so michael steele, who is responsible for president romney. >> wait a second.rty. >> i will say this, if you guys will join me, just to push back can we all by a tesla? let's all go by a tesla. get rid of your pinto, your hatchback, whatever you are driving and go get a tesla. there has to be some pushback. >> greg: i don't know. landing in the chopsticks. is that what you said? maybe he is in bed with china. [applause] >> that is good. >> greg: did i say something wrong. coming up on normal due to get stumped. -- gets dumped. i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. when migraine strikes, do you question the trade-offs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast, and most have migraine pain relief within two hours. you can treat it anytime, anywhere. tell your doctor all medicines you take. don't take if allergic or

michael steele. >> reagan. to your point about failure leading to success, i mean, you host the number one show in late night, but you've been fired dozens of times. >> yeah. thank you for reminding our generous audience. three times i was fired three times. brian. you know that feeling. >> i took it personal when you were fired. first off, are you, like, a general from the confederacy? were you? like, that was a brilliant. i'm trying to think like, what were you harkening back to the 1850s? but i will say this. do you know what they were chanting? oh, did you want to ask me a question? >> no. go for it. >> okay. >> thank you. >> i don't know the rules. do you know what they were chanting as they were breaking into the tesla factory? what? we need clean air, not another billionaire. it's an electric car. yeah. what else do you want them to do? you talk about cutting to the bone, joe, i know that was a hard story for you to relay. i appreciate that, but cutting to the bone, you tell it. a guy with electric car,

i'm michael steele. sanders townsend and alicia menendez on the weekend. tomorrow, we'll talk to former cfpb director rohit chopra. and on sunday, congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the conversation. we're looking forward to all of that and having you be there with us. all of that and more on the weekend, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on. >> all in. >> no. >> you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel

michael steele, thank you so much my friend.appreciated and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so this was the front page of bloomberg news today. banner headline markets rocked by trump show economic fear across wall street. right under that next headline nasdaq 100 sheds $1.1 trillion in value. right under that next headline. stocks fall most this yea

joining our coverage, former rnc chairman, now msnbc host and political analyst michael steele.e still with us. michael steele, have you seen the law firms that are currently in good standing step into the fray and publicly defend this law firm today? >> no. and you won't because they're part of the grift machine. why would they why would they turn off that spigot? i think every law firm in this town and around the country should stand together and say, go ahead, try it, try it. i mean, are you serious? i mean, the american people. you're looking. >> at this. >> and you think this is normal and okay to single out a law firm that happened to represent a political opponent of donald trump and the lawyers who were involved in cases and litigations against him. how dumb is that? and think about it in terms. of if any other business in this country operated that way where they would, they would tell you, i'm sorry, we're not going to serve you your the goods you ordered because you ordered from a competitor or you, you, you know, you also contribute money to an organization we don't

michael steele, now on msnbc, i don't know who thought of the bingo signs, but they should be fired. members of congress saying this, these are democratic analysts who are very close to the situation on the hill. their immediate reaction was, no good. stuart: it just fell flat. i just didn't see any response from the -- >> i think what you're going to see here, stuart, i don't mean to interrupt you, but what we're going to to remember from that are these bin doe signs or whatever you want to call them from michael steele and others, al green being ushered out of there. i contend that trump's got three more of these speeches. what happens next year? stuart: yeah. >> be something to watch. stuart: al green, will he be back? bill, good stuff. appreciate it. >>> former white house press secretary karine karine jean-pierre not happy with the administration's move to take control of the press pool. ashley, what is she saying about it? >> yeah. well, jean-pierre appeared on "the view" and said that the trump administration's handling of the press pool is how countries like russia and north

michael steele. >> but that's the point. how does he know that when doge has been on the ground doing this for how long and doing it improperly and incorrectly? >> michael, they're. >> at a spreadsheet. >> at. >> a computer? yes. >> it's true, they had a spreadsheet. >> but also. >> social security. >> congressional research. >> service has told us this for many years. undocumented people contribute into social security and don't receive benefits. in fact, social security reports. >> a. >> surplus every year from money coming in from undocumented. they're not there. >> there's no waste, fraud, abuse who have died, who have social security, like my father who died in 2017. my mother gets his benefits because she is his beneficiary on the paperwork. but when you have people who don't understand how the united states government works because they they are they are freshly here and not keyed into what's going on inside the government. elon musk out of south africa. >> i. >> i say. >> sincerely, i. >> admire elon musk's ambition.

michael steele did not recruit you to the republican party apparatus.re and take orders from a south african billionaire. what is really going on here? marco rubio, stand on business, sir. i will i will back you up on that. >> i back you up too, marco. you're my man. do your thing, bro. just, you know, don't let this fool punk you. you know, you stand your ground. you're the secretary of state. he is no one in this government. period. he is a made up title in a 180 day position period. and so the fact that, you know, he tries to call you out in the cabinet meeting, you were right to, to push back. and other cabinet members should do the same. y'all can't do this in silence. you have to make sure that you are the one running your department. donald trump even came out and said as much, but, you know, didn't put out this truth. so. you know, social tweet that, you know, we're all good here. no, you're not all good. no, you're not all good. and the fact that you love the fight, it's your whole game. because when they're fighting you feel more powerful. tru

i love how michael steel says leave it to us to run government collect reigns leading. ou're not in government, michael. b, when you ran the rnc, remember, he was a republican national committee chairman, that was probably a low point for republicans in terms of victories and actual governing. stuart: what do you think of his job so far. >> she's a chief executive of a company like this and tasked elon musk to find waste, fraud and corruption and look at polls, stu, i'll take my opinion out and look at polls and overwhelming number of americans support getting rid of waste, fraud and corruption in government and support doge in general and showing he can cut 80% of that company's staff for example and make the company run more efficiently and trying to do the same for government right now. it's not a fun job, he's now the pain sponge because he has to cut th things and hard thing to be that guy. overall, just based on transparency in terms of things he's finding and sharing that he's finding, he's doing an excellent job. stuart: he's getting it done. michigan democrat se

it is incredible those people who the hell do they think they are, michael steel go back to your dayten years elon musk has been building and running way before doge. yes spacex, tesla, neuralink, the brain interface that is helping blind people to see. that's what elon musk has been doing as part of his day job all these years before was politicized. these idiots what of the ever built in their lives. it makes me absolutely sick that the democratic party to date. anti-american, anti-enterprise and everything that made this country great. molly: i would like to see the return to pro-space for america's children there's a lot of exciting things happening i was a kid in the 80s, doing all the stuff. this is a really exciting time with the private partnerships and what's happening publicly and what were accomplishing. for the rocket tha up a few months ago there was one that was caught miraculously. they caught this on the chopstick. >> is another company that landed on the moon not with people but we're going to do that to with nasa there's a lot to be excited about and excited about d

michael steele's saying whoever thought about the bingo sign should be fired.analysis. put that to the side because there was a significant news broken last night during the speech. it goes back to kabul, afghanistan, and debbie gate. watch here. >> president trump: three and a half years ago isis terrorists killed 13 american service members and countless others in the abbey gate bombing during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from afghanistan. we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity. he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of american justice. [cheering and applause] >> bill: as you answer that, look at what cash patel sent out late last night. this was the arrival back on u.s. soil. justice for abbey gate terrorist jaffar officially now in u.s. custody. go-ahead, senator. >> i mean, what an incredible moment. that disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan sent shock waves. not just in that region, but literally across the entire world. one of my first things as united states senator was to travel and mee

michael steele on msnbc thought whoever got the bingo sign should be fired.never learned, as one quotes. he owned us. it is almost like whatever trump does say, just make sure you do the opposite over and over again. here's a quote. we can't be the party that barks at trump. with two of -- until we learn that lesson we will lose. he makes it look what we are a, biking. >> the debate. >> bill: euro the outside out. you have a chance to advise made a more neutral way. who is the leader of this party? who is giving them direction? why would they make such a spectacle of something that was not necessary? >> as far as the house and the senate, leadership is basically jim jeffries as far as the team picked chuck shoeman his team in the senate. as far as the national leader, who people rallying around his former democrats who are independents trying to get their vote. they have to understand that the people have spoken. they like donald trump as president. every red-blooded american should want your president to succeed. if you are in a position being a house member

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez will be moving to weeknights at 7 p.m, but that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at weekend capehart and blue sky using at capehart, msnbc, dot com and catch clips of the show on youtube. keep it here. ayman is next. good evening. tonight on. ayman new reporting on. >> u.s. ukraine. >> negotiations after friday's shouting. >> match in the. >> oval office. >> plus. elon musk is bragging. about big wins. at doge. while federal. workers face yet another ultimatum. >> and today. >> marks the end of the cease fire in the first. >> phase of gaza. >> so what. happens next? with no negotiations. >> in sight? >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> let's do it. in a shock to

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez will be moving to weeknights at 7 p.m, but that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at and threads using the handle at weekend and blue sky those are powerful words from a teenage girl, i fear he could kill me. she was scared to death. narrator: a daughter and a dancer murdered one day after school. it was just so brutal, and she was all by herself. i think that was the worst part. who in the world could do this? and are they going to do it again? this was personal. narrator: clue after clue. there were footprints in megan's blood. narrator: suspect after suspect. did you kill meghan? no. i was in shock. they were looking at everyone that she had contact wi

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking this morning, america's european allies are moving forward on a cease fire plan for ukraine. without the u.s, it is the latest fallout from the diplomacy disaster in the oval office. plus, a new loss for court. in court for donald trump. we'll talk to new mexico attorney general raul torres about his legal fights against the administration and pushing for transparency inside elon musk's doge. congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the table. it is another busy sunday morning. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> we are following breaking news from europe this morning. the u.k. and france, along with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, are now working on a ceasefire deal to end russia's war with ukraine. british prime minister keir starmer says he hopes to present the plan to the trump administration. now this comes after starmer embraced zelensky with a hug yesterday at ten downing street. you can see it right there on your screen. this is a sharp co

i'm michael steele. i see you again along with symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez on the weekend. tomorrow, we'll talk to former cfpb director rohit chopra. and on sunday, congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the conversation. we're looking forward to all of that and having you be there with us. all of that and more on the weekend, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on. >> all in. >> no. >> you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. >> an appalling. >> spectacle in. >> the. >> oval office. >> you got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. >> as trump and his cronies ambushed the president of ukraine. >> have you said thank you once this entire meeting? no. in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? >> making america. >> and the world a more dangerous place? >> i don't think you'd be a tough guy without the united states. and your people are very brave. but you're either going to make a d

michael steele, thank you so much my friend. much appreciated and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so this was the front page of bloomberg news today. banner headline markets rocked by trump show economic fear across wall street. right under that next headline nasdaq 100 sheds $1.1 trillion in value. right under that next headline. stocks fall most this year with recession warnings blaring right under that next headline, tesla tumbles most since 2020. next headline over billionaires at trump's swearing in have since lost $209 billion. quote, the start of trump's second term has delivered a stunning reversal for many of the billionaires who were seated behind trump in the capitol rotunda while he was being sworn in. that was the front page of bloomberg news today. a banner headline at nbc news this afternoon quote, markets suffer brutal sell offs as recession fears grow. this was the banner at usa today. quote stocks plunge amid recession fears. here was cnbc. dow tumbles nearly 900 points nasdaq suffers worst day

i'm alicia menendez with sanders thompson and michael steele here in washington, dc today. the aftermath of that disastrous oval office meeting between trump and zelensky, including new reaction overnight from the ukrainian president. plus, elon musk's doge sends out another email. >> demanding federal. >> employees defend. >> their accomplishments. >> the former director. >> of one of the agencies targeted is here to speak out. and a stunning visual boxes loaded onto air force one, with the president. >> claiming they. >> contain the documents once seized by the fbi. grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> honey. donald trump is turning diplomacy into reality television in front of cameras. trump and vice president j.d. vance made a choice to berate ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in the oval office yesterday. what was meant to be a negotiation over ukraine's rare earth minerals quickly turned into a diplomatic disaster. >> mr. president, with respect, i think it's disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front o

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at and threads using the handle at weekend and blue sky those are powerful words from a teenage girl, i fear he could kill me. she was scared to death. narrator: a daughter and a dancer murdered one day after school. it was just so brutal, and she was all by herself.

michael steele, thank you so much, my friend. much appreciated. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so this. >> was the front page. >> of bloomberg news today. >> banner headline. >> markets rocked by trump show economic fear across wall street. >> right under that. >> next. >> headline, nasdaq. >> 100 sheds $1.1. >> trillion in value. right under that next headline. >> stocks fall most this year. >> with. >> recession warnings. >> blaring right under that. >> next headline. >> tesla tumbles. >> most since 2020. >> next headline over billionaires at trump's. >> swearing in. >> have since. >> lost $209 billion. >> quote, the start. >> of trump's. >> second term. >> has delivered a. >> stunning reversal. >> for many of the. >> billionaires who were. >> seated behind trump. >> in the capitol rotunda. >> while he was. >> being sworn in. that was the front. >> page of. >> bloomberg news today. a banner. >> headline at. nbc news this. >> afternoon, quote. >> markets suffer. >> brutal sell offs. as recession. >> fears

you can catch me, alicia menendez and michael steele on the weekend. tomorrow we are going to talk to former cia director john brennan. and on sunday, congresswoman rosa delauro joins the conversation. we're going to talk about medicaid. be sure to watch the weekend. that's saturday and sunday, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. but don't go anywhere because all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> i never went bankrupt. >> well. >> on the brink. >> neil i. never neil i never went bankrupt. >> first the family. >> fortune. >> then the american economy. >> just like everything. >> else he inherited. he messed it up. >> tonight, the. flashing warning. >> signs that donald trump is botching another inheritance. >> how long. >> should americans. >> expect things to cost a bit more? >> there could be some disturbance, a little bit of disturbance. >> then new reporting. >> on an explosive confrontation between trump's cabinet and elon musk. >> this living the dream. and there's living the meme. >> and it's pretty much what's happe

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. today trump's tariff whiplash, his chaotic moves, angering our allies abroad and hurting our bottom lines here at home. plus, democrats go on offense over elon musk's doge cuts, holding town halls in red districts where republicans are too scared to meet their own constituents. and new signs trump is weaponizing the justice department. federal prosecutors placed on leave, thrown out of their offices just for doing their jobs. andrew weissmann is here, so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. well. >> donald trump's will he or won't he? tariff tactics are a guessing game that are. that's hurting our allies and american businesses, even if economy even economists. i mean, like people. everyone's confused. literally. on friday, donald trump said that he may slap canada with tariffs on dairy and lumber, but he hasn't decided yet. and that was after trump paused tariffs for a month on a wide range of products from canada and mexico. the whiplash is causing more uncertainty f

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at weekend capehart and blue sky using at capehart, msnbc, dot com and catch clips of the show on youtube. keep it here. ayman is next. good evening. tonight on. ayman new reporting on. >> u.s. ukraine. >> negotiations after friday's shouting. >> match in the. >> oval office. >> plus. elon musk is bragging. t

you can catch me, alicia menendez and michael steele on the weekend.and on sunday, congresswoman rosa delauro joins the conversation. we're going to talk about medicaid. be sure to watch the weekend. that's saturday and sunday, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. but don't go anywhere because all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> i never went bankrupt. >> well. >> on the brink. >> neil.

. >> jen psaki has joined us here and michael steele and stephanie ruhle, good to have everybody hereamber filling up here. this is how this happens in the house chamber, which is the larger of these big ornate congressional floors that they've got. the senate has to come over to the house chamber. and so we saw that happen. along with vice president jd vance. we've seen members of the cabinet here, lots and lots of trump family members. there's a couple of democratic senator cory booker and tammy baldwin from wisconsin. we saw jd vance and the house speaker, mike johnson, there in animated conversation, looking like they were trying very hard to make sure that that microphone was not picking up what they were describing. jen, as you're watching these images, as we get closer to the top of the hour with the speeches due to start, what are you expecting to see tonight from republicans and from democrats? >> well, let me start with democrats, because as lawrence was having his excellent interview with senator murphy, as someone from connecticut, i was watching intently, but i was also w

sanders townsend here with alicia menendez and michael steele.night donald trump delivered an address. it was the longest ever to congress. and that address was detached from reality. and it was full of lies. his presidential address was not presidential. his performance another reminder that none of this is normal. instead of trying to unify our country, instead of focusing on the issues that matter most to americans, the president glossed over those issues, choosing to focus on trolling democrats and throwing red meat to his base. >> the popular vote by big numbers and won counties in our country. >> the chair now directs the sergeant at arms to restore order. >> remove this gentleman from the chamber. >> i imposed an immediate freeze on all federal hiring, a freeze on all new federal regulations, and a freeze on all foreign aid. we've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and our country will be woke no longer. joe biden, especially. let the price of eggs get out of control. i have created the brand new depar

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking this morning, americ

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joining us now are msnbc host symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez.itics. i've been talking to people. you've been talking to people. what have you been hearing about whether they may actually walk out and what else they're planning for tonight? so the. >> walkout conversation is one. >> that happened. it's my understanding. >> the democratic caucus meeting yesterday and today, democrats have been talking about it. there are some that. do not want. >> to make themselves the story. they say they don't. >> want the members to be the story. >> they want the guests that they're bringing to be the story. and some of the guests that these members have are truly remarkable, like physical. >> representation of just how devastating the president's policies and the. >> cuts that doge has been making are, you know, representative lamonica mciver out of new jersey. she's bringing a woman from eaton whose son is disabled and relies on medicaid for home health care services. >> similarly, representative turner out of texas. >> is bringing a mother. whose two year o

meanwhile, tomorrow the president's 25% tariff on aluminum and steel imports are set to kick in, michael derick waller, thanks for joining us. >>> breaking overnight, russia's military says it shot down more than 300 ukrainian drones over ten regions including dozens targeting moscow. the attack, which appears to be the biggest launch by ukraine on russia in three years, damaged a residential building in the moscow area that killed at least two people. the attack comes as secretary of state marco rubio meets with ukrainian officials in saudi arabia in an effort to end the war with russia. ukraine will reportedly propose a limited cease-fire covering the black sea and long-range missile strikes. officials say ukraine is also ready to sign an agreement granting the u.s. access to its rare earth minerals. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy met with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman to thank him for hosting the talks but he is not expected to take part in the actual negotiations. >>> and coming up on "cbs mornings," an exclusive interview with senator mark kelly who just returned f

read on job openings, but then surging on trump's threat to double tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum. ross michael darda says to seek safety in defensive value, plus warnings from corporate america about the consumer delta and american both cutting their first quarter forecast. delta ceo telling cnbc that both leisure and business customers have pulled back on bookings, while united ceo scott kirby warned of slowing demand and highlighted a slowdown in government travel. all of this has the airlines down sharply again today for delta 8.5%. but let's start with the terrible small business data i mentioned. it was the outlook in particular. i believe steve liesman is here with the results from the nfib survey, and we should set the scene here, steve, by saying this survey was incredibly bullish about trump's election and one of the almost outliers amid that initial bump, the first. >> time we're going to have a chart that shows you exactly right about that. let me show you that in the details. nfib small business survey falling for a second straight month while maintaining some of its post-election

spending and you were saying that essential york needs to be like a steel pokey pine that can deflect others that come to it of emmanuel michael and not speech. also saying that it was improved, so you just continue supporting ukraine in these uncertain times. and as you heard in that clip, that once again suggesting that the only aggressor in this situation is russia and that you, russia continues to be a threat, not just the fonts, but for you as a whole. he said that russia was still interfering in other countries. and he mentioned them on the hello, so remind me of the country i made the movements in the capital. okay, bucharest. and he said that the needs to be peace, but russia cannot be the one that dictates those terms on when it came to defense wasn't just talking about re militarize ation. he specifically mentioned front says you clear the cache of weapons saying that was a deterrent because this is all new create on the put the, our nuclear deterrent protects us. it is complete solver in french from start to finish. since 1964, it has explicitly always played a role in preserving peace and security in europe. but re

. >> kayleigh: that is the first time i've heard that michael still, leave people who do government to do government. mr. steelen in inflation and 8 million people crossing the border and the fall of the country and depth of 13 heroes and wars. we have let the government people try and they failed to. now, let elon musk and donald trump tried. those in the sound bite, they are trying to get to coastronauts who have been stranded since the biden administration out of space. so don't you dare root again spacex. read for those two astronauts. >> carley: if you are showing up to tesla dealership all in black with throwing mullet mulld cocktails that is a threat against life and should be treated as such. >> harris: terrorism. >> carley: they are so many threats against elon musk that his private security team has to be deputized and bring a gun to more events around the presidents so it is unfortunate this rhetoric only causes more damage. >> emily: it is incumbent upon the figures the influence they have and to condemn all of this violence and to not chair for failures. guys, coming up to a man left at the altar b

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steel industry, the auto industry. they begged for tariffs. the only reason the democrats are against these, it's one reason, trump. host: ok, that's kevin in texas. michaelnew york, independent line, hello. caller: i just want to give everybody a heads up. 2016, i bought a dodge challenger. i loved it. i was on the treadmill and watching how they were built. like that show on the history channel. it was interesting that every engine, all of these muscle car engine -- engines, they are all made in mexico and then put on a train and the train comes into the united states, bypasses the u.s. and goes into canada, where every dodge challenger and charger is manufactured from scratch. there's no doubt that tariffs are going to make that car a lot more expensive. i don't care that the car was made in mexico and canada. i love the car. i think it's great. i know it's going to costs a lot more money for anybody to buy anything like that. every toyota tacoma is made in mexico. these are vehicles we all use every day. i'm on the long island expressway right now and am surrounded by them. everyone who thinks that these people driving a dodge ram think it's a good th

michael: bring up, maybe. the fed is stuck like everyone else and not knowing what is going to happen. we have tomorrow tariffs on steelril, tariffs on mexico and canada and china and who knows who else. the fed will sit tight because the economy is still growing. inflation is still coming down, very slowly but still coming down. they don't have to move. they will be as quiet as possible about the outlook going forward. we have to let the markets divide what the fed is -- divine what the fed is going to do. jonathan: that meaning is a week from tomorrow. michael mckee breaking down the softer than inspected small business confidence print in the last 60 minutes. tomorrow, march 19 -- a week from tomorrow, march 19, the fed has to -- there will be no action next week. then they have to put up forecasts. putting up forecasts gets so much harder than it was the last time they did this. lisa: why don't they just put out some numbers and say they are made up? everyone knows that. the dot plot has been gaining less relevance over the years. it's been wrong again and again. do you dismiss that and start to talk about things l