sorry, rachel -- rachel: it's okay.n the last little more than a year we had the paris terror attack, we had san bernardino, we had brussels. here in the united states it's been the orlando club shooting. there was, there was a bombing on 23rd or street right down the street from my apartment and also the bombs going off in new jersey, so it's not surprising that people don't feel safe. sandra: yeah -- dagen: on a day-to-day basis. sandra: this isn't just new york city, new orleans is taking special preparations, things they've never done before. mary landrieu said that we are going to have individuals with tactical outfits on. it's the first time they're ever doing that in the city. but they're pointing out that it's a very fine line between protecting and securing the city and turning it into a militarized zone. and you think about that, because you think about you're trying to have fun in new york city, that's going to be a sight to be -- kennedy: that's why the cops here are so good, because they do know how to blen

>> and let me ask rachel, rachel, why don't we learn the lessons of germany? there it is. there's a textbook example of where they take a million refugees in and -- angela merkel now will probably get voted out of office because of it? >> it has been a disaster. why don't we talk to the people who are helping the refugees in jordan. i've spoken to some of those people in jordan last year. listen, these refugees are already traumatized by war. the last thing they need is culture shock of being taken over to the united states of america. let them stay here. create a safe zone here. bring more funding in from other countries and from your own country and then when this settles down and we deal with this syria problem they can move back to their homes which is what they want. >> and christie, why not -- i don't know, create a safe zone? i think donald trump is recommending this, create a safe zone in their countries, in other words, spend a lot of money on them, but have them stay there rather than taking them in here? the question is where could there possibly be a safe zone

rachel? rachel: maybe tell us a little bit about how would republicans replace obamacare? we know there are a lot of things in flux right now but what are the main things that you are going to change? what can we expect this to look like? rep. brady: this usually gets lost in these discussions about timing and sequence and what happens so thanks for looking at the big picture. we know obamacare isn't working. premiums are accelerating, few choices are assured. we know it isn't fixable so what we are proposing is to replace that big bureaucracy, the will withmmoths of obamacare the concept of a health care backpack. the freedom for americans to choose a plan that is right for them, that can travel with them throughout their life from job to job and they to state. if they want to start their own business or raise a family and even into retirement. this backpack, the concept means that in addition to choosing a plan right for you, tailored, that can travel with you. we also think the tools in that backpack are easy access to a health savings account that makes it more afforda

rachel, let me ask you, rick perry for energy. rex tillerson for state department. ryan zinke hasn't accepted but for interior. these are pretty strong names for trump. do you have any observations at all of his nominees? >> no. i think these are all very strong names. i'll tell you the nominee i'm most excited about is betsy devos. if you break the government monopoly on education, especially for charter schools and having that go nationwide, boy, you can change the entire country. this is something as a mom and as a minority that is very dear to my heart. there is in equality in education, and it has been perpetuated by the left. we have somebody now who is steering the unions. that means she's probably a good choice. >> it was also gratifying to hear her renouncing common core. this has been a big core about betsy devos. she likes common core i have known governor perry for a lot of years. used to live and work in the dallas area. >> he is one of the most decent classy guys they will ever meet he is the same fellow in person as he is on a tv camera or anywhere el

harris: rachel? rachel: i hate disagreeing with steve, i disagree, as a republican, i am so happy to have a leader who is tweeting back on this stuff and punching back for once because this is the kind of bogus, using clinton's words, stuff they do. there was nothing boag bus what they've done. not that the classified e-mails existed on a server that they didn't permit. it ended up not just on any laptop, the laptop of a huge weirdo who could have been extorted. >> a pedophile. rachel: this is serious stuff. for bill clinton to say bogus, good for trump for getting them back. . steve: donald trump has a thousand people who could make the argument for him. the things we talked about in the first half of the show are the things donald trump should be focused on, focused on guantanamo. harris: two things about what rachel is saying, nobody with his bully pulpit. remember who came up with the idea that anthony weiner should have never been near any of that information, it was donald trump. lisa: right, t

back to measure s-- mercedes' point and rachel's point. the worst of the worst is left in guantanamo bay, but he's committed to his legacy in letting these terrorists out when we know the recidivism rate is 30%, if not higher. to mercedes' point as well, he refused to enforce the agreement, and iraq which gave way to a breeding ground for isis. now we've seen isis has at least a branch in 18 different countries. so in the name of legacy, he has made our country less safe. >> rachel? >> i would say donald trump calling this what it is is not just refreshing, it's reassuring. and it's not just americans. millions of americans agree with that. it's also europeans. go into the blogs and comment sections of european papers. they are very much dissatisfied with the elitist, politically correct way of dealing with this. >> we have a constitution here, and when it comes to locking people up without taking them to court, the constitution says not right. illegal. same thing with immigrants. >> no, it says citizens. >> we have rules -- we have geneva

you are watching the rachel maddow show. i'm ari melber in for rachel maddow. it was on this day when bill clinton had 23 days left as president and being the ambitious type on this day he told folks he was still working on one thing to do before leaving office. and that was peace in the middle east. clearly that's a topic that tends to arise at the end of some administrations. and on this day in 2000 it wasn't going well. >> a final push in the last weeks of clinton's presidency, but clinton's demand that israel and the palestinians agree in principle to his peace proposal hits a wall. at the white house today, president clinton clearly frustrated. >> we're all operating under a deadline. just some of us know what our deadline is. both sides know exactly what i mean and they know exactly what they still have to do. >> now, that december there was also a president-elect, of course, and that george h.w. bush was announcing his pick for defense secretary, donald rumsfeld. was asked about president clinton's mideast effort. here's how bush used his voice to discus

this is rachel jackson. she is andrew jackson's wife. jackson's election was really tough on her because she was previously married and her divorce was not final by the time she married andrew. so opponents of andrew jackson painted her as an adulterer, a bigamist. it was so stressful to her that just days after andrew jackson won the election, she promptly died. when andrew jackson went to the white house he named his niece as first lady of the united states. she served as the white house hostess. this reporting that donald trump's daughter ivanka is getting an office in the same space reserved for first lady in the white house according to a transition source. nbc news is pushing back on this. a source familiar with ivanka trump's planning has told the news that the cnn report is, quote, not true. but there are two things i will say. one, the idea of the first lady not being the wife of the president might seem really odd, but it's not new. there have been other instances where this has happened. thomas jefferson had his daughter. jame

between rachel and i have we have 13 kids, okay, and i tell you that we worry. we worry for our children because the youth, those who are going to college right now, they need to wake up. i mean, it is clearhat this was a terrorist act. those of you who experienced 9/11 during a tragic time in our country recognize that those individuals involved in isis are out to destroy the western civilization. this young man was self-radicalized and he took the wrong course of action. it is not about racism. if he were to be upset because he felt he couldn't pray he should have brought it up to the authorities. it converted into something that was a dark place and what he acted on unfortunately hurt many lives and i think that that is something that even for universities it's an important message to be able to teach our youth and parents responsibility as well that, look, we understand the role that islamic terrorism is playing in the united states and across the world and we always have to be alert and we always have to be ready. >> rachel, president obama had his final na

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way to sum it up, rachel. fantastic. >>> did trump's so-called deplorables just teach the democrats a lesson they should never forget? >>> i want to say thanks to our "cashin' in" crew for joining us. great week, everybody. time to wake up, america. it was as ugly as before the election. folks, it just got uglier. listen to hillary clinton's campaign manager this past thursday still so out of touch, it's literally unbelievable. >> if providing a platform for white supremacists makes me as a brilliant -- >> no, it wasn't racism, white supremacy, it wasn't sexism. what it was, however, it was the fact that hillary had no message. she never touched the hearts of voters. her only message was, it's my turn. and he's terrible. and then she crossed the line. a poll that made a miscalculation. hillary clinton went from trump is bad to trump's supporters are deplorable. that comment hit home but to the wrong group. it hit home to every person who has felt ignored or belittled for their beliefs or felt the political eli

she owns thister w& hi rachel. >> hi, how are you?tio mon. >> thamik you. >> what's the idea? it's french fries. >> it's french fries. >> so the idea is basically we wanted to take something that was familiar to everybody so the burger fry and shake conreapt. >> okay. >> kind of flipped it and m00ing the fre u. yies the star of the show. >> rachel here's a quiz. start f3 cing o a d the der mferent tom-in cu i can put on french fries. >> classic we have jerk chiof cheesesteak, we hthere shit on a shingle, chili cheese. truffles if you like truffle and >g. >> underdog. >> yeah the underdog. >> weeny on there? >> it's a hotdog. >> it's kind of like an ice cream shop with toppings but it's forks seven fries. >> as the base. >> what's this? >> so this is our scrapple, that's a fried e>> w with s a d lsple and cheddar cheese. >> you try to get a fry in there? >> yes. >> with every bite. >> nice runny yolk. >> i acti'lly like s a d lsple. >> i ler. >> whatever it is. [ laughter ] >> okay. that's good. now, peanut butter and jelly on french f

one of them is rachel's aunt rachel, the results for you have been absolutely profound.ou are a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. you are in a severe car accident in your ptsd manifested to the point where crippled your life when you have children. what happened e first time you used mdma in that setting? described the experience if you could a little bit. >> well, it was as if my whole brain lit up like a christmas tree and i had access to my best self. i turned that best self onto the most damaged part of me and i got to address the trauma that have been plaguing me for over 20 years. and to actually get into it with psychotherapy and heal myself. it was a lot of hard work and it was not a fun ride but i was able to do it without re-traumatizing myself. >> that's the thing kennedy, the process it's not like you need to keep taking these drugs in order to have the results. they actually get to the root of the problem and you untangle the knots that have tied you up to ptsd often to the point of near suicide. kennedy: yes and that's why it's so critical that not only t

rachel, let me ask you, rick perry for energy. rex tillerson for state department.e hasn't accepted but for interior. these are pretty strong names for trump. do you have any observations at all of his nominees? >> no. i think these are all very strong names. i'll tell you the nominee i'm most excited about is betsy devos. if you break the government monopoly on education, especially for charter schools and having that go nationwide, boy, you can change the entire country. this is something as a mom and as a minority that is very dear to my heart. there is in equality in education, and it has been perpetuated by the left. we have somebody now who is steering the unions. that means she's probably a good choice. >> it was also gratifying to hear her renouncing common core. this has been a big core about betsy devos. she likes common core i have known governor perry for a lot of years. used to live and work in the dallas area. >> he is one of the most decent classy guys they will ever meet he is the same fellow in person as he is on a tv camera or anywhere else. >> alw

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but kellyanne conway just told rachel, she doesn't know what he meant. >> donald trump today signaled he wants more nukes. >> foreign policy by tweet. >> says hours after vladimir putin made up his own vow to beef up russia's nuclear readiness. >> every word matters. strength be the nuclear arsenal, fine. expand it? >> are we going to have another nuclear arms race? that's what it sounds like. >> would it not be better to do away with them entirely? >> all during the campaign, donald trump has dealt with nuclear weapons very loosely, very cavalierly. >> you're talking about a guy running for president wanting to use nuclear weapons. >> super dangerous. >> where does drain the swamp stack up to things to adhere to. >> drain the swamp is in. >> newt gingrich begigingrich a he was wrong. >> a very merry christmas. merry christmas. >> trump says he's a fan of jesus, because i like guys who inherit their dad's business and then think they're god. >>> the united states is israel's biggest protector in the world. and israel needs presenting since it is surrounded by neighbors, many of whom w

as rachel says, you cannot rush tojudgment this.say that the police and authorities must have more powers, but the powers they did have come at the germans, they kept this man under surveillance for several months and decided not to continue that operation. he could not be deported because they couldn't get his passport in time from tunisia. there are legitimate questions. and he's still out there. 48 after. here what you are saying and there is always a thing with russian to judgment but the string of claims coming out are pretty serious. firstly they heard him say a few months ago he wanted to carry a few months ago he wanted to carry a "suicide attack". and as most ismet dismissed him as an arab boy and third they have been monitoring this mosque that reportedly he went to after the attack and fled. those we re to after the attack and fled. those were claims by speigel which does have an impressive track record of getting accurate leaks details but if that is true that is a worrying string of events. the worrying string of events

rachel, let me ask you, rick perry for energy. rex tillerson for state department.ke hasn't accepted but for interior. these are pretty strong names for trump. do you have any observations at all of his nominees? >> no. i think these are all very strong names. i'll tell you the nominee i'm most excited about is betsy devos. if you break the government monopoly on education, especially for charter schools and having that go nationwide, boy, you can change the entire country. this is something as a mom and as a minority that is very dear to my heart. there is in equality in education, and it has been perpetuated by the left. we have somebody now who is steering the unions. that means she's probably a good choice. >> it was also gratifying to hear her renouncing common core. this has been a big core about betsy devos. she likes common core i have known governor perry for a lot of years. used to live and work in the dallas area. >> he is one of the most decent classy guys they will ever meet he is the same fellow in person as he is on a tv camera or anywhere else. >> al

her name is rachel feliz. rachel feliz is a student with a vision. when ecuador was rocked by earthquakes in april, rachel wanted to do something. earthquakes, and i thought that was pretty bad. i wanted to help them, because i saw pictures of kids getting stuck under buildings or kids being hurt. >> christa: so rachel and her friends drew up posters, and they collected clothes and sent them to earthquake survivors with the help of the red cross. >> because it makes me happy to help others. >> she came to me not only with the idea, but all the plans. she had everything written out. students to dress down at a school where uniforms are the norm. kids showed up in clothing from their family's countries. >> a lot of people wanted to join and do it. so we got a lot of money for it. >> christa: and a lot of countries were represented. >> probably like 50 countries. i'm not sure. >> wearing things that represented their countries or their culture, wherever they're from, was really meaningful. >> christa: even though she has no family or friends in ecuador,

i said -- my exact words was this -- >> yes. >> call rachelle. tell her i need to speak to her. make a [ bleep ] decision. grow up or something like that. >> yeah, you did. >> if you send me to cw or send me to the box. >> right. >> i was aggravated, rachelle. >> i know that. >> and the only way i know how to channel my anger is physically. so instead of me doing that, i'm yelling. >> yep. >> i'm yelling. >> that was recognized. >> rachelle, tell you the truth, all jokes aside, i'm not trying to play with you. like you know, you got your job. you the boss and i respect you. know what i'm coming from? >> yep. >> you and i both know usually i wouldn't care about being -- about being seg. doesn't matter. i'll stay here. >> i know. >> i just feel as though, if i just did four months. four months. >> that's why i'm saying you're not dead in the water. >> the next step for esdale is administrative segregation or asu hearing that will determine how long he remain in segregation. >> you'll most likely be seeing asu tomorrow. yes. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> i'll be there. >> all

now rachel, is the war on christmas finally over?it's a start, i really think that this tour with its little sign is a signal and a return to our national heritage and our traditions, i think it's great. i detest winter concerts, giving trees, merry christmas to you eric. >> have we won the war on christmas finally. >> no, the lawsuits continue. just in texas, we had this public schoolteacher who had to at first take down her linus poster that had a biblical reference. because governor perry signed a merry christmas law in 2013 she was able to restore the poster and put it back up. so i'm proposing a national merry christmas law. >> i think it should be a merry christmas happy hanukkah law. >> i'm celebrating enough for the rest of us. i have a poll and i have a lot of grudges that i'm going to roll out right now. this is a solution in search of a problem. who has ever been prevented from saying merry christmas. >> final thought on this one, lisa? >> merry christmas. >> i love the fact that donald trump is polling everyone with the m

the rachel maddow show begins tonight with ari melber. >> good evening, chris. i'm very excited about my >>> crystal chandlers. this is according to "washington life" magazine. views of the river. tennis court and if you worked in the kremlin or russian government especially in the 1970s, getting sent to the u.s. was important assignment. post for top russian diplomats or any official that the russians wanted the u.s. to think was a diplomat. bought a similar facility in rhode island with a similar feature. hosted russians on assignment until today because president obama shut down for interfering in the u.s. election. starting at noon tomorrow the obama administration is physically barring any of these russians from accessing the compound. state department saying used for russian personnel for intelligence related purposes. maybe something more than diplomacy. cyberespionage is by definition ephemeral. president obama's actions today are not. physical steps. brick and mortar if you want. starting with compounds but not ending there. also ordered immediate expul

this weekend, bayer's rachel made a return, this time so did the real rachel, who is apparently none too pleased. >> you know, "friends" was like five million and five years ago. so i think we've just got to move on. >> well, i -- i don't know, i just -- i thought -- because i do this great bit as rachel, so -- [ laughter ] >> is it a great bit, though? >> classic. aniston and bayer costar in "office christmas party" which doesn't her hair look like rachel's? aniston's hair looks like rachel's from "friends." >> bayer's hair? >> no aniston's hair. i feel it's not that different. am i insulting people by saying -- >> her hair looks fantastic. >> it looks great but -- >> i'm not sure where we're going with this. >> the style seems -- anyway. >> finally, could we see a madonna and sean penn version 2.0? >> i don't want to. anyway. the 56-year-old seven-time grammy award winner performed on stage in front of a star-studded audience, even twerking. wait. there's something different in that picture. she's also -- there's something really different in that picture. she's also kissing ariana

the rachel maddow show begins tonight with ari melber. >> two queens. rachel has the night off. she'll be paback monday. this is the american businessman who built the empire state building, overseeing the construction in the early 1930s, but before he made his mark on the new york skyline, he bought a sprawling estate in centerville, maryland, pioneer point farms. and he built a brick manx and a brick house for his 13 children and their friends, which is nice. he had an eye for iconic buildings, but he never would have expected that his prize estate would prove intriguing to the soviet union which bought it in 1972 turning the grounds that once delighted so many family members into a vacation and meeting retreat for russian diplomats stationed in the u.s. on 50 acres by the corsica and chester rivers, that facility is private and ornate with teak floors, oriental carpets, crystal chandeliers, this is according to "washington life" magazine, plus a full library, lovely staircase, views of the river, a tennis court, if you worked in the kremlin in the 1970s getting assigned to th

great to have you, rachel. >> thank you.: start with the thank you tour this is creating so much goodwill for the president-elect. amazing to watch how much fun everybody is having in part reliving election night. >> it is super night. anybody who didn't get to make it during the campaign trail gets to go again and another chance to do it again. he comes to wisconsin next week. i plan to go as well. so i think it is exciting. lou: byron, your thoughts on developments occurring in the backdrop here. first, rudy giuliani acknowledging that he had withdrawn his name to be in consideration of secretary of state or for any appointment that might have occurred with the transition team 10 days ago. that is sudden development, a shock and obviously it's programmed for naming of the secretary of state by the president-elect. >> it's a big deal. who would have during the campaign predicted this? giuliani was extremely effective surrogate for donald trump. traveled with him a lot. gave a real knockout speech at the republican conventio

trish: we're not doing any of it, i'll start with that, rachel.act that you can be illegal and take sanctuary in a place like san francisco, and, you know, commit a murder or some other crime and there's no reason to expel you out of the country? that's when you say we have lost complete, total common sense and things have gone cuckoo and average american doesn't care about the party anymore? >> that's right. even democrats were saying sanctuary city policy was absolutely ridiculous, and they're looking at a place like chicago with its crime rates and a mayor saying you're safe in chicago, and we know that the murder rate is the highest in the country. trish: anarchy. total anarchy. >> exactly. so anybody who would come out and say i'm going to put america first. i'm going to put your safety first. i'm going to put your job first, that person was going to win it. i think trump is post ideological, post party, and the ideas were the most flexible. trish: you are onto something. i have to leave it, there i am short on time. you are absolutely onto s

>> why is it okay to treat her that way, rachel?not talking about her treatment. >> that's what this is about. if you're going to lie -- >> i have no opinion on the hulk hogan sex tape, but i do have an opinion on using a novel legal strategy to disappear journalistic enterprises. >> that's not what this is about. >> why use a lawyer? >> because he's effective. he does a great job. >> he's effective at this legal strategy. >> that was one type of case that he handled. but that's not the goal here. the goal here is to, i think, punish and to call out people who lie about melania trump. >> and a retraction isn't enough? even if you retract it the first family will continue to sue you? >> that's not first family. she's a private citizen. >> first lady of the united states, if you retract, you get it wrong, you apologize and you retract it, you will continue to be sued perhaps as an individual for over $100 million? that will continue. >> do you think an apology and retraction undoes the damage? when humpty dumpty falls off the wall --

. >> rachel, you're skeptical about ivanka's role and more. explain. >> yes. is she going to be running her dad's businesses and also having a role in his administration? and yes, i'm skeptical about all of this. i'm skeptical about her being a bridge to liberals and a bridge to hope. based on the fact that we have not seen any evidence of that. that was sort of a through line of sort of ivanka coverage in the campaign that she had her father's ear and making him more moderate. did we that play out in her father being more moderate? we haven't seen that. >> it didn't actually happen. >> yeah. so there's a lot of message tag -- messaging that comes at us about the trumps. i think it's just best to watch and see what they do and at every stage of the game to point out when that is say counter to the constitution. >> so annie, if your article you describe ivanka going to a gathering of liberal elites in aspen you said two months before the election and you saud avan ka, 35, trump's avatar among the moneyed left wing elite is poised to be the first first daughter