former maryland governor martin o'malley is in the running and joins me live tonight on laura coates live ugly. when lawmakers charged with upholding ethics are accusing one another of maybe being unethical dishonest. congress is now erupting into turmoil over donald trump's pick for attorney general matt gaetz. republicans on the ethics committee are blocking the release of their own report into him. the panel has spent years, years investigating allegations just allegations of sexual misconduct and also illicit drug use. gaetz, of course, denies all of it, but he's not waiting for any chance that the report actually drops. he showed up on capitol hill. he was flanked by vice president elect jd vance, aiming to gain some support with the republican senators, who will decide whether to confirm him now in his telling, smooth sailing been going great. >> a lot of good advice look forward to a hearing. folks have been very supportive. they've been saying we're going to get a fair process. the ethics committee, they said they're not going to release the report after their meeting >> any

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two candidates have launched bids, former maryland governor and one time presidential candidate martin o'malleyic party chair ken martin. nbc's natasha has the latest on the dnc leadership race. also with me, basil michael. to sell us what we know about who is putting their names into this leadership race. >> it is an official race. because we had minnesota party chair ken martin enter the race today. yesterday, martin o'malley, former governor of maryland. and, former presidential candidate. he entered first so it is an official race. but there are many more races circulating. with them, wisconsin party chair ben wickler who is popular with the rank and file. but ken martin, being the leader of another group. a democratic chairs group. he is getting a lot of traction early on. so we are seeing various names come forward. i should also mention emanuel who was former chief of staff to barack obama, former chicago mayor. his name is also getting floated out there. we have sources telling us he has reached out some to some dnc members. also that his interest is tepid. he is interested but he is ex

former governor martin o'malley, candidate for the chair of the democratic national committee. thank you for being with us. and tomorrow on politics nation, we will have ken martin, the chair of the minnesota democratic party, who is also vying to become chairman of the party. coming up, president-elect trump creates one black job, and is not nearly enough. the details next. ahh, yellow! didn't pass the tissue test? buckle up! whoa! there's toothpaste white, and there's crest 3dwhitestrips white. whitens like a 400 dollar professional treatment. pilot: prepare for non-stop smiles. crest. i am obsessed with olay's retinol body wash. with olay retinol body wash, 95% of women had visibly renewed skin. makes my skin feel so smooth and moisturized. olay body wash & lotion. discover yours. it's hard to say who'll be more excited on the day after christmas. the guy who got a brand new truck from mom and dad. or the guy who got all the weathertech protection for his truck. like laser measured floorliners... the under seat storage system... no drill mud flaps... impact liner with shock a

martin o'malley won in maryland. lot of the country. you look at mitch andro, he's another guy that's out there. he put together a really strong party in wisconsin. i think these are probably all good choices. you know, far be it for me as somebody working with the republican party almost three decades, but if you are going through a similar process in the republican party, who would you have? we see these cabinet choices. >> john, new topic. this politico is reporting that donald trump is pushing senate republicans to slow off the confirmations of president biden's remaining judicial nominations. what you know about this? >> is a real problem with the theory, which is the democrats have enough votes to push these people through. they can delay it a little bit, but maybe some of the confirmations will end up getting denied because they had been delayed long enough, but at the end of the day, the confirmation process, this is not like legislation were, you know, 60 senators do anything. you can gum up the works a litt

martin o'malley, a minnesota democratic chairman, and can martin are both in the running., nbc news sr. national politics reporter, and stephen, a veteran of the romney and george w. bush campaigns. he is now with the lincoln project. look at you in your obama tan suit. welcome. i am thrilled to be here with you. let's talk about what the democratic party is looking for and who is in the running, because i think it is really important to remember. kamala harris lost. republicans took control of the senate. but we saw a number of democrats win key races in the states and still, 48% of the country said, i am not looking for former president trump. so it is not like they necessarily need a massive regroup here. >> first of all, please don't do a who wore it better with barack obama because i'm going to lose that. >> okay. >> second of all, if you ask all the democrats in the country who should be the dnc chair and what they should do next, you will get 75 million different answers. whatever the numbers who voted for harris. i think there are two key things for the democrats r

do you think that he would make sense for that role to lead democrats forward no i met martin o'malley when i think he was in a presidential primary. >> i like him, i like ken martin. i think rahm emanuel has a real edge to him and a name and some presence and gravitas. i think all of these are really positive qualities. i personally nominated my guy, dean phillips, because he's the only person who stood up and said there should be a primary back in january. and i think whoever the democrats select as the dnc chair, it has to be someone who has absolutely no relationship with the decision not to have a primary in january, because there are a lot of people who are very frustrated by the protection of joe biden during that time. and i think rahm emanuel as far as i know, was over in japan so he could definitely fit that bill. he's like look, i had nothing to do with it. i was, uh you know, in tokyo having sushi well, you have to wonder. >> i mean, dean phillips was actually politically vilified by some for having the audacity they thought to question biden's standing until everyone had a

at least two people have declared so far former maryland governor martin o'malley and minnesota democratic chair ken martin. the new chair is going to be in place right after trump's inauguration. santa clara based intel is set to get a big check from the biden administration. the chip maker close to finalizing a deal with the u.s. department of commerce. it's an $8 billion grant specifically from the chips and science act, from the biden administration. that money would go toward building factories to make more chips. this comes as intel has struggled to gain momentum this year. the company reported a $17 billion loss last quarter. it's also laid off 15,000 workers earlier this year. still ahead growing concer it's found in rak sold in the central valley. what you need to know to protect yourself. and moving the bay area forward. with thanksgiving just days away, the need to help families struggling to put food on the table. the numerous ways that you can help out. and i'll have a closer look at the travel forecast if you're doing course, for the restnd of it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad

martin o'malley would like to be the next chair of the dnc.

we also see, of course, martin o'malley, the former two term governor of maryland, two term mayor ofatic presidential wannabe himself, at one stage now in charge of social security. he's also declared his candidacy for the chair of the dnc. and as something that he really wants, that he feels very passionate and ambitious about where to drive the party forward from here. so i think, yeah, you're right. that's going to be really interesting in terms of how they all run their campaigns and who the party ultimately chooses to move forward. i mean, after donald trump won in 2016, there was so many calls from within the democratic party for soul searching, going back to grass roots, you know, examining how they would move forward. and they ended up running withjoe biden in 2020. and as we know what happened this year, sticking withjoe biden untiljust a couple of months ago. and we saw how that played out. so, you know, they're talking all the same talk again about the soul searching and the need to go back to the grass roots. but, i mean, you kind of think at this point they have to reall

you've had martin o'malley come forward saying he's running, ken martin.trying to figure out what they did wrong. >> they should do that. >> as they should. there's actually active recruitment towards rahm emanuel in japan. he's enjoying it. it's real, and he's interested in it as well. the feeling is he's like a fighter. they don't want people who have lost races before. maybe a generational shift, although he's not exactly a total generational shift. there's just a feeling that he plays dirty. democrats want to win. they're ready to do it. it's growing, and it's getting really intense. if you talk to people around it, they're very -- just the number of endorsements -- >> bakari sellers is your friend. is he going to be the dnc chair? >> you said i didn't become a source for stories. what's your underreporting? >> sha because zi and the cmas. sha boozy is almost on tap to be the number one song. >> there's not a bar in america not playing it. >> double shot of whiskey. >> so i felt kind of insulted for him at the awards last night. >> what happened? >> th

>> there has been this like growing dnc chairmanship race right now, and you've already had martin o'malleyd saying he's running. ken martin. i know it sounds boring, but democrats are trying to figure out what they did wrong, and they're all going on tv sort of positioning they're -- >> they should do that. >> yeah. -- no it is, it's real and he's interested as well. so the feeling is that he's like a fighter. they don't want people who have lost races before, because they tend to give this job to people who have lost in the past. maybe a generational shift, though he's not a total generational shift. there's a feeling he plays dirty. democrats want to win. they're ready to do it. and it's kind of -- it's growing. it's getting really intense. if you talk to people around it, they're very -- very -- the numf endorsements. >> mr. lemon? >> shaboozey and the cmas. i thought -- >> fill us in. >> shaboozey has a number one song, it's almost on tap to be the longest running number one song. i think like 18 weeks. tipsy. >> not a bar in america not playing it every night. >> it comes on, everyone

so far two contenders officially have thrown their hats into the race, martin o'malley and the chair ently a dnc vice chair. nbc news has learned that wisconsin democratic party chair ben wikler is considering a run for the role. also here is politics reporter dave wigle. greeting, all. >> greeting, everybody. mo, first to you, you worked inside and outside of the dnc. what do you think the party needs to be looking for in the next leader? >> full disclosure, i'm on the dnc's rules and bylaws committee, which we govern not just the nominating process but for the next chair selection. so we will be meeting in a couple of weeks to layout the process for the chair selection. look, i think the d nc chair has one specific job and another really important role to play in the situation. one, they've got to set up the committee to help win elections. first and foremost, that's the gig. that means raising money. that means setting up infrastructure. that means making sure we have ground games and strong operations in all of the states. that means making sure we take our data and technology ope

yesterday, we had on this show former governor of maryland, martin o'malley. now joining me is another candidate, ken motten, chair of the minnesota democratic party. welcome to the show, mr. martin, and thank you for joining us. democrats have had great success in minnesota. you had a unified state government for two years, which just ended with this last election. still, you kept the state senate and both u.s. senators remain democrats. as minnesota stayed blue, despite republicans winning every state surrounding it. but democrats are about to -- they're about to be out of the white house and in the minority in both the house and the senate next year, taking minnesota as an example, should democrats be looking for ways to resist the incoming administration or looking for where bipartisan compromise is possible? >> well, thank you so much for having me, reverend. look, we can't discount the things that push voters to trump. some of is that voters don't believe we stand for the things they care about anymore, and that's just not true. the canary in the coal min

and by the way there is two people who want to be running the dnc martin o'malley and.amie harris an epic failure. >> lawrence: point about biden. >> brian: don't you think that the dnc and rnc have been marginalized of late with the super pacs? don't you think they are the running really fueling the campaign even though they are not interacting directly with the candidate? >> steve: there has been a realignment. here is the thing, ultimately. the dnc has got a union. think about that. they have a union. and their union protection, where is the severance in that goes to show you how unions have be been reduced in this case to a go fund me? that's your financial safety net? >> lawrence: the political arm, which is dnc, that advocates for unions on a day-to-day basis. sets the public policy that say they are the best has their own union that is upset though want the to run the government goal is to raise $25,000. how many people were laid off. two thirds? search going to get 100 bucks? >> brian: you know your job is short-term the election is november. budget. >> steve: p

martin o'malley, one name being floated for dnc chair, says the dnc should produce that report, but somechoosing someone currently within the biden administration and also a failed 2016 candidate. ken martin, dnc vice chair, once the job. he diagnosed the parties failures in an op-ed, "it is time to speak normally, directly, and concisely about the issues families and comedians care most about. many people around the country don't know what we stand for which means they don't trust us to advocate for them. even worse we too often allow republicans to falsely and negatively define us." and then there is also former chicago mayor rahm emanuel, who has worked for three presence going back to bill clinton. aoc isn't too hot on that idea, calling his bid a symptom of democrats prioritizing the donor class overworking people. she posted to x, the dnc needs an organizer who gets people, not someone who sends fish heads in the mail -- that's a not to emanuel's 1988 mobsterresque message to a political rival. elon musk wait in saying it would be a good move. there are of course still voices that

you've got martin o'malley and ken martin have thrown their hat into the ring. rahm emanuel, mitch landrieu and ben wikler are also considering who do you think should be at the helm of the dnc next? >> somebody who understands grassroots politics and is willing to invest in it? i haven't chosen a candidate, but i want somebody who is from outside washington who understands grassroots politics and is willing and understands that it's a four year proposal, not a four month proposal. >> what do you believe vice president kamala harris's future will be in the party um, well, i don't know. >> it's obviously up to her. i think she'd be a great governor of california and of course, i'm incredibly biased towards what governors can get done for their constituencies. so and that's the biggest state in the country. so i hope she runs for governor of california but how about president again well, let's see how i mean this is up to her. that's a hard race. she knows it's a hard race. she's been through it. i'm not going to handicap what she should or shouldn't do in that ca

. >>> one of the candidates out there talking, martin o'malley, said in an interview with news, we havenge maker. the good news for us is what that change involves is returning to our true selves, the party of the working families and the hopes, dreams and aspirations of hard-working people who want to give their kids a better life. i understand you are talking about specific individuals, but this idea of not needing a caretaker, needing a change maker, is that how you see it? >> it depends on what kind of change you are talking about because it is not clear to me the bulk of the american people, when you look at the down ballot races we did okay in the down ballot. it was at the top of the ticket we lost the message and we lost the strategy. so i'm trying to parse through these candidates and what amount of change are they talking about, because there's so much -- so many hot takes and so much cotton candy noise about identity politics and what the base needs or not, as if whiteness is not its own -- >> i was going to say, being white is identity politics. >> folks are saying let's lea

martin o'malley is out front. he is running to become the next chair of the dnc. he's also the former governor of maryland and a 2016 presidential candidate. so governor i really appreciate your time. i guess just a simple way of looking at this as as the vice president is, is mulling her next steps and running for office. is kamala harris, as you see it the leader of the democratic party, right now? >> well, well, of course, i mean she is. and she also is smart to to be very clear that she has options and she's considering those. and that's what everybody in the democratic party is doing now especially in this race for dnc chair. we know that we need to change in order to win. and i would hope that, you know, after as tough as a race that she fought i would hope that that i think it's right that she would say and would conclude that she cannot leave this playing field. she has to keep doing everything she can to make a difference. >> so when you talk about change being needed to win for your party and this dnc race, right? you're running to be the next leader of

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a few people are in the mix, martin o'malley, the former governor of maryland who has been serving in biden administration, he ran for president in 2016 and expressed interest in running for dnc chair. a number of others in the mix, and some calls for rahm emanuel, the first white house chief of staff for barack obama, who led the democrats to success in 2006 and most recently ambassador to japan some in the democratic party who hope he will be the dnc into the future. >> what do you make of these differing assessments about what went wrong and what should be addressed first? >> i do think there is something to nancy pelosi's point, this was an outlier in that, kamala harris did only have 107 days, which probably was the only way she was going to be the nominee. given our track record of this country for electing a woman president, was that enough to elect a woman? i don't know, we saw it was not the case in this situation. but this was a very close race, democrats came up short. does that mean there needs to be a complete overhaul of the system? i am not sure that is the case. i do t

ken martin in dnc leadership and former chicago mayor rahm emmanuel's name is being floated. o'malley believes vice president harris lost because i believe the american people's eyes were taken off the ball and by the politics of fear. another prospect of emmanuel to take the dnc spot aoc said there is a disease in washington with democrats who spend more time listening to the donor class than the working people. that's the problem. musk weighed in. he said simply would be a good move with emmanuel. >> john: we have guy benson here. the democrats spent more than a billion dollars and lost in historic fashion and now there is a lot of self-reflection going on including chuck schumer. listen to what he said. >> we did a lot right and a lot of what we did right was focusing on economic issues. focusing on implementing the great things that we did in 2021 and 2022. we also did a lot of things wrong and we will look in the mirror and analyze those. >> john: like that michael jackson show. i'm looking at the man in the mirror. no message could have been any clearer, guy. >> i'm perplexed by