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state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but were gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alic...

♪ ♪ ♪ its one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for presi...

Right? and you know, if you look at him, hes in the background glad-handing. hes taking pictures and shaking peoples hands. its like thats what politicians do. and you talk to people in arizona, theyre like we never see her, we cant talk to her, she doesnt come to the local chamber of commerce, she doesnt come to like the yuma town hall like ribbon cutting. like nowhere. >> there have been a few videos that have leaked over the last year of fund-raisers that shes held with national -- you know, ...

Senate committee and they have said that theyre sorry, but im not sure that will be enough for these families that have been trying to get the armys attention for some time on these issues. >> shepard: clearly have. thanks, jennifer. appreciate it. that hearing is underway. in addition, the president is still speaking. doing glad-handing and thank yous and calling folks up as he wants to do before sheriffs and police chiefs from across the nation, thanking them for the amazing work that they do....

Barack america. they are going to put you back in chains. >> dana: have a feeling we will be seeing those montages. some of those gaps are endearing. if the democratic party looking for the most qualified? >> greg: no. he might be the most qualified but he is an old white male, and that is the ford pinto of candidates in 2018. the preferred model is going to be based on a combination of identity. the interesting thing, the difference between biden and trump is that biden is kind of an old-school...

>> ive sat next to the russians and the chinese in the u.n. security council, they are both adversaries and ones that we need to stand up to. first and foremost russia has become an increasing regional threat and if china is increasingly a competitor taking over the south china sea islands and we need a strong congress to stand up to them and make sure that americas interests are protected there and congress will do just that. >> shannon: what about north korea? its something that has plagued ad...

Probably defend him, and they would have to basically gear up for the impeachment proceedings. i think the first thing that would probably happen is it would be reviewed by a court with regards to contempt. and of course, with the midterm elections coming up, all of thats very good publicity for the republican party. >> sure. >> to use. >> so, given that, its unfortunate that some of these things become political shows on both sides. where does it leave rosenstein now? your assessment after that...

One new york politico blake zefit pointed out when the news broke was weiners trying to get a huge promotion and he lost the last time he ran for mayor without a scandal. spitzers basically in a redemptive mode and hes saying, hey, i will take this lower job. as you point out its not the governorship, although its a lot of money. >> they are both addicts. they are both addicted to running for office, getting the applause, the glad-handing and all of that for what theyre doing. neither one of the...

These guys, eliot spitzer, really, like he cant think of anything else in life to do except run for -- he craves the sound of election night applause that badly? that he wants to run for comptroller of the city of new york? >> well, i think he definitely wants to get back in the game. maybe he shouldnt have resigned so quickly. the big difference between i think spitzer and weiner that one new york politico blake zefit pointed out when the news broke was weiners trying to get a huge promotion an...

Duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations, mr. speaker. [applaus [applause] >> and john boehner, the speaker of the house for the 113th congress offering some emotional remarks as he is sometimes prone to do, getting near tears. now the glad-handing will begin, getting tears when he talks about the -- the need to follow the fixed star of a more perfect union, and when he talked about at the end, if you come here humbled by the opportunity ...