you mentioned rush limbaugh and you and i and thousands of our brothers and sisters in the talk. radio family will always go, rush, prolong the life of am radio. and i remember you telling a packed auditorium at, a conference in new york 20 years ago. the talk radio would also save f.m., which is now facing an existential threat from streaming and satellite music services. michael rush, limbaugh and sean hannity and the other syndicated shows that make up the bulk of air time on political talk radio have relieved those stations of the expense of grooming new talent is the farm team still there to produce somebody to take over that noon to 3 slot, when it's time for rush to step aside, there is nobody in the radio business today that will be able to replace rush limbaugh as the next rush limbaugh, at least not on my radar, which doesn't mean that all is lost and that there's no farm system, it's just that rush, limbaugh is a once in a generation talent, and you know it radio is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary. i would go so far as to say that rush limbaugh is probably, and

steve: and from the get-go today rush limbaugh made it clear, today is the day everybody who can needsh. rush: thank you very much, guys, i appreciate you letting me come on today. steve: what did you want to say, real quick? rush: even though 100 million people have voted they tell us, the numbers of people that haven't voted is still bigger than that, don't draw any conclusions. i expect the network to call the victory for biden by 5:00 o'clock today just to suppress the vote. do not let this work. they will run tricks of exit polling, they do it every 4 years. do not lose the faith. keep the faith. stay up, stay positive, go vote, election day turnout is the determining factor in who wins today. brian: go get them, rush. ainsley: may god bless you, rush. rush: thank you, ainsley,i really appreciate it. [applause] brian: that was rush limbaugh and let's go with pete hegseth, he's having breakfast with friends. [laughter] pete: good morning and god bless rush limbaugh, what a great, great american. am i right, guys? [cheers and applause] pete: america swing county, we are talking to v

if they do that they'll end up on the radio show of rush limbaugh or fox news being attacked.like ted cruz, go on fox news and continue to feed the narrative, play into the president's games. that's why i've been saying for some time now rupert murdoch really has a keep role to play. owner of fox news. he could come out and tell his hosts like hannity, knock it off, hannity. if you want to give your opinions on the election, fine. play with the facts. be grounded in reality. instead, seems that's not happening, because folks like hannity and tucker carlson, and they're continuing to feed a dishonest narrative showing no indication of stopping. >> you mentioned the primetime posts, but we're actually seeing, we saw something interesting yesterday. something maybe out of character, if you were to look at fox, at large, oliver. actually cut away from a white house press conference led by kailee yleigh mcenany saying li and fox's commentator criticized the move. is there a growing divide there? >> i wouldn't read too much in the network cutting away. actually, it's not really the

you want to understand why there was a rush limbaugh? because he took the risk, i'm going to take these three hours every day on this network and talk about the things that matter to us. i remember starting my political career in the 1980's listening to rush limbaugh, because i felt this was the place where i had e.me residents -- resonanc what ronald reagan's was talking about -- what ronald reagan was talking about, he was contextualizing it into the economy and into social constructs, into politics. social media's the next elevation of that for a lot of conservatives, because in many cases, they don't see or hear their voices represented in the media. that is why i am on msnbc. we try to have these discussions. the last four years have been about personality more than policy. okay? what i am excited about in the biden era is that when you come up with crazy, i'm going to talk about it, i'm going to have a debate about these policy ideas on these platforms. i think more and more, conservatives and center-right citizens out there feel t

. >> bret: rush limbaugh talking about the trump legal team in that big press conference they had.rtification by the state of michigan is happening, has happened today. pennsylvania expected tomorrow. as the big news during this hour, the president has authorized the gsa to start the official transition with the biden theme. the president tweeting out earlier, i want to thank emily murphy at gsa for steadfast dedication, loyalty to our country. if she has been harassed, threatened, and abused and i do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of gsa. our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight and i believe we will prevail. nevertheless, in the best trust of our country i'm recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regards to initial protocols and i told my team to do the same. meantime, the biden team has now responded with a statement, a long statement but in essence it says this final decision is a definitive administrative action to formally begin the process of transition with federal agencies and in the days ahead, t

. >> sandra: rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel response to those comments from rush limbaugh and outlinestrategy moving forward. ♪ (harold) twelve hundred strings of lights. (betsy) quarter mile of tinsel. (harold) and real snow all the way from switzerland. (betsy) hmmhm... gonna be tough to top. ♪ (betsy) well played. (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event. get exceptional offers now. vicks vapopatch. easy to wear with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you, for the whole family. trusted soothing vapors, from vicks it's moving day. and are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. tturning downhe temperature, dad. ow. thunk, lock the doors. locking doors. thunk, dim the lights. dimming lights. [ croaking

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even rush limbaugh is slamming trump's legal team. >> they promised blockbuster stuff, and then nothingappened, and that's just -- that's not -- well, it's not good. >> reporter: the president's attorney rudy giuliani maintains the election was stolen from trump, but he now admits exaggerating when making this claim about detroit. >> the only place that may be worse is michigan and particularly the city of detroit. the city of detroit probably had more voters than it had citizens. i'm exaggerating a bit, but all you have to do is look at statistical data. >> reporter: in the meantime, another recount in georgia requested by the trump campaign begins today. state officials admit this third recount is unlikely to change the results. president-elect biden now moving forward introducing six cabinet nominees today. many of them making history. janet yellen, if confirmed, will be the first woman to serve as treasury secretary, and alejandro mayorkas would become the first latino and immigrant to lead the department of homeland security. still president trump's lawyers insist the fight for the

the united states, you start with older media forms, like fox news, and talk radio hosts, like rush limbaughiness model is premised on fanning a certain kind of anger, resentment, a certain story about people who are not like us, are taking advantage of us, and we have to fight back. that has been turbo—charged by social media. and i think the debate that has been taking place here about the kinds of crazy conspiracy theories and what some have called "truth decay" where facts don't matter... ..you know, everything is fair game, everything goes, that has contributed enormously to these divisions. and it'll take more than one election to reverse those trends. it'll require work... ..at a local level as well as national level. it'll require notjust political work but cultural work to get people to listen to each other, think more critically in evaluating information. i think at some point it's going to require... ..a combination of regulation and... ..standards within industries to get us back to the point... ..where we at least recognise a common set of facts before we start arguing what we s

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eighty's and ninety's, when you know conservative talk radio was really thriving and you know, rush limbaugh was, you know, building his audience and the extreme fringes of the country. but they were viewed by the middle worse always the right. it was always, you know, the right wing that was viewed in a lot of people became moderate democrats because they were so turned off by that, you know, so-called radical right. now when you look at a o.c., an ill han and a far left there is this enormous opportunity for this populist movement for donald trump and republicans to say, oh look word the mainstream or the moderate. we're the center right party. and we can build on that, and i sure hope that you know, we have enough people, our party can realize that. but, you know, unfortunately, i'm going to be all this because i'm a, i call balls and strikes. and i think there are a lot of people, the republican party who don't recognize how. so it's very obvious to me that you're right. someone like susan collins manages to win in blue states and then you have other, you know, people like a growing more

his talking points are coming from people like rush limbaugh, mark levine, glenn beck. host: we heard your point. congressman, your response. guest: first of all, thank you for being in georgia your whole life. i have been in georgia my whole life. educated in the state of georgia, harris college, university of georgia. these are coming from someone who has been here all our life. politics is contact sport. there is no question about it. those commercials are bad on both sides. don't tell me that it is just the republicans demonizing the democrats. you know it is the democrats teaming -- demonizing the republicans. you yourself, you are trying to demonize someone for being a billionaire, for being successful. why would we demonize someone for being successful in business? look, i started a business from the ground up. i have enjoyed success. at least for me, what i consider success. nowhere near a billionaire or even a fraction of it. but i have worked hard and i have had that opportunity, and i thank the state of georgia and the united states of 's america for giving m

rush limbaugh had 4 out of 6 tweets censored by the arrogant jerks who believe they can dominate themerican people. they knew they could not beat trump honestly. i think you will see an explosion of rage. in atlanta, for example, they have kicked out the observers. the democrats have hidden what they are doing. they are breaking the law in every possible way. fine, none of those votes count. if you are corrupt and illegal, we don't have to count your votes. that means automatically in pennsylvania, in michigan, in wisconsin, in georgia, that trump will carry every single state by a surprising margin. >> laura: how big of a mistake for the democrats to have a burn it all down approach? destroy the integrity of our election process with mail in day of registration and dumping batches of votes and making a martyr out of donald trump. how powerful will trump be? if they manage to succeed how powerful is donald trump in the next 2 and 4 year period? >> president trump will be forced by his own supporters and by the reality of the truth and the facts that are coming out, he will be forced

election day analysis and predictions from rush limbaugh, joining us at 8:30.ng off 15 minutes from now on the channel you trust for your election news. we are back in a couple if you are watching. ♪ and we are hours from cold in the markets opening in a wild day for wall street. >> what if we don't have a winner declared tonight? trump, china and the american revival. maria bartiroma, thanks for being here. 2016, election night, showing markets be high, dropped one florida call for donald trump and another peak when the president gives his victory speech. how will history remember this day in 2020? >> it will be a wild one. there is a wide expectation on wall street, markets indicate donald trump wins. as the market sees more clarity in terms of who will be victorious on the presidential level we will see the markets trade that way. if we see donald trump's policies continue in place we expect a good rally in stocks, a sizable rally at the end of the night in the next several weeks, the opposite with joe biden. over the near-term because of the taxes he wants

i am amazed at the rise of rush limbaugh, joe rogan. inre are many that invest the truth and take the time to say it. you have to believe, we see the bad stuff, but there's a lot of good going into this. schoolsot of friends in -- i have a lot of friends in schools that voted, got engaged, etc. they said, i will stand up and voice my support for this or that. it shows is the dynamic marketplace. it is an ugly, painful, looseleaf kind of marketplace, but it does not change the fact that it works in a very dynamic way, but it does work. decide.ve to be able to saw incerned that, as we 2016, black and brown voters were targeted as the subjects of disinformation campaigns. one of our friends happened to be on a radio show the week before the election. saying, if joe biden wins, you are going to etc.late lgbtq, it was clearly when bush that was coming from a bot, or somewhere where it was not true. when i have done focus group work, we don't really talk like that, but that is what you see. i think we have to be a little careful on that. be a

let's watch rush lumbar ball here. take a -- limbaugh here.a listen. >> you call a gigantic press conference like that, one that lasts an hour, and you announce massive bombshells, then you better have some bombshells. there'd better be something at that press conference other than what we got. i talked to so many people who were blown away by it, but the very nature of the press conference. they promised blockbuster stuff and then nothing happened. and that's just, that's not -- well, it's not good. elizabeth: okay. reports are coming in that the president is privately frustrated with the approach of his legal team. should he get a new team? >> it's so late in the game. what really needs to happen is the team needs to, you know, get on the same page. the division that we've seen between sidney powell, rudy and others, it doesn't have to be that way. if you want to delegate responsibilities, look, everybody's trying to get to the bottom of whether this is, was a fair election or not, so let's see what those allegations actually amount to. righ

. >> that story that they are hearing from fox news and rush limbaugh and, you know, in some cases insideheir churches, you have seen created in public politic republican politics, white victims they are the ones undern attack which obviously doesn't jive with both history and data and economics. but that is a sincere believe. that's internalized. that's a story that's being told. >> mark: so it's fox news and rush's fault. when will barack obama admit the possibility that some of these 73 million americans can think for themselves? deroy murdock is a contributing editor at national review. always good to see him. and he joins us now. deroy, it'ss almost as if he is just going through the motions on a lot of this stuff. you don't get the feeling he isf actually engaging with the american people on it. >> mark, it's great to be with you. i don't know if he is going through the motions or not. we have heard this sort of thing from obama before. it's just disgusting. i'm struck by a number of things. one, in that clip you saw, he i' attacking president trump for mpsupposedly putting illegal

but when you lose rush limbaugh, case is closed. >> you call a gigantic press conference like that, one that lasts an hour, and you announce massive bomb shels, then you better have some bottom shells. there better be something at that press conference other than what we got. i talked to so many people who were blown away by it, by the very nature of the press con -- but they promised blockbuster stuff and then nothing happened. and that's just -- that's not -- well it's just -- it's not good. >> hmm. it's not good. where have they been with the evidence? were they hoping somehow that sidney powell, julie ellis, rudy guiliani, et al., esquires ellal. it was right in front of their faces. there was no path. they knew it was a bunch of b.s. it was obvious to everybody. unless you just don't want to believe the truth and you're living in an alternative reality. that is the truth. tough as it is to hear for some folks. two trump advisors saying what the president tweeted tonight is "concession light." great taste, less filling. if you're old enough to remember that. one going on to call the

comes out the greater the rage is going to be and the idea that the corrupt internet companies, rush limbaughoday had four out of six of his tweets censored by the arrogant jerks in silicon valley who believe they can dominate the american people. item after item, i think this was the critical moment, this was the event when they knew they couldn't beat trump honestly and therefore you will see an explosion of rage in the next few weeks and this entire result overturned. in atlanta for example they have actually kicked out the observers, the democrats have hidden what they are doing, breaking the law in every possible way and the correct answer is to say fine, none of those votes count. if you're going to be corrupt and illegal we don't have to count your votes and that means automatically in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, georgia the trump will carry every single state by a surprising margin. >> how big is a mistake is it for the democrats to have a burn it all down approach, to destroy the integrity of our election process with this mail in, day of registration average, counting afte

even rush limbaugh's taken aim at this legal team paid when you lose a rush, i feel there is a big shiftoot. >> yes trump legal path to victory is definitely narrowing. i understand this is upsetting for conservatives. but republicans and liberty lovers should not be too glum. they did over performed down ballots. republicans running on the plot trend trump platform did really well inmate and roads in almost every demographic, hispanic, american black, this really isn't a loss for conservatives. i am with young americans for liberty. we helped well over 100 liberty friendly candidates get elected dan ballot. that's what happened. trump is not inaugurated in january will because of the trump agenda which is remarkably popular pill be voters, particularly suburban white voters grew weary of his tweet storms and his rhetoric. kennedy: well beloved liberty and we are always serving up hot freedom. stick around panel we've got much more on the way. including joe biden relieving tension releasing of inch of staff picks and it's a doozy. we will break it down next. neighbor 1: allez! (sound fro

. >> laura: rush limbaugh had a great show today when he went through all of these affidavits from people have been working in ballot counting for 20 years, who cited really disturbing things they'd seen, and just dismissing it because you are michelle obama, and i guess you can, doesn't make it go away. raymond, thank you so much. and what would a trump a trump 4 campaign look at how good with his chances be? marti's and has a laid out a step-by-step plan and he is here to explain it all next. so really, how are you? oh well, look! that's what we're both taking right now, fanapt. you know it's really been helping me manage my schizophrenia. i used to hear these terrible voices. loser! you're such a failure. you're so embarrassing. i used to feel like everyone was staring at me. but we're doing much better now, right? yeah. fanapt is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. in clinical trials, fanapt significantly improved symptoms of schizophrenia compared to placebo. fanapt may change your heart rhythm which could elevate risk of sudden death. your doctor will consider thi

but i guess, when you lose rush limbaugh, case is closed. >> you call a gigantic press conference like that. one that lasts an hour. and you announce massive bombshells. then, you better have some bombshells. there'd better be something at that press conference, other than what we got. i talked to so many people who were blown away by it. by the very nature of the press con -- but they promised blockbuster stuff, and then nothing happened. and that's just -- that's not -- well, it's just -- it's not good. >> hmm, that's not good. where have they been with the evidence? were they hoping, somehow, that sydney powell, jenna ellis, rudy giuliani, et al., esquires et al. would, somehow, come up with a way to actually steal the election? it was right in front of their faces. there was no path. they knew it was a bunch of bs. it was obvious to everybody. unless, you just don't want to believe the truth, and you're living in an alternative reality. that is the truth. tough as it is to hear for some folks. two trump advisers saying what the president tweeted tonight is, quote, concession light.

have you seen people like rush limbaugh that is frustrated with the legal team because they came out with so many claims but hasn't cut the muster when it comes to our legal process. i think if i could say anything to the president's supporters, put pressure on the legal team to actually get a case in front of a judge that is credible there is no doubt there is voter fraud. the question is was there enough voter fraud to overturn this election? and right now, based on the fact that we know it's not enough of that. >> harris: kennedy, there is always something you are talking about human beings. you are talking about inanimate objects. it's not that they never happen or are found. it's just that now we are so forensically focused on them the point though is there enough of what is found to make a difference? >> kennedy: any time you are changing votes or suppressing votes, i think that's enough for at least a local investigation. and i think lawrence is absolutely right. and that's why you are seeing frustration from some conservatives because becauses r as they are concerned yes, we

have to go along with conspiracy theorizing, false assertions, fantasies that donald trump and rush limbaugh others in those echo chamber have concocted. joining me now is editor in chief of "the atlantic" jeffrey goldberg, who conducted that interview. and yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs news-hour. jeff, first to you, talking about the former president, not holding back now. he certainly wasn't holding back in the closing weeks of the campaign. but he's also -- he compares president trump to richie rich, for instance. what surprised you most in your conversation? because it strikes me that he's also very self-reflective as to whether he was too restrained as president and even the first years of the trump administration in not coming out strongly against trump and his supporters. >> right. that's a good question. one of the things he mentioned to me and one of the things that emerges in the book is this idea, this question that he asks himself, was i too restrained, was i too slow to call out some pretty significant shifts not only in ideological sorting in america, what

party that could help him put him -- for example, i keep thinking that he might take over for rush limbaughat would be a nice perch for him. i don't see him starting a new media network, in fact, i think it's more likely that he makes up with fox because they both want to make a lot of money and he gets a show on fox or some other way to continue his visibility there. >> is a run in 2024 credible? a real thing? or a way to continue to occupy that space and suck up the oxygen? >> it's both, jim. there is no question that he has the rabid support of nearly half the country. we're now seeing that it wasn't -- the vote wasn't as close as we thought it would be, but he still has enormous support and it's very emotional, it's very passionate and, yes, i think he could run. i also think four years is like 400 years was 50 years ago, meaning that so many things can and will happen over the next four years that even the sense of distress and anxiety that i'm feeling right now and i think many americans are, you know, could change in a moment when biden comes in. what's most depressing about trump is

. >> laura: rush limbaugh had agr great show today when he went through all of these affidavits fromwho have been working in ballot counting for 20 years, who cited really disturbing things they'd seen and just dismissing it because you are michelle obama, and i guess you can, doesn't make it go away. raymond, thank you so much. and what would a trump 2024 campaign look at how good with his chances be? marc thiessen has laid out a step-by-step plan, and he is here to explain it all next. ♪ campaign look at how good with his chances be? marti's and has a laid out a step-by-step plan and he is i feel like we're forgetting something. let me check. xfinity home gives you peace of mind from anywhere with professionally monitored home security built around you. no, i think we're good. good. so when you're away, you don't have to worry. the tent. we forgot... the tent. except about that. xfinity home. simple. easy. awesome. hey look, i found the tent! get xfinity home with no term contract required. click or call today. but you can work out anything wowith comcast business.w. get fast, reli

as we look at your race that you just ran, defeated by a man who said he was inspired to run by rush limbaugh and he's 1,000% with donald trump, yet you kept fighting. as you know, odds in new york are born and raised. my family and my mother's side are from alabama and i have a lot of family there. it seems i'm hearing in alabama, given your background in prosecuting people that have done racist murderous acts, that there are some people saying that we want to see racial healing in this country, and we may have to take some losses, but we're determined to bring the question of systemic racism front and center and deal with it. >> there is no question about that. there is absolutely no question. what you've seen, and it's not just in politics. what you saw this year is you saw the university of alabama football team and auburn university football teams joining together to bring this to everyone's attention. those are game-changing kind of events in places in the south and in alabama. and in my race it was a difficult loss. and by the way, i want to thank you and all of your viewers out there

another trump voter broke down, declaring his feel tee to trump in to rush limbaugh. >> god forbid, what rush, but i would die for my president. >> joining me now is mary trump, niece of donald trump and author of "too much and never enough, how my family created the most dangerous man." and steven hassan and the author of "the cult of trump." mary, i have to go to you first because you wrote a lot about your family and the things that they believe. just from reading it, your family didn't strike me as religious, but to the extent there was a religion, norman vincent peale was it. walk us through that. in your mind has trump become norman vincent peale to his supporters? >> well, donald didn't learn the power of positive thinking directly from peale who in my mind as a charlatan, he learned it through my grandfather's interpretation. he took it to such a degree that there was this atmosphere of toxic positivity in my grandparents' house so that being sick, any kind of weakness, losing, was considered absolutely unforgivable. so we see how donald dealt with covid-19. we see how he's deali

the president witnessed, rush limbaugh saw the writing on the wall. the president is refusing to officially concede, performing verbal gymnastics on twitter, apparently to keep his die hard supporters energizes with two senate runoffs six weeks away. if there's no concession speech, what the country is witnessing right now is the recognition of defeat. one trump adviser said quote, there you go, it's over. another adviser called it a veiled attempt to justify continued fundraising. since election night, the trump campaign has blasted out more than 400 solicitations for money. more now from kaitlan collins at the white house. >> reporter: it was something that typically would happen only days after the election was over, but now we have finally gotten the gsa to send this letter, notifying the biden team that they are moving forward with this formal transition. the question is thousand does the president view this, and does this mean that the president is ready to concede this race, which so far he's not only refused to do, he's insisted that he actual

rush limbaugh and others who said vile personal things about him and his family.nd also, just a culture of investigating things that should not have been investigated. i hope i make that point in the book about the tragedy of vince foster, the folly of whitewater, and travel gate. i think there were all the digressions and enormous disservice to the americans. that was on ken starr. susan: george w. bush, to talk about him i am going to show a clip from his last press conference in 2009 where he talks about his relationship with the press. then we will add more context of the story. [video clip] president bush: i see a lot of faces that travel with me around the world. two places like afghanistan, iraq and africa. i see some new faces. which goes to show there is some turnover in this business. through it all, i have respected you. i sometimes did not like the stories that you wrote or reported on. sometimes you miss underestimated me. but always a relationship i have felt has been professional. and i appreciate it. i appreciate -- i do appreciate working with you

he practically lives next door to rush limbaugh. they'll create a kind of a media empire, a voice out there that simply refuses to accept anything that joe biden does and go on the attack. after all, the big thing we haven't mentioned is the georgia senate race. if republicans picked up those two senators, it would be the first time since 1992 -- or actually 1988 since george herbert walker bush that you had a senate of the opposite party, which might stop confirmations. bernie sanders might want to be labor secretary, biden might want to offer him that. but you're going to have a blowback from the trump republicans on that. so mitch mcconnell may stay as an iron fist and just try to wear down biden. in the end, i think trump feels he was abused during his transition over accusations of collaborating with russia and he's punishing biden and democrats, saying what's good for the goose is good for the gander, i'm not going to accept anything you biden-ites do or think of doing. >> david, we heard from week from republican senator joni

the president mused about this last month with rush limbaugh warning about the potential for actions. the iaea, they reported last week that iran's stockpile of uranium, at a key .12 times larger than what was permitted under the deal with barack obama. the president claimed without evidence that iran was cheating. the white house isn't commenting on this right now. but if president trump did strike iran, it wouldn't just be a dramatic escalation for a president who has said he wanted to get the u.s. out of wars in the waning weeks of his presidency, but it could complicate president-elect's biden's effort to try to strike diplomacy with iran after he takes office. >> another potential implications for the incoming biden team. peter and mike thank you. we know the transition is affecting the pandemic response as we track a staggering number of the impact of the virus across the country. more than 1 million children in this country have tested positive for co-vid. and the next few weeks are going to be critical. a lot of new closures, safety restrictions getting rolled out coast to coa

and even rush limbaugh, one of the president's most ardent supporters, was on the radio earlier today saying the president's legal team isn't delivering at this point. so if the president's legal team isn't delivering, he has republicans hemorrhaging, i think the president can see the writing on the wall, wolf. >> the president saying he's going to keep up what he calls the good fight, but for all practical purposes i wonder if you agree if he is for all practical purposes conceding? >> i think he absolutely is, as close you could get a concession from donald trump. look, as jim acosta said, donald trump you go minute to minute, he may change his mind and tweet something else 5 minutes from now. but i think that this gives people in government an opportunity to cooperate, to make this transition happen at a very critical time because of covid. and also i think we now have to see if president trump stays in this mind-set, what he's going to do next. is he ever going to make a formal concession speech? is he going to go to the inauguration? has someone convinced him that there -- it is

years ago right when radio host rush limbaugh talked about what he called the four corners of deceit, they were government, academia, science and the media. well, if you cut off all that, government information and statistics, the entire university -- universe of knowledge, scientific thought, journalism grounded in actual reporting and reality, what are you left with? not much. just what the cult wants you to believe. and all of the sum of expertise and evidence becomes meaningless. and so here is what it sounds like when you're a member of that cult and some of the people you considered allies try to get you to break free from disinformation and just once accept reality. >> trump and you are all we have left, rush. we've spent our lives voting for these people because they're not them. and we just can't do it anymore. no one stands for us, rush. only you! and donald trump. god forbid, what do we have left? i love my president. i am not a revolutionary, rush, but i would die for my president. >> to be honest with you, i feel a profound sense of empathy for that man. he censsenses tha

setting up his post, you know, white house life of grievance and, you know, being, you know, a rush-limbaugh-type figure, i suppose. and being a king maker in the republican party. wants basically still have to pledge allegiance to him for the next four years. that's the only reason i can see him doing this. it's ss it's certainly not for the good of the country, if you are pursuing stuff in court, why not let the transition team money to do the job they were elected to do? >> because you are petty and you're small and full of grievance, as you point out. and you're not yet, in your heart of hearts, you haven't kind of accepted the fact that you have lost. and what you see among republicans, most of them, except for a handful or so. are those who are enabling donald trump the way they have enable donald trump the last four years. and what mitch mcconnell is doing as the leader of the enablers. which he did today. he came out and sort of said, i know, let the votes -- let these court cases proceed. et cetera. et cetera. you have to think mcconnell is thinking about the game and john knows more abo

is now drawing, we can tell you tonight, pushback from trump allies like chris christie, even rush limbaugh. we'll get to that. but the bottom line here is trump lost the election, then lost the post-election wrangling and he's now dragging out those losses for weeks with no apparent purpose or strategy in mind. i want to bring in to kick us off tonight neal katyal, the former acting solicitor general from the obama administration. heather mcgee. and emily bazlon. good evening to you all. what do you see here as the link between michigan moving forward, locking that in, this is how that works and these other states where the legal challenges seem to be drying up? >> it's all, ari, a reflection of trump's legal strategy entirely collapsing. just back up a moment, because i think a page of history here is really important. it's been 20 days since the election, and i can't honestly find one thing, one thing, that trump and his legal team have done rate. it started at four seasons landscaping and that was, like, the best move they've had. it's gone down ever since. it's gone so far they've had