joining us at the table is msnbc's steve kornacki. i really have to go back to this tweet, steve.resident tweeting tonight that steve bannon cried when he was fired. i suppose you can put that in kind of the traditional pantheon of insults. but i think it's worth noting that he is -- i guess they've left him by himself at this camp david retreat where he's supposed to be focusing on making sure republicans win elections. >> it also shows you, you put the case of costello up there, these republicans hoping next year to kind of run on their own, to kind of create their own identity, be a little separate from the president, in these swing districts, the kind of districts were trump struggled a little bit last year. this will probably keep happening right up through the election. i'm trying to think back. there was a gap at the end of the 2016 campaign when donald trump did stop tweeting, did stop sending out inflammatory things like this. it may have helped him in the home stretch of the 2016 campaign. but if you thought he drew any lesson from that, he hasn't stopped since, it's onl

msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big board for a break down of the fall out. so, steve, has steve bannon actually managed to unite the republican party? >> it's fascinating. remember just before this week what was supposed to be one of the big stories of the early part of 2018, it's going to be primary races. this is the senate battle ground map next year. the red are the republican held seats, blue the democratic held seats. what we thought was going to be one of the big stories in 2018 there would be a lot of primaries. a couple of these red states here, in nevada, arizona, maybe mississippi where bannon was going to back insurgents backing republican incumbents, backing the establishment. what are we seeing happen in some of these places as a result of this? here's a perfect example. nevada dean heller, republican incumbent, u.s. senator, he's in trouble in the republican primary. he has danny running against him. tarkanian was supposed to be the candidate. the book comes out, he asked about it, is he saying anything nice about bannon? he says this. i

nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big board for a breakdown of the fallout. has steve bannon managed to reunite the republican party? >> what was supposed to big story for 2018, primary races. senate battle map, the blue democratic seats, what we thought was the big story in 2018 was a lot of primaries, a couple red states in nevada, in arizona, maybe in mississippi where bannon was going to back insurgents challenging republican incumbents, challenging the republican establishment. what are we seeing happen in some of these places as a result? perfect example, nevada, dean helder, republican incumbent, u.s. senator, in trouble in the republican primary, danny tarkanian, the news about bannon, tarkanian. he says this, i supported the president before he was elected, support him now, will continue to support him after the primary, and most importantly i will support him after i am elected. the same cannot be said about mr. helder. if mr. bannon chooses to be with me, he can. danny is saying this isn't about president trump, isn't about wannon. >> in arizona,

steve kornacki at the big board. thanks. >>> coming up an eye opening report on the number of women coming to this country for the sole purpose of giving birth to children that are u.s. citizens. it's a story that includes russia and the trump organization. we'll have it for you after this. >>> tonight we wanted to bring you an extraordinary story produced and reported by nbc news this week, and like so much of what we've been talking about this week, this one involves russia. it involves immigration and specifically something called birth tourism. women coming here from other countries giving birth in the u.s. so their children can be born legally as u.s. citizens. as nbc news senior investigative and legal correspondent cynthia mcfadden found out, many of these women are russian, and many of them choose an interesting location in this country as their base of operations >> reporter: these russian women all came to miami to give birth. as a result, their babies are american citizens. that's right, russian mothers, a

let's bring in steve kornacki -- just kidding. steve, this numbers game, it's interesting. it seems like if you want democrats to vote for a majority position, a compromise position, look to those not running for president because the democratic party begins its process of picking a president in a way that helps progressives. you go to iowa. you know how it starts. you get in through nevada. there are some exceptions but basically -- and if you get to california soon enough now you're better off seeing on that left ward part of the track position that on the more centrist part, does that explain why all the candidates for president with the exception of joe biden who doesn't have a vote seem to realize the name of the game is get over to the left whether it's cory booker, get over on the progressive side of things. if there's a vote for trump's appointee to anything, vote against it. >> yeah, i mean, look, the split you're seeing, you saw this friday night in the vote to shut down in the first place, five democrats on friday night said they were going to go with the republi

. >> steve kornacki continues our live coverage on tonight's state of the union. >> up just witnessed the third longest state of the union ever delivered. >> i found the truth lacking in the state of the union. >> false claims on the auto industry, false claims on job creation. >> he led in a very divisive way. >> open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable community. >> if that was an attempt at unity, he has a lot of work to do. >> to all the d.r.e.a.m.ers, let me be clear. [ speaking spanish ] >> it is the most effective response we've seen from a member of any party for quite a long time. >> they may land a punch, may leave a mark, but they have never not once in the history of our united states managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future. >> thank you and god polibless america. good night. >>> and good morning to you now on the east coast. good evening on the west coast still. i'm steve kornacki, continuing coverage here on the state of the union address for an hour and 20 minutes, the nation watched a dona

. >>> coming up for us, steve kornacki. rare monday night appearance at the big board for a look at why some dems may have felt they had to fold on this shutdown. that and more when we continue. >>> the strategy to shut down the government over the issue of illegal immigration is something the american people didn't understand. >> while this procedure will not satisfy everyone on both sides, it's a way forward. i'm confident that we can get the 60 votes in the senate for a daca bill. >> both parties today, as you saw scramble to claim victory today after congress voted to end this shutdown, but politico scores the results of this three-day stoppage this way. quote, democrats lost the shutdown war. that much was obvious when they voted to reopen the government with little to show for it. i suppose if you want to put it that way. our national political correspondent steve kornacki is here. >> yeah, and the democrats are asking, was it worth it? you have a couple weeks to get the daca fixed here, and if they don't, do they go

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joining us with a district-by-district breakdown is msnbc national political correspondent steve kornackiyeah, a lot of news this week about republicans retiring in congress, democrats getting excited. why do democrats get excited in general when they hear that? well, they suspect a wave election might be coming in 2018. if it is and you get rid of a popular republican incumbent and you replace it with a wide-open, open-seat race, that advantage could suddenly go to the democrats, more specifically, though, let's take a look at it this way. there are a couple of tiers of targets, seats that democrats are really looking at to try to win back the house this year. let's take them in three different groups here and start with this. what you have here, there's 23 districts that fit this criteria. these are districts where republicans currently represent them. these are republican seats, but each one of these districts you see here in the presidential election in 2016 it went for hillary clinton. so, obviously, democrats think, look, these are districts we should be able to carry in a trump mid

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i'm steve kornacki in for andrea mitchell. she's in jerusalem.begin on capitol hill on the floor of the u.s. senate. a vote now imminent in the next few minutes. democrats and republicans just emerging from behind closed doors. you are looking live at the scene here on the senate floor. that vote to reopen the government should be coming up in the next few minutes. obviously we will be covering all of it. nbc news congressional correspondent kasie hunt is on capitol hill. she'll be with us in a minute. peter alexander is at the white house. chris matthews, host of "hardball," he's with us as well. and msnbc contributor robert costa. they are all set up to go with us for the next hour as this vote gets ready. we're going to start with chris matthews, my colleague here. chris, you know capitol hill very well. you've seen consequential votes before. in the next few minutes, we saw on friday night they were nine votes short of having the government reopen. we've just had the democrats and republicans meet. what do you think is going to happen? >> wel

steve kornacki, thank you very much, sir, for joining us on the show.. >>> coming up next, the criticism from both sides of the aisle, including new criticism from senator jeff flake about the president's comments on immigrants yesterday. this comes days after the white house announced very big changes for people from el salvador. ohio governor john kasich is joining me next after the break exclusively to talk about his new op-ed in "the new york times." all that and more. we'll see if he sticks around. how do you win at business? stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com start winning today. what ifmy chest hurts.cal emergeni can't breathe.e? what you need is mobile help. america's premier mobile medical alert system. most systems only work at home. but with mobile help, you get help outside the home, with coverage nationwide on one of the largest cellular networks, at the press of a button. call

i'm steve kornacki in new york, in for andrea, who is traveling with the vice president. we will hear more of andrea's interview in just a moment. we begin, though, with big news in the russia investigation. nbc news now confirming attorney general jeff sessions met with members of special counsel robert mueller's team last week. this story first reported by the "new york times" and by the reporter and msnbc contributor michael schmidt, who revealed sessions spoke to investigators for several hours alongside his own legal representation. sessions, a former alabama republican senator, recused himself from overseeing the russia investigation back in march of 2017. he cited conflict from his role as a top adviser to the trump presidential campaign. bringing in nbc national political reporter, kara lee, kristen welker at the white house and msnbc contributor ashley parker, white house reporter "the washington post." kristen, i understand you have some news for us that possibility we raised in one of the clips there that hey, if jeff sessions, the attorney general, is being in

steve kornacki is here with us. steve, break it down. bargaining weekend deals, what changes can we expect monday morning? >> look. we are in a shutdown now technically. monday is the start of the workweek. we feel the impact more. right now, we can tell you a couple of the immediate things here. one, a military personnel active duty are not being furloughed. they will be on duty. if god forbid, a service member killed while the government is shutdown, there is a death benefit the government pays to the family. those would not be processed as long as a shutdown is in place. we see passport processing. federal office buildings are shutdown. a passport facility in the federal office building, you won't go and get your passport done. smithsonian museum and the national zoo, they will be open, but monday morning, shutdown. those are the things that stop. some things that continue, the u.s. mail delivers on saturday. it will still deliver on saturday. that will be open. if you get your social security or medicare check. that will be open. the

. >> steve kornacki continues our live >> the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> you have just witnessed the third longest state of the union ever delivered. >> i found the truth lacking in the state of the union tonight. >> false claims on the auto industry, false claims on job creation. >> he led in a very decisive way on immigration. >> open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities. >> if that was an attempt at unity, he's got a lot of work to do. >> to all the dreamers out there watching tonight, let me be absolutely clear. >> it's the most effective response we've seen from a member of any party for quite a long time. >> butties may land a punch. they may leave a mark but they have never not once in the history of our united states managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future. >> thank you and god bless america. good night. ♪ >> and good morning to you now on the east coast. good evening on the west coast. continuing coverage here of the state of the union address for an ho

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.vacation this week, and he will be back next week. we begin tonight with a new calendar year, but the same president. 20128 beginning for donald trump and his presidency just as 2017 ended. a combative president, going after the press, going after his opponents, his enemies, going after his defeated opponent from the 2016 election, and of course continuing his attacks on the justice system and what he

. >> steve kornacki continues our live >> the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> you have just witnessed the third longest state of the union ever delivered. >> i found the truth lacking in the state of the union tonight. >> false claims on the auto industry, false claims on job creation. >> he led in a very decisive way on immigration. >> open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities. >> if that was an attempt at unity, he's got a lot of work to do. >> to all the dreamers out there watching tonight, let me be absolutely clear. >> it's the most effective response we've seen from

i'm steve kornacki in for crass matthews. he'll be back on monday night.nald trump can't seem to stop talking about. michael wolff's chronicle of the trump presidency hit book stores with the best publicity possible. the president trying to keep

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. the president is trying to stop the publication of a book that offers a critical look at the inner workings of his white house. donald trump's personal lawyer firing off cease and desist letters to author michael wolf and to his publisher. their upcoming book is full of, quote, false and baseless statements against the president. he talked about steve bannon and trump's laura cus him of breaching a confidentiality agreement. it is not clear if the president, however, will actually follow through with the lawsuit. nbc news has not confirmed much of what appears in michael wolf's book. yelled president trump said bannon had quote, lost his mind. and today the president answered questions about his relationship with his former allies. >> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? >> i don't know, he called me a great man last night. obviously he changed his tune pretty quick. thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. that's

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.g to stop the publication of a book that offers a critical look at the inner workings of his white

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joining the conversation, national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc steve kornacki, alsoeau chief at "the washington post" and political analyst for nbc news phillip rubbing kerr, and strategist at eldridge industries, janice min. janice attended the steve bannon and roger ailes dinner party detailed in michael wolff's book. let's begin with you, janice. i love the correspondence you had with michael wolff when michael was rubbing around the west wing and you were asking him, what exactly do they think you're doing there, michael, to which he responded what? >> he said i don't know what they think i'm doing. different answers at different times would be, but i'm going to keep doing it until they tell me not to. i remember there was a key moment when kelly was brought in as chief of staff, who is supposed to bring law and order to the west wing. i said to michael, so is the jig up now that kelly is there. michael responded to me, there is so much chaos, i think i'm last on the totem pole of the concerns. he did proceed to be in there for many, many, many more weeks even wi

. >> steve kornacki continues our live coverage on tonight's state of the union. >> up just witnessed the third longest state of the union ever delivered. >> i found the truth lacking in the state of the union. >> false claims on the auto industry, false claims on job creation. >> he led in a very divisive way. >> open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable community. >> if that was an attempt at unity, he has a lot of work to do. >> to all the d.r.e.a.m.ers, let me be clear. [ speaking spanish ] >> it is the most effective response we've seen from a member of any party for quite a long

our own steve kornacki, our national political correspondent is working nights with us here in the studio. and steve, you know, it is said this is a first in history. one party controls house, senate, white house. why wouldn't they get the blame? well, the reason would be an effective pr strategy to dump this back on the democrats, i guess. >> yeah, let's take you through how this looks. again, the vote's open right now, so sttechnically this coul change. you've got five democrats who broke with their party, four republicans who broke with their party, leaving the senate right now in this 50-48 situation. it sets up two sort of parallel or conflicting aurlrguments her. we go to a shutdown, how they're going to assess the blame, what you just said there. republicans have sththe senate,e house, the trifecta. what the republicans will argue, though, if this is what the vote ends up looking like is the following. they'll say, look, we had a bill to keep the government open for another month, to take care of the children's health care thing and we passed it through it house and brought it to t

to subpoena them otherwise we'll have a very incomplete investigation. >> congressman, this is steve kornackicommittee, you were talking about steve bannon potentially cooperating with the special counsel, with robert mueller, with that investigation. that raises a question to me that if you have this mueller investigation, you have all the power that mueller has to investigate this into whatever area he sees fit what does your committee position to expose or reveal or discover that the special counsel with all of that power isn't? >> our job is to tell the american people how russia was able to pull this off, understand what the u.s. government response was so that we can prestlent from happening again. mueller can find all the crimes in the world but that doesn't fix vulnerabilities that we have in our election systems, our ability for the federal government to assist the states or duty to report laws that probably need to go into place that would require individuals if they're contacted by foreign nationals to report that to the fbi so there's a lot we can do from what we've learned that b

this morning and the person in her seat is a very special host, my dear friend and colleague, steve kornacki> good afternoon. right now on "andrea mitchell reports" cabinet confidential. for the first time, robert mueller reaching inside the white house cabinet, interviewing attorney general jeff sessions in the russia probe.

i'm steve kornacki in for crass matthews. he'll be back on monday night. it is the book donald trump can't seem to stop talking about. michael wolff's chronicle of the trump presidency hit book stores with the best publicity possible. the president trying to keep people from reading it. trump's lawyer even threatened lawsuits to keep it off the shelves. that did not work. this morning the president slammed the book and its author tweeting i authorized zero access to the white house, turned him down many times forager of the phony book. i never spoke to him for book. full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve. that last part a reference to steve bannon who was interviewed by wolff and offered strong critiques of the president and his family. also tweeting, the fake news media and this phony new book are hitting out at every new front imaginable. they should try winning an election. sad. and he doubled down on his new nickname for bannon, the mercer dumped the stoppy s

. >> we have a great map steve kornacki laid out. the states bannon will have influence in.here was at least going to have influence with candidates in. last night a great graphic. bannon's head was on all the states and don't have it any longer, but this really changes the game for what politics might look like in 2018. does it not? >> a lot's going to change what politics might look like in 2018 with the various stories and books comes out. keep in mind, steve bannon was never the center of power in the republican party. going into is a midterm election, he's not a well-known consulta consultant. were a blip on the radar screen of one election. breitbart stays alike. fox news is bigger than breitbart was. >> hold on. end of the campaign you could say the campaign was flailing, steve bannon came in, united donald trump's many ideas under a single topic. under america first. ey united the message for donald trump. there's an argument to be made by that and i don't think that's necessarily an inaccurate argument. steve bannon could take some krel credit noor. without it, does

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. he is on vacation this week, and he will be back next week. we begin tonight with a new calendar year, but the same president. 20128 beginning for donald trump and his presidency just as 2017 ended. a combative president, going after the press, going after his opponents, his enemies, going after his defeated opponent from the 2016 election, and of course continuing his attacks on the justice system and what he calls the deep state. now, all of this, you can see here in his latest tweet. the president saying, as our country rapidly grows stronger and smarter, i want to wish all my friends, supporters, enemies, haters, and even the very dishonest fake news media a happy and healthy new year. and this morning, he offered some advice, if you want to call it that, to the new publisher of "the new york times." he said, quote, impartial journalists of a much higher standard, lose all of your phony and nonexistent sources and treat the president of the united states fairly so the next time i

i'm steve kerr -- kornacki.ying president trump as a volatile and uncontrollable force within the white house. set for release next week, "fire and fury" offers an unsettling window into the dynamic of current and former members of the president's inner circle. most damning of a

i'm steve kerr -- kornacki. new book is portraying president trump as a volatile and uncontrollable force within the white house. set for release next week, "fire and fury" offers an unsettling window into the dynamic of current and former members of the president's inner circle. most damning of all are accounts provided by steve bannon, who is anything but flattering to the president and to his family. in particular, bannon takes aim at the president's son, donald trump, jr. for arranging that june 2016 meeting with multiple russians and tom campaign staff at trump tower. bannon called the meeting treasonous, saying -- >> speaking of consequences, he said they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. bannon says, the chance that don, junior did not walk those jumos up to his father's office on the 26th floor is zero. nbc news reports that one of the participants in that meeting maintains they did not meet with trump on that day. and that the white house denies that such an encounter considered.

but first, you, me, kornacki, tuesday night. steve and i are hosting a live state of the union coverage show on nbcnews.com and youtube. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and let's just say it will be different. >> sorry to bother you, i have something material i want to talk over with you. so let me start with this. lenny skutnik. remember the name? 1994, bill clinton says i need universal health care or i don't sign it. twolater, the government is over. gerald ford, 1975. after the gulf war. state of the union is not good. see what we did there? usually they say good. message to congress, they didn't always -- >> save it for the show. okay? >> exactly what they used to tell reagan before his speeches. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] ♪ good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. we're pretty sure no one's ev