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Say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. God created you, chris, to be here. Thank you, michael. Ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. No way. I was not lying, actually. That was me being nice. That is all in for this evening. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. I dont take it personal at all. It was an impression. It was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. I dont mind, doesnt bother me at all, which im sure you can tell. Thanks, my ...

Tons of hard questions today but the reason its so important that he also fought today with republican senator marco rubio is that if a republican decides to vote against tillerson, that conceivably would be enough to stop his nomination. thats the math on the committee, as long as all the other democrats, as long as all the democrats voted no as well, one republican no vote could stop him. >> reporter: have you decided how youre going to vote? did he answer your questions adequately about russi...

Being reminded of his ruthless persecution of political enemies and after receiving compelling information that russia has interfered with our elections. so do you think now is the right time to lift sanctions against russia? >> i think its important that we keep the status quo until we are able to develop what our approach is going to be. that it will be all part of the approach. >> what do you think the approach is going to be? exxon ceo rex tillerson facing questioning today from new hampshir...

>> many of his answers were concerning to me. but theres a chance now to submit some questions in writing which well do as well. ill consider everything and read through it and ill make a decision here very soon. >> reporter: are you leaning one way or another? >> i wouldnt characterize it that way quite yet. its clear im concerned about some of his answers and i recognize the split on the committee and what it would mean so i have to make sure that im 100% behind whatever decision i make, becau...

15 years ago today, the first prisoners arrived at guantanamo bay. 15 years ago today. 20 of them arrived that first day in total. in the years since that strange, expensive quasi legal offshore prison has held 780 different prisoners. by the time president obama signed an order one day into his presidency to close that prison, there were 242 prisoners still being held there. now as president obama leaves office, the number of prisoner theres is down to 55. last week the pentagon announced the t...

He was a war criminal and some of the other nations that marco rubio brought up, that didnt satisfy him at all. you just watch his face, and he was not pleased. and even on cuba, i dont believe that tillerson pledged to completely undo the new policy that the obama administration has put in place. so there is still a niggling doubt about that. >> lets listen to senator ed markey, a democrat showing that there was no root to confirmation in that hearing for rex tillerson without disagreeing with ...

Well, today after the incoming president announced that he would not really be divesting from his business interests. walter made a remarkable public statement. he gave his blunt and passionate and patriotic assessment of what trump is offering. >> its important to understand that the president is now entering a world of public service. he is going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. he is going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the...

>> what do you think the approach is going to be? exxon ceo rex tillerson facing questioning today from new hampshire democratic senator jean shaheen. the big political news out of this hearing today was not necessarily the tough questioning that rex tillerson got from democrats. the big political news out of the hearing was the contentious back-and-forth that happened between exxon ceo rex tillerson and a republican senator by the name of marco rubio. the democrats gave tillerson tons of hard q...

Expensive quasi legal offshore prison has held 780 different prisoners. by the time president obama signed an order one day into his presidency to close that prison, there were 242 prisoners still being held there. now as president obama leaves office, the number of prisoner theres is down to 55. last week the pentagon announced the transfer of four more men to saudi arabia. that brings the total number of people held at guantanamo to 55. secretary of defense ash carter said its unlikely any mor...

Entering a world of public service. he is going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. he is going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world. so no, i dont think divestiture is too high a price to pay to be the president of the united states america. >> you see the lines being drawn now in d.c. we know donald trump on one side and democrats on the other. but this fight over ethics, this fight is something else. this is the incoming p...