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>> laura: i just want everyone watching to understand that newt gingrich is here tonight and he standing up for al franken. >> absolutely extracts me when i said last week that i didnt think he should resign because until -- i think the voters have to have a say on this. pushing people out of office -- coke >> i have not read all the details. to the best of my knowledge, even the one which broke today, the horrifying last straw which led schumer to decide as a great new yorker that he had to sud...

And e-mails that went into establishing that meeting after those e-mails became public. he acknowledged discussing that matter with his father but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view, there is no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> president trump is set to meet with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, their goal an agreement on the year end budget. republicans do not need democ...

Trumps response asked by the associated press correspondent ken thomas who joins us in just a moment. congress has until friday to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. pelosi and schumer are again scheduled to meet with trump at the white house. thats tomorrow, less than a week after they canceled the last similar meeting. with us tonight the aforementioned ken thomas, and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and an msnbc political analyst. ken, y...

I didnt do that when i moved, and i dont get any of my "cat fancy" issues. >> dana: no have your christmas cards. jesse, what is your take? >> jesse: he got schumer and schumer and romney and deborah debbie wasserman schultz and ted cruz to all agree so i guess its a good deal. we have a great relationship with israel. our only real partner in democracy in the middle east and he fulfilled a campaign promise. i think his supporters are going to be happy better. i think our nato allies and pacific...

Conservatives from the house freedom caucus withheld support about this spending dilemma. it was a big surprise that they did that. now democrats in the senate say it could be avoided if theyre given a seat at the table. >> we hope the republican leadership can avert more of this unnecessary hostage taking like we saw in the house floor last night which can only impede the serious ongoing bipartisan negotiations. >> schumer is telling his republican colleagues in the senate, its not too late to ...

Again when his $32 million settlement -- >> for one woman. lets have a quick reminder. what do you think someone did to settle for $32 million with one woman? million. >> you know, whats outrageous is "the new york times" has reported that in that case and in the other case, part of the settlement was to destroy evidence, which raises a lot of legal issues. fox doesnt have a right to destroy evidence. other women have a right to have that evidence of sexual harassment. so destroying efld ta inin...

Right there. >> i think it has everything to do with, a, if they attended the meeting under those condition the base would have screamed loudly. they have pressures from their base to be mindful of. >> but that just like the republicans is a broken base. the people who are in the far left say, resist, do not engage with trump, but there are people in the middle who are saying -- >> in foreign policy its the democratic mantra that you often have to do diplomacy with people you dont like, like the...

Budget reconciliation. they dont have that for the stuff they have to pass at the end of the year. they need eight democrats in order to not have fiscal calamity and disaster and credit breach and all that. this is where democrats are going to try to assert the authority. the only problem is if you push it too hard and you are seen as taking too many hostages or doing that stuff endangering the economic health of the country, then it shifts. right now the democrats are sort of padding their way ...

Senate with 51 votes using budget reconciliation. they dont have that for the stuff they have to pass at the end of the year. they need eight democrats in order to not have fiscal calamity and disaster and credit breach and all that. this is where democrats are going to try to assert the authority. the only problem is if you push it too hard and you are seen as taking too many hostages or doing that stuff endangering the economic health of the country, then it shifts. right now the democrats are...

The republicans push the tax deal through. >> this is not how america should be making laws. >> white house meeting with president trump and bipartisan leaders scrapped last week after democrats laid out a list of demands on the president said he didnt see deal coming together. schumer and pelosi say they have accepted a white house invitation to meet on thursday to discuss the agenda. one of their priorities is addressing the status of children brought to this country illegally by their parents...