i called rick wilson rick warren i'm so off my game. i'm in the wrong studio, wrong time slot. i am so happy to hand it over to you. i'll see you tuesday in new hampshire. >> indeed. >> thank you for joining us this hour on what has been a remarkable day and night of news. this night the president is apparently taking his revenge.

still with us here tonight, maya wiley and rick wilson. maya, let's talk about the black vote in south carolina by making it plain it's not a bloc, by making it plain that for you it's not a sterile conversation of a demographic or an ethnic group, and that is because of dr. george wiley, whose birthday you noted today on social media. we have this picture to put on the screen. doctorate at columbia. post-doctoral fellow at cal, if memory serves. u.s. army veteran, if memory serves. and most importantly, a soldier in the struggle. and most importantly as a subgroup, the struggle for civil rights for welfare recipients in this country. so let's talk about the black vote in south carolina. and does it have the power to upend this race? >> i love you, brian. >> sorry to do that to you. >> so here's the thing. you're right. it's not a monolithic vote. the thing about south carolina is it's a state that -- it may be a red state but it's a red state that's a third black. and the reality of that 1/3 black is it's a democratic vote. it is a democr

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rick wilson put forth a strategy to persuade alienated republicans and democrats who voted for trump in 2016 to change their vote. rick believes democrats should undermine trump's efforts to control america's political narrative with a case that argues our 40 fifth president is a mentally and morally unwell man. being married to democratic senator ron wyden of oregon i take a great interest in politics, i read this book over the weekend and was absolutely mesmerized by it. rick wilson's ideas are important to how to retire a dangerous donald trump in 2020. we have liberal pundits molly jongfass beside him tonight. as a daughter of writer erica jong and jonathan fast and granddaughter of howard fast she comes from deep literary roots. and the author of two novels, the social climbers handbook and we have normal girl, and the writer of a memoir, girl maladjusted. we are glad to have her book here along with rick. without further a do please join me in welcoming rick and molly to the strand bookstore. >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. appreciate that. >> then won't let mine b

here with us tonight to answer some of these tough questions, rick wilson, longtime republican strategist, co-founder of the lincoln project. his new book is "running against the devil: a plot to save america from trump and democrats from themselves." rick, thank you for coming on. first off, take on that dilemma. if these obama quotes are anything in the realm of real, take on what he's talking about. >> well, the difficulty for barack obama right now is that as the elder statesman of his party, as a guy who won two smashing electoral victories for the democrats and who was one of the most popular and remains one of the most popular political figures of either party in the country, he has enormous power reposed in him right now. and the question that must be burdening him is what they said. do you take a bernie, who can put together 30% or 35% of the delegates and the rest of the peanut butter is spread too thin to have any other person as the obvious, you know, competitor? does he spend his political capital to do that? now, i'm not a guy that's been famous for giving barack obama advic

and former republican strategist, rick wilson argus in a new article for "rolling stone" magazine thattone will avoid spending time behind bars because he knows too much. the author of the new book "running against the devil, a plot to save democrats from america and themselves." people are looking at this situation thinking this is the last bassti -- bastions of justice. it's amazing. they were suggesting seven to nine years for roger stone found guilty of provable crimes because they were done in the public theater and you're saying he might not go to jail? >> look, i think roger is going to get a pardon probably sooner than later. as much as it hurts trump to do it, he conect directly the lies he told congress and the lies trump told mueller about wikileaks in particular and i think roger's been around the trump sess pool so long he know wheres the bodies are. roger's going to have intake into the federal correction system. donald trump does not want him blabing. >> "like trump, barr is unbound, uncontrolled and no fear of congressional power. he doesn't care bou the scummy appearan

joining us now rick wilson, republican strategy exist contributor to the daily beast. f "running against the devil." and so rick, mitt romney was their hero and now he's their devil. >> you know, it's a sign of how donald trump the parasite ate the republican party from the inside out. and the shell that still remains that says it's the republican party, everything has to be year zero. everything has to be reset. it's all got to be about donald now. and so all these guys today on the floor, they were basically i think two groups of republican senators. the ones who in private rail against donald trump constantly and they hate him and they wish they could have the stones that mitt romney displayed today. they wish they could do it but they're so fearful, the coward caucus. and the others who are the opportunists and the trumpers and various hangerson who think they're going to be president someday. you know, they're looking at mitt romney and thinking oh, my god, how do i avoid ever being seen with him because the trump people might get angry with me. >> mitt romney four

. >> reporter: teacher rick wilson has been running a one-room operation taking thousands of pounds tonter. >> every time i do that, i'm doing something. as little as it is, that's what i'll hold onto. >> reporter: for now it's on the shoulders. >> everybody needs to keep trying no matter what you hear, do not give up on recycling. >> reporter: waiting for the day when recycling can rise out of the dumps. >> that is discouraging to see that happening more an more. >> they say, how badly do we want to be part of the solution, you know sometimes you have to pay up as part of it. >> thanks for watching on this presidents' day. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. >>> coming up on the "today" show, to recline or no >>> after a two-week quarantine aboard cruise ships, some 400 americans are coming home in chartered flights equipped with isolation chambers as the spread of coronavirus is showing no signs of slowing down. >>> floodwaters in mississip's pearl river are expected to crest at over 35 feet, the highest level in decades >>> an avalanche took the lives of two snowmobile drivers

. >> reporter: teacher rick wilson has been running a one man volunteer operation in the back of hisool. taking the thousands of pounds he collects directly to a recycling center. >> as little as it is, that's what i'll hold on to. >> for now, it's on the shoulders of residents like wilson. as cities look for cheaper options. >> everybody needs to keep trying, no matter what you hear, do not give up on recycling. >> waiting for the day that recycling can rise out of the dumps. steve patterson, nbc news, casa grande, arizona. >>> overseas now to australia, and a new mission for the military. nursing sick koalas and helping them come back after the deadly wildfires. matt bradley has more. >> reporter: you could call them australia's koala corps. when they're not fighting fires, these australian soldiers spend their down time cuddling koalas, feeding them and even helping to build them new homes. most of these baby bears were rescued from the fire scorched kangaroo island and brought here to south australia's cleland wildlife park. >> we're helping cleland build this enclosure behind us

i called rick wilson rick warren i'm so off my game. i'm in the wrong studio, wrong time slot. i am so happy to hand it over to you. i'll see you tuesday in new hampshire. >> indeed. >> thank you for joining us this hour on what has been a remarkable day and night of news. this night the president is apparently taking his revenge. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman who testified in the impeachment inquiry into president trump was fired from his white house job and marched off the white house grounds today. as was oddly his twin brother who was also a national security council official, but one who had absolutely nothing to do with the impeachment inquiry. he did apparently commit the crime of being born a few seconds of his brother. within hours of colonel vindman and his brother being marched off the white house grounds, there was word that sondland was fired. he gave incredibly busy testimony. his lawyer said gordon sondland wasn't reassigned to some other job, he was summarily fired. we don't know if this is the full list tonight or if there are more long knives out for pe

i called rick wilson rick warren, i'm so off my game. i'm in the wrong studio, the wrong time slot. i'm so happy to turn it over to you. i'll see you tuesday in new hampshire. the evening is yours. >> thank you. and thanks to you at home on joining us this hour on what has been a remarkable day and night of news. this night, the president is apparently taking his revenge. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman who testified in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump was marched off the white house grounds, oddly, as was his twin brother, one who had nothing to do with the impeachment inquiry. he did apparently commit the crime of being born a few seconds after alexander vinldman as his twin brother, apparently that is enough. within hours of them being marched off the white house grounds, there was word that gordon sondland was also fired. sondland gave incredibly damaging testimony about the president's behavior during the impeachment inquiry. as of tonight, he has suddenly been recalled from his post. his lawyer, robert luskin says he was not just reassigned, he was summarily fire

rick wilson thinks that bernie sanders would lose 44 states. i think he is wrong. i think it is 40 states. this is why a lot of democrats are looking over their shoulder, saying how did we get to this moment when we have a relatively strong field. >> bob, nevada is the first state where african-american and latino voters will play a significant role. is biden still best suited to win them over or is it somebody new? again, bloomberg is not even part of nevada. >> he's not, though his advertising bleeds into many of these states because he's spending so much on super tuesday states, so he's getting his message out there. vice president biden has a lot of strength in south carolina because he served with president obama, he has a relationship with african-american voters in that state going back decades. at the same time, you look at the latest polls in south carolina, biden has acknowledged this privately to me, and tom steyer, because of television advertising, his liberalism, essay peeling to voters there, african-american voters. on the front page of "the washing

. >> reporter: teacher rick wilson has been running a one-man volunteer operation in the back of hisunds he collects direct three a recycling center. >> every time i put a bottle in there and recycle something, that's what i'll hold on to. >> reporter: for now on the shoulder of residents like wilson as cities look for cheaper options. >> everybody needs to keep trying. no matter what you hear, do not give up on recycling. >> reporter: waiting for the day that recycling can rise out of the dumps. steve paterson, nbc news, casa grande, arizona. >> never thought of that. so many programs cutting back. >> so many people don't know you can't put things that are soiled with food in recycling and they don't know all the strict rules and it costs more to sort through all of that. >> and it's a waste. what is the point? >>> in our next hour, we'll talk with reverend al sharpton about michael bloomberg. his stop and frisk policy and apology and whether beating president trump is all that matters. >>> and drama on the diamond princess. americans may be getting off the ship this hour, but it do

. >> rick wilson is the new author of "running against the devil, a plot to save america from themselves." thank you for watching. themselves." thank you for watching "deadline white house with nicolle wallace" begins right now. >>> it's 4:00 in new york and the new normal is anything but. it's trump's former chief of staff, john kelly difying his loyalty oath with a stern rebuke over his treatment of colonel vindman. this is former justice department officials including chuck rosenberg sound the alarms. but a new report in "the washington post" best captures this moment in american history. quote, president trump is testing the rule of law one week after his acquittal in his senate impeachment trial. seeking to bend the executive branch into an instrument for his personal and political vendetta against perceived enemies. and trump, simmering with rage, fixated on exacting revenge on those he feels betrayed him and insulated by a compliant republican party is increasingly willing to do so to the point of feeling untouchable . "the new york times" does a deep dive with loesds of new detai

. >> rick wilson gets tonight's last word. we have a footnote.

. >> rick wilson gets tonight's last word. we have a footnote. yes, john kennedy when he was in the united states senate, used two different desks. as senators move up in seniority, they move desks. and so yes, doug jones was at one of john kennedy's desks in the senate. his first desk. elizabeth warren now uses john f. kennedy's last desk in the senate. that is tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight the judgment of the senate has been recorded. not guilty on both articles of impeachment. and now this political chapter is over, accompanied by a whole new round of speculation and predictions about what might be yet to come. >>> it was straight party line except for one man. mitt romney stood up and voted guilty after emotional remarks explaining why he had decided to become the first senator in history to cast a vote to convict against a president in his own party. now he's already facing the wrath and the backlash. >>> and then there's the iowa vote. that was on monday. remember? we still don't have all

say says need to be saved from themselves but at president trump i happen to catch up with author rick wilson who just recently came to speak at the commonwealth club to talk about his book running against the devil. >>for about 30 years i was one of the story towers of the republican party of one of the communicators one of the ad makers and now i'm the pa state in the age of the never trump movement written 2 books both best sellers, i'm happy to say the first was everything trump touches dies in a way this is running against the double which is a guidebook to beating donald trump in 2020. very provocative titles. your republican rather they look at you like you're a turncoat. >>look there actual number of republicans who joined me and others to to push back against donald trump. there are people who decided they're going to be trump republicans but what donald trump is sort of a parasite he's even the republican party from the inside out kill the good parts and kept the bad. >>and then the second term what's to stop him from doing whatever he wants not bill barr i'd love to go back to figh

a man who left office, actually, i think in the '60s, but instead, he, rick wilson said, instead donald trump yesterday, he bellowed like a third-world warlord and in a display of political performance art that was almost unbearably grotesque and it's a front to american values, american law and america's collecti ivive sanityd as willie said, mika. >> yeah. >> the most grotesque part was not donald trump. we've -- we've already priced that in to the stock. >> it's baked into the cake. >> the grotesque part were those people jammed in there and the people januaried into the prayer breakfast laughing along to this about b abhorrent behavior. political norms, passed over, and more importantly cultural norms that donald trump shatters every day, and i will say as a, as someone who grew up in the evangelical church, a cut against basic norms that evangelicals once claimed to believe. once held themselves to -- >> lived by. >> -- once talked about inside the church, and inside prayer breakfasts, even though they are all sinners, at least they ascribe to follow the words of jesus christ, the

joining me now is rick wilson and amy alison. welcome to you both. ee parallels in this evolution of sanders 2020 campaign and trump's in 2016? do you agree with that column? >> i think there are striking parallels. look, the calculus in 2016, guys like jeb bush thought, i will wait until trump takes out marco. marco, thought i will wait until he takes out ted cruz. all that, they all divided up a larger piece of the mipie. it's the same thing here by a person who is not a democrat, who does not share a lot of their goals to elect democrats up and down the ticket and who will do as trump has done. trump cost the republicans 650 seats since he was elected. bernie will make the senate out of reach and may put the house in danger if he is the nominee. the rest of the guys are so divided they can't focus on the fact that he is their main target right now. >> look, trump won the presidency. right? >> well, look, he won against hillary clinton who had -- we ran a 30-year campaign against hillary and so it became this binary choice that republicans swallowed

. >> rick wilson had a quote a couple days ago, and rick said, you know -- because he's a florida guy goes, you can feed the alligator fried chicken. all the fried chicken you want. at the end, the alligator eats you. and the alligator -- >> i like that. >> -- is going up to massachusetts on friday and saturday instead of campaigning in south carolina. we're going to talk about what that means. first of all, other than just bernie trying to finish elizabeth's campaign off once and for all, but also what it means about maybe biden. maybe he thinks, i can't catch biden in south carolina. it's his. >> all right, gene robinson live in south carolina when we come back. near point comfort, virginia. it carried more than 20 enslaved africans, who were sold to the colonists. no aspect of the country we know today has been untouched by the slavery that followed. america was not yet america, but this was the moment it began. [sfx: typing] the best of pressure cooking and air frying now in one pot, and with tendercrisp technology, you can cook foods that are crispy on the outside and juicy on th

. >> thank you to dave -- to dave wilson. rick davis and jeannie. ?we looking at >> mostly, can new hampshire do from what i will is not able to do? i think it is an open question. and can theyrs keep up with excitement four years later. with pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar, she is obvious a trailing a little on the polls. >> is an important for the democratic party to narrow the field? what about republicans. how long until they narrow the field? >> there was a decent field of candidates all the way through april and at some point in time, people ran out of money or right now, the most notable campaign is vice president biden, who is running out of money. a super pac asking the donors, please give map -- give now. we are in a crisis mode. he has left early in new hampshire, conceding a defeat before they even finished voting to go down and try and resurrect his campaign. me is,gest question for where are the independents going to go today? 40% who will vote in the new hampshire primary will be independent. they make a big difference if they gravitat

wilson. a few final thoughts from jeanne zaino and rick davis before we turn to the primaries tomorrow.n these campaigns, you have won everyone that you have done here in the state. is it big ten, are people going to vote the way they are going to vote? rick: you are trying to stage a couple of good rallies, town halls to punch out or get out the vote operation, you have been training your staff to know where to get the vote out. really make your final arguments. why am i the month that you should be supported tomorrow morning. there is really not much left. uptight,here you get nervous. you cannot buy new ads, deploy new resources. you are left with the campaign you came with. david: there is at stake for the democratic candidates. i wonder how much is at stake for new hampshire? we saw iowa stumble, and it could affect their future role in a primary nomination process. what about new hampshire? we hear so many of the successful candidates have come number one or two, but is there a chance that may not happen this time? jeanne: there is a chance. we have seen several people say maybe n

rick grenel, is taking over that position. >>> the murder trial of john lee cowell moves into a new phase tomorrow. the prosecutor will begin laying out his case against the man accused of killing ne nia wilson and injuring her sister. cowell has admitted to the deadly stabbing but his attorney is using an insanity defense and cowell has refused to return to court after the judge ordered him escorted out of the building due to bad behavior. >>> new at 11:00, people who live in the bay area are increasingly becoming more and more unhappy. that's according to a poll of registered voters conducted for the east bay times and the silicon valley leadership group. they cite issues with homelessness, longer commutes and the high cost of housing. >>> as we push into this week, i hope you had a nice weekend. the w for february. we had plenty of sunshine. temperatures on friday were off the charts. mid 70s. the last couple days, saturday and sunday, mid 60s, upper 60s. a little bit of patchy coastal fog. big ridge of high pressure is going nowhere. that's sorts of the weather story for this week and the next week too. everything under here is sinking. all that air is sinking. that's why it's dry basica