we know that if joe biden decides not to run, kamala harris will not be there. we know every single random senator, governor, member of the house, mayor, you name it male will try and throw his hat in the ring and leap frog a vice president and will have a pretty significant democratic primary situation but i think some of, you know, we need to be fair. some of these critiques may policy critiques may be something you want to look into especially if joe biden decides not to run in 2024 but we know the attacks john mccain was born in panama as far as i'm concerned. >> ted cruz. >> the birthirism, she's the immigrant of not one but two parents and a woman that's child free and married to a jewish american and the thing republicans fear and we see them resulting in really insidious insulting attacks that they've had since day one and unfortunately, she has to do her job while reflecting from that. >> and i wonder when you talk to sources do democrats understand the potential for huge backlash here? if the black woman gets left holding the bag, she should have picke

kamala d. harris on friday became the first woman to serve as acting president of the united states, as president biden was briefly placed under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy. biden arrived longly before 9:00 a.m. and sent the letters to speaker nancy pelosi and patrick leahy. he spoke with harris when he resumed his duties at around 11:35 a.m. harris worked from her office in the west wing during this time the white house said today and so today on this friday, we had the first biracial black south asian woman president for 85 whole minutes and it was like totally fine. joining us is kenesha grant from howard university. congratulations to the howard university alumni kamala harris for being the first woman president of the united states. what is your thought on making history. >> it is a bright spot when i pass by the white house today, i smiled a little bit wider than i would. i think that there is a bit of space between what we tell children that they can do and what they actually ca

so, in this very america kind of day, kamala harris became the first woman and first woman of color to become acting president for a grand total of 85 minutes, this afternoon? the vice president was in columbus ohio to sell the new bipartisan infrastructure law to voters. >> because of our work together america's moving forward, and ultimately that is what infrastructure is all about, it's about getting our nation moving. the way i see it, my definition of infrastructure i tell people, you know what think infrastructure is? i think it gives people what they need to get to where they have to go, right? and so that is about roads, bridges it's about broadband it's about making sure babies can drink clean water and getting the lead out of the pipes, and it will be when we pass build back better, and elder care, and childcare, and what we need to do to help families support their families. >> as the vice president was heading to her, while the wisconsin jury acquitted kyle wit and house on all charges stemming from the night he shot two people and injured another person in kenosha, wiscons

i love hampton university but as kamala d. harris would say, the vice president, the real hu is howard university so i had to say it at the top on this historic night, please stay safe. that is tonight's "last word." catch me every week at 6:00 p.m. on the choice from msnbc exclusively on peacock. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening once again, day 304 of the biden administration and tonight kyle rittenhouse, the kid who brought an ar-15 to a protest as one does apparently is no longer a defendant in a case that became a flash point over gun rights and vigilantism and self-defense in our country. after 3 1/2 days of deliberations a jury in kenosha, wisconsin, found 18-year-old rittenhouse not guilty of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during that protest with police conduct back in august of 2020. that unrest erupted after the police shooting of black kenosha resident jacob blake. during the trial rittenhouse took the stand testified he was target the and attacked in the midst of those pr

for more than an hour yesterday, agoing vice-president kamala harris did. it was a brief but history-making moment and underscores the vital role of the vice president despite reports of dysfunction and disarray and speculation that she is feeling underutilized, something harris whole-heartedly denied this week. >> you don't feel misused or underused? >> no, i don't. i'm excited about the work that we have accomplished, but i am also absolutely, absolutely clear-eyed that there is a lot more to do and we're oing to get it done. >> joining me now editor at large for the 19th and msnbc contribuor and politics and culture commentator and host of online with angela. both these ladies looking stunning this morning. you heard the vice president say she doesn't feel underutilized. let's take a look at her portfolio. she is handing the migration. humanitarian crisis. voting rights. fiibuster reform, the climate change policy. increased union membership, supply chain crisis, internet access, the digital divide. several successful foreign policy trips from france to

the stuff out there, how how misogynistic and racist on kamala harris is unbelievable. you have to be careful you don't kill political careers before it starts. >> exactly. maria-teresa, michael, brez, thank you very much. >>> coming up, the vice president like you've never seen her before and why it could be the recipe for her success. my bye line is next. want your clothes to smell freshly washed all day without heavy perfumes? try new downy light in-wash scent beads. it has long-lasting light scent, no heavy perfumes, and no dyes. finally, a light scent that lasts all day. new downy light! with relapsing forms of ms... there's a lot to deal with. not just unpredictable relapses. all these other things too. it can all add up. kesimpta is a once-monthly at-home injection... that may help you put these rms challenges in their place. kesimpta was proven superior at reducing the rate of relapses, active lesions, and slowing disability progression vs aubagio. don't take kesimpta if you have hepatitis b, and tell your doctor if you have had it, as it could come back. kesimp

she is striving forward next to a silhouette is a pine sign -- and just like me kamala and ruby were also on the front lines of our nations battle to desegregate our schools. they too had to overcome adversity, and paved the way for others to follow. the inscription beneath the two iconic figures in this figure read, the first but not the last. >> jim cheney was a first when she was 11 years old, and she was bussed across town in boston to a school in a white neighborhood that violently resisted the court ordered desegregation of its public schools. yesterday, after thinking her mother and daughter and the rest of her family, kim janey says this. >> as i reflect back on the two prints that i hung in my office, and as we laced up our sneakers to finish this race, and you know i will be wearing converse, we must continue to run towards justice equity and love. just like vice president kamala harris, and ruby bridges, and so many in between, let's continue to break barriers and create opportunities for those who will follow us. it has been my greatest honor to serve my city as the 55th

. >> in a statement, vice president kamala harris praised the verdict, adding quote, we feel the weight of grief. ahmaud arbery should be alive. ahmaud arbery was a son. he was a brother. he was a friend. his life had meaning. we will not forget him. we honor him best by continuing the fight for justice. reverend al sharpton spoke about the historic nature of this verdict, that many felt was far from certain. >> and let the work go forth all over the world, that a jury of 11 white and one black, in the deep south, stood up in the courtroom, and said that black lives do matter. you came in the state of georgia, a state known for segregation, a state known for jim crow, and you turned it around. you took a young unarmed boy, that they thought was worthless, and you put his name in history. kirk burkhalter, criminal law professor at new york law school where is he the -- 21st century policing project. mark claxton director of the black law enforcement alliance, both the former and ypg detectives. paul butler, law professor at georgetown university and former prosecutor and msnbc legal anal

from shirley chism to vice president kamala harris. black women have been the backbone of democracy in this country for decades. after the break, i'm talking about the next generation of black-female leaders and what we can all do to help them rise up. >>> but first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top news stories. >>> good sunday to you. some of the stories we are watching for you this hour. the u.s. opens its doors to fully-vaccinated international travelers monday. this ends a 20-month-long ban. nonimmigrant international travelers must meet cdc vaccinate guidelines and show proof of a recent-negative covid-19 test. >>> investigators are looking into what caused the deadly crowd surge at the astro world musical festival. eight people died, 25 were hospitalized. 50,000 people attended that sold-out houston concert. the fire chief says the crowd pushed towards the stage as rapper travis scott performed. many attendees got trapped. at least five of the victims were under the age of 18. >>> and the 50th running of the new y

but president biden picked kamala harris to be a part of the administration. and that's not to put down pete buttigieg who has a bright future ahead of him. we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the sitting vice president who should be the presumptive nominee. >> it wouldn't be a sunday without you guys, thank you so much, safe travels if you're out and about getting home. good to see you. >>> you can't blame the supply chain shortage for a shortage of a traditional symbol of the holidays. that's next. mbol of the holidays that's next. come here! i've got big news! now, nurtec odt can not only stop a migraine it can prevent a migraine as well. nurtec is the first and only option proven to treat and prevent migraines with one medication. onederful. one quick dissolve tablet can start fast and last. don't take if allergic to nurtec. the most common side effects were nausea, stomach pain, and indigestion. with nurtec, i treat migraine my way. what's your way? ask your doctor about nurtec to find out! align. fast acting biotic gummies ask helps soothes occasional ab

the judge pointed out racial bias in jury selection and vice president kamala harris noted the racist troepz used by the defense saying, "the defense counsel chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanized a young black man with racist tropes. the jury arrived at its verdict despite these tactics." what does it say that the jury was able to see past all the racist tropes and dirty tricks, one? and two, do you think it was important that race wasn't really argued before the jury? >> well, starting with the latter, the race almost did not need to be argued with the jury. now, that sounds a little ridiculous because jurors can only consider evidence that is presented before them. however, they had video evidence of these white men in a pickup truck chasing down this black man and shooting him to death with a shotgun. race is all over that. unfortunately, this goes back to the video evidence that you mentioned previously. it's unfortunate that when a case involves the murder of a black man that there must be this video evidence. imagi

the second framed print features kamala harris, the first woman and the first perhap of color to serve as vice president. she is striding forward and next to her silhouette is a pint-sized ruby bridges and just like me kamala and ruby were on the front lines of the nation's battle to desegregate the schools. they had to paver the way. the inscription beneath the two figures in this print reads "the first but not the last." >> kim janey was a first when she was 11 years ole. and she was bussed across town in boston to a school in a white neighborhood that vie leaptly resisted the court-ordered desegregation of the schools. yesterday after thanking her mother and daughter and family, kim janey said this. >> as i reflect back on two prints i hung on my office and as we lace up our sneakers to finish this race, you know i will be wearing converse, we must continue to run toward justice, equity and love. just like vice president kamala harris and ruby bridges and so many in between, let's continue to break barriers and create opportunities for those who will follow us. it has been my greate

we also heard just a few minutes ago from vice president kamala harris who was out and about in washington, d.c., with the second gentleman doing some small business saturday shopping. here's what she had to say about the omicron variant. >> i have been briefed, and as the president has said, we're going to take every precaution, and so that's why we've taken the measures we have. but again, i can't stress enough, one, if you have not had the booster shot, get the booster shot. cannot stress enough the importance of getting vaccinated for those who have not been vaccinated. i will say what i say every time, because it remains true. they are safe, the vaccines are safe, they are free, and they will save your life. >> reporter: as of now, yasmin, the cdc says they have not detected any cases of the omicron variant here in the united states, but i think we should be honest with viewers that officials do not anticipate that that is going to stay that way. dr. anthony fauci was on early today, this morning, saying, look, the goal here is to buy more time for a public health response, but that o

. >> one of the things was he went under anesthesia and made kamala harris president. >> donald trump did not do that. i remember donald trump apparently have learned, he had a colonoscopy. he left the white house and no one knew what he did. he did not put mike pence in charge while he was doing that -- it's really a huge difference of what he saw. he went for a few hours for the physical and he came back and talked to the media. it's a real difference in how these two men approach this. i cover donald trump for four years and you guys though this as well as anyone. he does not talk about his care. he talks about his health and being physically fit, he wants to portray that message and there is no part of him that wants to show any walk weakness. he thought that would show weakness if he went under that procedure. it's a huge contrast. both men put out a summary but how they approached it was very different. #. >> i enjoyed the 85 minutes where i can say the president is a woman for 85 minutes. anita kumar, thank you for joining with us. you are sticking around, stay where you are. >

but i would note that vice president kamala harris struck a very different tone. she told one of my colleagues in ohio today that she was disappointed in the verdict and that the verdict speaks for itself. that she has worked as a former prosecutor worked in the criminal justice system more often and it is clear that there is more to do. that was a very different tone that we heard from biden today. >> so carol leonnig, let me read you something from the new york times that speaks to both of the points just made a quote, republican politicians in search of attention and small donor campaign contributions, try tying themselves to mr. rittenhouse. accounts associated with the proud boys on the chatting up telegram were equally excited. and so carroll you see how this mesh is with the points that they were making, and to courtney's point the president is indeed an institutionalist and as a man of a certain era in american politics, he doesn't think of a jury verdict this way. this is advanced kind of fund raising combined with the new not elysium of the era we are li

if i were kamala harris, if i were joe biden, i would -- who is the best communicator on the democratic party i would be all over west virginia. from west virginia state, two hbcu, to the commonwealth, to the university of west virginia i would be there selling this plan, and telling them why it is good. >> i think the weather. we can google that after. this >> i don't think so. trust me on this. it's [inaudible] >> i'm going to screw this up by thing my favorite bill withers is, who is he, and what is he? >> that's right. >> oh man. it will send you into orbit. why did a good stylist, a veteran of the u.s. navy here thinking on this veterans day night. don and tim will stand by, we will take a break. coming up, it might be a good time for a retiree teen sisters for the neighbors that he is -- the president to brush up on the felony known as the logan act. when we come back. we come back. you said that elections for republicans need to be about the teachers not about their grievances and trump putting on that statement that you've got an absolutely massacred. i think that we need to get

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it looks forward to provide an effective, truthful counter to the policies that joe biden and kamala harris are putting forward to the country. >> i want to rewind briefly to your choice to use donald trump dominated the party. what evidence have you beyond the anecdotal polling information in iowa, that leadership of the republican party, through mcconnell, through mccarthy and on down, are all trumpers. you would be in a party, were you to be successful, alongside confirmed proud insurrectionists. you've seen the portrait of the party that we've laid out just tonight, steve bannon live streaming his appointment with the fbi, that is the brand that you're trying to break or bend? >> that's simply not the brand brian, i understand that's the way you put together that package tonight. that is your prerogative. in the prerogative of your producers that do that, but glenn youngkin was elected governor of virginia. that's not anecdotal. that's real. he was elected governor of virginia, on a platform of reforming education, cutting the grocery, tax and eliminating in virginia, and by affi

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person, a loyalty of a set of principles and beliefs that could be contrasted to what joe biden and kamala harris are proposing for their country as we speak. >> i was happy to read how many new jersey mentions were in the book, and it was shocking to read from you just how serious your illness was from covid more than the world knew in realtime. of course, medical privacy being what it is, the story as contained here. chris christie is the author of his new book "republican rescue." he has been our guest tonight. governor, thank you very much. >> brian, thank you so much for having me. good to see you. >>> coming up for us, our political experts are here to talk about today's big announcement in the world of texas politics. and the growing list of challenges facing the guy on the left-hand side of that picture. e left-hand side of that picture ts in a different direction, you might feel bothered by it. so talk to a urologist. because a bend in your erection might be peyronie's disease or pd. it's a condition that involves a buildup of scar tissue. but, it's treatable. xiaflex is the only

the first from vice president kamala harris. this comes after a statement from president biden about 45 minutes ago. she says, we feel the weight of grief. i want to go now to kelly o'donnell, traveling with president biden in massachusetts. if you're with me here, tell us more about what the vice president had to say. >> reporter: it was very personal. the vice president saying in her statement that she shares in the grief that the parents of ahmaud arbery feel because of his death and the fact that he will be missing at this holiday time. she says the jury rendered its verdict and three defendants were found guilty of murdering him. still we feel the weight of that grief. nothing can bring him back to life. she says he should be alive today and nothing can take away the pain that his parents feel and says i share in that pain. she says that it these verdicts send an important message, but the fact remains that we still have work to do. the vice president says the defense council choses to set a tone that cast the attendance of

one of the things was he went anesthesia and made kamala harris president. donald trump didn't do that. i remember donald trump . the president is at least responsible with the launch codes and governing the country. >> i remember the day donald trump apparently -- we now have learned, or it seems he had a colonoscopy. he left the white house, no one knew where he was going. they announced it was part of a physical and it just was a guessing game for a couple years until we learned recently from a book that he actually had a colonoscopy. he did not put mike pence in charge while he was doing that. and so it's really a huge difference in what we saw. obviously joe biden announced -- his office announced it that day. he came back and talked to the media. so it's been a real difference in how these two men approached this. i covered donald trump for four years. you guys know this as well as anyone, which is he does not -- he talks about his health, he talks about being physically fit. he wants to portray that message, and there's no part of him that wants to sh

they're trying to use the same playbook again against kamala harris. one thing that's really important is we are all paying more attention. we've all learned a lot from how, you know, this far right group of people have treated women, holding higher office. they try to tear them down. they try to, you know, constantly, whether it's overtly, saying that ir not qualified, or, you know, subliminally saying they're not qualified. there's a whole playbook. we're in a better situation than 1991 and 1992 where they used this playbook against hillary clinton. the hours of testimony she gave in the -- hearing which was a sexist attack on her but we're more cognizant of it now. i think there is still a lot of sexism in the media. i think sometimes reporters don't quite realize that they're writing things that are sort of sexist. so we have to make sure we're calling them out and it's also really importantout. it is important that we play up the vice president's credentials when we do this. again, she's a person as we just talked about, a former d.a., former atto

. >> every time something is written about vice president kamala harris' political standing, you name seems to be in every one of those articles. has it at all impacted your relationship with the vice president, that it seems as if there's this narrative of a rivalry developing between the two of you? >> no, because she and i are part of a team that is disciplined and doesn't focus on what's obsessing the commentators. we're too busy with a job to do, she as the leader in this administration -- in her leadership role and i and the president and in the cabinet and across the administration are getting the job done. that would be demanding in any administration. in one like this where we've been assigned by the president to take on literally projects and legislation of generational significance, there's no room to get caught up in the parlor games. i'm proud to be part of the biden/harris team. >> i'm not asking you this as secretary of transportation. i'm asking this as a person who ran for president. what was your reaction to the kyle rittenhouse verdict? >> look. there's a lot of pai

today, among a million other things, today for just about an hour and a half, kamala harris was the acting president of the united states. now, having an acting president, this is something that has happened previously between other presidents and vice presidents, most recently when george w. bush got put under, had anesthesia in order to have colonoscopies. dick cheney was acting president for each of those times for a couple of hours. under ronald reagan as well, in 1985, george bush sr., vice president poppy bush, was acting president for eight hours while reagan had surgery for colon cancer in 1985. today it was just under an hour and a half while president biden had a colonoscopy as part of his annual physical. the white house then released a long, detailed readout from president biden's doctor about his health and everything they looked at in his physical. we learned, or at least had confirmed as current, the fact that the president takes a blood thinner, also a cholesterol drug. he takes over the counter allergy medicine. he has a little bit of reflux he takes pepcid for. the doctor

we need to start thinking about how to stop republican violence and take on joe biden and kamala harris directly on issues, on policy. if we do that, we'll win a lot of elections in 2022 at the governors level and in washington. >> think of it as violence between friends. my wife is here. she has a question for you. friend-on-friend violence. >> i've got a couple of questions. >> hi, mika, how are you today? >> great. >> good. me, too. >> so, i think it's a little convenient to not talk about the past, actually. and i'm just wondering do you accept that donald trump embraced anti-democratic values that damaged democracy? >> what i accepted, mika, he has not accepted the results of the election and that undercuts our democracy. there's no doubt, i say that very clearly and plainly in the book. i said that on election night 2020. i didn't wait for weeks afterwards. on election night on abc, in 2020 i said the election was indefensible, if you didn't have evidence to support the allegation that the election was false. maybe that's the old prosecutor in me, but that's the way i feel about i

if i'm kamala harris and joe biden and the best communicator in the democratic party i would be all over west virginia. from west virginia state, the hsbcu to the university of west virginia to basketball games. friday night lights. i would be there selling this plan and telling them why it's good. >> i think bill withers is from beckly. >> i don't think so. it's either -- oh, man. don't test me on this. it's a two-word town. >> i'm going to screw this up by saying my favorite is who is he and what is he to you. >> to you. that's right. >> oh man. just -- send you into orbit. what a great stylist. a veteran of the -- i believe, u.s. navy who we are thinking of on this veterans day night. don and tim will stand by. coming up, might be a good time for a certain retiree insisting he is the president brubing up on the felony known as the logan act when we come back. kevin, where are you? kevin?!?!? hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. you know i can't believe you lost another kevin. it's a holiday tradition! earn big time

kamala harris, and top officials fanning out. a lot of battleground states, politically speaking. they're trying to get across to people of the magnitude of what he and democrats feel that they've been able to accomplish. as republicans we should note on this bipartisan infrastructure deal. they're trying to get across to people how this is going to affect their lives directly. a lot of this is going to take some time to really kick in. we're talking about five-year funding. a state like new hampshire, a ten-year plan. meaning some of this will be in the pipeline but went really be getting warnd for some time. it started snowing as (was coming out to speak. here in new hampshire they have the largest amount of home heating that uses propane gas. so when gas and energy costs go up, they hit people and consumers here in new hampshire, so it's a reminder, garkts even as president biden is counts on some prong, there are all of these eck nom eng charges. it's making it harder to buy them. >> it's a good point. we also heard the president talk about the future that the white house and

look at simone sanders and kamala harris and others, people in the administration to get out in the hustling and tell the truth and the good things they are doing and got to bang their own drum much louder. in this day of retail politics you got to tell folk what you're about and doing to help them. otherwise it gets lost in the sauce. >> listen. well said. i totally agree to you. let's get to the book. first of all, explain the title. >> right. so entertaining is at least three ways to interpret. black people have to entertain. we have had to entertain the idea of race constantly. and thirdly we have to find ways to just like you talk about joe biden make interesting and entertaining ways to talk about race that don't sound like the same tried and true stuff that's been put forth. >> look. you yourself play many roles. you are a preacher. professor. writer, author, critic, talk show host and guest. how much does your experience influence this book? what do you want readers to take away from it? >> great question. a lot. because i have had to do a lot. as a minister, a professor, as an activ

especially when the administration president biden, they say kamala harris, they sent the first lady. president obama owens, what youngkin did, was he focused on the local folks. he made sure he had an excused to keep trump out of the. racing keep trump from physically coming and trying to get on stage with him, he kept almost everyone out of the. race all national politicians, and i think that is something that people were focused on, they were seeing in saying, okay he's talking about our economy, he's talking about her education, again i think as everyone said and we should say over and over. critical race theory is not being taught in schools, and that's something he talks about a lot. what he did not talk about today was critical race theory. when he went through the mantra of things that he was going to do for the schools, critical race theory was not there. >> he talked about buildings and elect kind of stuff. >> he talks about critical race theory we need to activate a base of voters to come, out you talk about education we need to talk to a whole state. folks, standby for a s

murphy has invited obama and kamala harris here to campaign for him. the polls close at 8:00. >> let's go south now. >> we knew from the start it was going to be close, but that we were going to run an aggressive race and that terry was the right candidate for this type of race. in the end, we'd pull out a squeaker. we think that's going to be the case tonight. >> heidi przybyla is in virginia beach. what are you hearing from voters there precisely about what's driving them to the polls, why are they voting? >> reporter: we're really witnessing what the polls are telling us that's happening, which is for republicans the main motivating issue is education, the idea that parents need to have more control over education curriculum here, some talk about critical race theory, which we couldn't find any specific evidence of. the dueling closing ads here from both campaigns really focused on education. for democrats, it's also about tying youngkin to trump and other republican governors who handled issues like covid protocols in ways democrats found objection

the washington parlor game right now is comparing pete buttigieg and vice president kamala harris, who's up, who's down in a potential nomination fight were president biden to not seek reelection in 2024. leaving that aside, clearly buttigieg now has a chance because of the way that transportation dollars in particular are generally doled out by the federal government in grants to states or in big chunks where states and individual projects are given money at the discretion of the transportation secretary and his department. that makes pete buttigieg quite a power broker for the next several months with more than $125 billion to get to dole out. the other thing we're seeing pete buttigieg do that's so interesting, you know, i covered his presidential campaign for two years. he struggled all of that time with african-american voters. he has been making very clear in his public comments since this infrastructure deal passed that a big portion of this is designed to try to effectuate change in communities where highways have dissected communities, marparticularly communities of color over t

yesterday, kamala harris, the vice president, talked about individual stories of union workers, who would have different kind of jobs when it came to rebuilding infrastructure. we have to personalize this for the american people. so that people do understand what it means to them. i think we learned lessons from the affordable care act that we can't say it once, we have to be repeated over and over again. so i like those opportunities like the one today in woodstock, new hampshire, to put in real terms what this will make in terms of a difference for the people of new hampshire and for the american people. >> donald trump is aware of how critically potent infrastructure could be. he never got it passed. he talked about it for four years. they launched infrastructure week that resulted in someone from his campaign getting indicted. i want to ask you something you alluded to. there was a lot of pressure to get this messaging right and to get it out there? just talk about how long nature takes to see the fruits of? >> well, it does. >> sorry. >> yep. >> i was going to say, i'm not sure how m

they naturally hate kamala harris. an old white guy, joe biden, i think a -- project. they kept at. it pumping lies all day for more than a year, including whatever means, including straight-up deception. they have succeeded, they've taught their base to hate joe biden as well. joining me now, david plouffe, 2008 obama campaign manager, former adviser to president obama. he is here to discuss. first of all, that is, even by their standards, pretty agree just with the disappearing hand in the middle. [laughs] . to do that. how much of an effect in this sort of -- the space of american politics and the amorphous public opinion, how much effect is that one network have? >> enormous. well, first of all, chris, you are smart to call this out. because i think we believe that there is no bottom at fox. this is a meaningful and dangerous moment. maybe it was a trial balloon. but this is a new front in their war. so yeah. i mean, they basically pollute up to probably a third of the electorate. and that third of the electorate spills over into maybe 40% of the country. it's not just fox. it's

vice president kamala harris, also released a statement that read, quote, these verdicts ended imported, message but the fact remains that we still have work to. do the defense council chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanized a young black man with racist tropes. the jury arrived at its verdicts despite these tactics. also tonight, there is a new report about the progress of the select house committee that's investigating the capitol riot and insurrection. in the four months of the inquiry. the committee has issued over 40 subpoenas, they held one public caring. they have interviewed about 200 witnesses. and they have held one steve bannon in contempt. washington post reports, quote, chairman bennie thompson has previously said that he hopes the investigation wraps up in early spring of next year. as the midterm elections approach, it's a one step forward, two steps back dance that may take longer than democrats want to yield real results. >> meanwhile the right house grappling with the public that is increasingly alarmed at

i made the conscious decision that i want to spend my time combatting the policies of joe biden and kamala harris and trying to help governors win the house in 2022. i will not get back and forth with donald trump. when i ran in reelection, i have the percent of the vote but when he ran against joe biden, he lost. >> wow, what do you think about that? >> i am going to say you have horrible taste in ties. that was chris christie throwing a great counter punch and we know all along and you want to ask his ability to throw a counter punch, ask marco rubio, he's clearly ready to mix things up with donald trump. he's not going to back down. chris christie was dying to say something like that. that's the practice rehearse come back line that you work on with your campaign strategists, he delivered it. to me that tells me you will clearly see chris christie run for president and there will be potential fireworks with former president trump and now we have to wait donald trump sending out a statement criticiing him. he's no longer on twitter. >> chris christie is trying to stake out the lane. hans

especially when the administration, sent president biden, vice president kamala harris, they sent the first lady. prison obama went. what youngkin did, was focused on the local folks. he to make sure that he had an excuse to keep trump out of the race, and keep trump from physically coming, and trying to get onstage with him. he kept almost everyone out of the race. all the national politicians. and then he focused on something that people wanted to hear about. he's talking about our economy, he's talking about her education. though again, as everyone, said we should say over and, over that critical race theory is not being taught in schools. that was something he talked about a, lot where he did not talk about today, was critical race theory, when he went through that laundry list of things he was going to do for schools, critical race theory was not. critical race theory when you need to activate a base of voters, or you talk about education we need to talk to your whole state. folks, standby for a second. i'm going to take a quick break. for those who view of a joined us since the

you've been listening to president joe biden flanked by madam vice president kamala harris passing an infrastructure bill and paved wait forred bien's ambitious social spending bill to be passed later this month. the infrastructure bill and the rule that will allow the passage of the now $1.75 trillion build back better act was passed in a pair of midnight votes. one known as biff, and you probably heard that term a lot that passed with 13 republicans voting yes and six members of the progressive squad voting no, and then the rule on build back better and a social spending bill on party lines. that bill is now on its way back to the senate for further deliberations with leadership hoping are if i final vote by thanksgiving. the senate is out until november, and until the senate resoups. joining me now is lucy caldwell and msnbc condition tributor, and former columnist and msnbc dr. cebello and the professor will kick us off. there is a lot in this bill, and i do think that we have to acknowledge that. you know, there is a lot in here for pipes to replace pipes across the country. we k

officer for raices, and the director of immigration hub, former adviser on immigration to then-senator kamala harris. erica, i think when i describe it as a massive move, you will take issue with that, and i do want to get to that moment. sergio, can you just walk people through the measures that are currently in this bill and the impact they would have, and then from there we'll talk about what needs to be done in addition. >> great. first of all, just really happy to be here and still so excited about this big win of immigration being included in the bill yesterday, the most transformative policy since the new deal under fdr. the immigration provisions in the build back better act would include protections for over 7 million undocumented immigrants and families living in this country. this includes dreamers and farm workers and tps holders and many undocumented immigrants who were essential workers and have been essential workers to help keep our country going during one of our darkest moments these past two years. it would include work permits, protections for deportations and the ability

last hour, vice president kamala harris and our second gentleman, doug imhof, visited locally owned shops in washington, d.c., on this small business saturday. let's go to liz mclaughlin, who's outside a shop in raleigh, north carolina. welcome to you on this small business saturday. you've got 78% of the businesses relying on holiday shopping just to stay open. so what does today mean to shop owners? >> reporter: it's crucial, alex. that's what many of these business owners are saying. they are still struggling after facing those setbacks for nearly two years now from the pandemic. i'm in front of house of swank, one of the small businesses that line the street here. fewer small businesses downtown, by the way, than there were a year ago. and they said that they wouldn't be here, frankly, if it weren't for being able to have an online presence and shift their business model a bit because of the pandemic. they make custom t-shirts, things like this "don't stop believing" t-shirt. they shifted to face masks during the start of the pandemic. and they're saying that about a third of their sa

don't think the age thick -- i think it's overblown and i think a lot of the nonsense i'm reading about kamala harris's staff is overblown. but we'll take care of that another evening. thank you, michael and elise. >>> coming up. american workers rise up for better wages and benefits. it could be a sign of things to come. >>> and later, as much as the right loves to talk about the second amendment, it doesn't seem like they've actually read it. i'll explain why they might want to rethink kyle rittenhouse as their new poster boy for gun rights. >>> but first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top news stories richard. >>> rev, a very good sunday to you. some of the stories we are watching for through hour. the international olympic committee says they spoke on a video call with missing chinese tennis star peng shuai. >>> also, today, chinese-run media said they released purportedly a -- a -- some e-mails and pictures of three-time olympian at a youth tournament. peng has been missing since early november after she leveled a sexual assault charge against the former number two communist

all this means that power will briefly transfer to vice president kamala harris. what more can you tell us about this? >> yeah. and this is an unusual moment, but not unprecedented. we have seen presidents do this in the past. like president george w. bush most recently. when the president is incapacity tated in one tomorrow form or another, they can temporarily transfer power to the vice president under the amendment and the constitution. that's what we're seeing go on is a transfer of power from the president to the vice president while president biden undergoes this colonoscopy where he's under anesthesia as part of this routine physical going on right now. we do expect the president to be back in the white house this afternoon. he has a turkey pardon to attend. we anticipate seeing him there and potentially hearing some remarks from him following really a milestone day and quite a split screen between this vote in the house and the president having to go his routine physical. >> yeah. we certainly have to get him back to the white house in time for the turkey

. >> that, of course, was vice-president kamala harris making an appearance on capitol hill, stopping to take a question, at least one from reporters who have gathered to speak with her. congressman kildee, thank you for your patience again. >> no problem. >> really would only do that for two people, the president and the vice-president here. and i want to ask you about something the vice-president just said, but i just want you to finish your thought as it relates to what we were just talking about. the election in virginia, the nrcc, i should say, as you know i think put out a note this morning saying in a cycle like this, no democrat is safe. basically trying to frame this as a wake up call for democrats. >> well, we've known this all along. the nrcc is going to come after us. they are going to attack our agenda. they're going to come after our members. that's the way this process works. we were in the minority we'd obviously be doing the same thing. but that's politics. and you know, obviously that has a place in the conversation, but the focus for us has to really be on the speci

and i can tell you that when we were concerned about then-candidate for vice president, kamala harris, i spoke with sheryl sandberg at facebook and pointed to 20 incidents where there were cartoons that were crass and gross and that violated the terms of use of facebook, and asked them to be much more aggressive in shutting that kind of conduct down. all we need to do is light a fire, and you can have a firestorm if we're not careful. >> congresswoman, good to see you. thank you for joining us this evening. we appreciate the time you've taken on this important issue. congresswoman jackie speier. >>> we've got much more to come tonight. stay with us. tonight. stay with us feel stuck with credit card debt? move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. ♪ move your high-interest debt to a sofi personal loan. you could save with low rates and no fees. earn $10 just for viewing your rate and get your money right. ♪ what can i du with less asthma? and get your money right. with dupixent, i can du more....beginners' yoga. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupi

was just over a year ago, and already there are conversations about whether biden runs again, whether kamala harris runs if he doesn't run, and what shape the democratic party should take in the next election. there are conversations about moderates having pushed the agenda too far. now we are hearing that joe biden and his aides are telling people that he will run again. how does all of that sit with you? >> progressives and moderates need to stop fighting and work together. and progressives are trying to work with moderates and even our more conservative colleagues. we want to work together, we need to work together for the sake of our country and the future of our democracy. enough of the blame game, enough of the infighting, enough of the working in silos. let's come together collaboratively to support whoever runs for president, because guess what? if we lose control of the house and the senate and the white house, god only knows what's going to happen, because as you know, many of my republican colleagues are not only just pushing the big lie, they're pushing violence in certain parts

. >> that's why there were riots in kenosha, because people like kamala harris supported. >> it was a victory for self-defense and for the second amendment. >> joe biden, that prosecutor who should never prosecute another case tried that case as a political trial. >> and there's news breaking about how tucker carlson embedded with rittenhouse during the trial for a fox news project, his crew riding in a car with rittenhouse moments after the verdict and after the time together nabbing the first interview since the verdict. the entire piece has not been released yet. so no one knows the entire content. here is some of what was released early. >> our documentary team was in kenosha when it happened. they've been together for -- they captured rittenhouse's first moments outside the courtroom after being acquitted. >> it's the stuff that keeps you up at night. once you do get to sleep, your dreams are about what happened and you're waking up in a dark, cold sweat. >> we are viewing in real time the circle of content here because it is a lot of the misinformation that has driven some peopl

there's a 50/50 tie in the senate that democrats break with kamala harris' tiebreaking vote. pennsylvania is a seat they hold now and senator toomey is retiring next year. the republicans that i talked to what we heard is that they're looking for ways to try to, you know, convince him that this is not good. he should possibly be looking for an exit plan here. if the judge rules against him in the custody hearing, it's going to be even worse. one democratic, i'm sorry, one republican strategist i talked to he brought up we're in this era where we say nothing matters but accusations about hitting your wife and hitting your kids, those do matter. and real interesting part here is the trump world continues to stand by parnel. we talk to the people in and around that orbit about this and they're standing with him right now. they want to see what the judge has to say. as long as he has it, something that differentiates him from the four, five or six other candidates in what was already a crowded field. another interesting thing, you're hearing two other candidates could get into th