and, also, just to say a word on behalf of my colleague yamiche. she would not a a racist question. iment to get that on rec>>d. ell, i think that questions with racist impoulications, , maybe that is a better way of saying it than how it was said, but it's the implications are-- are weighting.pr and, again, thsident took 68 questions from 35 different reporters today. i know as a very well and deeply respected many of the press corps for many years, jud deck epidemic-- i know you must appreciate as we all do a president willing to engage in front of the cameras for 90 minutes nonstop, including with leur colue from pbs.

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let's turn now to our yamiche alcindor at the white house. we reported earlier on the president's forcing out his attorney general jeff sessions. we've been trying to understand what happened. what do you know frm quar reporting before i ask you about the election, what do you know from your reporting about the decision to ask the attorney general to go? >> reporter: ll, jeff sessionss' firing was a long time coming. president trump for months w raelg against jeff sessions. he really blamed jeff sessions for a special counsel had been appointed. to look at the prsident's campaign' connections with russia, the president really looked at jeff sessions as someone who was a thorn in his side. he want to fire him for a long time. the one thing that was really surprisis to white house ai that i talked to was the timing when he announced he fired jeff ssions. he hd what long press conference are but didn't break the news. whe house aides said they expected the president to talk about je sessions there and didn't do it so he broke the news after. >>

yamiche, don't go far. i want to bring you back a little later to continue an important conversation. >>> someone familiar with just how this white house works and perhaps how it does not work, she joins me now from washington. omarosa manigault newman, of course the former director of communications for the office of public liaison at the white house. always good to see you. thanks for being with me. the name that keeps coming up, this nick ayers as a replacement for general kelly, nick ayers, vice president, pence's chief of staff. you've got a history with both men here. what's your sense about what's going on in the white house right now? >> i think that nick has been gunning for the chief of staff job for a long time, but you have to also realize there's another name that's mick mulvaney. he also is still in the running. everyone's saying nick because nick is putting that out probably through his camp. don't forget that mick mulvaney also was a name thrown around often for this position. so yes, nick w

that was yamiche. i don't know how we got onto april.en there when he was talking to abby about pril ryan. how are we connecting. the common thread is clear. black and woman. threatening. >> tell your friends. you all know each other. set up the meeting with the black caucus. >> outrageous. >> is that the way the president should talk to an african american? >> it's no laughing matter. >> talk to your people for me. >> don't do that. >> you know myself and my father before me are very hesitant to use a word that is overly use td. which is racist or bigoted. we read the story, boy who cried wolf. and the problem comes you keep using it over and over again. >> i hear you. >> what happens when the real wolf comes. >> the behavior. we don't need labels necessarily. he said to april ryan. >> i'll label him. >> set up the meeting with the black caucus. >> your friends. with your friends. >> if we were advising anybody in a petition of power and here's what i'm going to say when the african american reporter asks me. set up a meeting with your

our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor was in the room and joins me now. hi, yamiche. so the president has made it very clear, he is not happy with general motors for announcing that it is going to close some plants, it is going o layff thousands of employees. the president just today, we're learning, given an interview where he's commented on that to the "washington post." rell us what you know. >> well, the pesident is make it abundantly clear that he is not appywith general motors. on twitter, he railed against the company, and he said he was considering cutting all r,bsidies to the auto make including subsidies that allow them to be able to make electric cars. he accused g.m. of wanting to make cars in mexo and chna instead of in the united states, and that white house top adviser, lar kudlow, came to the podium, and said that he had a lengthy conversation with theo c.e.g.m., and he personally expressed how disappointed he was, how the prident gave a wide-ranging interview to the "washington post," and in it he blames federal reserve chairman jay powell as part of

yamiche, eli, evan, thank you. quick break. >>> up next, who will control the democrats? but first, lawyer and self-proclaimed democratic presidential hopeful michael avenatti, he was arrested yesterday in l.a. on suspicion of felony domestic violence. speaking outside the police station after posting bail, avenatti denied the charge, saying he has been an advocate for women's rights his entire career and has never struck a woman. in response to the arrest, the vermont democratic party canceled a series of events with avenatti planned for next month. his estranged wife says she was not involved in the alleged incident. it's quite confusing. incident it's quite confusing dad: oh, hey guys! mom (on speakerphone): hi! son (on speakerphone): dad, i scored two goals today! dad: oh, that's great! vo: getting to a comfortable retirement doesn't have to be an uncomfortable thought. see how lincoln can help you retire on your terms at lincolnfinancial.com - [narrator] meet shark's newest robot vacuum. it powerfully cleans f

there are people that are very worried about that. >> yamiche and nancy, stick around, more after theg on and talking to us. you can find heidi's story on n nbcnews.com. >>> first, monica lewinsky in a new clip in that documentary she participated in opens up about her early flirtations with bill clinton. >> i didn't get it until the first time i was really in his presence. i was struck in a way that he had this ability to hold everybody who was there, not just young women, not just older women but young men, older men, gay, straight, everybody is sort of starry eyed in his presence. i kind of have to laugh at my younger self, but that was when my crush started. >> the filmmaker behind that a and e series the clinton affair, which airs sunday, is coming up next hour right here on msnbc. i've always looked forward to what's next. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfa

s business model. >> woodruff: different subject, yamiche. there has been a lot of speculation about whether the president would pardon his former campaign manager, paul manafort, whis very much in the news today. what is the white house saying about that? ingthe white house is say that president trump has not spoken to anyone at the white house about pardoning his fomir campaign chairman, paul manafort. but the president has been going after bob mueller and the russia investigation pretty tough. he tweeted today that robert mueller was "a rogue prosecutor," and that he was doing tremendous damage to the criminal justice system. but sarah sanders said because president trump has notred robert mueller yet, and because he has not stopped the russia dvestigation, that we sho all look at that, reporters and the public included, and asce evidhat president trump is going to continue to let robert mueller do his job. >> woodruff: just last th, quickly, yamiche, the press at the white house, there's been a really contentious relationship there for a

alan gomez, yamiche alcindor, thank you. >> thank you so much. . in the day's other news, a new wildfire exploded to life in northern california, and fials ordered an entire town of 27,000 people, including a hospital, to evacuate. high winds drove the fast-moving flames toward paradise, 180 miles northeast of san francisco. witnesses described homes engulfed by the fire. with the fire growing rapidly, nothe state hadeclared an emergency in the region. u.s. supreme court justice ruth nsbader rg was in a washington hospital today, after she fractured three ribs. 85ginsburg i a spokeswoman said she fell in her office last night, and was hospitalized early this morning. the justice broke two ribs in 2012, and had other health prlems, but she has never missed upreme court arguments. in justice ginsburg's absence, the court went ahead with a ceremony welcoming new justice brett kavanaugh, who was sworn in last month. president trump attended today's event, along with the first lady. the seven other justicesnd new acting attorney general matthew whitaker

general barry mccaffery, yamiche all sin "door," thank you for joining us.ead over to the big board. not all the results are in, but most of this are in. enough that we can take a fresh look, try to put that in some perspective. exactly what happened, how the country is increasingly diverse demographics is changing our political landscape. this is "hardball" where the action is. he action is. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregn

joining mike and aaron here in the studio, yamiche alcindor. joyce and chuck are still here as well. take us through whitaker's role not just as a whitaker skeptic, but also as an enthussist for what you report donald trump is keen to do. >> this is the justice department who obviously is open to these ideas that the president would like. the president would like a second special counsel to look into hillary, to look into comey. he had talked with whitaker. i don't know if it was specifically about that but about this matter before he came on to do this. and you know, the president feels that a second special counsel would sort of even things out. if i have to have a special counsel, why can't you have a special counsel? and he thinks in the public sphere that would be beneficial to him. >> so i watched jeff sessions and rod rosenstein field questions about his second special counsel under oath in front of the house intel committee and the house judiciary committee. they have said it wasn't warranted. what facts is matt whitaker in possession o

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisaar dens. >> woodruff: yamiche and lisa are both here with me now. have been out on the trail reporting on all this. yamiche, as you said in your rert, the tv nework's facebook said they're not going to air this ad that the trump campaign put out showing migrant. the argue is that it's racially inseweitive. what dnow about this ad and the trump camign decision to run it. >> it's viewed widely athas racist. this is featuring a man who killed two sheriff's deputies, undocumented immigrant now on inath row in dray -- california, and the president is asking the voters to lok at all the other immigrants and say, this man is dangeus and that's stereotypical and that's unacceptable. that's pretty remarkable for the president of the united states to be tolyour add cannot be run on major networks. add to that the fact that people e looking at president trump and saying his rhetoric has been unhelpful and is forging racial divisions here. this morning the president was on a call wit0,h 0 supporters and he's sounding a bit fearful of what could be comming toorr

tonight, he is at the white hou, and so is our own yamiche alcindor. hello, yamiche. so what has the president been doing and saying today as he waits for the results to start to come in? >> well, the president hasn't been seen on camera, but he has essentially thrun a watch party behind me at the white house. the president on twitter has u being people to vote for specific republican candidates in states like flori, illinois, and michigan. and he's been tweeting out polling locations some when president is done campaigning for the midterms on the trail, he's campaigning on soal media, rolling out some last-minute endorsements for ntpublican candidates. then the presiill be later tonight gearing with family and friends, some of the people who might be there might be ivanka trump, his daughter who works at the white house, as well as jared jared kushner, hi son-in-law, who works at the white house. the president doesn'want to see these midterms as a referendum on his presidency, buhe will likely beeering if republicans do well and likely not be talking about it if repu

yamiche, thank you. thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to all of you as well. >> thanks. >>> trump backlash, the bushbpuk from his own party including one senator calling the white house a pr firm for the crown prince. >>> also, talking turkey and politics, we'll have a family style conversation about whether it's better to avoid or engage in political conversations tomorrow. >>> and mississippi runoff, the republican running for senate there under fire for talking about public hangings, the virtue of suppressing the vote and wearing the hat of a confederate soldier, but it should be noted she is still the favorite to win. with moderate te plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic react

for more on this, i want to bring in yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs "newshour."lso with us, betsy woodruff, daily beast reporter and an msnbc contributor. so as hans just said, yamiche, the president has actually been lying pretty low this week, even not going to the usual veterans day appearance monday. but now he's unleashing. is this as you -- excuse me -- as you see it, just more pressure building? >> i think it's definitely more pressure building. the president loves photo hops. and he's been really skipping even the most easiest photo ops. you think of the idea that he stayed home after veterans day when he was supposed to be going to arlington cemetery, for people who don't live in d.c. is really, really, really close to the white house. i think it's remarkable that the president hasn't really engaged with the media this week, but it's also not surprising, because i think he's in a bad mood, mainly because of the midterm results that are coming in and these late, breaking midterm results. democrats have been picking up even more seats in the house. and the

yamiche alcindor, eli stokols, susan page, you guys are like the ghost of christmas past. you guys know this guy and you're bringing it all up. everybody who ever knew trump say, same old trump, same old trump. >>> we have some breaking news now. nbc news is now ready to make the following call. nbc is calling democrat andrew kim the apparent winner in new jersey's third congressional district. that's another democratic pickup. >>> and coming up, trump's attempt to install a loyalist at the very top of the justice department, that would be whitaker, is generating backlash on both sides of the aisle now. are republican lawmakers finally onboard with legislation to protect mueller and his investigation? >>> plus, after a democratic victory last week, winning between 35 and 40 seats in the house of representatives, can the party ride the blue wave out of the midterms into 2020? >>> and the progressive caucus in the house is now facing off against a more moderate group of incoming democratic freshman, fresh people, i guess. can pelosi keep both groups happy? >>> and an illumin

the reason he has issues with people like me and april and yamiche and on and on is because -- >> all well-dressed? >> all well-dressed, all good looking, actually, all great at what we do, and when you're someone who has experienced discrimination. when you can see the con and the discrimination from miles away, he knows it. he knows we see him, and so the first people he will attack will be us because i see you coming, brother. i get it. i get your racism. i get your bigotry. i get your con. i get your lies. i've seen that. we have a sixth sense about us where we understand all of that maybe before people who hadn't had to deal with it see it. >> so what does it mean to you when you hear other african-americans say, no, it's not true. that's just -- >> you can be african-american, you can be anyone and you can be coopted by a lot of things. yeah. and doesn't mean they're always telling you the truth either. there's expediency. sometimes when you are in that position it's the first -- it's the shortest line to the front. you know what i'm saying? >> i understand. >> yeah. the people

and so is our yamiche alcindor. we don't have that many surprising results yet it's prety much what have so far. are they saying much at the white house yet. >> they're no saying much at the white house but as the fred grows his watch party of familyj and fleppest outside the gates right next to me there's a large protest happening where people are having a party essential anthey're saying n means no and this memovement, they should be taken seriously.g this is a eam because of course the fred stands accbyused everal women of sexual assault and misbehavior. peop outside the gates ae trying to send a message to the president. you can hear pretty easily. winning in virginia is a big deal for the trump brand because wexton ha talked about here poetment barbara comstock shoul be calrbara trumpstock so while he was not on the ballot he was someone talked about in ad after ad. nk's a big deal for the trump band and i thihe president's probably looking at that and a little nervous as these returns come in. >> woodruff: tak

. >> those three reporters are april ryan, ay fill im, and our own yamiche alcindor who were singled for particular insult and derision from the president. >> particularly yamiche, and it's true of april ryanbb andy phillips, but yamiche asked a legitimate question about nationalism and the encouragement of sympathy that he gave to right nationalism, and we already are aware of support, echoes of support forr him ese groups and individuals, and so he immediately tacked her f a racist question. i mean, this is the oldest igambthe world. he does it over and again. it's a bullying tactic. it's a mean-spirited tactic, and it's... to me, i shows the pressure that he is feeling from this defeat that he sufferedon tuesday. i thought we got a little peek into how he treats those around him in the white house by the way he treated those in th press. the jim acosta thing is unrgivable. to use a doctored tape from inf wars to someke the case hoat he had mistreated this white intern, which he did not do, i don't know, i just wish sam donaldson and helen thomas had a shot at this guy. >> mark shi

i want you to listen to this exchange with yamiche alcindor of pbs news hour. the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. now people are also saying -- >> i don't know why you say that. that's such a racist question. >> there are some people that say -- >> no. >> -- that now the republican party is seen as supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric. >> oh, i don't believe it. >> what do you make of that? >> i don't believe it. i don't know. why do i have my highest poll numbers ever with african-americans? why do i have among the highest poll numbers with african-americans? i mean why do i have my highest poll numbers? poll numbers with african-americans? that's such a racist question. >> none of it makes any sense except the way yamiche alcindor handled that. she was a consummate pro asking a legit question that was handled horribly. boy did she stand strong in the face of power. that's not easy. don lemon is here. your take, my brother? >> it makes no sense. they're right. what do

. >> woodruff: lisa joins me from capitol hill, alongside our white house correspoent yamiche alcindorod to see both of ou at the capitol. we are used to seeing you apart. but there is so much to talk about. so lisa, let's pick up with the democrats in the house. nancy pelosi's efforts to be atected speaker, where does t stand right now? ed well, if you ask mrs. pelosi's team, they say that she is going to be speaker. they point out she does hav support from a majority of house dem kratds and this is exactly n what she needs wmocrats vote internally two weeks from now. but that is just step one in th process. step two comes in january, judy, when whoever wants to be speaker needs to get a majority of the full house, so to do that nancy pelosi would need more like 95% of her caucus to support her. she does not have thatt ri now, in particular ten of the new freshman who arrived today campaigned saying that they would vote no, not to supportna y pelosi and other two dozen who haven't said which way they would go. there is aroup of dem kratds without are putting out a letter trying to get

yamiche, we were just talking about this.ering the white house is simply more contention than win overed it decades ago, isn't it? >> it is. after this ruling, esident trump is talki about decorum, but covering of the trump white house is not an orderly thing. the president has lashed out at reporters, frequently interrupts yireporters when you're to ask a question. sarah sanders has questioned the integrity and the fairness of reporters so, often people think reporters are being rude when they're wahing at home on tv. really, i can say sometimes from experience you have to talk over the president or sarah sanders in order to get a question in and in order to finish a thought. >> woodruff: well, thank you, yamiche. it's important to get your perspective. >> tanks. woodruff: we continue our look at the president's relationship with the press, withmargaret sullivan, "washington post" media columnist and longtime journamlist. anrc lotter. he served as press secretary to vice president mike pence, and as special assistant to the

that's such a racist question. >> none of it makes any sense except the way yamiche alcindor handleda consummate pro asking a legit question that was handled horribly. boy did she stand strong in the face of power. that's not easy. don lemon is here. your take, my brother? >> it makes no sense. they're right. what do poll numbers have to do with anything? i'm not surprised. maybe that he said it publicly because it's been said, trust me, behind the scenes for reporters of color who have challenged him on issues, especially when it comes to birtherism. i don't want to do an interview with that person. that person is not going to treat me fairly because they're racist, like saying an african-american reporter is racist towards him because they ask him a serious question as yamiche did. i thought she handled it perfectly. i thought she was great. his answers speak for themselves. and for him to sit there and point, that is so racist, well, explain your answer. do you actually thuink he doesnt understand what nationalism -- when he said, i'm a nationalist? he doesn't understand the impli

rhank you both for you reporting yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you. i spoke with one of those new lawmakers, representative-elect michael waltz, a republican from florida. onthe former green beret iof at least 15 military veterans newly elected to serve in congress. he won the house seat vacated by ron desantis, florida's republican candidate for governor. a i began bying about how his military service will shape his work in congress. >> you know, i could tell you in the fox hole nobesody carbout race, religion, party, social onomic background t about mission, it's about country, it's about getting things done. i coll you from my perspective compromise is not a dirty word. e voters in my district in north florida expect us to get things done that is going to better their lives andt not si up here and throw a receipt or kal grei nade. n tell you with veterans we put our lives on the line at a e verly age for this country end we are determined to see it progress for all can. >> woodruff: i hear you say compromise is not a dirteddee word. let's ta i abou

this is him talking to yamiche alcindor and his response to her.en. >> on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist, some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. >> i don't know why you would say that. it's such a racist question. >> some people say the republican party is now supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric. what do you think of that? >> why do i have my highest poll numbers ever with african-americans? that's such a racist question, honestly, i know you have it written down and you're going to tell me -- let me tell you, that's a racist question. excuse me. but to say what you said is so insulting to me. it's a very terrible thing that you said. >> it's a racist question. what's going on there? >> well, i mean, it combines donald trump's two great loves, racism and misogyny. that's the first thing going on. the second thing is one of the highlights of white supremacy as a force and racism as a force is this kind of truculent approach, how dare you imply i'm racist. it's typical trump. for yamiche and t

if they don't like it, hit the road. [ chanting ] >> let's bring in pbs news hour correspondent yamicherine and eugene are still with me. democrats put together a list of who's looking at it, pondering, who's tipping a toe, a leg into the waters here, who's bathing -- >> it's easier to talk about who's not. >> what do you think the midterms have done to inform these democratic candidates if anything? or do you think this ship was sailing long before the midterms hit? >> i think this ship was sailing long before midterms but i think the midterms taught a lot of democrats that they can do and be as progressive that they want to be. the message is that the people who the establishment thought, you're not the person that the party really thinks should be running, those are the people who a lot of times got the seats. you saw people like joe hawley go down for a 29-year-old who's going to be the youngest woman in congress. people are saying i need to be fully myself and go with my gut and instincts and not listen to donald trump as much. >> i agree that that's one piece coming out of it but

but i think his attack on yamiche, you know, she was there, i wasn't.oming out of the president. to me it looked deliberate, it looked staged. because he is reinforcing this notion that he's encouraged that there's all this racism being directed against white people. and that sort of reinforced that. i thought his whole performance today, watching it on television, looked intentional to me. it looked like he came in there ready to pick a fight. he calls on jim acosta, you know, his great antagonist knowing what's going to happen. then he goes to peter alexander with whom he's had, you know, back and forth. he yells at april ryan, knowing she's going to yell back. it looked to me like a guy who wanted to be seen having a fight with the media. >> yamiche if he wants to make the press look like his enemy, he did a pretty good job. it does seem like he lost the argument, lost the house of representatives for the rest of his term here. he lost the big argument in the popular vote last night. clearly the popular vote of this country went against him, but he w

carrots, i'm sorry to tell you, the result did not change. >> alcindor: for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor. >> woodruff: as the current outbreak of wildfires in california shows, 2018 will likely be one of the worst wildfi seasons in recent history. but how does fire spread and what can you do to protect your home? as part of our web series "sciencescope," newshour producer nsikan akpan explores the science fires and gives us some tips. >> reporter: although this , ar's wildfire season should be winding do continues to leave behind a record wake of deearuction. as oy november, flames have scorched more than 8.2 million acres in the u.s., a 25% increase relative to the last decade. wildfires have raged in recent years, embdened by climate change. though the overall number of ldfires has declined slightly since 1985their individual size and the damage they cause have more than quaupled. apart from lightning strikes and careless camp fires, aroundct 500,000 ste fires start pmdoors in the u.s. each year. cooking equit is the main cause, but the deadliest cases involve cigarettes and u

he's gone after april, he's gone after abby, he's gone after yamiche alcindor.ends of mine, black journalists who are outstanding. i don't think emptihe wants to f the rails with michelle obama. >> everyone take a listen to this. >> on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. >> i don't know why you would say that. such a racist question. >> reporter: do you want matt whitaker to rein in robert mueller? >> what a stupid question that is. what a stupid question. but i watch you a lot. you ask a lot of stupid questions. the same thing with april ryan. i watch her get up, i mean, you talk about somebody that's a loser. she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. >> i know, i mean, we saw yamiche there and then to abby and he references april. how much do you think that is politics and how much do you think there is a group to whom this behavior appeals, and what group is that? >> well, what i think, alex, is that the president is getting more and more abrasive with his language towards everybody.

yamiche alcindor, and cnbc editor at large, john ha welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in televisio history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> well, a goodrn sunday g, everybody. for nearly two months we've heard little from special counsel robertr, muel nor have we heard much about mueller from president trump. they both went quiet. it's possible the silence has worked in mr. trump's favor. thm midtxit poll found that 46% of those polled disapproved of mueller's handling of the russia inveigation. that of course almost exactly equal to the president's job lican housethe rep vote share. just 41% approved of the mueller probe. but with the m elections over, the president unloaded this week on mueller and his invest aation both in tweet in an interview with "the daily caller." what led to the outburst? is it because new indictments are expected soon, possibly including the president's son, donald trump jr.? is the prospect of a democrat majority in the house launchingo a

yeah mitch: it was -- yamiche: it was a man that entered during the bush administration and pardoned by joe ar potato. that's what the president was doing. i think this elect comes down to fear. my reporting in florida makes me feel on the democratic side that there are people w are calling themselves nationalists. people are talking about birthright citizens. and you have people saying haitian-americans suld not be americans. and i'm haitian-american. and it hit me on a differentl. le another congressman said these people are going to ruinr country. people are worried that they are coming out of fear of what's happening illegal that they're going to come in a large part invade the counthe. that's message that they're getting from the president. it's all about fear. robert: some voters may have that fear and may come out on tuesday. but what about suburban voter who is may be more moderate? >> i think this is the story about this election. it'ste bifur what helps you in the senate, hurts you in the house. so you ha -- the president is drumming up his base. anoworking really hard to t

and yamiche alcindor, and hallie jackson. and rich lowry, editor of national review. i want to react a little bit to lindsey graham. john harwood, there was a bit of a theme in the various questions, whether it is the mueller protection bill, up to mitch mcconnell, criminal justice reform bill, up to mitch mcconnell. you saw the passion of lindsey graham. he is ready to fight on one. and not fight as much on the other. >> i was fascinated by his vehemence on the prison reform bill. and mitch mcconnell reflects some resistance in the republican base but if we look at the results of the midterm election, we can see the country moving toward the spirit of criminal justice reform. in florida, when ron desantis was elected governor and it appears that rick scott was elected senator, more than 60% of floridians voted to restore voting rights for felons. 1.5 million people. that is to the detriment of the republican party. yet republican and democratic voters came together to do it. i think whether or not this criminal justice reform bill happens in this lame dumb -- lame du

. >> yamich, you covered this election. i think what the president may say is the states he went into, they've done pretty well. he spent a lot of time in montana. where the president went and put in his time and held on. >> that's the message. i spent my whole night at the white house watching election results come in as the president was watching his watch party. and they said lesson the president takes away from this mid-term election. when he puts his body in a state, puts his body in a race, that he can help republicans hold to seats or win seats. so they feel very good about the senate. the other thing is that of course, the white house is already starting to warn democrats against going and investigating the president too much. kellyanne conway held a 28-minute gaggle for reporters. which is longer than some press briefings. she said the democrats would be wasting their time if they were to go after the president's tax returns. i directly asked her if the president regrets having that ad that was deemed too raceist t

joining me live is yamiche elcindor. this statement is weird. it sounds like a gathering of tweets more than a white house statement. what do you make of it? >> it sounds like it's something the president either personally dictated or wrote himself. you look at not only the long-windedness of the statement. the idea there's exclamation points. that's something you can easily see president trump tweeting. it starts with this long kind of history of what saudi arabia is doing to help. but in reality wants to know is whether or not he's going to stand by a government that may have murdered a journalist. then he says basically this could have been something the crown prince did, but we have so much interest in saudi arabia and yemen that we're going to stick by these people. it's one i think that does sound for -- it sounds like something the president is experienceally involved in. >> he made a reference. he said some people suggest that khashoggi may have been involved in the muslim brotherhood and extremist groups. he sort of slips in this victim

they are yamiche alcindor, abby phillips and april ryan.icking up for them but, still, there is something so wrong with hthis. it is beyond disturbing. i'm angry. >> on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. some people -- >> i don't know why you'd say that. that's such a racist question. sit down. i didn't call. you didn't call you. i'll give you voter suppression -- excuse me, i'm not responding to you. i'm talking to this gentleman. will you please sit down. >> the same thing with april ryan, i watch her get up. i mean, you talk about somebody that's a loser. she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. she gets publicity and then she gets a pay raise or a contract with i think cnn but she's very nasty. >> do you want him to rein in robert mueller? >> what a stupid question that is. what a stupid question. but i watch you a lot. you ask a lot of stupid questions. >> trump loves to punch, but this is something else. this feels personal. among the multiple reporters this president has insulted this week, three are african-ame

women of color, journalists coming to the support for our colleagues, april, abby -- yamiche, of coursem and now we're going do studying and realize they are part of the tradition that ida b. wells was part of our country. african-american strong, women, journalists. both of them won the week. >> i agree with that. let me go to the strong black woman on my panel. who won the week? >> i'm going to say not even won the week but won the last two years, african-american women, period. gone are the days of the stereotype, the angry black woman, the mammy, the this, the idiot, the non-thinking woman. so i say for the 90% of the african-american women who voted for hillary clinton -- myself included -- and tried to save the nation from the mess that we are in now, to stacey abrams in georgia who is standing up for democracy, to the 17 african-american women judges elected in harris county in houston, to april ryan, abby phillip, yamiche alcindor, to all of the african-american women, to maxine waters who will become the next chairman of the house financial services committee, black women are t

the president calling a question from pbs yamiche alcindor, who is african-american, falsely claiming her question racist. >> on the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. now people are also saying -- >> i don't know why you'd say that. that's such a racist question. >> there are some people -- >> there was nothing racist about that question, nothing at all. the president could have just answered, could have tried to explain his position. instead, what does he do? that old tactic. when you can't really explain it, you attack the person who is doing it. he attacked the reporter. but the president did not just target reporters today. he also threatened democrats if they step up their oversight of the white house, which is their job. >> but they can play that game, but we can play it better because we have a thing called the united states senate. >> he even threatened candidates from his own party who made the fatal mistake of not wanting trump to campaign for them. >> you had some that decided to let's stay away. let's