we are so happy and fortunate to have tim miller and david plouffe here with us tonight. so, tim, about what the president did tonight. the democrats look at it and they say he had never seen a word of that before it came up in the prompter. he conflated the spending bill with the covid relief bill. they look it as kind of legislative tourism. he's driving past a car accident saying, hey, those victims deserve more money. the republicans see an evil kind of populous trick in here where they hope republican voters in georgia are going to say, see, that's the guy i told you about always looking for the forgotten man. he wants us to get out of the swamp and have more money. tim, how do you think it's going to break in the only two races that count? >> to that last point i do think that that's right, that was a good populous message for donald trump. i think that, honestly, thank goodness he didn't stick with that message for october and november or we'd have a much closer election a month ago now. how does that translate over to david perdue and kelly loeffler? i think as rum

the best political minds we know, eugene robinson who is a pulitzer prize winning journalist and tim millertim, i'd like to begin with you. here are 17 a.g.s, they all have careers and reputations and families back home in these states. why do you reckon they've signed on to this case, which, again, a reputable lawyer said to me tonight is not a serious document. >> brian, the answer to that is that they care more about their reputation with donald trump's base and the republican electorate in their states than they care about their reputations in the legal profession or with their families or whatever else. what republican voters want right now is for their elected officials, their representatives to go along with this clown coup that the president and these attorney generals are trying. and i just -- i want to put a finer point on this. this is not just a joke of a lawsuit, it is that. it is also the most undemocratic action of my lifetime, and probably going back into jim crow territory. the last time we had an action as this un-democratic. i mean, these 17 attorneys general are not just

joining our conversation, jeremy, associate editor of the arizona mirror, tim miller, of course, is still i think tim and i are living this civil war within the republican party, but explain the republican party is so strong and pretty vast in a state that joe biden won. how has that sort of turned these tensions upside down and exacerbated them within the republican party? >> well, arizona is not generally a state that gets a lot of attention in presidential races. you know, prior to this year, we'd only gone democratic once since 1948, so when a democrat wins here, when joe biden won here, i think it put a lot of -- there's a lot of disbelief among republicans, especially those who are, you know, more ardent supporters of president trump and are more kind of primed to disbelieve that joe biden won this fair and square. and you know, for the first couple weeks after the election, there was not really any within the state, not really a lot of places for them to direct that anger. there was a lot of people talking about how they believe the election was rigged but not a lot of republicans

coventry direct, redefining insurance. >>> we are back with our guest, jason johnson and tim miller. tim, i'd like to talk to you about the biden choices thus far. we had the same conversation the last time you were on, the but the list of names has been added to. we learned today buttigieg transportation, jennifer granholm energy. tonight axios has a piece guessing that the republicans in the cabinets in its traditional presidencies it is traditional to try to have someone from the opposite party that biden is looking at a republican perhaps for commerce. they further speculate that it might be a meg whitman type. what do you make of the slate you've seen thus far? >> two things. one i think it's a biden-esque slate. it's pretty crazy how much i've seen from the left really. you never saw this in the republican administrations where you don't have enough people from this interest group or from that interest group. and that seems to be all the coverage around biden. he'd picked a central left cabinet, a very competent cabinet. and out of today's picks i just want to call out pete butt

let's talk about it with eugene robinson and tim miller. tim, i'd like to begin with you.e are 17 a.g.s, with careers and reputations and families back home in these states. why do you reckon they've signed on to this case, which, again, a reputable lawyer says is not a serious document. >> brian, the answer to that is they care more about their reputation with donald trump's base and the republican electorate in their states than they care about their reputations in the legal world and their families. what republican voters want right now is for their representatives to go along with this clown coup that the president and these attorney generals are trying. this is not just a joke of a lawsuit, it is that. but it's also the most undemocratic action of my lifeti lifetime, and probably going back into jim crow territory. these 17 attorneys general are not just trying to suppress the vote. they're trying to cancel the fair and free votes that were cast by american citizens in four other states. they're not fryitrying to get rf i illegal votes, they're trying to get rid of ev

. >> let's bring in to our conversation, tim miller, former communications to jeb bush's 2016 presidentiala contributor to the bullwork. tim, i think i know how you feel about people who said i was fine with everything until the last 37 days. because president trump has had anti-democratic, racist, misogynist, crude, crass uncivilized instincts since the minute he opened his mouth. i wonder what you think -- do you see enough to call it any sort of move away from the party because of trump's conduct or is this still anecdotal to you? >> first, i have to say, i was cyberbullied by leslie jones enough times about my ponytail that i got rid of it. this is all my hair in its glory. my covid hair. to your question, i do think there's a movement. i think -- >> we'll come back to that, tim miller. we're coming back to the pony. >> okay. i think there's been a big trade essentially. people like jennifer horn, they live in big metropolitan areas, most notably atlanta where we saw the win for joe biden. they're college educated men and women, tend to be white men and women who have had enough of thi

and tim miller, a contributor to the bulwark, former communications director for jeb bush, and a formerdvisor to the anti-trump pac, our principles. gentlemen, and i mean gentlemen, welcome to you both. tim, i'd like to begin with you. the name joseph nie welch comes to mind the man who stopped the mccarthy hearings saying have you no decency, sir. sometimes the time calls for one person to step forward. maybe it's going to be that election official in georgia. but, tim, do you have genuine worries now about violence, of people tangently connected to the trump movement taking it out on innocent genuine public servants? >> absolutely. i don't know why you wouldn't. it would only take, you know, one radicalized trump supporter to decide they want to take this in their own hands. and look, the digenova story came because of the bulwark i was watching, a full day of newsmax to try to understand what these trump voters are being sold. and all day every day they're being told this election is being stolen from them, that the left is stealing the country from them, that we're no longer a democ

back with us again tonight tim miller, a contributor to the bulwark and the former communications director for jeb bush. and we welcome to the broadcast greg bluestein, political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. welcome, guys. greg, no one knows georgia politics better than you. this race is certainly very tight. where do things stand right now? >> razor tight. both campaigns see this -- i should say all four campaigns see this basically as a toss up right now going into the final week of the campaign. president trump's visit is going to be a pivotal moment. he's coming on the runoff eve on monday, the night before the election. and republicans are banking on huge election day turnout to overcome what appears to be a democratic advantage in early votes. so that will be a make-or-break moment for republicans here. >> is it going to be about those voters who voted for joe biden and then voted for the two republicans in the general election, or is it going to be about turn out? more democrats suddenly turning out than republican voters, greg. >> it's the latter. this all about v

tim miller and elise, congratulations to you.y. i think we have a picture of here. how is she? are you sleeping. >> she's 7 weeks. she doing well and going through a period of not wanting to sleep much and partying a lot at night but has been sleeping again lately. so all is well. she has a lot of energy and we're very blessed. >> she's beautiful. you're beautiful. congratulations. >> congratulations, elise. >> we're happy that you're back. seven weeks, that is impressive. when we come back, dire new projections paint a brutal picture of the months ahead and now doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are begging their state governors to do more for them. that story is next. plus a tale of two campaigns in georgia. for the democrats, former president barack obama is hoping to help his side win control of the senate. the republicans, they're increasingly worried about what donald trump will say and do when he visits that state tomorrow and joe biden hasn't taken the bait from trump throughout the transiti

aiesha mills and tim miller, thank you both for being with me. >>> coming up, trump thinks his legal team is comprised of american heroes, but they're actually a bunch of zeroes. my thoughts on all the president's men next. >>> but first, my colleague cory coffin is here with today's top news stories. carry? >> thanks, rev. stories we're watching. coming off a busy thanksgiving week, covid-19 numbers are on the rise. the u.s. now has over 14.4 milli 14.4 million cases and just under 280,000 deaths. in idaho, boise hospitals have been stretched to their limit. doctors warning it could be over capacity before new year's if the surge continues. this comes as the state reached an all-time record high in new cases in a single day on friday with just under 2,000. the state also saw the most deaths in one week with 113. >>> turning now to southern california where a wildfire is tearing through eastern orange county. the bond fire began wednesday night. it has now consumed 17,000 acres. authorities warn of worsening conditions as strong winds will fuel the flames' growth. firefighters have t

appreciate people who apply the rule of law. >> all right, andrew weissman, donna edwards, and tim miller us off this hour. when we return, california soon to be newest senator picked to replace senator vice president elect kamala harris will join us. >>> plus how far and how fast will the biden administration be able to roll back donald trump's immigration policies? >>> and as covid cases hit staggering new highs, scientists identify yet another mutated strain of coronavirus. we'll talk about what it means for the fight to get the pandemic under control. >>> those stories and more when "deadline white house" continues. e" continues. husband and my water broke. at only 23 weeks. andrew: we had to stay in the hospital for 10 weeks, 1000s of miles from family. our driver kristin came along in our most desperate hour. suzanne: bringing us home-cooked meals and gifts. able to roll back donald trump's continues. : day after day. able to roll back donald trump's continues. kristin: oh my god! andrew: kristin is the most uncommonly kind person that we've met. suzanne: thank you so much. (kids la

tim curran, mark friedman, brian seg igson, chloe, bruce williams, allie hedges, ryan miller, mallorynard, elizabeth i can't think, emily mcnulty. doug ma, dean baxter, wish you and your family and your beautiful wife well. mike stein, rob brennan, shimon baum. joe, ben gelb, charlie, chester, alex steinfield, kaitlyn westin, amanda torpey, robert melendez, emily wilson, jill davis wrate. judy hunter we miss you. ben meyer, paul cutting. paul bernius, gina fellows, phil loccisano, and lj, your name is not on this list but without you we would never get it off the ground. love you, miss you guys. can't wait in 2021 when we can all be in a room together, shake hands and hug, but for now we're staying apart, staying safe and celebrating wisely. thanks for joining us, everybody, and to our viewers, thank you so much. i hope you have a safe, peaceful, quiet weekend. stay safe, stay healthy, i'm christine romans. "new day," is next. >>> this new variant from the united kingdom has been identified here in the state of california. >> it is very likely the vaccine induced response will protect

norwegian guy yawn buzzard i think it's miller mispronouncing his name yon buzzword have you read that book we highlight i haven't i know i'm economics i'm a great admirer of tim o'brien and that an american novelist i mean i think his description in viet nam and in the things they carried of what the selves lesser but he also gets at something which i think is a very important component of kind of war and that's the camera that's the feeling that those who are fighting have for each other and i think he gets that very well indeed i mean it's a wonderful book. what will people remember. say 20300 years from now what will be remembered about the 20th century if still ruby left them the dust bins of history as told genocide well i think people will look back at the 20th century as there are already looking back at saying you know what an extraordinary century i mean in some ways such great progress enormous scientific and technological advances social advances not uniform but certainly changes often for the better in societies and also what horrors it produced how could this century have been compassed so much that was good about humanity in some much as bad how