political analyst, susan del percio. and former watergate special prosecutor and msnbc contributor, jill winebanks. thank you all for joining us. daniel, we've got "politico" reporting the president's really been on this emotional roller coaster lately. but mostly, that he is really angry which we just saw. what are you hearing about the overall mood of the president? those around him and how he is handling this? >> well, he was a little surprised that democrats actually had the votes to impeach him in the house. he expected that more democrats would turn against their own leaders and vote to acquit him. and so some of his top advisors, like eric yuland, had to tell him the reality which is that democrats were going to stick together. and that they thought it was important to impeach him. and now, he really wants that full-throated acquittal by the senate. and so he is angry if he does not get that. and so you can expect him to probably pressure mitch mcconnell to hold a trial anyway even if pelosi does not send those ar

. >>> joining me now daniel lippman, reporter at "politico" and susan del percio republican strategic and msnbc political analyst. daniel, this feels like a tale of two temperaments, nancy pelosi maybe getting under the president's skin a little bit. are the tweet storms from the president and the silence from the speaker strategy or is this just a function of two very different personalities and political styles? >> i think it's a bit of both. she doesn't want to give him any grist for his insults against her and so wants to appear very even-keeled. what's ironic is that, you know, she used to truck up to trump tower in new york 13 years ago to beg for money from president trump when he was, you know, a private citizen donald trump and pelosi wanted to get money from him for the dccc. but i think she probably has the holidays to spend with her family and thes shot obsessed with twitter like trump is and she is not holed up at his resort with sometimes rainy weather in palm beach the last few days. >> i think about what mitch mcconnell may be thinking as he reads these tweets. do you

my distinguished panel, joy reed, susan del percio, chris hayes and omarosa manigault newman. our next category has so many possible nominations, we couldn't fit them all in. i'm talking about the worst trump tweet of the year. here are a few just to get us started. trump attacking 16-year-old environmental activist greta thunberg for being named "time's" person of the year, telling her to go chill. his puny welcome back message to asap rocky after he was released from a swedish jail. or when he called senator mitt romney a pompous ass who is, quote, so bad for republicans. and one of his most racist moments, telling representatives of color to go back to their countries, saying nancy pelosi would be happy to arrange their travel. i mean, it's so many and i didn't even use the ones he did on joy reed. it's on and on and on. >> or mine. >> i wasn't going to bring yours up. >> thank you. >> you noticed i didn't even put you on our list of the departed. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to be kind. it's my end of the year new year's. >> the one that i would include in there, again, bec

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susan del percio, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst as well as a columnist for ozzieedia. fi philippe, you know what goes into campaigning, how iowa prides itself as the first caucus on the counter. politico says the surge is real, klobuchar makes late push in iowa. in some ways she'd like to say i'm in a unique place among the candidates. i'm a midwestern senator. you heard her pushing that midwestern nice in the sound that maura played for us. she did have, by most measures a strong debate performance. is she somebody that could surprise? how do you see the start of this race? we're finally only five weeks away? >> what's good for her is it's not tough for her to surprise someone. no one is expecting her to come in first or second or even third. she'd have a strong fourth place finish and people might say, well, she's on the rise. she has had great debate performances including in the last debate. those have not trance first into anything tangible. she has been very consistent. she's never had a problem making the debate either on financial or polling basis. pete bu

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correspondent, charlie savage, paul butler and republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio. this is "the washington post" reporting. this, a moderate democrat from new jersey, we're hearing from "the washington post" that potentially could be switching parties, this might indicate then that this particular member of congress, not going to be voting for impeachment of the president of the united states. what are you hearing? >> so jeff van drew someone of 31 democrats in districts that president trump won. he's already come out and said he's not going to be able to support impeachment, but "the washington post" article suggesting that he might even be considering switching parties to become a republican shows how much pressure these democrats are under, if coming out against impeachment is not enough, what does that tell you about the situation for all of those other democrats? >> charlie, you're right there in the beltway. what has been the strategy coming from the white house to try to, as i was saying in the introduction here, peel away some of the democrats, not only fro

republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio and host of politics nation and pris of tesident of national action network reverend al sharpton. we have a big day ahead of us. >> we do. we can talk about impeachment. >> we have to there's so much going on. >> we're going to find out this week what the ig has said. it's going to blow apart donald trump suggesting that barack obama was crawling around in his office space at trump tower and tapping phones. ig's going to blow apart so many theories. we can talk about that. we can talk about the fact that north korea now is openly insulting donald trump as a dumb old man or whatever words they use. we can talk about -- there's so much. but i think donald trump this weekend spoke for us all. >> yeah. >> i really do. and i have no problem admitting this. i think he spoke for us all when he talked about the single issue that is most pressing to our great republic at this time. take a look. >> we have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms where you turn the faucet o

republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio. and democratic strategist and former new york state democratic party executive director basil. all right, guys. so for fear of the president looking like he is more aligned with russia, don't do this is what one aide said. congress is going to get -- become unhinged. congress didn't just become unhinged. they impeached him. >> exactly. >> so i guess -- i mean, this story fills in a lot of holes to what we already knew. my question is, gosh, i -- i wish i heard this during the impeachment hearings. i wish i saw those e-mails. >> right. i wish i heard it, too. i wish i saw the e-mails. i wish i had all the testimony from all these people. i mean, this raises the question for a senate trial. do we need to hear from these people? obviously, we need to hear from them. we need to hear from pompeo. we need to hear from bolton. we need to hear from esper. we need to get the entire timeline on when this aid was withheld, why it was withheld, what trump said. who he said it to. if the republica

republican strategist and msnbc political analysts susan del percio. reverend al sharpton and president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass. and katty kay is with us along with represent communication strategist and msnbc political contributor rick tyler. so it may be a holiday week, but the news does not stop. just consider all these new developments, newly released emails show that a request to withhold funds to the country of ukraine came less than two hours after president trump's july perfect phone call with the ukrainian leader. that adds a new layer to nancy pelosi's decision to withhold the articles of impeachment from the senate, perhaps new information could pour out. it seems to by the day. >>> plus, pete buttigieg has been taking plenty of heat from elizabeth warren, and now bernie sanders is piling on. what it says about the state of the race and just how far democrats are willing to go against each other or maybe against buttigieg before facing off with president trump. the presid

and susan del percio. susan, as you know, we say home field advantage.look at this next week, monday. you have a sense of the way that chairman nadler is thinking. the way he's defining what impeachment will be. but when we think of how congress is or is not working together on something that's so important to this constitution and to this republic. this is only written, these 55 pages that we got in today, by only the democrats. in the nixon era, it was actually written, this sort of guide of how to do this stuff, was written by both democrats and republicans. >> yeah. but -- and the dye has already been cast on all of this, richard. it is going to be a republican sl versus democrat. >> it is what it is. >> it is what it is and i think at this point, most of americans are kind of trying to figure out what's happening. but they already have the foregone conclusion that the president will be impeached and the senate will not convict him. so we can almost fast forward two months and be at the same exact place. the harder decision politically is now for the

susan del percio is with me, francesca chambers covers the white house and o'dessa is with us this morning and bill sternberg, "usa today" editor. many americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction. these are data from the latest poll from nbc news and "the wall street journal." that sentiment has become more pervasive since donald trump was inaugurated and an editorial urg urges a focus on that. they're saying democrats should focus on president trump as this cam pan continues. a great line about how the debates over issues have devolved into what you might find in an academic department. why is it important to set those aside as we get into 2020? >> the editorial was meant as a bit of a reality check that this is not going to be a normal issues-oriented election, that first and foremost it's a referendum on the conduct and character of the incumbent. and, therefore, if you think donald trump is a threat to the nation, an unfit president, priority one, two and three out to be victory. so it great to have a plan for everything, but if you don't win, those plans become rathe

republican strategist and msnbc political analysts susan del percio.our conversation, national politics correspondent for the "washington post" ann gearrin. columnist for "the new york times" brett stevens. and professor of history tulane university, walter isaacson. good morning and welcome to you all. brett, i want to start with your piece, one that's got a lot of people talking this morning in the "new york times" entitled what will it take to beat donald trump? brett writes in part, bill clinton and barack obama both campaigned for and woman the white house on the watch word hope. what watch word it will take for a democrat to win this time? my suggestion, soap. nearly three years in donald trump's presidency, america needs a hard scrub and a deep cleanse. as with most bullies, the key to beating trump is to treat him as the nonentity he fundamentally is. wouldn't it be something in if his political opponents and obsessed media critics absolved for 2020 to talk about him a little less. when your goal is to wash your hands of something, with soap do

well, you know, susan del percio, it's interesting how age has -- the view of age has changed so much he was 68, i think, when he began running for president and, you know, a lot of people were talking about the need for ronald reagan to have just one -- one term. i remember when bob dole, when he lost in '88 they asked, well, what's the possibility of you running again in '96? and bob dole responded, yeah, that's about how old i'll be by then. but of course it wasn't how old bob dole would have been by then. he was actually pretty spry and young compared to a lot of these candidates who are now in the race. but it is remarkable that we have donald trump what is he 73? 74? biden's in his mid to late 70s. sanders, mid to late 70s. had a heart attack and he seems to be stronger than ever before. and the weird thing, too, i don't know if you found this, but i found that it doesn't -- older candidates, a lot of times, get the support of younger voters. it sort of opposite and younger candidates are usually distrusted by younger voters. >> well, yeah. a lot of older voters don't like to se

michael gordon, former rnc spokesamerican and former senior spokesconcern kevin sheridan and susan del percioas we look at the this next week, monday, we have a sense of the way that chairman nadler is thinking, the way he's defining what impeachment will be. when we think of how congress is or is not working together on sog that's so important to this constitution and to this republic, this is only written, 55 pages by only the democrats. in the nixon era it was written, this guide of how to do this stuff was written by both democrats and republicans. >> yeah, but and the die has already been cast. it is going to be a republican versus democrat and you're not -- especially -- >> it is what it is. >> it is what it is and i think most americans are kind of trying to figure out what happened and already have the foregone conclusion the president will be impeached and the stat will not convict him. we can almost fast forward two months and be in the same exact place. the harder decision politically is not for the republicans. they don't have a lot more to lose frankly in the house, for example,

, democratic strategist, former media advisory for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign and so is susan del percioc political analyst. joe, let me start with you. this idea that you're going to make voter suppression a center point of your campaign. last check by about 20 points, there's the average of averages if you will. how much do you surmise is about locking up the lead in the palmetto state. >> i think juana is absolutely right, this is a priority for the biden campaign to make sure people understand this is a priority for the former vice president. it is a galvanizing issue. it's an issue that a lot of democrats feel like are going to mobilize a lot of voters around the country. i think what's interesting about this as well is, if democrats show up, if democrats show up in places like georgia and wisconsin and florida and ohio and pennsylvania and michigan and so on and so forth, democrats have the numbers. you had a trump advisor yesterday that pretty much admitted that voter suppression was a part of their strategy last time around. this is an issue that's in the ether. i think the biden

joining me now rashad richey, radio talk show host and political commentator and susan del percio msnbc, the article continues on to say all week at white house parties and in phone calls with allies trump privately mused about trying to prolong the impeachment process because he says it helps his reelection prospects. susan, i'm assuming you don't agree with the president. >> no, not so much. besides alternate facts apparently he operates in alternate realities because the fact of the matter is the president being impeached will be the first thing in his political obituary, if you will, and that is going to define him, it's going to hurt him during the reelection campaign. being impeached, there is nothing good about it. he will say assuming that the senate holds and that they will not convict him with the requisite 67 votes he will say i've been acquitted but that's not enough. the president is being impeached and that will follow him through this campaign. >> okay. in terms of how it's playing with voters, though, nbc campaign embeds have gotten some reaction from voters in new hamps

republican strategist susan del percio. also, an msnbc political analyst squchlt from d.c., doug thornell, former senior advisor for the dnc and the dn triple c. so thanks to all of you for being here. nick, let me just pick up right there. i mean, how do we get to a trial in the senate when you basically have these two sides that are digging in? >> slowly is the answer. and i think that president trump has already lost all of his leverage when he tweeted last week that he wants a trial as soon as possible. that gave nancy pelosi permission, so to speak politically, to say hold on a second now. so senator mcconnell was out there saying, look, i'm not concerned about the timing here. and then the president comes out and says, oh no wait, i'm very, very concerned. so i think, look. in a sense, pelosi wins either way. if she gets some concessions on the scope of the trial, she wins a little bit. if she gets none, she still has a chance here to extend the period of public discussion over this question of documents and witnesses

joining me now, chris lieu, former assistant to president obama and susan del percio, msnbc analyst and do you think has the upperhand in this situation? what are the pros and cons of pelosi hanging onto these articles? >> i have seen nancy pelosi in action for several years but nothing touches the way she's handled herself as speaker of the house the last year. so i'm not going to underestimate her, that's for sure. i understand what she's doing, as long as they present the articles of impeachment to the house on january 6th when they come back from session -- from break, rather. the reason is i think she likes having this conversation out there right now, and she knows how to play donald trump better than anyone. and donald trump is just spinning out there and he's going to be away for two weeks and who knows what he's going to do on twitter and lash out on next. i actually think there's a good strad i go here. again, she has to avoid looking too political, which means come january 6th those articles have to be sent. >> wait, does that mean you think they're spending christmas eve and

. >> joining me is chris, susan del percio. welcome to you both. san, what do you think of nadler's comment? does he appear to be trying to win hearts and minds? >> i think he's just going through the motions at this point. he knows pretty much where the conference is. representative nadler is -- in fact, has been a pretty divisive person in politics when it comes to an r&d fight. i think he is painted a little more in that brush. at the end of the day, when it comes down to the articles of impeachment, there is a strong case there. and nancy pelosi will make sure that that moves forward. and he will do, in his words, an adequate job. i think that is one way he described the process. >> does he need to win hearts and minds at this point or is this process, by nature, hopelessly a refrekz of our partisan times? >> well, look, you saw the way the speaker spoke about this issue last week. she did it in a solemn way. it was not celebratory, it was notgleefulness. she understands the historical importance. she is trying to build as strong and legal factu

joining me to break this all down, susan del percio, msnbc analyst and republican strategist, and phillipillary clinton. tell me if you think this is going to happen. i want to go through each of the candidate's chances of winning those states. let's start with pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren. we know buttigieg has been leading the polls in iowa and he has the clear politics polling average in new hampshire right now. does warren with her roots in neighboring new hampshire, does that help keep her overall -- again, i'm citing one poll there in the granite state. >> alex, you're stirring the pot. you're starting the expectations game about elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. i think if i -- if you put a gun to my head and said, pick them, i would say, pete and warren are -- and bernie are one, two, three in some combination, and in new hampshire it's warren, sanders. warren on the -- despite her problems the last couple of weeks regarding paying for medicare for all, she has, i think, an easier expectation game in the sense she does not have to win either state. she can just do a soli