help michael steele. help him jesus. >> i don't know how i am going to do better than her who laid out her sermon. what i want to do in sort of addressing the worst one big bucket. put everything in had there. every last one of them. matt, marjorie, paul, mccarthy, all in the same bucket. the performance artist, they have become the big drifters and emancipators of white fear and those that want to address the plight of the downtrodden, living in suburb yeah. this is the mess they have created. they have put out on the street a cesspool of stupid. they are the worst. >> you can get an amen on that. i feel like with everything that you all have said, to me they have failed utterly their job to protect the most vulnerable. they only want to protect the rich, the powerful, the corporations, the religious extremists. they have allowed the bounty hunter law to stand. the discrimination against voters to stand. they have failed us. they have three trumpers on there. good by to roe v. wade. god help us if that c

michael steele is with us. chairman of the republican national committee and the former lieutenant governor and host of the michael steele podcast. david plouffe, that was jim marshall. he's a secretary of state candidate in nevada. i was talking to steve bannon, sounds like a great idea. a coalition of america first secretary of state. from naming and branding perspective it's sounds perfect. but he's actually talking about secretary of states who are running on a platform to finish the job that he said donald trump didn't do. a job that seems to involve overturning the will of the people and suppressing peoples votes. >> yes, ali, they don't really hide this at all. i guess that's a better name than ambassadors of a top rusty. back to our prior discussion, the republicans, again, they are republicans who are opposing what is happening at the state level. want to get to the bottom of january, so let's be clear. most republicans, elected republicans, are passing laws in the state to make it harder for people to

steel joining us, host of the michael steel podcast and msnbc political analyst, former lt. gov.morning to both of you friends. it's great to see you. olivia, stephanie grisham talked about the fact you will be a part of this group taking a meeting next week talking about what to do about donald trump. what can you tell us? >> well, i don't have more details to share right now. i think this is a preliminary discussion. there is a whole group of us who saw what trump is capable of first hand, who lived it first hand, who remain concerned about his influence over politics today, his influence over the republican party especially and we're watching these trumpists-like candidates that are also slated to run in the upcoming mid-terms. i think whether it's people in national security, people who were more on the political side of the house, we keep having these conversations? silos i say and individual conversations. i think we decide it would be good to convene and have a real discussion about what we're seeing here and what we might be able to do to counter what is happening here. >

he's a host of the michael steele podcast. gentlemen, good evening to you. david, there's been a cast of intriguing characters who have been investigated and subpoenaed by the committee. some of them are names that the public has never heard of, including jeffrey clark's, senior and important people, but you never knew what they were up. to these four who have been subpoenaed our names that everybody knew and watched in realtime. would you make of these subpoenas, and what do you think it means about where the committees? >> it's getting closer and closer to the president. this is the clown car that was surrounding him. prior to the election, as they said this all up that, the election may be rigged. from election day, all the way through to january 6th. it's getting closer and closer to trump. hopefully, at the end of the day, you're going to, a, learn what happened and who is involved and be, -- c, we do everything possible to make sure that this is a one-time event. we're surrounded every day by evidence that coup two point oh is underway. trump, just las

our supporters and our voters, then we have to be honest with them. >> okay, still with us is michael steelethew dowd. michael, maybe a year late? but a republican telling the truth about the last election, is this going to catch on? >> probably not as much as some would hope. but here is the rub. and i applaud the senator's comments and thank him for saying it. because he's absolutely right. but here's the rub, when he was asked a little bit later on would you vote for donald trump if he's a nominee of the party in 2024? and he said i will support the nominee of the party. and that is the rub. you cannot on the one hand say that we've got to be honest and integrity matters. but then want to put back into power the very thing that undermines that integrity and put forth the big lie. and so this is the space that republicans, like the senator, are going to find themselves over the next few months. as they sort of roll out this emancipation moment. where they say, i'm free at last from donald trump. until you ask if they're gonna vote for them if he's a nominee. if you're going to support his

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with us, michael steele and matthew dowd. t a republican telling the truth about the last election. is this going to catch on? >> probably not as much as some would hope, but here's the rub. and i applaud the senator's comments and thank him for saying that because he is absolutely right. but here's the rub. when he was asked a little bit later on, so would you vote for donald trump if he is the nominee of the party in 2024? he said i will support the nominee of the party. and that's the rub. you cannot on the one hand say we've got to be honest and integrity matters, but then want to put back into power the very thing that undermined that integrity and put forth the big lie. and so this is the space that republicans like the senator are going to find themselves over the next few months as they sort of roll out this kind of, oh, emancipation moment where, i'm free at last of donald trump, until they are asked, are you going to vote for him if he is the nominee, support his candidacy for the president? when you say no to that i

. >> and michael steel two that point, in the report, and in first read today, they point out that it looks like redistricting will be more or less a wash. so is this all, these retirements autoabout the presidents delining poles? >> not really. i don't think so. you can draw a direct line this way. a few of them served a decent amount of time. they are moving to the senate or some or elected office. i think it is spot on for how it plays out. i think gets more interesting for democrats and republicans on big factors leek the supreme court. >> i think we're having difficulty with michael steele and we hope to get him right back. what about the white house position presumably there will be some resignations, that usually happens, but it could be difficult. build back better is kind of a back burner now. >> there is certainly a recognition that just the historic reality that a president's party usually loses seats in a midterm election, and you hear that in the way that they talk about it. they understand they have a limited time to get his and it gets harder to do anything. that is why

michael steel is still here. kim, what are you thinking about as you look ahead to tomorrow? was the floor. we saw a lot of division, a lot of falsehoods, but oh my goodness, this attack on the seat of democracy of america would be the floor that would make americans up and make them realize how delicate our democracy is. remember, democracy isn't a state of being. it's an act and it's very fragile and we saw it there. so to be a year out and to still have this so many americans not recognizing exactly what it was is really disappointing. it makes you realize how even more fragile it is. a couple days ago, michael beschloss said that 2022 might be the year that democracy in america fails and that's something that i've been thinking about ever since and if it does fail, we won't be able to get it back so easily. i hope more americans come to realize that. >> you know, david jolly, i, when i was coming on to anchor that day, i came on early and stayed on late, but when they asked me to go on, i remember thinking, i don't know what i'm covering yet. i don't know what this is. wh

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these daisies host of the michael steele podcast, an msnbc political amethyst. save the world. to be honest, both need saving. he was white house national security during biden -- nina turner, served as national co-chair to bernie sanders's 2020 campaign. thank you all for being here, on this anniversary. tommy, i'll start with you. the u.s. economy had a great year. rebounding in 2021, but many americans don't feel the economy had a great year. new nbc poll shows six in ten americans disapprove of biden's handling of the economy. what is the explanation for that disconnect, and how does joe biden fix it? >> i sort of described by the simplest annum answer. gas prices went, up the price a lot of goods went. up people feel it in their pocketbook. it's hard to convince them otherwise, when you drive around the street, and every time you fill up your tank, it's more than it used to be. you see signs everywhere that look like they're more than there used to be. president biden is doing the right things. the economy is getting better, he needs to get out and talk abo

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i want to bring in michael steele, former -- former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. michael, let me just art with you. the oh snap implications here of, you know, going straight to the top of the house republican caucus. saying, you clearly have information we want to know about. >> yeah, i think that's important -- an important point not to miss, or even overplay. what it says is, the information that the committee has been collecting has led to this moment. you don't make this move unless you've got something that creates the evidence for it. justifying -- because you know the political rather modifications, chris, are enormous. ramifications?olitical one, it exposes the efforts of the republicans, and more specifically mccarthy on that day. how they responded to the said. not for the interest of, what we are conversations like, but, were you aware of just how this was driving the narrative that led to what we were witnessing live on television. mccarthy's one off to the reporter that you showed, oh yes, all respond. w

. >> michael steele, good evening to both of you. for being with us and good to see you, friends. david, let's talk about this. there is a split focus in the senate right now. we are -- chuck schumer is talking about holding a vote by martin luther king day on changing the rules of the senate, eliminating the filibuster. there are a number of democrats talking about bringing back build back all right and getting it done. where should the focus be? >> there is no reason they both can't get done. the energy right now because of all of the attention around january 6th. the loose deadline with mlk day. that seems to be next. it is essential. you know, if there is not a way to carve out the filibuster and the manchins and other democrats and there are other democratic senators who professed some concern they can stand up in front of the microphone saying i did not want to do this. but if we don't act in the senate we are going to have another insurrection and coup. get that done, and i think they are likely to be to be able to pass a buil

>> michael steele. this is one of those things that unlike fine wine, i hear it gets better with time. this actually gets worse with time as we get away from the madness and craziness. you play this, it is really jarring. >> it is jarring. just as my little -- to meat loaf. i got to watch him and enjoyed him, he's really a transform activity artist, really appreciate the legacy he left all of us. to your point, joe, the reality is very much that, when you hear the president just get me one more vote that we already have. just 11,000 votes. just tell people you found that for me and did that for me. you hope that wrangles and sensibility of the american people and make them aware how proverse and to elise's point how banana republic to get the election tuned around in their favor. all of this is not just for the january 6th commission but as we know for the new york prosecutors as well. it will be interesting to see from my perspective how the american people reacted and response to this when they see th

. >> we begin with michael steele, and your thoughts tonight, michael. >> it's a humbling day in many respects. it's a day of reflection, a day of acknowledgement, and it's also a day in which i think there's a growing pressure now on the country. >> i think it's a pressure on the country now, citizen to ask themselves, what do you think about this? dowel this was some random dudes that showed up at the capitol because this is sore the a explicitly political outcome if they're not, we're in bigger trouble than we may realize. today was very i'm embarrassed as a republican for a whole lot of reasons, but especially today. republicans decided not to participate in this. this is all politics. he called the thing what it was. it's all what we know what it is. he called out donald trump. he called out republicans who support and perpetuate the big lie i think that's something the country should take notice of. i hope people take notice. the ceremony on the house floor, we'll be joined later by a member of the january 6th committee. it is a time when people across the country, maya, they wi

michael steele and howard dean are back with me. where i'm pointing is the former chair of the democratic party, former chair of the republican party. all right. i want to -- because you both were talking about how riffing off of what whip clyburn had to say, talk about the half full, talk about the stuff you got done. 6.4 million jobs added, american rescue plan right at the start of the administration, 200 million americans fully vaccinated, the bipartisan infrastructure law is now the law of the land. and a whole bunch of other stuff that the administration needs to be talking about more and more. but i got to go to something that the president said during his press conferences, marathon press conference. let's play it and i'll get you to talk about it on the other side. >> i did not anticipate there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn't get anything done. think about this. what are republicans for? what are they for? name me one thing they're for. what is mitch

of course, our friend, michael steele tweets this.oing "morning joe" in ten minutes. >> that's the tease, we are cutting live for michael steele, he's up and early. up next for one big thing, a look back at the one year of the biden's administration and how it marks as a wake up call. we'll have the latest on russia's potential invasion of ukraine as well as the shortfalls on capitol hill. we'll talk about the flurry investigations signature rounding the former president and his family. a jam packed "morning joe" in just a few minutes away. a jam p a jam p just a few minutes away. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask you doctor about tremfya® today. do i need to pretreat my laundry? nope! with tide pods, you don't need to worry. the pre-treaters are built in. tide pods dissolve even when the water is freezing. nice! if it's

now is senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, jeff mason and former republican chair michael steelerly looking to tout some wins. it's been a rough week. >> reporter: there have been some very big challenges for the president. this will be a moment to be able to pause and talk about something that went as they had hoped it would and something that matters very much to the american public. and that is infrastructure. and this was bipartisan. this will show us some of the ways that in real practical terms, money that was appropriated through the bipartisan infrastructure law will become reality in real projects to affect bridges around the country. we'll hear from the president and we'll hear from mitch landrieu, who people remember as the former mayor of new orleans who has been tasked with the president implement infrastructure and this will be about making some of the rotting, decaying, areas of concern. remember that list of bridges that were on the top ten of being a real threat it public safety so this is a chance for the president to tout a win with specific projects now and mo

. >>> former senator claire mccaskill has been watching as well as michael steel, and john heilemann. ukraine, russia, i know other networks have some reaction from ukraine already, and we're pursuing some on our own. but to say that he expects putin to test the u.s. and nato, and invade ukraine, when pressed on whether a minor incursion would put into motion a full military response, the president seemed to really be very conscious of how his words were being interpreted around the world. and rightfully so. but john, your reaction to that? >> my reaction to that, nicolle, good to see you, was that it made the list of headlines coming out of earlier, when you first started talking with rachel. certainly in terms of global consequences, and political consequences, the situation of what is about to happen or not about to happen in the ukraine, and how the u.s. and allies will react to it, it's maybe not just the headline of the press conference, but could become the most paramount thing that comes out of this day. and the question wasn't just would it be a military response. but the ini

michael steele, i appreciate you, my brother. thanks for watching "the reidout."ntable under law. >> the department of justice finally moves up the maga food chain. >> we will follow the facts wherever they lead. >> tonight, jaw-dropping details in the seditious conspiracy charges for a right wing extremist leader, and what

secretary, michael steele here. let's shift to afghanistan.uffer or even die. what is the administration's response to that and sort of gathering partners from around the globe, working with the united nations and others to address this particular issue? >> michael, i'm deeply, deeply concerned about that. even as we are determined to told the taliban to commitments its made about the way it treats its people, about combating terrorism, about making sure that it's upholding the rights of its people, we also want to make sure we're doing everything possible to help afghan people who are in need. you're right, the situation is dire. with he remain the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to afghanistan, at the same time our treasury department has issued licenses to make it clear to countries and entities around the world that they can provide that assistance without fear of u.s. sanctions. we've made sure that a fund that used to exist for the afghan government before the taliban to support it that some of its moneys that remain in that

. >> let's bring in jonathan lemire and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and author and nbc news, michael beschloss. michael steel, let me ask you as a former head of the republican party, what you thought about that scene that we watched play out yesterday? >> i thought it was powerful on two fronts. one it spoke to the dignity and the impressive commitment of the idea of democracy that liz cheney has brought to this discussion. carrying the weight if you will for a lot of americans, a lot of us and on the republican side who still believe in democracy and to joy's point have not come to trumpism and the second thing was just the stark reality o the republican party at this point, how low it's willing to sink itself, these are the same people who are going to look at the country in the eye in less than 11 months and tell them, tell us hey vote us into power. giver us the power back. oh, never mind that we just crapped all over the january 6th commemoration. never mind we just stepped on the the anguish of the capitol hill police and people that lost their

but on this story first, we begin with former rnc chair michael steel who supported joe biden and our washington correspondent. michael, your thoughts about a time where there is a lot of effort for be accountability but with so many things in the law, it's not always going to be a clear cut answer can you get every single person to comply. >> yeah. that's true. i thought you laid it out very well, ari, in terms of what this looks like. not just in terms of the legal aspects but also some of the politics that sort of buffet the legal guidelines and rope lines here. the truth is two approaches, one is the chairman's approach of the january 6th committee. that is to get to the facts. right? just the facts man. we want to find out what they are. and expose those to the public. the second is the defense against that which is what jim jordan is posturing over right now. and he knows that there is no precedence here which is why i said this is unprecedented. there is no precedence here. there is no precedence because we never had members of congress engaged in this type of action against th

also joining us, msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill and michael steel. today, i had the privilege of welcoming simone sanders. she'll be hosting a show on msnbc and on peacock. welcome to the family. first, i want to hear all about this move. i made a similar transition and it's weird in the earliest days, first, tell me about the speech. it feels like many, many weeks and months in the making. >> many, many weeks and months in the making. it's no coincidence i would argue that the president and vice president are traveling to atlanta to the late congressman jon lewis' district to give this speech today or this pair of speeches and i have been watching coverage on the network today, reading local news and much has been made about the activists and organizations who are skipping out on the president and vice president's remarks and i would note that president of the naacp has an interesting twitter thread folks should look at. and this speech, as you noted, this day isn't really about the activists who have decided not to attend for various reasons. this

presidential historian douglas brinkley, history professor at rice university and also with me michael steeleanks to both of you. congresswoman cheney invoking history in her comments this morning. do you think she's right that history is going to judge those who minimize or even deny what happened a year ago? >> absolutely. she's right. liz cheney has become a true profile in courage. the john f. kennedy presidential library foundation every year gives an award. it should go to her. she reminds us of brave republicans in the past like abraham lincoln and john mccain. but we have film footage film f happened on january 6th, and we have proof. dwight eisenhower, and some trumpteers. i think this is like pearl harbor, it's like 9/11 tragedy, and we need to not be afraid to call it the trump insurrection, because all roads to what went wrong went to his ill behavior, his antidemocratic stance, he took, the big lie, after the presidential election tallies came in, and joe biden won by millions of votes. >> you have a lot of folks now, dozens of people, trying to use what happened at the capitol t

like what is happening and encourage them to partner with her that is 2020, doing events with michael steele, writing all bids with the republican secretaries of state. we have two disincentive lies that behavior, because at the end of the day there is an incentive for elected officials to embrace the lie. donald trump has endorsed three republican secretaries of state because he must be still so mad at the georgia secretary of state refused to find the votes for him. they are making this a litmus test. if you rely on the falsehoods, people can make a lot of money and become the darlings of the extreme right. we have to flip the incentive. and there's a couple of ways of doing that. it's if an election official does something that is illegal or criminal, we who oversee the process need to be bold, whether it's a democrat or any secretary of state moving forward to make sure they have a situation under control, but we need to make sure people are held accountable. for the attorneys that have represented and have sought to use the legal system some of the legislation we are looking at the next

michael steel, it's also very possible to look at what mitt romney said about steve breyer.i could see a mitt romney supporting a highly qualified candidate. >> oh, sure. >> joe manchin has already said the politics and ideology is not what's important to him in this case. it's temperament, character. >> i agree with you, andrea. i think that's exactly right. i think you will see some republicans move in that direction. i was listening to a reporter report earlier this morning something about all this is going to be a very difficult process. i'm sitting there going no it ain't. name me the democrat who's going to vote against the first black female to the supreme court. name that democrat of the 50 in the senate, name the one who's going to do that. so, this is not going to be a difficult process at all. i think we need to just bring the temperature down on this. put the hype aside and let biden put his nominee forward and the country applaud that opportunity. >> well, i think the bottom line is that in a 6-3 court, it's not going to change the divisions on the key issues of

michael steele, i appreciate you, my brother. thanks for watching "the reidout." chris starts now. >>> they hold all january 6 perpetrators at any level accountable under law. >> the department of justice finally moves up the maga food chain. >> we will follow the facts wherever they lead. >> tonight, jaw-dropping details in the seditious conspiracy charges for a right wing extremist leader, and what those charges mean for other trump world figures. >>> then another big day for the january 6 committee. i'll talk to adam schiff about today's new subpoenas as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in a cover-up. >>> plus, ted cruz tries to redeem himself with fox conspiracy theories, yet another harbinger in the matt gaetz investigation, and the shocking opinion that the pandemic is not an occupational hazard. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the charges filed today against a plotter in the january 6 election are not only the most serious we've seen, they are the strictest actions that took part on that day.

michael steele and olivia troy help us make sense of the gop, if that's possible. and d.c.ning. it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. i'm ali velshi. it is saturday, january the 8th. there was a moment one year ago when it seemed that america was on the brink of reckoning about an ugly era of authoritarianism that the president ushered into our nation's capitol and our democracy. it seemed like the january 6th insurrection helped find clarity to an anti-democratic tyrant. mitch mcconnell and kevin mckarthy and lindsay graham clearly accused and rebuked the then-failed president for inciting an insurrectionist mob. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. >> all i can say is count me out. enough is enough. >> there's no question -- none, that president trump is

we want to bring in a special expert who knows not only how this all works, chairman michael steele, but also for straight talk. i turn the floor over to you. wet went through why it's tough times, but your thoughts, sir? >> it is a tough time and a tough job. it's great to be with you, ari, to have this conversation. look, if the thing tells you what it is, it shows its true colors, why do we refuse to accept it? when the former speaker of the house tells you that come next year, republicans have the house and the senate, people are going to go to jail. if you have steve bannon and others telling you that this election is about one thing and one thing only, the impeachment of joe biden, i don't understand how americans look at that and say, yeah, we want more of that. because that's what you voted against. >> so specifically on that, because i like to get your perspective. you have been at these upper echelons. why doesn't that hurt them more by sounding political? it would seem if you say, hey, here's the problems with joe biden that relate back to why it's harder to buy groceries

also joining us today, julie davis and former rny chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steel is here. michael, i'm going to start with you and we're going to dive into what we've learned today and the january 6 investigation. as i was reading all these different pieces today, we have to step back and talk about the simple fact that today's characters, trying to think of a way to describe how weird it is they were advising american president in the middle of a pandemic. an important hour for our country which was not to be. they went to vet it out to attend an event on the south lawn in any normal white house. these are people with bizarre, way outside the norms. alex jones is i think a convicted liable or slander against the sandy hook families. phil waldrun is way outside the norm of any ex-military adviser and carolyn was a fund-raiser and event planner whose name was on those permits. talk about the kind of people around trump and his white house in the final days. >> these are affirmers, nicolle. people who affirm the baser instincts of donald trump. these are individuals

olivia troy, director of the republican accountability project, former top aide to then mike pence, michael steel, former lt. gov. of maryland. one quick correction, benny made a mistake and said the irs extended the tax deadline until may. as of now the deadline has been extended for a handful of states affected by recent natural disasters. i don't know where betty lives. for more americans, the deadline remains april 18th, just a few days later than normal. by the way, it was a viewer who told me about this mistake so i thank you for that, please, if you ever encounter an error we make, please let me know. look up the irs protocol in your own state for more information. that does it for me. thanks for watching. catch me tomorrow morning on "velshi." the "cross connection" with my good friend tiffany cross begins right now. ♪♪ ♪ >> we need federal laws that guarantee the freedom and right of every american to have access to the ballot to be able to vote. the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act address that issue and those are the issues that are present and are imminent and tha

michael. >> who else but t.j. watt. >> the pittsburgh linebacker getting four sacks on “monday night football.” could he “steels season record? >>> and they're back for one final season. anthony anderson and tracee ellis ross here us live as we say good-bye to "black-ish." ♪ get down on it get down on it ♪ ♪ get down on it ♪ >>> go ahead, do it. >> we're going to share. tell us, michael, for the record -- >> no, i mean the record is great but it doesn't define my career. you get 17 games now. >> there we go. >> they added another game. >> he's fine with it. >> i'm fine with it. i won't forget. i played football. good morning, america. >> great to have michael and george here on this tuesday. you the man. >> welcome back, michael. >> thank you, george. >> he got back, but there's travel trouble around the country. the covid surge and tough weather combining to cause problems. a live look at the i-95 corridor. look at that. some of those cars have been stuck for more than ten hours. >> the rough weather making it difficult to navigate the roads right now. ginger starts us off with that bitter cold blast. good mo

michael: elon musk's most ambitious rocket of all is this. it's called the starship, a cheap steeling back to earth. jonathan: starship is the next-generation rocket, and it looks just like, you know, a 1950s science fiction rocketship. if it works, it could be a further revolution in the cost of getting to orbit. rapid reuse, very huge payloads going into space, being able to carry very large numbers of people into space. he needs this if he wants to settle mars in the long run, and--but, you know, it's been a bit of a rocky road so far. he'slown up quite a few test articles. richard branson: having maybe something really sexy. female: three, two, one, release, release, release. male: fire. male: fire! michael: spacex isn't the only company developing cheaper space transport. male: welcome to the club, astronauts. michael: richard branson has plans to develop commercial spacecraft for space tourism. jeff bezos: we've been working on this lander for three years. michael: and amazon founder, jeff bezos, is also developing rockets to carry humans into space and spacecraft to deliver