government has those answers, before the election. >> joe scarborough is back with us now. here, president obama, mish mcconnell, john mccain, different perspectives how the hacking should be investigating. where do you see this going in the new congress? >> there's going to be an investigation, john podesta needn't worry. there's going to be a two-year investigation. this is going to cover the first couple of years of donald trump's administration. but the thing that is most surprising to me are all of the clinton campaign officials, and even hillary clinton herself, going out and blaming absolutely everybody but themselves for a loss that should have never occurred. they are blaming vladimir putin. now vanity fair has a story out, they are blaming huma abedin, basically everybody, just like they blamed mark penn in 2008. in 2016 it's huma, it's comey, it's the russians. which is all very good news for republicans, because nobody's coming to terms with the fact that they lost to wisconsin for the first time since 1984, lost michigan and pennsylvania for the first time sinc

as joe scarborough says it's his favorite day of the year.m here on out wield start to build the length of the daylight instead of subtract it. we're not horrible out there this morning. this is a lot more manageable than what we dealt with. the arctic air blasts are gone. this is very typical december air. yes it's cold even down to florida but it's not you know it's what you'd expect for this time of year. today's forecast, this is a very easy, nice travel day for everyone. miami could have some showers, maybe a thunderstorm but you're not going to complain at 80 degrees. in the northeast we get into the 40s for the first time in a couple days. chicago goes above freezing today for the first time in a couple days. and in the middle of the country, no issues whatsoever. today is great. obviously now we're wondering who is going to be dealing with a white christmas out there. the forecast still looks like mostly areas out to the west will have the best chance of that. it's going to be areas especially on the rockies, and then into the norther

sources tell msnbc's joe scarborough they're looking at new candidates -- the current and former ceos of exxon-mobil. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. later today-- michigan's elections board will consider president-elect later today-- will consider president-elect donald trump's request to block a hand recount of all 4.8 million ballot president elect trump won the state by 10 thousand 7 hundred votes a recount is already underway in wisconsin. we could hear a first report on the number there so far later today. next week in pennsylvania-- a hearing is scheduled for monday on green party candidate jill stein's push to secure a court- ordered statewide recount. recounts aren't expected to flip nearly enough votes to change the outcome in any hiking trails-- is reopening today after 3 months of renovations. work on the manitou incline included repairs on retaining walls, construction of new drainage structures and stabilizing ties and slopes. the trail is only about a mile long-- but takes you up 2 thousand feet!! starting early this year, targeting americans through email to get mo

still unannounced.sources tell msnbc's joe scarborough they're looking at new candidates -- the current and former ceos of exxon-mobil. tracie potts, washington. house speaker paul ryan is defending the carrier deal. pushing back against critics who say the deal sets a dangerous precedent, encouraging companies to threaten to move jobs for tax <"i'm pretty happy that we're keeping jobs in america. details of the carrier arrangement, but i do know that mike pence is still the sitting governor of indiana. and i have no doubt that he probably had a hand in "> a milwaukee county supervisor is calling for sheriff clarke to step aside. milwaukee county supervisor supreme moore omokunde says it's unacceptable sheriff clarke hasn't explained why four people have died in jail in a six month period.he says the sheriff isn't fit to run the jail and believes an independent investigatio 19:46:38- we need to know why, why are people dying in our jails :41 the sheriff responded this way: supervisor who? that sounds like some character in a science fiction comic book and he's upset that i helped donald

sources tell msnbc's joe scarborough they're looking at new candidates -- the current and former ceos of exxon-mobil. mr. trump told fox last night he's narrowed his supreme court nominee down to three or four candidates. tracie potts, nbc news, with carrier to keep a thousand manufacturing jobs in the u-s. but not everyone in the company received good news. a united technologies plant -- the parent company of carrier -- will shut down and as many as 7- hundred jobs will be lost. those jobs will be going to mexico. the search for u-n-i's next leader is in its final days -- with the third and final candidate on campus with his vision for u-n-i. doctor mark nook graduated from iowa state univer astro-physics. he's the chancellor at montana state university in billings. he says he's excited to be back -- and says there's more to a "first is their educational goals, that's why eyth're here. we also have to help them meet all of their professional goals. get them ready for their job and help them with their transition into their career." according to the board of regents -- they're hoping

joe scarborough's going to join us.ys a christmas day snow storm is going to be possible for some of the country. we'll tell you where and when. looking for balance in your digestive system? try align probiotic. for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support, with align. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. now in kids chewables. >>> the electoral college officially cast its votes for president and bill clinton actually teared up after voting for hillary saying he's never cast a vote he's been prouder of. then he said, except for that wet t-shirt contest i judged. that was hard, that was a hard decision. >> oh jimmy fallon. welcome back. we'll set the stage for the day in politics with joe scarborough who joins us with thoughts on that electoral nondrama yesterday. joe? >> yeah, it really was nondrama, wasn't it, mark. you had of course people talking about the hamilton solution for all these weeks. there were going to be electors that were going to be in revolt

as a republican, it's sort of a strange thing to say but this is the most conservative -- joe scarborough said this morning and i think he's right, this the most conservative cabinet i think ever assembled. on the reassuring side, in my real life i'm asked what is reassuring to people? i think the appointment of general mattis -- he is known for who he is and he is the real deal and he is an man of exceptional intellect and integrity and character and experience. so i think that's -- if you look at the way trump looks at this, the ratings, i think that is his highest rated pick so far. >> i would certainly agree with that. i think mattis was well received across the political spectrum. it's a very conservative cabinet with not a lot of experience in government. so who knows how effective they will be in getting anything done. we have a sense of what their views are. i think it's a good thing that the president-elect is taking time with the secretary of state because as people come in and he talks to them, presumably he talks to them about their vision of foreign policy and i think he ough

let's listen to joe scarborough on msnbc asking the vice president-elect pence about general flynn and specifically about his son who we just talked about with that fake news tweet who is his chief of staff. let's listen to what pence said. >> well, general flynn's son had no involvement in the transition whatsoever -- >> he has a transition e-mail. >> he has no involvement in the transition whatsoever. >> none at all? let me ask you that again -- >> i want to -- >> i want to underline that. you're running the transition, right? >> i am, i'm chairing. >> you are saying as head of the transition that flynn's son is not involved at all in the transition. >> no, no, he's not. >> okay so patricia, here's the thing, as joe scarborough rightly pointed out and as "the new york times" is reporting today, his son has a dot gov transition e-mail address. >> i think it's mike pence, again, being a loyal soldier and being loyal to donald trump. i think we're starting to see a relatively troubling trend of mike pence and other members of the administration saying what they need to say. it damages t

brzezinski recounted trump's response during a conversation with co-host joe scarborough. we are going to play that clip again. theika asked president-elect, woody of the opportunity, what his position tweetying to clarify the yesterday regarding the nuclear arsenal, and the president-elect told you what? >> let it be an arms race. we will out match them at every pass. >> and a last them all. >> and outlast them all. amy: yes, they were in their pajamas will stop according to the campaign, about 93% of all nuclear warheads are owned by russia and the united states, which together have about 14,000 warheads stockpiled. the obama administration has moved to formally end the national registry program for immigrants from majority-muslim countries, known as the national security entry-exit registration system, or nseers. the department of homeland security on thursday submitted a rule change in an effort to dismantle the legal framework for the registry, apparently in order to prevent donald trump from reviving it. the move comes only one day after trump appeared to reiterate h

according to sources telling msnbc's joe scarborough they are now expanding the search for secretary of state. now we've heard from the transition that there may be more for his cabinet next week. whether or not this is one of them, we still don't know. >> tracie potts on the hill for us, thank you. >>> the obama administration says it supports requiring women to register for the military draft. a white house spokesman says it's logical now that previous barriers for women in military service are being removed. the administration says it remains committed to the current and all volunteer military. it would take an act of congress service. >>> 15 before the hour now. new images of hateful vandalism in montgomery county. some may be disturbing. montgomery police are looking for the person who spray painted a swastika and the words trump and racist on a family's car in burtonsville. the family believes they were targeted because they support president-elect donald trump. someone drew a swastika on a tile at prince orchard high school. jewish leaders say the symbol is always a cause for

the secretary of state nominee is still unannounced and sources tell joe scarborough they are looking at new candidates. current and former ceos of exxon mobil. tracie potts, washington. >>> a tornado touched down in georgia and was caught on video at a >>> ? and since we have no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. ? >> you think of the locomotion but i did not initiate a christmas album -- i did not know that she had a christmas album. >> she sounds great. we are feeling the christmas spirit. >>> it is definitely colder [ ready for it. i had so many people tell me especially on wednesday that it is here. as soon as you step outside this morning. take a look at this gorgeous sun on the lucky strike tower. tonight we did our tower lighting at wral last night but over at american tobacco they will light it up tonight with all of the festivities beginning it will be just fine with 33 degrees now and i could smart to start -- a cold start in many places. the dew points is 30 with 28 in henderson and 29 in south hill and 33 in chapel hill. 29 in sanford with 30 in southern

sources tell >> reporter: -- joe scarborough they are looking at new candidates with the current and former ceos of exxon mobil. tracie potts, nbc washington. >>> parts of georgia are cleaning up after a tornado came down. more after the break. >>> and why the durham board elections is holding an emergency meeting would you say no to a lot more money? [excited scream] you just won a million dollars! no thanks. nice balloons, though! or no to more vacation days? janet, i'm giving you an extra week's vacation! oh, ah... nooo. what? no way. ng you more. like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, so you can binge all day. call now. and don't forget the free tv app. get ultra-fast internet with secure home wifi to connect all your devices. saving on mobile data fees, helps big time. switch to time warner cable. for $89.99 a month you'll get free hd channels, 100 meg internet and unlimited calling to half the world. we can call aunt rose as much as we want now. switching is easy. a money-back guarantee with no contract to sign. plus get free installa

the transition today, the secretary of state nominee still unannounced, sources tell msnbc's joe scarborough, they're looking at new candidates, the former ceos of exxonmobil. in an interview, mr. trump said he's narrowed down his supreme court nominee choices to three or four people. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> >> chant of fidel, fidel, fidel, as fidel castro's remains are ferried across cuba. castro died a week ago today, he was 90 years old. thousands are lining the route. this video is from the central town of cannon. he'll be sbered on sunday, marking the end of a national period of mourning. on twitter for all the latest news from cuba. he's there covering the cuban period of mourning following castro's death and he'll have live reports on news4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 this evening. >>> and there's much more "news4 midday" ahead. >>> including a disturbing story about a cancer patient who said he was denied a rental car. back to you. >>> thank you, kristen. a rental car company nearly refused to rent to a breast cancer patient, accusing her of not looking like the picture on

joe scarborough was the first to report, citing sources familiar with the transition. o of exxonmobil is being looked at. trump also called his meetings with romney great, but is apparently expanding his search beyond the so-called final four. >> i think you've been more gracious and magnanimous than i would be, especially you now met with governor mitt romney twice, how was that? >> it's good. we got along very well. he was very nice, nice in terms of his remarks afterwards, and i think it was very good. we have some terrific people. and terrific people to come. >> meanwhile, robert gates was at trump tower thursday for meetings. earlier in the week he warned the administration against having too many former generals at the top of the cabinet. >> general flynn asked me to come in and talk about the structure of the national security council and his staff. that's pretty much what we talked about. >> did you meet with president-elect? >> no. >> the president-elect has reportedly narrowed his search for director of national intelligence to three choices. the top choices a

you talked a lot about mitt romney and rudy giuliani but sources are telling msnbc's joe scarborough the ceo and former ceo of exxonmobil are being considered as secretary of state. more corporate faces walking in and out of trump tower as they tr t out. >> all right. tracie potts on the hill for us, thank you. >>> one unusual outcome of decision 2016 was the spike in politician baby names. "the daily mail" is reporting the number of babies named after hillary clinton shot up by 65% this year. they were only 5% more -- there were only 5% more donalds born this year. some of the other popular baby isra, emilia and charlotte. there you go. >>> for the parents of teens and preteens, try to imagine what it would be like to have your children disconnect for a week. >> we are talking about restricting them to a laptop for schoolwork only. the horror. nbc's stephanie gosk talked to a group of tenth graders who did it and survived. >> i have done most of my chores. i started reading a book like last night. >> i'm getting a lot that's a positive. that's another positive. many said they spent

sources tell joe scarborough they're looking at new candidates. current and former ceos of exxonmobile. and in an interview last night, president-elect trump said that he's narrowed down his supreme court choices to three or four candidates. >> let's talk about the potential secretary of state appointment. there was some talk of course that there might be too many military men in the room. he's gone for that of course for secretary of defense. therefore is it less surprising that we're now seeing a change in tactic to go to a businessman potentially for secretary of state? >> reporter: not necessarily. there have been a lot of ceos in and out of trump tower because we did not see a lot of support for major corporations during his campaign, but now they all seem or many seem to want to get on board. what is interesting about this though is what does it mean for mitt romney. we saw those two meetings. we heard a lot of talk about romney. it seen that had they had buried the hatchest. both have spoken very compliment hear of each other. but now at th

joe scarborough reported that he was mad at the woman helping lead his transition, and kellyanne texted him during the show. >> this was somebody going rogue, according to the top three people in the trump organization. trump furious. we have a response from kellyanne conway, who says about our reporting this morning, it is sexist. she says she can have any job she wants. and thinking about taking a role inside and outside of the campaign. i'm not sure how that reporting is sexist because those were sources at the top of the campaign. >> not sure if it was sexist, but it seems to have been wrong. trump said he encouraged conway, approved her going public with her concerns about mitt and considers her a tremendous asset. a rough week continued at a harvard forum where jennifer palmieri, hillary clinton's communications director, let her have it. >> if providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician, i'm glood to have lost. i would rather lose than win the way you guys did. >> do you think i ran a campaign where white supremacists had a platform? >> it did. >> i

now they are widening the search first reported by joe scarborough to be potentially looking at the current ceo of exxon mobile rex tillerson and lee raymond, a former exxon mobile executive. what do you think of those possibilities? >> i won't comment on specific individuals who may or may not be considered. there is -- we want someone to be secretary of state who has a deep knowledge of the international community who understands diplomacy, understands the importance of the state department, our development assistance programs and our national security strategy and will be an advocate for the soft power where america can avoid having to use our men and women to solve our military probl problem. >> finally, the president-elect has been freelancing the calls to foreign leaders or accepting calls from foreign leaders without state department guidance, the white house said he should avail himself of the state department assistance on these things. he did things like talk to pakistan's president, prime minister shareef, i should say. the pakistanis released a statement saying it was over the t

today in the "washington post" they said joe scarborough and mika brzezinski were controlling him.ead that he's a puppet of vladimir putin, you read that condoleezza rice is picking his foreign policy team. now it's the kids. donald trump seems to be a guy that takes a lot of counsel, a lot of advice from a lot of people and he does what he's going to do. >> i would say that it would make -- listen, if my dad was president-elect i might think differently about asking them for a guitar-shaped swimming pool so -- >> well now i want one. >> i don't see the parity there but it was an interesting comparison. >> it sure worked to trivialize the entire conversation. good job. >> but it's very serious, sally. >> yes, that's the whole point. we're not talking about swimming pools. we're not talking about he gets to sort of sit there and talk about what he wants for christmas. this is very simple, you're right. they are two separate entities in theory. trump's businesses and trump's role as president of the united states and leader of the free world now if he said he's going to separate thes

sources close to president-elect donald trump and familiar with his thinking tell msnbc's joe scarborough the two names at the top of the short list for secretary of state nomination are 2012 republican nominee mitt romney and rex tillerson, chairman and ceo of exxonmobil. bob corker is also under consideration. romney visited new york city yesterday to deliver a long planned paid speech and did not meet with trump, but sources say last week's dinner between the two was a, quote, grand slam, a quote echoed by those close to the massachusetts governor. the exxonmobil ceo, who rarely does interviews, seemed to know more about global affairs and world leaders than some of the politicians trump has discussioned the position with. as for rudy giuliani, believed he is no longer considered for the post. yesterday the president-elect met with a man vetted by hillary clinton's team for vice president. he dived a question whether he's under consideration for secretary of state yesterday. >> when i first heard there was a short list and i thought they were referring to a list of short people, i'd de

joe scarborough. another thing my agent wants to know, barnicle gets top billing? seriously?t's wrong? >> thank you, louis. >> now that's the sort of thing someone would worry about. i'm good. you can do me last. how is everybody doing? everybody happy? christmas coming. >> christmas coming and journey is in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. >> what is your favorite one? >> there's only one. there's only one song i liked. "don't stop believing." >> what's that, alex? "open arms." that's my favorite. >> we're all creeped out right now. >> isn't it broken arms? >> can you get "open arms" just a chorus so people know why we're so creeped out by this. i don't think i can go on. >> that's it. thanks for joining us. >> see him in a leisure suit. anyway. good morning. >> good morning. >> so this is for the kids at home that don't this, this is my favorite day of the year. why would you think this is my favorite day of the year? >> anything to do with the holidays? >> no. take a guess. i bet you know. >> because from this moment on, it's going to get a little lighter every day. >> summ

. >> during the campaign, i actually was the first immodestly to say even before your friend joe scarboroughx thought there was a credible campaign i wrote a piece, 18 months ago in fortune that talked about how the dump trump strategy will fail and even at larry kudlow's house, a prominent post who stood up in the room and got active and said no republican woman will ever vote for him. nobody in that salon style deep posted republicans was willing to stand up for him. i pointed out to him a week ago friday i talked to trump if you take out his family members practically nobody in that transition committee was him at the beginning. i think he has a lot of virtues to this. he has a ronald reagan chairman of the board style. ronald reagan had nancy, course. they did protect him. ollie north got around him for the iran/contra deal. he doesn't delegate too much. >> how much delegation is going to go on? he's now picked all sorts of people. will rex tillerson have his own hand to do what he wants to do. will gary cohen who is a very credible person do what he wants to do. can these -- always a lo

. >> wow, joe scarborough, you just hurt my feelings, but i'm over it. >> wow. >> to answer the -- >>or jim, can't you? go ahead, mr. chairman. >> to answer the substantive question here, no, you can't do that. we had a ton of people in ohio who voted for barack obama two different times. and then voted for donald trump. i don't think those people are racists. were there elements of white supremacists? of course. we heard what david duke said but the vast majority of the people voted their pocketbook and we need to do a better job of talking to those working class people about the issues that i feel as a democrat we can better address the challenges they have every day. >> can you explain to somebody that works in manhattan in sort of the national media complex -- >> bubble. >> can you explain to them why someone would vote for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 and then vote for donald trump in 2016? >> wages. pensions. benefits. the economic anxiety. i'm one that thinks that going back to probably the 2006 election, maybe even before that, that all of these elections have been who can be

as donald trump told joe scarborough last year, i country does plenty of killing also. >> that was a warned in terms of syria, russia intervened in syria two years later and in march of 2014, the russian defense minister told secretary -- defense secretary, chuck hagel, russian military exercises would not lead to russia being in ukraine. after this election season, political outrage has become pass yea. why worry about mr. putin when it's so much easier to love him. >> my argument. >> that was tongue and cheek for the -- there's always somebody that doesn't get it and it's usually from new york. >> most of our audience probably got it. so if you take it back even beyond barack obama's administration, think about the message sent to vladimir putin, the last president, the 43rd president, allowed the invasion of georgia, and did nothing about it. the 44th president, allowed an invasion of ukraine and did nothing about it, and now we move to the 45th president. >> and he wants another reset. and it's weird, arguing against the reset with russia was one of the republican and even one of

joe." with us on set we have managing editor of bloomberg politics. >> slow down for a second. joey scarborough'sthday today. >> can he run for congress yet? >> not quite yet. not there yet. >> managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin here. veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. "the new york times" reporter jeremy peters. and in washington, columnist and associated editor of "the washington post." >> we can do legendary for him too. >> all right. i know it's funny that open for "saturday night live." >> that was funny. >> very funny. >> can i do a little debriefing with david ignatius for a second off the top of the show. >> talk about the phone calls you had over the weekend. >> i don't really want to. david doesn't want to talk about that. a couple names have risen, beat reporter jeremy peters has been talking about them, but a couple names. one, david mccormick as general mattis' number two. what can you tell me about david mccormick? >> an intelligent person. he works for a big hedge fund called bridgewater. he's been top flight in running one of the largest and mo