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back with us now, michael steele, jonathon allen and maria teresa kumar.te a book about, i should say cowrote. >> i'm okay with the book. >> i think it is a big shelf now of hillary books. about hillary clinton, you have watched her closely in her campaigning style. what are we seeing, or what are you seeing, i should say, in her campaign that we have seen before and what dynamics are you seeing that are new? >> i think, you know, the trustworthiness factor is something she struggled with before. i think it hurt her in the democratic primary in twachlt i think when she gets on the trail and starts to talk in legalistic terms, when she talks about how policy processes work, often times it sounds like she's either not telling the truth or kind of walking around the truth. i think that's been a problem for her. i think the insul lar nature of her campaign. this time they brought in folks from the obama world. but as one put it you are talking about the mercenaries not the missionaries. these are not necessarily true believerers but professional political oper

bring back in now michael steele and robert costas.saw, robert, a minute ago donald trump working a much more relaxed, joking donald trump, cracking one liners with the press corps. he moves over to this other room, familiar themes, trade, china and currency devaluation. you're talking about him maybe turning a corner. is that what you're seeing there? >> he's at ease. he made news. he's going to make famed investor carl icahn, sending signals about his cabinet, about the people he would surround himself with as president. this is someone making calls to carl icahn and thinking about his administration, who sees it as a viable reality rather than just some kind of dream like it may have been a few months ago. >> michael, i guess they called ross perot a generation ago the first populist billionaire. here is donald trump talking about teaming up with carl icahn and his appeal is populist. >> it is an amazing combination of forces that this billionaire has the effect on people that in focus group after focus group and poll after poll the

you're getting caught up on the sizzle. >> michael steele?he george w. bush candidacy as well. are you serious? he had a problem pronouncing basic words. let's not panic, folks. he became president. did he have problems pronouncing basic words? >> sure. but he did not stand on stage running for president calling someone out by name as a fat pig and then later on going on to demean, belittle and denigrate the woman who asked the question, not just one time, but several times over now two days. >> if you want to get into this arena, and michael and the secretary will tell you this, you have to have a thick skin. that means for the moderator, candidates, the journalist. no one is off limits. >> i like to.out, i don't think we've heard from megyn kelly since she asked that question. donald trump, talk about having a thick skin, his skin is so thin, i could wallpaper my walls with it. >> everybody is trying to figure out why donald trump is having this kind of effect, why he hasn't fallen off the cliff yet. it's because that authenticity, that rea

>> michael steele was rnc chairman. david corn, with mother jones and jones walsh is editor at large. michael steele, let me start with you. >> of course. >> let's talk about the theatrics of it. it is your party. you got a front row seat. >> talk about the theatrics. that is what this is about. you got rand paul there impersonating donald trump. you got donald trump hitting him as hard as he probably can. who is winning the balance? >> donald trump is doing his thing. rand paul is trying to lob a if you bombs. i think it is a little misplaced. it draws for another round of silly. i think that candidates like rand paul who are stuck in the middle of the pack are trying to make that move up. you have to get on the table with something fresh. and i don't think that's something fresh is necessarily going after donald trump. he relishes in this. you know, he can lob back. he played golf with him and i beat him. and he feels like that is scoring a point where the broader point should be, how are you going on defeat isis? how

we greatly appreciate it and really quickly michael steele.l abide by the agreement at all. only 6% say they will. a lot. >> that's the challenge of the administration, american people are not backing this because they don't trust the partner at the table. >> that's the case for the deal. the fact that they'll cheat is a case for the deal. it can be -- >> i don't know too many people who want to go into a deal with a cheater -- >> you want to expect someone who's going to cheat. >> apple music is celebrating having 11 million users but there's another number that the company likely won't be bragging about. that story is next in business before the bell. coming fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing to wear. will they be looking at my hair? won't be the same without you bro. when it's go, go to the new choicehotels.com. the site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20% when you book direct. choicehotels.com but your stellar notebook gives hanyou the gumptionlc. to reach for the sky. that's that new gear feelin

michael steele, we haven't talked since cleveland, since the night of the debate.ing down, taking on megyn kelly, even saying that you could say she was a bimbo, even embracing that retweet. >> yeah. i'm not surprised. i think it's part of the brand, to keep that narrative going, because until -- until -- i believe this. until there is a significant hit to him in the polls where the public says enough is enough, recoils away from it, i think to governor sununu's earlier point about the noise and the media sort of playing to that noise, until that happens, there is no downside. there's only a consistency of keeping the brand out in front and making the mark that way, andrea. >> and, great to see you again, governor, you know donald trump better than most. is this entirely predictable or are you at all surprised by how far he's gone with this unlikely presidential candidacy? >> donald is very smart, he's very articulate. the advice i would give to him and some of the other candidates as well, is the american people insist upon some minimum level of civility. you can'

michael steele, take it away. what do you make of those numbers? >> it just tells you there was a slight hit to trump in terms of his performance but he has that gravitational pull. i listen to the numbers and seeing folks say that they're 55% more uncomfortable and yet he's still leading and still someone that they're gravitated towards. he's got this amazing mix of where you don't know if you want to go in or out. as long as he's able to do that, he'll stay where he is. i've said before the only way trump goes down is if he takes himself down. i don't know how he does that at this point. there have been so many amazing gotcha moments that he's created for himself and still survived. i think we're going to ride this into simi valley in a few weeks. he'll be on the stage in the second debate and you'll have a new player that has moved up, john kasich, you want to talk about him and you'll see interesting dynamics there but interesting thing for me and i'll be curious to see what mark halperin thinks about this is how trump is actually trying to dep

michael steele, always a pleasure, thank you. >> tell sam he was right. >> yes! i love that you teed that up. he's sitting here being, i've got to tell michael! >> the widespread condemnation about donald trump's remarks to megyn kelly coming as government is considering a shutdown to defund plant parenthood and as they move right on women's issues. marco raub i don't's contention that he never supported an abortion ban exception for victims of rape and incest. at a campaign stop in new hampshire hillary clinton called out trump and some of trump's republican rivals. >> what a lot of the men on that stage and that debate said was offensive. and i want people to understand, if you just focus on maybe the biggest showman on the stage, you lose the thread here. i want to point out there's really not that much difference in the policies that they are proposing when it comes to america women. >> joining me msnbc contributor, host of "the majority report" podcast, democratic political strad gist, tara goodell, once a contestant on "the apprentice" hosted by donald trump

joining me now msnbc political an liss and former rnc chairman michael steele. michael ai was away last week during the debate. >> boy did you miss a lot. >> i did. >> i am asking you to honestly tell me, right after that debate predict four or five days from now, what this does to trump's pom numbers, what would you have told me? >> after that debate? >> yes. >> i would have said and i think i did say he'll take a slight hit, but that he'll keep going and that's exactly what happened. >> very slight. >> well the last poll going in hess at 25, 26. he's down to 23. so he took a slight hit. he's even after the disinvite from red state, he seems to be gaining momentum. it is a political phenomenon that we have not seen before and i think it really speaks to the fact, chris, that trump has come into this thing and he's turned the rules on their head. he's saying what helps to stay say, he's talking about what e-wants to talk about. i know the rnc is apoplectic at this point. they know what happens come september, poeflt labor day. you are three-and-a-half, four month

anyway, michael steele, on that sad note, michael costa and joan walsh. we'll talk to former presidential candidate rudy giuliani. donald trump's on the top of the field heading to first debate. he's the tent pole right in the middle. haley barbour wants him to promise on the record he'll not make a third party run for president if he doesn't get the republican nomination. >>> tuesday clown car tuesday keeps coming around. finds scott walker behind the wheel. he's playing the ugly game of pretending he doesn't know what religion president obama is. what pandering to the worst in the far right. >>> trump is creating his own party. now he has sarah palin in his cotillion. >>> finally let me finish with those working men and women out there backing donald trump. right now. and this is "hardball." everyone's raving! age defy from clairol the secret? superior gray coverage that leaves hair looking 10 years younger age defy from clairol (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man sno

michael steele, paul singer. anyway, in trump we trust. donald trump has dominated the republican field on all the big issues. catch this. 34% of republicans say trump is the best candidate running to handle the iss%hs/-jeátt(s immigration. he's got a 32-point lead over jeb bush who is at a distant second place. one in eight republicans and republican leaders think bush will solve the problem. republican voters apparently like what they're hearing from trump on the subject of illegal immigration. here he goes. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border. and i will have mexico pay for that wall, mark my words. we have drug dealers coming across, we have rapist, we have killer, we have murderers. they have to go. >> what if they have noplace to go? >> we'll work with them. either you have a country or don't have a country. let me go to john walsh. joan and michael steele and paul. joan up in new york. of the people that care about illegal immigration and don't refer to it as undocumented workers, who really don't like illegal

i want to bring back former rnc chair, michael steele. michael, you heard mark. he's going to be prepped with guac and a tank top. i know you're going to be in cleveland with a gin and tonic and popcorn. >> there you go. >> but i want to see what your thoughts are on how trump may handle himself in this debate. last night he was asked about the practice work that's going into how he will handle himself and was asked a practice question. basically it was you say you will force mexico to pay for the wall you want to build. how? and here's just part of that response, take a look. >> the fact is that mexico terrific people and really smart leadership. and they're killing our leadership because they're sharper, they're more cunning -- >> all right, you said that before but you're still not telling me how you're going to make mexico pay for the bill. >> bill it's simple. they're taking in billions and billions of dollars. they're building the ford company, ford motor company. >> so you're going to stop trade with them? >> no i'm going to say, mexico guess what this is

michael steele, republican national chairman. he joins us. and joining us tonight, chuck todd, moderator of nbc's "meet the press." we've got a news bulletin delivered by casey hunt. what do you know about the prem by the donald trump people for the debate? >> that's the big question, right? he has been saying he hasn't done much in the way of traditional prep but msnbc has received some memos outlining some of the potential ways he could approach the debate. a lot of it is traditional prep. it lays out broad themes. something roger ales said they should do. it doesn't include too many aggressive attacks on his republican opponents which is another thing he's been out there saying he won't do. what it does include is a lot of material in the event that those republican opponents go after him. so we have a couple potential goats trump could use. these are memos that were circulated among his campaign. we're not sure how much time donald trump has spent looking at these. in the event of attack from marco rubio, he would say, you're a miss the g

anyway michael steele on that sad note michael costa and joan walsh. we'll talk to form erer presidential candidate rudy giuliani. donald trump's on the top of the field heading to first debate. he's the tent pole right in the middle. haley boararbour wants him to promise on the record he'll not make a third party run for president if he doesn't get the republican nomination. >>> tuesday clown car tuesday keeps coming around. finds scott walker behind the wheel. he's playing the ugly game of pretending he doesn't know what religion president obama is. what pandering to the worst in the far right. >>> trump is creating his own party. now he has sarah palin in his cotillion. >>> finally let me finish with those working men and women out there backing donald trump. right now. and this is "hardball." why should over two hundred years of citi history matter to you? well, because it tells us something powerful about progress: that whether times are good or bad, innovators with great ideas will continue to drive the world forward. as log as they have someone

former republican national committee chairman, michael steele. and steve schmidt, senior adviser to john mccain of course during his 2008 campaign. welcome all. okay. set the stage here. chris matthews what are you going to be looking for? >> well, last night i couldn't sleep all night because i had two columns i was filing from cape town and they weren't editable. they weren't working. i was thinking why couldn't i sleep? it was like you were saying a while ago, it's like the exam you have to take. >> something tells many we that donald trump was not up all night worrying about this debate. >> i tell you, i just talked to my daughter works for google, which is fascinating. for the last two months the people that they most looked up, searches on are the ten guys that they came up with on this top list. people have been fascinated. what the number one guy that's interested in every county in the united states every single county, most interested in? donald trump. and what are they most want to know about the candidates? the oldest question in the

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. >> joining me, michael steele, and gabriel sherman, author of the biography of the fox news president. so, gabriel, how much pressure are fox news under? >> this is unprecedented in american poll sicks, one tv network and an executive that runs it is controlling who republicans get to see debate on the stage. and they're being lobbied, because it seems obvious, republicans watch fox news. if you're not on that stage, your chances have been torpedoed. and rudy giuliani, calling ayles, maneuvering, because they know the value of being there. >> and did it have that intended effect? >> i don't think so. ayles has basically taken over the republican party. but i think the reaction is revealing, the panic you see about trying to curry favor with this one tv executive, it's unprecedented. >> mike, lindsey graham has been dishing out quotable quotes recently. talking about the effect of trump in this debate. >> you have the trump debate. what will he say? well, the happy hour, by 9:00 p.m., donald trump will make sense to you if you drink enough. >> he's having a moment. which do you think i

. >> joining me now live michael steele, also karen tumelte, and jonathan alter. let me start with chairman steele here. let's talk about the focus yesterday at this forum being the clintons president obama, deliberately avoiding the elephant not in the room donald trump. >> yeah, if you can talk about something else why not. and i think that for many of the folks that cross that stage, that was probably welcome relief for the first time in probably two months they have been able to have a forum or space in which they can begin to articulate their vision, their thoughts and views on a host of issues. but overhanging all of that is donald trump he was not there. but his presence was still there, as well. and it will be more present when they're on the stage with him thursday. how do they deal with him and what he has to say in those moments. but yesterday was that first hospital where they could fill that space with their voice. >> and jonathan to his point, how will these candidates react to donald trump? governor casekasich was on and talked about how he will app

michael steele in third place with three of his five picks participating in the debates, that earns him 1100 point. sam cedar a thousand points with three draft picks in those debates and last but not least, josh barrow just chugging along with ted cruz and carly fiorina, he's still this thing with 600 points. the candidate field on the republican side it's as large as it is going to get and the question now becomes, particularly for our fantasy draft contenders and their legions of fans following this with baited breath around the country, which candidates will start dropping out? we'll place our bets in the first to go ahead. >>> have you been able to pay your campaign staff? >> have i been able to for the last week no? no, but we've got a lot of young people that are volunteering for us and i greatly appreciate their commitment to the cause and as the dollars come in we'll appropriately take care of those that are working with us on a paid status. >> good luck ott your mortgage, perry staffers, getting rough out there for the gop presidential hopefuls. here to assess the current stat

. >> tonight, michael steel and gabe sherman on how republicans and fox news are dealing wilt the runawaysign of slowing down. >>> plus, as bernie-mentum continues across america, can sanders pull off something only one other candidate has ever done before? >>> and a state of emergency is declared in st. louis county, missouri, as we return to

. >> joining me now, msnbc michael steele former chair of the rnc and new york magazine's national affairs editor gabrielle sherman author of "the loudest voice in the room." gabe let's start with fox news. how much pressure are they feeling now? >> this is unprecedented in american mom ticks where one tv network and executive that runs it is controlling who republicans get to see debate on the stage and the campaigns are lobbying him because it seems obvious. republicans watch fox news. if you're a republican candidate and not on the main debate stage, your chances are torpedoed. roueudy ghoulian knee called ails. they know the value of being on the fox news stage. >> do you think that's having an effect? does the call have the intended effect or susceptible to it? >> i don't think so. ails as we know has taken over the republican party. he'll do what he needs to do. the reaction is more revealing that the panic you see in the republican party about trying to curry favor with the this one tb executive, it really is unprecedented. >> chairman steel, lindsey graham has been dishing out the

. >> well, i just made a bet today with michael steel, our colleague, the former gop chairman that ifere but if it comes down to the first woman versus the third bush, i think i will know which way i will bet on that. i think the interesting thing about bernie, bernie is all about the issues. we call him bernie because we have known him many years. i don't want to be disrespectful here. he is all about the issues and has a progressive feeling and sentiment that's not going away and hillary clinton will have to find a way to tap in to that. >> let's remember if hillary clinton is the nominee, unlike the ralph nader model, bernie sanders would be on the stage with her cheering her on, introducing her and campaigning for her and bringing whatever excitement he could bring to that. >> presumably. >> he said he is on board with the nominee. no question. >> we have to end it there tonight. thank you for joining us. chris hayes is up next. >>> trouble in river city. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. so ladies and gentlemen, is donald trump the music man?

. >> back with me now hardball host chris matthews and michael steele.with the chairman here, you look at the rest of this field, we talked about bush and trump. eight others on the stage, there's an opportunity here a risk too, but an opportunity for them to go toe to toe with trump and get some attention you look at those other eight, can you see somebody there pulling it off? >> i do you saw the rand paul clip. i think he wants to but not in a way that's fiery and gets crazy, making a point, we're not going to sit here and let donald trump take control of the stage. i think that's going to be true for rand and kasich. i think he's making a significant move right now for someone like chris christie who's watching that mantle of telling it like it is from donald trump, i'll be interested to see how he battled that back. >> chris christie was talking in advance of this debate. let's listen to what he had to say. >> we're going to be bring a little jersey to the campaign and the white house. i think you all know this this is going to start thursday night

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. >> joining me, former rnc chairman michael steel, and former pennsylvania governor and dnc chair edth. >> hi, alex. >> hello. >> i'm thinking buckle up. michael, how do you think we should read this? is he just using the standard debate tactic to try to lower expectations? >> i think there is a degree of lowering expectations. i don't think donald himself knows how he will perform under that kind of pressure. you've never been that stage haven't had those lights on had nine other people whether they come after you or not have opinions that will shape the debate itself. you've never been in that space. it's kind of hard to say how you yourself will react. i think donald trump is bringing the temperature down a little bit, and rightly so because the expectation bar right now is going to be more laugh time and circus than something of substance. i think donald wants to begin to change that narrative a little bit. >> in terms of the others on the stage, governor "the new york times" is looking at the ways the gop contenders are preparing for thursday's debate. it appears everyone is ind

. >> howard fineman and michael steele, thanks so much for being with me and a great job there.'ll put my shades back on. >> there you go. >> so cool. >> you look so cool with or without the glasses. thanks guys. >>> president obama has lost a key member of his party in the fight to keep the iran nuclear deal from falling apart. democratic senator chuck schumer said he would opose the agreement and try to persuade his democratic colleagues to do the same. the president gained a public vote of support from senator tammy baldwin, at least the 16th democratic senator to do so. however, until senator schumer, no democratic senator had publicly opposed the deal. with me former ambassador, mark ginsburg, served as white house mideast policy adviser. ambassador, good to see you. >> good morning, jose. >> good morning. do you think this is an important statement that schumer is making? is this something that could cause others to maybe decide to object to the iran agreement? >> it's quite clear that senator schumer's statement will have an impact on other senators particularly for examp

. >> msnbc political analyst, former chairman of the national committee, michael steele is here. al hunt and at the site of last night's debates, kacie hunt joins us as well. should we get right to it? i want your take away. >> a lot going on. this is one of the first debates in all the years i've been following debates where the key players were the moderateors. everybody was talking about the moderators "the washington post" this morning they wrote the questions were directed much more -- they were much tougher towards donald trump. you agree with "the washington post's" assess. . you said, before ann, that every question that donald trump got were heat seeking missiles then they would have somebody in the garden somewhere. and now the next question to marco rubio, donald trump, do you beat your wife when you're drunk? and now the next question to marco rubio, hi have you ever been an entrepreneur? you've seen a lot of these debates. there was no doubt these moderateors were treating trump to a different standard than everybody else. >> they were. there was an imbalance. i thou

steel. scarlet: i am scarlet fu. "what'd you miss?" it's michael milken himself.carlet: you can see he's pictured right here with his wife and financier john paulson. note and is a cancer survivor, and he spoke to bloomberg news outside a cancer benefit on long island. he told bloomberg, i believe strongly in opportunity. monday, he says, will be the best day chinese people have had in their life. if you have your health, you have everything. cancer survivor. that is all you need to know. alix: interesting quote. let's go to citigroup's chief equity strategist. tobias, you've brought a couple charts to us today. first, you measure the panic and euphoria of the markets. walk us through your model. tobias: there are nine factors in the model. we tested about 70 different ends, and found 20 that had decent correlation with future market activity, but we wanted to see how they interacted. saying,'t as simple as a occurred, so b will follow. basically, when the panic/euphoria model is below the panic line, and this is a statistical knack -- i'm sorry for getting to sta

peter: for most, the road to restaurant success starts with a steel pad and a greasy pot. michael: i started like most chefs. you start because it's a job. i had to do dishes to get to pick parsley and wash baked potatoes, you know? david: my first job in a restaurant was as a dishwasher and a pot washer in new orleans, louisiana. nancy: i took a job at the carnelian room on the 52nd floor of the bank of america building as a hostess and a food checker. peter: today, michael mina, david kinch, and nancy oakes are among the most decorated chefs in the country. all of them have a deeply rooted love of cooking. but none of them would have made it in the bay area without fate, friends, and family. michael mina's family fled egypt when he was 3. his parents feared religious persecution at the hands of abdel nasser. michael: they left with nothing. and you couldn't--you know, you could leave, but you couldn't bring much with you. and they did that and started over. peter: he grew up in central washington. he was 13 when a family vacation to san francisco changed his life. michael: we we

steel. scarlet: i am scarlet fu. "what'd you miss?" who: we what -- we asked weighed in on the financial crisis. it is michael milliken.aid, "i believe very strongly in opportunity. for most people in china, monday morning will be the best day they've had in their life," adding, "everything is relative." interesting quote. still with us is tobias levkovich, a u.s. equity strategist. you've brought a couple charts. you measure the panic and euphoria of the markets. walk us through your model and what it means. tobias: there are nine factors to the model. we tested about 70 different things and found 20 that had correlations to future market activity. we wanted to see how they interacted. life isn't as simple as saying, if a occurred, b followed. when the panic/euphoria model is below the panic line, and this is a statistical index -- sorry for getting too technical. we have moved into panic on friday. alix: and what does other key/e -- p/3 mean? mean? tobias: that is panic/euphoria. statistically, you're talking about a 96% probability the markets are up 12 month later, when the norm is about 75% on average. substantial

with us as alix steel -- i have gotten many messages from you and 9:00, 10:00 p.m. saying "trying to put my daughter to sleep." mex: michael e-mailed about this. the idea is that a parent has instructions that go with the book and the parents need to jan often, -- yawn often -- scarlet: contagious. -- they should listen and not read along. it comes with instructions, but this is by a swedish behavioral psychologist, so you would hope that there is something actually to that. once she goes to sleep, it is fine. it is getting her to sleep. scarlet: i was looking it up on amazon and it is fascinating to see people who bought this book, what else they were interested in buying. they also bought "calm down time," a toddler to work. revolutionary12 strategies for your child's brain." alix and supposedly, the authors said, this is a verbal way to rock your child to sleep. i will report back to you on wednesday or thursday to let you know how it actually goes, if she can drift off in her sleep. scarlet: there is an online review that says "i'm actually speechless. i went from taking 2-3 hours to 12 minutes." alix: ok. know, thisst