belong at the top of 21st century charts live at the table scott jennings solomon jones, lee macgowan and arthur adalia. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. pete pete hegseth, to be specific. he's donald trump's pick to steer the pentagon, and he might be in trouble. tomorrow he's going to return to his old stomping grounds fox news, for an interview that he may need in order to save his would be job. the republican senators that he needs in his corner to green light his nomination. several of them are now skeptical some of these articles are very disturbing. >> he, you know, obviously has a chance to defend himself here. but, you know, some of this stuff is is going to be difficult. you know, time will tell, as i've repeatedly said to you, i believe that we need an fbi background check to evaluate the allegations. we need to have the normal committee process of questionnaires also tonight the trump transition is agreeing to what every modern t

jones. john forbes kerry. bonnie lautenberg, accepting on behalf of frank r lautenberg. kathleen genevieve becky. opal lee. ellen ochoa. nancy pelosi. jane rigby. teresa romero. judy shepard. gail lynn hannon accepting on behalf of of francis thorpe. -- james francis thorpe. and, michelle yo. -- michelle yeoh. distinguished guests, the president of the united states. >> please, have a seat. >> i told my buddy john kerry for the first two years i would hear hail to the chief i would look around like, where is he? it's great to see you all. thank you for being here at one of our favorite events at the white house. 61 years ago president kennedy established the presidential medal of freedom to recognize "any person who made an especially meritorious contribution to the security and national interest of the united states or world of peach, cultural, or other significant public or private endeavors. " the first class of medal recipients included the great eb white. years after receiving the metal he received a letter for someone that asked how he maintained faith in humanity and he replied relentless curiosity

jones nbc, bay area news. elena, thank you very much. well, a political run filled with iconic moments in congress comes to an end tonight. oakland congresswoman barbara lee gave her final remarks on the house floor. she's leaving the office after representing the east bay for more than 25 years. she gained a reputation as a progressive champion. one of her biest moments casting the lone vote against the use of military force in afghanistan after the nine over 11 attacks. lee thanked her family, constituents and colleagues, calling her tenure the honor of a lifetime must. tonight, as i give my last speech on this floor after over 25 years of service, i'm reminded of a scripture. galatians six verse nine, which says, and let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up. lee gave her speech in the same suit she wore when she was first sworn in back in 1998. afterwards, other lawmakers took time, took their turns thanking lee, sharing stories about how she inspired them. she's leaving office, she's not retiring, lee told msnbc this week. she's had discussions about a possible run for mayor in oakland, but she's focused

jones, center for science and society, thank you so much. >> really appreciate it. >> thank you. hi. >> deliberations are happening right now in the murder trial of cash app founder bob leeused of stabbing and killing lee back in april of last year, mckinney testified he acted in self defense. his defense attorneys are hoping that video they played of lee allegedly doing drugs off a knife hours prior to his murder will introduce enough doubt in jurors minds about who had the murder weapon to find mckinney not guilty. he faces first degree murder charges, but jurors can potentially consider lesser charges, including second degree murder or voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. >> i've got nothing but the utmost respect for our jurors and our camembert. tough decision ahead of them. and ever so grateful for our our legal team on this and the most of all, our judge. and even more so the san francisco police to be a little cheery about this. >> but and that was christa lee, bob lee's ex-wife, who was inside the courtroom yesterday during closing statements. growing impact from san francisco's hotel strike. the conference making a move away as a conference moving out next mo

lee, thank you for that report. we want to bring in congressman jones. it's nice to see you again.nd you know the issue. going forward, what do democrats need to do to shore up the groups of voters we just mentioned, black men, hispanic men and, surprisingly, young people? >> it's good to be with you. i would say what i've been saying for the past several weeks, which is democrats have to redouble their efforts to be the economic populace of the modern 21st century. black men, hispanic men, working class people at large in the united states of america are facing many of the same economic challenges that white working class voters are facing. they want to know how they're going to put food on the table. they're going to want to know how to pay their rent and their mortgage, how they're going to cover the cost of child care. it turns out only one major political party is offering solutions for that, but those solutions are not being heard very well in this information environment, which is replete with disinformation, as you know, depending on what news network you listen to and whet

and lee known for quite a while and i also want to think our clerks tammy morrison and katie jones isgreat name i will say and so thankwh you to all of thm for the work as well as the rest of the committee staff and also nonpartisan sample groups. that makes his capitol work were eager for what is to come on every job that you feel it will we lift us in a better place then when we came in because of your good work and all of the officers, we firmly believe that and not only with law enforcement but also with a number of other things that we came under our jurisdiction in the capitol we did a lot of fanfare fights republic humiliations which seem to go with the work of elected officials these days we do the right way working with the leaders on both sides of the capitol and so i cannot think of a better wayh to go out and lok forward to continuing to work with you chief. >> andd thank you in one, and e question. my comment is, when you were here with senator blunt, i did not think that he could get better clearly i was wrong. >> we just won't tell him. >> my question is, i believe that

lee who i've known for quite a while. i also want to thank our clerks cammy morrison and katie jones which is a great name, let's face it. thank you to all of them for all their work as well as the rest of the committee staff and also the non-partisan staff that works here that makes this capitol work, and we are eager for what's to come, and it's not every job you can feel like, okay, we left this in a better place than when we came in, but because of your good work and all the officers we firmly believe that not only with law enforcement, but also with the number of other things where it came under our jurisdiction in the capitol and we did it without a lot of fanfare or fight or public humiliations which seem to go with the work of elected officials these days. we did it the right way working with the leaders on both sides of the capitol. so i can't think of a better way to go out and look forward to continuing to work with you, chief. >> thank you. i will -- one comment and one question. my comment is when you were here with senator blunt i didn't think it could get any better. clearly, i was wrong. >> we won't tell

doctor lee jones. >> hi, michelle. well, on? doctor lee jones. >> hi, michelle.s is >> hi, michelle. well, this is an act of desperation, frankly, from a deeply unpopular president. he has approval ratings in the high teens and low 20s and has done for many months. he only narrowly won the 2022 presidential elections, and his party lost control of parliament in the legislative elections early this year. and so politics has basically been gridlocked because he can't get any of his legislation through parliament and parliament keeps trying to investigate him and his wife for corruption and to impeach government officials for not investigating this corruption thoroughly enough. so matters have come to a head over the budget bill. the president can't veto his own budget, but parliament has amended the bill to impose various budget cuts, including to the prosecutor's office, which is yoons power base. yoon is a former government chief government prosecutor, and that's where he leapfrog from into the presidency. so the president essentially has declared martial law in