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Welcome back to "hardball." last nights kennedy school of government usually a civilized postmortem on the election. last night was a bruising blood bath fueled by acrimony and ang ever. at best spraining, at worst cringeworthy. for more im joined by our panel tonight, political correspondent for the "washington post." and eli is national political reporter for politico. karen, your strongest memory of last night. you were there. >> i was there. as it so happens, i was seated facing the whole cl...

And he feels that contempt and will continue to feel that contempt. and indeed the fact that voters in michigan and indiana and alabama felt that feeling of contempt of the elite is one of the reasons like, hes like me, but he has $1 billion and a hot wife. >> but do you think its possible when hes negotiating with republican conservatives in congress, that hell think, this might be good for a working class voter in indiana, but maureen dowd wont like it one bit. >> well, i think it was, again, ...

People are free to express themselves that way, but i do not approve of it and i think theres other ways for people to express their views rather than burn a flag that so many americans fought and died for. >> even said lose citizenship over it. he said people should lose citizenship. >> im not going to comment on mr. trumps comments. i have not and will not. >> so hes commenting without commenting. bryan, what do you make of that? >> well, in 1989, justice kennedy in agreeing with the prohibiti...

>> hes commenting out commenting. bryan, what do you make of that? >> well, in 1989 justice kennedy in agreeing with the prohibition of flag -- any ban of flag burning justice kennedy said the american flag protects even those who hold it in contempt. and that is one of the great ironies here. the flag is a symbol. it means so many things to so many different people, but it fundamentally is about american core values. and it does protect those who hold it in contempt. >> but lets hope it continu...

Fundamental that the flag protects those who hold it in contempt. thats what brennan said and also what scalia subscribed to. >> the man who co-authored a book with justice scalia said tonight on television, our president-elect needs a basic lesson in civics. ive almost taken to referring to it as old america and new america separated by what we witnessed happening 20 days ago in the election. what do you think is going on here? theorized, these are flames shot cause the kind you said, this ca h...

President eisenhower called his great mistake who wrote beautifully about the majority of flag burning. however sickening and abhorrent we all find it, this has been a protected part of american law. >> thats for sure, brian. and, you know, youre absolutely right about justice brennan who wrote, as you said, the opinion of the court, in this case, texas versus johnson, 1989 when he said -- i remember the words. he said, it is poignant but fundamental that the flag protects those who hold it in c...

Mitt romney because the ricketts family ran negative ads against trump. it appears that trump is going to give them a cabinet position. ricketts is a guy with not government experience but someone thats got standard republican views on economics and yet another senior job. >> you say that also about nikki haley who had contempt for donald trump during the south carolina primary. >> and mitt romney. throw them in there. >> what did he say? >> donald trump and mitt romney did meet last night for a...

Comments. thousands of lawyers signed a letter this week opposing bannons appointment, citing what they call contempt for our long-standing governmental institutions. trump shows no signs of abandoning bannon. why is steve bannon given a pass when jeremiah wright was kicked to the curb for less. time to call the so-called alt-right what it really is when we come back. [ sneezes ]

Invasion in 1961. among the american people, castro inspired devotion and contempt. his supporters saw him as social justice icon who brought free education and healthcare for all cuban citizens and his critics reviolated him as a dictator consumed with power and drove his country to economic neglect. >> last night, thousands took to the streets to celebrate castros death in little havana. it was welcomed among the community of cuban exiles who fled the country after castro took power. from the ...

And that plays to the people who have espect elected him. >> can he be thin skinned and play the media at the same time? >> yes, he can. >> we were told this was a statement by an actor. it was my understanding, the statement was written by the author of hamilton. so the man shows he has contempt. >> its worse than that, now were into the plot of the producers. >> its not a plot, its an evaluation, its a plea. its a description its an honest gesture to the vice president elect and the president ...