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International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is ele...

international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new years day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so n...

At noon today is major progress is not made with the big three automakers. The economy lost money in the first week and this could take a major toll on the supply chain if it continues to grow. Todd san diego declares humanitarian crisis as thousands of migrants are released into the community. We are talking to a mayor who has been documenting this himself and hes not the only one. We should not allow people in the country if they are breaking the law, that does not make sense. Carley President...

So this guy aided Four Billion Dollars of net worth in a matter of 8 to 10 seconds. The republican front runner found liable for fraud as he continues to escalates threats. This is what we have seen time and time again, and tonight, during threat to our democracy from donald trump, and what it looks like a financial Death Penalty for his Trump Organization in new york. This is such an across the board laws, it is hard to see how this does not spell the end of donald trump, the businessman in new...

Higher on the forbes list. I am not worth six billion, i am worth seven. In fact, i am really worth ten. So this guy aided Four Billion Dollars of net worth in a matter of 8 to 10 seconds. The republican front runner found liable for fraud as he continues to escalates threats. This is what we have seen time and time again, and tonight, during threat to our democracy from donald trump, and what it looks like a financial Death Penalty for his Trump Organization in new york. This is such an across ...

Lets not even talk about, my god, lets not talk about russia. texass gdp dwarfs russia. im so good admiral stavridis brought up colin powell. i think of him when we talk about our top story of the day. i think of him because we had him on our show, and he was talking about january 6th, and he said he was pacing the floors in his home looking at the right saying what you and i were saying to our tv sets, yelling at our tv sets that im sure everybody else was. which was general powell said where t...

There. we have been very clear about what we believe has happened over the past six years. and where most of the blame has rested. let us hope we can move forward in the coming year and maybe our leaders will start doing what americans do want them to do. they want them to work together, and like your dad said, cooperate with each other. >> in the final moments of the last year, democracy prevailed. it survived. >> yes. >> and, you know, there was a question. theres a lot to be hopeful for as we...

In order. >> right. >> and respect for the constitution and respect for our democratic process, we have to look at what happened still, even though it feels like a long time ago. >> and jonathan lemire, i know you have a question for david ignatius. let me go to you first. this is something after january 6th, i dont know, i got a little heated on january 7th. and one of the things i was yelling about was what the hell happened at the pentagon. i want to know the time line. i want to know why the...

Because they knew that donald trump did not want the riot broken up. >> theres no question there, and trump, of course, didnt do anything himself to summon the national guard. we recall vice president pence from the capitol having to ask, where are the troops, why has this not happened yet. we heard cries from speaker pelosi for the same. it was reluctant because of the backlash to what had happened a few months earlier, that again, was donald trumps doing when he used military police and law en...

Not a good security situation. he said an optics question. not the perfect time to have a celebration which the state of the union tends to be. back to you. >> joe johns, thank you very much. lets discuss with the white house correspondent for reuters and white house economic policy reporter for "the washington post." thank you for coming on. jeff, you spent time in the white house here. this is a remarkable back down for the president. i wonder on the shutdown. he has his chief of staff asking ...