and claire mccaskill's still here at the table. laire, jody cantor's reporting in the "new york times" is excellent but unsurprising. given how insular the chief justice seems to be to the crisis of confidence the public has in the court. i think we pulled some numbers, new numbers from this gallup poll we have cited. they've been asking questions about the court since 1970. i think we're down to -- here it is. gallup found only 7% of americans have a great deal of confidence in the judicial branch of the supreme court. the highest disapproval rating for the court since gallup began tracking. >> somebody over there doesn't get it. what america is asking for right now. accountability. these justices don't have the same rules when it comes to ethics and where they can go and trips they can take. we've got one of the justices that has a spouse that's a full-throated political player and some of the most divisive rhetoric our country's ever seen in politics. ginni thomas is a big problem for the supreme court. and they just are ignoring

also joining us, claire mccaskill and charlie sykes is here, he and claire are msnbc contributors. luke, your colleagues have an extraordinary body of reporting, and i know it is never this easy on the reporting side, but it looks like, as a reader, every rock you turn over has some more lies underneath. take us through what we've learned since we were last all together last week. >> right, my colleagues, nick, grace and michael have done a tremendous job with this story. and really, as you dig deeper into george santos' biography and his public statements, it's becoming increasingly hard to find something he said that was true. almost everything he has said is easily disproved. i mean, the stuff he just brought up about being this all-star volleyball player at a college he didn't even go to, to be this wiz kid at goldman sachs is just lie after lie, compounded upon more lies. and it's -- you know, he's using different names at different points in time. he's -- i think he changed his name in a public appearance as recently as a year or two ago. so, who is this guy, really? and what

joining us now is former missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill and mark, staff writer at the atlanticuthor of thank you for your servitude. donald trump's washington and the price of submission. claire, mark, it is great to close out the year with you. and claire, i just want to start with you first since you are a creature of the senate and know it's contours well. you are someone who has led fierce campaigns yourself, is there anything about the midterm elections that surprised you? >> well, listen, i get that dobbs was an earthquake politically. i understand that democracy was very important. at the end of the day, this is about candidate quality, it really is. if you look in pennsylvania, dr. oz, if you look in many states. if you look at georgia, when extreme candidates were nominated by the republican party. when trump election deniers were nominated, what most of the states did was, they said we are not going to go down that road. that is not what we are looking for in our elected representatives. as we look towards the next election, and believe me, a lot of people in the sena

. >>> joining us is clair mccaskill from missouri and msnbc analyst. claire, is it tonight or yesterday or tomorrow? it feels like time is very elastic? >> it's all blending together. >> kevin mccarthy is still not speaker. kevin mccarthy is still not speaker, claire. >> yeah, do you think, alex, that they don't realize that people are watching this? i mean, it's almost like it's become so insular that they don't understand that the american people are watching and thinking, what? this is how they're going to run government? i am flabbergasted that kevin mccarthy is this clueless, just flabbergasted. >> don't you think at this point it's not just kevin mccarthy, it's also -- you have to wonder what's happening at the upper echelons of republican leadership. there was reporting steve scalise was ready to take the reins if and when mccarthy's bid failed. we hear there's some amount of frustration but the fact that kevin mccarthy is still trying to make the case for his nomination seems to me to be a failure of leadership, don't you think? >> well, i do, a

and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? >> right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far more popular on the right wing of the conference, and scalise bridges the divide between the right wing and the center of the conference. they backed mccarthy to the hilt to this point. we are uncharted territory here, at least for anybody younger than 100 years old, and that's the last time we found ourselves in a situation where the speaker was not collected on the first ballot, and how they support him in the days and potentially many days to come here could be pivotal in seeing if he can overcome this group of 19 or not. this vote is pivotal because we will see if mccarthy starts to bleed support, or if some of the

. >> leading off our discussion tonight is claire mccaskill, former democratic senator from missouri and charles blue, -- both are msnbc political analysts. senator mccaskill i will never -- i won't ask you where you were a 10 pm last night, but i know you are this morning. at 7 pm this -- along with your nap today? >> i did not take a nap today. >> i don't know how to do it. so, george santos now is costing the republicans in the house in a way that i do not think they care about, which is to say costing them credibility. >> you, know it is really, funny he is having a ball. he is never had more fun. this is -- you dream of things, this is a consummate liar and fraud to his drumbeat of the big fraud. now he is bold of the biggest fraud of all and he is happy as a clam and he wants to go out and speak to the public and be this person, and i think with the republicans do not realize, the price that mccarthy is paying for george santos and frankly for marjorie taylor greene and the other band of -- is that they are not getting the headlines that are resonating with the american public.

joining us now is claire mccaskill, former u.s. senator from missouri, and an msnbc analyst.ou for being here tonight. this is really -- what is the of where that you have to describe what is happening here in congress? >> well, it's a chaotic clown show of incompetence. it is, in full view of the american people. keep in mind, alex, that what happened over the dinner break that makes mccarthy think he still has a chance, is there was a deal cut in the backroom about money. >> yeah. >> i mean, the american people need to understand that. they went in the background, and on even sure if it was done legally, and decided that kevin mccarthy's pack would make an oath to never oppose a sitting member of congress no matter how crazy they are. and so, in his -- and that's about money. let's just about money. so if people think these guys are trying to clean the swamp, and why is this progress toward the speakership all about a backroom deal over money? and it's beyond embarrassing. embarrassing doesn't even cover it. but the only victory the new majority has had in the first two day

and claire mccaskill is still with us.hrough, david, the weekend and then i want to ask you where we go from here. >> well, it began with buses coming to brazil and bringing supporters and nobody really knew at that point what exactly was going to happen. but obviously, it's turned from something that was just a march into something very violent. and it does seem like the authorities should have been prepared for it. there was ample time, ample warnings. and yet the protection around these monumental buildings, the most important buildings in the capitol, was scarce. we saw video of these protestors really meeting little resistance as they pushed through. in other videos, police were standing by, some of them chatting with supporters. and so, you know, what happened was four or five hours of this, you know, wild and uncontrolled rampage through the main buildings. they toppled furniture, smashed windows, destroyed some of brazil's treasured artworks that were in these important buildings. and were only removed from there a

alex >> joining us nice claire mccaskill, -- former u.s.nator from missouri and and msnbc analysts. clare, thank you so much for being here tonight. is it tonight or is it yesterday, or is it tomorrow? it feels like time is very elastic. >> yeah, it's all blending together. >> kevin mccarthy is still not speaker of the house. >> do you think, alex, that they don't realize that people are watching this. it's almost like it's become so insular. that they don't understand the american people are watching, and thinking, what. , this is how they're going to run government. i am flabbergasted, that kevin mccarthy is this clueless, just flabbergasted. >> don't you think at this point, it's not just kevin mccarthy it's also, you need to wonder what's happening in the upper at the lot upper echelons of the republicans leadership. there was reported that steve scalise was ready to take the reins when mccarthy's bid failed. we hear that there's some amount of frustration, but the fact that kevin mccarthy is still trying to make the case for his nomina

moderator of "washington week" and the co-anchor of pbs news hour, former democratic senator claire mccaskill and stephen hayes, editor of "the dispatch." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longes running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. after the murder of george floyd, there seemed to be a bipartisan consensus that something had to be done on the national level. but nothing happened. now we're watching this brutal beating of tyre nichols in memphis, tennessee and asking, how can this be happening again? will this be the moment that sparks real action nationally? look, it's not a secret americans are losing confidence in their institutions including the police. and their political leaders in general. in fact, our new nbc news poll out this morning paints a picture of a deeply pessimistic country, distrustful of government in general, with an overall outlook that is historically bleak. asked to describe where america is headed in the next year more than two-thirds use negative wo

senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. up early for us. thank you, claire. author and nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. that was with "way too early." and politico's jonathan lemire and mike allen and on capitol hill, congressional and investigations reporter for the "washington post," jackie alemany is with us. >> senator claire mccaskill thank you so much for being with us. i heard some of your comments yesterday and was struck by them. i want to quote from you a "washington post" op-ed by matt bye. he said the gop is now essentially a gang of walls huffing and puffing at any democratic pillar or foundation they see including their own. turns out once you start tearing down houses, destruction becomes your only reason for existence. mccarthy must understand this now. and that's it. i've been saying for years. this isn't about ideology. none of this is about ideology. if it were then -- then both liz cheney and i with 95% lifetime acu ratings would be conservatives and in good standing with the republican party. this is a

. >> i think claire mccaskill called this day christmas for democrats.how of force and chaos on the other side but there is the reality that republicans are going to take over the majority in the house presumably they will actually elect a speaker then we have to sit there and watch as they try and figure out how to govern. i imagine there's a certain amount of sadness in democratic hearts today as well, given the reality of what's ahead of us. i mean, how do you think of what you've accomplished as a democrat and. >> the american public you think about this institution and the congress as an institution that sort of democracy writ at large and the notion that the republican dysfunction and chaos and crisis has engulfed this institution in the way that it has over the course of the last 24 hours, clearly is a worrying sign for our republic. we want to govern and are prepared to as we have done in the past and i am hopeful the republicans will ultimately learn to do the same, unfortunately, doesn't appear that will be in the cards. >> colorado congressman

week" and the co-anchor of "newshour" on pbs and steven hayes and former democratic senator claire mccaskill. welcome to all of you. i'll start with the lawmaker because you have been there when they tried to do police reform a few times now. the most recent time it didn't happen. stuck on qualified immunity. should we have any hope this time is different? >> i'm always optimistic, and i do think this is brutal. people who think that body cams on police officers are not doing that they should, i get that. this young man died. but wu we now know exactly what happened, so it does make a difference. we are to the point that if you do this, a camera is going to catch it. i've got to applaud memphis and that police chief how quickly they brought this out to the public and how quickly they charged them with murder. >> i want to play something the chief said about why she was so quick and forthcoming. here is what she said to tom llamas. >> what i wanted to deliver for this family at least was that first step of justice for them, to quickly deal with these officers within the scope of my power and

senator and now an msnbc news political analyst, claire mccaskill. she was a member of the senate armed services committee. john finer, i will start with you, what was behind the decision and what can be done in the meantime, given these tanks won't be processed and prepared and shipped for a long time? >> it's a good question. there are two main factors behind the decision to provide the abrams tanks alongside our german partners, and they really are the two overriding motivations that the united states and president biden have had throughout the conflict. one is to get the ukrainians what we think they need to be able to defend their territory. we have done that at every phase of the war, starting with the initial phase when we got them antiaircraft weapons. got them artillery for the next phase of the war, the standoff in the eastern part of the country. now the focus is on the armored vehicles. the second part of the decision is maintaining allied unity, and we have been able to announce the deployment of these tanks in conjunction with our key p

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or is it a matter of overclassification, where former senator claire mccaskill has said on our air many was in the senate she would go into a classified briefing it's come out, and be in there and say, i read this in the new york times the other day. or, is it a combination of the two things? joyce and then harry. >> i think it is exactly the right question. yes, we have an overclassification problem. everyone in government knows that. i would echo clear. i have been in briefings were subsequently, within days, the information was. public and that is a situation we need to reckon with going towards the future. but we cannot say enough how different these situations involving trump mishandling documents and to be discoveries in biden and pence's offices and homes are. and the difference has something to do with what you identify as state of mind. it is not recklessness with trump. it is intent. it is knowledge that he has the documents. there is reporting that he personally went through those boxes after the national archives came knocking on his door. and then deliberately withheld. the