laura: donna brazile, thank you so much for joining us. donna: always a pleasure. laura: now, for those old enough to remember, which includes me, it was 40 years ago that the first "star wars" movie was released. luke skywalker and darth vader has become icons of one of the most successful film series in history. the 8th film in the franchise, "the last jedi," had its european premiere in london tonight. the bbc was on the red carpet. reporter: the stars of "star wars," cinema royalty. on the red carpet with actual royalty. princes william and harry, such during filminga, they secretly played cameos as stormtroopers, much to the excitement of the cast. >> it was great, fantastic, phenomenal. and it was an official visit as well. they got an x-wing and all that kind of stuff. reporter: all one more indication of the impact the series has made since its return. one key factor in the recent success of "star wars" has been the expansion of its own universe with respect to on-screen representation of both race and gender. >> i think movies start a conversation and it i

donna: thank you so much.i want to start with a poll that just came out that shows the biggest margin in favor of democrats in the congress since 2008. 50% of americans would rather see the democrats running the congress as opposed to 39%. 11 point difference for republicans. cannot hold up in the fall and what does that mean for the house of representatives? donna: that number is going to grow for two reasons. the republicans have been in control for congress for more than a year and what they have done for the american people is distasteful. you will see the number grow and a new crop of democratic candidates emerge all of the country. i believe next fall that we are going to have a tidal wave similar to what we saw in 2006 after the disastrous performance of george bush and dick cheney following the 2004 presidential election. shery: 59% of democrats said they have a high level of interest for the 2018 elections as a compared to only 49% of republicans. in your book, you talk about this pharrell environment

i want to live the questions as a happy warrior. >> thank you, donna.wife, carolina, runs congreso. we spent christmas eve with our boys, going through the neighborhood handing out toys. we needed two armed -- we needed two police officers to go with us in that neighborhood, and i was really -- to see the looks on those faces and knowing that a lot of these kids are gonna be subject to some terrible things on the streets really troubled me, and one of my resolutions is as republican party chairman is talk more about those kids and what we can do to help those neighborhoods. >> okay. thank you, val. and mine is kind of simple but maybe not. look at screens a heck of a lot less. >> that was one of mine, too. >> and just try to look at the stuff out there 'cause i feel like aliens will come down to this planet, and they'll see everyone like this and they'll go to the next one. we don't want that to happen. happy new year, everyone! raising our glass to 2018. >>> after reports of multiple documents down what we're learning about this active situation >>> a

miller she's in jerusalem donna what's the response that we've seen reaction from the he's obviously very place but does this decision have unanimous support. i have to say that really across the political spectrum here israel.

obviously we didn't bring him in. >> reporter: donna deebo has been there. opioids after a car accident. a full-time waitress, she was prescribed opioids after a car accident. in time, scoring heroin became her main line of work. is.ly.s like a job itself, >> reporter: just trying to find that day's drugs? >> yes. then, once that day is over, your mind's already going 1,000 times a minute thinking, "what am i going to do for the next day?" >> reporter: how long have you been out of the workforce? >> i've been out of work for about seven years. >> reporter: the prime skill she honed: shoplifting. >> i would go into all the stores. my trunk and my backseat would be full with everything. sears, i'm no longer allowed on their property. i stole so much from them, i probably own their store. >> reporter: and then there was her daughter's new cell phone. >> we had some people over, and all of a sudden, it just came up missing. i made it look like it came up missing. i am the one, actually, in fact, that did it. >> reporter: you stole it from your daughter and sold

. >> but when nancy's parents gary and donna rentz heard donna was missing, they were gripped by something dark and cold. >> gary said to me, donna, this story is not going to have a happy ending. >> by afternoon, the cary police were involved. >> all i was told on the phone was it was a missing person's. >> when detective george daniels arrived, nancy's neighborhood was already filling up with a small army of her panicked friends. nancy's family rushed to cary to join in the search. her brother brad made a public plea for help. >> if anyone knows anything, i just want them to contact the police with any information they may have. and again, thank you to everyone that continues to come out and help out. >> sir, do you have a flyer? >> volunteers chased up and down the running trails where she loved to train. they combed the surrounding parks and lakes and woods for this woman they'd grown to love since she and brad moved down from canada. >> when she walked into a room, that's where people wanted to be. >> she and brad were like a lot of people in cary. raising a family here, having got th

thank you my friend donna edwards., republicans were quick to pass a tax cut that benefits the wealthy. meanwhile, millions of children in need of health insurance can be left out in the cold this christmas. this is a program called chips. it's for kids just at the poverty level and a little bit above who need health care and aren't getting it. this is really if you think about it tiny tim stuff. democrats are demanding action tonight. you're watching "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." democrats have pointed out that the republican focus of the tax bill has made them put the children's health insurance on the back burner. the program is running out of money. democratic lawmakers held a press conference today where they held lumps of coal demanding that they reauthorize the program before the holidays. let's watch. >> this is the ultimate bad christmas carol story. this may be the most shame full day in the history of congress. we're going to put 9 million kids in this country at risk. so what we're doing here

they wonder why at school people come up and say, is your momma donna?living in portugal now. but we caught up with her. >> the favorite in the house, love hydration. >> looks to us like madonna is living her best life. she made another dream come true, doing a stand up at a comedy club with pal amy schumer. >> i think doing your best is your life and sleep, which has nothing to do with me, i'd love to sleep more. >> i love that lady. next year, huge year, she turns 60 in august. 6-0 wrap your around around that. >> coming up, raising a couple of musical prod gis. >> gloria esteban is just one of the honors of the kennedy center honors. >> it's a privilege. >> also receiving recognition is lionel richie and luke bryant performed a tribute. >> every day around lionel richie, it looks like he's having the best day of his life. >> i'm so excited i get to introduce who the final fourth coach is. >> alicia keyes makes her return as a coach on "the voice"" in the spring. meantime, her and her husband are raising their own prodigies. their 7-year-old son egypt

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did donna brazile write a book? greg: poor donna. [laughter] it was the best book ever.you are a. >> my favorite moment was when the junior senator from kansas interviewed neil gorsuch in his confirmation. >> so neil, first question. when i say the name greg, what the first thing you think of? >> i think i was years or rugged independence. >> i thought you were going to say from. i'm glad you say independence. anyway, what do you think about his last book, how to be right? >> it makes an excellent doorstop. >> savage, neil. that reminds me that i see you are doing with the bouncer outside the club last night and they clearly were not letting you in. >> you are right. there were two lists as i recall. i wasn't on the first list. >> damn, that sucks. what did the bouncer say. >> to send neil, you're not on the list. [laughter] and i said you're right, i'm not list. and he said i should be on the list. >> so you did get in. cool. who would you rather eat pancakes with? rosie o'donnell or [inaudible]? >> i'm not sure why it has to be a choice. >> it's your job to make decisi

bitterly complaining about brad, even to strangers like donna lopez.nervously looked across the street to her own house. >> how did you feel when you left that night? >> i was very worried, for someone who i didn't know well. i thought i met someone really, really nice and told my husband something really bad was going to happen over there. it's really bad. >> so nancy disappeared. her friends' eyes all turned to brad. after all, they knew about the conflict and jessica adam knew nancy was supposed to be at her house at 8:00 a.m. that saturday to paint. when nancy didn't show up, she called the police. >> i was very concerned. i had seen brad in my house, and he was agitated that week. related to the painting. >> it's a marriage gone bad. it's hardly proof of murder. nor was brad's conspicuous absence from her memorial service, nor his apparent lack of interest or cooperation as the police saw it in the murder investigation. these were suspicions. but there was no physical evidence linking brad to the crime. the prosecutor would say it was because he c

. >> when donna alley entered the work force she struggled. it wasn't a legal struggle but with no work, she started cleaning houses. now the owner of the of successful cleaning company she never forgot her own challenges. >> long ago, someone gave me a chance. gave me an opportunity to succeed, and i believe in paying it forward. >> reporter: approaching 1,000 employees and with contracts throughout the city, donna's team clean is committed to giving ex offenders that chance they need. >> when they come in that lobby, their head is down. they find out they have job, when they leave out of this office and i can see them walk the pathway down there they walking different. >> judges -- john and team clean are not alone but they are an example of the difference the city hopes we can make in each of our communities if now during the holidays we consider giving a second chance for goodness sake. i'm bill anderson. ♪ >>> from that to this. we've got a program in philadelphia where children are learning from the generation that is have been there and

donna, evan with me. okey dokey.n with "today" and making this argument let trump be trump. talk about the timing of this book. and they're out there saying trump's got absolutely nothing to worry about. >> and i'm going on a date about jennifer lawrence later. let trump be trump. look what letting trump be trump has gotten us to as special counsel help was trump when he fired james comey and that brought about the special counsel. i think it's terrible advice. and what they're saying and corey lewandowski is saying oh, they got mike flynn on, just lying to the fbi, it's not really a big deal this is where the investigation's going. no, this is how a very long, swift and methodical investigation goes forward. they start nibbling at the fish, the smaller pieces and they get them to turn. it's like you take down a drug cartel, the mob or a massive criminal conspiracy. so they should be worried. if they want to project an alternate reality, they have the rile. >> especially in light of the fact we are learning so much m

go find it, but, donna, do you think he has a point?igence community weighed in last year. so donald trump does have some reason to believe that they're not for him? >> look, these intelligence officials weighed in because they saw in donald trump someone who was unfit to lead the united states of america. i -- i have nothing but respect for those in the intelligence community. they put their lives on the line for our country. they provide great analysis and the best judgment they possibly can, but they're at war now with the president of the united states who has decided not to take their information, or to cherry pick through it and attack them and i want to say to those officials, continue to do a good job, keep us safe. protect us, and let's get to the bottom of what happened next year so we can prevent it from happening again in 2018 and beyond. >> donna brazile, thank you. appreciate your time. that wrap things up for me. kasie hunt picks up things right now. >> good morning. i am kasie hunt live from washington following a very b

thank you. >> thank you, donna edwards for coming in. >> coming up on 5@630.ls are deadly amtrak crash in washington state. back after this. "what if" more of the energy we used came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? "what if" our grid were less vulnerable and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy. . >>> there are new details emerging about the crew's actions moments before the train went off the tracks. >> the ntsb is ramping up its investigation into the amtrak derailment that left at least three people dead. investigators say the train barrelled into a curve at more than 18 miles an hour in a 30 miles an hour zone. and now we're learning more about the crew's actions in the moments before the derailment. crew members were not using cell phones or other electronic devices. but only mentioned th

what would be your response to donna's argument? and if not her argument, the larger sentiment out there amongst many of his followers that feel that the fix was in? >> look, i think the truth is senator sanders was able to compete vigorously in a calendar that had been preset before either one of them got into the race and he lost. the particular incident that donna points to is a memorandum of understanding, which notes -- which was about a joint fund-raising agreement, which was to raise money for the general election, not for the primaries, and senator sanders, sanders campaign ended actually executing a joint fund-raising agreement with the dnc, they just didn't raise any money for it. i think that was a -- probably the right decision for them because we were trying to get ready for the general election. he was still behind. he was trying to use all his resources to see if he could somehow overcome secretary clinton's lead. the truth is we raised money for the dnc purposely, lawfully, consistently with what previous democratic

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, donna brazil talks about her life in her memoir. >> i was at 10th and gillary was very excited. .he met a state senator she met the state senator. -- we were oniend the third floor. she knew barack obama. i did not know barack obama. i know a lot of people. have not heard of barack obama. we met him spring of 2003. the rest is history. night atday, sunday 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span cities tour talks -- here's atory tv recent program. >> my district is located in the capital region, northern hudson valley. it is an area rich in history and heritage. very much an inspiration to the westward movement, industrial revolution sparked by an erie canal, a waterway that was developed by then governor clinton. saratoga springs is a great tourism attraction. in native american expression, there were names applied to this place that spoke to the moving water, mineral waters that were seen as a source of healing.

ok we can get some reaction from and also i twenty four news correspondents to donna miller and also made with this is a new york let's start with. how did trump justify his decision the. well we heard it from the lips of the u.s. president he is recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and he's talking of you moving the u.s. embassy to the city of jerusalem in compliance with that decision now he says that he is fully committed still to the possibility of a two state solution he says that he's looking for a quote good deal for both the israelis and the palestinians this is how he put it when speaking to the country this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. we want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and a great deal for the palestinians now there's been quite a reaction internationally we've heard from a longtime u.s. ally saudi arabia criticizing the decision we've heard from turkey another longtime u.s. ally and member of nato also criticizing the decision now we've also

cspan: another b best-seller for books in books, donna brazile's book, hacked. >> she was here couple nights ago. cspan: did you see her? >> i did. she was in conversation with ana navarro. that was quite -- cspan: who was an obama administration official, right? >> no. ana navarro is a republican. ana navarro is on cnn she is anti-trump cnn reporter, not a reporter, but a commentator. very outspoken. they became friend on the set of cnn and, you know, it clearly donna is telling her side of the story and she has a lot of, a lot of raw emotion that is still there. cspan: the book is pretty raw. >> no, it is. it is. cspan: lays it right out there. >> she feels, rightfully so she should be able to tell her story asisis s it. there is pushback. people say not exactly the way i saw it. that is why books are written to create theia dialogue in the ton square. cspan: now if you watched our coverage in the past years from miami, you have met mitch kaplan over the years as founder, cofounder of miami book fair, owner of books in books but last couple years we kind of taken him.tage of we invi

he also responds to allegations made by former interim chair donna brazile about the primary process being rigged in hillary clinton's favor. from duke university in north carolina, this is one hour and 15 minutes. you came to hear my friend, john podesta, who for decades now has been one of the leading political figures in the country. he served at the highest level in the clinton administration, clinton white house, and again in the obama administration as counselor in the white house and then he was the head of hillary for president campaign, he makes ad that mean risotto. don't ask me how i found that out. mr. podesta: you don't bake risotto. [laughter] mr. feaver: but john, welcome. so john, what we want to talk about tonight is, how did we get here? what kind of answer would you get? where are we and how did we get here? mr. podesta: you probably expect me to say the russians stole the election and were a heck of a match. >> right? [indiscernible] mr. podesta: i think the country was in a place of transition. iy was in a place of transition. of a was a lot of rise sort of popul

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wear joined by former maryland democratic congresswoman by nearby here, donna ed wars. nbcnews.com. sam stein, editor at "the daily beast," msnbc contributor. one point of news. tomorrow, right? you have the 50? >> we don't know if they have the 50. it seems like they should have the 50. >> who's definitely off? anybody? >> no one's definitely -- >> johnson? >> no one's definitely off. there are a couple based on their concerns of the deficit, a couple of holdouts based on how the tax is passed through corporations. the latest reporting i saw was four or five holdouts. they were going to work through the night to try to figure out how to fix this thing. it's not done yet. but i do think it ultimately gets done, it's just a matter of getting it across that final yard. >> what strikes me is the daylight robbery aspect of this. walk into the bank without masks, give us all the money. i mean, they're keeping carried interest. it's a big corporate cut. it's a big cut for the top brackets. gets rid of the minimum tax. it's a fantastic boondoggle for inheritance. leave $22 mil

we're here donna. you pick a windy day lindsey like the. protesters take to the streets of the austrian capital vienna off of the country sees a far right party and into a coalition government we can see the live pictures not. me while i still reporter he claims responsibility for an attack on an afghan intelligence training center in kabul. breakpoints scales new winds reaching a record price of twenty thousand dollars a coin the new rules targeting the cryptocurrency. and in response to donald trump's decision to move america's israeli embassy to jerusalem and announces a similar move for east jerusalem and the state of palestine.

pocket sign of is the second biggest retailer of furniture after ikea you know the market leader here donna who is in frankfurt thank you. d'argent bank is complying with the u.s. probe into donald trump's alleged links with russia investigators issued a subpoena against a german lender to release documentation of trump's accounts trump's lawyer initially initially denied that now a source within the bank confirmed to the financial times that special counsel robert muller has indeed ordered dorsey to hand over information in fact the source said that the only situation where the bank can legally hand over customer data is with a court order sign the investigation could now be moving on to trans russian ties before this presidential campaign throw even if you like me like electric cars you have might not have enough cash to invest in state of the art technology that comes right now straight from the car makers assembly lines well if you're a handy person unlike me and enjoy a bit of tinkering why not take matters into your own talented hands and do what hector ruiz from mexico city did he de

. >> robert, eileen and then donna parker. >> could i have the overhead projector? >> put your item there. sfgov tv will transmit. >> there it is. your time is running. >> i thought you could wait -- you know, unfortunately san francisco dropped the ball on jurisdiction on t.n.c.s. they have the opportunity when christine hyachi was in charge of the taxi division and you dropped it. you now have a new opportunity. but you've really got to work on it in cooperation with the supervisors. about six months ago, i went to a meeting and supervisor peskin, who is in charge of this san francisco county transportation board, has got a series of statistics on t.n.c.s which conclusively, as far as we can tell, proves that these t.n.c.s are operating exclusively as taxis. something like 70% of all the ridesic up and drop off in san francisco, especially if you include the airport. it could even be higher because it is very difficult to get these statistics. and i suggest you work with the supervisors to do something about this. otherwise all the money you spend on roads and eve

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president donna. trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the islamist group hamas has said two of its gunmen were killed in israeli air strikes carried out in response to rocket attacks from the gaza strip and the palestinian health ministry said israeli bombings on friday injured more than a dozen people this comes as demonstrators and israeli forces clash for a third day amid a wave of outrage over trump's decision to reverse decades of u.s. policy. our correspondent my a shooter is in jerusalem and she's been following developments for us there hello to you miles so we've already seen several days of violent protests how have things been today well if you're just looking behind me at the damascus gate where all the protests in jerusalem were happening yesterday it looks like a very call normal saturday afternoon evening here but we do know that there have been some small protests still happening in jerusalem that i've been pushed back by the police and in the west bank and

donna welcome to the program two people have been killed in the western iranian city of protests across the country says officials have denied security forces were responsible and said they mean foreign agents both unconfirmed social media reports say please show off the protesters state officials have warned that those stoking disorder will post pay the price. protests against unemployment inflation and corruption went into the third day in several cities across iran the capital tehran saw burning bins on a burning building. at the gates of the university hundreds of students and others clashed with riot police. earlier state television finally reported the demonstrations that have been spreading over the last few days the newsreader blamed what she called hostile websites an alien media for stirring up just as his faction called the protests illegal state television showed a peaceful demonstration but there were clashes earlier with police in the western city of come on show. the government does not like support tens of thousands of iranians took part in rallies planned for weeks they

there are those i want to donna's my mother and. i have worked all their life. well obviously good that died. you know one of them will do so that will go below your bed you know why because i'm making other want to hear more from you did you want to come downstairs and kissed her goodbye. you're evil or did you want to come downstairs do a label or play here your love to get it ok ok. you've got the money. you know remember the day your dad. you will remember there's a very good dad. there linda i can't get them to do anything to help. a woman home when they were three below. make me feel with words is. that we were. the paulist here might have been. i believe when he found out that he wasn't coming back that he gave up all hope. of having the doctor's appeal to my sister and to the guard again just. to try to get her back up here to say goodbye to the house for. its own horrible thing to have to even. negotiate her coming back. and as long as you remember. who hears what he was i was born or. then she should be afforded an opportunity to say. goodbye i love yo

donna's party which had the best individual results on thursday so you think about it at the union those is the sun yes life in cut the lonia has certainly been affected by the divisive political situation with many locals hoping for some kind of breakthrough. on fender there you go there's no progress because i believe we must take a step further and that the gainers of spain and catalonia put themselves in our place and understand they must solve the issue and leave the most extreme positions aside. because not those mom. me steps because and i think things have remained as they were and they should look now for a different solution to solve the problem but obviously. the hoary has made it clear he would talk with the new leaders as long as they don't violate the country's constitution despite separatist parties winning a slim majority forming a government is still a long way off. or more on the forming government efforts in just a minute but first it's the festive season and in spain that means one thing in particular a few lucky people are getting a big cash payout it's time ordo the

donna, emily and arielle.se, no one loves cookies more than kids so we have our kids here to help us as our taste testers, as well and we got to say may the best cookie win. that's what this contest is about. the best cookie and, richard, you brought some of your favorite christmas cookies. why do you love these so much. >> i did. i love cookies of all sorts just to be clear. i'm a fan. i love these cookies because they're almost a dough thought to be honest. how can you not love them. almond cookies and traditional sugar cookie filled with jelly and tried to make mine look like a wreath but that is sort of part of the spirit of the holidays to have fun with the design. >> you do that and your favorite recipes to learn how to make all that stuff on there. what else? >> starving for attention is my new podcast and bring people in from the food world and chop it up and talk about things whether it's recipes or just what they got going. >> starving for attention. i love that. >> very good. >> podcast and the matc

even though i said it's the economy stupid, what donna is saying is absolutely right.his will be a referendum on trumpism and there's very little the republicans do now will be willing to coo to distance themselves from donald trump between now and november. >> donna, this tax bill is going to increase the deficit depending on what estimates you use by about a trillion dollars. we've already heard talks from the president, marco rubio and others about so-called entitlement reform. let's take medicaid, for example, the biggest government program of that sort that would offset the trillion-dollar increase in the deficit. but this is a fight that paul ryan has already indicated he's willing to go down. so that's something else democrats are going to have to come up against. >> well, i mean they've already taken money away from the poor and the middle class to fund these tax breaks to the super wealthy americans in the country. and now they want to go after medicare and medicaid. and, you know, mitch mcconnell has already said that is a dead loser in the senate. and i thin

i know donna thank you for joining us as this vicious taco found at a pharmacy near a christmas market in the german town of pottstown on friday was not terrorism related says the interior minister of brandenburg as days and side berlin were pattani as the case had said that a suspect had demanded money from d.h.l. as a german delivery company at. package was not a finished bomb but it included a blackmail demand imbedded in a q.r. codes a similar device was found in a city in eastern germany and that was in november. for more on this story now we're going to be joined by political correspondent case brady here in studio thanks for joining us. do you know anything else about this blackmail letter well all we know so far is that the letter was in fact inside the package and it was actually encrypted in i.q. all cards and police are now linking this to a similar case in mentioned in another eastern german town that was back in november but in that case the black my lesson was lost as that package actually caught fire as it was opened one thing that the police have also been able to deter

msnbc contributor steve schmidt, donna edwards, now a senior fellow at the brennan center for justice and jim vandehay, co-founder of axios, the scoop machine. let me start with you and ask you if you think sarah huckabee sanders' line of defense today feels sustainable. her claim is twofold. one, the president's addressed this and denied it and, two, i've never heard her use that podium to say, i just speak for him. i thought that was an interesting line in the sand she seemed to draw today. >> it was. she said she just speaks for him but she wasn't really saying that much other than what has been says in the past that the president has already addressed these allegations and that the voters have already spoken because these allegations came out before the election. i suspect that that is something we'll hear again, particularly tomorrow, if roy moore wins the senate race. that will probably be the refrain from the white house and some other republicans who back him that the voters have spoken and we can dismiss this. but it is difficult. clearly she was, you know, flustered to have

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