tonight -- graham norton, alex wagner.new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. president-elect trump will be sworn in next week for his second term. "well, i'm out," said everyone doing dry january. [ laughter ] president biden on wednesday is set to deliver his farewell address om the oval office, though i think he ready did that during the first debate. [ light laughter ] bye, bye. former vice president mike pence revealed on friday what he said to president-elect trump at president jimmy carter's state funeral. it was, "no, i don't know how long this is going to take." [ laughter ] "fox & friends" aired an interview today with incoming first lady melania trump. "so, how's donald?" asked melania. [ laughter and applause ] in the same interview, melania trump said that she's excited about another four years in the white house. in fact, when

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex. nice to see you again. >> i can't get enough. it does take chutzpah. it does take chutzpah. >> does. >> it does. it's a great title where he found time to write a book. i don't even know. thank you, chris,

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex.. >> i can't get enough. it does take chutzpah. it does take chutzpah. >> it does, it does. >> it's a great title where he found time to write a book. >> i don't even know. >> thank you. chris. and thank you, senator, as always. there are still some significant details to be worked out, but as of today, negotiators for hamas and israel have reached a cease fire agreement that commits to returning the remaining israeli hostages and ultimately ending the 15 month long war in gaza that has killed at least 46,000

alex wagner, host of alex wagner tonight. and jen psaki, host of inside with jen psaki.coincidental. let's go to you first, rachel. your thoughts? >> you know, i'm i'm really interested to see this. >> all presidents do a little bit of a farewell tour where they go to various agencies or various, you know, important settings, and they talk about what they've done, with the exception of donald trump, who kind of didn't do that. >> he just said, bye on the tarmac. we'll be back. but, you know, biden has been as a president, i would argue, very good at getting things done, not as good at taking credit for them and explaining to the public what they were and why they were important. this is kind of his last chance to do that. >> and it's a capstone to what has been, you know, a half century long career in politics. i'm really interested to hear how he handles it. >> indeed. all right. if this was a clock, i'm just going to go around the dial. chris hayes, your thoughts? >> yeah. it's been interesting to be covering the state funeral for jimmy carter, because it's interesting

with alex wagner.riend alex wagner's show now. patrick radden keefe gets tonight's last word. say nothing is on hulu. there is no better television available to you than that limited series right now. that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, donald trump signs off on a slew of executive orders as republicans debate major cuts to cover the cost

my dear friend and colleague alex wagner. you saw her on this program just on tuesday night. the first 100 days of this new presidency from the front lines. trumpland with alex wagner examined donald trump's attempt to reshape america with reporting from the field. she was down in d.c. earlier this week. it's going to be fantastic. you can scan the qr code on your screen now to take code on your screen now to take a listen. we'll be ♪♪ with fastsigns, create factory grade visual solutions to perfect your process. ♪♪ fastsigns. make your statement™. [coughing] —sounds like you need to vaporize that cold. nyquil vapocool? it's nyquil plus a rush of vicks vapors. ♪vapocooooool♪ nyquil vapocool. the vaporizing night time, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, best sleep with a cold, medicine. total beets, america's best selling beets brand, is available at walmart. total beets blood pressure support soft chews contain a key ingredient clinically shown to deliver two times better blood pressure support. take control of your health. head to walmart and get total beets blood pressure suppo

scan the qr code on your screen to listen to my friend alex wagner's show. now, patrick radden keefe gets tonight's last word. say nothing is on hulu. there is no better television available to you than that limited series right now. that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight. >> donald trump. >> signs off on a slew of executive. orders as republicans debate major cuts to cover the cost of his massive agenda. new details on what's being considered, then, the many potential crypto opportunities for the president and his family to boost their bottom lines. plus, trump's order to end birthright citizenship. >> is blocked. >> for now. our legal expert is here to break it all down for us at the 11th hour. gets underway on this thursday night. >> good evening. >> once. >> again i'm. >> stephanie ruhle. >> it is day four. of the. >> second trump administration, and the. flood of. >> executive orders shows no signs of stopping. >> president trump signed. several big ones today, one. >> declassifying all records in the assa

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and alex wagner on trump's jail break. then senator cory booker on the first day of the second trump term. plus, which one of these executive orders helps bring down the price of groceries? and jon favreau and tim miller on what resistance 2.0 can learn from the first trump presidency. but all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes, the first full day of donald trump's second term is coming to a close. and until this moment, the president explicitly directing prosecutors and the justice department to drop active cases would be an administrating, administration consuming scandal for any president. and for good reason. that kind of interference, that was the core of the degradation of the rule of law embodied in the watergate scandal. the president united states attempting to wield the department of justice as a personal tool for corrupt and abusive ends. it ended richard nixon's presidency. it permanently tarnished his reputation. donald trump is starting his second term by doing just that, and he

alex. >> wagner on trump's jailbreak. then senator. >> cory booker on the first day. >> of the. >> second trump term. >> plus. which one of these. >> executive orders. >> helps bring. >> down the price. >> of groceries? >> and jon favreau. >> and tim miller on what. >> resistance 2.0. >> can learn from. >> the first trump. presidency when all in starts right now. good evening. >> from new york. >> i'm chris. >> hayes, the first. full day of donald trump's second. >> term is coming to a close. and until. >> this moment, the president explicitly directing prosecutors. >> and the justice. >> department to drop. >> active cases would. >> be an. >> administrating. >> administration consuming scandal. >> for any president. >> and for good reason. >> that kind of interference, that was the core of. >> the degradation. >> of the. >> rule of law. >> embodied in the. watergate scandal. the president. >> united states attempting to. >> wield the department. >> of. >> justice as a. >> personal tool for. >> corrupt and abusive ends. i

it's about their security. >> alex wagner an incredible, incredible body of interviews.ch for being there and doing that work for us and for joining us to talk about it. ahead for us. >> thank you. thank you, my friend. >> thank you, my friends. they were how these january 6th pardons complete this 180 degree turn for the republican party, who just four years ago saw the violence the way chris rea did and said so. we'll have much more on that next. >> as for. >> the facts. >> classic first timers. >> they don't know that nearly half of all used cars have been in an accident. but carfax. shows how accidents impact price. >> so they don't have. >> so they don't have. >> to overpay. unpause. hey guys. there's a change in the air. - two changes. - two changes. ♪♪ the three-row luxury tx. because everyone should feel like the center of the universe. ♪♪ >> but it's your people who. >> define your business. >> that's why. paychex just. >> reinvented the way to find and keep the best people. smart, streamlined hr technology assisted by ai in our team of hr experts. everything yo

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my dear friend and colleague alex wagner. you saw her on this program just on tuesday night.as a new project chronicling the first 100 days of this new presidency from the front lines. trumpland with alex wagner examined donald trump's attempt to reshape america with reporting from the field. she was down in d.c. earlier this week. it's going to be fantastic. you can scan the qr code on your screen now to take a listen. we'll be right back. >> to avoid digital threats, just turn on nordvpn, improve your protection against. >> trackers. >> malicious websites. >> and malware ridden downloads. >> get the deal now. >> hi, grandma, i played baseball today. oh that's great. >> what position did. >> you play? >> first base. that's what grandpa. >> used to play. when our hearing wouldn't allow. >> us to use a. regular phone. >> it made us feel isolated. >> it became. >> difficult to. >> communicate with. >> our friends and family. >> clear captions. >> was an. >> easy solution. >> for us. >> clear captions. >> provides captions on a phone, like captioning on your tv so you can see wh

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex. >> do you realize this is the last hand off we're going to have for 100 days? >> you know i didn't think about that. that makes me sad. >> well, it shouldn't, because i think when i call you, when i say goodbye, we can just do this. >> yeah. >> also, will you just come on my show next week? yeah. i mean, i did have the thought of like, well, i can now have. >> maybe you'll see more of me. >> i can have her as a guest now, which is harder when you're in the hour before me, because that's a real pain. >> you can have a drink with me after the show. >> great. i am booking myself right now for that. and also to have you as a guest next week i can't wait! >> perfect. have a great next week. i'll be with you throughout it in different capacities. >> wonderful. >> i'll see you back again in may. >> back again. >> okay. from the first full day of donald trump's first term in office, it was clear that donald trump was willing to lie about, well, just about anything. >> this w

>> seth: i want to thank my guests, graham norton and alex wagner, everybody! thanks for watching. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ right now at 11, as if it couldn't get any worse. a new fire burning in southern california as the wind picks up again. this one just north of los angeles in ventura. crews are scrambling at this late hour to get the flames from spreading. theire is burning along a riverbed not far from a golf course. evacuations in that place, along that riverbed. but we're told no homes or structures are threatened. at last check, it had scorched about five acres. now, if that new fire is any indication, it could be another very long night for southern california. and this is what firefighters have been fearing that elevated red flag warning going into effect yet again. another round of the strong winds and low humidity as two major fires continue to burn. governor newsom says an additional 300 firefighters have been deployed to the region. the palisades fire has burned more than 23,000 acres now and is about 14% contained. the eaton fire out near pas

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alex wagner starts right now. >> we will pick up where you left off with those wildfires. >>> a wild fire is burning out of control in los angeles and the fast-moving fire is being fueled by a wind storm that has produced gusts of 50, 70 miles per hour as of right now the fire has already burned or than 1300 acres of land with wind speed is expected to peak tonight between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time. there is significant fear the fire could continue fire could continue continue to spread and spread rapidly. around 30,000 residents of the pacific palisades and the surrounding areas have already been evacuated. one resident told the l.a. times the fire was moving so quickly that police started yelling for people icto abandon their cars d telling residents to run for your lives. the l.a. times is also reporting firefighters could be heard telling dispatchers over the radio that as many as 100 abandoned vehicles are blocking the road. you can see right here that authorities had to use a bulldozer to move the

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alex wagner tonight starts now. good evening, alex. >> hard to imagine any politician, anything gaining a majority of support or interest or anything. thank you, chris. tonight, we are turning to the greater los angeles area where firefighters are fighting five wildfires at once. collectively, they have burned more than 25,000 acres in the past 36 hours. completely destroying at least 1,000 buildings. just before we got on air, officials announced two schools have o been destroyed. officials announced that all unschools in the los angeles unified school district, which is d the second biggest school district in the united states, that they will be closed tomorrow because of the crisis playing out in los angeles. g these fires are happening in relatively dense urban areas. they have forced more than 100,000 residents to evacuate their homes, to cut off power for hundreds of thousands of customers. they have left at least five people dead. to understand how these fires got so bad, experts are pointing to pewind and wat

alex wagner starts now. good evening, alex. >>> i have to say this, in the spirit of thmy deceased father, part of the reason there was so asmuch consternation around carr is because his

alex wagner starts now. good evening, alex. >>> i have to say this, in the spirit of thmy deceased father, part of the reason there was so asmuch consternation around carr is because his presidency in many ways provoked or oversaw a schism that saw ted kennedy, the true north, applicable today. >> and unresolved in certain ways. >> exactly. very much esso.ly >> thank you my friend for a really phenomenal show. >> i appreciate that. >>> okay. there is no longer any questiona donald trump will reenter the white house as a convicted felon. the president-elect is due to be sentenced for his 34 felony convictions in the new york case. he will tiingo from a felon to officially convicted felon. in a last ditch attempt to stop that sentencing, trump had asked the supreme court to intervene, an attempt to effectively run anout the clock until trump was sworn in as president and could no longer be criminally sentenced. before we came on r air, the supreme court decided not to intervene on trump's behalf. in a 5-4 decis

alex wagner tonight starts now. good evening, alex. >> hard to imagine any politician, anything gaining a majority of support or interest or anything.alex. >> it's increasingly hard to imagine -- set aside a politician. anything gaining a majority of support or interest or anything. just feels like everything is divided. >> just like a huge ratification of being a bunch of people coming out and being like this rocks. let's keep doing this. totally inconceivable. >>> we're turning to the greater los angeles area where firefighters are fighting five wildfires at once. collectively the fires have burned more than 25,000 acres in just the past 36 hours. completely destroying at least 1000 buildings. just before we got on air tonight, officials announced two schools have been completely destroyed by these fires. officials also announced that all schools in the los angeles unified school district which is the second biggest school district in the united states, that they will be closed tomorrow because of the crisis playin

alex wagner tonight starts now. hard to imagine any politician, anything gaining a majority of support or interest or anything.

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. evening, a palisades neighborhood in los angeles. as of right now, the fire has already burned more that know 1,300 acres of land, but the wind speed is expected to peak tonight between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time. so there is real and significant fear that this fire could continue to spread and spread rapidly. around 30,000 residents of the pacific palisades and surrounding areas have been evacuated. one resident told the l.a. times the fire was moving so quickly that police started yelling for people to abandon their cars and telling residents to run for your lives. the l.a. times is also reporting that firefighters could be heard telling dispatchers over the radio that as many as 100 abandoned vehicles are blocking the road. you can see right here that authorities had to use a bulldozer to move the parked cars out of the way in order to let the firefighters through. right now there are no reports of injuries or deaths, but several structures have been destroyed and the fire

"alex wagner tonight" starts right now. good evening. >> have i to i have to say this.is presidency in ma

"alex wagner tonight" starts right now. good evening. >> have i to i have to say this. his presidency in many ways provoked or oversaw schism inside the democratic party which saw heted kennedy run for president in 1980. there is a lot about that moment, actually in terms of democrats trying to figure out trwhich was their true north th is applicable today. >> and unresolved in certain ways, actually. >> exactly. very much so. thank you, my friend, for a phenomenal show. >> i appreciate that. >>> okay, there is no longer any question donald trump will re-enter the white house as a convicted felon. the president-elect is due to be sentenced tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. eastern for his 34 felony convictions in the new york hush money case. at which point he will go from being a felon to an officially convicted felon. in a last ditch attempt to stop that sentencing, trump had asked the supreme court to intervene in an attempt to run out the clock until trump was sworn in as president and could no longer be criminally sentenced. but just before we came on air tonight, the

alex wagner tonight starts now. ng, alex. >> hard to imagine any politician, anything gaining a majority of support or interest or anything.alex. >> it's increasingly hard to imagine -- set aside a politician. anything gaining a majority of supp

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex. >> as with so many things chris, let's revisit it in four months. >> yeah we'll see. yes. yeah. particularly this one. >> this one or or like you know a week. yes. thank you my friend. and thanks to ayman as always for that essential analysis. it was 2016 and donald trump had just become the presumptive republican nominee for president. and the owner of one of america's biggest newspapers was explaining to the world why he bought that newspaper in the first place. >> i've always believed, and i think a lot of i know it's so rare. it's not a rare belief. i think a lot of us believe this, that democracy dies in darkness, that certain institutions have a very important role in making sure that there is light. and i think the washington post has a seat, an important seat to do that, because we happen to be located here in the capital city of the united states of america. >> democracy dies in darkness. those words officially became the washington post's slogan in 2017. th

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex. nice to see you again. >> i can't get enough. it does take chutzpah. it does take chutzpah. >> does. >> it does. it's a great title where he found time to write a book. i don't even know. thank you, chris, and thank you, senator. as always, there are still some significant details to be worked out, but as of today. negotiators for hamas and israel have reached a cease fire agreement that commits to returning the remaining israeli hostages and ultimately ending the 15 month long war in gaza that has killed at least 46,000 people. people took to the streets in both israel and gaza to celebrate the deal after it was announced. the agreement will still need to be ratified by the israeli cabinet before it can be implemented, and the deal, as outlined so far, is nearly identical to the one outlined by the biden administration last may. it is set to play out in three phases. the first phase will take place over the next six weeks, beginning sunday, with a full and complete ceasefire between

alex wagner tonight starts right now. alex. >> as with so many things chris, let's revisit it in four months. >> yeah we'll see. yes. yeah. particularly this one. >> this one or or like you know a week. yes. thank you my friend. and thanks to ayman as

alex wagner tonight starts right now. l see. yes. yeah. particularly this one. >> this one or or like, you know, a week. yes. thank you my friend. and thanks to ayman as

it's a big community within, as you and alex wagner were saying, within the city of los angeles.is not on the outskirts. it's why it's so different. this is not a wildfire in a remote part of los angeles county. this is in the heart of one of the biggest communities in the city of los angeles and the time is now for people to get out if they haven't already. >> jacob, for the audience, most of the time we are reporting on fires and, even malibu fires, which is relatively close by, it is not as thickly settled in area. the area you described that's on fire right now, the palisades village is, people should know, a pretty thickly settled area. the houses are close together. they're not the big houses that los angeles might be known for, but there are some really huge houses in that neighborhood, too. it's the range of stuff and the ability, the way this wind has been moving, that fire feels like it can go anywhere so that there is now 1 million people in los angeles who are under a fire warning, depending entirely on what the wind does overnight. >> that's right, and governor gavin

five nights a week for the first 100 days of trump's presidency, while my friend and colleague alex wagner travels across the country to highlight his policies and promises. watch the rachel maddow show weeknights at 9 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. and for inauguration day, rachel maddow and team will bring you key moments of the day, followed by analysis from our primetime anchors throughout the evening as the new term begins. special coverage begins at 6 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. >> i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show where less than 24 hours away from an historic moment in the american presidency. the oldest person to ever serve as president, joe biden, will leave office as the first convicted felon. donald trump is sworn in. right now, the president elect is speaking at a make america great again victory rally at the capital one arena here in washington, an event that's been underway for nearly three hours now. just moments ago, we found out trump plans to sign at least 50 new executive orders after he assumes office tomorrow. we got a glimpse of what to expect

. >> guys, ana, it's alex wagner. we are being told that there is going to be an indoor inaugural parade in the capital one arena, and i'm just wondering, what does that practically mean? do you have any reporting on that? what can we expect? >> we don't know exactly what to expect, but we're also being told by the pool here that there is at least about ten to maybe a dozen inaugural parade groups that will be in some way coming through this arena. >> and among the people on that list are first responders, including butler county first responders from butler, pennsylvania. and a nod to the heroism they showed when donald trump had that first assassination attempt last july. >> we also understand there will be people representing each of the presidents and the vice presidents hometowns, including the middletown high school marching band, middletown, ohio, as well as cheerleaders from there, folks from palm beach police and fire to represent donald trump, the president's adopted hometown. also, some folks from the new y

alex wagner. tonight starts right now. good evening alex. >> thank you my friend, for a great week of coverage. we appreciate it. >> tonight we are continuing to keep a close eye on the devastating wildfires that are burning across the greater los angeles area for four days now. dry conditions and a powerful windstorm have fueled seven fires that so far have killed at least 11 people, including a 67 year old great grandfather of ten named anthony mitchell, who was wheelchair bound and refused to leave behind his son justin, who had cerebral palsy. anthony son told nbc news that the two men were waiting to be evacuated on wednesday morning, but the eaton fire in altadena spread too quickly. others reportedly died trying to protect homes that have been in their families for decades. 66 year old victor shaw was also killed in the eaton fire. a family friend told ktla that shaw's body was found on the side of a road, with a garden hose in his hand. right now, officials say the death toll is not yet known. the real one, at least

while my friend and colleague alex wagner travels across the country to highlight his policies and promisesr inauguration day, rachel maddow and team will bring you key moments of the day, followed by analysis from our primetime anchors throughout the evening as the new term begins. special coverage begins at 6 a.m. eastern,

our colleague alex wagner is heading into the field for part of this 100 days process.an official word from her. she was talking to variety because this story today made news in a lot of places saying, quote, the idea is to give msnbc viewers a full 360 degree view of what's happening in the country, with the regular schedule then resuming may 1st. now, if that's a lot to look forward to next week, the inauguration, the next 100 days, i will slim it all the way down to news you can use. rachel will also be back in the anchor chair right here tonight, 9 p.m. eastern, so stay tuned 9 p.m. eastern, so stay tuned for that tonight. when you see what it's really like when our skin touches wool... you see why we need downy free and gentle with no perfumes or dyes. it not only makes your clothes softer, it is gentle on your skin. it breathes life into your laundry. my name's dan and i live here in san antonio, texas. i ran my own hvac business and now i'm retired. i'm not good being retired. i'm a pain in the neck. i like to be able to have a purpose. about three or four years

i also plan to document all of it in a brand new podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. this also means that tonight will be my last show here at 9 p.m. for 100 days. who knows when i next sit in this chair? i may be completely gray, or have a new tattoo or an accent. it's anyone's guess. it's going to be an adventure. these are extraordinary times, and so we are all aiming to achieve what the moment demands. and we hope you will hang with us for these next 100 days and of course, beyond. buckle up guys. that is our show for tonight. now it's time for the last word with ali velshi. good evening. ali. >> i mean, i have high hopes for what you're going to be doing. i'm. as you can imagine, i'm a little envious. right? because i think you and i share this, this desire to be out there and on the road and talking to people. >> well, listen, i just think we got to be. yeah, i think this is going to be a very different administration than the first one. and i think we've got to be as tenacious as hell in covering it, and we've got to be listening to a lot of people. >> and so i

alex wagner travels across the country to highlight his policies and promises. watch the rachel maddow show weeknights at 9 p.m. eastern on msnbc. i'm ayman mohyeldin. a special edition of velshi starts right now. >> good evening. i'm ali velshi. it is saturday, january the 18th. we are right now less than 48 hours away from the second inauguration of president elect donald trump, which also falls on martin luther king jr. day. and for just the second time in american history, it will be for a president serving nonconsecutive terms. you have to go back to 1893 and the second inauguration of president grover cleveland for the only other example. right now, let's take a look at some live pictures. donald trump is at his golf club in sterling, virginia. cats there. all right. well, we'll see pictures in a moment. overlooking the potomac river, where he's hosting a party for about 500 people, featuring live musical performances and a fireworks display. later on, donald trump will head to blair house, also known as the president's guest house. it's adjacent to the wh

alex wagner will be reporting nationwide and overseas on the first 100 days of trumpland. we're all making an extraordinary effort for what we know is an extraordinary time. these first 100 days, looking very much forward to spending it here with you. all right. now it's time for the last word with the great lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence. >> good evening rachel. and so let me get this straight. so you doing five nights a week? doesn't that mean i can do one night a week now wouldn't that. oh, no it doesn't. okay. yeah. next question. i kind of had that feeling. i kind of had the feeling. rachel, i'm in the washington studio where i will be all week because on thursday night, my guest will be the president of the united states, joe biden. >> you're kidding me. you are kidding me. you've got a biden interview this week. >> it may very well be his last interview as president of the united states. i think probably definitely his last television interview as president of the united states. wow. and there's. and the challenge, rachel, is how do we do that in an hour

it's called trumpland with alex wagner.r code on your screen to listen now and remember, you can catch me every weekend on the saturday show and the sunday show at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. also want to remind you real quickly that this thursday, january 30th, symone sanders, townsend, jen psaki, and i will be moderating a forum of the candidates running for the to run the democratic national committee. so you don't want to miss that. we'll be we'll be promoting it all weekend long. so you'll get to see the information. we've got a qr code for that as well. and on that note, i wish you a good night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thanks for staying up late. see you this weekend. >> just moments ago, as we've been discussing, the senate voted to confirm donald trump's pick to lead the world's