alexi mccammen, political reporter over at axios, and barbara mcquade, veteran prosecutor, former u.s. attorney in fact for the eastern district of michigan. alexi, first to you. your latest reporting on the president's mind-set, the advice people are trying to give him, how much air support he will get from republicans, how many other republicans will stand up and remind the president and the people around him especially if biden goes up over 270 what's supposed to be done in this instance. >> you know, brian, i actually think if we look at joe biden's speech tonight and president trump's absence from today and his remarks from this week we can see the real contrast in how president trump is viewing the end of this election and how he can move forward. we hear him cast doubt on the legitimacy of mail-in ballots and of the very democratic process of participating in a selection. we also hear the way in which he's also just sowing division and chaos in this entire process whereas joe biden comes forward to talk about the way forward. he's not talking about himself. he's talking about t

barbara mcquade, u.s. attorney in the obama years has left msnbc for the biden transition.etimes the connections are less visible as with the former "newsweek" editor and presidential biographer, was at nbc and msnbc who praised biden's victory speech. >> this is a moment where the life of the nation is intersecting in a fascinating way with the personal life not only of president-elect biden but also the vice president-elect. >> the networks dropped him from the payroll and "the new york times" revealed he had privately helped biden with that and other speeches. two dozen journalists join the obama team. that musical chairs tradition is widely viewed as a routine. fox news drew criticism for those who move between the network and the trouble administration, including john bolton, heather nauert, bill shine, and sarah huckabee sanders. larry kudlow also joined the president from cnbc. political players turn into pundits they can bring in insiders perspective and more seem to move between the media with a can resemble a government in exile and democratic administrations such

legal analyst barbara mcquade has joined biden's legal review team. health expert ezekiel emanuel has joined biden's coronavirus task force. he's the brother of former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. and political analyst richard stengel will be on biden's u.s. agency for global media. in 2018, stengel told the council on foreign relations about his work as the top communications specialist at the u.s. state department. >> my old job at the state department is what people used to joke is that she propagandaist job. every country does it in they have to do to their own population and i don't necessarily think it is that awful. amy: a fourth paid msnbc analyst, historian jon meacham, was removed from his role after it was revealed he helped write biden's victory speech. joe biden has named president obama's former top immigrati adviser cecilia muÑoz to his transition team. during her time in the white house, muÑoz often justified obama's harsh immigration enforcement policies, including the administration's deportation of thousands of central a