joining me now, christina greer. and glen kushner. glen, i'll start with you.rro being the third or fourth person to make a memo. he said there was more than one volume to say here is how you can green bay packers the election, disrupt the certification and then somehow scare the vice president or convince him to send it back to the states and make the congress decide the president. there is multiple people that admitted or evidence that they tried to do that. this seems to be a straightforward conspiracy that starts from the white house and goes through other parts of government. how in the world is this not a criminal conspiracy? >> it's a conspiracy plain and simple because you can add peter navarro to the other lists of conspiracies ensighters were part and so many others and it really is strange because it feels like all of these people are trying to be the most valuable conspirators and their willingness to play into donald trump's when you look at the reporting. navarro surfs the internet and puts together memos about debunked election things. he named t

. >> joining us now, christina greer from fordham university. jill wine-banks and juanita tolliver.ghing, but what does ted cruz's apology say about the republican party, and what does his sad groveling interview say about tucker carlson's influence on the republican party? >> well, you know i think we are all laughing to keep from crying. we are in a really dangerous place. we have a u.s. senator going on a fox news network begging a host to accept an apology for an insurrection that did happen, you know. i can't wrap my mind around the fact that only two republicans having to go into the chamber for the moment of silence. no other republicans had the dignity and decency to pay respect to those that lost their lives defending the capitol. when the insurrectionists were calling for the death of not just mike pence and other colleagues of ted cruz. it really did remind me, honestly jonathan, of donald trump refusing to attend the inauguration. the republican party is not just the party of no. but they are willing to erode all of our institutional norms and democratic principles to up

. >> joining us now, christina greer, associate professor of political science jill. e is also a host of of the idea in politics podcast. and juanita tolliver, democratic strategist, an msnbc political analyst. christina, i'm sorry that i came in -- out of that soundbite laughing. what does craig cruises apology say about the republican party? what does this graph full -- sad, gravelling interview say about ted -- >> i think we're all laughing to keep from crying. this is actually a very dangerous place. we have a u.s. senator who's going on a fox news network, begging a host to accept an apology for an insurrection that did happen. i can't wrap my mind around the fact that only two republicans -- there were no other republicans who had the dignity and decency to pay respect to those who lost their lives. when those insurrectionists called for the death of mike paths, and other colleagues of ted cruz. it really did remind me, honestly jonathan, of donald trump refusing to attend the noggin ration. we're in a dangerous position, where the republican party, is not just t

christina greer, you teach in a university environment. do you agree with tom's point?. >> right. >> i think we have to remember that we're dealing with, you know, generation z which i'm in love with this generation, i think that they're so smart and thoughtful, but we have to remember they're children still and so they're going to university, they finished high school under covid in sort of extreme circumstances, but we have to remember we saw quite a bit of protests in 2020, cities across the country, then covid really hit and sort of brought people back indoors. we also have to remember so many of my students are active in different ways, but like the reality is they're looking at a pretty hefty price tag on their college education, so many of my students work one, two, sometimes three jobs to supplement their education and so -- because their parents no longer have a social safety net, thank you, republicans, and so the pressures that they feel are pretty extreme. so i know they're thinking about these ideas, but some of their constraints are slightly different than

. >> joining me former sdny prosecutor maya wiley and christina greer. what happens with this information with donald trump saying the quiet part out loud? >> it joins a ream of evidence where the quiet part wasn't said out loud but was really quite loud if you're looking at it as an attorney. what we're hearing out of his mouth are the very things we had witness after witness after witness apparently say to the january 6th committee and that's why we're seeing this probe expand to trump's inner circle and as you pointed out, folks saying yes, this is what we were trying to do. we were trying to get our slate of electors. in fact, we know from books like peril that donald trump in a meeting with mike pence was say ing wouldn't it be great when the rally happens, people do what they're going to do. i'm not quoting the book but the implications are clear and pence is saying, no, it would not be good. we don't know their sources. the those sources were talking to two reporters they are amongst the hundreds of people who have been giving evidence to the janu

of "washington week" on pbs and michael beschloss, host of "fireside history" on peacock and christina greer and adam, executive director of battle born collective and former deputy chief of staff to the great majority leader harry reid. this is a boss panel. so excited to talk to you-all. talk about this press conference. this was two hours of biden speaking. he was literally speaking at the same time joe manchin was being like don't bother. what did the white house from your reporting, what were they trying to get out of this day other than commemorating the one year and is there a belief they won't take no for an answer, they believe they can somehow still win on voting rites? >> what i'm super excited to be joining the msnbc family. i can't wait. per our white house history was the longest presidential news conference in history. it wasn't just long. it was historically epically long and what the president really set out to do was one push back on his critics, talk about sort of what he wanted to do in his next year and the mistakes he perceived he made but out there to prove something.

. >> tom rodgers, christina greer, thank you both. that does it for us this morning. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hello there. happy mlk day. i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is monday, january 17th and today as the country honors the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. a standstill on voting rights. the deadline for major reform was supposed to be today, now president biden says he's not sure if he can get a bill passed at all. >>> and on the other side of the world the australian open under way just today, but novak djokovic is back home in serbia. officially barred from the tournament for refusing to get vaccinated. why this could be just the beginning of a tough road ahead for that tennis star. >>> plus a dangerous storm plowing through the northeast with millions of people waking up to snow, ice, strong winds, thousands of flights canceled. everything you need to know this morning. >>> but we begin with that brazen hostage taking at a synagogue in texas. this morning police are tryi

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