[cheering and applause] [applause] accepting on behalf of george w romney is mitt romney.eering and applause] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george w romney. born to humble beginnings as the son of mormon missionaries, george romney developed a deep belief in the idea that everybody deserves a fair shot at the american dream. as arm respected auto executive and the governor of michigan he served as secretary of housing and urban development, advanced civil rights, tackled poverty and stood up for everyday americans embodying an enduring faith in god and a love of country. [applause] >> david m rubinstein. [cheering and applause] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to david m rubinstein. a working-class family and baltimore he has become a renowned leader in business, arts and culture. after serving our nation on the staff of the senate judiciary committee and in president carter's white t house, david wt on to become a transformational business leader and philanthropist. from advancing cutting-edge cancer treatment to restoring our nations monumen

romney. not just about politics. today, though, lots of areas are being represented. i think you could see some of those honorees walking in there. you're going to see world renowned conservationist jane goodall, legendary basketball player magic johnson. bill nye the science guy. vogue editor in chief anna wintour, award winning actor denzel washington and u2 frontman and philanthropist bono. so lots of different areas represented, lots of different accomplishments, decades of service and time. you know, it'd be really interesting to hear what all of these honorees have to say to each other about their careers and their different perspectives on life. >> yes, something tells me, i mean, there is a lot of admiration we all have for many of the people that we're seeing. but then i can only imagine what kind of conversations the honorees are having with each other, because, you know, they've kind of gobsmacked and starstruck as well. we're seeing right now mitt romney, who's walking in and we j

romney is mitt romney. [applause] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george w.n to humble beginnings as the son of mormon missionaries, george romney developed a deep leaf in the idea that everyone deserves a fair shot at the american dream. as a respected auto executive and three term republican governor -- governor of michigan he served as secretary of housing and urban development, advanced civil rights, tackle poverty, and stood up for everyday americans, embodying an enduring faith in god and the love of country. [applause] david m. rubenstein. [applause] the president medal of freedom is awarded to david m. rubenstein. from a working cath -- working class family in baltimore david rubenstein has become a leader in business, arts, and culture. after serving on the staff of the senate just dish -- senate judiciary committee david went on to become a transformational business leader and philanthropist. from advancing cutting edge cancer treatment, to restoring our nations monuments his leadership reminds us that at our best we learn from, preserve, and share

if you look back it forced every -- brought race to the table. >> right. >> romney embraced race in auctive way and it caused a lot of others to do the same. as a result of that some of the things that you're seeing now like we established a dashboard kind of display of the progress of voter registration and removing voter suppression and the role that churches and faith- based institutions are playing throughout the south, 11 southern states of the old confederacy and others, like the new confederacy like ohio and michigan when it comes to voting. they are the new confederacy. what they're doing to remove those barriers. >> and charleston is -- i think they said over the news one of the holiest places in the whole south with as many churches. >> yeah. >> you have such a great background in churches also and religion and spirituality. what is your perspective on some of the -- growing up with an emphasis on the spirit and on the bible and how you process that in terms of your community organizing? >> i think that change - - real change in this country, in society, has come with the ro

romney is mitt romney. [ cheers and applause ].medal of freedom is awarded to george w. romney born to humble beginnings as the son of mormon missionaries he developed a deep belief that everyone deserves a fair shot at the american dream. as respected auto executive and three-term republican governor of michigan he served as secretary of housing in urban development, advanced civil rights, tackled poverty and stood up for everyday americans, embodying enduring faith in god and love of country. [ applause ]. david m. rubenstein. [ cheers and applause ] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to david m. rubenstein from a working class family in baltimore, david ruben stein become a renown leader in business, arts and culture. after serving our nation on the staff of the senate judiciary committee and in president carter's white house, david went on to become a transformational business leader and philanthropist, from advancing cutting-edge cancer treatment to restoring our nation's monuments. his leadership reminds us that at

so to mitt romney, i say judeas be gone. in 2017, donald trump came to the white house from the world of business. and he quite reasonably thought well, there's two groups, the republicans that are for me and the democrats who are against me.mo he learned in the first term many republicans suggest his immediate removal from the moment he came down the escalator and that's why today he's a much wiser president. it is why he will be an even greater president in his second term than he was in his first term. [ applause ] >> it is why he has given us appointees like kash patel to the fbi it's why he's begin us nominees like pam bondi to be attorney general of the united states. [ cheering ] >> it is why he has given us, yes, nominations of four term democrat congresswoman lieutenant colonel in the u.s. army reserve and true american patriot tulsi gabbard. [ cheering ] >> it is why he's given us nominees like a man i watched be kneecapped when running for president as a democrat where they used the same tactics against him as the

romney.presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george w. romney. born to humble beginning as the son of mormon missionarys, george romney if developed a belief in the fact that everyone deserves as -- a shot at the american dream. as a three-term governor of michigan, he served as secretary of housing and urban development, advanced civil rights, tackled poverty and stood up for everyday americans, embodying an enduring in god and a love of country. [applause] >> david m. rubenstein. [cheers and applause] the presidential med ifal of freedom is awarded to david m. rubenstein. from a working class family in baltimore, david rubenstein has become a renowned leader in business, arts and culture. after serving our nation if on the staff of the senate judiciary committee and in president carter's white house, david went on to become a transformational business leader and philanthropist. from advancing cutting-edge cancer treatment to to restoring our nation's monuments, his leadership reminds

as a staffer what was interested to me was president romney's team -- not president romney, then governormney, he had gone through many debates. there is only one vice presidential debate historically paul had not had a debate since his first congressional debate. i worked with the campaign to make sure that paul had the preparation that he needed. what was interesting was it was very unlike the way they prepared governor romney in terms of the briefing materials and it was a lot of time spent with paul. eight full mock debates where we would work for the stand-in for vice president joe biden laid by ted olson. we would have specific questions and sort of scenarios and play them out. but, paul was very hands-on. he edited all of the materials. it was a constant work in progress. by the end of it, the briefing materials had an entire briefcase. going on a plane every day and as we were flying, paul would practice various parts of the debate. sometimes he would review the materials. it was a great example for me, particularly because paul was younger than i was when he first ran for office.

senate and just as george romney, our president in the back by voting for his impeachment.ering and applauding] in 2017, donald trump came to the white house and the world of business and that there are republicans forming and democrats against me. he learned first term there is a permanent political establishment and republicans sought his removal and destruction from the moment he came down the golden insulator. today he is a wiser president and even greater second term that he was first term. [cheering and applauding] even as appointees like retail to the fbi and pam bondi to be attorney general to the next it's. [cheering and applauding] nominations afford term mccright congresswoman tenant colonel in the u.s. army reserve kelsey gabbert. [cheering and applauding] it's why he's given us nominees like a man i watched when he tried to run for president of the induced the same tactics as they used against bernie sanders seek the presidency as independent and came to realize personal ambitions aside. a child has joined into this great alignment. we saw it this past week reg

also in the senate, you're having -- i mean, yes, mitt romney's gone. is no longer around, but you have people like÷÷john curtis who's replacing mitt romney who is extremely moderate just like mitt romney and you're having these new waves of ÷÷republicans. you have the same people from the first term and some new ÷÷people who could be kind of antagonistic to what he wants, and they're not afraid of him. >> yeah, and reese, what is your sense of what democrats are going to do in this scenario, especially -- i mean, we were talking on the show yesterday about, okay. if there is this one big bill, maybe there will be some democrats who might feel pressure to vote for it. >> i definitely think you could see now -- i don't know for sure -- we would have the see the bill. no one is saying i'm 100% vote for this, but there have been democrats willing to work with republicans on border security like over in washington, and they have been willing and kind of open to be, you know, working with republicans on some of these issues. again, trump winning their distri

romney. >> reporter: emotional former senator mitt romney accepting the honor for his father.iden celebrating magic johnson. magic helping biden easily drape his medal, despite their nine-inch height difference. and, a suave denzel washington, marking the moment with a long embrace for biden, who's bestowing his last round of medals just days before the end of his presidency. >> i'm grateful for the work you inspire for enerations to follow. >>> a documentary about melania trump is under way with mrs. trumplisted as executive producer. it comes as her husband prepares for his second term as president. and as mr. trump's relationship with amazon founder jeff ezos comes under scrutiny. he frequently clashed with bezos or his companies. >>> coming up, a week-long hoda-bration kicks off. tune in for the special surprises and >>> the first winter storm of the year wreaking havoc from the midwest to the east coast. sleet, snow

as his staffer, what was interesting for me is that president romney --not president romney, then-governor romney's team had gone through many debates. there is only one vice presidential debate, historically. paul had not had a debate since his first congressional race. i worked with the romney campaign to make sure that paul had the preparation he needed. but what was interesting is that it was very unlike the way they prepared governor romney in terms of the briefing materials. and it was a lot of time spent with paul. it was eight full mock debates where we had a stand-in for joe biden. we would prep him and had specific questions and scenarios to play out. paul was very hands-on. he edited all of the materials. it was a constant work in progress. and by the end of it, the briefing materials had an entire briefcase. it was a 40-pound case of briefing materials that would go on the plane every day. and as we were flying to the various campaign stops, paul would practice various parts of the debate. sometimes, he would review the materials. but it was a great example for me, particularly

a little bit of romney, a little bit of mccain. even going back to teaching governments in batch of school come the problem is you've got a lot of decisions to make. you have to make them at a very high frequency and so you have to accumulate, recruit experts you trust and then construct a process to figure stuff out. and make decisions in a timely fashion and an accurate fashion. each person has their own style for that a little bit. president trump is good at it. seen a group long meetings towards positive outcomes in front of him in a way that summer to to the kind of thing that would happen with mitt romney where he disagrees with that guy in those two guys discreet and asked him to disagree with each other in front of them and so on. the basic problem he's solving is so much of the problem president to candidates have salt which is they get asked have an an opinion that many, many things and for present those matters for the future of our country. so very high-stakes. >> second question? >> the equity premium right that was ab

and are we going to return to a mitt romney, john mccain type of republican that was dominant so many years and return to a tea party era or is trumpism the future? no one is canning that question anymore. now we know trump is the future of the g.o.p. he's not going to have to contend in the second trump administration with members of congress out to deinstruct his agenda. since trump won in 2016, 60% of the house caucus, the house republican caucus has turned over which means most of the republicans in office now have been elected during the trump era. everyone who opposed trump strongly has either quit because they didn't see a future or run out of office by voters and helps settle that question. that's going to give him more credibility to give his legislative adefenda through capitol hill. it's not clear it will matter that much. and from the early days of the trump administration, he's not going into office with a legislative agenda but an executive agenda. that's what a lot of democrats are afraid of and a lot of the stuff trump was promising on the campaign trail, i'm draining

like, look, we talk about romney a little earlier in the waning days of romney with christie and hurricane sandy. there's a lot of people critiquing him, saying he should have gone, but he shouldn't have appeared with obama giving him hugs. i thought all of that was bs right? like you, if you try and manage this politically. natural disasters happen, major crises happen. you always look like an idiot and you have to just act like a leader. and the poll numbers follow that. that comes downstream. be normal. be a human. >> you come out and you know. to that point. amy also wrote this, and she raises an eyebrow about rudy giuliani's current situation. but she says, after september 11th, america's mayor stood at ground zero and assured a broken city that the terrorist attacks would only make us stronger. will someone, anyone, stand in the detritus of the pacific palisades or pasadena and say the same about los angeles? >> where are these press conferences happening that karen bass is speaking? fix that and saying nothing inspiring. in a conference room in downtown l.a. like go out there to alt

. >> mitt romney. >> george romney, his father.ho is also big in civil rights. >> thank you. >> and also another, denzel washington, anna win tour, queen of fashion. >> magic johnson for the lakers fans like myself. >> magic johnson, we see them all there. a personal favorite of mine, the great ralph lauren. so i mean, this is what these medal of freedom ceremonies are all about, celebrating great people, not just americans but people who have done great things for this country. former congressman joe walsh, maya rupert thank you both very much for riding this roller coaster today. more of "the saturday show" on msnbc after a break. y show" on msnbc after a break. ( ♪♪ ) my name is jaxon, and i have spastic cerebral palsy. it's a mouthful. one of the harder things is the little things that i need help with: getting dressed, brushing your teeth, being able to go out with your friends by yourself. those are hard because you don't want help, but you need it. children like jaxon need continued support for the rest of their lives. whoa,

senator romney, you know, i got the opportunity to introduce senator mccain when he came to tennessee, back when he was running. and that guy was he's a war hero, right? i mean, and do i with what he did on health care, one of the last things that he did as a united states senator? no. you know, i thought that was almost done with the wrong intentions, but i don't know that. so but that's my perception. okay. but i will always say very positive things about john mccain because of the service to the country for his time in a p.o.w. camp that is just unimaginable. the challenge of that. and he overcame it and so i'll i'll have nothing positive things to say about mccain. i wanted to i wanted to ask you, as a veteran, you've got we've got 100 veterans, 98 after senator events and and i represent the wall step down next session but we've got a pretty sizable contingent the veterans group congress they're talk to me about how that that helps bridge some of this and do you i mean is there at least some commonality of experi ence that you can go to reach across the aisle and say, all right,

romney we're running of time and we want to make sure folks have time, buy books and to have informal conversation. but i'd like to just up something you said, romney, and just offer you both a chance for some closing comments. but you know you lifted up how important the prisoners for hamas and for palestinians more and i certainly learned that in terms of meeting with some of the i think the palestinian authority even has a minister for the prisoners and the us is certainly with the highest incarceration incarceration incarcerated a population has might learn something from palestinians on this point. but you know in south africa, mandela and others, the african national congress described, robben island as the university, that it was a place that folks whether they were there for a weeks or many, many years or decades. and so with that, i'd love for each of you to say, as you had these conversations, these five experts and also the experi ence you both bring in terms of years studying and meeting, engaging with folks, hamas and and broader issues that you've raised around resistanc

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we did not know with trump and we were we going to return to the mitt romney, john mccain, commerce typeican that was dominant for so many years? are we going to return to the tea party era that mike pence was emblematic of poor trump is in the future? i'll think it was asking that question anymore we know trump is the future of the gop. he is not going to have to contend during the second trump administration with members of congress who are out to obstruct his agenda. since trump one and 2016, 69% the housen caucus has turned or the house republican caucus has turned over most of the republicans have been elected during the trump era. everyone who opposed trump strongly to the quit because he did not see a future or have been run out of office by voters which is helped settle that question it's going to give him a lot more credibility to get his legislative agenda through on capitol hill. is not clear that is going to matter so much unit that were not the case. one of the big things to expect from the early days is that he is not going into office with a legislative agenda. he's going

, mitt romney's father who was also big in civil rights, and denzel washington, anna windsor. >> magicother personal favorite of mine, the great ralph lauren. so i mean this is what these medals of freedom ceremonies are all about, celebrating great people, not just americans, but people who have done great things for this country. former congressman joe walsh, maya rupert, thank you both very much for riding this roller coaster today, more of "the saturday show" on msnbc after a break. it's a smalld taking charge of your health. ♪♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪ protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and joint pain. arexvy is number one in rsv vaccine shots. rsv? make it arexvy. here's to getting better with age. her

for parkinson's research and development, the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george w romney emotional former senator, mitt romney, accepting the honor for his father, a former michigan governor and auto industry executive. president biden, also celebrating the basketball career, business acumen and community activism of magic johnson. magic. helping biden easily drape his medal despite their nine inch height difference, and a suave denzel washington. lauded as one of the greatest actors of our time, marking the moment with a long embrace for biden, whose bestowing his last round of medals just days before the end of his presidency. and i'm grateful for the work you'll inspire for generations to follow. aaron gilchrist, nbc news, washington. and can we also shout out jane goodall, bill nye the science guy, and tim gill, among others, 40 past the hour right now. still to come on today in the bay, we continue to begin the final goodbyes to president jimmy carter. this is a live look at his interment in georgia. the emotional service in his home state with americans traveling fr

this is why romney could win 95% of the republican vote and lose to obama. there was 6% more democrats. they were always fighting uphill. just a smaller hill than before reagan. host: a recent piece published on christmas day day. i realignment if trump can keep it. a new political era. explain that part, if trump can keep it. guest: you have to have a successful term. when obama won, republicans rather lowest ebb since before ronald reagan. fewer house members, fewer senate member since before reagan. the party idea was low. the democratic advantage was the largest since 1983. what obama did was throw it away. he campaigned to heal the economy. whether you are for obamacare or not, what was clear politically was the american people in 2010 other things addressed. you had the biggest swing against a first-term president in decades in 2010 and a complete he wiped out his chance to realign the country along a democratic line. trump faces the same challenges. if he pursues base concerns rather than what he ran on, the people will -- will reject him and they wil

an emotional mitt romney accepting the honor for his father. president biden also celebrating the basketball career and community activism of magic johnson. magic helping biden easily drape his medal despite the nine-inch height difference, and a suave denzel washington. marks the in a moment with a long embrace for biden. >> i am grateful for the work inspired for generations to follow. >> thank you. don't miss meet the press tomorrow. still ahead tonight the multimillion fine one airline was ordered to pay after too many flights were chronically delayed, and new concerns about the flu and a surge in er visits. t the flu and what the cdc says about a surge in er visits. rlin. gardening. some of us go for the dramatic. how didn't i know wayfair had vanities in tile? [ gasps ] this. yeah. wow! do you have any ottomans without legs. shaun, you'll flip for the poof cart. in the wayborhood, there's a place for all of us. ♪ wayfair. every style. every home. ♪ life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and th

biden's also going to bestow a few posthumous medals, including one to george romney. that's the father of republican senator mitt romney, who was notably the secretary of housing and urban development, as well as the republican governor of michigan. and one more to attorney general, the late robert f. kennedy. of course, his son, robert f. kennedy jr., is president-elect trump's incoming nominee for secretary of the department of health and human services. so really, a wide ranging list there. >> and danny, certainly a wide ranging list. i'm surprised that jane goodall hadn't gotten something like this before. some people i agree, betsy, tell us, though, before you go, how is the president planning to spend some of these final days? he has remaining in office. >> well, danny, we are seeing, just as his predecessors have the president really leaning into the trappings of office, tying up some of those loose ends. we saw him use that executive power on one long held promise to block the sale of u.s. steel. just yesterday, you see him doling out these awards just today,

obviously, the father of senator mitt romney, who was a secretary of housing and urban development and also the governor of michigan, as well as to robert f. kennedy, the late attorney general, and notably, the father of incoming nominee for secretary of health and human services in the trump administration, robert f. kennedy jr.. danny and amara, a lot of fascinating names there. >> and my argentinian barber is going to be thrilled about messi. i can tell you that. one last thing, betsy. before you go, can you give us any clue how the president is going to be spending some of his final days in office? >> well, danny, like so many of his predecessors, we are really seeing the president lean into the trappings of the office, and we are seeing him issue some of these last minute executive orders on long held promises, like blocking the sale of u.s. steel just yesterday, as well as doling out these awards like the medal of freedom, the presidential citizens freedom, presidential citizens medal, the medals of honor and medal of valor. he also is doing some travel. he will go to california

. >> one factoid, when i ran in 2012, 22%, i beat mitt romney or got 22% of mitt romney's votes. when i ran in '18, the margin where i could convert people on the other side to vote for me was only five. that's a phenomenon across the country. you are voting for a tribe and not a person. >> final question. i have given you time to think about it. speaker johnson, leader soon, president trump, advice to the incoming leadership on both sides of pennsylvania avenue as a republican. >> get the work done. get away from trying to govern through executive orders and regulations and get the work done in the most public way you possibly can. >> to your democratic leadership? >> pick your fights. do not talk about everything that's going on. think about what you want to say and how what you want to do is different than what they want to do. and be very, very clear. but quit the vitreal, exaggerating everything that goes on in america and get the work done. >> do you miss the senate? >> i love the senate. don't miss the senate. >> i had a senator when i was sworn in, a former senator from i

"remember mitt romney." aw, come on, man. how could history ever forget about mitch -- [ laughter ] cro -- cromwell? [ laughter ] apple ceo tim cook reportedly visited mar-a-lago on friday and had dinner with president-elect trump. and in a huge compliment to cook, trump spent the whole dinner checking his iphone. [ light laughter ] "siri, who is this?" [ laughter ] president-elect trump has announced that he will appoint former congressman and trump media ceo devin nunes to the chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board. this dope? this dope looks like he has to set an alarm to remind him to blink. [ laughter ] health and human services nominee robert f. kennedy jr. has reportedly been spted working out at a new york city equinox gym in tight jeans and hiking boots. and employees say they're getting awfully tired of fishing him out of the pool. [ laughter ] firefighters in massachusetts recently rescued a man who got stuck in a chimney while running away from the cops. he was charged with 2 bil

kron four's mitt romney as it was in the courtroom. were all 4 of them pleaded not guilty. it was a packed courtroom today in oakland with sheng thao, andre jones. >> david and indeed all present with their attorneys. we heard from lawyers, but the accused are staying silent. 24 hours after the federal indictment was announced listing the charges against sheng thao. the former oakland mayor appeared before a judge pleading not guilty and saying very little her attorney jeffs. i went on the defense on her behalf. today's indictment and the press conference that was held by the government. >> earlier this morning was successful and grabbing headlines. but what it did not do, we serve the ends of justice. the federal charges accusing talent or partner andre jones and accepting bribery money from recycling company owners, david and indeed toowong came 7 months after federal agents raided the home of talent. jones. >> side questions. the timing of the indictment against his client fresh off a recall. the mayor looks forward to defending herself against these charges showing that

bush and mitt romney, he would say those are globalists.ationalist nes touch on the curve of his voting base that it is america first first first, the bad guys are europe, china, canada, and mexico come and if he could enact tariffs or trade shields or undo nafta and trade deals that go from the 1990's backward, he could somehow fix this problem. that may have got him votes. now he has to come through, and his vernacular is going to be a lot harder to get to results than simply please a voting base. sumi: it's a little bit of a carrot and a lot of a stick, isn't it? he's essentially saying come do business in the u.s., but if you don't, you will face terrace. >> the thing about trump fundamentally as a person, he's a bully and he has enjoyed bullying people and now he gets to bully nations, and i imagine for him that is even more fun. but part of that is in the short term he might get results because it is scary. in the long-term it is very difficult, it is unpredictable, and he is not trustworthy. we will see a lot of countries trying to d

will that be mitt romney turning around? what those instances to the to the top that we just remember. that's a good question. i think with sumner there there are there are several things that combined that make this the the iconic episode of legislative violence and in american history. the first is that this is a very, very serious injury that he experiences. you know, he is out of the senate for more than two years as a result of this of this attack. and, you know, so it's not a trivial it's not a trivial attack. the second, of course, is that the attacker is another member of congress. i'm think back into sort of the episodes that i described over the the the session most instances of legislative violence in american history. this is him the hairpiece case is an exception involve outside ers in one way or another targeting members of congress. but the idea of intra congressional violence, which is what we see in the in the sumner case, is is rare and is and is shocking. the fact that preston brooks, the attacker, was rea