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i'.i'm back with the mayor of hamtramck, michigan, amer ghalib.l reaction you have seat received. it had to be hard for you to endorse president trump, going against the democrat party. you showed incredible courage in doing so. what has that been like for you personally? did you receive a push back? >> yes, i did. my decision was like sailing against the waves. it was very difficult in an area which is historically a strong hold for democrats. no one was expecting them. we are going through so many issues over the past year end a half. i sent to so many warnings there is a shift here in this area. and the catalyst for that shift and economic system controvereconomics is somecontre happening here and how the democratic party is dealing with the community here. because an inclusion of some one should not be in exclusion for someone else and that is how we felt. so, my decision was no surprise to my community. because they knew it was coming. i am receiving so many pushback's. even threats through e-mails and stuff. but it was expected. and as long

there also was, i think, an another factor here, and that is in hamtramck, for example, there was theissue. and the republicans said to the mayor and to the imams, you know, we're with you on this, will keep those dirty books out of the kids in school. that made a difference there, too. so there were these factors of the trump people speaking to them, donald trump coming personally to them, j.d. vance going directly to them, and nothing from the harris side. she had good staff reaching out, but there's nothing like the candidate directly making an appeal. john: well, talking about that, i mean, the final friday of the campaign, we saw donald trump in a halal cafe in dearborn with the mayor of hamtramck. is this outreach, is this sort of open dialog, open door going to continue in the presidency, do you think? james: i don't think so. and i think, you know, there's a reckoning that will come. people will have buyer's morse. it wasn't a shotgun wedding. it was a blind date wedding. they some of them know what they are going to get. some of them have hope against hope that they'll get so

in a few minutes we will talk with the mayor of hamtramck, michigan.emocrat mayor who is an arab american and says trump's policy is what is resonating with him and his constituency. you talk about the hispanic but vote with facts about black men as well. what specific policies do you think they are attracted to these very much democrat stronghold groups? >> right now number one being the economy. when you are trying with the various parties for example jewish americans are muslim americans with president trump it is because of his peace perspective foreign policy in the middle east. we are fighting right now kamala harris ascending at two very different messages under her watch for war and chaos in israel. i think people right now want stability i think they understand right now financially we are not winning as a country. but also when you look at what's happening with the un- vetted illegal immigration i have talked over 60000 voters in my home county of pinellas county. talk to independents and democrats. democrats that registered that were new to

he has been praising arab-americans during his public appearances in hamtramck, calling them good people. some of the things we heard in earlier years are not being heard this time. people still are concerned. they are not naÏve. there's also a sense that in order to gain political power in america you have to be engaged with both political parties. even if one party says something you may not like you still have to be involved in speaking with them and maybe voting for them in some cases . because if you put all of your eggs in one basket and things don't work out you are kind of stuck . that's how they look at it. it sort of a long-term strategy . let's get involved with both the republican and democratic parties, so we can have more influence >> thanks so much for being with me. >>> a proposal to end forced labor in prisons is on the ballot in california. and listened, it might not pass. i will ask the one who helped draft to the measure about the obstacles they are facing. dad: hey boss. you okay? son: i said i'm fine. ♪ dad: you can talk to me. son: it's been really, really hard for

hamtramck.ally trying to maximise the votes elsewhere. and of course, dearborn. hamtramck. those kind of edges of detroit are where the big arab, american, muslim american communities are, and it kind of feels like they've almost given up that they feel they can't win those people back. and that they're not even making an effort. like she hasn't gone there, but it feels like they're really trying to energise voters in the whole rest of the state to boost the turnout there, to compensate, to, to compensate, to overcompensate. you know who's not so happy about that or some of the members of congress there? of course, debbie dingell is one of them who represents not only a big jewish community, buta big arab—american community. and she's talked about the struggle that she's faced. and we talked a bit about elissa slotkin and her senate race there. and she's been very in tune with the arab american community there. understanding that the criticism of the biden—harris administration on their israel—g

and of course, dearborn, hamtramck — those kind of edges of detroit — are where the big arab—americanel they can't win those people back. well, that's what they're hearing, isn't it? but that they're not even making an effort. like, she hasn't gone there, but it feels like they're really trying to energise voters in the whole rest of the state to boost the turnout there... to compensate. to compensate, to overcompensate. you know who's not so happy about that are some of the members of congress there. of course, debbie dingell is one of them, who represents not only a big jewish community but a big arab—american community. and she's talked about the struggle that she's faced. and we talked a bit about elissa slotkin and her senate race there. and she's been very in tune with the arab—american community there, understanding that the criticism of the biden—harris administration on their israel—gaza policy is one that would make it very difficult for her to win that senate race, and she's distanced herself a bit from that policy in questioning israel's operation in gaza, and now in leban

hamtramck.to maximise the votes elsewhere. and of course, dearborn. hamtramck. those kind of edges of detroit are where the big arab, american, muslim american communities are, and it kind of feels like they've almost given up that they feel they can't win those people back. you and she's been very in tune with the arab american community there. understanding that the criticism of the biden—harris administration on their israel—gaza policy is one that would make it very difficult for her to win that senate race, and she's distanced herself a bit from that policy and questioning israel's operation in gaza. now, even in lebanon as well, because we know there's a big lebanese american population in michigan. and we're hearing just today, just before we came into studio, the tony blinken had a press conference there and really changing the narrative again on how unhappy they are with israel on, you know, this latest bill that passed through the israeli parliament banning the aid agency from operatin

. >> congresswoman your thoughts on the commentary there, as you i should point out mayor of hamtramckump, went against party. >> also mayor dearborn heights endorsed president trump i think if reason they've den it is becausep trump has been steadfast with his support, he hasn't flip-flopped, like kamala harris right depending who she is talking to has a different story people know that feel that. not to mention actions speak louder than words during president trump's administration there was steadily zero wars overseas, different than experiencing now, with the world being on fire. so the contrast is extremely different, under president trump no wars economy was good, but he has never wavered from his policy during than harris campaign she doesn't know where she stands it depends on who she is speaking with they know that they feel that they want to same thing that we want. that is peace in tradition american values, that is why you not only see them endorsing president trump, but they aretive in communities, getting their communities, to vote for president trump, so they won't say s

but this weekend i spoke with the mayor of hamtramck, michigan, and he endorsed president trump because. watch this. >> the priority for us at this time is accomplishing cease fire and peace, bringing peace to the middle east. kamala harris has been in the office for the past three years and during the whole year of war in the middle east, i supported the movement in michigan to send a strong message to the administration, to take our concerns under consideration, but nothing happened. they completely neglected us and negligence became the norm and everything else is an exception. she added insult to the wound by appointing some pro-war radicals like liz cheney to be her top military advisors. maria: so cheryl, the idea that she's campaigning with liz cheney actually worked against her in front of the arab american community because they see liz cheney as a war monger. >> and the daughter of dick cheney and they're tying that back to history and look, at the end of the day, in particular in dearborn, you have a large arab american community. two things can happen today or has happened.

and the mayor of hamtramck coming on and saying we're all in on trump in michigan.weather meteorologist brit britta merwh an update there. >> we have a big storm in they middle part of the country causing travel trouble today. check your flights in and out of denver international airport. especially this afternoon. round two of our snowstorm, we already have 6 to 1 12 inches of snow for the denver metro area, and we have feet of snow in the colorado rockies. storms possible today in colorado, moving into texas. the east coast quiet today on a friday, might feel comfortable but we have a high risk for fire danger. hope any you guys have a good weekend out there. maria: and to you. have a great weekend. britta merwin. coming up, president trump making history with his appointment of the first female chief of staff, it's the hot topic of the hour. it's coming up, more on suzie wiles after this. and then law professor jonathan tourly is with us this morning to discuss president-elect trumps legal cases and whether he could add two supreme court justices in his next term

in michigan, for example, donald trump won dearborn and made huge gains in hamtramck, the two cities that have the highest percentage of arab- americans in america. and while we should all practice some humility and patience while trying to assess the collective decision of 145 million americans, we should have no patience for those who want to scapegoat certain racial , religious, or minority groups for their electoral failures. for a party running against the racism of donald trump and the maga movement, scapegoating minority groups for not voting democrat in high enough numbers is not really a good look. while millions of americans rightfully fear the policies of the republican party, some of these groups have added burden now of also fearing some democratic party policies as well. the truth of the matter is there is no single reason for the democrats failure to defeat such a repulsive candidate, and there were multiple factors at play. but there is one complaint that absolutely no one is making. not a single party official or pundit can argue that the democrats did not raise enou

we are also paying attention, detroit, wayne county has hamtramck, dearborn, dearborn heights, theseand muslim populations. we will see what happens there. above it in macomb county, similar population base, but that has gone for trump in the last couple of elections and overhearing oakland county, next to it, went for biden by 56.4% in 2020. we are going to watch these three counties very closely on election night, to give early sense of what is happening in michigan. obviously if kamala harris succeeds well in wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania, she doesn't need to worry about the other wing states. of course, their campaign is worried about it, which is why we are seeing the emphasis on north carolina, arizona and other places like that. coming up on the show, rachel maddow is going to your exclusive analysis on the evolution of abortion rights as an election issue. how the end of row changed politics around abortion and why we are not fully grasping its potential impact on tuesday's voters. >>> i will talk to the award- winning actors martin sheen and mary mccormack, stars o

the mayor of hamtramck, michigan, the top military advisor of kamala harris is liz cheney, the bloodthirsty person who advocates for more wars in the middle east. president trump keeps attacking the pro-war radicals, those war hawks who are the top military advisors of kamala harris, smart people, voters with common sense are on to the democrats game. they're frightening women voters, and they're lying about trump calling him hitler is their only hope now of avoiding voter wrath on something that really matters, which is the economy, especially after today's absolute nightmare of a jobs report. 113,000 jobs were expected, but only 12,000 jobs were added. we lost 46,000 manufacturing jobs, a lot of that from boeing, 28,000 private payroll jobs. but look at it this way, kids. at least the bureaucracy grew. what would we do without more red tape? so without government jobs, when you analyze this, we'd have had a negative job growth report. none. zero negative. so how does kamala explain this answer? she can't. she doesn't. we had a jobs report came out today, show that we've actually had a rev

and the mayor of hamtramck. thank you very much.ily living in middle east and kamala is campaigning with warmongers. they want to get the arab-american vote, so she picks liz cheney, whose father virtually destroyed the middle east, right? i don't think it's working out too well. it's interesting. liz cheney talks big, oh, i want war. every time i was with her in the white house, she said we should attack this nation. nations we have never even heard of, we should attack. she's a tough one. if you gave liz cheney a gun and put her into battle facing the other side with the guns pointing at her, she would not have the courage or the strength or the stamina to even look the enemy in the eye. she sixpack and watches --she sits back and watches. we are going to attack everybody. that's why i broke up with her. all she wanted to do was go to war with everybody. she like kamala is a stupid person. it's easier for her to --it's easy for her to say she wants to start wars from the comfort of her home or her father's lavish home he got from

curious to get your perspective on arab-american voters because in several key communities , in hamtramck said that right, congresswoman, the mayor there endorsed donald trump in dearborn the mayor declined to endorse a candidate. you also have your colleague declining to endorse. you think of vice president harris loses michigan, will it be because she did not break from president biden enough when it comes to middle east policy? >> so, i'm going to answer the question this way, the arab-american community is not monolithic. some of them are going to vote for donald trump. the mayor that endorsed him last saturday, a friend of mine, is a republican. so, that did not surprise me. some are not going to vote , some are going to vote for jill stein and some are going to vote for kamala harris and i will tell you that i think in some ways donald trump may have made a mistake going to dearborn on friday because he reminded the mayor of dearborn who you just talked about, donald trump will never be my president. he reminded people of what donald trump -- what he did for president. he declined t