. >> eugene robinson, how did today's service reflected jimmy carter, the man who really remained ase music, the soloists who performed at the funeral. that was a reflection certainly of jimmy carter, not only what he wanted for his departure, but also he was, indeed, a micromanager by all accounts. in every respect. but do you know what really struck me? it was a very plainspoken funeral in many ways. it was -- there was an intimacy, even in the grand cathedral. the family sharing stories about him. andrew young speaking about their relationship that went back so far. and of course, hearing about the friendship. his friendship with gerald ford and how that formed and how it continued. and so at this occasion where you saw all of the former presidents and all of the pump and ceremony, there was also jimmy carter's name and that really struck me. that was so reflective of who he was. >> i agree entirely, eugene. that really came through in the anecdotes. jason, his grandson -- i love the anecdote about everyone else's grandfather when he first got a cell phone -- >> [ laughter ] right

of that piece, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinsonanalyst. so, eugene, you talk about how this is both personal and also policy. walk us through both sides of that equation. >> well, first, the policy. >> you know, bannon is a hardliner against immigration, has been for a long time. elon musk, as he has made clear on his platform x is a you know i'll die on this hill supporter of the h-1b visa program through which he was able to come into the country from south africa and many others who work for him and for who work for other tech firms. >> and so they have, of course, been on x and in other forums saying extremely rude things about each other that i cannot repeat on a family morning news show, even this early. even this early. right. it's way, way, way too early for that. >> and so that's the policy dimension. and it's a serious one because there, you know, there's a big chunk of the maga base that agrees with steve bannon. and, and this new part of the maga base, the tech part, yeah, is equally dug in on the other side on the pro

"the washington post"'s eugene robinson, thank you for joining us.esday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> today, i did what i have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath that i have taken many times to support and defend the constitution of the united states. which included today, performing my constitutional duties to ensure that the people of america, the voters of america, will have their votes counted, that those counts matter, and that they will determine then the outcome of an election.

also joining us, eugene robinson, political analyst. and greg bluesteen is msnbc political contributor. andrew, it's hard to pick out a moment, i think that was as spectacularly moving, honest, moving service. but what stood out to youa someone who covered jimmy carter, and not just the end of his presidency, but for so many years after? >> i was so struck by jason, of course, carter's grandson, one of his grandsons, telling the stories, and just talking about the story of his grandfather when he first got a cell fon. and jason's phone rang and he said, hi, papa. and the president said, who is this? and he said, it's jason. and he said, i didn't call you, i'm taking a picture. so that was just so classic. and jason paused and said, and he was a nuclear engineer. he just captured jimmy carter, who as he described it, was the same inside and outside the white house, as president and as grandpop, and person who met people around the world. i was also struck by stu who called him a renaissance man. he said, you, as the first southern politi

"the washington post" eugene robinson is still with us.rsation we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle and professor of history of rice university and president of historian doug brinkley. the latest from new orleans. authorities say the man who drove a pickup truck in into a crowd of people on new year's day on bourbon street likely acted alone. at least 14 people died in wednesday's attack and dozens of others were injured. some seriously. the attacker was then killed in a shootout with police. he has been identified as a 42-year-old army veteran from texas. according to the fbi, he was inspired by isis and claimed to have joined the terror group before the summer. it's also believed that the man planted two blue coolers with explosive devices near the scene. the fbi released an image of one of those coolers. you can see it here. the devices, thankfully, never went off. officials say the suspect did have a remote detonator in his truck. joining us live from new orleans is nbc news correspondent jay gray. jay, good morning. good to see yo

. >> let me bring in "washington post" columnist eugene robinson now. dent-elect donald trump about to take his seat, greeting mike pence. eugene, your thoughts. >> that's quite a moment, isn't it? as you know those two men have not been close since the trump presidency. i believe this is the first time they've met and spoken since january 6th, 2021, which was a day we all remember. you know, this is -- it's interesting because today it looks remarkable to see of these republicans and democrats, former presidents, former vice presidents who have such differences. to see them altogether. that seems remarkable. i think back to when jimmy carter was in office, which was a long time ago, it was almost 50 years ago. it would not have been remarkable then. >> i'm going to point out president obama, vice president al gore, dan quayle. >> yeah, and, lester, it would not have been remarkable to see this during the carter years. you know, nostalgia is -- you know, we have to look to the future. we have to look to the present. but there are things that we have lost

"the washington post"'s eugene robinson, thank you for joining us. see you on "morning joe." >>> that's "way too early" for this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> today, i did what i have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath that i have taken many times to support and defend the constitution of the united states. which included today, performing my constitutional duties to ensure that the people of america, the voters of america, will have their votes counted, that those counts matter, and that they will determine then the outcome of an election. i do believe very strongly that america's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. every single person, their willingness to fight for and respect the importance of our democracy. otherwise, it is very fragile and it will not be able to withstand moments of crisis. and today, america's democracy stood. >> vice president harris after the certification of the 2024 election results, pointing out the stark contrast between yesterday and what took place

eugene robinson, thank you for joining us on way too early. we're both sticking around for some morning joe, but that was way too early for this tuesday morning. and morning joe starts right now. >> these hearings, in a very real way, are the opening salvo for holding the trump administration accountable to the public. we will use these hearings to show the contrast between donald trump's agenda of helping the special interests, especially the very wealthy, and the democrats agenda to fight for working americans. nominees should expect tough, candid, but fair questioning. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer laying out the democrats approach to this week's confirmation hearings for donald trump's cabinet. today, pete hegseth, the president elect's pick to lead the pentagon, will be the first to face lawmakers. we're going to go through the new reporting on a critical witness connected to the former fox news host, whose calls to the fbi were not returned. plus, jack smith releases his team's report on donald trump's effort to overturn the re

pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post," eugene robinson is with us. writer at large for "the new york times," elizabeth bemuller is with us. as well as jackie alemany. >> easy for you to say. >> alemany. happy friday, everybody. >> happy friday. >> what a week. >> if we can even say that with the hellscape? los angeles. >> incredible. >> you know, because of the proximity of where i lived in pensacola, florida, i was over in louisiana and mississippi every day after katrina. i've got to say, there are a lot of parallels here. >> aren't there? aren't there? >> there really are. we don't know the exact causes for the complete failure of government to be able to protect these homes. i don't think we can say it's the smelt alone. we don't know what it is. but i do think it is going to be like hurricane katrina. i mean, the infrastructure has been slashed. you can't just say it is karen bass. you can't just say it is gavin newsom. this has been a trend for 30 years. >> yeah. >> infrastructure has been slashed across america. you do have climate change,

robinson and harold nye, and among others. and much of our of the novel is devoted the character and the motivation of two men. richard eugene hck o-- hickock on the left, and perry smith on the right to -- hickock. he was responsible for planning the robbery. the clutter family, and he was an athlete. all these high school. he had a fairly high iq. actually, 136 is quite significant. and he was involved in a serious car accident, however, that disfigured him and sustain multiple concussions. so later on that will figure into possible brain damage that he suffered that affected him for the rest of his life. now he was married twice and divorced and he fathered fathered three children. now, we also have perry edward smith, who died at age 36 by hanging. he was depicted as very sensitive and artistic in this. you know, he played music, guitar and harmonica. and there are many moments where he plays gospel tunes and sings, which seems very incongruent to the mass murder that we know him to be. he also drew this picture of jesus that maybe some of you might know that showed a great sort of sensitivity and made people wonder how