> well, look, joy, first of all, i think hakeem jeffries is the person who literally makes this happen, right? it's hakeem jeffries and democrats who have bailed out republicans again and again and again when they fracture, and they have embarrassing situations like they did on the floor yesterday when they are from the majority. put up a bill that contains the 11th hour demand from donald trump, and they can't even get a majority of votes for that bill. and so, i think the question you're asking is really important. because as we go to a republican trifecta, who is mike johnson actually negotiating with? is it president-elect donald trump, or is it the shadow president, elon musk? that's question number one. question number two is, what happens when it is a republican trifecta? because democrats will not -- it's a different situation when you have divided government. because actually, in this bill, there is so much good stuff tha

>>> after donald trump won the election, canadian prime minister justin trudeau flew down to mar-a-lagoting did not appear to go well. fox news is reporting that trudeau warned trump that his tariff proposal would kill the canadian economy to which trump replied that canada could then become the 51st state. and that trudeau could be governor. joining us now, staff writer for the atlantic and msnbc contributor, mark leibovich. this is a strange story. from the reporting, it sounds so insulting. you could just be the 51st state. what is donald trump's relationship with one of our closest allies? why does he treat people like justin trudeau with such apparent disdain? >> because he feels like he can. i think this is basically -- this is essentially why he has the appeal that he does from his supporters, which is a sense of bluster, a sense of incredible dismissiveness over someone he considers inferior, someone americans consider to be this sort of a neighbor to the north, and frankly, just law of the jungle. we're bigger than you, stronger than you. you rely on us more than we rely on you