tell us about the time you pushed -- cheney for vice president. well, he's referring to a story in book where, you know, i had made up my mind that -- cheney the right person to run with me. so, you know, the vice presidential selection process is really the first indication as how a potential president will make a decision. and i had watched dad make his decision and it was a very thoughtful process. i asked -- cheney to be the person to lead process the, vice presidential pick. also ought to say clearly to the american people that the future president or a potential president understands most important role of the vice president is to succeed the president if something bad happens. and so after going through the exhaustive list with --, i decided that he would be the right vice presidential. i liked him. i trusted his judgment. i knew he wouldn't be the kind of person that would be constantly second guessing decisions, and he could be president. and it would reassure the american that i understood the nature of the vice presidency. and so i told

yeah, -- cheney. yeah. okay. yeah. so you imagine mean this is the this was the kind of the that they are getting to know each other is that their young wasn't ionians doing these jobs in in washington i mean in washington and and we know a lot of these names. this is why kind of this is one another reason i decided put this together is that we just didn't know or i didn't have a i think anybody had an appreciation for frank carlucci which is why i, i brought let's continue this fun so okay yeah celebrate frank lucy blame frank carlucci. he was responsible -- cheney in early on. it was really don rumsfeld, who i don't think he was. but but then you go from there, and this is one of my favorites in the story. so you ingrain that office, and then he's recruited to omb. right. just imagine everybody. the phone rings and who's on the other end of the line. it's is george shultz right? and he says, i'd like you to come. to omb to be my deputy. mm. and then what happens next? you end up working for shultz. he's he's for wein

he was responsible for bringing cheney in early on but it was really donald rumsfeld. >> i don't thinke was. >> but then you go from there and this is one of my favorites in the story. so he's doing great in that office and then he is recruited to omb. the phone rings and who was on the other end-of-the-line? george shultz. and he says, i would like you to come be my deputy. and then what happens next? >> he's working for weinberger. clancy gets pulled into treasury and then he ends up -- yes. >> who he had met at oto, actually because weinberger was with reagan and he got in a little spat with then governor reagan but he develops this -- i mean -- host: governor reagan is fighting a particular program in california. he wants to kill a program in california what your father said -- guest: no, i don't want to kill this program. my father finds a diplomatic way to make both things happen. it is another line that flows throughout this book. there's a federal program that governor reagan wants to kill and my dad, working there, doesn't want to kill it, so he says, well, why don't we appoin

you saw the establishment wing of the republican party merge with the democratic party lives cheney. i mean harris's vapid celebrity filled issue list campaign was, you know, president was, it was promoting her endorsement by dick cheney a war criminal who left office was 13 percent approval rate. i mean, shows you how utterly out of touch the democratic party has become. but let's say the ruling class, i mean they live in an echo chamber, which is perpetuated by the media. so they actually don't have a clue about number one, the damage that they've been split their whole. i mean 30000000 mass layoffs since 1996. and i, i know half of my family comes from romaine. i've seen what nafta does. their reaction is not one i embrace, but i understand the desperation, the anger of the legitimate anger, the towns that but like where my grand parents are from a mechanic falls means the bank is boarded up. i mean, i remember as a boy, they were never made a lot of money, but my grandfather worked in the post office and were d constructing all of these institutions that once he had a pension, he

more worried about liz cheney and my confirmation hearing then the crime in california and the crimecalifornia skyrocketing its remarkable the double standard they have been professing and projecting throughout the country. but it has ended sean let me ask a final question the doj i believe has been a weaponized. with that there are many employees at the justice department a part of weaponization. did they have obligation to not participate in it or speak out against it and if they didn't do so without be disqualifying in your mind. >> certainly you need to follow it and ethical standards of being a prosecutor and you have to follow the law that's why we've signed multiple executive orders taking us back to our core function of flattest press getting real crime and violent crime that's out the justice department will function that's a president trump wants to submit a strait and a function evenhandedly unfair restoring integrity. >> speaker-01: >> have known you for decades that's probably the word i would use to define you bringing integrity to the doj returning to its former greatn

payments, what does it do for someone that we've already seen them take security details away from liz cheney? while releasing people who attacked cops out into the public. if they are willing to do that, what might they do to someone who's on a fixed income and had the strength of their convictions? what we know is that every time we face crazies like these, inevitably the movement that have toppled tierney -- tyranny has been led by people who got to the point where they had nothing left to lose. if they can find those people who have almost nothing left to lose and say i'm going to cut off your social early, i'm going to cut off your veterans payment -- benefits payments, this is despotism. in part of our message to everybody is that fear is contagious, but so is courage. we are going to make sure that people act with courage and the strength of their convictions and that what we are showing now maybe reaches to a few folks across the aisle. >> you alluded to this with the three republicans but just to get clarity are you talking about --, and if so, could you tell me a little bit about th

and liz cheney was was doing her job in that.ibutor to washington monthly, chris matthews. david, i have so many ways i want to go with you here, but why don't we just start? because, you know, rhetorical shots were fired there between liz cheney and elon musk. for those of us who are cold warriors, we understood the importance of hard power, the military. and yes, we understood the importance of soft power. we understood the importance of ideas. we understood the importance of aid. i will repeat it for the thousandth time this week, since u.s. aid became an issue on this show. there's a reason why harry truman, after attacking herbert hoover his entire political life, called in herbert hoover after world war two, ended and said, we've got a refugee crisis in europe. if those people aren't taken care of, we're going to have communism in western europe, go get to work. and now all across africa. yes, we i'm extraordinarily proud of what george w bush did with pepfar. i'm extraordinarily proud that his evangelical faith pushed him

the president also wants to jail liz cheney sitting here today.tical, and i'm not. >> going to. >> answer that. >> mark elias. >> look, i mean, this has been clear all along. >> donald trump is. >> going to have his department. >> of. >> justice and. >> his fbi engage in political. >> investigations and. >> if possible, political prosecutions. >> and there is nothing about pam bondi. >> or kash patel that. >> lead you. >> to believe they are. >> going to push back. instead, they are going to egg it on. >> and they are going to say. >> when he says jump. >> they're going to say how high? >> i don't know. >> how to put. >> this. >> any more plainly. the three people. >> who are on this screen right now, in one form or another, have been threatened, or it has been suggested that they. >> are in a class that should be criminally investigated. >> and potentially prosecuted. we are a small number of a. >> large of a. >> much larger. >> group who face that utter reality today. this is not a hypothetical. this is not a what she said in a. hearing or what,

was reading you publishing your fluids and you took over this abortion i, you buy molly products cheney your what kind of music on that level dishes? a lot better showing the lord. yeah, i thought we'd be able to get the luxury. it wasn't below we different than most through the year freshman. the scouts made this video for a future trial of those who ways on the russian church and ukraine. the bunch of people who are lovely, most a attendance from by letting notion of portsmouth by like this there is a before my name is become new, but the shooting for some of us you will go you to shoot it to me. as soon as i knew when easiest us use in boston of globally posit adobe revolution on the, on a, and use boston new movies. so also for you, the commercial grace cross concept continues to virginia. it was so it was for us, kind of sort of a little wondering, you little about senior ordering, you buying some store. but even though ordering, you're pushing, you must goals can put their heart to you, but that it's besides university the . 2 the in the system, it was big enough for me to call ev

it do for, you know, someone, you know, we've already seen him take security details away from liz cheney, right? while releasing people who attack cops out into the public, if they're willing to do that and threaten that, well, what might they do to someone who's on a fixed income but have the strength of their convictions? what they know is that every time we have faced crises like these in our, in our history, inevitably the movements that have toppled tyranny have been led by people who had gotten to a point where they had nothing left to lose. the parkland students who survived, the mamie tills of the world, right? if they can find those people who have almost nothing left to lose and say, well, i'm gonna cut off your social security payments if you step up. i'm gonna cut off your veterans benefit payments. i'm gonna cut off your snap payments. this is despotism, right? and i think a part of our message to everybody is that fear is contagious, but so is courage. and we want to make sure that people act with courage and the strength of their convictions and hope that, that what we're

and, um, cheney's office thought that bush hadn't been strong enough and tough enough on putin. and rubio both, i'm sure, will be trying to get to trump behind closed doors to explain. you don't want to get rolled by this master manipulator. you can't trust him. >> but the recent history of trump, right? is is that, um, first of all, there aren't a lot of folks willing it seems to speak truth to power when it comes to trump, because they look at others who have and they're gone. yeah, right. and trump's attitude in this second administration seems to be, i'm not going to be hemmed in by these mainstream or deep state or old school guys. like he perceives he was during his previous administration. so what is the what is the likely effectiveness, even if if a ruby or a waltz goes to him and says, don't get snowed by putin. >> so this is where witkoff is. a new comer may be very useful because trump is more surrounded by maga types now, because waltz and rubio are also firmly in the maga camp. so they may be able to make an argument to trump that you don't want to get rolled. um, w

he received a pardon along with liz cheney. they were they were more worried about liz cheney in my confirmation hearing than the crime in california that is skyrocketing. so it's truly remarkable, this this double standard that they have been professing and projecting throughout our country. but it has ended. sean. >> let me ask a final question. i believe under merrick garland and joe biden, the doj has been weaponized. with that, there are many, many employees at the justice department that were a part of that weaponization. did they have an obligation not to participate in it, speak out against it? and if they didn't do so, would that be disqualifying in your mind? >> sean? certainly. you know, you have to follow the ethical standards of being a prosecutor, and you have to follow the law. and that's why we have signed multiple executive orders, taking us back to our core function of prosecuting real crime and violent crime. and that's how this justice department will function. and that's how president trump wants this admin

richard cheney, you do not saw me into that calls or i will not put us forces on the ground there to stay because all they will be is a disaster waiting to happen. yeah, so i mean, yeah, they would also cost trillions of dollars and it's all going to happen then. and so some other, your other huge question. huge question. read extra billions. just released article in the new yorker magazine. a huge question. where is he going to get these american troops? he's already given northern command, a warning order to seal the southern border. given 3 army divisions, at least for gauge of 2 and a whole division was attempt mountain orders to go to the southern border. those troops could only cover maybe a 100 kilometers that of that border. there's 3150 kilometers. is that border? where is he going to get these american soldiers? we don't ever dry up. we have a volunteer force. it's falling apart, even as i speak is that extra tokens article points out graphically whereas you're going to get these forces. is it going to hire private contractors like i understand right now, and i have video p

yeah, i cheney. i'm manganese, oars and rare earth metals. ukraine is very rich. if we're talking about the deal, the americans wants to make less negotiate. q 50 defense show as defense and security type between india and rock supply high. so does most of those sell a fight to just the s q $67.00, and it's a sight to behold for want to pay. that is for tie that for purposes beautiful disc. finally, then this define is here to repeal the politeness to look at the that slide. so i'm so happy to see the set of braces in romania as the president and now says his resignation too long and soft and off to the election was cancelled. which it on the team needs to attend to the fence with the hello and welcome to our teams national. when i bought from our h q here. and most guys were thank you for choosing us and to keep me company, our top story of this, our what we all ready for peace folks on the queen conflict. but if people think that ultimatums will sway, must go that mistake. that was one of the main takeaways from a press conference with russia's deputy foreign mi

at the munich security conference. us and ukrainian delegations met their lead by vice president cheney vance and presidents, the landscape. this comes just days after donald trump talked to russia's president putin, and the 2 agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in ukraine. fundamentally, the goal is, as the president trump outlined, and we want the war to come to a close, we want the going to stop, but we want to achieve a durable lasting piece, not the kind of piece, and it's going to have eastern europe in conflict, just a couple years down the road with good conversation today, our 1st pta meeting last sure, and really what, what you need to, to speak for, for work or add to prepare the 10th august the 14th and finish the work we want really will want this very much but we need a realistic in our diplomatic address or james base as more from munich, the presence the legs can use, being very polite as you'd expect. yes, he said he had good conversations, but real concern is ukraine going to have a proper role in this piece? process is all the european countries going to ha

but inside story takes a closer look at us, was president cheney bads has compassion of speech as a new next call. thank you very much for watching the the distill study in japan and it's good just know some more these awesome new cheryl is still running on the western side of honshu. i didn't hawkeye to, in a persistent fairly cold weight and that was something that, to the rest of that the korean peninsula is not exactly will. but you all east in the sunshine, abrupt about 6 invasion from this process. the china cyrus was, it looks increasingly cloudy. and damp and not particularly wall money, but i didn't mention about $19.00 hong kong, which is where it should be. this is written, stays full across the still smarter folding you hung? sure. i didn't how carter. but you weren't surprised to that some stuff close in the photos of the himalaya up here in the northeast and there were cheryl's overrated ne in india. and a westby discrepancies coming in through afghanistan through northern pakistan, orvis since the tony ever been. so at call us, he's that he's still not brilliant in places

transcript of the interview they did before the election and had more surgery then nancy pelosi and dick cheneybined. what's your problem watch it's gonna be taxes the economists piercing about the economy need to be very thoughtful of how you use that microphone in front of you when i was attorney general the words i spoke to move markets you know it picture what picture days for her children they go to school make sure their faces are cleaned and their hair is done and they go to school for dano happens to these children they had to evacuate that day because of fear of frets being issued in springfield because of the words of donald trump. nearly all her commentary on foreign affairs in israel and iran were also cleaned up i haven't seen a turd this polished since jim acosta got a facial. did it work harris' and president. you can't say they didn't try. meanwhile trump settled with abc news for 15 million then for 25-mil and paramount reportedly considered similar payouts trump could soon afford bret baier's house. trump also sued "the des moines register" and seltzer for claiming harris was

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reported to be a 24 year old asked in mat and security conference is where the us vice president cheney vance environment as well as the are expected to attend local officials time . there is no connection between the incidents and the upcoming meeting. we had noted, of course, we will continue with a correspondingly strong police presence everywhere. now, with regard to the security conference and keep the situation under control, we do not know at the moment and do not assume that there is any connection with the security conference when what the motivation of this ask in perpetrator, of course, still needs to be explored in more detail on the cube has slapped the countries former president, fyodor pershing, po, and a number of major ukranian business men with personal sanctions. farmers, zalinski has accused them of destroying the countries national security. those on the list are banned from leaving the country and their assets have been frozen. or shank always called the trees and allegations he's facing a publication. and the former president, why do crying for 5 years following t

hi cheney. i'm manganese, oars and rare earth metals. ukraine is very rich. on the map, you see the real volumes, but there is no price for it. this is big money, very big. so it must be protected. if we're talking about the deal, the americans want to make less negotiates that ukraine is only in favor. yes, i see its fun line collapses on the summit trees. so the man who refuses to read the constitution and faces people at the poles, but can read the face of a sick and tired trouble to wow. says he'll give it all up. even though it's not his to give the land it's mineral, wealth, atmosphere, water, and other natural resources within the territory of ukraine, the natural resources of its continental shelf and the exclusive maritime economics zone are objects of the right of property of the ukrainian people. new, hey, a black hawk cheering, just as it's top ross and vision does a to and fro from kids. the nation looks that to become a money making mecca. and i do believe emotionally. those who truly believe is a capitalistic system will be flooding ukraine wit

the so the largest number of palestinian prisoners in de cheney, since the thoughts of the goals as he saw have not been released from his randy, presents the cause of the month, the separation from the families. 333 published in detainees have been taken to southern go to as part of the seaside deal between israel and the emotional seems afraid, palestinians were united with their loved ones being taken to the european hospital for the medical check of the guessing room i love in the occupied westbank, a palestinian christmas finally met the families and loved ones up to serving is in his ready jails. 3 of those were released to their homes and occupied east jerusalem among the palestinian prisoners released today. so the 6 for savings lives, sentences in 24 of the movie to 42 in the red crescent says full palestinian prisoners were transferred to transferred to hospital due to the health conditions at present. as previously released from is really jails have shown signs of severe torture disease and starvation. israel has been accused of depriving many of them from receiving medical

that fiery admission comes from us . vice president cheney bands who has arrived at the munich security conference ready to show brussels that trump means business when it comes to peace in ukraine . the threat that i worry the most about visa, the europe, is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreat of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america. i was struck that of a former european commissioner went on television recently and sounded delighted that the romanian government had just an old and entire election. he warned that if things don't go to plan, the very same thing could happen in germany too. now these cavaliers statements are shocking to american ears. the right i'm joined to live by our t correspondence. charlotte davinsky, who is currently in munich. lottie, tell us what's going on there may be valentine's day, but there is certainly no loving here in munich at the security conference. and that says, you heard that fiery speech from the us, v

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then i want to know whether or not you had the same type of criticism for dick cheney who shot a man when he was vice president. for dan quayle who couldn't even spell potato. and i listed all the things. afterwards i told -- doug and i have a signal back that we do. because part of the bond and the friendship that we have is that the love of our wives. you are not going to speak ill about my wife and walk away from it. he was the same way. many times i had to say doug, called them. he said somebody write something. we'll be okay. i got it. you don't have to do it. but the vp, what she did in those 107 days or 109 days -- [applause] i have never, i've seen a lot of candidates, i've seen a lot of candidates. i've never seen somebody work as hard to do as much as she did in that period, to run the race that she ran. we should be thanking her every single day for all of the hard work and effort that she put in to fight for our democracy. she did so much for this nation, and i am always been her gratitude. i always will show my appreciation for all that she's done. and then to our presid

> trace: live in d.c., thank you let's bring in former deputy security advisor for vice president cheney, heritage foundation researcher, great to have you on the show. i want to feel a little bit more sound of the president talking about zelenskyy tonight, watch. >> president donald trump: europe has failed to bring peace and zelenskyy probably wants to keep the gravy train going, i don't know what the problem is but he has not been able to. he's upset he was not invited but he could have if he wanted to. >> trace: the president clearly being very blunt, is he aiming for a bigger goal here? is there something else at play? >> i see this as trump being trump, there is history of ukraine and this leader of ukraine that has affected president trump in his first term. obviously he has what he called the perfect phone call and there was questions of corruption at boomerang back into an impeachment here. zelenskyy was in pennsylvania during the election time, with the governor there, pretty clear about being for president trump's opponents in the election. there was no love lost but i think t

. >> i also think liz cheney is very heroic. >> wait, what? where did that come from?ith a message about fighting democracy with a former republican member of congress was the right strategy. >> democratic donors are having serious regrets about giving carla to bill just to have it all disappear in a landside. some are threatening to send cash again against the party gets a major overhaul. with the cash trot, liberal activist groups are laying off 20% of their staff. one adviser is moving to canada. he says the coup was a big mistake, he called it bite inside. the golden age is giving them high anxiety. "democrats are lost politically culturally, spiritually. many them, privately felt that the current president is executive leave producing a massive shift in the zeitgeist club. trump's popularity has never been higher. and democrats get nervous. they sing. >> ♪ trupp is not a king ♪ ♪ never turning back ♪ ♪ never turning back ♪ ♪ stop the cash-strapped ♪ end in the grassroots resistance not what it used to be. between songs and some guy dragging a trumped up with a noo

the senator from california is a great example asking pam bondi, questions about pardons for liz cheneymericans are worried about. fentanyl poisoning, crime, trafficking and they are worried about weaponization of his institutions against political opponents and you hear a lot in the media the wasn't a big deal for the election, it was a huge because white people turned out in favor of the president. they are very concerned about the institutions corrected from one political side versus the other because if you do it on one hand, it can be done to anybody else and that's not the way america is supposed to function or the way the system was set up. equal justice is there for a reason so they said they are going to reestablish that and that something americans deeply care about and people come from other countries, legal immigrant's care about the rule of law because the whole reason, one of the big reasons is because the country they came from doesn't adhere to any of those principles. >> we'll be right back. ♪ if i had to start college again from scratch, i probably wouldn't have made i

mozoko, trustee chair in chinese business and economics and nicholas cheney, senior fellow japan chair. in addition to these broader -- we just had the prime minister here in washington. did that give us a broader sense of what concerns or expectations they might have moving forward? >> good afternoon, everyone. i think japan like many allies and partners around the world was wondering what the so-called america first foreign policy might mean for the relationship between the united states and japan but more broadly for u.s. strategy in asia. with the japanese government, able to get in early, the prime minister met with the president here in washington on february 7. and i think the theme from japan's perspective coming out of that meeting is one of insurance assurance. president trump reaffirmed the u.s. commitment to defend japan which is stwemly important given the complex and deteriorating security environment in asia. the joint statement issued by the two leaders talked about bilateral defense cooperation and continuing a pattern of coop race with other like-minded partners in th

he had always talked about liz cheney when he attacked liz cheney, he would talk about liz cheney andoing less overseas, doing less outside the country. so i'm curious, this appears to have just cropped up postelection when we hear about greenland, the panama canal, canada, on and on and on, any, any, any reporting on when that began developing and his strategic approach. >> yeah. >> it's a great. >> question, joe, because. >> i went back. >> and looked at. all of his public remarks. >> his speeches. >> and rallies. >> and. >> interviews and. >> so forth during the 24 campaign. >> guess what? >> the word. >> greenland never came up. not once. and when he mentioned the panama canal, it was only in the. >> context of. >> how. >> you know, jimmy. >> carter made a. >> bad decision. >> not that he was going. >> to. >> go take it. >> back with, you know. >> a naval fleet or. >> something. >> like that. and i. >> didn't find any reference to canada becoming the 51st state, much less. >> the idea of taking over gaza. >> remember. >> that's the. >> thing he floated just. >> last week. >> hard

it's just is karl rove or dick cheney running the government? trump is running the government. to me musk has been quite differential to the president. i don't think that tactic is going to work. >> yeah. no, it's not. you can't actually get the guy. you try to get the guy underneath him, right? they are basically just trying anything they can do to hamstring the trump administration. you've seen it as you said during the bush administration. i experienced a little of this when i was the chief of staff, too. if you can't take the guy out you have to go after their number two and try to make them politically unpalatable. the interview shows about status of the relationship and president trump's willingness to pursue doge until they get results. >> bill: they are saying a trillion dollars they can save. see how close they get to it. nice to see you today, josh holmes by popular demand. revealing moment from the interview musk made this comment about the endorsement he gave to trump that perhaps even surprised the president. this is how that went down. >> i've known him for 30 yea

. >> democrats need to be standing up and speaking out in this moment and not being mamby dick cheneye will fight back against donald trump's hateful agenda. >> harris: they are so cheery. do you think they're winning voters. democrats are talking tough about fighting back against president trump. others are saying they are off to a slow start. the hill with this headlines. democrats fume over weak, early response to trump. one party strategist told them trump is eating us for lunch and we're letting him. house minority leader hakeem jeffries laid out a plan to colleagues yesterday. house democrats will continue to push back against the far right extremism, he says, that is being relentlessly unleashed on the american people. republican congressman. >> it's contrarian. whatever president trump does if it's a, they want b, if it's b they want a. they can't ever let the guy try to implement something that america first. >> harris: power panel matt gorman and patrick murphy. look, matt, this is not really hard science. but what do they expect to happen on the left with voters if they foc

we're going to need some republicans, frankly, who are willing to lose, who are willing to be a liz cheneye my seat to do the right thing by this country, not the right thing by donald trump. i haven't seen it yet. let's hope. >> democratic congressman dan goldman of new york. [laughter and applause] >> jon: that's the sales pitch. "we just need someone on their side willing to lose everything for progress! like a russian dog being shot into space!" you can see the democrats' backbone in our new show, "america backslides," starring dan goldman as hopeful loser! ♪ ♪ [applause] but fine, we have to rely on republicans in congress to be a check on trump. how's that going? >> republican senator thom tillis says that while he believes trump's actions run "afoul of the constitution in the strictest sense," he believes "nobody should bellyache about that." >> you're comfortable if he shuts those down without getting congressional approval? >> well, congress will be involved at some point, but i think the country's comfortable. >> they're using that authority right now in a way it hasn't been used

and he has succeeded in cleansing the republican party of people like liz cheney and adam kinzinger anditt romney and the people who would actually stand up for historical fact, for reality, and for the rule of law and for the constitution. and so this vengeance tour, this mass political vendetta, suddenly has become the overriding agenda of the government. and the republican party is allowing his fantasies, his mania and his pathologies to define public policy in the country. >> congressman jamie raskin, as always, thank you so much for being at our table next. >> you bet. >> trump trying to fire ellen weintraub, the chair of the federal election commission. but she says that move is illegal. we're going to talk to her right after this. you're watching the after this. you're watching the weekend. we're still going for that sweet shot. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem... we're going for eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. don't stop eliquis without asking you

it's not -- calm down there, buddy." [ light laughter ] "me and dick cheney and the whole gang, we're. "zip-up boots" was never a sketch that made it? >> it did not make it. i was failing miserably. i kept failing. and i wrote this sketch where a guy has a talk show where he just keeps showing off his zipper boots. [ light laughter ] it wasn't great. but it -- it made the room laugh. it didn't get -- and i was, like -- my hopes were high because i had nothing on the show for so long. and i was getting fired. it was an obvious thing. i'm in the rewrite room sitting there, it's my first year, i'm sweating. everyone else has got, "hey, i can't wait to do your sketch." i'm there, oh, boy, i'm never going to get a sketch on. will ferrell comes through the door, and he had stopped at the floor shine place and got me a pair of zipper boots. [ laughter ] and it was just one of these moments where i think will was like, "don't worry, it's going to happen." [ audience aws ] it was so sweet, so -- and i think we both sort of look back at it -- i was very -- i was always on his side in the beginn

. >> think liz cheney is very heroic. >> wait, what? >> how did that. wait, where did that come? we are. here we are. >> but i don't think closing the campaign with a message about fighting democracy with a former republican member of congress was the right strategy. >> democrat donors are having some serious regrets about giving kamala to bill, just to have it all disappear in a landslide. some donors are now writing trump's name on their checks. others are closing their wallets completely or threatening to send cash again unless the party gets a major overhaul with a cash drought. liberal activist groups are laying off 20% of their staff. one democrat advisor is moving to canada. he says the coup was a big mistake. called it biden's side. the golden age is giving them high anxiety. democrats are lost politically, culturally, spiritually. many democrats privately fret that the current president is executive, producing a massive shift in the zeitgeist. trump's popularity, at least during his first three weeks in office, has never been higher. when democrats get nervous, they sing