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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 ...

Please come back. we appreciate it. we want to take a look live on capitol hill where democratic senator chuck schumer and kevin mccarthy are both speaking. i want to take you there live. you can see the split screen, and lets pick one. lets listen in to chuck schumer for a minute. >> provide appropriations for eight shuttered cabinet departments and a 30-day continuing resolution for the department of homeland security. both bills received bipartisan support in the house. the logic behind these...

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...

As you were watching. >> no question. we are going to see this split screen applicable to the entire next year for sure. next session of this congress. lets go between whats happening on capitol hill and the presidential campaign. as julie was saying, thats going to show democrats if they come to liberal or divicive, how will that bleed over? similar to what we saw 12 years ago in 2007. i was thinking back watching the old pictures of speaker pelosi then as we see more senators coming to the flo...

Attacks are increasingly employed by members of both parties. the white house press briefing is all but gone. these are the ways in which he has changed washington. youve covered this town for years, phil. what do you make of the way he has been able to shake this town up? >> we talked about this, the presidency has bent toward him, not the other way around, anybody who predicted over the first 18 to 24 months that he would eventually be confined and change and shift his approach was dead wrong....

John berman, no aliens. thats good, too. >> they keep saying unsuspicious. i dont know thats the word i would use. i suspect something when its blue. it looked like "ghostbusters." >> did you expect 138,000 volts? >> i suspect zol. >> i like the split screen. >> on the right is -- yeah, that on your left. look at the two. its the same thing. can you tell which one is "ghostbusters" -- >> this is a serious question? are you color-blind? >> i know one is purple. >> i was just checking. i feel like...

Trees? >> lets talk about the red trees because they have been the most controversial. >> correct. >> theyve gotten a lot of flak, some people think they look like the flyers new mascot in philadelphia. >> maybe we can pull that up. let me see that. so the flyers mascot. >> named gritty. >> i need to see a split screen. >> they look nothing like this. >> they are a little shaggy. they actually have historical importance because the cranberry tree has been a tradition in the white house since bet...

That done. by the way, the split screen with you while you talked about the presidents plan being undefined was the actual president with his plan, side by side pictures of where the wall isnt now and where it is. what do you mean by undefined. even news the media that dont know all you know has seen that theres porous areas where you cannot put an actual structure. this is not new material. >> thats correct. so in fact the president and the department of homeland security have not decided wha...

>> twenty years ago today the house impeached bill clinton. do you remember as the house vote was coming forward and down it cast their votes, there was a split screen. on the other side of the screen was bill clinton ordering a bombing raid on an iraqi facility. i am not saying this is wag the dog. the president is in a lot of trouble with his base. he is not going to be able to deliver on the wall, however that is to be understood. markets are chaotic. his base -- remember what he said, the sa...

White house has. >> this has been a priority for the president. which is why he asked vice president to lead this effort and since that event is about to start ill let the vice president make that news. but i would encourage everybody to tune in. i think it will be a great thing for our country and certainly a great thing for national security. >> bill: we are watching the vice president on the split screen. sarah, thank you for your time. i want to come back to general flynn because he will be ...