still with us, susan glasser and jeremy peters.t there. but at the same time, they are reacting to something that is in the firment of the american public, which is government doesn't work. it's not working for us. it's very big, very bloated. it's slow to get things done. and there are democrats out there who are making this argument that things do need to change, and there are even some democrats, one as of now, that is willing to get on to this committee, jared moskowitz of florida. i was listening to rahm emanuel talk to ezra klein and he was saying why not get involved? get involved, open up your book with your own ideas and prove they don't actually have good ideas. come and show the public that the democrats have some ideas that are willing to change things instead of just staying on the sidelines. chris murphy thought it was a bad idea when i asked him a moment ago. susan, what do you think? >> look, let's remember, what is this elon musk project. it's not an actual government department. it doesn't have any congressional a

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with me here in the studio is msnbc contributor jeremy peters. trump is not in office for more than a month, but in the meantime, he's always trying to command the spotlight and threatening enemies and trying to block some of what joe biden is trying to do before he leaves. what can you tell us about his pre-presidency plans? >> reporter: the last month is indicative of how he intends to run his white house come january 20th of january of 2025. he is been sitting he has been sending clear signals about how he wants washington to operate when he is in charge. and the last 24 hours are very representative of that. in one social media post he made it very clear to are still in the minority they should not seek to come to any agreement with any democrats while the government is still in session that would potentially allow democrats to install a couple late judicial judges and add them to the bench, which would effectively break his own record from his first administration of the record number of judicial nominees making their way to the bench. the b

it was in the campaign and it's clear and jeremy peters wrote about this in the new york times, thatre are shifting opinions around this. he says this the public does not appear to be growing more empathetic to the transgender cause. fewer americans today than two years ago say they support some of the rights that lgbtq activists have pushed for, like allowing children to undergo gender transition treatment. according to the public religion research institute, multiple recent polls have found a considerable majority of americans believe advocacy for transgender rights has gone too far. how does that play into this debate? >> well theoretically it shouldn't, right? i mean, the supreme court is supposed to be removed in many ways from the back and forth of of politics. i you knknow, obviously the justices are human and they are, you know, they are very much plugged in to what's going on politically. but in theory, the case should be decided on the merits on this question of whether the ban is constitutional. obviously, um, you know, certainly i think many, even many democrats who may b

thanks to you both. >>> jeremy peters, you covered the conservative movement for a long time.the sort of gop civil war erupts yet again. it's a mess. >> yeah. here we are again, jonathan. i mean -- and not only here we are again, but here we are at a place where we've been in the very recent future that is -- is really kind of unprecedented in modern -- the history of modern american government. government shutdowns used to be incredibly rare. when i covered the 2013 government shutdown, that was the first one in almost 30 years. now we've had -- this will be the third i believe in the last five years. and it just -- they've all been because of one thing -- republicans cannot get the right -- the number of votes that they need to pass a bill. and this -- the republican civil war that has been going on since the tea party took over basically the -- the grassroots of the party in 2010, it has eaten its -- how many speakers, boehner, paul ryan, mccarthy, and now it looks like speaker johnson, his neck is on the line here. i don't see -- if you're looking for a preview, like a dre

jeremy bash following up on what peter had to say, not only has president biden engaged with the president- we hope he does -- he has ceded a lot on the world stage and does seem like donald trump was rushing in to fill that void.o talk to us why that might be complicated or confusing for other world leaders, both friend and foe. >> yeah. we have a long transition and other countries have a much more compressed time. during this transition as peter noted the transition is you let the outgoing president frame up their accomplishments and put a bow on it and donald trump seems determined not to do that. correct, he's acting as if he's president. he says he's wanted to begin negotiation over ukraine, which is where i think we're likely to see a hairpin turn on u.s. policy. i think it's kind of a concerning signal for allies and partners around the world. they're not exactly sure who to deal with. the reality -- here's the reality. the reality is s that in a few short weeks donald trump is going to be in the oval office, calling the shots. his team is going to be in place. and if i were a euro

peter alexander with hallie jackson. >> savannah and hoda are enjoying this holiday week off. talk about that proposal. jeremy reeves said they needed a win for him to take a knee, and now the rest is their destiny. >> that's a w for love as well on the football field. you got to like seeing that as we close out 2024. but we begin on this last monday of the year with a look at the life and legacy of jimmy carter. the former president who died at the age of 100 at his home in plains, georgia. >> take a look overnight, the empire state building was illuminated in red, white and blue in carter's honor. president biden addressing the nation, saying carter lived a life measured not by his words but by his deeds and announcing there will be a national day of mourning on january 9th. >> president-elect also paying his respects saying carter did everything in his power to improve the lives of all americans, adding, for that we all owe him a debt of gratitude. >> a moment, we will speak to the biography who has known the former president for years. but, first, a look back at jimmy carter's remarkable life. >> my name