michael steele, donald trump is bringing groups of congressional republicans to mar-a-lago next weekend, including freedom caucus members, blue state republicans. what does this invitation list indicate to you after he played a critical role on friday during the first roll call in cementing the speakership by such a narrow margin for mike johnson? >> yeah, i think, you know, what donald trump has been doing for quite some time now is effectively locking in his control of the republican members of congress to try to remind them that they are where they are because of him, and they will be able to stay where they are because of him. the power they have he gives to them. that's the symbolism, if you will, of what we saw just the last few days with johnson's election. every effort was made to make sure that that happened on the first ballot, and a number of us were, you know, kind of sitting there going, this is going to be a done deal on the first ballot, because you knew that trump was going to come in at that right moment and say, okay, this is what i need to have happen. so this idea of

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townsend, alicia menendez and michael steele. michael, your thoughts on the two speeches we've gotten, which honestly seem to me to sort of stand on equal footing. in fact, the latter might be a more honest expression of the vision. >> aside from getting quoted in the inaugural speech with drill, baby, drill, we were having a debate about that. >> is that your contribution to the american lexicon forevermore? >> i came up with that at 2 a.m. in the morning, because i got to a point in my speech where i had to make a transition, and i couldn't quite figure out how to do it. and after a few conversations with a gentleman named jim beam, i came up with drill, baby, drill. >> and here we are. there you go. >> but the. >> yeah, the what you saw was the forward facing of the incoming administration that siouxsie wiles. right. wanted to present to the country. >> yeah. >> during the inaugural speech, what you saw after that is what you're going to get. yes. so i think we need to be honest about that. and stop pretending that what you saw

former republican national chairman michael steele. so, jeff, the inspector general act of 2022, and i believe that amendment was pushed forward by none other than senator grassley, who's the chair of the judiciary committee. this requires a 30 day notice to congress before these igs can be fired. so it seems to me, and i've talked to lawyers, i've talked to senators over the weekend. this is just basically a violation of a law that congress passed. and congress is asking a lot of questions about this. >> including senator grassley. >> and you. >> were right to. >> mention him. >> and that's a. republican ally normally of a republican white house. >> but he he said specifically that that 30 day period obviously. >> was not given. and if. >> there was a. >> clear reason. >> for having done this, firings that hasn't been identified. >> yet by the white house. >> so it was clearly an effort by the president to get rid of folks who are charged with being independent and having an. independent job. and at least the message that they're send

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i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking overnight donald trump defending his decision to fire more than a dozen independent inspectors generals. former cia director john brennan is here to respond. michael shannon, the former d.c. police officer, joins our table as we discuss accountability in the second trump term. plus, get ready for another wild week of confirmation hearings with tulsi gabbard, kash patel and rfk jr all on deck. senator lisa blunt rochester previews what you can expect from democrats. so grab your coffee and settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> breaking overnight, donald trump is defending the mass firings of federal watchdogs. nbc news confirms trump fired 18 inspectors general across several government agencies. and it happened late friday evening. but trump might have a really big problem. under federal law, the president must give substantive reasons of why an inspectors general is being ousted and give congress 30 days notice. but this time, the white house gave a vague explanation justifyi

joining us now, cohost of the weekend at msnbc and former rnc chairman michael steele and the new yorkumnist david french. gentlemen, thank you so much. what is the goal? i'm going to cough. what is the goal here, michael? >> oh. >> the. >> goal is just to. >> eradicate any effort. >> that levels. >> up. >> you know. >> or touches. >> on the idea of creating a. >> space in. >> which our. >> our institutions, particularly. >> our government. >> institutions and. >> public institutions, are. mindful of, of, you know, including. >> everyone creating. >> that idea of access. >> and so, you. >> know, the federal. government has. >> always been. >> at the at the vanguard. >> of. >> these, these. >> types of initiatives. >> sometimes a little slow. >> to the game, we know historically. >> but nonetheless. >> there the military. >> is a very good example of that sort of forward leaning. >> sort of into the. cultural moment and recognizing the responsibility. >> all of that's. >> an anathema. >> to those who believe. >> that these. >> things impinge on. >> the whiteness of america. >> and that

the reidout with michael steele starts now. >> tonight on the reidout. >> and so, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> now, don't expect that kind of soaring rhetoric when donald trump is inaugurated on monday, and because of the cold, it won't be outside like usual. instead, it will be inside the rotunda, not far from where this trump supporter stood four years ago with his stolen pelosi lectern amid the maga desecration of the us capitol. also tonight, the supreme court says it will allow tiktok a tiktok ban to go forward. but that is not the final word, especially with tiktok ceo attending monday's inauguration as trump's guest. plus, president biden's last minute flurry of activity from conservation to clemency and a major new announcement about the equal rights amendment. i'm michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with a look ahead to day one of trump 2.0. the biden administration is in its waning days, and in just three days, donald trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president. although the weath

get up, take your coffee and go into another room. >> michael steele said.r go toe to toe. >> let me just. >> say this. >> i think the american people want. >> to. >> see elected officials be. >> serious and work together. >> no they. >> don't. >> but you're right. you're right. they're not doing that. they are not doing that. they've made it. >> clear from. >> immigration to economic policy and taxes to basic human rights, they have made clear that they are more interested in driving forward a extreme partizan agenda, rather than pursuing collaborative common sense solutions. i totally agree. >> all right. congresswoman sarah mcbride of delaware, this is why she's the policy person, because she's like, i got an answer for that. i know. thank you very much. >> thank you for your patience. >> i look forward to seeing you again soon. quick programing note, folks. very quick programing. note you scan the qr code on your screen. yes, because next thursday, ahead of the leadership elections for the democratic national committee, , along with my colleagues jen psa

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele today, with plans for mondays and shifting in real time, we look ahead to trump's second term and the unqualified cabinet picks that could lead this country. plus, president biden using his final days in office to warn of an oligarchy that is already taking shape. and with inauguration day landing on martin luther king day, his daughter, doctor bernice king, joins our conversation with a plea to stay vigilant. so grab your coffee. settle in. >> welcome to the weekend. >> in just two days, the new trump era will start with a cold chill. right now, preparations are underway to hold donald trump's second inauguration indoors because of frigid temperatures. crews are now setting up in the capitol rotunda, where trump will take the oath of office on monday. also next week at the capitol, the senate will continue the confirmation process for donald trump's cabinet, and we are learning more about the people trump has tapped to carry out his agenda during this week's hearings. trump's pick for ag could not bring herself to sa

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michael steele, mara -- she went even deeper.this thing out there that you get that is totally nonpartisan from any person that is angry that they cannot walk into cvs and the razors are locked and that aaron that you should look four minutes takes 40 because you have to wait -- every section has a button for the thing you need and it is a different person that comes to unlock the thing and if you need -- you really screwed if you need allergy medicine, razors, and diapers that is a whole 30 minutes. but this idea of disorder, it is something that obama talked about and i think what mara is getting at is the democrats are interesting -- interested in solving it, and democrats are the one with the policies, but whether it is a broken message delivery system, whether it is something else obama talked about in his convention speech, the sort of isolation and loneliness and despair piece that no one covers or talks about and no one has figured out how to stage into our politics, but there was this feeling of discontent and an h that

and that's the problem. >> michael steele and rusty greenberg, to be continued.ding time for having this candid conversation. these aren't always comfortable conversations these days, either. thank you to both of you. when we come back, it is being called the anti-social century, ushered in in part by the same tech oligarchs president joe biden warned about last night, how self-imposed solitude is reshaping american politics and american life, oftentimes for the worse. we'll oftentimes for the worse. we'll have that conversatio okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪♪) when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff.0 grams of protein. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. you are not hitting. >> has never been a moment you were forgotten. you are not hopeless. though yo

you can see me and michael steele on the weekend tomorrow morning, harry dunn will join us and on sundaye have committee co-chair congressman bennie thompson and muriel bowser and that is starting right here at 8:00 a.m. eastern. "the 11th hour" with stephanie ruhle starts now.

you can see me and michael steele on the weekend tomorrow morning, harry dunn will join us and on sunday we have committee co-chair congressman bennie thompson and muriel bowser and that is starting right here at 8:00 a.m. eastern. "the 11th hour" with stephanie ruhle starts now. >>> good evening, i am stephanie ruhle. thrilled to be back with you. welcome to the first nightcap of the new year and the official start of the 119th congress. let's take a deep breath for that. this afternoon both chambers were sworn in and house speaker mike johnson held onto his gavel on the first try it eventually. donald trump did make some calls to put it over the finish line but the president elect is not the only one throwing his weight around. joe biden formerly blocked japan's nippon steel from purchasing u.s. steel citing national security concerns. both responded to the move saying "the president's statement and order to not present any credible evidence of a national security issue is making it clear that this was a political decision. let's bring in our nightcap, senior analyst and ceo of i- 5.a.

. >> i am glad you are not writing the speech, michael steele because listen boo-boo and tell more truthsnt. you think of the fact this man has spent the bulk of his life in public service. it is important to speak about the legacy not only of these four years as president or his time as vice president but anything what's interesting about joe biden and historians will grapple with is the evolution that we have watched on some of his policies from the time he began his political career to now, the idea that change within an individual, change of thought is possible. you can change with the times, and i think he wants to lay down a marker and say this is the america i am handing over to donald trump. this is the reality of this moment because he has to be, and his team, has to be well aware that there will be an attempt to rewrite the legacy of his administration. they are trying to do have the policies. >> yes. we know that and that's exactly right. for him in the first instance to sort of say, this is what i did. this is what i tried to do. and, knowing joe biden for so many years of fol

party doesn't have, wielding their own type of power, it was that role that republican chair michael steelewas shut out of the white house and he grew to prominence, you might know him now from media and politics because he held that role in a year when it mattered more because he was the republican party leader. he wasn't taking orders like obama's chair or the current rnc chair who, takes cues from trump, she's actually in his family. so that is the core point, that's why the chair matters now and that's why the coming meeting matters when normally obscure, party members the type of people that you see at conventions or other committee members, they will decide who runs the democratic party at this pivotal time and who decides what the fixes are for what happened in 2024. and even mulling a future that could go beyond the incumbent d.c. democrats, chuck schumer as a matter of reality, is not going to be in charge forever. the two front runners are party officials were known at the local level, ken martin and ben winkler and they are facing off of the most pivotal dnc chair race in years c

i am alicia menendez along with symone sanders-townsend and michael steele from washington, d.c.onald trump gets his sentencing date for his election interference conviction . >>> plus, mike johnson winning the speaker's gavel. now comes the hard part, trying to govern with his very narrow republican majority. >>> dc merrimack muriel bowser joins the conversation ahead of a busy few weeks for the nation's capital. grab your coffee and settle in. welcome to "the weekend". ♪ ♪ weekend". ♪ ♪ >>> it is a new year. there is a new congress. we have a seismic new development in the case against donald trump in after dramatic first vote and lengthy backroom discussions, mike johnson narrowly held onto the speaker's gavel. johnson's effort to win on the first vote seemed sunk after republicans initially voted against him. but two changed their votes within 20 minutes after a slapdash call with donald trump which directed his golf game to urge the congress to get united. the vote was over in two hours, y'all. as critics buckle under trump, judge juan merchan denied his bid to dismiss the 2

i just want people to know that michael steele just asked this. he get to close the show today and i said no, it says simone. that does it for the weekend, folks. we're going to see you back here next saturday, 8 a.m. eastern. be sure to follow us on social media at the weekend, msnbc. velshi will continue our coverage right now. good morning. ali. >> you know, i. >> got to say, michael's getting the last word. >> in here. >> i get it's like. >> even. >> i sometimes even have this argument with myself. >> and i'm the only one in. >> the studio. >> we had an audio issue at the top, so i heard like ten ali velshi and then no, ali velshi. >> that's a lot of ali velshi. >> okay, we're going to figure. >> out. >> the audio issue. meanwhile, you guys have an excellent rest of your day. velshi starts now. >> all right. >> good morning. i'm ali velshi. it's sunday, january 26th. and moments ago, the republican senator, lindsey graham of south carolina spoke out on nbc's meet the press about president trump's controversial january 6th pardons. >> do you be

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. today, donald j. trump is a convicted felon, but he escaped punishment. michael cohen went to prison for some of those same crimes. he joins us at the table. also here, andrew weissmann and mark eliason. what accountability looks like for trump's second term. an overnight in california authorities ordering new evacuations as the palisades fire continues to grow. we will have live updates throughout the show. so grab your coffee, settle in. it is a very busy saturday morning. welcome to the weekend. >> and just nine days. donald trump will return to the white house as a convicted felon. and frankly, i mean, there's nothing wrong with that. if there were other convicted felons in this country who would have the same opportunities that he would. judge juan merchan sentenced the president elect yesterday in new york, but trump's sentence of unconditional release comes without a penalty. no prison time or probation, or even a fine after a jury found him guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business reco

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i just want people to know that michael steele just asked this.w today and i said no, it says simone. that does it for the weekend, folks. we're going to see you back here next saturday, 8 a.m. eastern. be sure to follow us on social media at the weekend, msnbc. velshi will continue our coverage right now. good morning. ali. >> you know, i. >> got to say, michael's getting the last word. >> in here. >> i get it's like. >> even. >> i sometimes even have this argument with myself. >> and i'm the only one in. >> the studio. >> we had an audio issue at the top,

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. >> breaking overnight. firefighters are beginning to make real progress with the fires around los angeles, but weather conditions are threatening major setbacks. also ahead, donald trump's controversial cabinet picks are set to go before the u.s. senate. the questions we want answered from the likes of pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard, and marianne williamson, joins the table to discuss her bid for dnc chair. so grab your coffee, settle in, and welcome to the weekend. >> we begin today with that breaking news overnight. >> officials confirmed the death toll from the fires burning near los angeles has risen to at least 16. firefighters are working to contain five wildfires near the city. >> the largest wildfire, the palisades fire, is now spreading east into the brentwood and encino neighborhoods. >> to make matters worse, the santa ana winds are expected to strengthen in the coming days. as for the destruction, a couple who escaped the palisades fire returned home yesterday to find it reduced to rubble. it wa

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. today, donald trump returns to washington and prepares to take power. the new details of his plans for day one. plus, fresh off of grilling trump's cabinet picks, senator kirsten gillibrand is at the table and will talk with us. and breaking this morning the cease fire between israel and hamas, now in effect, the first hostages could be released while we are on air. it is a busy sunday morning, so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> we begin this morning with breaking news out of the middle east. >> a cease fire between israel and hamas is now in effect. the truce started at 415 eastern time this morning. that was after a delay of several hours as part of the deal. the first three hostages are expected to be released as soon as 9 a.m. eastern. american hostages are not a part of this first release. joining us now live from israel is nbc news correspondent daniele hamamdjian. danielle, what can you tell us about what happened this morning? why there was a delay. and

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and michael steele, former rnc chairman. he's also the co-host of the weekend here on msnbc. okay, kelly, what do we expect to hear from trump as he returns to the world stage? well, it is certainly noteworthy that this is the first world stage moment, because this is an event that means a great deal to president trump. i was part of the reporting team in his first term when we went to davos to cover him there twice, i think. and it is important because this is a group of leaders from the global business community. it includes from government, from business really players on the global stage. and he has long wanted to be accepted and influential in their midst. and certainly when you're president of the united states and a billionaire, that is kind of the home turf for him. and so this is a place where he can talk to influential ceos. he can talk to u.s. governors who are attending power players from a very wide swath. and part of what happens in davos is that this is where policy is set about the intersection of governance and economics. and boy, are those issues at the root

i'm symone sanders townsend with michael steele. alicia is off today.g overnight pete hegseth just barely confirmed as defense secretary. the stinging condemnation from one republican senator. plus, trump purges government watchdogs, putting. >> the. >> independence of. >> our nation's. >> inspectors general in severe doubt. and the breaking news of the morning, four more israelis held by hamas. they have been released, and they have just arrived at a hospital in israel. we'll be live in the region in just a moment. grab your coffee, folks, and settle in. we got a lot to discuss today. welcome to the weekend. >> let's continue. >> msnbc's breaking news. >> coverage from israel for female. >> israeli soldiers have been released from hamas custody and have. >> just. >> arrived at a hospital near tel aviv. karina. >> arif. danielle gamboa. >> naama levy. >> and larry ellsberg were. >> held in. >> gaza for. >> nearly 500 days. they've been. >> reunited with their. >> families and are going. through a medical evaluation at this. >> moment. in exchange. israe

and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee, former lieutenant governor of maryland. but you know him as the co-host of the weekend right here on msnbc. charles stewart rhodes said that none of them faced a fair trial. he was referring to the january 6th defendants. what's your reaction to that? >> i think it's absolutely absurd. i think that you're talking about people who were prosecuted for trying to overthrow the united states government, and they were prosecuted by the united states government. they were prosecuted by the department of justice, an independent law enforcement agency that exists outside of the direction of the president of the united states of america. and so these people were put in front of a jury of their peers, which is what our system demands. and they were convicted. the fact that they can't accept that, the fact that they can't really process that what they did was illegal is not the problem of the american people. and the fact that donald trump has chosen to absolve them of their actions, of their heinous actions. and any notio

michael steele, that was quite an asterisk. bc. susan glaser, thank you as well. michael, thank you as well. >> who called notre dame a few weeks ago. you were right. >> i think the train ends here. >>> back to breaking news. we continue coverage of the wildfires in southern california and the impact they are having not only on the economy but also econ the insurance industry. the third hour of "morning joe" continues right now. >> came back this morning and gone. just absolute -- the further you go up, it's just an absolute wasteland. just stunned, shocked, speechless. >> these items weren't in the apartment. they were in the parking area. what were you able to grab from the apartment, if anything? >> we weren't able to grab anything. everything is burnt to the ground. this is the only thing we could manage to find. >> i've never seen nothing like this before, from the smell to even how the sun is red. it's the worst thing i have seen. looked like a bomb went off over here. that's the only way i could describe it. >> more stori

former chairman of the republican national committee now, co-host of "the weekend" on msnbc, michael steeleod morning to you both. vaughn, i want to start with you because you conducted a memorable interview with bobby kennedy jr. just a couple of weeks ago. you asked him many of these same questions about his plans for vaccines, his plans for fluoride in the water. just to remind our viewers where he stands on some of that stuff. it won't be a waving of a wand if he does become secretary of hhs to just get rid of these vaccines. >> right, there's going to be a lot of layers of bureaucracy it'll take for him to wade through in order to pull that off here. but i think one interesting note about bobby kennedy is the fact that donald trump is usually not deferential to others. he usually is convinced about knowing the answers himself. over the course of the last month, we have consistently seen from donald trump, him saying he'll leave this in the hands of bobby kennedy to essentially tell him what to do and which direction to go. since bobby kennedy was dominated to be hhs secretary, we also

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you can you know, i was i was talking with michael steele, former rnc chair, outside when trump came in the first time. i obviously was not a fan, had never been a fan. i didn't watch the apprentice, so i wasn't a fan. but i had to admit that, you know what, mark milley, that's a brilliant dude. you know, some of the people in his his cabinet, they seem pretty normal. i haven't gotten to know olivia troye. it's a brilliant that's a that's an upstanding, good person this time. are we talking about quality nominees? marco rubio is the best choice of all of them. you go down the list of the people. it's no longer a content of their character or great meritocracy. now it is people trump likes to see on television. it's people he thinks will praise him. it's people who will give him what he wants and allow him to do to the american people, to immigrants whom jesus loved. this is supposed to be the great christian president who is promising to attack immigrants, trans people who are already vulnerable. these are some of the executive orders. the cruelty is the point of this coming administ

cheryl: michael, i want to add too that those steel ballards on bourbon street weren't there because they were being prepared ahead of the super bowl so unfortunately that might have been one of the issues and i guess unfortunate facts that led to the death toll we're seeing this morning. >> the key question that people looking at right now is obviously there's another threat out there and did this person act alone or was he part of a cell. that's one of the real big questions and behind the initial decision to postpone the game and if you asked me i would postpone it a little while longer many i think the attorney general's perspective is it's still an active crime scene, you just had people that were killed there, doesn't seem like a great time to celebrate but that's up to the city and the organizers but if there are individuals out there that might have supported this effort and might have capabilities on their own, that is another very good reason to try to lock this area down and see what you can find so i would support suspending it even more but the big thing is what are they

jonathan: appreciate your time, michael shepard. u.s. steel speaks to what you're talking about. what is the future of this company without the deal? lisa: a lot of people rejecting cleveland cliffs deal because it was not a positive but at the same time if you can't have a foreign buyer come in, who is a likely suitor at the time they fall into the 27th biggest producer of steel in the world? jonathan: let's continue this with jamil jaffer. welcome to the program and happy new year. this country faces a lot of national security issues across several dimensions. where does nippon steel taking over u.s. steel right? >> it goes to foreign investment in the u.s., probably top three or four issues addressed by the u.s. government currently. you have the effort to ban tiktok going on. that is a huge issue. u.s. steel is right up there with that. the number three u.s. steel producer, top 30 in the world, being taken over by one of the top five still companies or in attempt to take over, big issue. a big issue for unions, labor jobs for president who

produce thing, producing steel and in the energy sector, and ranchers and farmers putting food on peoples' plates, and we need to figure out how to get that back. to your point, michaelt's a pretty insider group but they come from the county level and they come from the state level. we need to figure out how to empower them and be good listeners and show up, and i finished in my race about a 7,500 miles -- >> yeah, boebert has to move to keep her seat. >> i appreciate emotional victories. my top three policies are to win, to win and to win. that's what we need to do in the democratic party. >> geographic diversity is a form of diversity, and it's been voted they are looking the diversity, and it's a -- first, what do you say to those that have reservations about your ability to build a diverse team to make sure that you support diverse vendors. how do you bring diversity to the table outside of your identity? >> i am aware of that, without a doubt we have a diverse party and that's one of the strengths of it and i fully appreciate -- at least the chairs, white males, and i appreciate that, and i am running alongside and not against any of them. it's more diverse in a

michael mcdonald state chairman for nevada. the following members were elected to the executive committee. midwestern region, and half the weight committeewoman for indian and rob steele the national committee meant for michigan. from the northwest region, hank mccann national committeeman for delaware and janet fogarty national committeewoman for massachusetts. from the southern region beth campbell national committeewoman for tennessee, and robin armstrong the national committeeman from texas. and from the western region -- national committeewoman from california and shawn steel the national committeeman for california. congratulations to you. [applause] in addition, , the following members were elected to the budget committee. from the midwest region james comer national committeewoman from ohio and jim national committeeman from ohio. for the northeast region, christine the national committeewoman for pennsylvania and then, , the stitcher from connecticut. from the southern region mindy the national committeewoman for arkansas and oscar, the national committeeman from tennessee. western region, we have cam, national committeewoman for utah and jake, the national c