that sort of proof looms large. >> ashley parker, on air, a generous extent, the committee member, adam schiff, described on hannity as more than a fox host when describing his relationship between hannity and trump. what are these texas telling you about that relationship? it seems there was direct conversation and if he refers to them in his text as phone conversations. we know that donald trump was not a big text or or email or. we know that from list cheney, ivanka trump was trying to get donald trump to intervene in what was happening on january six. but what more have we learned as a result of the release of these texts? >> well, from these texts with hannity and even previous text from other fox news hosts like ingram, what we learned is that these were certainly not objective. they were unofficial advisers in former president trump's orbit. this is something that was common with him. this would four straight people and many chief of staff in the white house at the time. that former president trump was as likely to take legal advice, policy advice, political advice from someone l

nbc chief white house correspondent, and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and ashley parker. garrett, expect to hear from both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell momentarily, really. how is this debate going to play out today and through the week? >> well, we know how it's going to end, andrea, for democrats, the choice is, when do they want it to end and what do they want the message to be. the floor opens right now. we won't see any votes on this bill or these combined bills today. that will probably come tomorrow or possibly as late as thursday. and we know it will be a 50/50 failure. every democrat supports these voting rights measures. every republican opposes them. that's not good enough. what happens after that will be this debate on changing the rules in some way. chuck schumer hasn't said which of the many different rules change options to get around that 60-vote threshold he wants to put forward, but she has vowed that he will do and so that there will be a vote. we know that will fail as well. for democrats, it's about drawing a line in the sand, essentially forcing

with that let's bring in our leadoff guests, ashley parker with the "washington post." eugene daniels. and former united states attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. let's start with you and the texts. some the committee has and others they are asking for. i will say from reading sean hannity's side of the text, looks like he might have been the adult in the room indicating this is what he thought would happen on january 6 did not look like the right plan. >> these text messages and emails illustrate as a prosecutor and investigator if you do not go looking for evidence you are not going to find it and sometimes when you go looking you find things that do surprise you. this shows just how serious they were. there is perhaps a heightened level of awareness that the big lie was just that. the big lie. finding proof to illustrate the point is critical. not just for congress' work and telling the american people the story of what happened. >> on our air the committee member schiff described hannity as more than just a fox host. what do the texts t

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and ashley parker, welcome to both of you. speech from biden yesterday was sharper than we've heard from biden in the past. there are a lot of folks out there who say this was the best speech of his presidency. what is the white house's strategy for that speech and why aren't they going to continue on that line going forward? >> well, this was a moment where they felt president biden had to directly, clearly, impressively and forcefully confront former president trump's role in the january 6th insurrection. and it is, you're right, the debate has been roiling the party. the white house on the whole, especially led by biden, ron klain, mike donnellon, sort of generally say they don't want to elevate trump. it was very clear who the president was speaking about even though he never uttered the word "trump." he said "the former president" 16 times. there was think doubt. but generally biden wants to show democracy in action by, he would argue, showing democracy in action, passing legislation. but this was a moment, an elevated ann

ashley parker, a white house bureau chief with "the washington post." carol lehning is an investigative reporter, also with "the washington post." and coauthor of with philip rucker. "new york times" bestseller i alone can fix it. daniel goldman a former u.s. attorney for new york, general counsel for the house intelligence committee during donald trump's first impeachment. welcome to all of you. thank you for joining us. carol, starting with you, how big a deal are tonight's subpoenas? >> it gets right down to the core, the core group that was around donald trump in the days and actually weeks of efforts to try to push the big lie and to try to block a peaceful transfer of power. to me it's pretty striking the group chosen here. they are lawyers. they gave the president legal advice, but they also were meeting and giving him advice about how to lie to the american public and how to kind of mangle the constitution, which they didn't appear to understand very well, to make claims about why vice president pence could block the election certification for j

i think that the, the phil rucker and ashley parker carolyn book i think, got pretty close to the pin on many of their details. not all there are some, maybe i would and stuff and doesn't know these books. you're satisfied that trump has nothing to apologize for. lindsey graham, respected republican senate and friend of jumps that on january the 7th. trump was definitely to blame for what happened on capitol hill when it to accountability. he said the president needs to understand his actions were the problem, not the solution joe biden and comma la harris lawfully elected january 6th. he said, was a self inflicted wounds. you have no sympathy with that view. no. because in fact, lindsey graham has since backtracked that as well, and he's off playing golf the president all the time. the thing about lindsey graham is you likes to offer up some, some hot takes every now and then. but he lindsey graham also changes his position about his office. there are days ending and why. and so lindsey graham is, is definitely walk in only why do you say he's not the only one? who does that? but but

and the biden agenda, joining us now ashley parker former chairman of the rnc, and former obama white house press secretary robert gibbs. your boss lost the house in a historic wave, how worried should they be? >> look, i think 11 months from the lekts republicans are the likely favorite to take over control. i will say as we think this wave of retirement, these districts are all created equal, right? and there is no one worried that they are going to replace it, but we think redistricting looks more like a wash right now. i don't think retirement wills determine who is in control of the house. >> and michael steel two that point, in the report, and in first read today, they point out that it looks like redistricting will be more or less a wash. so is this all, these retirements autoabout the presidents delining poles? >> not really. i don't think so. you can draw a direct line this way. a few of them served a decent amount of time. they are moving to the senate or some or elected office. i think it is spot on for how it plays out. i think gets more interesting for democrats and repub

michelle, ashley parker, melissa murray, we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time. as the u.s. prepares equipment and troops for ukraine, how close are we really to war? alaska former u.s. ambassador to russia and nato why swing state arizona, yet again a troubling microcosm of where today's republican stand on imaginary voter fraud and very real voter suppression. the 11th hour, just getting underway on a monday night. stay with us. >> there is no reason for this to come down. there is no reason for this to come and have another land war in europe. and that is why we want to continue to pursue a diplomatic path forward here. we don't believe that vladimir putin has made a final decision to launch yet, another invasion, or encourage into ukraine. we still think there's time and space for diplomacy. there is not going to be any push in the united states out of europe. we have a very sizeable force posture there >> the pentagon press secretary responding to warnings from former intelligence officer, that russia is hoping to infect the

"washington post" white house bureau chief and msnbc political analyst ashley parker. and the host of nrp's -- npr, excuse me -- "full disclosure" podcast. stephanie, they say don't worry, these prices are temporary. but jason fuhrman notes, a noted economist, notes they've been saying this now for many months. are these prices actually here to stay, stephanie? >> well, no one knows. no one has a crystal ball. but people keep thinking the way inflation works or the way it's monitored, the price is going to go back down. likely you're not going to see businesses cut prices. again, this goes back to what jay powell said, why would they cut prices, they don't need to, demand is up. however we could start to see the rate of prices increasing start to slow. we saw that in this last pci report. the administration isn't wrong. all of this is tied to covid. and the further we get away from covid, the more the supply chain and the labor issues start to get worked out. things will flatten. but this idea that, oh, we're going to get back to normal, that's not the case. look at so

ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief with the whales per post, eugene daniels -- and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. ashley i turn to you first. this january six committee needs witnesses, with firsthand knowledge of what went down on capitol hill. walk us through how critical mike pence's. and let's get real. if mike pence does not cooperate, what are the actual consequences? because thus far, it seems like the consequences to turn on trump or worst. >> it's interesting. mike pence is incredibly critical in the run up to january six. he was the critical person, who the former president and all of his aides, his attorneys, people in trump's orbit, we're putting pressure on, to as we now know, overturn the results of the election. the former vice president was in frequent contact, including on january 5th. with the very tough conversation again on the morning of january 6th. when he again told the president and what we know was a very unpleasant conversation, that he was not going to do. on the actual day after that conversation,

. >>> and joining me is ashley parker. while, as we said, there have been a lot of pressure, particularly last summer on justice breyer to consider retiring. at the same time joe biden was vice president when merrick garland never got a hearing. that continues to sting for democrats. how many conversations there have been had, how many preparations have been made in the eventuality that this might happen? >> reporter: going back to your original point, there was something fascinating where justice breyer was under tremendous pressure by progressives and liberal groups. sometimes getting furious with them for not retiring. president biden himself, they were pleszed a number of times and reluctant to weigh in. in part, that's because you have the dynamic of in what world can a president tell an 83-year-old justice your too old to do your job but now is the time to retire. it's a matter of respect. you saw that today. the only statement out of the white house so far has been by the press secretary who tweeted out that the dec

josh letterman, nan caldwell on capitol hill and ashley parker from "the washington post." mr. letterman, we're getting a clearer picture of when biden will nominate the replacement. what are you learning? >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. president biden saying he will nominate his candidate for the supreme court by next month, one month from now, which will also coincide with black history month. and the president is not going to be starting from scratch because he and his team have had a list of potential candidates in place since really the campaign days and shortly after president biden made that announcement during the campaign that he pledged to nominate a black woman to the supreme court if he were elected. over the coming days and weeks, the white house is going to start reaching out to a number of those candidates likely to include the ones on your screen right now, to start setting up meetings for president to actually have a chance to interview them. we are also told that president biden plans to really work closely with lawmakers of both parties, senators from

with me this morning, nbc's mike memoli is at the white house, ali vitali is on capitol hill, ashley parkerwhite house bureau chief for the "washington post" and onna for the pbs news hour, also heidi heitkamp who served six years as a democratic senator from north dakota. great to have all of you here. mike, big picture, what's your take away from the press conference? did you see the reset the white house had been promising? >> reporter: well, chris, obviously there was a lot made about the fact that that was only the second white house news conference that president biden has had since taking office, but it ended up being twice as long as his first one, a two for one deal. a lot of questions, a lot to unpack from that press conference, especially on foreign policy, but as we look at take a ways from his first year in office and the promises the president has made, those he hasn't fulfilled, you saw a little bit of that reset we've been reporting about for the last few days. the president saying he has been frustrated he's been spending so much time in washington and he wants to get out o

let's dig deeper and bring in ashley parker, white house bureau chief for the "washington post."or the bush/cheney 2004 campaign. first of all, we are not having a presidential debate for quite some time. why is the rnc doing this, ashley? >> well, this is something that has been in the works and under discussion within the rnc for a while now and there has been increasing displeasure, you know, the debate commission is bipartisan or nonpartisan, really, but there has been displeasure starting actually back to 2012 where mitt romney was fact checked in realtime by a moderator and then donald trump of course was very dissatisfied. so you have all of those roots kind of brewing and then you have a moment where republicans in particular and especially the base, which is what the rnc caters to, is so distrustful and miss trustful of institutions. if there was ever a moment for the rnc to challenge an institution, now is that moment. >> okay. mac, could this backfire? nobody likes to see their candidate walk away from a fight. if the rnc actually does this, on one hand would it be a b

you michelle sandal, ashley parker, melissa murray, we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time. as the u.s. prepares equipment and troops for ukraine, how close are we really do more? alaska former u.s. ambassador to russia and nato why swing state arizona, yet again a troubling microcosm of where today's republican stand on imaginary voter fraud and very real voter suppression. the 11th hour, just getting underway on a monday night. stay with us. gettin gettin underway on way of moments like these? but appointments don't always fit your schedule. i missed work for this? and you've got better things to do. stay with us managing your cholesterol can be a hassle. we get it. that's why letsgetchecked offers home cholesterol testing. take the test. track your progress. and adjust your treatment as necessary. letsgetchecked. care can be this good. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this. your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a

political director chuck todd, the moderator of "meet the press" who is joining us now, along with ashley parkeref for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor. chuck, let me go to you. i should note, you are in atlanta. you have been doing the meet the midterms rollout starting today on "meet the press daily." we will be seeing more of it on msnbc news daily. as we look ahead to, if he's on in time 11 minutes from now president biden's news conference, what are the key things you're watching for from him, chuck km >> look, i am curious if there is an acknowledgement that people are unhappy, right? it doesn't mean he has to agree with their rationale of how they're feel the pain of this dissatisfied country? now, part of it is we are grumpy because of covid. you have been having a terrific discussion here by the way. i think -- i don't want to even sound repetitive, but we are in agrumpy mood as the country. we are fed up with covid, fed up with all of the stuff that comes with it. if you pay attention to politics -- i have had personal conversations with i think every one of you about whe

joining our coverage, ashley parker, "washington post" white house bureau chief and msnbc political analystdavid jolly is here. also an msnbc contributor and our friend, donny deutsch is here. donny, i want to start with you. the youngkin brand was the best sort of thing that the republicans had going, right? he identified as pretrump or post, i don't know what it was, but it appears he couldn't sustain ten day of that brand before he went full trumpster. >> one was running for virginia and one running for president. the simple formula if you look at a politician, algorithm, the more controversial things they say, the more pick up they get, the more interactions they get, the more fund raising they get. to layer on top of that, if you want to run in a presidential election, the further right you go, the better chance you have in the primaries certainly. so i think when you put those two together, that's what we have here. i don't think it's a general election winning formula, but it is curious because he seemed to have this unique spot on how to keep trump in a box and not dismiss him but n

. >> yeah, john, it certainly was a symbiotic relationship, and my colleagues ashley parker and josh those dots. what we know from our coverage of the trump white house over those four years is that the former president would watch fox news almost every night religiously, sort of addicted to sean hannity's show, to laura ingraham's show, to judge jenine's show on sunday evenings and in turn, those hosts would communicate directly into the camera things that they wanted the president to prioritize. policies they would want him to take up. rhetoric they would want him to use in his speeches, like the state of the union or in the tweets that he would issue on social media. and it worked both ways. trump, in turn, would get on the phone and talk to these hosts and encourage them to peddle certain messages on their shows and to their viewers. trump had this belief that fox was the voice, the id of his movement. fox only has a few million viewers out there in the country, but trump believed they spoke for his maga movement, for his supporters, and so he thought, in order to win over his su