the famous story of where he goes to visit bismarck and bismarck is expecting troops to be coming around with him. he just walks over and knocks on the door, says i'm here to see mr. bismarck. that is not something you would normally expect from someone like grant. grant did that. europe sherman goes to much earlier than that. the famous story there is where he says we are going to meet the pope. one soldier says i don't like the pope, i'm not going to bow to the pope. as soon as the pope walked in, the first guy to get down on his knees was the soldier. wasman thought that he important, and important that the pope should be thrilled to meet him. gen. petraeus: [laughter] john: the whole question of giving him the opportunity to see things he never saw. writes to his wife just about every day about what it is like in europe. there is some wonderful stuff. he writes long letters. eventually someone is going to do that. i think it will be worth copying. gen. petraeus: in grant's first inaugural address, he spoke eloquently about wanting to have a kind and encouraging policy toward the amer

bismarck, north dakota, a republican. your turn. i think the $2000 stimulus should go through. i think he just added those two bills and stuff, and trump's >> we bring you live coverage of nancy pelosi's news conference. year, of the session of congress, and of this congress. until next week, when we will be in new congress, i wish you a happy new year as we go forward. sadly, congress received the news last evening with a passing of a new member of congress. from louisiana, due to be sworn in sunday, but taken by the coronavirus yesterday. he leaves his wife and two babies, and we extend sympathy to his family. suspect, 41 years old, coronavirus, blood clot complication. many of the deathsas we go forwe sure that we are scientific and determined to crush the virus. let us extend deepest sympathy and to thosely little babies who've lost their daddy. here we are. as i mentioned, the last meeting of the year for us. less talk by the last week or so. president, it took a long time for us. he received it on christmas eve at 3:30 in the afternoon. he signed it on sunday evening. tha

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states senate, like joe biden being a creature of the united states senate, knew that in the words of bismarck that politics was the art of the possible. the art of the attainable. the art -- and i love this -- of the next best thing. and that's something that joe biden understands as much as anybody in washington, d.c. >> joe, as you explain in your book, truman knew from the start that he had to reach out. that he was not well known. joe biden has a much easier time of it. he's been -- experienced in government. knows a wide range of people at home and abroad. when franklin roosevelt died, sailors at sea on our fleet in the pacific wept bitterly thinking that the war might never be won. japanese propaganda announced that, at last, victory was possible because the great american leader, franklin roosevelt, was gone. and harry truman knew that he had, from the beginning, to reach out and build a national consensus. and i've always thought, joe, this is one of the things i love about your book. you illustrate the way in which the internationalism that comes from a heartland from places like mis

you've got to deal with the other side and remember what bismarck said that politics is the art of thee. isn't that what joe biden understands as well as anybody in washington? >> i think not since lyndon johnson have we had a person of the senate who knew how to work across the aisle and it's tougher than in lbj's age because people are more polarized but biden has it in the dna, in his bones and heritage and breeding that he's a person who knows how to work within the senate and we'll give one more shot to that form of thinking in our democracy. >> evan thomas and walter isaacson, thank you both very, very much. >>> coming up, joe biden will be sworn in but a whole bunch of house democrats will not. the party suffered a bruising at the ballot box and we spoke with the congressman who's in charge of fixing it. the next leader of the house, democratic campaign arm shawn patrick moloney. that's straight ahead on this special edition of "morning joe." ead on this special edition of "morning joe. did you know that every single flush flings odors onto your soft surfaces? then they get rele

pharmacy, its grocery store, its carefully tended parking places so alike suburban strip malls from bismarck to bakersfield. but that night, that cold night, a heat gathered here, sweet, terrifying, doomed. >> for the longest time, i couldn't go anywhere because i'm thinking everybody's looking at me. >> reporter: this is the story of two married couples. now the advice they can offer others now that it's too late for them. >> i think if i could tell them anything it would be put your family first. >> reporter: of course, that's not what happened. and this parking lot, there will be a body here before we're done. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. oh my god. >> reporter: careful when you stir the hot pot of desire. the place is meridian, idaho, little brother to brigger than boise. this is where they got to the end of the rainbow. it was 2016, and luck was -- 2006, and luck office their side. they had just moved from southern california, and they were happy. they were fulfilled at work. they had two beautiful children. they had everything they ever wanted. they were rob and kandi hall, one of those

north dakota's electors just convened in the capital of bismarck to cast their three votes for the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states. let's listen. >> i am pleased to announce the votes cast by the presidential electors of the state of north dakota are as follows. for president of the united states, three votes for donald j. trump, vice president of the united states, three votes for michael r. pence. >> so those three electoral votes going for trump and pence. let's go to wyoming right now where moments ago the state's three electors there cast their ballots. >> with the ballots cast and the votes cast, it is three votes for mr. donald trump and three for mr. michael pence. >> three electoral votes from wyoming going for trump and pence. also moments ago, the electoral college in maine made their votes official. it's one of only two states, by the way, where the electoral votes can be split between the two kacandidates. watch this. >> the total number of votes cast is four. there are three votes for joseph r. biden of wilmington, delaware, there is o

bismarck, minneapolis, likely. milwaukee, cleveland, indianapolis, possible. omaha, st.ver and salt lake, it is possible. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white >>> i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at the fog that we've seen, definitely reducing the visibility in the east bay. take it easy as you're heading out to work. and then after that sunshine in the forecast. we're going to have more cool mornings and fog developing, and we are holding out for some rain that will be moving in by the end of the week on christmas day it looks like we could see some showers and a christmas gift to the bay area. once again that could continue into the weekend. weather. by the way, it's not just the first day of winter, but it's also yosef herzog, our stage manager's birthday. >> happy birthday, yosef we love you. >> somebody answer that phone, or hang it up. ove you. >> somebody answer that >>> still to come, golf fans seeing double this weekend tiger woods and 11-year-old charlie join together for a tournament more on that father/son duo that stole the show, coming up right after thi

this is a small motel/hotel operation in bismarck. nine weeks. it took nine weeks and one day because the day we made the call to inquire, they finally forget the loan. out of just one example hundreds, maybe even thousands. here's one from a lender before i let you answer. outtter says "just reaching as fyi, sba has requested additional documentation on 5% of the loans ranging from $3700 to $134,000. it is a waste of time." does withcracy always the bureaucracy is going to do. mr. secretary, this is very disappointing to people who did not -- they could have laid all of these people off and gotten generous unemployment extension program but they pressed to us and sba did what the preop proceeds going to do, extended the time, asked for more documentation, put more demands on them. the cost to comply is now $2000 per borrower. obviously, my time is up. i would have lots more to say about it. we have got to do better than this, mr. secretary. sec. mnuchin: i agree we need to do better and we support legislation to help forgiveness. sen. cramer: us

long run fiscal condition that we face >> all right lanhee chen, thank you senator, the airport in bismarckis that where you'd go if i ask you back here for a meeting? >> joe, you are invited to come and dot show after this pandemic in mandan, across the river interest our sister city >> i want to i don't think i've been. but there's some beautiful land obviously all around you up there and a lot of, is there snow on the ground right now must be. >> no, i went biking christmas eve. >> you're kidding me there you go with the climate stuff. yeah, you're biking on christmas eve. proves it right there. that proves it right there heidi -- >> joe, you should be concerned i'm biking on christmas eve. >> i know that it get cold in the winter, they tell me it's weather i'm all confused thank you, senator, lanhee chen, thank you. melissa? >> coming up a pulse check on retail ahead of the 2020 shopping season. the en tt anou nt.trdshastd t,ex >>> welcome back to "squawk box," retail sales rose 3% during the holiday shopping season it was driven by a shift to online shopping which rose 49% from a year

sherry from bismarck, north dakota. can you get a quick question in?aller: it has been reported some of the states are being cut 30% to 40% vaccines. pfizer is saying that there is no problem with production or transportation. i have a question as to why is that happening? guest: we are trying to get a better understanding of that. that broke yesterday or the night before. we don't believe there is a shortage of vaccine or production problems. lapse be a communication between the federal government and state or a misunderstanding, or a chained up of the early allocation numbers that everyone is trying to process through. we will try to get a more straightforward answer as the debate goes on and look at the weeks ahead to ensure that those numbers are back at the level that is necessary and manageable. at this it has been frustrating the last day or so. we don't think it's an indication of any significant problem with the vaccine production or the coordination between operation warp speed and their state partners. host: we'd like to thank jim, the pande

you have got to deal with the other side and remember what bismarck said that politics is the art ofll as anybody in washington? >> i think not since lyndon johnson have we had a person of the senate who knew how to work across the aisle and pull things together. it's tougher than in lbj's days because the parties are polarized ideologically more than when they were liberal republicans and conservative democrats. but biden has it in his dna, in his bones, and in his heritage and breeding that he is a person who knows how to work within the senate and we are going to give one more shot to that former thinking in our democracy, joe. the ones you just talked about. >> evan thomas and walter isaacson, thank you both very, very much. >> i mean, they never age. >> they don't. they are timeless rchls they are timeless. >> speaking of past discussions on his new book "saving freedom: truman, the cold war and the fight for western civilization." with the commonwealth club at 3:00 eastern time. you can find more information if you'd like to join at our website, joe.msnbc.com. up next, the star

bismarck, north dakota, a republican. your turn. i think the $2000 stimulus should go through. think he just added those two bills and stuff, and trump's biggest thing was he wanted a clean bill to come out of the house, and they did on the stimulus package, so now to me that the senate cannot be asked to do the same thing that they did to try to pass a clean bill. you know, there are people that, you know, are in small businesses that don't qualify pa you package stuff. there are people on social security and limited income that do trade shows, craft shows, stuff like that, and they don't fall into any of these categories where they can get loans and get help, and with all their income has been lost due to the pandemic because all the venues like the big craft shows, vendor shows, sports shows, all those shows have been shut down due to the coronavirus. if they are so worried about where the paychecks come from, i bet if they had to tell their spouses that they would lose their income for 2, 3 months and could not have all of their lavish stuff, i bet you the senators and repr