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Week away from a new year full of legislative opportunities. but the midterm elections looming in november and a string of policy differences within both parties interests could derail a number of plans in 2018. betty woodruff and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart and independent writer at the "washington post." great to have you guys with us this afternoon. jonathan, let me start with you, if i can. the big picture here, usually presidents, as weve seen over the last two presidents, they see ...

Him, did you end up voting for roy moore yesterday? >> i did. i voted straight republican. >> did you vote for roy moore? >> of course, i did. he was the only republican on the ballot. >> you could have written somebody in, thats why i asked. >> i know some people did. very few speaking did. but if you look at the number of people that wrote in, thats more than the margin of victory for doug jones, look, doug jones and i went to law school together. i know him personally. hes a good guy, he was ...

Things in direct contrast to what the president says. weve seen that on policy, on politics. weve seen that on things like this sexual harassment case. and it makes you wonder, of course, who really speaks for the administration. i think in the end, of course, its the president. but you understand why our americans and people overseas at times find themselves whipsawed trying to reconcile these conflicting messages. >> i tohink to put it less politely, you see it after things so rep hencively of...

Of the fbi are big boys and girls. we understand we will take criticism from all corners and were accustomed to that. >> ray went on to tell the house judiciary committee there is no finer united states tu fine institution than the anybody. >> voting for a short term spending bill to keep the government running for two weeks. votes coming after president trump met with leaders to resolve key policy differences. >> a new deadline for a long term spending bill, december 22, yeah, the pry before ch...

>> ray went on to tell the house judiciary committee there is no finer institution than the fbi. >> the house and senate narrowly averting a government shutdown this weekend voting for a short term spending bill to keep the government running for another two weeks. the votes came shortly after president trump met with top republican and democratic leaders at the white house to resolve key policy differences. >> the new deadline for a long-term spending bill is december 22. thats when government ...

If mueller had evidence on those crimes, flynn had the potential to go away to prison for 30 years or more. he got zero to six months and that means he has something -- >> were still waiting for a sentence to be handed down by the judge. but youre talking about what was recommended. >> what was recommended. to go to what the other panelists have been saying, he knows exactly who was involved with these directions to reach out to russia. and one thing is clear, ana, in directs contradiction to ev...

The lead of that transition team, but jared kushner apparently and katie mcfarland who were directing flynn and the people -- his point of contact regarding these calls? >> unfortunately, im not surprised by much anymore, but what is very clear is this transition team was running a rogue foreign policy. lets look at what transition teams are supposed to do. theyre supposed to ensure that there is a policy transition between the administration and the incoming administration. its not unusual for ...

Warning two minutes ago. so were expecting sarah sanders to come walking out. theres a lot on the plate today. theres developments with north korea. theres this matter going on with the state department and theres brand new developments in the russian investigation. we learned about previous meetings regarding the russia investigation. were expecting sarah sanders to at least speak on some level on all of those matters. in addition the rex tillerson matter is clear over time the two have not had...

The bush presidency, the iraq war was a policy process rebuked the world over, along with extraordinary renditions and enhanced interrogation. there were policies that were not just loathed but really created revolts and real breaks in the relationships between this country and others. however, never once did the president tweet or send off a letter that was based -- i mean, they were just real policy differences. it was u.s. foreign policy that they protested. do you think, one, the president u...

Evident hes lied about it. they want to elect someone like that to give donald trump a 51st vote instead of a 52nd vote in the senate? >> richard shelby has said he voted absentee. he did not vote for roy moore. presumably he wrote in someone else, thats just my assumption. does that matter? hes a long time senator from that state. >> i think that matters more than someone from out of state. more people from the region would step up. it would be interesting if shelbey made a pitch to voters ther...