jennifer rubin, ashley etienne.ay the big column that i wrote about president biden in the post, i've got one about the vice president coming out tomorrow at washingtonpost.com at 6:30 a.m. there's a free plug for me, ashley etienne, jennifer rubin, thank you both very much for coming back to the saturday show ahead, looking at president biden's legacy and his warnings about the future. in a final speech from the white house, we'll talk to presidential historian lindsay chervinsky about how history will remember his presidency and a programing note from monday morning joe kicks off coverage of president elect donald trump's inauguration starting at 6 a.m. eastern. then, at 10 a.m, rachel maddow and team will bring you key moments of the day, followed by analysis from prime time anchors throughout the evening. special coverage begins monday special coverage begins monday at 6 a.m. eastern, right ♪today my friend you did it, you did it♪ pursue a better you with centrum. ♪♪ it's a small win toward taking charge of your

now, i'm joined by cnn senior political commentator scott jennings, former senior biden adviser ashley etienne, cnn's dana bash, biden biographer evan osnos, and cnn's senior political commentator david axelrod, who joins us by satellite. david, let me start with you. what do you expect to hear from president biden tonight? how much do you think the hostage deal, the cease fire, will factor in? >> well, look, i think he is one of the things about joe biden is he is very, very concerned about his place in history and where his legacy sits and whether people appreciate the things that have been accomplished over the last four years. and clearly, he's signaled that that's going to be part of this. but i'm sure he considers this ceasefire part of that legacy. and i imagine that that will be part of it as well. just one thing, jake. it's this chasing of the legacy is also part of the story that led to him making bad decisions about running for reelection and perhaps denying mistakes that he should have embraced. so it's a poignant story in some ways, a kind of shakespearean story. you have historia

caldwell, chief washington correspondent for puck, former republican congressman carlos curbelo and ashley etienne former communications director to vice president harris. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >>> good sunday morning. in his frenzied first week in office president trump is testing the limits of his presidential power, racing to fulfill campaign promises to reshape the federal government and to settle scores. >> many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback, but as you see today here i am, the american people have spoken. >> on his first night as president mr. trump granting a blanket pardon to virtually all of the roughly 1,500 defendants in the january 6th capitol attack and commuting the sentences of the remaining 14. >> you would agree that it's never acceptable to assault a police officer. >> sure. >> so then if i can among those you pardoned, dj rodriguez drove a stun gun into the neck of a d.c.

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and ashley etienne, the idea of deals being cut again, i don't say that pejoratively. that's how congress works. but surely when she was speaker, nancy pelosi had to cut deals in order to get some of the recalcitrant progressives on her left demanding more, not to mention maybe some of the moderates? absolutely. >> you remember in 2018, when she was up for speakership, there were questions about whether or not she was the right person, whether she was too old. so there was seth moulton of massachusetts challenging her. absolutely. you had we had an issue with the the squad. i mean, there were a lot of factions within the party that she had to individually bring in and negotiate. so i do challenge the former speaker's notion that she starts at a you start at a no. i mean, she absolutely didn't had her list and would tick off just each of the members. >> sorry to interrupt. i just want to note that speaker johnson has returned to the floor of the house. he is talking to hakeem jeffries and others. perhaps some some movement. can we can we can we listen in there or what?

reporter for axios, mark caputo, former communications director for vice president kamala harris, ashley etienne and republican strategist liam donovan here as well. good to have you all here. liam, let me start with you here because there has been an evolution from some republicans as it relates to president trump. they once had a cozy and now they have a more strained relationship. you hear the congressman brooks talking about trump. what do you make of the evolution towards him? >> well, i think it is a striking shift from 2017 to 2025 here, especially as it relates to these nominees. i mean, you had similar situations with people like andy puzder, who's lost to history at this point. actually, i think he's been nominated for an ambassadorial post, but he was in a similar situation. and his his his nomination was scuttled because of some of the allegations. this is a situation where this party has consolidated around this president. his prerogatives are being respected. and something that congressman brooks mentioned, i think is the key here, which is the incentives within the republican conf

live at the table van jones scott jennings, kristen soltis anderson and ashley etienne. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in washington on this inauguration eve. let's get right to what america is talking about. a taste of things to come. tonight, just hours before he is sworn in, in a sacred oath to the sanctity of our democracy, donald trump reminded the country of two things that he loves to do one. revel in his own accomplishments. and two, remind everybody about the day one reckoning that is to come to washington starting tomorrow, i will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country. >> we have to do it. every radical and foolish executive order of the biden administration will be repealed within hours of when i take the oath of office oh, you're going to have a lot of fun watching television tomorrow. somebody said yesterday, sir, don't sign so many in one day. let's do it over a period of weeks. i said, like hell, we're going to do it over week

now, i'm joined by cnn senior political commentator scott jennings, former senior biden adviser ashley etienne, cnn's dana bash, biden biographer evan osnos, and cnn senior political commentator david axelrod, who joins us by satellite. david, let me start with you. what do you expect to hear from president biden tonight? how much do you think the hostage deal, the cease fire, will factor in? >> well, look, i think he is one of the things about joe biden is he is very, very concerned about his place in history and where his legacy sits and whether people appreciate the things that have been accomplished over the last four years. and clearly, he's signaled that that's going to be part of this. but i'm sure he considers this ceasefire part of that legacy. and i imagine that that will be part of it as well. just one thing, jake. it's this chasing of the legacy is also part of the story that led to him making bad decisions about running for reelection and perhaps denying mistakes that he should have embraced. so it's a poignant story in some ways, a kind of shakespearean story. you have historians

uh, ashley etienne, the speaker pelosi had people in her democratic caucus who were pains to her as much as the freedom caucus is to speaker johnson. but, uh, it never got to this. there would be holdouts here and there, usually more conservative members who didn't want tv ads saying that his first vote was voting for speaker pelosi. but there were also people on her left that were policy gadflies. but she ruled her caucus with more of an iron fist. is that fair to say? >> i think that's absolutely fair to say. i mean, you know, the speaker would have never brought a a vote to the floor without knowing that she was definitely going to win. i mean, it's a mark of real leadership. the difference between her and how republicans lead the chamber. you know, i hate to sort of belabor this point, but, you know, donald trump's got some skin in the game in this one. unlike the last vote, he didn't come in to back mccarthy until 3 or 4 votes in when after he had lost. so trump's got some skin in the game here. and so this is not just a slight to the speaker. it's also a slight to him. >> i'm curio