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There are two fewer candidates and the president-elect hadnt claimed he was holding a press conference. by the way, its not just about when the hearings take place but the kind of scrutiny candidates will receive and theres more. one of our next guests has broken news on that front and we will explain next. joining me now is msnbc -- next is now. joan walsh national affairs correspondent for the nation and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. magic. >> now. >> you have a scoop ott nonju...

Joining me now is msnbc -- next is now. joan walsh national affairs correspondent for the nation and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. magic. >> now. >> you have a scoop ott nonjust the what and when but the mechanics of this. >> senator feinstein, whos now the chair of the judiciary committee, senator leahy who is the past chair, they have asked for more time because jeff sessions hasnt completed his questionnaire. its great he got himself elected from the state of alabama but thats n...

Replace it with a new system. he is -- he is a frightening -- no, no, no. he is a terrifying man. terrifying man. >> im joined right now by the roundtable, bengie sarlin, to my left is an nbc news political reporter, molly ball covers politics for the "the atlantic" and jason johnson is politics editor for "the root." benji, you can start, youve been working on this all week. tell me why a person should be afraid of steve bannon in the white house, in the west wing? >> well, this is the concern....

Clinton gain the day in florida, where tim kaine is spending the whole day. started with a rally in fort myers, in sarasota and ends the day in st. petersburg joinings jon bon jovi at a get out the vote concert. with just three days to go, nearly 40 million people cast their vote for president. those early votes trend where the nominees are spurneding their last days of the campaign. and rick tyler, msnbc political analyst and former national spokesperson for the ted cruz campaign and jason john...

Just pulled out. the numbers are better in north carolina than they were for barack obama. inlorida were off to a very good start. were underperforming in iowa and ohio in ways that are troubling. >> joining me now deputy campaign manager for mitt rom y romneys presidential campaign and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. lets start with all this talk about how the -- this is an old trope. in some ways donald trump is bringing it to the fore. but the fact that votes have been rigged in t...

Campaign manager for mitt romneys presidential campaign and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. lets start with all this talk about how the -- this is an old trope. in some ways donald trump is bringing it to the fore. but the fact that votes have been rigged in the cities has been said for a long time. >> its racial code. its the cities. black people are cheating. like dead black people are going to come up. >> its always the dead. >> no matter what you do. you hack them in the head and...

>> no? >> yeah no. it definitely will not be. it will be -- it will be mission-based. it will be service-focused. it will you know -- but -- >> she said definitely not, but i read you in "the root" and you dont seem convinced. what do you think changed her mind or might have changed her mind? >> im not giving her career advice and you do have to take michelle obama, first lady at her word. at the same time as i say in this story when i spoke with professor charles ogletree of harvard law who tau...

Posts "social buzz," and jim pinkerton and special correspondent for "the root." what explains the media fixation on race cards? >> it is like cat nip because when you discuss iteratings go up and reflects a divided country, reflects a divided media. example, huffington post, holder said he is not playing the race cold. and then, hold are plays the race card and then new york manage says rate has been the real story of the presidency. >> when it comes to the incident involving eric tolder who di...

This. last week police searched his mansion after being accused of egging. a friend was arrested for is having drugs in the house. the popular website theroot is calling bieber a teen thug. teen thug justin bieber arrested in miami. do you agree with this? >> i think thats the image. look, look at the stories about justin bieber in the last few months. one neighbor alleged that he spit on him. another neighbor said hes racing up and down his neighborhood at 100 miles per hour in his own ferrari....

Are out of touch with reality. today the senate voted to pass the new budget, and congressman paul ryan is actually gloating that it doesnt extend jobless benefits. >> i got 70% of what we wanted. over the life of the sequester we keep 92% of it in fact. they wanted a big unemployment extension. they did not get that. no stimulus spending. no 13th extension of the emergency unemployment provision. >> blocking jobless benefits is what he wanted, but its not what americans want. and president obam...