and one more note, politico reports that former democratic congressman harold ford jr.ion secretary or another cabinet post. alex? do y remember the ben carson stuff is interesting, he said he wasn't prepared for a government position, but he ran for president. >> yeah, there was that. good point, ali. okay, also harold ford jr., of course, a good friend to "morning joe." >>> president-elect donald trump's foundation acknowledged it may have violated regulations barring it from using money or assets to benefit trump, his family, his companies, or contributors to the foundation. according to "the washington post," the admissions were contained in a 2015 tax filing made public after the presidential election. in the filing the foundation checked yes to answer a question about whether resources had been directed or used to benefit a disqualified person, that means one of the organization's central people. the filing also reveals that trump used the charity to settle lawsuits, make a $25,000 political contribution, and purchase items including a football helmet and a painti

and like harold ford jr. telling everybody who was laughing at him in july, harold said, this guy's going to win. you didn't quite go that far, but you said everything but that. >> well, first of all, i come to make the second call of the season. mrs. clinton called trump. i came to concede to you bause the last couple of weeks you've been calling this even though you've not been, you know, supportive of trump -- >> right. >> -- you said he was containing momentum. you had your ear to the ground. i could see it's a ground i don't know. >> don't celebrate too long because i'll only concede for a second. >> no, i was saying the only reason why is my district, they're the people who elected donald trump last night. that was the demographic. >> i think though that was the demographic, and i think that we are in a real moment like nixon. i mean, if you look at the backlash after the great society and of a lot of the unrest, that is what defeated hubert humphrey and brought in richard nixon. i was a kid. i remember

delgado and clinton supporter harold ford jr. hi, guys.and bee there? >> he's always interesting, she's a talented comedian. so it's always nice to have a sitting president comment with a little bit of humor on the election. i'm fine with that. >> so tell me about why you think the race is right now? you're here representing the trump campaign. what do you think? we've been talking about it all half of the show. what do you think it is? >> i think we can all agree it's tightening in mr. trump's favor. we saw a huge swing, that's an understatement, in the abc poll, where we were down by 13 points about a week ago and now up one. rasmuss rasmussen, we're tied and in certain swing states, it's a dead heat. she's losing her lead in virginia. this is not looking good for hillary clinton. >> harold, what do you think about that? >> i think there's no doubt that the numbers have tightened. we remain confident in all the battlegrounds. i think there's a lot for mr. trump to overcome in the last few days. put aside this weekend story regarding mr.

>>> with us now on set is the democratic strategist and former congressman from tennessee, harold ford jrcal strategist and i believe, still a member, registered independent. or registered libertarian, i believe. mary matalin. great to see you, mary. i'm going to start with you and ask you this question. how do you think, at this moment, the president-elect is doing? >> i think he's, he's doing great. i mean, what do we ha to judge him by "60 minutes." i think he made a decision on reince as chief of staff, in the andy card mold of making the trains run on time and reince is particularly connected to ryan and a very successful governor. scott walker writes us from the heartland. so he gets the whole rust belt and he's seen successful policies prosecuted in wisconsin by scott walker. so that's good, and i think steve, i don't know him, but i think he's also a good selection. and from what i hear, the rest on the list, and i know the court list, let's go. let's go make america great again. >> harold, what do you think? there's obviously been a huge outcry about the notion of steve bannon, g

i want to talk to you about the article you wrote this week talking about harold ford, jr. >> he is hoping he will be considered for something. >> talking about having diversity in the administration and people want to have some democrats and harold ford for the people i spoke to, he hasn't sat down with donald trump. she good friends with ivanka and don jr. and he seeings him on "morning joe" all the time. he is making it clear that if donald trump wants to call, he would love to talk to him. i think there are feelers put out both ways and he is leaving that wide open. stay with me. the campaign for the future of the democratic leadership is under way. i will talk with ohio congressman tim ryan about the challenge against nancy pelosi. stay tuned. ♪ see ya next year. this season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the drive. ♪ i want a hippopotamus ♪ only a hippopotamus will do at the united states postal service, we deliver more online purchases to homes than anyone else in the country. and more hippopotamu

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harold ford jr.er name being tossed around yesterday. >> thank you. >> you got it. >> across the globe, our brave servicemen and women who cannot be with their families, they're celebrating thanksgiving on bases, and on ships all over the world. >> aboard the "uss eisenhower" sailors are feasting on nearly 5,000 pounds of turkey and 1,000 pounds of ham. plus all the fixings. and what is thanksgiving without football? >> yes and troops in afghanistan taking part in this turkey bowl. and this is at bagram air field. thank you for your service and happy thanksgiving to all of those folks. >> just because they're overseas you can't stop the tradition. >> their families are missing, as well. >> the time is now 5:35. and a motive behind the madness. why kanye west could score a $30 million payout from his breakdown. >>> and uh-oh. s&l your turkey still frozen? well, apparently you don't have to worry because a butterball expert is here to help and we are answering all your questions up next. going to be ve

maybe harold ford jr. >> if he emerges.hink we've seen it yet. >> i want to talk about donald trump flip-flopping. he's been getting criticism about flip-flopping on issues and arguing that maybe we should have hope because when we hear him back off a little bit on things like obamacare, climate change, torture tactics and move to the middle, is that a positive or show that this guy simply doesn't stick to his word? which is the right trump, i guess you could say? >> i think donald trump is a practical person, a pragmatist more than somebody's philosophically assigned. i wouldn't expect him to be aligned with the left or center. he's a practical guy and may not even soften his stance and some of the signature issues because he realizes that staying hard and firm, we bring about great distress. and so i think this is a very practical president-elect and he's going to make practical decisions. a democrat the names of the cabinet as well as some of the other folks that have already been named. and hard to typecast him or secon

you don't hear people of color, despite the fact we heard about ben carson today and maybe harold ford jrand i think that's a real issue about whether or not you're taking advantage of the full talent of the country. and i think that the fact that the press and the democrats are cow willed remain interesting, including on questions of conflict of interest, and you may be right, kayleigh, that there ultimately may not be an issue and he may put in place things, but the fact that there's not meaningful monitoring going on on these other issues makes you wonder what's really going to happen. >> i don't know if you watched the last hour, he didn't get much of a pass here in the last hour. >> there was no pass. >> we were sweating in the green room. >> maria, quickly, on the hillary clinton issue, when he said that today, did clinton supporters breathe a sigh of relief? >> not really, i don't think we were afraid of it one way or another. there was never any there there, as demonstrated by jim comey himself, twice, by the way. but i will give him credit for having said that and then saying goi

msnbc political analyst and former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> what happened? what happened? >> our offense stayed in the locker room. we just didn't get it going. >> first time since 1985 the number two, number three, number four teams all lost in the top five. >> makes you sad. >> it really doesn't matter. >> you are on top of a mountain. if you are alabama and what's -- is anybody down there? >> we still control our destiny. >> richard haass is with us. and in nashville, tennessee, pulitzer prize winning historian john meachem. here's some of what the president-elect told "60 minutes" beginning with how he reacted to the magnitude of the night. >> i heard you went completely silent. was it sort of the realization of the enormity of this for you? >> it's enormous. i've done a lot of big things. i've never con anything like this. it is so big. it is so enormous. it's so amazing. >> kind of took your breath away? couldn't talk? >> a little bit. i think i realized that this is a whole different life for me now. >> do you think that your recollection is a repudia

you heard harold ford, jr., a democrat, somebody stu wouldn't expect to be on the list for anything ination. >> there are jobs, and then there are jobs. there cities window dressing everybody puts in and there are jobs that don't interfere much with the president's daily conduct that don't touch the west wing of the white house every day. there is window dressing you can put in jobs like that. those can be sops to particular constituencies. but what you really came about is who is inside. who is talking to the president day in and day out. eric: good to see you. hope you take some time off. good to see you. heather: planes, trains and automobiles, that's the story for millions of people heading out of town for the thanksgiving holiday. so what is being done to keep all of us safe? jonathon hunt is watching the skies for us from los angeles and catherine herridge is following security as she joins us live at union station in washington. catherine, what is happening there? reporter: this weekend is game time for you amtrak. it's traditionally the biggest week and. they are expecting 750,

former democratic congressman harold ford jr. former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner. veteran columnist mike barnicle and in washington white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein. injure tweets throughout the election were priceless. >> mine? >> yes. they were funny. >> i didn't even know you followed me. thank you. >> we all follow you, sam. >> who doesn't follow sam stein? >> that makes me feel good. thank you. >> i'm glad we could make you feel good. tell your mother we follow you. the president, hillary clinton, very gracious yesterday. >> it was beautiful. it was really rough for everybody in the white house especially. been working for so many years on everything they've been building. it was a rough day and the president really, i think, pushed people forward in the right direction. and also pushed the president-elect in the right direction. >> i think as dramatic of a difference this certainly seems to the media, at least in new york and manhattan and d.c. and across the

mark: joining us on set is harold ford, kr. jr.also have a political strategist and registered libertarian mary matalin. i will start with you and ask you this question. how do you think at this moment the president-elect is doing? mary: i think he is doing great. what do we have to judge him by, 60 minutes? i think he did a good decision with reince, the chief of staff, making the trains run on time. a very successful governor. he gets a whole rust belt and sees prosecution in wisconsin by scott walker. i think he's also a good selection. from what i hear from the rest of the list, let's go make america great again. john: harold, there has been a huge outcry about the notion of steve bannon given his pedigree, breitbart's role in our national discourse. what do you think about that on whether it is provocative? harold: i will agree with mary. as it relates to mr. bannon, he has to prove himself. there is a history with baggage. he is a former employee and deputies of his at breitbart making accusations about the company. i'm disap

back with us on set, we have former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> he's my favorite.good looking, he's smart, and he's really good looking. >> talking points provided to you by the clinton campaign. >> national correspondent for bloomberg business week, josh green. and columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. breaking news, a source with direct knowledge of donald trump's thinking tells "morning joe" in his administration the president-elect will not pursue any investigations into hillary clinton for her use of a private e-mail server and the clinton foundation. the source tell s mj that trump feels clinton has, quote, been through enough. this development comes after he said this in an interview with "60 minutes" ten days ago. >> i'm going to think about it. she did some bad things. she did some bad things. >> a special prosecutor? >> i don't want to hurt them. i don't want to hurt them. they're good people. i don't want to hurt them. >> the fbi has reiterated its stance from july not to recommend charges against clinton. it remains t

. >> how about harold ford jr. one democrat saying lack, donald trump going to win this.the bench and seems like the democrats don't have a deep bench of people to prop up going forward. chelsea clinton -- speaking of the bench. >> clinton bench. >> saying she might want to run for congress in new new york in chappaqua. >> i don't buy it for two reasons. one, i think i'm hearing from a lot of senior democrats the buyer's remorse. they want to move on from the clintons overall. no offense to chelsea clinton. if you look at the clinton foundation and some of the issues that popped up, she has been very. >> her wedding maybe paid for by foundation. >> it was allegation. it wasn't proven it came out in wikileaks. that's not really a good platform to run for congress, i don't think. it's going to be really interesting. you pick a guy like keith elson very extreme and a bomb thrower. can you see even more divisiveness. >> you may see the left say they want to rise up and say the problem was that hillary clinton was too much of a. >> might say bernie sanders four years again. >>