i mean, i'm not a maga person. i didn't vote for him, but i know lots of maga people. they wouldn't not shake hands with. i mean, of course there are some racists in this country who wouldn't, but i don't think that's helpful or healing or accurate. it's old, it's tired, it's a zombie lie. and again, i know a lot of these maga people. i'm friends with people on all sides. and it's just it's just not where they are. and i don't think that helps. >> so you're talking, you know, you're joking about possible third term possible essentially, you know, the at least the the. transformation of american democracy into something else. how worried are you how do you think about this? i mean, just personally like you get you get up, get depressed. >> no, i did that a little bit the first term. um, and i let myself chase everything down a rabbit hole because it was so new, and i'm not going to do that. and i said that many times. i'm just not doing it a second term. and people come up to me all the time, and, bill, what are we going to do? and i always just say, go back and finish

democrat needs to make up their own mind and that state of the union speech will be a farce and a magaous talk to the nation. reporter: one democrat that will be there, former house speaker nancy pelosi. the 84-year-old said democrats should attend to show opposition to any potential changes to social security, medicaid and medicare. you may remember those pelosi generated a lot of attention for tearing up trump's state of the union address back in 2020. trump call it had disrespectful and tomorrow night's michigan's newest senator democrat alyssa slotkin going to deliver the rebuttal and they're calling her a rising star after winning her seat in a state that president trump carried last november. there's new action at democrat headquarters and filing it is first lawsuit of trump against the second term and claiming the actions against some independent executive branch agencies broke elections law. when it cops to messaging, stu, we're seeing democrats shake things up any way they can and gavin newsom getting a lot of buzz for 2028 launching a new podcast trying to get his message out

why free speech in maga land is a fantasy. and a democratic party lost in the dark faces a big test at the president's joint address. will they offer all olive branches or ax the whole tree? >> if you could speak directly to elon musk, what would you say? >> off. >> here in the studio, s. e. cupp solomon jones, gretchen carlson and malik abdul. it's the weekend. join the conversation at a table for five. good morning. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. in fact, the whole world. it's a diplomatic disaster. a free nation fighting for its survival. now getting berated by the president and his number two, a berating that they never delivered to the actual invader. russia. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy is a man that's gone from standing ovations in congress to the other end of a shouting match inside of the oval office. historians say they have never seen a spectacle like that. and now, at best, the deal between the nations is frozen and at worst, it's essentially ended. america's involv

and the maga faithful love this juanita broderick. i don't know if you remember her. said this was the slap heard around. >> the world. >> this was seen as a kind. >> of display. of american strength, of american power, and basically. slapping away the hand of a panhandler. >> and i. think what we. >> are not understanding. >> is that. >> on the american far. >> right. >> which now controls the country and all three branches of government, ukraine. >> is. >> not necessarily seen as. >> the bad guy or. >> as the aggressor, but. >> the little guy. who who's. >> gotten. >> too big. >> for his. >> britches, is not grateful, is demanding more and more and more overplaying his hand, and is swinging at the much bigger guy because he thinks that the us is going to. >> protect him. i think what. >> you also saw and to that end, by the way. >> to me the most. >> interesting quote was from president trump who. said twice, this is going to make for great. >> television. >> and we're playing. >> it. >> and we're playing it and we're playing. >> it, and. >> it's the reality tv. >>

and i don't just say that to appeal to the maga crowd.maga crowd that will actually quite like the apprentice. >> yeah, i know i saw it, and we should say for anybody who who hasn't seen it, it goes well before any sort of political action that donald trump ever had. it is, to your point, the origin story. and it's very, very fascinating. but let's talk about best actress. i know who you're going to say, and i think that one's a lock, right? >> i mean, i'm going to say demi moore because i think we've seen a lot of love towards her. i mean, honestly, in my opinion, this is amazing because why didn't she receive an oscar nomination for a few good men years and years ago? but this is her oscar nomination. i think this is her year. look, mikey madsen is a lot of people also think that was a very strong performance. but i think it's demi moore all the way. >> okay, so then who's going to win best director and will that predict the best picture winner. because that one goes before best picture. >> you see i really think again, and i hate to so

the group was among those targeted for revenge by trump and maga for their role in their roles in cases related to the january 6th and investigations of trump allies. they're now tasked with entry level and misdemeanor work after overseeing complex criminal cases at the nation's largest u.s. attorney's office. how should democrats respond to this. >> angrily? because the department of justice is a very important part of our american. >> life. >> and its integrity is very. >> important to. >> our american life. >> so when you both. humiliate seasoned. prosecutors for perfectly. >> good cases that they brought, in. >> fact, they won. >> them and. >> then send a. >> message to all. of the. rest of the employees. >> if you're not bringing. >> the kind of cases that we like politically. you're in for the. same humiliation. >> even when you. >> do a great job. even when you get the conviction, even when. >> you're the best. >> we've got. >> so it's a doubly evil message. >> all right. thank you. senator sheldon whitehouse turning back to the clash between the white house and ukrainian preside

big maga event. make america great again. we're setting records -- i would rather be at the white house but we're doing the big event tomorrow night. we had some big news this week as you know because apple is investing $500 billion, think of that. and it's going to be tremendous. i get the biggs investment anybody has ever made in the country at one time. they're going to be investing a lot of money, $500 billion. we have many other companies that have announced they're coming in. a lot of it is how we're doing. we've got a great turnaround in a little more than 30 days. but the country is doing well. doing well. we're respected again all over the world. if you look, we had the japanese prime minister. we had the prime minister yesterday of u.k. as you know. we had the prime minister of india. we have another 20 prime ministers and presidents wanting to come. very good -- very good. i think our country has turned around. we had a meeting with president zelensky. it didn't work out. he overplayed his hand. we're looking for p

and i think even more importantly, the maga base is doubling down on it. they were already people who were kind of moving against foreign aid, not kind of really moving against fawn. >> were there? >> yeah, they were there moving against funding, um, wars in different parts of the globe. and they kind of just kind of were sucking it up because this is a deal that trump wanted to make. now that it seems that this deal is not going to happen, you're going to you're seeing maga people kind of revel in the fact that we don't want to be a part of this, and donald trump shouldn't be a part of it either. >> the anti ukraine wing of the gop used to be so small, right? remember when zelenskyy came and addressed a joint session of congress not too long ago, standing and cheering both sides of the aisle? and it was the matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene's of the world on that contingent. it is much bigger now. and as exemplified by lindsey graham being at the white house, speaking out against zelenskyy just on friday. >> no question. as we go to break, i just want to

and rule number one of maga is you talk about how great donald trump is all the time. >> disrespectful. >> the way he confronted the president was just over the top. >> the president's allies do anything they can. >> to the highest. >> level in this country's office, and he refused to wear a suit. >> to prop up the president. live at the table. alexander vindman. reena ninan. keith boykin. pete seat, jenna arnold and malik abdul. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. >> this is. >> cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm abby phillip in washington. in new york. excuse me. let's get right to what america is talking about. the oval office octagon tonight. the world is reeling, wondering if it just watched a public shouting match. that is the prelude to a public divorce. and proof that alliances that hold the west together are broken, perhaps beyond repair. volodymyr zelenskyy arrived in washington ready to put his pen to a minerals deal, what many view as a precursor to the peace talks that include a ukrainian seat at the table with the uni

for a second, yes, there's a real divide between some of the doge and maga extremists who say we should be doing no foreign aid. it's of no benefit to the united states, and republicans who i've worked with for years, who i've traveled with and visited aid programs and projects around the world who see it as a key part of the 3 ds that secretary jim mattis used to talk about defense, diplomacy, development. i'll remind you we spend less than 1% of our total federal budget on foreign aid. your average american thinks it's between 25% and 30%, and that trimming, you know, waste, fraud, and abuse in foreign aid is a way to deal with our deficit. there is a list of a small number of odd, strange, or embarrassing programs that were funded, many of them not through usaid, but through the state department. there's no disagreement with democrats and republicans that we should look at and closely scrutinize and reform foreign aid but to shut it down first and then have a conversation about it is putting the cart before the horse. >> some of that's driven, you know, what i was hearing is that the

. >> of maga republicans. >> i have never been more proud. >> of. >> the president. i was very proud of jd vance. >> when all. >> in starts. >> right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes today, donald trump irreparably destroyed the 80 year old post-world war ii international order. his total abandonment of ukraine in front of the cameras was on display for the entire world to see. it was a truly historic moment. not in the good way. one that i fear realigned the world order, upending the only foreign policy consensus that most living americans and europeans have ever known. today's oval office meeting started to turn ugly when trump apparently thought that ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky was not being deferential enough to russian president vladimir putin. >> i really count on your strong position to stop putin. and you said that. enough with the war. i think that is very important. been to say these words to putin at the very beginning, at the very beginning of war, because he is a killer and terrorist. but i hope that together we can stop him. >

i think it will be a maga pep rally and not a serious talk to the nation and i won't be a part of thatmocrats should not acquit him that collectively attend. >> do not attend, did not attend, do not attend! >> harris: what is she doing? i don't know, cheryl. >> cheryl: if you don't want to participate in democracy, that is your choice, but this is why we have the government and to an address that will happen tomorrow night. if you want to sit home and how, go ahead. or we will hear tomorrow night, i believe a president that will talk about all we have accomplished in five weeks. we are at six weeks and whether doge or the waste and fraud in the federal government were streamlining the executive orders, i think it will be important for donald trump to get up there and make sure the american people understand, here is what i'm doing for you and why and explain it point by point by point. knows what the democrats will do if they want to wear t-shirts or not show up, they are not. it is about a particular -- larry and i already said fiscal responsibility of the government and getting this

i think it's going to be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation. we're going to stop that billionaire takeover, that destruction of our democracy, only by fighting them every single day. a lot of democrats think maybe you should, you know, fight every third day. you should reserve your power and jump out of the bushes at the right moment. i just think that we have to be on the offensive 24 seven. >> now for the democrats, who are in the house chamber on tuesday night, they will also have to decide whether to try to respond or react to trump in real time. on the spot. former house speaker nancy pelosi, who famously ripped up the speech that trump delivered during his last state of the union as president. she is urging democratic lawmakers to exercise some caution, saying in an interview that they should essentially just let trump stew in his own juice. it all comes as democrats really have struggled to stop trump's actions in the first six weeks of his presidency, and they also have yet to settle on a cohesive message and strategy for how to push ba

about relitigating everything that we have learned about this man that has tarnished his image with maga. and this is to your point, this is not about the care and concern about young women who were brutalized and abused and the fact that he hung out with the guy who did the brutalizing and abusing. that's not about there's no accountability for that from donald trump. he never once came out and said, you know what? i didn't know that was going on with epstein, and i rebuke it. i know we have the video. so look, they pull out their boxes and their papers and they think that solves the problem. we're done. >> well, and now pam bondi is spending time pointing to her blame at the fbi for withholding the documents because it did not turn. you know, they hyped it a lot. they gave it to these, you know, right wing social media influencers. honestly, i just it just where lisa started. what are our tax dollars being spent on. definitely not trying to lower the price of eggs. no. they're being spent on chasing conspiracy theories about jeffrey epstein. they're being spent on firing, inflicting tr

i think it's going to be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation.hink donald trump is going to spew a series of lies about his alignment with russia, about what he's trying to do to allow elon musk to essentially monetize the american government, to enrich musk and his billionaire crowd. and i'm just not going to be a part of that. listen, the case i'm making to democrats is that we have to fight every single day, every single day. republicans flood the zone. democrats have to flood the zone. they flood the zone with lies. we flood the zone with truth. we are going to stop this billionaire takeover of government. we are going to stop their destruction of democracy, which they have to do, because what they are attempting to do, gut medicaid in order to feed. was an attempt to rewrite history in order to sign a deal with putin that hands putin ukraine. that is disastrous for u.s. national security. that means that china will be on the march. putin may not stop. america may be at war with a nuclear power. and for what? for what? it appears as if americ

and while he attempted to say that london would always look out for his best friend, washington, the maga laid a junction with a slightly painful dose of reality. whenever necessary, we absolutely back to each other off or not. so if you take on rush you by yourself . well, no, it's not about the british it or need much help. thank you and take care of themselves. very well. did you discuss with president trump his repeated statements of desire to an ex, canada? i think you're trying to find a divide between us that doesn't exist. we're the closest of nations that we have very good discussions today, but we didn't i shouldn't have found that up. thank you. place because that's enough just like that. meanwhile, no, we just an oil company, is it alex, it's going to stop fueling american military assets in norway and any of us naval ships that are looking at pop up. why is that? well, be honest as on your screen right now, a power to the supply and doesn't like the way it all went down the hill for the landscape in washington. what makes america a good country? is america engaging in diploma

to create the dictate to the dictates approved to be the maga trump base the faithful or just ecstatic of what they saw. or if you know, donald trump doing, you know, showing here the america 1st foreign policy in no uncertain terms in the oval in the or will office. and then you also have the realist, foreign policy establishment who alone without getting it where is will going. it's clearly at a stalemate, it is time for peace. and let's see where this, where the scariest with oppose have been pretty consistent for, for a long time now. yes, to support for your crime, but as also it will make support for a negotiated settlement. as soon as possible. so when trump says, look, i see, you know, when we saw as lensky or any solid, you know, fighting games and evolves when von says that with bowers, the time for diplomacy to fits with our, with our opponents. and there's no more time for chest beating like the by did a ministration, is when he says you got it all wrong. well that's just he doesn't want to piece. so they, they, they are, they will be able to, a lot of support for that. int

hit the nail on the head, i mean this is clearly an opportunity for trump to throw red meat to is maga base and you know, project himself with strong and powerful and the deal maker. but i, i think that's where he is. i wrote in my world briefing blog today, i think there was more here than met the eye in our 1st quote that was, i think, was indicating this is that it looked like a little bit to script a little bit too much. like a set up. i think it was actually a truck for the landscape. what might have been happening in the background is that um, where are the elements deal that was being negotiated from the truck point of view, perhaps they've got to water down. they didn't, they didn't have what they wanted in it, and they decided let's sabotaged it. and at the same time, let's humiliate the leader of ukraine, who is also very popular in other countries as well. but um it's, it's absolutely despicable behavior. i think this was the trump school yard bully diplomacy on display. having said all of that, so what i'm hearing from friends and contacts here and ukraine is kind of 5050 d

trump does tend to that donald trump does tend to play to minority maga thanks very7much 7 thanks very7muchook at some other stories making news. the scottish national party to scrap an unprecedented with ukraine's president zelensky. he did not see how a state visit could go ahead. and said he would not be distracted. on sunday afternoon. a 44—year—old woman, who was known to the child, to endanger life. in england and wales. and flexible tickets. campaigners say the rise will "pile further misery benjamin netanyahu blocked all gaza. all aid from entering gaza. the food programme told the world food progra mme'tcxtd'the no world food programme'tcxtd'the no eight world food programmetotd'the no eight trucks were bbc no eight trucks were to cross border on allowed to cross the border on sunday. mr netanyahu phase demanding hamas extends phase one of on saturday. no aid lassa lthey they want hamas trucks. they want hamas to release hostages new release heslaaes sander neyi.i ii ii hamas has rejected release heslages sander neyi.i ii ii hamas has rejected the wis. 77777777;le only under two of

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you've got trump and them using dog whistles and what have you like that to just amass maga people tor them, and this is what they voted for. they did not know, because most of the maga people, you know, are uneducated, poor whites, and unfortunately, they voted for this thank them and they are going to get hit the worst. and, robin, he's trying to tell you, and he's trying to be nice about it, but he knows it's going to hit them real bad. that is pretty much what i have to say. guest: i mean, i would just follow up to say that we just did some focus groups with medicaid enrollees, both individuals who voted for president trump and individuals who voted for vice president harris. i think a lot of people did not hear very much during the campaign about health care more broadly, and particularly about medicaid, so, you know, across voting preferences, individuals on the program valued their coverage, and when the topic of potential cuts came up, were very concerned that those cuts would result in loss of coverage or lost in benefits for, you know, for themselves or other kids that are c

you've got trump and them using dog whistles and what have you like that to just amass maga people tofor them, and this is what they voted for. they did not know, because most of the maga people, you know, are uneducated, poor whites, and unfortunately, they voted for this thank them and they are going to get hit the worst. and, robin, he's trying to tell you, and he's trying to be nice about it, but he knows it's going to hit them real bad. that is pretty much what i have to say. guest: i mean, i would just follow up to say that we just did some focus groups with medicaid enrollees, both individuals who voted for president trump and individuals who voted for vice president harris. i think a lot of people did not hear very much during the campaign about health care more broadly, and particularly about medicaid, so, you know, across voting preferences, individuals on the program valued their coverage, and when the topic of potential cuts came up, were very concerned that those cuts would result in loss of coverage or lost in benefits for, you know, for themselves or other kids that are

i think it is going to be a maga pep rally. >> we have someone occupying the white house and as far as i'm concerned, he is an enemy to the united states united states. >> i really am puzzled why anyone thinks trying to be a peacemaker is a bad thing. it is only bad when it is president trump you're at it is to me. >> president trump is not the same as president biden view different priorities. once you negotiate a deal. >> it is the chaos of this presidency pure chaos is up. corruption is up. >> america has gone bankrupt, so that cannot happen. >> i know they do not have regard for them. they think they are disposable, that they make no contributions. >> john: democrats still reeling from the meeting with volodymyr zelenskyy and doge cuts. the president is already onto tomorrow, looking ahead to his joint session of congress across the street from us here appeared appeared to be to riding "tomorrow night will be big. i will tell it like it is." oh, well he? >> john: i'm sure he will. i'm john roberts and washington. sandra, good to be with you. speak to you as well. a jam-packed two h

. >> all over the country maga is on fire with a sense of retribution and a sense of opportunity to makeressure corporations to pressure universities, to pressure the media, to say a new sheriff in town, old ways do not count, we will change it. >> jesse: the man who was almost vice president is still shouting about fascism. >> you know i see the pundits on tv what is wrong with the democratic party? what is wrong as our country is being sold by fascist and nazi's. >> jesse: fascists and nazi's? you might want to walk that one back. the press gave him a shot yesterday. >> heights ohio wearing them calling themselves nazi's. in the streets asking to take over to take over the city council and the way they govern there. >> politicians in washington. >> no i'm talking about the people who are openly nazi's. >> jesse: "fox & friends" weekend cohost charlie hurt. do you thank trump was telling the truth? to fight in really poor his heart out? >> i think, and by the way, that was a great interview that been dominant stood about at about 11:00 today was the biggest three of the day. and then ze

i think that speech will be a farce, a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation. >> one democrat who will be there former house speaker nancy pelosi. 84-year-old says democrats should attend so they can show united opposition to any potential changes to social security, medicaid or medicare. you may remember pelosi generated a lot of attention for tearing up trump's state of the union speech in 2020. trump at the time called it disrespectful. tomorrow night michigan's newest senator slotkin will give the rebuttal. democrats call her a rising star. new action also at democratic party headquarters party filing its first lawsuit against trump of his second term. dnc suing trump claiming actions against some independent executive agencies broke elections laws. democrats are looking to shake things up. newsom a lot of talk in 2028 is launching a podcast to get his message out. >> bill: a lot to talk about. mary kathryn hamm is here. noah rothman. hello to you. noah, hakeem jeffries is the democratic leader. he had a lot of things to say on this. watch. >> trump administration is not f

i think that speech will be a farce, i think it will be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation not going to be a part of that. >> i hope they respect the decorum of the institution. it is really important. we should respect the president. everyone should stand and give him an ovation for what he has been able to accomplish in the first few weeks. it is incredible what the new trump administration is doing. it is good for all americans and everyone will see that very soon. >> harris: alease slotkin from michigan will deliver their rebuttal to his address and the moderate who won her swing state last year despite trump's victory there. in "focus" now ari fleischer former white house press secretary and fox news contributor. tell me about elise slotkin and what you expect to hear from her. >> it is an interesting choice. it signals to democrats the moderates the representation who and what it is to be a democrat. it is an interesting choice in that sense. the democrat problem remains that their energy remains with the left wing base that is out of touch with america. the guys comp

and go get your maga can-colored toy underpants.laughter] peter: charlie, put 'em back with on, no! rachel: bye, everybody. >> fox on top of the oval office outrage. president donald trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's war of words coming the a head friday, what zelenskyy is telling fox about the future of his relationship with trump and what that means for the war with russia. and phase one of the israel-a hamas ceasefire coming to an end today with still no progress on phase two. what happens now? israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon, is here. plus, the budget battle is still brewing with a shutdown threat looming. what republican congresswoman nancy mace thinks about the house and senate's divisions on that one big, beautiful bill. and questions growing after actor gene hackman and his wife were found dead in their santa fe home. what we're learning this morning about their mysterious deaths with more questions than the answers. welcome, everyone, i'm molly line, and this is "fox news live." we start with l

. >> well, i call him maple sirup maga. >> or. many. okay. well. okay.well, first. >> that doesn't help with my pronunciation. >> sorry. >> and also, like. you know what? this is sad to me that everybody becomes more like america in our worst kind of ways. i remember seeing an ad not that long ago when i was playing up in canada. it was the it was campaign season. it was almost comically polite. whoever trudeau was running against, i mean, it was ridiculous. they certainly weren't calling each other names. but i hear this guy, pierre. >> poilievre. >> poilievre. i had it with the poutine. it's terrific. uh, delicious. >> talking about bilingualism. okay, that's actually our thing. i know, bilingual, right? >> yeah, but. but who is this guy? i never heard of him. i mean, i should maybe, but i try to follow a little bit of canada. who is he? and he sounds very trumpy. i mean, this is this is sad to me that people in canada are losing their polite. >> well, i think it's sad for us too. and he is pretty trumpy, and i think he built a campaign on trying to im

with audience preferences and everything to do with political pressure from president trump and his magas to use the powers of government to target cultural output they do not like. the american movie industry has a long has been a long pillar of american greatness. at its best, it has given voice to the narratives of many diverse communities living together in the usa and serving as a beacon of hope to other free, pluralistic, pluralistic societies around the world. but in the wrong hands, entertainment can be a propaganda tool for reinforcing harmful stereotypes. the same industry that brought us do the right thing also created birth of a nation. so it's up to us to choose the same way we express ourselves at the voting booth. we can rise up at the box office to send a message about the kind of america we want to see projected on the silver screen. projected on the silver screen. we'll ♪♪ sonya earlene and marcia are among the thousands of real women living with metastatic breast cancer; doing what they love. and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr

i think it's going to be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation.going to stop that billionaire takeover, that destruction of our democracy, only by fighting them every single day. a lot of democrats think maybe you should, you know, fight every third day. you should reserve. >> your. >> power and jump. >> out of the bushes. >> at the right moment. i just think that we have to be on the offensive 24 over seven. >> now, for the democrats, who are in the house chamber on tuesday night, they will also have to decide whether to try to respond or react to trump in real time on the spot. former house speaker nancy pelosi, who famously ripped up the speech that trump delivered during his last state of the union as president. she is urging democratic lawmakers to exercise some caution, saying in an interview that they should essentially just let trump stew in his own juice. it all comes as democrats really have struggled to stop trump's actions in the first six weeks of his presidency, and they also have yet to settle on a cohesive message and strategy for

is a trump supporter in the oval office who works for a pro-trump network and is reportedly dating magag a question of the president. >> of ukraine. purportedly as a member. >> of the white house press corps. >> you're the highest level in this country's office. and he refused to wear a suit. just want to. >> see if you do. >> own. >> a suit. >> yeah, yeah, i. >> a lot of americans have problems with. >> you not respecting. >> the dignity. >> of this office. >> i will wear a costume after this war. will finish. okay. yes. maybe one. maybe something. maybe something like yours. yes. maybe some. something better. i don't know. we will see. >> look, y'all know i love a suit. all men should wear suits, if you ask me. but president zelensky hasn't worn a suit since russia invaded ukraine three years ago. and as he said in that exchange, he. will wear a suit when the war on. >> ukraine is over. >> but what is elon musk's excuse for? in the words of that pro-trump media personality, not respecting the dignity of this office, all while upending federal agencies and destroying the federal workfo

i think it's going to be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation. we're going to stop that billionaire takeover, that destruction of our democracy, only by fighting them every single day. a lot of democrats think maybe you should, you know, fight every third day. you should reserve your power and jump out of the bushes at the right moment. i just think that we have to be on the offensive 24 seven. >> it comes as democrats have struggled to stop trump's actions in office, and really have not settled on a cohesive strategy for how to push back against them. so this joint address to congress by trump really presents democrats with a fresh test of whether they can make their messaging land and further counter trump while he is in office. >> all right, arlette saenz betsy klein, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. all right. joining me right now, jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, great to see you. okay. so i think it's very fascinating that the the former house speaker, nancy pelosi, would say, hey, let me give you all some advic

not maga. not the doge bros.hey are throwing career-long civil servants, people, many of whom have worked in these jobs for decades, out in the street like they're fish garbage. x luthor, elon musk -- [ laughter ] sent out a mass email over the weekend to all federal workers. the subject line was "what did you do last week?" and then ordered them to list the top five things they did at work last week. it's like the government is being run by buzzfeed. [ laughter ] it's ridiculous. meanwhile, while all this so-called "cost cutting" is happening, liger woods has already spent $10.7 million of tax money playing golf. trump has played golf on 9 of his first 30 days of work while you're making payments on an egg salad sandwich. [ laughter ] and not only is he busy with golf, while laying people off, he amped the hypocrisy up another notch by accusing employees of the government who work from home of being out playing golf instead of working at home. donald trump, a guy who literally works from home and is out playing

. >> donald trump and the maga republicans who are willing to do anything.basically save a buck here and there in government. >> well, what democrats. >> have to do. >> is to stay focused. you know, i think donald trump is currently president because the last group of movable voters were convinced that that his opponent was distracted by culture war issues and he would do more to lower prices. well, guess what? this president is obsessed with culture war issues, and he is gambling prices in the american economy, in potential trade wars for non-economic means. so if democrats will stay focused on those things that matter most to the american people, and that's your job, and whether you make enough to support your family, that next doctor's appointment and how far you have to drive to get there, whether you feel safe in your community, the school that you're going to drop your kids off at, and the roads and bridges you travel every day, that common ground, common sense for the american people, for working people is right there. you know, i talked to people, an

the ukraine issue, the villainization of zelenskyy has become such a matter of like ideology on the maga right that, of course, jd vance is going to try to take any opportunity to paint j. zelenskyy as a villain and zelenskyy fell for it. fell for it. he fell into jd vance's trap. and and i don't know if it was premeditated. it doesn't really matter. jd vance is trying to kill ukraine. he's been trying to kill ukraine. aid along with tucker and don jr., and a large part of the trump administration, but not all of it. and he's fighting a faction inside the trump administration that is actually trying to help ukraine. and that faction is losing. the jd faction is winning. and zelenskyy played into that unwittingly, probably. but it really has tragic consequences because now president trump believes that zelenskyy is the problem and not putin, which is not actually true. >> well, that seems as though putin. >> is the problem. >> but if, if if it was a preconceived and a foregone conclusion based on what you're talking about, that was that was there then in many respects, what would you have

lawmakers starting to squirm at the idea of going back to their districts and having to explain why the maga movement just took away their health care. it is a third rail. and speaking of third rails first buddy elon musk is now getting close to one. this is what he had to say to joe rogan yesterday about social security. >> social security. is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> well explain that. >> oh so. well. >> people pay into. >> social security and. >> and the money. >> goes out of social. security immediately. but the obligation. >> for social security is. >> your entire. >> retirement career. so you're. >> you're paying. >> with your the you're paying like like if you look at the. >> future obligations. >> of social security, it far exceeds the tax revenue. antifa if you ever looked at. >> the debt. >> the debt clock. >> that is an incoherent answer. it's nonsense. it doesn't even explain, nor does it accurately describe what a ponzi scheme actually is. and it's kind of surprising that elon musk would not know that while convincing trying to convince joe rogan, it is actually

is just more anti-immigrant sentiment from him to stoke division and to feed some red meat to his magayou're entirely correct. so here on under the desk, we have three buckets that we put the trump information into. the first one are things he does that are illegal and unconstitutional. we have to pay a ton of attention to that. then there's the stuff he does for the grift. donald trump is not a long term thinker. he is a short term thinker who kind of monkey branches from one get rich quick to one rug, pull to one short term decision every single day. what can he do to get immediate gratification? what can he do to enrich himself? that's bucket two, and bucket three are things he does to overwhelm our nervous systems, to cause outrage, to cause distraction. and an executive order like saying english has to be the national language. this falls into bucket three for me. this is something he's doing as a distraction to try and soak up more media attention, to try and get people to not pay attention to the deeply unconstitutional and unpopular things that he does. >> and this week, press

. >> it's going to be a maga pep. >> rally. >> not a serious. >> talk to the nation.eries of lies. about his alignment with russia. about what he's trying to do. >> to allow. >> elon musk to essentially monetize. the american government, to enrich musk and his billionaire crowd. and i'm just not going to be a part of that. >> that was senator chris murphy of connecticut, talking about what he thinks we can expect from president trump's address to a joint session of congress on tuesday, and why he's decided to skip what will surely be a performance to rival those nominated for oscars tonight. joining me now, max rose, former congressman from new york and senior adviser to votevets, a progressive group that supports military families. and hayes brown, writer and editor for msnbc daily. gentlemen, thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. so as you're the only former member of congress sitting here at the table, max, your assessment of what senator senator murphy said, do you share that? all we're going to see is president trump spew lies, lies about his al

book whitopia, which presciently probed america's self-segregation in what became the seeds of the maga by history. the new york times calls it moving and valuable, while also critiquing its writing style. it happens, rich and salman rushdie says the book is brilliant and absorbing. mazel tov. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks for. >> having us. >> ari, the reviews are coming in, and congratulations. but we'll start with you. you're. the more, the more of the home base. what's it called? hometown. what's the word i'm looking for? >> hometown. >> hero. hometown. i didn't say hero. you're a hero to so many. yeah. hometown hero. repeat guest, msnbc fixture. so we're going to go to you first. okay. what's your fallback? >> so my fallback. >> is with the supreme court. >> the supreme court has been. >> kind of. >> quiet lately. >> not quite quitting. >> still on their hustle. >> but. >> not getting. >> as much attention because article. >> two have been the. >> real chaos monkeys of. >> the federal government for the last. >> couple. >> of weeks. but today, justice t

maga is on fire with a sense of retribution and a sense of the opportunity to make big change, to pressure corporations, to pressure universities, to pressure the media, to pressure hollywood to, say, new sheriff in town. old ways don't count. we are going to change it. >> and the man who was almost vice president is still shouting about fascism. >> and we're seeing it in these town halls. that charismatic leader is not going to come there. you know, i, i see the pundits on tv. what's wrong with the democratic party? what's wrong is our country is being stolen by fascists and nazis, and we're trying to do all we can. >> fascists and nazis. tampon might want to walk that one back. will. the press gave him a shot yesterday. >> we have folks in lincoln heights, ohio, wearing and calling themselves nazis. walking in the streets, asking to take over that city council and the way they govern there. so they're asking me to apologize because of that. >> well, you were talking about you were talking about the politicians in washington. republicans? >> no, i'm talking about the people who are openly

maga republicans with the predictability of the sun setting in the west, immediately kowtowed to trump. even senator lindsey graham, who just a little more than two weeks ago, said he was very proud to have zelensky as an ally. that guy started singing a different tune. watch this. >> i have never been more proud. >> of the president. >> i was very proud of j.d. vance standing. >> up. for our country. >> what i saw in the oval office was. >> disrespectful. >> and i don't know if we. >> can. >> ever do. >> business with zelensky again. >> he either. >> needs to resign and send. >> somebody over. >> that we can do. business with. or he needs to change. >> joining me now is congressman gregory meeks of new york. he's the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman meeks, thank you, as always, for coming to the saturday show. i want to pick up with you. thank you. i want to pick up on the words of senator lindsey graham, because i found it curious that when he goes out there and says that president zelensky was disrespectful, but then says that president zelensky nee

i think it's going to be a maga pep rally, not a serious talk to the nation. we're going to stop that billionaire takeover, that destruction of our democracy, only by fighting them every single day. a lot of democrats think maybe you should, you know, fight every third day. you should reserve your power and jump out of the bushes at the right moment. i just think that we have to be on the offensive 24 over seven. >> and murphy there nodded to the very active debate within the democratic party about how exactly to push back on trump, as there have been this flurry of actions and moves in his first six weeks in office. it all comes as democrats are still trying to plot out their next steps, determine what the best strategy will be to win back voters as they're trying to set democrats up for success, not just in the 2026 midterm elections, but also beyond that in 2028. with that presidential election coming in less than four years at this point. >> i know. how about that? all right, arlette saenz, thank you so much for your reporting there. cnn chief media analys