it seems undemocratic is the point i'm making. >> it may be undemocratic but it's certainly exactly what the founders established. they wanted an electoral college per alexander hamilton to say no when it was appropriate for a candidate that they felt it was not preeminently qualified to be president. >> that's not seen anywhere in the constitution as you know. there is no reference to the mostly cloudies of electors in the constitution. >> not in the constitution, certainly. >> not in the constitution. so who are you going to vote for? >> i'm not sure who i'm going to vote for. in the op-ed i published on monday i said someone like john kasich. i'm still looking for someone with executive and legislative experience. since the op-ed i have had electors from across the land call me on the phone. we have had interesting conversations. when the topic of who to vote for comes up, the name that keeps trickling back to the top is john kasich again and again. >> he says he doesn't want to be voted for. again, what gives you the power to do that? the whole point of the system is that you are sta

condemning israel sediment construction and some critics here in the us are calling down right undemocratic. >> we have rather iron clad information from sources in both the arab world and internationally that this was a deliberate push by the united states and the fact they helped create the resolution in the first place. and so it's deeply disappointing that this has been the path of president obama. >> to get even lake duck period when there are no checks and balances and you don't have to worry about any election is the most undemocratic thing a president could do to tie the hands of successor during the lame duck period. what he did was so nasty he pulled bait and switch. >> reporter: professor saying that the president was attemp attempting to get even with net yacht who for his add at congress you may recall. that was not received at the white house. and while most experts do expect the us israeli relationship to smooth over after this rough patch the same may not be said for u.s. relations with the united nations. at least if you listen to what donald trump is saying. take a look at

that is undemocratic. >> they said it's not unprecedented. do you want to add to the conversation here? >> yeah, i do. it is morally bankrupt to blame israel for the lack of peace in the middle east. they're in the history of the world when there has been a conflict of a democracy and hypocrisy, there is not a single instance where the democratic and free state were an obstacle to peace. this would be the unique exception in human history that the free people wanted war and the hypocrisy wanted peace. it is morally sick to blame israel for the lack of peace this the middle east. >> in the west bank -- dennis, dennis. >> who do you blame? who do you blame? >> the fallacy in your argument, talking about israel, a country you and i both love, israel is not a democracy in the west bank. in a place where the vast majority of people who are palestinian live under israeli control and lack the right to vote for the state that saved their lives. >> they rejected a state. >> the palestinians turned down a peace offer from barack, the palestinians turne

people think the senate is undemocratic. has two senators and every state regardless of population has at least three electoral votes. the candidates, they don't spend a lot of time in california and new york two big states, because they're not swing states, but spend a lot of time in small states such as new hampshire, a swing state. so the defense of it is, as trump who is a, a recent convert in the electoral college. phleb 2012. >> hated it. >> the popular vote. the defense is, states where the candidates would never go if we didn't have the electoral klemp and it gives some of the smaller states a little bit more of a say in the system. >> i've heard some democrats say, well, the senate is representative of states. right? you have the small states with two senators just like big states like california only have two senators. that should be enough. i mean, what do you say to that? >> it mirrors the undemocratic nature of the senate which was, of course, a compromise, when the constitution was written, is carried over into

that is something that happens in undemocratic states. that's how undemocratic states happen. as absurd as this all is, i really don't want to lose sight of the fact that there are very serious consequence for losing our grip on reality. >> yeah, that's a very important point. trump will always say things that are absurd, and in our discussion of them, we're going to smile, and we're going to laugh at certain moments. by the way, you can't go to an irish wake without seeing smiles and laughter. it's a way of dealing with grim situations. but that is one of the challenges here is balancing everything about this coverage, including the tone. >> sure, and i think the most important thing that was said all day today actually came in the appearance he gave at the carrier plant where he was explaining why it was that he felt that he had to go make this deal. the explanation was, when he was on the trail and talking about saving this plant, he didn't think he was speaking literally. he said i never actually meant that i was going to do this, and then some light bulb went off on top o

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it's so undemocratic for a president to tie the hands of the incoming president. it's going to make peace much, much more difficult to achieve. and this speech today, that the idea that secretary kerry would talk about israel not wanting to make peace, not saying that it offered a peace agreement, numerous times, every time the palestinians have rejected it. this speech should win an academy award for best fictional presentation. >> and you have already gone on the record calling it meaningless and a tragic missed opportunity. >> it tells the palestinians, you don't have to negotiate, you don't have to make painful compromises, we'll give you a state in paris, we'll give you a state at the u.n. the israelis have offered them open ended negotiations for the last several years, they have never taken them up on that. >> with just a few weeks left in the obama administration, you sat down and you said that president obama invited you to meet with him, before inauguration day. >> that's right. >> what was that meeting all about. >> he called me into the oval office for

all the undemocratic countries that have the goal to point the finger at israel.hey should go to israel. in terms of vibrant state, democracy, people of all races and religions together, living in freedom, the kind of freedom we're used to in the united states. so it's singling out israel when the united nations is made of nations of tyrants with no democracy and it's hypocritical. why should israel care about anything the unid nations says when it can't get a fair shake? >> congressman elliot engel, great to have you with us this morning. >>> a powerful winter storm is leaving tens of thousands of people without power in the midwest but temperatures set to soar above average in other parts of the country. we're live with the latest forecast. and this. >>> it's just sartitarting to s of sink in as far as it feels somewhat surreal. >> you'll hear from the mom who walked nearly 30 miles in the cold and snow to find help for her stranded family and survived to tell about it. you're watching msnbc. you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes

his predecessor has criticized the initiative saying it is undemocratic. >> who would have thought that santos would implement a dictatorship to impose impunity for terrorists? receceived thentos nonobel peace prize this year fr his peace effoforts. before with the rebels has raged for 52 years. it has killed more thahan 260,00 people. open for traffic. a new bridge in southwestern china is reported to be the highest in the world. stands at 565 meters high and spans 1.34 kilometers. it cuts commuting time from four hours down to j just one. it cost 100 million euros to completete. stayay with us. ♪ >> most of these children are refugees. between the mountains in switzerland and germany lies a village. it population has been boosted by asylum-seekers. someme locals were angered by plans to relocate them here. in the end the project went through. since february the new arrivals have been houston in this former police accommodation. are visiting the department. >> we are checking that the apartments are all clean. people live collectively here sharing facilities so we need to make sure eve

this is the most undemocrat thing a president can do. and what he did was so nasty.lled a bait and switch. >> saying basically that the president was attempting to get even to yahoo for his address that was not well received at the white house. . the fame may not be fed for u.s. relations for -- said for u.s. relations with the uns. take a look from a tweet from the pg&e. he said things will be different after january 20th, of course january 20th the date that at the will assume the office of the presidency. a date that can't come soon enough with many of his suppo. >>> the raiders plans and players with super boem dreams, derek car's broken leg is a nightmare. the star quarterback with mvp credentials is schedule surgery tomorrow. >>> it is of course a devastating blow for the oakland raiders, derek kar is one of the -- car is one of the best receivers in the nfl. what to expect and what the head coach had to stay about the injury today. >> raider fans coming to grips with exactly what went down on saturday. as derek went from one of the great stories to one of the

that is something that happens in undemocratic states. that's how undemocratic states happen. as absurd as this all is, i really don't want to lose sight of the fact that there are very serious consequence for losing our grip on reality. >> nayeayeah, that's a very impt point. trump will always say things that are absurd, and in our discussion of them, we're going to smile, and we're going to laugh at certain moments. by the way, you can't go to an irish wake without seeing smiles and laughter. it's a way of dealing with grim situations. but that is one of the challenges here is balancing everything about this coverage, including the tone. >> sure, and i think the most important thing that was said all day today actually came in the appearance he gave at the carrier plant where he was explaining why it was that he felt that he had to go make this deal. the explanation was, when he was on the trail and talking about saving this plant, he didn't think he was speaking literally. he said i never actually meant that i was going to do this, and then some light bulb went off on top o

they call the accusations undemocratic and hypocritical and say it wouldn't have changed who won the election. >> what a lot of do you have or anything has that this affected the election? >> reporter: president obama has ordered a review of the harks. it will be before the january 20th inauguration. president obama says they should pay a price. perhaps referring to secret bank accounts that could be frozen. critics say it may not matter because in a month the new trump administration could do them. >> the electoral college votes in four days. thank you, monica. >>> a decision from delaware supreme court today on the death penalty means 12 death row inmates spared from execution. the state supreme court ruled in august that the delaware death penalty law was unconstitutional. today the court determined that applies retroactively. the decision came due to an appeal by derrick powell who was convicted of killing georgetown police officer spicer in 2009. he will now be resentenced to life in prison. >>> police trying to track down the bandit who broke into a student apartment on north 1

that motion will in my seeking to support the outcome of the referendum in the most profoundly undemocratic fashion. >> mister speaker, this country's nuclear arsenal is the ultimate defense that must be maintained at all costs yet hundreds of my constituents who work at the atomic weapons establishment are currently on strike or work through in a dispute over pensions. these are people who devoted their entire working lives to defending a nuclear defense and promises were made to privatization. can i ask that the leader of the house sit down with the prime minister and review the situation to ensure those promises are being kept? >> i will ensure the prime minister is informed about this matter. my honorable friend is right to raise these concerns on behalf of his constituents. my understanding is the proposed changes to the established weapons scheme are a matter for the company and employer but i can assure my honorable friend defense secretary has been in close contact with awp throughout the process and also met the trade union and is carefully considering recent developments to see wh

that seems very undemocratic except that what was going on here was the party leaders and followers were controlling who had their brand, so to speak. when we opened up -- and only the united states have done this -- the system to primaries, parties lost control over who the nominee was. it became this free-for-all. it was not until this election that someone got nominated who had no deep roots in the republican party. in fact, what used to happen in the old system for all of this downsides, was that you had an element of what the political scientists call "peer review. other people who knew this person and new things about them was -- them -- was here she capable echo did he or she have money problems? they knew things that the voters are likely not to know. that peer-reviewed gave us some ok presidents. we don't have it anymore. host: this is an argument to give more power back to the party elite. guest: yep. there was talk, everybody was complaining about the democratic superdelegates. on the republican side, they were wishing they had more superdelegates. this something both politica

against that motion will, in my view, be seeking to thwart the outcome of the referendum in the most undemocratic manner. mr. speaker, this country's nuclear deterrence is our ultimate defense and must be maintained. yet hundreds of my constituents work at the atomic weapons company are on strike. these are people who devoted their entire lives depending on the color defense. clear defense. can we ensure those promises are being kept? that the primee minister is informed about this matter. you are right to waive these concerns. my understanding, mr. speaker, if the proposed changes of the atomic weapon scheme is under consideration. my friend the defense secretary has been in contact with awb and the trade unions. they are viewing other developments to see what might be done. >> and is a whole house will join me in sending their heartfelt constituent -- the man who took his own life when he tried to sign on to the job center. shortly before taking his own life, he told his mom, the way they treat people, there is no wonder you would commit suicide. will the leader of the house undertake a review

about anyone in further line between israel prosettlement policies of what he can arise to an undemocratic state. what's your response to that? >> there is talk about how many jewish settlers there are and most of them are in area that is you would expect to be part of israel in a two-state solution. also, israel has demonstrated both in the settlement and of a capacity to remove those settlements that are harmful to a peace process and benjamin netanya netanyahu's party has been at the forefront of removing any settlements that's called for removal for the peace process. there was a ten-month settlement freeze that was not used for the palestinia palestinians. what's most missing is how what's most missing is how outrageous the palestinian with 100% nutrition, 0% fillers, always real meat #1. lifelong smart nutrition. it's all in one. purina one. >>> at msnbc world headquarters in new york. some breaking news this hour just in from "associated press." palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he's ready to resume peace talks if israel freezes settlement. benjamin netanyahu just spoke in je

. >> to get even in the lame duck period when there are no checks banlds is the most undemocrat thing a president could do. >> he says his government won't accept the decision and may get the results he wants from donald trump. the pg&e tweeted recently as to the un, things will be different after january 20th. >>> one christmas crash ends with two grieving families. coming up next, investigators looking into alcohol as the cause of the crash. >>> still to come, a look back at george michael's hits that span decades. . >>> the christmas holiday has turned into tragedy for two families after a double fatal accident? san jose. jesse tells us that police investigators say alcohol may have been a factor in the crash. >> reporter: the day after christmas see the double dose of grieving across this stretch of capital expressway in san jose. >> my sister was caring and loving and honest and a hard worker. >> reporter: she says her 25-year-old sister was also a single parent to a five-year-old girl san jose police say shortly after midnight on christmas day she was driving her white chevy mal

group of donors that vladimir putin's grudge against her likely led to his involvement in hacks undemocratichat's according to a report by cnn. clinton was a frequent critic of the russian president during her tenure as secretary of state. at one point, she even suggested the russian elections were unfair. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm elisa parenti, this is bloomberg. vonnie: thanks. president obama's vowing to retaliate against russia for attempts to influence the u.s. presidential election. speaking to npr yesterday, the president said russia must pay the price. president obama: i think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our we need to take action. and we will come at a time and place of our own choosing. explicit andy be publicized. some of it may not be. vonnie: joining me to discuss u.s. russian relations as someone who just got back from tosia, a onetime adviser president elect trump and founder of glover -- global capital. there's a lot of chatter about r

it is so undemocratic for a lame duck president to take his aim and peak at another country by tying hands of another president. it will make peace much much more difficult to achieve. >> a parting shot for vladimir putin as president obama is expected to announce new sanctions over russia's alleged interference in our 2016 election. critic of the outgoing administration is slamming the president for weakness when it comes to moscow. insisting iron fist isn't the only way to stop russian meddling. >> vladmir putin is a thug and a bully and a murderer. he understands strength. we are still the strongest nation on earth. we have to do it right. >> now the fbi and cia have evidence showing russia intervened to help mr. trump win. russia denies that and is making possible retaliations of its own against washington. >> now to a fox business alert. donald trump delivering on his promise to bring more jobs to america. >> cheryl casone is here with mr. trump's big announcement. >> all of this going down yesterday. the president elect wasting no time. 8,000 new jobs would be created in the un

at that point you're entering into the second part which is undemocratic. it could enforce the jewish nature but not in a democratic fashion. it would be doing it in any fashion. you have the jewish nature, the democratic nature, and the occupation. you can't have any three of those exist. either israel will be a democratic state and it has to give up the occupation. or it let's go of the democratic nation and remains a jewish stwat the occupying power over the palestinian lives that are there. >>> up next, the united states is getting ready to retaliate. >>> welcome back to "hardball." two senior white house officials have confirm to nbc news the white house will soon announce how it intends to punish russia for meddling in the 2016 election with a public statement coming as early as tomorrow or friday. the "washington post" first reported, the measures will entail economic sanctions in diplomatic censure. they are expect to include covert action that will invite cove sanctions. they are calling it a provocation direct by the white house. it is promising t

that's undemocratic to edith come you have to run against her.id i like blanche and i want to blanche to npd said but it's democracy. you have to run against her. >> did you run a very bad campaign on purpose? >> he did. he ran for president of the bronx and iran against blanche after my brother had the elections the same day. might rather proudly came home and he said his campaign was for me first and he lost by one vote, his own. i however prepared a speech that blanche could maybe be proud of the not ashamed of when she was running against me. there were 3000 faces in the audience. i was not a happy camper. blanche i was so glad you won. you cannot know how loved she was and how active she was. my question is for blanche and then i have a comment about my brother's relationship with eleanor roosevelt. my brother and i went to her mother and three we were students at hunter in the bronx. we said moments we are signing up to go on the freedom rides and she said it's very dangerous. he said mom, that's the way you raised us and she said you are r

that's not only undemocratic, it's bizarre. aha, you say, the electoral college must then work brilliantly for the small states if not for the big ones. nope. in 2016 in our most recent five elections, 12 of the 13 smallest states, those with only three or four electors have been total fly-over country. hillary clinton did not spend any time, money or resources contesting the small red states of north dakota, south dakota, montana, alaska, idaho or wyoming. and donald trump expended zero resources competing for the votes of americans living in the small blue states of rhode island, delaware, vermont, hawaii or the district of columbia. of the 13 smallest states, only new hampshire, already blessed by its primacy in the primaries attracts campaign visits and budgets in field offices and so on. all told the dozen smallest states in the country have about the same population as ohio. and because of the two senatorial bonus electors, they actually have 40 electors compared to ohio's 18. but while the presidential candidates spend t

at that point you're entering into the second part which is undemocratic. it could enforce the jewish nature but not in a democratic fashion. it would be doing it in any fashion. you have the jewish nature, the democratic nature, and the occupation. you can't have any three of those exist. either israel will be a democratic state and it has to give up the occupation. or it let's go of the democratic nation and remains a jewish stwat the occupying power over the palestinian lives that are there. >>> up next, the united states is getting ready to retaliate. h- that i was on the icelandic game show. and everyone knows me for discounts, like safe driver and paperless billing. but nobody knows the box behind the discounts. oh, it's like my father always told me -- "put that down. that's expensive." of course i save people an average of nearly $600, but who's gonna save me? [ voice breaking ] and that's when i realized... i'm allergic to wasabi. well, i feel better. it's been five minutes. talk about progress. [ chuckles ] okay. talk about progress. [ chuckles ]

exactly right and the description of course, is a clash of values as a conflict, as society society, undemocraticfamily , we have a number that come into conflict and as you have just heard, many of those arias' within the context of bill of rights guarantee. did his hard end requires hard work and part of this is the citizenry to do the work as best you can sell your and informed citizen to be a part of that dialogue. >> when of of things that we focus on is the effect of technology on these different rights that we see. the first amendment refers to freedom of the press. that was made out of pieces and metal and you would twist set to print a page but now a buddy with their phone and a twitter has a printing press. so talk about the freedom of search and seizure that was the red coats grabbing you looking for your couch now one it could be an algorithm in a server or a satellite. how do you reconcile these changes that by their very scope has uh quantity affect the of quality? >> the genius of the founders and they do use that word advisedly because as justice marshall would say and you would h

we believed in the idea of democracy, about citizenships and their country, it is a profoundly undemocratic institution. it is an 18th-century institution. this will be the second time in recent history when the person who won the most votes was not chosen as president, and the second time there have been all these distractions about what are essentially side issues, which i think limit our ability to have a useful conversation about what we really think in the 21st century, that it is more important to represent wyoming's rights in the process than it is making sure this person who gets the votes of more citizens wins the office. mr. rosenthal: ok. paul mentioned the word filibuster. oneggested earlier that thing to keep one's eye on about this direction administration or republican domination of washington will go is to watch whether they change the rules of things. i think that whether the filibuster remains, or whether if its knocked out, and gets knocked out very early on, this will be a very telling indicator of which direction things will go in. since it is kosher to say -- to throw

the president of the united states is acting very undemocratically in his last days in office. >> andhis confrontation will continue after a break, including how trump's u.n. intervention could impact relations with some arab nations. plus, president obama takes a parting shot at president trump's rhetoric. it's coming up to 10 minutes past 11:00 here in los angeles. ♪ ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer ♪ miller beer isjust wanna see ifa again? my score changed... you wanna check yours? scores don't change that much. i haven't changed. oh, really? ♪ it's girls' night they said business casual. i love summer weddings! oh no. yeah, maybe it is time. maybe i should check my credit score. try credit karma. it's free. oh woah. that's different. check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. listen, sugar, we're lettin' you go. it's that splenda naturals gal, isn't it? coffee: look, she's sweet, she's got natural stevia, no bitter aftertaste, and zero calories. all the partners agree? even iced tea? especially iced tea. goodbye, s

that is extremely undemocratic to install mrs. clinton, would have been more democratic. >> right.ut, as you said, it wasn't the system we currently have. it's about the electoral college. >> well, it is that's why we are lobbying the electors. >> it's inconsistent. >> it's not inconsistent at all, tucker. >> i want to put up on the screen your problems with trump. you put out a video a lot of views explaining why electors ought to vote against him. here, i think, are the key rationales. here it. >> speaking of unfit leaders, donald trump would be the first president ever in our nation's history who has never held public office. he wants americans to register with the government based on religion. and he has promised to sue reporters who criticize him. that's a serious assault on our constitutional rights. those are just some of the reasons that we're asking every elector to think very carefully about their vote this year. vote their con venezuela. conscience cast their ballots against donald trump. >> these are the reasons you gave in video. they are all wrong. there have been fiv

one writer who believes our kindergarten system is inherently undemocratic and >> vote has come and gone trump will be the 45th president of the united states that has not stopped the debate over whether the electoral system is a good idea or fair. a recent op-ed article electoral college has always been the wrong way to choose a president. he joins us now with his plans to fix it ken, thanks a lot for coming on. >> glad to be with you. >> you start the piece by saying trump's election is another piece of evidence that it's a bad system and thank you for being straightforward about how you feel politically and that's fine. but you basically make the case if i'm understanding it that the electoral college is bad because it's not democratic enough. it doesn't respect the idea of one man one vote enough which i think is a real argument. but your solution, did i get that right. >> absolutely. okay. so one man one vote is what the supreme court setted in the 1960's is the sum and substance of the 14th amendment. due process, equal protection of laws. means one person, one vote. same weight. t

that is not only undemocratic, it's bizarre. the electoral college must then work for the small states if not for big ones. in 2016 in our most recent collections, 12 of the 13 smallest states, those are three or four electors have been total flyover country. hillary clinton did not spend any time, money or resources in the small red states of north dakota, south dakota, montana, alaska, idaho and donald trump expends your resources living in the small states of rhode island, dead where are the district of columbia. of the 13 smallest states, on the new hampshire rd blessed by the primaries that tracks campaign visits and budget in field offices and so on. all told the dozen states have the same population as ohio. because of the two senatorial bonus to the terrace, they actually have 40 lakh as compared to ohio state team. other presidential candidates spend tens of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of staff hours in ohio coming to spend essentially to your resources and time fighting in a small states except for new ha

out with business as usual, with bashar al assad at the head of a very narrowly defined, very undemocraticn government, i'm not sure that's an end game we can necessarily subscribe to. at the same time, though, we need to get real about some of this opposition. our whole policy, help the moderates, they will be able to deal with the led moderate, smu in assad goes away, the less moderates will say we'll leave the scene. i don't any it's that easy and we should not have put ourselves only talking with a narrow slice of the op saingsd not talking at all toy d the assad government. >> it is a very difficult situation there, as you outline. thank you very much. >>> coming up, more staff announcements of imminent. details on that. plus, trump's state department pick under fire for reneging on a promise to congress. right after this. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a photo of you opening the safe. a post using the hashtag "#justrobbedthesafe" so, what are we supposed to think? switching to geico could save you a bunch of money on car insurance. excellent point. case dismis

this is barack obama, the lame duck president, undemocratically with no checks and balances at a time when congress is out of session, just getting even, letting his passion prevail over policy. david: but, would he do such a thing at the risk of israel's future? >> he would. he would do it at the risk of america's future. david: does he not care about israel's future. >> i'm not sure he cares about america's future. he cares about his own legacy. he burnishes it he doesn't get this is bad for america. remember if he was opposed just to settlement building he could have had a resolution saying we opposed settlement bidding we're critical of the settlement build building in the west bank. david: there is more to the resolution than just settlements. >> it goes to the heart of jewish gushes. says jews can't pray at holiest site of judaism andcan't go to jerusalem university. david: aimed ad demographic competition, character status of palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including ease jerusalem that would include the west wall, wailing wall. >> it is not palestinian territory. pa

the president of the united states is acting very undemocratically in his last days in office. 88 senators told him not to do it. the vast majority of the house of representatives don't want him to do it. the american public is not in favor of it. he wouldn't have had the guts to do this when he was still running for office but as a lame duck president, he now feels he can tie the hands, he can get even with netanyahu and he can create his own private personal legacy but in the end, the legacy will be that he will have made it much more difficult to have a two-state solution and a peaceful negotiation. >> aaron, the same question for you. do you think the president-elect had to weigh in on this? >> i think alan has some good points but i don't see it playing out quite that well, don. had this resolution been introduced, and i suspect it still might but the odds are against that because president el sisi having being caught in the middle is going to wash his hands of this. i think it would have played out in a different way. it would not have tied the next administration's hands. the presid

. >> the most undemocratic thing a president could do to tie the hands of the successor. >> thank god25 days we will see a change in the american administration and also a change in america policy. >> a significant international crisis erupted on friday when most americans were paying attention to the hlly d holiday. the united states in an unprecedented move decided to abstain on a u.n. vote. it's a vote that will have lasting consequences or will it? let's bring in our panel. steve haze, mara and charles krauthammer. how much damage is done as a result of this? >> this is very serious damage. it cannot be undone, because you can't change security council resolution without the russians and chinese and you are not going to get it. the ben rhodes statement is so disingenuous. the ideas that the israelis didn't have a hand in this, the resolution, shows up and they decide to abstain, is ridiculous. does anybody think that ven w venezuela and new zealand spent nights slaving over the worldinworld i wording? of course no. this was a u.s. operation. if rhodes is right, this was only about

>> first of all, obama purposefully tried to tie the hands of his successor, which is undemocratic during a lame duck period. it will make it much harder for trump to bring about a negotiated peace, because the palestinians have no incentive to do it. look, this is not policy. this is a president who is angry and is trying to get even. there's no other way of explaining why the president would allow this kind of overwrought resolution that doesn't speak only to the expanded settlements, but speaks to the heart of jewish jerusalem. it is a revenge, not a policy. and it is part of obama's legacy. he is going to go down in history as one of the best domestic presidents and the worst foreign policy president in the history of the united states. when you think about history, opening up to russia, the iran deal, and now this culminates it. one of the worst foreign policy presidents in american history. shame on him for doing this on the way out. >> ambassador, that's a pretty bold criticism of president obama. do you agree with that assessment? >> i wouldn't have gone quite so far, almost i alm

it is ugly, it is mean spirited, it is unconstitutional and undemocratic. >> and rev rend barber, we've seen throughout not just in north carolina but other states republican legislatures and governors use their power to, for instance, stop cities from removing the minimum wage, taking away local power if it's local power that would essentially help poor people, draw districts that make it impossible to vote. you see them trying to strip local communities of power unless it's republican power. what can democrats do to emulate moral mondays and fight back the way you are? >> we have to have a massive moral pushback in every state. we have to have movements led from the bottom up. we have to fight from day one and understand why this is happening. it is not because of the weakness of the progressives in the south, it's because of potential power. if you get blacks and brown people and white people working together around a common moral agenda, we can transform many of these states. they know the only way to hold on to power is through trickery. part of that should inspire us to fight back

that's not only undemocratic, it's bizarre. aha, you say, the electoral college must then work brilliantly for the small states if not for the big ones. nope. in 2016 in our most recent five elections, 12 of the 13 smallest states, those with only three or four electors have been total fly-over country. hillary clinton did not spend any time, money or resources contesting the small red states of north dakota, south dakota, montana, alaska, idaho or wyoming. and donald trump expended zero resources competing for the votes of americans living in the small blue states of rhode island, delaware, vermont, hawaii or the district of columbia. of the 13 smallest states, only new hampshire, already blessed by its primacy in the primaries attracts campaign visits and budgets in field offices and so on. all told the dozen smallest states in the country have about the same population as ohio. and because of the two senatorial bonus electors, they actually have 40 electors compared to ohio's 18. but while the presidential candidates spend t

the new administration will give the israeli government a free hand to deepen its fundamentally undemocratic and abuse of control over palestinian land resources and rights." donald trump's cabinet is the richest in history. the 17 people trump has selected for either cabinet or cabinet-level positions so far have nearly $10 billion in combined wealth. that's more than the 43 million poorest americans have combined, and trump has still not filled some key positions. one of trump's top advisers has suggested that trump may give his eldest daughter ivanka and her husband jared kusher formal positions in the white house, claiming the trump transition team believes they've found an exception to the united states' anti-nepotism laws kellyannconway said -- "the anti-nepotism law apparently has an exception if you want to work in the st , bethe presiden able to appoint his own staff." trump has already sparked increasing concerns about conflicts of interest by including his adult children in key political meetings, including the vetting of potential cabinet members given , his children's role in ru

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i think the electoral college is undemocratic. this is regardless of the outcome for this election.e do see this election where the candidate who won almost 3 million more votes is not going to win the electoral college. i think the electoral college had a purpose, especially when we weren't in a situation when you could have nationwide campaigns. you needed some representation for the far away areas. now, with nationwide campaigns, a lot of people in many states, in most of the states, feel their vote doesn't really matter because the electoral college is going to come down to only a handful of states. i think that is a problem. >> josh, thank you very much. glad to have you on. >> thanks, poppy. >> that is the "legal view." now to the politics of it all. president-elect donald trump weighed in on the push to flip electors from some earlier this evening. here's what he tweeted. if my many supporters acted like those who lost the election are doing, they would be scorned and called terrible names. the incoming white house chief of staff, reince priebus, was on fox news this morning