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Were seeing more people seek out female owned and minority owned businesses. google trends, searches for black owned businesses specifically were up 600%. its having a big impact on her business. lets listen. >> because no one really cares about the little people half the time. its important to support us as little people. the women-owned businesses, we kind of get lost in the mix sometimes, so having that support really is nice. >> reporter: and you dont even have to come out to markets like th...

>> no, it cant. good evening, erin. weve all seen the signs. no shoes, no shirts, no service. and republicans look at that and they say, well, hey, thats la za fair. we stay out of the way but in this case, if that same business, like the gentleman you just interviewed wants to have a vaccine mandate to protect his own workforce and those who patronize whatever the establishment might be, oh, no, all of the sudden, now the texas governor says you cant do that. i see this as game of one upsmanshi...

Have the green terror, the doubling of tax rates. weve got reparations for every nonwhite person. and a trillion dollar right off her student loans. it became -- b1 one-upsmanship >> laura: one-upsmanship. >> it became a parade -- you have an administration that at point is successful. >> laura: aoc is getting bolder by the day. tonight, shes lashing out at the partys top leaders. shes saying this about nancy pelosi. "the washington post" saying, "the consistent singling out of the progressives,...

Right to live or not. we have the green terror, the doubling of tax rates. weve got reparations for every nonwhite person. and a trillion dollar right off her student loans. it became -- >> laura: one-upsmanship. >> it became a parade -- you have an administration that at point is successful. >> laura: aoc is getting bolder by the day. tonight, shes lashing out at the partys top leaders. shes saying this about nancy pelosi. "the washington post" saying "the consistent singling out of the progres...

>> he should be. >> if he declares an emergency, hes pulling from the defense department budget. if he wants to convince its better to take money from the military, good luck with that. >> mitch mcconnell is more worried about the precedent. >> neil: but it does take the monkey off his back saying i tried. the court will shoot him down anyway along the way until this goes to the supreme court. >> which goes to that point i was making earlier, this is just a series of one upsmanship and gamesmans...

Little bit on "morning joe." you can sign up for the news line, signup.axios.com. that does it for me. "morning joe" starts right now. >> it was one of those split screen moments for america. on one side, house speaker nancy pelosi and ushering in one of the most diverse lawmakers in history. on the other, president trump recommitted to the government shutdown over his demand for a border wall. just look at the imagery. it speaks volumes at the start of this new congress. but so do the policies ...

Law. it is about politics, one upsmanship. a lot of people arent making money in this exercise in power flip playing. >> susan paige, lets take moment to talk about history made yesterday with nancy pelosi sworn in nor the second time as speaker of the house and in so many ways, it was an incredible day for women. but im fascinated with the dynamic that is now sewed up between nancy pelosi and this president which i think could have pitfalls if, for the president in the days to come as we deal w...

>> shes credible and shes been on the national stage for quite some time now. shes that have been defined as shrill. shes working on all the things that men work on as they develop their stature and credibility on the national stage and it is going to be a big reset for her, and i believe shes got the strength, the warmth, the confidence, but also the experience and the mistakes to step up and really make a case for credibility. >> well agree to disagree. >> lets bring in two other names, too, s...

Mind you, he takes no questions while there. >> right, mike barnicle, i understand politicians playing to their base. at times when i was in politics, i played to my base. every politician plays to their base. thats why theyre called their base. here, the base is 25%. i know were showing a poll that says 35% of americans support funding for the wall, but only 25% support donald trumps shut down over the wall. thats a radically shrinking base. i go back to these senators who have to run statewide...

But so do the policies for the economy, for congressional investigations, for politics and for the very direction of where this nation chooses to go. >> its quite a picture. >> quite a picture. quite a split screen. welcome to "morning joe." >> the diversity at that donald trump press conference. >> you wonder, is it planned or wow? >> i think probably not. >> its friday. it is friday, january 4th. quite a day. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. >> he could have been in that pictur...