doing it to mayor adams. >> martha: you've talked a lot of at your party and also have heard from john federman federman and also senator mentioned the recent days about their own concerns about a party. years president trump over the weekend talking about democrats in terms of what he believes they have lost this time. >> when the balance came in on the other side, really didn't know what the hell hit them. watching television now they are all the fun old. they lost their confidence and hopefully they will lose it for a long time and come over to our side because we want to have them. >> martha: what's your reaction to that? >> the democratic party has lost its way and president trump in his new republican party that he's created is filling the void. the democratic party used to be the party of working people now it's the party of hollywood and elites. the democratic party puts the interest of bureaucrats over parents, the interest of gang bangers and brazen retail thieves and hijackers over law-abiding citizens and police officers. biological women are subordinated to the interest of sports t

john federman saying i'm meeting trump's cabinet at the table whether my party likes it or not. >> all saying is that democrats or other people can freak out over anyone that was nominated. i'm not that guy. i'm open to have a conversation for whatever. i don't know why it's controversial to have a dialogue with the people that are part of the next administration. those individuals can vent or rent on twitter but i'm here to have conversations and i think i'm just doing my job. >> jesse: he went with pegs at today and that's how that went. >> we agree that the steelers are going to win and he doesn't have a real opinion. we had a meeting and a conversation then -- that's what happened. >> there is no new news after that conversation. >> jesse: sounds like the meeting went splendidly. this kind of bipartisanship is propelling trump and it's the unity americans have been craving for years. public strategist aaron per renee joins us now. this whole masculinity thing with the democrats, are they going to man up and turn this thing around? >> not sure what the democrat strategy is going to

looked attacked john federman said the other day is not a novel idea. it's been talked about for ages and everyone knows we're spending too much money and there is too much waste so he is hoping this will actually happen if they've got two short years to make it happen before this program. >> aisha thank you very much. aishah hasnie on the hill with all of the excitement going on. so we are going to have more on the -- duo making a big stage in washington. we will speak with senator rand paul carr david asman, lake travis always in. what about this idea that only one% of federal employees whose taxpayer dollars paid their salary actually show up at their job in the buildings five days a week? an extraordinary finding we will dig in with great guests coming up later this our. >> elon -- how do you win over people that say -- don't have any power? >> how do you convince people who don't want to cut spending life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage b

the government abused its power for decades we are old enough to know the truth and john federman justed-and-true social and railing against the deep state from the judiciary saying the cases were not great was her on board. >> i think of trump's nominees will be confirmed. >> every single one? >> i do. >> and they are ready to get to work. >> i will were to get this accomplished. >> what you hope to talk about them today the country is ready for results and gas prices were down and trump is inviting special guests at the party as the president-elect has invited xi jinping to witness his inauguration. a power move to intimidate the chinese leader and if he declines it's disrespectful and trump will take it personally and if he accepts he will be forced to observe president trump at his most powerful moment with all the presidential pageantry america can muster. you put him in a subservient position and spy on him the whole time he's in d.c. trump is saying and putting the bidens out to pasture you bribed the wrong guy. the company -- countries on a hot streak and we are pretty much rea

. >>> here's what senator john federman had to say. >> you were shot in your head and had the presence of mind to respond. fight fight fight. that's a political talents, it's undeniable. and also i never believed that it was about fascism. for me that made it difficult. >> kamala harris said he was a fascist. >> that's her prerogative. it's not aware that i would use because you put a lot of democrats, especially in my state, that i know and i happen to love people that are going to vote for trump, and they are not fascists. also fascism, that's not aware that regular people use. i people are going to decide who is the candidate that's going to protect and project my version of the american way of life and that's what happened. >> he was more tapped into the pulse of the nation and the people of pennsylvania than anyone in his party was. it's why they lost, not because of him, because they ignored him. they didn't just lose the election, they are losing their own people. joe mansion left his own party before he actually left washington and now he calls democrats toxic. >> i am not a de

including defence secretary nominee pete hegseth who today met with pennsylvania democratic senator john federman. >> he's thoughtful, he's independent-minded. defence is not political. national security is important for democrats and republicans. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer described commerce secretary nominee as an intelligent and capable man. homeland security nominee kristi noem met with a pair of democrats including gary peters of michigan. while missouri senator josh holley emphasized the urgency to confirm kash patel as fbi director and pam bondi as ag. all this is happening as president-elect trump rang the opening bell. and also was named "time" magazine's person of the year again. a year in which he survived being shot, overcame political law fair leading to what many have deemed dubious convictions. and of course rewinning election and commanding fashion including a sweep of all seven battleground states. >> trace: we are going to show the people who are unhappy about him becoming person of the year again. kevin thank you. let's bring in aaron wexler and former l.a. g.o.p.

there's some democrats already making the case for be friending maga like pennsylvania senator john federmantoday. >> i've been warning people. like you have to chill out. the constant you know, freak out. it's not helpful. so, you know, pack a lunch. pace yourself. because, he hasn't even taken office yet. >> you met with kash patel i believe? >> yesterday, yes. >> he's talking about going after trump's enemies. >> and we've had conversations but we had all of these, all of these interviews were all off the record. and those things. so i'm not going to go into detail. but he absolutely, that's, that's never going to happen. >> look, democracy's don't just collapse suddenly overnight. they erode slowly with the help of polite excuses and shrugs and giving like we saw with federman good faith arguments. and joining me now is msnbc political analyst basil michaels and a never trumper, joe. proud and as you told our own team. what is that? what do you make of brett stevens a fellow colleague of yours. do you still see trump as a threat to democracy. >> look, i thought it was a stupid piece but

one thing the campaign had tried to do was re-create to the playbook it had gotten with john federman and josh shapiro getting elected in pennsylvania. with more time, understandably, that is something that probably could have been re-created in terms of reaching out to andy trump republican voters in suburban counties, reaching out to more independence. stuff like that. but in the amount of time the campaign had come as you were talking about, trying to reintroduce her to voters and you also had to reintroduce her running mate to voters as well and lay out what her platform would be and how it would be different than the platform joe biden had, draw the contrast with donald trump. all of these things the campaign was trying to do and at the same time, not necessarily run on the same coalition biden ran on because he relied really hard on white working-class men and she was running on women, suburban women, trying to get more youth voters out, obviously black voters were a huge focus for the campaign. all of the things they were trying to do, doing that, as you're talking about. and t