brian stelter, i want to pick u . weeks. brian stelter, i want to pick u- an weeks. stelter, i want to pick up an issue with you. we _ weeks. brian stelter, i want to pick up an issue with you. we have - up an issue with you. we have discussed so many of the congressional publicans have congressional publica ns have endorsed congressional publicans have endorsed him, even though they have reservations in private. i'll give you an example of that. here's donald trump telling his supporters last week that what he requires is immunity from prosecution. you're going to have to give the president — you'll have to allow a president, any president, to have immunity, so that president can act and do what he feels and what his group of advisers feel is the absolute right thing. and here's what nikki haley's surrogate, the new hampshire governor chris sununu, said about that this weekend. do you agree — should a president have total immunity, _ even for things that cross the line? of course not. the amazing thing about that clip is he was dead serious, he wasn't even making on

. >> brian stelter joins me on his book about fox, network of lies. if you think the worst was over when tucker was fired, think again. >> plus -- >> hitler thought that lynching, what he called popular justice in the united states, was another important thing for the nazis to study in terms of how these things can be -- look good on paper but still work out in practice the way they wanted them to. >> my conversation with my friend and colleague rachel maddow on her fascinating new book, prequel, an american fight against fascism. also tonight -- >> picked up my phone and my daughter was video calling me at that moment. soon as i picked up my phone. so i said, let me get myself together. wipe my eyes, and the grime, the pepper spray remnants were on my coat. i wiped the pepper spray in my eyes. and it smeared it, it was so painful. >> officer harry dunn recounts the horror of january 6th. he joins me to talk about why accountability is so critically important for those responsible for the insurrection. >>> welcome to a special holiday edition of "the

joining me now is brian stelter, special correspondent for "vanity fair." and a native marylander who's been writing about sinclair for decades. brian, thank you for being here. you know better than most that when conservatives take over media organizations they tend to make changes. what are your expectations for a paper that's essential as the baltimore sun? >> yes, i grew up reading the sun. oftentimes when i was in annapolis or baltimore covering a story the only other reporter there was from the baltimore sun. and although the paper has been shrinking for years like most precipitate newspapers across the country, it is still the default, the go-to media outlet for a major american city. so what's going to happen to it now, well, alex, i fear this is likely the end of the sun as a nonpartisan widely trusted outlet, and there's going to have to be alternatives that pop up in its places. when these right-wing backers of media talk they talk in code. when they say fair what they really mean is the press is too liberal. when they say balanced what they mean

brian stelter, author of network of lies, it is great to talk to you. hat is our show for this evening, now it is time for the last word with my friend, lawrence o'donnell. iendgood evening, alex. i missed you on the panel with us on iowa caucus night, because i wanted to do a few minutes on how your father invented the iowa caucus. i want ea

brian stelter, author of network of lies, it is always good to talk to someone so deeply entrenched inic. thanks, brian. >> thanks. >>> that is our show for this evening. now it is time for the last word with my friend lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex. i missed you on the panel on the iowa

they know as much about what they're protesting as brian stelter knows about hair care. or carbs.o, he knows a lot about carbs. and when they get older and they graduate, most just head back home to their parents' guest house and brag about how they fought the man. of course they'll leave out the fact that the man was black. and in time many will end up as soccer moms. including the men. but there's another career track for the perennially pissed off and i'm not talking about jesse watters to you pay handler, although that's a full-time job keeping that thing deloused. the most committed will stay put and like in any profession they'll move up into management. these protest groups are expert fund raisers who carefully soften their message when hitting up corporations and foundations that are looking to virtue spend and to lower their taxes. that's how a group called open society closes the roads. these agitators end up sitting on millions drawing salaries honing their tactics and waiting for the next big thing. you can call them the cicada protesters because like the locusts they

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as author and journalist brian stelter notes, by the time donald trump spoke at the ellipse on the 6th, right wing media had been promising a showdown in d.c. for weeks. and fox had been adding fuel to the fire. >> we, you the american people, deserve better. it is a national disgrace how some states have handled this election. >> the democrats have been trying to both block his presidency, to overthrow his presidency through impeachment, as well as absolute, in my judgment, treason. >> if we don't fight on january 6th on the floor of the senate and the house, that is the joint meeting of congress, on these electors, we're done. >> even that very morning, fox was covering the events that led up to the insurrection like they were participants. playing up that there would be drama on the hill and turning it all into a spectacle. >> it's not hyperbole. it feels like a constitutional tinder box for a lot of reasons will cain pointed out. we're at an inflection point where both sides of the country believe fundamentally different things. >> we believe the president will take the stage at 11

. >>> i want to bring and to our competition brian stelter, special correspondent for vanity fair. author of network of lies, the epic saga of fox news, donald trump, and the battle for american democracy. brian, today donald trump called january 6th defendants hostages. he continues to sow doubt in our institutions. heading into this election, what do we need to know about the power of lies and the responsibility to highlight the truth? >> number one, this started within minutes of that riot on january 6th. and now three years later, we are still grappling with those lies. right? -- treated by many people, including many people and politics, as normal. i think what we're going to see it now, now that it's 2024, is it's not normal. it's going to get more attention. it's going to get more news coverage and it's going to be recognized as the aberration, and frankly as a shame it is. you are talking to michael about the lies of the last three years. we are those lies come from? from a place of guilt. they come from a place of shame. they come from a place of horror about what actually

brian stelter, what do you make of it? does interrupt the flow? lt does interrupt the flow?, and they're trying to create a contrast tonight would new hampshire with trump by focusing on the issue of reproductive rights. when it comes the election this fall, what the status between the conflict of the war is going to weigh on voters, both the democrats and republican party, these protesters — pretty well organised, much more than normal — they speak that reality. that's the point, kurt, isn't it? it was one man then a woman, and they dispersed themselves. what you're going to find is they have to take much closer attention to who's coming in and who they're betting. this is just one of the animate of this isjust one of the animate of abilities — this isjust one of the animate of abilities of — this isjust one of the animate of abilities of having these types of rallies— abilities of having these types of rallies -- — abilities of having these types of rallies —— inevitabilities. it's possible— rallies —— inevitabilities. it's possible for anyone, as a former staffer. — possi

i mean, other than brian stelter. e her thanthe target audience of s particular video, i can't namesd anyone who is watching this and saying, yeah, it's -- it's like it resonates. >> it's like babies or something. it's like a barney video. this is not for people going. to college. it's -- it's warped. it's strange. i am what i'm worried about.chab >> this is impeachable. leis she's trying and it's a tease to watch her state. the state address. but what sesame street viewer is going watch this and then tune into her address. ini impressed that you went with the brian stelter thing that was that a low hanging tuba. >> yes, it was. >> ybut no, but this is what the funny thing about all this is that t she's supposed to be the smart one? yeah. this comes out as the that book came out, right, that the biden didn't want to pick kamala harri bnt tos at all in . first place. >> he wanted to pick. oh, yes. and it's like. she she's the smart one. >> there's it's like where we go from here. yeah. don't worry about that, silly. ge

. >> i think we found out where brian stelter has been. he got a tan.won't be in any beauty pageants. you might be thinking, and my high on mushrooms? this is a real video released by a sitting governor. what is going on? whitmer is acting more baked than that potato. i guess if you want to tell taxpayers that they are footing the bill for more useless stuff you might as well use a [ bleep ] potato. if they potato inspires you to go to college, maybe you should start practicing the question do you want fries with that? more please. >> but for too many colleges financially out of reach. that's why i am so excited to announce an appealing plan. >> i know what your plan is. this year we will work together to make the first two years of community college tuition free for every high school graduate. >> that's right, professor. michiganders will save an average of $4000 as they earned their associates degree. >> that isn't small potatoes. that's a big deal. >> to learn more make sure you tune in for my state of the state address. >> i will be there for sure.

we might as well name this movie now revenge of the woke and it will sink faster than brian stelter inall pit. and when the bad box office follows you just know she's going to blame those nasty evil people they call men. because when it came to choosing a director, disney apparently decided to go the claudine gay rout with their billion dollars franchise. great idea, fellows. every time she yells cut the male actors will put their hands over their balls: of course the media will accuse the right of pouncing. well, are we? damn right we're pouncing. we're pouncing like anna navarro like a 75 piece mick nugget meal. these idiots make it so easy. even after the bud light and forcing dei on its products the company's choosing harry caray. is ceo that terrified of his wife. he didn't learn from the backlash when he gave snow white seven transitioning dwarfs. in fact disney's latest fiscal report the company admits consumer perception of public interest present risk to our brand. in other words our audience hates us. disney's only slightly more popular with audience than joy behar's nude sel

brian stelter author of "network of lies" it's always good to talk to you, someone so deeply entrenched in this essential topic. that is our show for this evening. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> she can't negotiate. she's a lousy negotiator. other than that, she's wonderful. she's a wonderful person, but if she wins, biden wins and i'm telling you that. that's why they're sending all these democrats into run and it's crazy. >> it's not personal for me. i had no -- people want me to hate trump or love trump. that's not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i'm not going to talk about him personally. i think politics is too personal and i think that's why people are so frustrated right now. >> donald trump and nikki haley with very different approaches to talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire while ron desantis, meanwhile, has his sights scarily set on haley's home state. we'll have much more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest from capitol hill on two major items, the spending bill to avoid a gove

brian stelter, author of network of lies, it is always good to talk to someone so deeply entrenched in this very essential topic. thanks, brian. >> thanks. >>> that is our show for this evening. now it is time for the last word with my friend lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex. i missed you on the panel on the iowa caucus night, because i wanted to do a few minutes on how your father invented the iowa caucus. and i wanted to hear all the bedtime stories he told you about going out to iowa in 1972 for george mcgovern, the first time any presidential candidate played attention to the iowa caucuses, and winning it and how he created political history with everyone wanted to follow in karl wagner's footsteps, managing a winning presidential -- >> the monster he helped create, in other words. [laughter] >> we were working monday night because of coral. he did that to us. >> he was looking down on us with a smile on his face, and also probably a frown. [laughter] >> brilliant, it was a brilliant move when he did it. and i'm just sorry it has become an enduring

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brian stelter, author of network of lies, it is great to talk to you. someone so deeply entrenched in this essential topic. thank you, brian. >> thank you. >> that is our show for this evening, now it is time for the last word with my friend, lawrence o'donnell. iendgood evening, alex. i missed you on the panel with us on iowa caucus night, because i wanted to do a few minutes on how your father invented the iowa caucus. i want to hear all of the bedtime stories he told you about going to iowa in 1972 for george montgomery, the first time in a presidential candidate paid attention to the iowa caucuses, winning it, and how he created political history with everyone wanting to follow. karl wagner's footsteps, managing a winning, presidential -- >> the monster he helped create, in other words. >> we were working monday night, all because of carl. he did this to us. >> he was looking on us with a smile on his face, and probably, a frown. >> brilliant. a brilliant move when he did it, and i'm just sorry that it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd

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yes, we know brian stelter has been doing since he left cnn. so what just happened there? what happened? all right. let's turn to our crack. gutfeld investigators forpt a more in-depth investigation. >> tonight, the gutfeldht investigative unit presents an enigma caugh, tht on camera with your host, brad pitt. ary, january 20, 24 2, a scantily cld figure emerges the shadows on live television undetected. what is he looking at? his pants? oh a shirt?, shirt. and this place. open your eyes and grab the location. be could it be a kidnaper? deliver an abandoned safe house team leader. a pope gone awry. sort of plans do morris have for a pillow fight? became more cheesy. something more sinisteheesi orrt and could ithe be possible the man was never really there . excellent work team that weon reached out to morris a number of time. i called him personally and i've been calling him all day, which is weir d. >> we were next to each other in bed. oh. but earlier he told one of w our producers he wouldn't be commenting and ended the conversation with a strangoe chuckle. which raises

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as the chief of staff in homeland security in the trump administration, and political analyst brian steltergood evening. we will get to matters in iowa very shortly, but let's focus for a short while on events in the middle east and the fate of the israeli hostages. last night, hamas published a video showing three of the hostages. two of them — 53—year—old yossi sharabi and 38—year—old itai svirsky — spoke in that recording and asked for the israeli government to free them from gaza. we don't know when that was filmed, but at the end of the video, hamas said they would reveal today what had happened to those hostages. and now we have the follow—up narrated by a third hostage who would appear to still be alive, who says the other two were killed in israeli air strikes. it is important to stress that the hostage is speaking under duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign,