maria kumar is an msnbc contributor. john feiri is a republican strategist. robert costa, you're a straight reporter, you cover this every day. does this sound like what trump was promising to the people when he got their votes? >> reporter: chris, it's right out of it steve bannon/jeff sessions playbook, done through executive orders, not working through the congress. >> is there enough money in the bin to pay for a wall of 2,000 miles? >> reporter: within the white house there is confidence this is at least enough in terms of federal funds available to start construction of the wall. trump's directive to all of his advisers is, don't wait, work with congress on this, we're going to negotiate with nieto, the president of mexico. he does not want any kind of delay because he thinks this is the chief political promise he made during this campaign. >> did it seem to matter to people in scranton, pennsylvania, other parts of the country, that he's not going to get the mexicans to pay for it in the near term, that somewhere down the line he'll find some financial

jimy williams, and maria theresa kumar, annalise jordan and kareem jean pierre.he first revvie, the worst political move in 2016. it is a crowded field. will hillary clinton walk away with it for her failures in the rust belt? not visiting wisconsin even once. or does it go to chris christie, who swallowed had his pride to embrace trump, only to be can kicked to the curb during the transition? or does the award go to all 17 gop primary candidates, they couldn't stop trump early on, they shouldn't be forgotten for their failure. and often they didn't even seem interested in trying. >> i'm a big fan of donald trump's. i think donald trump is bringing a bold, brash voice to this presidential race. >> he struck a nerve with people. he's sort of unfiltered in a way that is refreshing. >> i like the fact he's focused on a very important issue for american workers and particularly illegal immigrants in this country. >> i think donald trump has many admirable qualities and traits and i would think that he would find a very good spot in our administration. >> one of the t

me is washington bureau chief, april ryan, author of the new book, "at mama's knee" and teresa maria kumar. april, i want to start with you. so many people have been blasting steve mnuchin about these foreclosures. he ran a bank that purchased another one. it was the business he was in and he was adhering to the law. >> he was adhering to the law but you could also do a little bit more of what the law requires and you have to think about this and i'm going to give you a little bit of history. during the clinton years, more minorities were able to purchase homes under the clinton administration through some of their initiatives and tax incentives, what have you. during the bush administration, there were banks that went in on these people who wanted homes and they said we have a group of minorities and they lost their homes with these no-interest loan the fst few years and they ballooned to like 5, 6, $10,000 a month. who could pay for that? so instead of dealing with the issue of we have this big problem and i'm going to stand here and fix the problem as the law says instead of going beyon

. >> joining me now, maria teresa kumar, president of voto latino, howard dean and also a republicanstrategist from the great state of texas. so, you know, there is more mobilization on the center left -- and i mean that, like, starting in the center center left all the way to leftiest left. there's more mobilization i've seen in that part of the country's political spectrum than since the iraq war. do you think that's -- >> i think that's fair. i was having a conversation where people are saying they're going into yoga class and people are talking about meditation and the meditation is the martin luther king speech and they're saying "we're rallying tomorrow. it's a different level. part of is because people were calculating that hillary clinton was going to win, even the folks that sat out folks were saying my protest vote is not participating in this election but it's okay because we have a sure winner the polls. so what we're living in now is a moment of bearing witness but also action. >> matt i remember covering the tea party and watching it grow and going to one of their first

joining me now is maria teresa kumar, president and ceo of voto latino and msnbc contributor.ing to apc, he said the plan something going to start right away that taxpayers would pay for this first stage and that he still believes mexico will repay, we've got the mexican president coming january 31st and we've already had reporting from the border from gadi schwartz saying people he's spoken to there the mexicans saying why should we pay for the wall? >> former mexican ambassador to the united states said you should call it the great wall of america, this no, sir nothing to do with mexico and everything to do with failed policies not adra addressing the real issue. since 2008 we've seen a negative decline of people crossing the border. the issue what do we do with the 11 million undocumented people we find within our border. the president i think is trying to capture another headline, little depth similar to the carrier deal when he promised he won a whole bunch of american jobs. it's just not deep. >> it's not deep but it fulfilling a campaign promise and probably reassuring

. >>> joining us now, yamiche alcindor and maria theresa kumar, msnbc contributor. you both spent the day in washington witnessing the march there in washington. first, your impressions of the day in washington. >> today was really, i almost feel like the inauguration of the protest movement. i have been to a lot of protests for ferguson, for baltimore but this wasn't about one particular issue but this was really thousands of women coming together putting donald trump on notice that they are serious. i talked to so many women who brought their mothers and grandmothers and children and basically what they are saying is for the next four years we will keep up this resistance. people weren't just going to march and wave signs. people were making critical decisions and talking about the fact they want to call their congressman every day or want to encourage people to run for office. this was really a day for people who were depressed and really sad about donald trump becoming inaugurated to really get up and say now it's the time to work. >> maria theresa, the images i

brian grimm from the huffington post, maria theresa kumar from voto latino. i just made a mistake, drinking too much diet coke. and washington bureau chief for mother jones, david corn. there are a lot of things coming together, it reminded me of going to the anti-war demonstrations years ago and you would find everybody had a flag. they were not the same flags. there's a lot of different causes there today. >> that was the purpose of the women's march and how it came about is recognizing for a long time the only issue that people want to talk about when they associate with women for a long time is reproductive rights. in fact, they care about wages and the economy and the lgbt community. everything we heard from michael moore, it's the intersectionality that moves a lot of young people. it is why bernie sanders came out and rose so quickly out of nowhere. this recognition. i think what made this so particularly special is people for the very first time in organizing this march, people shared power. it was not saying let's check the box, it was communities co

. >>> joining us now, yamiche alcindor and maria theresa kumar, msnbc contributor. you both spent the day in washington witnessing the march there in washington. first, your impressions of the day in washington. >> today was really, i almost feel like the inauguration of the protest movement. i have been to a lot of protests for ferguson, for baltimore but this wasn't about one particular issue but this was really thousands of women coming together putting donald trump on notice that they are serious. i talked to so many women who brought their mothers and grandmothers and children and basically what they are saying is for the next four years we will keep up this resistance. people weren't just going to march and wave signs. people were making critical decisions and talking about the fact they want to call their congressman every day or want to encourage people to run for office. this was really a day for people who were depressed and really sad about donald trump becoming inaugurated to really get up and say now it's the time to work. >> maria theresa, the images i