let's go, one-on-one. >> i'll take you one michael steele and raise u.s. that sound. remember when -- mccain voters out of the party? then what their votes? i forget, is she the governor of arizona right now or no? we've already seen this movie play out, when you say we are not a big tent and we don't want you at the table. >> that's the stupidity of the whole thing. all of these folks, these late to the table rhinos, you want to throw a rhino, donald trump you are the biggest rhino in the room. the biggest one. and you've duped these folks into thinking that you're somehow the conservative standard bearer, come on you want to try to build a party and grow, it you're not doing it, you're shrinking in. what elections have you? won what elections have you won, none except your own, and you're not winning this one because you didn't win the last one. >> can i say that when -- there's all this heat about pulling. part of the challenge for biden the democrats is they are welcoming a broader coalition, they are trying to piece together more diverse group, and ye

michael, how much is that about --h sorry, michael steel. >> sorry, michael. yeah, it's all of that. put everything behind winning the presidency. okay, so you're going to let governors hang out, what about governorsut in purple states, wt about candidates in purple districts? how do they navigate ataxic candidate at the top of the ticket like donald trump, where you know that candidate is going to needt democratic and voters to support them, but now all the focus and emphasis is on trump. so whats do you think and who you think those candidates are going toe be talking about? and so it is -- it is a strategy about one person because that's how donald trump wants it to be. that's why his daughter-in-law is running in the rnc. that's why watly was picked to run the rnc. the other side of this scenario, folks,ce is that when trump los this election, all right, or if trump loses this election, you're going to have the same narrative around stolen election, riggedelection, and he'll have the bodies in place to prosecute that case better and more effectively from t

okay, michael steele. inventor of the term drill, baby, drill.i don't remember that ini know you, my friend. crime is down, energy production at record levels. we're energy independent. more drilling than ever in human history. deficit down, and none of the republicans, they keep flubbing the are you better off now than you were four years ago. four years ago, we were stuck in our houses. how are republicans going to run when they can't answer that question? >> they'll find other things to talk about, for sure. there's a lot that they'll throw on the wall. we know that. but the reality of it is, exactly what you just said. it is going to be a very difficult narrative in the face of the facts, the statistics, the numbers. and while, yes, we know a lot of folks out there may not feel all of that right now. here's the projection. the course -- over the course of the spring and summer, all of that will start to settle in. those numbers, those folks will catch up to the numbers, if you will. that feeling will catch up because they're seal it. yes, the

sorry, michael steele. >> sorry, michael. it's all of that. oh, yeah, let's put everything behind winning the presidency. you are going to let governors hangout? what about governors in purple states? what about candidates in purple districts? how do they navigate a toxic candidate at the top of the ticket like donald trump? where you know, that candidate is going to need democratic and independent voters to support them, but now, all the focus and emphasis is on trump, so what do you think and who do you think those candidates are going to be talking about? and so, it is a strategy about one person, because that's how donald trump wants it to be. that's why his daughter-in-law is running the rnc. that's why putin is running the rnc. that's why watley was picked to run the rnc. the other side of the scenario is that when trump loses this election, or if trump loses this election, you are going to have the same narrative around stolen elections, a rigged election, all of that, and he will have the bodies in place to prosecute that case better a

, and host of the michael steele podcast, and maria teresa kumar. where to begin. i'm going to start with you, michael, because you like me probably remember this history but you had been a republican that whole time. talk to me about how your party went from ronald reagan and george herbert walker bush saying -- george herbert walker bush was for giving immigrants ids, and how do we get here? >> a lot of it is talk radio, but it's also what was happening and bubbling beneath the surface across the country in conservative circles. so talk radio was able to amplify and push that out. to give it the sort of national voice it only had maybe on a local or even a regional level. disjointed, not wholly connected. but limbaugh, ingram, all thee other foams began to create that echo chamber, a better way to put it, in which these sounds reverberated. so when you had the traditional stalwarts of republicanism, conservative republicanism, who believe fundamentally in a couple things. oh, freedom and liberty and you know, all of those gateway opportunities for

, former rnc chair, cohost of the weekend on msnbc and host of the michael steele podcast. i want to show this video. this is president biden and former president obama getting off air force one. here it is in new york today. that is quite a scene, right? i mean, just tell me your thoughts on three -- this is two of the three, three presidents in one space in new york city. >> well, you know, the interesting thing about this is when you see an array of presidents like that, they're usually kind of summoning the gravitas of the office. when you saw george bush and bill clinton and barack obama in that dialogue after january 6th, you know, when you see or the passing of an important statesman or stateswoman, those kind of things, when you really want to -- >> barbara bush, the funeral, they were all there. >> when you see the three of them here, you can say oh, okay, this is a dnc thing, or it's quite an achievement to get all them on the same page for that. but make no mistake. this is not just about fund-raising. this is about that same sort of thing where you summon all of

michael steele. great to have you here. michael steele, let me first ask you about the appointment of chris famous for the swift boat campaign. and subsequent very intense conservative campaigns. what do you think the practical effect that will be on the trump campaign as we enter the general election? >> it is less the practical effect on the trump campaign. but the practical effect the trump campaign has on everything else. and, it is the shock and awe. creating damage that will come in short bursts and longer bursts. that cannot be contained. it is an asymmetrical gain which i have been telling folks these guys have been playing. and now it will come to fruition in the cycle because it all matters right now. it all has to work right now. because when they get the power back, that is how the rest of it is done. it is a way to have him sort of straddle two universes. have his role in the campaign diminished obviously because of the requirements by law. having his ear and his hands on the tail and the lever inside the repub

of the michael steele podcast, co-host of the weekend, right here on msnbc. ens work this weekend, thanks for spending time, you're the guy wanted to talk to. you and i have had this discussion before, i fall in the camp of people who think this is interesting, yet dangerous business. you think it could work, it could pay off. >> first off, it's great to be with you, as always, my friend. and i appreciate the chance to come on and chat about this. is an aspect of politics that people don't really get into too much. first off, this is nothing new, folks. everybody out there, you're hearing the big numbers being spent, that aspect of it is new because, like all things, things cost more to do but this tactic of playing in your opponents primary is as old as the body of politics. it has been part of the political system, it has played itself out in a variety of ways. over the past hundred years. but in recent times, to your point, it has been a much more prominent aspect and feature, if you will. there are a lot of attendant downsides if you don't understand the d

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michael steele. became the first african-american to be elected to statewide office in maryland where he served as lt. governor from 2003 to 2007. was chosen the first african-american chairperson of the rnc from 2009-2011. i think it's important to understand though what happened in both tenures of his leadership. he was charged with revitalizing the republican party. under his leadership, rnc broke fundvx more than 190 million raised in the congressional cycle, i don't think it went to pay anybody's legal bills. you can correct me if i wrong. a round of applause for that. [applause] >> as lt. governor of maryland, priorities with improving the public education system and championed the charter schools and economic devepm state's minor business enterprise program and fostering cooperation between government and faith-based organizations to help those in need. he is the leader, a principles first leader of just the highest order. he's someone i greatly admire and i'm really looking forward to hearing

and my friend, michael steele. good morning to you both. mitch mcconnell has been extremely critical of donald trump following january 6th in particular. his wife also resigned from her post as transportation secretary . >> this tells us what we already know about mitch mcconnell, he is a man without a soul. there is no line he won't cross if forced to and simply because he stepping down from to subtly initiate does not mean he has fixed his conscious so he and the others will fall in line. already saw part of this when trump if you recall some in the bipartisan border deal. that came the senate and negotiated by one of the most celebrated senators. this party is both a call and a fashion movement in which there is no opportunity for dissent or criticism and they are all at this point enablers. >> michael, todd young said he will not support donald trump in the general election. we have heard from senator lisa murkowski as well as mid-route but romney who said they will not vote for donald trump either. this is unusual for lawmakers to not

. >>> michael steele. >> i thought it was interesting. we were talking all fair about that moment when the president used the term, illegal. what was interesting was for me, just the politics of that moment. you know republicans will grab that clip and try to make a lot of it. people just need to cool their jets about that. it is not something that was a take away from the speech. it speaks for the difference from the various cultures that exist out there. the way people perceive certain things. for the president it was a moment in the heat of it, it just alyssa >> what's more complicated, immigrants rights advocates have done for years. it is about humanizing immigrants to have a place for shared humanity. rather than somebody who is defined by a single act or law. there are a lot of folks that feel there was ground lost tonight. some of the core messages around a system that is fair. >> i can bet you that somewhere there is a senior advisor who may or may not work at the white house, on the phone with reporters now, or holding court at

and the long-term challenges in federal deficits and former republican national committee chair michael steele giving a speech on us founding principles. ac donald trump. this portion of the principles first conference runs just under an hour and 1/2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if i could ask you to make your way back to your seats. we will get started here momentarily and i will ask them to come to the stage, how are you, as we get ready to start our next panel in the afternoon stretch here. our 3:20 pm panel, principled economics:a for growth and sustainability, this obviously is an important conversation because there leadership right now on principles or economics are would say, so it is important i think to have this discussion about the facts, i don't know that we could have a more esteemed or accomplished panel to discuss it with us. i will introduce our moderator here who will introduce the rest of our panelists. it's my privilege to introduce our moderator, mr. bob buschman. he is firster. he was at some of our earliest meetings in atlanta, georgia back whe

huge motivating factor for getting democrats out to the polls this year. >> robert gibbs and michael steele for the conversation. i appreciate your perspectives. and just a reminder, you can catch michael every weekend here on msnbc's "the weekend" at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> on capitol hill this hour, why a giuliani associate is testifying at a hearing about hunter biden and why the president's son declined to show. clined to show breathing claritin clear is like... (♪♪) is he? confidently walking 8 long haired dogs and living as if he doesn't have allergies? yeah. fast relief of your worst allergy symptoms, like nasal congestion. [ serene music playing ] fast relief of your welcome to the wayborhood. the wayfair vibe at our place is western. my thing, darling? shine. gardening. some of us go for the dramatic. how didn't i know wayfair had vanities in tile? [ gasps ] this. wow! do you have any ottomans without legs. sure. you'll flip for the poof cart. in the wayborhood, there's a place for all of us. ♪ wayfair. every style. every home. ♪ -remember when i said we need to screen for colon can

"new york times" investigative reporter, and chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele. garrett, i'm going to start with you. donald trump is saying he doesn't have the money. what do we know about the efforts he's made currently to get this bond money? >> his attorneys say they've reached out to 30 different concerns. none of these folks would take his physical properties as collateral and he doesn't have the cash in his bank accounts or the trump organization's bank accounts to put up the money himself. the deadline is monday. we don't know when the judge will rule but presumably it has to be before then. the attorneys saying they've made this good faith effort to find someone to make the bond but there's not that many people who can front the money. >> are they prepared to start selling off assets if need be? >> i have no basis by which to answer that question other than donald trump's truth social post suggesting that he would have to do so at a fire sale. not the thing you want to be off loads distressed assets. his truth social account is essentially his diary. he

michael steele tells me what is happening to his party. >>> special counsel robert herz testifies before congress even though he has already announced no charges will be brought against president biden for his handling of classified documents. we will talk about what is really going on. >>> snl's response to the infamous republic can response. >> i am not just a senator, i am a wife, a mother and the craziest pitch in the target parking lot. >> salty, this is the sunday show. >>> the 2024 election is shifting into high gear this week. on tuesday primaries will be held in the battleground state of georgia and three other states. on tuesday trump could clinch the republican presidential nomination, something that would have happened even if nikki haley hadn't suspended her campaign last week. and on the heels of the state of the union address biden is ready for a rematch. yesterday i spent a day with the reelection campaign traveling with the president on air force one from philadelphia to atlanta for a behind the scenes look for his effort to take a second term. the president and i talked

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my good friend michael steele is the former rnc chair.network is a former republican, it's not about that, we welcome republican people. i want adam kinzinger and liz cheney to come talk to me. this isn't a difference of opinion. she literally backed an illegal scheme to steal an election in the state of michigan. >> it's not about partisanship. we have to be pro-democracy, and that's the goal here. and it's fine to have your own views but you can't have your own reality. and we all know that the 2020 election was free and fair and she couldn't even say it on sunday. she is still saying there were problems with it. it was a global pandemic. that is what happened. global pandemic. i mean that was really, and i would also add, that the road to authoritarianism is paved with people like her, people who repeat the lies that are not true. >> it's also paid with capitulating in advance. it saying that we have to entertain the idea that the election was stolen on an equal level as we entertain the idea that we should be a multiracial democracy,

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michael steele. [applause] michael: what's up? what are you doing? how you doing? you had me worried here! [laughter] you know your rebels, right? i love it. this is a real honor for me to be a part of this conversation. more importantly, this movement towards preserving, protecting, and defending democracy. towards lifting up the values of america and the principles that we live by. and you, all of you are on the front lines of that. the honor for me is to be here with you. and to thank youe to say for whu are doing which you are bravely enduring. and what you are about to do. because that is what i want to talk to you about and i want to lay down for you some tracks so that we understand to get our heads around the moment we are in. we cannot deal with stupid. [laughter] right? we cannot deal with ignorance and not understanding what this moment represents. thank you. for allowing me to share thoughts on that and thank you for the entire principal first team for bringing us together. in this way. [applause] because, it is important and like my buddies are in the

and co-host of the weekend, my dear friend from another time in republican politics, michael steel isknow what your vision is. we played everything you have produced of late. it's riveting. extraordinary. it's exciting because it feels like the newest thing that we have to chew on. that with the numbers. the exit polls for nikki haley. what do you have planned for the coming days and weeks and months? >> yeah, look, we launched a $50 million campaign to defeat trump. we call it republican voters against trump. we ran this campaign back in 2020. we also ran a version of it in 2022. we had republican voters against kari lake. republican voters against herschel walker and a number of of the anti democratic candidates that were running then. the difference between what you're doing now in 2024 is that all the testimonials we've amassed are people who voted for donald trump and aren't going to do it again. what we know from our research is that you have to create a permission structure for reluctant republicans sort of soft gop voters, right leaning independents, who don't identify as demo

ere. >>> michael steele. >>ia know what, i thought it was very interesting. about that moment, which was when the president used the term illegal. and what was interesting was for me just the politics of that moment. you know it's going to come back. you know republicans are going to grab that clip and try to make a lot of it, but i don't think people should. i think people need to cool their jets about that because it is not something that, "a," took away from the speech for me. and "b," just kind of reflects the difference between the various cultures that exist out there in way people perceive certain things. i think for the president it was just a moment in the heat of it just kind of -- >> i think what's more complicated than that, though, is that immigrant rights advocates have for years, for the better part of a decade -- >> working to change that. >> yes, because it's about humanizing immigrants as such we can have a conversation that comes from a place of shared humanity rather than this idea people are defined by a single act or single lawch i do th

and you can see me and my cohost and michael steele every saturday and sunday on the weekend. grab a cup of coffee and join us right here on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you so much for staying up late. and i'll see you this weekend. . >>> tonight on all in. >> i don't care. nobody has been treated bike repair trump. >> the im

and you can see me and my cohost and michael steele every saturday and sunday on the weekend. grab a cup of coffee and join us right here on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you so much for staying up late. and i'll see you this weekend. . >>> tonight on all in. >> i don't care. nobody has been treated bike repair trump. >> the criminal defendant candidate appears before the judge he appointed. >> the fact she is eve holding this hearing is facilitating the delay we have seen. >> what this hearing means for the trump trials. >>> the only thing that's donald trump's arguments today merit are an eye roll and a swift denial. >> then, how a maga delusion is officially taking hold of the rnc. >> people say well let's be like the democrats and vote early and ballot harvest, no, you lose your country. >> as republicans threaten reproductive rights across the country, a historic show of support for women in the form of a planned parenthood visit. >> when we talk about a clinic such as this, it is absolutely about health care and reproductive hea

michael steele, thank you, as well.y and sunday. >> of course we will. >> 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> starts our weekend off right. >> yes, it does. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," today is opening day in major league baseball. did you know that? mlb network's mark derosa will join us for a preview before the teams take to the field. >> this is big. >>> first, connecticut governor ned lamont is standing by. he joins us to talk about the passing of his friend and former home state senator, joe lieberman. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. this is our future, ma. godaddy airo. creates a logo, website, even social posts... in minutes! -how? -a.i. (impressed) ay i like it! who wants to come see the future?! get your business online in minutes with godaddy airo at bombas, we're obsessed with comfort. softness. quality. because your basic things should be your best things. one purchased equals one donated. visit bombas.com and get 20% off your first order. (♪♪) i'm getting vaccinated with pfizer's pneumococcal pn

associate themselves with our former republicans, trump haters,n people like nicole wallace, michael steelettle-knownwt figures hired by the trump white house thentr transform themselves into never trump crusaders.re now, these people aren't conservatives. they are simply opportunities, the whole genius. speak with a problem withsh ronna mcdaniel, her career was built around supporting trump ad as antidemocratic and anti-american behavior and nown they don't know who she is beholden to. >> laura: did she ever come t bo don't know, read that book? i guess you got that from never trump for dummies? look, democrats and the corporate media have gottenre i themselves into a huge messthey year. they are in their bunkers, refusing to change their minds on issuens or even they don't want to be in the same room wit. someone with whom they have disagreements. now, what is funny about this is they accused trump this very thing. it is the usual projection they engage in. they say he demanded complete loyalty. talk about calling the kettle black! the ugly truth is, the price one has to pay to be in thei

i think it was michael steele who said at the top of the show, the last time he gave a state of the union address, he literally gave a medal. >> right. >> and so given those are the arguments against president biden's speech that republicans are giving, is that them conceding you got that one? >> let's be clear. it's not that he did something new here. he accepted the terms of the speech. the speech has changed. and when i was growing up, you sat there, it was like going to church, but what it is like right now, some guy will get up and call you a liar. and that is what the state of the union is now and that is important to talk about. i think we need to linger a bit in how a lot of people are feeling before this speech. we were feeling like oh, this is someone who is older and also this is a rerun like we have been here before, so dread in boredom. that's what we were going into this speech with. >> lack of enthusiasm. wow, you really made it set up for a big night. >> right? and that will give them a pretty low bar to clear, which he did and he really used the foils of the republican pa

it's michael steele. in for nicolle wallace. add another one to the list.ide donald trump in the white house who cannot support him and warns of the danger the ex-president poses. it's common practice that when a person applies for a job the int vower asks for a list of references. he or she wants to hear a little about this applicant, what did this in previous situations and wants to hear from someone who witnessed them firsthand and what they thought. the firsthand witnesses to trump's previous experience as president are sending quite a signal. do not put this man back in office. pence is joining a remarkably large choir of former trump administration officials who have come out against him. a list that includes -- okay, settle in for this one. trump's former attorney general, two former defense secretaries. two of his chiefs of staff. two national security advisers. his first ambassador to the united nations. his former chairman of the joint chiefs. former secretaries of state. transportation and education. two former press secretaries. a former communi

up next, the weekend with michael steele >>> today donald trump's dark vision for america on full display in a deeply alarming campaign speech as the biden campaign shares breaking news on the campaign front. >>> the quest for accountability, a look ahead at the crucial crossroads for prosecutors in new york, georgia and the classified documents case. >>> grab your coffee, you will need it. welcome to the weekend. >>> this morning we are reminded once again of who donald trump really is, at a rally in ohio, the former president said some migrants are not people. he cast down on the future of american democracy if he loses in november. >> if this election isn't won, i'm not sure you will ever have another election in this country, does that make sense? i don't think you will have another election in this country in or certainly not a election that is meaningful. >> he continued to whitewash january 6th, he stood for a recording of the national anthem performed by 1/6 defendant from jail. he called them quote hostages. joining us is david corn, you've also a political analyst. >> david what

yet another is the simpleton pundit category is michael steele the former failed rnc chair.o is stunned that the appellate court made a sane ruling this makes absolutely no sense. what makes no sense is that comment. so now the never trumpers are so deluded they think the new york appellate court special treatment. the only people getting special treatment in new york are the thugs terrorizing people in the streets and getting away with it. >> we have violent criminals that are murdering people, killing people. we have drug dealers all over the place, and they go free and they can do whatever they want. but they go after trump where there is not even a crime. >> laura: and the entire underlying judgment was disproportional from the outset. disgraced financier bernie madoff's fraud was in the billions with tens of thousands of victims. guess how much his bail was. 10 million. i know, that was a lot of years ago you say. well, how about sam bankman-fried? he was forced to cough up 250 million in bail money. but, again, he lost his investors billions. and trump's case? the bank

with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. >>> removing records from the baltimore bridge collapse, we will be joined by governor wes moore and senior adviser to president biden tom perez, state and federal response to the disaster. >>> trump attacks the judge in his hush money case, again. could it be a turning point in the legal system's accountability. >> jamie raskin is at the table. has pushed up jared kushner come before the oversight committee. >>> grab your coffee. settle in. it is sunday. >>> this news breaking overnight. donald trump attacked the judge in his criminal hush money case . calling for him to be, quote, sanctioned and recused. it comes after a week of withering attacks from the ex- president targeting the judge and his daughter, private citizen. this week, we will learn whether the judge will expand as partial gag order against trump after a manhattan district attorney alvin bragg asked him to clarify whether the gag order applies to family members. let's start with political analyst and opinion editor tim o'brien and also joining us federal former prosecutor

i don't quite remember a backlash quite like this when nbc hired -- i think it was michael steele.nc chair. is this just the way they are today? >> dana: he was not for trump. here is my point. i am for more voices, not fewer. if your boss in the company has decided this is a person we want to have as part of our team, either keep your mouth shut, don't book her if you don't want her on your show or say, hi, welcome. would you like to have lunch and talk things through? i don't understand the vitriol and animosity. if they let her go and cut ties, that will be faster than scare a moche he was fired from the white house. she might benefit from it. >> judge pirro: i can't remember the last time an employee reprimanded a boss and demand an apology for hiring someone they didn't like. >> greg: i would almost upload this, except i know this is totally personal. by the way, what is "meet the press?" is that on cable? is it on sunday? i don't know. he was let go, "meet the press." that was his successor. i think he was trolling her. he was basically saying, you know, if i was there, this

and, as the now spokes president for michael steele, i look forward to collecting the books.ook. i want my hard book signed.>> i want a hard copy with the signature.>> deal.>> be sure to listen to the trump indictments, it is a special series on msnbc. we have key excerpts from the new york hush money and other cases. and we focus on the georgia and florida cases, scan the qr code on the screen to listen now. much more in the big week ahead, this is the big weekend. d they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. why choose a sleep number smart bed? can it keep me warm when i'm cold? people-friendly. wait. no i'm always hot. sleep number does that. now, save up to $1,000 when you purchase select sleep number smart beds and an adjustable base. ends monday. shop now at sleepnumber.com when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare—ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you ha

associate themselves with are former republicans, trump haters, people like nicolle wallace, michael steeleittle known figures hired by the trump white house who then transform themselves into never trump crusaders. now, these people aren't conservative. they are simply opportunist. behold the genius. >> the problem with ronna mcdaniel is her career was built around supporting trump. she did engage in some anti-democratic and unamerican, i would argue, behavior. and now you don't know who she is beholden to. >> laura: did she ever, i don't know, read that book? i guess she got that from never trump for dummies? look democrats in the corporate media have gotten themselves into a huge mess here. they are in their bunkers. they are refusing to change their minds on issues or even. they don't even want to be in the same room with someone with whom they have disagreements. now, what's funny about this they accuse trump of this very thing. it's the usual projection that they engage. in they said that he demanded complete loyalty. talk about the pot calling the kettle black. the ugly truth is, the

republican national chairman, co-host of "the weekend," michael steele. former obama white house press secretary robert gibbs. michael, when the hush money case starts, donald trump is going to be in court. as we've been discussing with vaughn, it'll be four days a week. he said he'd campaign at night. or being forced off the trail and significantly lowering his bond in the fraud, and add to all this this is election interference and a witch hunt, does that play out? he'll still be able to do fundraising at mar-a-lago on weekends. those expenive rallies are not in his benefit because he's better off doing the fundraising. >> yeah, you know, the reality of it is, all the noise coming out of donald trump's mouth is just that. donald trump is not ill-served or abused or otherwise hindered by this process. he's pretty much got everything he's wanted. again, that was proven with the reduction of his bond from $450 million to $175 million. for what reason? no one else in the country would have that luck or be ill-served, if you will, in his thinking that way. do

eastern and you can see me and my cohost and michael steele every saturday and sunday on the weekend. grab a cup of coffee and join us at 8:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you so much for staying up late i will see you this weekend. >>> the news that donald trumps one criminal case, one criminal case that was likely to go to trial before the november election may be delayed. manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg hush money case was set to go to trial on march 25th, less than two weeks today but now that date is in question. trumps legal strategy, in all of his cases, has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably until the month of nephew where a. but today is not coming for a trump, or at least not directly. today, d.a. bragg's office consented to a 30 day delay in the start of the trial but not because d.a. bragg needs another month. the issue at hand is a new trove of records that were turned over by the feds, the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of a gap. tens of thousands of record

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eastern, up next it is the weekend, with michael steele, alicia mendez, and simone sanders townsend. send. >>> good morning. it is saturday, march 30th. today, deranged and dangerous, donald trump's new attacks on president biden and the judge in one of his criminal trials made a stark reminder that none of this is normal. >>> congressman eric swalwell discusses the violent threats targeting election workers. >>> the biden campaign's campaign manager talks about the iconic fundraiser with president obama and clinton and their team's push to reach nikki haley voters. get your coffee and settle into "the weekend." . >>> donald trump is embracing depictions of political violence while he thumbs his nose was of justice is no. on friday, trump posted on social media video depicting an effigy of president biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. the truck is emblazoned with the words "trump 2024". we are choosing not to show you the video. at the same time, vinyl -- donald trump is attacking the judge in the criminal hush money case. they have been repeatedly called out by

michael steele will join the sunday show tonight. >>> next, the battle for georgia is on the line.mp and biden hold dueling campaign rallies in the state. the contrast could not be more clear. we will talk to georgia congresswoman nikemah williams next. georgi congresswoman nikemah williams next it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. with nurtec odt, i can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ask about nurtec odt. meet the traveling trio. the thrill seeker. the soul searcher. and - ahoy! it's the explorer! each helping to protect their money with chase. woah, a lost card isn't keeping this thrill seeker down. lost her card, not the vibe. the soul searcher, is finding his identity, and helping to protect it. h

for someone, michael steele, who likes to talk about people's mental thoughts, he wouldn't get thereormation. >> he can't stream together a complete sentence. more than one person has said that to me at the last few months. at the end of the day, everyone is focused on joe biden's speech pattern, and he has a stutter folks that he tries to control. what is donald trump's excuse? i'm telling you, he can't do it. it raises a number of flags for me, david, around the idea of how people perceive these two individuals. at the end of the day, you're looking at donald trump and joe biden as men who are going to run the country for the next four years. >> that's right. >> within the body of voters, you're finding this phenomena that has been tagged or labeled double haters, people who hate both houses. how does that dynamic change? alexi raise the question of people possibly staying home. is that what we look at with the double haters? is there an opportunity to break into that a little bit, and to get them to hate one a little less than the other? what are we doing here? >> there is. that's

>> harris: that is such a excellent point, you have before my chair, michael steele you have some republicans they are all singularly focused on their type of moderate views on the party. no, they are not in the camp that ronna mcdaniel or others are in that represent more than half the country if you take into account. maybe some independent event sometimes around who do not want weaponization allow fears that we are seeing. but at the end of the day does that not say whether or not they do not want other voices, they theydo not want those races. they don't want people who speak like ronna mcdaniel. i will be look at this, and you look at all the democrats that question elections in the past, election deniers on the left, they are quite a few -- it could take a while to scroll through and to play those montages and we play a lengthy one. but they really want is they do not want a cacophony of voices debating the issues and rigorous debate or anything, they want a lockstep republican that they can predict and bring in a day after they issue a press release that we have republicans on air and

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michael steele was one of them. prominent republican there.y the same thing, come this -- hopefully by this convention. but the coalition is broad and vast. and so -- i guess what keeps you up at night about this election, ron. like is it -- getting the folks who might want to -- as the vice president always talks about, sit on their couch? like fighting their couch election? staying home? is it with international affairs? is it the craziness of donald trump? what keeps you up? voter suppression? what is it? >> i think it's all of those things and more. i think the stakes couldn't be higher. and to anyone who cares about democracy, should be frightening. i think joe biden is doing a good job as president. i want see those things continue. on a clean-energy revolution. it will all stop if donald trump gets reelected as president. i think those are important things for our country. and we have to be sure, voters get out. and they're not suppressed. and they do vote. we get them off the sofas. and that people appreciate that no matter what fantas

was speaking too loud and argued he could make this so partisan and political, wow, i think was michael steele that said, green was in full campaign gear and the last time donald trump gave a state of the union address, he literally gave a metal to rush limbaugh. so those are the arguments about president biden's speech that republicans are giving, is that been conceding? he got that one. >> let's be clear, not that he did something new here, he accepted the terms of the speech. over the past decade the speech has changed. when i was growing up you sat there, like going to church. right? that is not what it is like right now. some guy will get up and call you a liar, marjorie taylor green will get up and wear her hat. that is what the state of the union's, political performance. that is important to talk about. we need to linger on how people were feeling a before the speech. nervous. we were feeling this is someone older, also a rerun. we have been here before. simultaneously dread and boredom. that is what we were going into this with. >> dread, boredom, lack of enthusiasm. while mary, he se

. >>> good morning, it is sunday, march 24, i'm in new york with simone sanders thompson and michael steele in washington, d.c. today, donald trump has near hours to come up with a $404 million civil fraud bond. what happens if he can't? plus, biden campaign surrogate joins us as president biden goes on offense. >>> and the arizona state senator who went public on her abortion story. she is here as the supreme court gets ready to hear arguments in the abortion pill case. >>> grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to "the weekend." >>> less money, more problems. the trump campaign and the republican national committee ended february with just under $45 million in cash on hand. that's according to newly filed fec reports. that's less than half the available cash of the biden/harris campaign and the dnc. now, new reporting from politicalo suggests the trump campaign is already looking for ways to cut costs. maybe trump wouldn't be in this position if the funds he raised went toward his campaign, not his legal fees. starting off the hour with us, former homeland security and counterterrorism advi

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. >> michael steele, just say you know?w what, i have two older brothers and a younger sister and my daddy would line us up when we got in trouble and give us a speech you know, my mother would whoop us and every now and then he would but he just gave us words. you just gave them that verbal molly -- >> it's important to understand, folks, i mean you know, a lot of -- everybody is talking about the nikki haley voters. those are republicans who are mad at the situation we find ourselves in. i mean, it's not -- it's not a faction of republicans. it's like republicans trying to, you know, go and engage against the biden administration on big ideas and a direction of the country. but we can't because we have marjorie taylor greene wearing a dumb hat and looking silly and everybody applauding that and donald trump hanging without an authoritarian acting like you know, you know, that's his new boo pile and the rest of us sitting here going, can we do something other than this? and you have shown you can't. you can't do anything o

michael steele. >> lawrence: on there never trumpers. >> the lincoln project. >> who no they are notmp that gets you on the air. the nbc president says he wants the newsroom to be cohesive and aligned. in other words, if you have a different opinion than everybody else in this network, you get eliminated. >> lawrence: i guess i'm just curious we got a big election. i only have 20 seconds. how do you cover the next election if you don't have people that understand those voters? >> lawrence, i will answer your question with a question. what happens if and when joe biden debates donald trump and you have to have donald trump on your air for 90 minutes, you going to preempt that and not going to show that we don't want lies on the network. all while have you adam schiff on afterwards to talk about russia collusion an hillary clinton election was stolen. >> lawrence: none of the anchors should get a debate. they shouldn't be involved in the presidential debate. i don't think they can be fair. >> no republican should go on meet the press. >> lawrence: rangers back in action after winning t

i'm symone sanders-townsend with michael steele in washington, d.c., and alicia menendez in new york. if you're just getting up with us, congress avoided a partial government shutdown overnight, but there could be the start of even bigger problems for speaker mike johnson and his republican majority. >>> plus, the former giuliani associate who blew a russia-sized hole into republicans' impeachment dreams. we'll talk about his testimony on capitol hill. >>> later, michael cohen is with us as his former boss tries to scrape together $454 million all before monday. >>> we've got a lot to talk about. welcome to "the weekend." >>> congress managed to avoid a shutdown at about 2:00 a.m. eastern time, passing a bill that funds the government through the end of september. republicans left for a two-week recess without delivering crucial aid to ukraine and israel, as well as taiwan. overnight, russian authorities detained 11 people following a terror attack at a concert venue just outside moscow. the russian government says at least 115 people are dead after several gunmen opened fire on the c