of course, back with me, sam stein and jonathan swan as well.ank you for coming in tonight. >> of course. >> can you explain, put in context why this is happening. what is going on. and in your view, this -- this seems to be just a distraction from the russia issue at hand. what do you know behind the scenes on capitol hill? >> it looks like you see actors of jeff sessions and others at the department of justice who are bending to the president's campaign promises by investigating hillary clinton, reopening the uranium one questions that were put to bed and no evidence was ever shown. it's not clear on the clinton foundation investigation what is driving that. if it's facts on the ground, that's fine. they should investigate it. but if it's because the president or jeff sessions asked them to do that, that's wrong. and i think jeff sessions should come to our committee, the judiciary committee and answer questions about just what exactly is driving these investigations. >> the chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes has been pus

>> senator, sam stein here.ch 5th deadline that requires or compels some kind of resolution. with respect to what comes out of that, you're talking about comprehensive immigration reform bill. it's ambitious. and i want you to be candid about this. because it's not just republicans who could be an impedestrii impediment about this. be candid. there is a toxicity of trump that doesn't want democrats to give him a victory. that's true of 2018 mid terms where your own base would find it problematic if you are seen as working with this president. to what degree does that influence or impact? >> there's partisan politics in both parties and for every el t electoral cycle. the challenge of those of us sent here by our states to do what our system requires is to find ways to compromise. i'm willing to work with our president if that would move forward the legal status of 800,000 young people currently in limbo. i'm willing to work with our president if that will get a real infrastructure bill done in a constructive way

>> jonathan, it's sam stein. a bit of an observation, but also a question for you, because your sourcing here is much better than mine. i get the sense from people who have talked to trump, it's a simple formula. if you're the last person in the room with him you have a greater likelihood of your position prevailing. it's sort of what got him to agree to sign any piece of legislation in that infamous meeting with lawmakers. it's also why, correct me if i'm wrong, senators perdue and cotton demand that they be s-ho. if that is the case, i'm wondering, how do you end up forging an immigration deal with this white house? or is it simply impossible because he'll listen to whoever is last with him? >> well, it's not the case for that particular meeting. trump himself wanted them in the room. but in general your point is correct and that's why in the early days when you didn't have john kelly, you shhad steve bann lurking as this figure after the formal proceeding ending just whispering in the president's ear. and you

. >> sam stein, jump in. >> this is not the first time that devin nunes has done something like this. you would have thought his credibility would have been burnt with the infamous unmasking scandal that happened earlier this year. and in fact he actually had to keep his distance from the investigation -- >> let's remind people that he held a press conference outside the intel committee. he said i am going to take information to the white house. >> yes. >> that is disturbing. and then he got to the white house and had no information. and was then given information from the white house. and then went back out -- >> presented it to the president, acted as if it was revelatory. in fact chairman burr of the senate accused him of concocting an entire scandal. would you think in normal times after that, your credibility would be irrevokably burned and no one would trust you again. but we live in interesting times. i would encourage viewers for a few minutes, at night, to turn on fox news to understand why this stuff persists. because if you watch fox news in the evening line-up, they are ha

sabrina sidique and sam stein, daily beast editor. welcome all.e, your reaction to last night, was it a case of hollywood getting outside of itself or was it all self-celebrity. >> i think it was amazing and extraordinarily memorable. award shows are normally about clothes and jewelry and talking about things that nobody really cares about. last night was about women talking about substance, talking about intelligent topics and allowed to do that. what was most interesting about oprah's speech is that it was incredibly uplifting. she's an amazing orator. you just saw from the clip there, she's one of those few women that men respect. they're looking at her with stars in their eyes almost. and it's no doubt that people are talking today about the possibility that she could run as a potential democratic candidate for president in 2020. >> well, i wanted to share with everybody a "hardball" moment in 1999. donald trump on "hardball" talking about exactly that. >> would you consider a woman for your running mate and if so, who? >> well i would conside

. >> joining us now, sam stein, the politics editor of the daily beast and contributor and back with , jennifer rubin. sam, i know these words are going to live in infamy for me on google but i'm forced to say them. >> say it. say it. >> i agree with ann coulter. >> i knew you would say that. >> yep, yeah. >> we'll let that ling ear little bit. >> no, don't. jump in there, sam. >> it was a remarkable but somewhat predictable moment. not the ann coulter comment but the trump session. and it was very clear from the get-go that this was not done for any other reason than to counteract the narrative of trump being way out of his league and in total discommand of the policy elements of any policy threw in front of him and what he ended up showing essentially he would sign anything, literally anything that was put in front of him. his position according to him was whatever the people in the room agreed to. and maybe this works with health care and he could get by, maybe this works with tax policy and get by, but immigration was the bedrock principle, the bedrock issue upon which his entire

host: one follow-up on a that conversation between chuck schumer and president trump, or into sam steina daily beast thatter, he tweeted out according to one of his sources, it was general kelly who called schumer to say the outline of the deal was "too liberal." sam stein putting that out last night and we want to hear from you on his first day of the federal shutdown on the one-year anniversary of president trump taking office. james is in florida, a federal worker and a democrat. james, good morning. caller: good morning. this is james. this thing is a trip. we have a republican-led congress as well as a white house. we had a lot of republicans who jumped ship because they did not like the deal. we had a lot of democrats who took a stand. the people said "we don't want our workers being hurt," because we do not have federal contingencies in our budget. we have a lot of people we are taking care of -- our six family members, we have car notes, we have more just to pay, and we are the ones who are being hurt while they are among themselves or duane to put people in the white house who

hat tip to the daily beast sam stein.lican said about that job growth under president trump. "our economy continued to make progress last month rounding out a steady year of job growth for hard working americans." okay. what brady two years ago said when the economy added 292,000 jobs in december. with a different president from a different party, barack obama. "we know that millions of more americans would be working today if the obama administration spent less time growing washington and more time grow egg the economy." just to show you this goes both ways, here's house minority leader nancy pelosi today. december's lackluster jobs report shows that americans continue to suffer under republicans corporate and special interest agenda. here she is one year ago, after almost the same number. 156,000 jobs created last december. the economy continues to move forward. to be fair, pelosi points out more needs to the done. get it? for republican brady, 148,000 jobs under president trump is progress. nearly twice as many under p

. >>> for the inside scoop, sabrina for the guardian, sam stein and msnbc contributor and david frum, former speech writer for george w. bush. now senior editor for the atlantic. a new book out called "trumpocrasy." schumer is headed to the white house to meet with trump. he doesn't want tom cotton there or anyone else there to ruin a possible deal. david frum, how do they get a commitment they can believe from this president that if they support averting the shutdown, they can then get this deal next week. >> who would be such a dupe as to believe a commitment from donald trump? certainly not chuck schumer who is going to try to dupe the president. it's worth noting here, united republican government for the first time in more than a decade. everything is working worse. there's no budget. no hearings. the legislative process of the united states, as terrible as it was in the past, has reached a new low of chaos that hinges on the military. it has to embarrass and surprise everyone. >> sam? >> well, exactly. also schumer has been down this road before. remember, the origins of this en

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