lucky for us michael steele is still here.falls in that trumpian category of shocking and galling but not surprising. give me your take on the new speaker. >> you know, it's maga. >> yeah. >> you know, trump got what he paid for. this is what it is right now. we can't dress it up any differently than what it is. you know, telejen nick, you know, kwaufed hair, nice suit and tie, still dangerous and this proves the point. the fact that you are going to align an irs agent's salary with aid to israel to me gives -- tells me what your priorities are. it tells me what you think about our relationship with israel. it tells me how you want to politically capitalize on the moment. to what end? you know not even republicans in the senate are going to vote for that. so it's not -- it's a means to no end because there is nothing that's going to benefit from it other than stoking, again, the maga base and sort of burnishing his cred, his street cred, with donald trump. that's why he's there. he's a hand-picked guy. you know, i don't know w

michael steele, what kind of look is this for the republican party? >> it's not a good look.t's not a good look. we're all over the place when it comes to ukraine, you know. i'm sure that there will be republicans and there have been, who have come out in solidarity with israel. but they need to be in solidarity with the administration because the administration is the point team, if you will, in dealing with this crisis in israel, and reaffirming our alliance with israel along with our alliances globally. so the republicans have to figure out who they want to be in this next iteration of the fight, the global fight against terrorism. the global fight against authoritarianism, and so it's going to be a real challenge. again, the next speaker is going to have to sit at the table with the president of the united states, joe biden, and decide whether they're going to work together to deal with the night's budget and to deal with this crisis in the middle east or they're going to be separated, and that going into a very already fraught election cycle, puts a lot of downward press

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i rarely get a chance to correct my friend michael steele on this. the american people didn't hand the house back to republicans. they used an illegal map in florida to force their way back in with an illegal map, a gerrymandering in florida, a stupid gerrymandering in new york that was their own -- of their own making, and the fact you had illegal maps in places like tennessee that are fighting to the last dog died to try -- i'm just saying, they gerrymandered their way back in. >> i got you. i got you. i understand that. but you go and explain that to voters out in the midwest. you go and explain that to some of the congressmen's voters in his district. that ain't how people see it. what they saw was, i went to the polls and i voted for x. and as an outcome, the republicans have power. and so democrats need -- i get what you said there, and i agree with you. i know how that played out. but the politics is a different conversation. and the political conversation is, the country handed republicans the power. the democrats now have to make the politic

. >> michael steele is a formal -- what his latest piece is titled scalise brings a fresh face but acannot in good conscience vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to david duke. >> michael steele is a formal -- what his latest piece is titled scalise brings a fresh face but a similar policy vision as mccarthy, republicans say. they join me. now so, let's just talk about what went down today. you've got a vote behind closed doors. how does that vote work? i think it's a secret ballot vote, right? >> that's right, chris. it's a secret ballot vote and steve scalise, status majority leader, natural successor to kevin mccarthy, beat out jim jordan, the right-wing firebrand, the chairman of the judiciary committee, who at least in public endorsements heading into this, seemed to have an s an edge, but scalise it turned out had most of the silent members, the ones who don't go on tv as, much wonders popular and conservative media. they preferred scalise. now scalise has to figure out how to get to 217 votes. he's got his own rubik's cube here. mc

. >>> joining us is michael steele, former press secretary, brendan buck and fred upton.ndan, you know jim jordan. is the jim jordan who refused any compromise going to be able to if he became speaker sit down, negotiate with the president of the united states, with the senate, both houses, both parties and come up with a continuing resolution? he has been against them all along. >> the reality is that's the job. the jim jordan we have known for many years is incompatible with the job of speaker. that's something that he is going to have to figure out. very quickly after we get a speaker, if we get one today, you are going to have to fund the government. at some point that requires working with the president, working with democrats in the senate. that is the type of thing jim jordan has worked his career against. that's where the two things are going to clash. you cannot be a bomb thrower and only tear things down. my old boss john boehner said, he has never seen anybody tear things up more and not build up as he did with jim jordan. you can't operate like that. what j jo

i think michael steele brings up a good point here, about the political perils of voting for jim jordani think for moderate republicans, they already have taken that plunge. we're already watching the democratic house campaign arm mobilize on the airwaves and in ads and everything about what they're going to be pushing against those moderates because they voted for jim jordan, a man who is close to former president donald trump, who still regularly speaks to him, who voted to decertify the election, who was subpoenaed by the january 6th committee and defied that subpoena, but who was largely concluded to be someone who was innately involved in the former president's plans to overturn the 2020 election results. for all of those reasons, he is someone who carries political baggage for people who are moderate and in biden won districts, they have already made that vote, though. and i think that's important. they're moving on not quorum call vote now. >> it is calling for who is here and who is not, right? so, donna, just, ali was saying something earlier in our conversation about how bipar

he is the host of the michael steele podcast, and also an msnbc analyst. good morning to you both, and barbara, i want to begin with you. in just a few days the donald trump circus is going to take another step forward with his entire family, since he and his out just children are taking the stand in new york for the civil trial. what is it that you're going to be watching for? >> well, one of the things that's really interesting, charles, in a civil case, is whether a witness chooses to invoke their fifth amendment right against self incrimination. it's not that they're going to be incriminate here, it's that anything they say over oath could be used against them in some subsequent criminal case. if they believe they have exposure, they can invoke it. but what's different about a civil case from a criminal case is that in this case, judge -- could use that invocation to draw an adverse inference against the witness. so if they refused to answer a question, he can assume the worst about what the answer would have been. i think that's what i'll be looking f

. >> anyhow, former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele, is with us, as well. good to have you, michael. >>> let's jump to the news. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is rejecting the growing international calls for a cease-fire in its war against hamas. instead, at a press conference yesterday, netanyahu asked other nations' support for israel's fight. >> just as the united states would not agree to a cease-fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel will not agree to a cease-fire with hamas after the horrific attacks on october 7th. calls for a cease-fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. this is a time for war. a war for our common future. today, we draw a line between the forces of civilization and the forces of barbarism. it is a time for everyone to decide where they stand. israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory. i hope and pray that civilized nations everywhere will back this fight, because israe

joining me now is michael steele, former rnc chair, msnbc political analyst. n jr., columnist for "the washington post." thank you all for being here. michael, let nee go to you first. you know, between donald trump not knowing where he is sometimes, being a little confused, and vowing to deport students who he doesn't like their politics and do another muslim ban and cut taxes for the super rich again, explain to me how he seems to have a stronger hold on his base than joe biden who has a solid economy and a deal with the uaw. >> because his base is loyal to the ideas that trump has been pushing out there. why? because that's how they see the world. that's how they want the world to be. the one thing about politics and you know this from covering for so many years, joy. candidates and their supporters, the voters, there's a symbiosis there, a connection there, and voters oftentimes see their elected officials as an extension of themselves which is what i have been trying to get people to understand, the reason why donald trump is tied with joe biden right now

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our thanks to former congressman fred upton, michael steele, ryan nobles, and ali vitali for all of our coverage on this evolving story. that does it for this two hours of special coverage of the developments both overseas on the israel/hamas war and on capitol hill, our special coverage continues right now with katy tur. >>> i'm katy tur, bear with us because we have two major breaking stories that are strange but necessary bed fellows. there is still more drama on capitol hill as house republicans emerge from their afternoon meeting with a secret ballot nomination for steve scalise as speaker. but not one with enough guaranteed votes to get them the gavel, which is a big problem because the government runs out of funding in a few weeks, and also because the white house will be asking congress presently for an aid package for israel, one that by all accounts so far can't pass without a speaker. let's goat that story first, and then right back to israel where things are rapidly unfolding as well. jake sherman, cofounder of punch bowl news and msnbc political contributor. thanks for bein

capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali, and msnbc political analyst, and former rnc chairman, michael steele: katy, here's hoping that that's about to change, in terms of actually installing a speaker of the house. right now, we know that they got back in the room about 3:15, after a short break. they were going to do nominating speeches for the two men officially running. of course that's judiciary chair jim jordan, and georgia congressman, austin scott. after those nominating speeches, then we're going to see them go to a secret ballot. it's going to take time to collect the ballots and tally them up. we're all actively waiting at this point for what that tally actually shows. it's widely presumed that jordan is going to win here, but the majority by which he wins is going to be really important, especially when you consider what happens next. there's a lot of pressure. including from the former speaker, kevin mccarthy, who talked to me as he walked into this room, and i asked if he thought that jordan should go to the floor no matter what if he wins behind these closed doors, he said, yes

michael steele. >> yes? >> i said this from the beginning. oh, he only has a five-vote majority. how in the world? he can't even make scrambled eggs and toast with a five-vote majority. he can't even walk his dog. he can't take basic -- like, all these things he can't do because he got five-vote majority. nancy pelosi won seven nba championships in a row. she's scaled everest. she threw out the first pitch of the 2022 world series. it was so good, they had her pitch the entire complete game, game seven. with a five-vote majority. >> that's it. >> by the way, you know how you knew something was going to pass? when nancy put it on the floor. if nancy put it on the floor. >> that's it. >> that's what i said yesterday. everybody is going to make this harder than it is. politics comes down to people, and it comes down to personalities and building relationships. >> yeah. >> it comes down to planning. >> yeah. >> like, i'm sorry, what idiot would ever put a vote on the floor that they knew they were going to lose? kevin mccarthy. >> well, unless they really wanted to make a stupid poin

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we will speak with chairman and ceo michael nierenberg to buy sculpture. i am alix steel with my cohost, guy. i miss you. glad you made it safe. i come in today with a boost in the equity market, and i feel skeptical. guy: you can ignore mondays. mondays do not tell us what the price action is, mondays do not really tell us what anything is. is this just another example of that? there is so much to trip the market up this week. we are going into a continuation of earnings now to refinancing, apple, the fed -- the list goes on and on. alix: i feel like every article i read this weekend was how bearish stuff was. anything i read was how negative it was in terms of positioning and stuff. it makes me think you can actually have a sustained bounce. guy: maybe. we just have so much risk out there to manage. have prices really got cheap enough that they are compensating you for, a, higher yields and, b, the volatility a week like this could throw up? we do not know what they geopolitics looks like, we do not know what the refinancing looks like. so much out there that could have

lisa: michael mckee, thank you so much. coming up, alix steeleiggest deal announced globally means for the permian basin as well as oil goebelly. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> what we know is that financial market conditions have certainly tightened. that's not even a question. i think the important to note there is that allows us a little bit of patience that we can continue to watch as economic conditions and financial conditions continue to evolve. lisa: that was michelle bowman speaking at a panel at the world economic forum -- excuse me at the imf at world bank meetings. our own colleague of course, tom keene is heading that way. and we will be catching up with him soon. we've been talking about a whole host of issues of course, the conflict in israel as well as the economic data that just came out in terms of inflation and how much it's coming in. maybe not as fast as people would like. you can see that playing out in the markets. although not really that significant move given the fact that we got an upsize surprise to inflation. right now, we a

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