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Plan one that can pass? here with me tonight, robert trainum, former senior advisor on the bush-che anyway campaign and steve kornacki, nbc national political correspondent. steve, politics aside, promises about when things are going to get done has not worked particularly well for this administration or congress. sometimes it doesnt work well at all. its sort of a thing people try and stay away from. >> i think this is where the urgency really is going to come more from congress, more from the ...

Here with me tonight, robert trainum, former senior advisor on the bush-che anyway campaign and steve kornacki, nbc national political correspondent. steve, politics aside, promises about when things are going to get done has not worked particularly well for this administration or congress. sometimes it doesnt work well at all. its sort of a thing people try and stay away from. >> i think this is where the urgency really is going to come more from congress, more from the house especially because...

In it, she says she learned of a deal between the clinton campaign and dnc that essentially allowed clinton control of the committee even before she secured the nomination. it says the deal, quote, specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the dnc, hillary would control the partys finance, strategy and all the money raised. all right. this thing needs to get unpacked. i got my panel here, jason johnson and robert trainum. you and i spoke before the show. donna brazile is a de...

Platforms, twitter is only used by 15 to 20% of the american people. most people who are on twitter and using twitter are actually journalists and the media so hes not really using twitter to reach people. hes using twitter to command media coverage. its working in a way. when were talking about his tweets we dont have time to talk about the failure of trump care and the people who will literally die as a result of his policies. >> most people via twitter, a lot of us, i know i use it to consume...

Threat to a weak president than a strong press. theyre attacks on the media and the fact that donald trump feels threatened by that and takes time out of his day not only to attack journalists, to attack mika brzezinski, many journalists. katie turnen had to get security. hes going after reporters and journalists and thats a dangerous thing to do, for people to feel like they cant trust anyone but the president. this is to distract from the many stories you talked about. >> its working. robert, ...

Silence us. but we will not let them. >> president trump speaking last night at an event for veterans in washington d.c. were going to have more about that conversation with the folks in that room with the two guests i have next. liz plank and robert trainum. great to see both of you. liz, the obvious strategy for the president in that line, do you think that its working for him? he got applause, an ovation. >> i think it shows what the presidents priorities are which is gtl, golf, tweet and lie...

Walked up to the beehive an has hit the beehive. now, all of a sudden, you see all of these bees swanning here. and now we may get stung here. it appears we havent thought this through. however, i cannot stress this enough. there are people who come into this country that abuse the refugee laws that want to harm us. so, i believe the president is trying to make sure that those type of individuals do not come into this country. i applaud him for that. however, this needs to be thought through. th...

Robert trainum. to that similar to what jessica has brought up, will we see a reduction of what is typically 80,000 refugees from around the world coming to america. >> it appears that way, about 100,000 refugees have come to america. under the executive order that ive just read that will probably go down to 50,000. this is a larger question for america. one, its a constitutional question. number two its a moral question. were better than this. weve already learned from our mistakes from which j...

Bunch of different rules are followed. so in the coming weeks, were going to have to figure out what that means. >> all three of you, thank you so much. well have to leave it there. great conversation based on what were watching on the left-hand screen. the breaking news of those at jfk, jessica, robert, jenna, all three of you, i really do appreciate it. a live look at jfk airport, by the way, as i was talking about, the chants continue. this after 12 people were detained as they tried to enter...

Sean spicer on "today" a little earlier addressing it. >> other countries need to be put on notice, he will not allow them to undermine our safety and sovereignty but going to match other countries and take action. >> take action. with me now, two msnbc political analysts, former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, along with robert trainum. former bush/cheney administration advisor. whats going on with the president-elect today? >> good morning and happy holidays to you. im not sure. i think what...