which we learned with sean spicer, that did not exist for a very long time.t we will see a lot. >> shannon, your take on the last couple of hours? >> i thought she did a great job. i'm of a generation of women that that was my dream job. i grew up with allison janney, cj craig on the west wing. it is a very difficult job. she's 27 years old, a new mom. that is a very intimidating room and she had confidence and poise and was professional and set the tone for the second trump administration. she did a great job. >> let's move on. as well as concerns of funding for america's at home, funding eight overseas is another huge issue with the freeze to the u.s. agency for international development. last week, donald trump signed an executive order directing a 90 day halt on all new and most existing u.s. foreign aid, humanitarian development, and security developments to be reviewed to determine whether they are in the u.s. interest. that means thousands of programs might have to stop work and lose staff. again, there is a lot of concern over this from those in the c

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so clearly, it's invisible. [ laughter ] this might be worse than when he made sean spicer say he hadhe biggest inauguration crowd in history. [ laughter ] whether or not the u.s. military entered california and turned the water on is not a matter of debate. this is not liberal versus conservative. it didn't happen, okay? [ laughter ] but no one calls him on it. yesterday, trump was in miami, for the annual house republican retreat, which is being held at his hotel, coincidentally, where he warned lawmakers of the gop of a very serious threat. >> you've all heard of scarface. he had a scar for a reason. he didn't play games but he was scarface. nobody called him scarface to his face. [ laughter ] they said, "wow, you look great today." [ laughter ] "gee, who does that remind you of, anyone? "sir, your hair looks great and everyone in l.a. is really loving that waterspout you got us, that's for sure." [ laughter ] trump has now been president for eight days. i'm not kidding, it's only been eight days. [ laughter ] i've aged nine and a half years. i've had three grandchildren since janu

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and that week the world was introduced to sean spicer, who introduced a white house press conference whose facts often conflicted with the facts. the press was presenting. on the first day, over the size of the crowd at the inauguration, this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. that was 2017. four years later, president biden sworn in on the same capitol steps under very different conditions. we were in the middle of a pandemic. half a million americans were dead. a half million to go. we're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus. we must set aside politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation, one nation. and i promise you this. as the bible says, weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. we will get through this together. together. much of biden's speech called for an end to what he called an uncivil war, and promising a day of histo and hope. now, throughout his presidency, pr

also that week, the world was introduced to sean spicer, who introduced a white house press office whose facts often conflicted with the facts the press was presenting on the first day. over the size of the crowd at the inauguration, this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. now. that was then. this is now. ucsc professor doctor nolan higdon joins us. nolan, good morning. let's look ahead here. the first few days of the first trump administration. and this is true of many administrations, was a bit disorganized. they had a lot of unfilled positions as well. they seem more organized this time around. yeah. good morning to everyone. yeah i concur, it really seems like donald trump has really prioritized getting the people he wants in the positions he wants so they can hit the ground running in this term. that was a big critique, even from people in his adadministraon of the first term, that they were kind of caught off guard by how lengthy and

i'm just excited that we're not going to have a flashback to to sean spicer standing up at the podium, arguing back and forth with reporters about crowd sizes. so. but anyway. but it's good that not only his supporters are going to be safe, but that the president is going to be safe, especially given that not just those last two assassination attempts, but the car bomb bombing in las vegas that we recently saw. yeah. >> let's make sure everyone is safe. indeed. coming up to monday, it's a big day. it's been a busy last few hours, alex. as you know, last few hours for president biden in office. he declared today that the equal rights amendment is the law of the land. but he's declining to actually order the government to finalize the process. so what's the point of this? >> it's more of a press release than an actual move. >> and i think it's because a lot of members of the democratic party, senator kirsten gillibrand of new york in particular, have been pushing him to do this. but the national archives already said that they don't expect to do that. nothing from their perspective has

scandals of the first trump administration, when kellyanne conway referred to press secretary sean spicer'sinauguration crowd size as alternative facts. fast forward eight years and it appears that nothing has changed, as we are once again seeing the president and his staff invent their own reality and sell it not just to their fans on far right wing cable pod and on podcasts and on the maga internet, but also to the mainstream media. case in point last night, trump made a midnight social media post claiming that the united states military just entered the great state of california and under emergency powers, turned on the water flowing abundantly from the pacific northwest and beyond. just hours later, the california department of water resources refuted that claim, saying the military did not enter california. the federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. state water supplies in southern california remain plentiful. similar situation with colombia after sunday's standoff over deportation flights. white house press secretary ca

so reince priebus and sean spicer come in from the rnc.n and these other folks that were supposed to normalize him in somehow. and to be honest, what they did is they created some roadblocks for donald trump that slowed him down in this administration. there are no roadblocks. it is loyalty above all else. part of the success of project 2025 was not necessarily that donald trump architected it. it reflects perfectly what he believes, but kind of the establishment hard right conservatives inside the beltway knew that they had a champion in donald trump, and so they put the personnel in place to immediately execute this. and when it comes to violating the law and violating the constitution, clearly, donald trump has suggested catch me when you can because it doesn't really matter. i think this is not only a dark chapter for how the future of america is being rewritten through the donald trump ideology for what it's worth. but the real constitutional challenges right now and the constituency behind donald trump, which seems okay with his viol

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sean spicer, trump's first press secretary, telling me that trump's first these nominees are there not defend their ideas. >> they are there to defend trump's policies. >> now, some of them, though, will be defending themselves because they have faced a lot of questions about their credentials and their histories. but republican alabama senator katie britt telling our jake tapper earlier today that the public should give them a chance. take a listen to what president trump has done is he has selected people who are willing to not move as business as usual, but yet are ready for action. >> they understand his vision for the nation. they understand the mandate that was given on november 5th. and they understand that time for talk is gone and time for results and action is now. >> jessica, we have been told that these nominees have been undergoing rigorous preparations for these hearings because they know how high stakes they are, and they also know that donald trump will be watching them closely. >> all right. more to come on this in just the coming days. steve contorno and west palm bea

remember last time when there were stretches of empty bleachers, sean spicer yelled at us about crowdiant suit, and george w. bush got trapped in his own poncho? [ laughter ] like superman if he came out of the phone booth with his cape on backwards. "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's an adult dressed like a ghost for halloween." maybe this time bush will show up with his pants on his head or his shoes on his hands, or maybe he'll bring his easel and do one of his paintings during trump's speech, you know? [ light laughter ] "hey, hey, donald, donald. check out my paintings. [ light laughter ] who lelet the do out? i did!" [ laughter ] now, that of course is not going to happen. but what will happen is even weirder. everyone is just going to get along. it's going to be a bunch of ex-presidents and candidates who all called trump an existential threat to american democracy. they're all just going to be paling around with him just like they did at jimmy carter's funeral last week where barack obama enjoyed a laugh with the guy who called him a secret muslim born in kenya. [ laughter ] "yo

the first time it was sean spicer and crowd sizes today had a much different vibe. we'll take you inside the room. and jfk's daughter, caroline kennedy, warning that her cousin rfk jr. is a predator who is addicted. she says to attention, this is all coming hours away from his first hearing on capitol hill. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source. late tonight, a federal judge is pumping the brakes on a nationwide panic. a panic that was caused and sparked when the trump administration, with little warning, turned off $3 trillion in federal assistance programs with little guidance about what was affected, how it was affected, and where exactly the money would continue to flow for much of the day. what was an attempt by president trump to root out the so-called woke ideology in the federal government? looked more like national uncertainty. americans wondering if they still had access to their health care, seniors on strict budgets, unsure if they'd get their next meal from programs that provide them and families in need, questioning whether or not they'd be able

but everything about it and and, you know, he's long you know, you had sean spicer come out the day after and be like, this is the biggest inauguration in history. but they have raised $500 million for this inauguration. and it's going to be very interesting to see as someone that's as image obsessed as donald trump is, how it looks. >> yeah, that's how it looked back in 2017 on the mall. >> you know, for all the pomp and circumstance that's going to happen on on monday morning, as it should, and he should revel in the success that he's had. the reality is it's going to be what happens like 3 or 4 hours later when he starts signing executive orders. and then if they start putting in place some of these things, such as are we going to round people up, put them in detention camps and then send them home? i mean, i think there's going to be a immediate whiplash on on monday from people being like, oh wow. like, oh, my god, what is happening here immediately? >> all right. well, so speaking of where donald trump stands going into this, the president elect is seeing more positive ratings headi

hung over the entire beginning of his presidency, and it became a joke, and it was a challenge for sean spicer, as we know, and other things. i was in the briefing room that day. so was that a reason? was the president worried about the crowd size? obviously, the weather is a huge concern, but right now there's a weekend scramble underway for him. it will look fine on television and that is what matters most. reagan did it in 85 and he will do it in 2025. >> ashley davis, who once worked for the department of homeland security. this has to be a big disappointment to the tens, if not hundreds of thousands of trump supporters coming to d.c. what will they do now? it won't be safe or comfortable to be outside at all. no, absolutely. >> and first and foremost, i do 100% feel sorry for the people that have come in that have been super excited. >> all the staff that have been working on this, but i think it was the right decision. but from the homeland security perspective and from the a security perspective, it's going to be extremely difficult. even if they move everything to capital one, it's goi

in the first white house press briefing of the first trump term, the portrayal that followed of sean spicer even on saturday night live, for instance. it was just something that kind of has become infamous. how did you think that this press briefing went this theater review is obvious. >> taken as theater first. move over, sean hannity. president trump has a new number one publicist, right? the tv president has just minted a new tv star. levitt is the youngest press secretary ever, but she's incredibly practiced at this. she was incredibly smooth. if you're a democrat right now, you're asking yourself, where is our karoline leavitt? who's going to push back against trump as effectively as she promotes him? did you notice also that she dangled some news at the beginning? this is a trump tactic. she literally dangled a shiny object in front of the press corps, saying, the jerome panic in the northeast was actually just researchers and hobbyists who were flying faa approved drones. now, i'll just say, as a new jersey resident with my hobbyist drone right here, a lot of people are still very sk

do wonder we all recall the first press briefing held by donald trump's first press secretary, sean spicer. it immediately was contentious between spicer and the press when he tried to repeatedly assert that donald trump had the largest inauguration crowd in person and online, and viewing ever, a stat that was immediately fact checked and refuted. i do wonder, brian, if you think that that is likely to continue that adversarial relationship between karoline leavitt and the press and how the press could handle fact checking in the immediate when it comes to an administration that historically, a president that historically has been averse to facts. >> right. there's an element of a war on truth that is once again underway. arguably, it never really ended. the biden administration not perfect on that front, either. but when it comes to the incoming trump administration, erasing the information about january 6th prosecutions from the department of justice website is one of many examples of this war underway. trying to erase aspects of the past that donald trump doesn't want remembered. will w

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