Squeaky clean. There were complaints. Meredith vieira says he kept sex toys in his office. Hoda and savanna knew about thi this. And at msnbc, they said it was kind of a open secret. I know thats been a band phrase. Some of it was consensual but a lot of it was not. A lot of it was humiliating, degrading, harassment, borderline sexual assault. It looks like they have a problem because when you combine them spiking the Ronan Farrow Weinstein peace with them spiking the Juanita Broaddrick bill clinton peace and protecting matt lauer for all these years. And doesnt good for them and they made a half A Billion Dollars in profits every year and the ratings are great. People who were playing by the rules that got them where they were doing with the rules say this is a huge error. Dana what to think about the ronan farrow piece . Nbctoday show fixture and have a Harvey Weinstein story. Nbc said take it somewhere else. Its not a story want to do. It comes out in the new yorker and thats the spark that lit the wildfire. Kimberly i think after you mention this yesterday. Dana things i shouldve said during the a block. Kimberly why didnt you make that point . I think its very bad for them because it makes them look like they were trying to do kind of a coverup. They dont want to do a story like that another have their own skeletons in their own closet. Such a big story. Ronan farrow obviously was telling the truth, and there was never there to not talk about these stories and not shine a light. Dana we are not saying we know for sure its connected. We dont, but it does raise
putting out a statement. Thats not what i said. The fact of the matter is the young lady in question is africanamerican, and i know he her. Dana juan, ever since nancy pelosi was on Meet The Press and screwed it up in a week later calling for the roseate Trickle Resignation come are the democrats trying to get themselves into a place where they can agree these allegations are serious. Juan there is so much to say. You have to put it in this democrats are not united and not all of 1 party when it comes of this. What you had is pelosi trying to maintain relations with these Senior Members of the democratic delegation in the u. S. House of representatives, john conyers. 88 years old, Senior Member of
the party in the head of the Judiciary Committee but you want to maintain relations with the Congressional Black Caucus which is going to be especially protective of the man who founded it and is referred to in the black community but by pelosi as an icon. Brian would you also say the right thing to do politically and the right thing to do personally. If you listen to these women talk and you read these accounts and close the book and say i have to go do Meet The Press. Ive got to be honest. I cant back him anymore. As opposed to i better not lose the Congressional Black Caucus. Kathleen rice has been the hero of this entire. Freshman new york congresswoman has spoken out on both sides. She said she walked out of a meeting with nancy pelosi because they werent addressing the elephant in the room. That takes guts, telling senator franken to step aside. Thats takes cash that takes guts juan i think they are asking him to step aside. If youre talking about the institution, theres no way of getting away from the politics. Nancy pelosi wanted to demonstrate shes a leader to her members but also i think she screwed up on Meet The Press when she talked about questioning the women, the same screwup that my friend James Clyburn made. Jesse she managed to alienate both constituencies, women and blacks. At first she says he is an icon and raised doubts about the women and you know democrats need women because they are a key constituency. Then she flipflops and says should probably resign but she hasnt called for the White Al Franken to resign. A lot of members in the black unity see little bit of a different standard there. Juan wait a second. This is what greg was talking about. Its a huge difference between these cases. You want to throw them in the
same bucket. I dont think thats fair. Jesse there are similarities between both. Conyers has four allegations against him. Frank n photographic evidence, groping. Similar. Dana when it comes to the law, sexual harassment, the women accusing Al Franken Werent Working for him. Is that the key distinction . Kimberly yeah, because it Wasnt Something Taking place in a Work Environment or he was a superior to them or supervisor. Its a completely nonconsensual, unwarranted, inappropriate. Thats what makes it so disturbing. People think they have free rein to behave in this way but its injurious to others and women. When you see the situation of conyers and the situation with
franken, theres evidence to substantiate these claims that it can be independently corroborated. Dana do you think conyers will resign by tomorrow . Juan conyers is in the hospital. As kimberly said, this is an 88yearold man under tremendous stress. I think you have to stop for a second. We dont often do this but be sympathetic for a second. The poor guys whole life has crumbled here because he is no longer going to be known as the founder of the black caucus or the longestserving member or a terrific representative of southeast michigan. Hes going to be known as the guy who got caught up in this. The real crime in the conyers case is that he used public funds to pay off this woman as hush money. Thats the sin here. Brian would you say we should give tribute to Harvey Weinstein for doing some great movies. Hes been doing this for 50 years. If it turns out, the v shape. Bill cosby is hysterical but i dont the could put on an album again. Stephanie templer. Dana can i interrupt. We have good news. The president of the United States has just lit the National Christmas tree and i think we have some tape of it. Merry christmas and happy holidays. I want to thank you. We want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, a happy new year. Have unbelievable holidays, and we are not going to light a very beautiful tree, and i will ask our first lady to get ready. Maybe we will do a countdown
from 10. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Dana that is pretty fun. The white house Christmas Tree lit for all the people of america. The president and first lady enjoying their first Christmas Season at the white house. We will bring you more if we have it. I i had come british Prime Minister theresa may condemns President Trump over his recent activity on twitter. He had some words for her as well. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros. Even pet care services. And nobody understands your options like the advisors at a place for mom. These are local, expert advisors that will partner with you to find the Perfect Place and determine the right level of care. Whether thats just a helping hand or fulltime memory care. Best of all its a free service. Theres never any cost to you. Senior living has never been better. And theres never been an easier way to get great advice. Call today. A place for mom. You know your family. We know senior living. A place for mom. You know your family. We know senior living. Together well make the right choice. Jesse President Trump and
britains Prime Minister theresa may in a war of words over some recent tweets by the president. The president has come under fire after he retreated antimuslim videos. That prompted this response. The fact that we Work Together does not mean we are afraid to say when we think the United States has got it wrong and to be very clear with them, and im very clear that retreating retreating from Britain First was the wrong thing to do. Jesse that didnt sit so well with the president. He fired back with theresa may, dont focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom. We are doing just fine kimberly, is this an old spanish between friends or is it more than that . Kimberly this is the new age of politics. We are in a twitter war with theresa may. Did we ever think we would be here . Jesse no, we did not. Kimberly this is a new day, a new age and i expect it will continue especially now
with more characters on twitter. Shes also getting back. You wouldnt think this is the new President Trump affect. She says im going to get in the mix. Jesse she says shes not afraid to criticize her friends when she thinks her friends have done something wrong. Juan first of all, apparently much of the video that was retweeted is fake. Its not real. It shows muslims engaged in violent acts and the like and the president read tweets it. The key point to me is not theresa may. She is our ally. She says its not affecting the u. S. British Relationship Anywa anyway. But it somewhat different than what we saw from President Obama, wouldnt you say . Yes want, they said it was in americas best interests to maintain its alliances with muslim majority countries. From south carolina, senator graham said this is not
good. Brian he didnt say all muslims were bad. He said these two Extremist Groups. Juan when you retweet Something Like that. Jesse retweeting is not an endorsement, juan. Brian the mayor of london wants theresa may to rescind the invitation the president accepted. We dont have a date yet for the visit, because of this. She says they are doing just fine. I say, if theresa may got video of the bike path terrorist and tweeted that out and said hey, theresa may, hey President Trump, cracked down on your Terrorism Problem in new york city, how would President Trump have handled it . Dana theres a few things. The Extremist Groups here is Britain First. Thats the extremist group. They are too far right wing to call them right wing. They are a White Supremacist group. On twitter, you can turn off retweets, thats a good rule. He doesnt need to retweet anything. Retreating his a bad idea. I also think this idea that they are fake but in general we know there are muslim extremists and therefore its okay is wrong. It reminded me of 2004 when dan rather tried to pass off those forged documents about george w. Bushs air guard participation, though they were forged. The New York Times editorial page wrote fake but accurate. Not good enough. I think shes the most ideologically aligned with President Trump. She agrees with him. They are allies. I think instead of punching back at her, you have to understand she has domestic politics she has to deal with as well. She is inclined in a precarious situation. They might have to call for another election soon. She has to be able to stand up. I would say theres no need to put your allies in that positio position. Jesse i am going to give the royal expert the last word. The president is going to england later next year. What do you think his reception is going to be and how do you think they are going to handle it . Kimberly lets see how the relationship is. The mayor into more trouble. Last time, a lot of backandforth. People want to get in on the feuds. General speaking, i think will be favorable but i think therell be protesters are people offended by something on that particular day and they will hit him and he will hit them back twice as hard. Jesse spent some time with the queen. A winning Progress Report from President Trump on the economy, next. At lincoln financial, we get there are some responsibilities of love you gotta do on your own. And some you shouldnt have to shoulder alone. Like ensuring your family is protected, today and tomorrow, no matter what the future brings. See how Life Insurance from lincoln can help start protecting your familys financial future now, at lincolnfinancial. Com. Ive always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. Super poligrip free. It creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. Just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. Try Super Poligrip free. I want ycome on mom t easy. Go slow. Lets go mom slow down for the ones who keep pushing. Always unstoppable. Remember when i used to say we are going to win so much. I used to say that, right . I used to say it, and thats whats happening. Thats whats happening. The governor is going to come to that beautiful historical oval office. Hes going to say to me mr. President , the people of missouri cannot stand all this winning. Were going to keep winning and winning and winning. I used to say that. I had fun with that. But we are winning. We are winning again. We are winning a lot bigger than anyone ever thought possible. Kimberly winning indeed. The dow broke 24,000 for the first time today and President Trump taking credit for that on twitter, another sign of a booming economy. Consumer confidence is up also
because a longawaited tax cut for americans is possibly on the brink of passage. John mccain announced today he will vote for the tax bill, increasing the chances of getting through in a senate vote tonight or tomorrow. Fortuitous, jesse, in terms of the president , the timing, the numbers. Getting senator mccain to get on board. Jesse the president has always been a closer. Hes closing the time this year. Once he gets these tax cuts passed. They are going to slip and Obamacare Mandate repeal once they go to conference. Thats of twoforone. Republicans going to the midterms next youre going to feel a lot better once they post those wins. Maybe throw in an infrastructure bill, get some democrats to vote for it. The economy is already juiced. Jobless claims started alltime low. Consumer confidence, 17year high. Manufacturing, housing markets
booming. Dow, historic records. Theres a lot to look forward to next year. I think they revised the gdp last quarter to 3. 3 . Could see a 3 gdp for the year. Obama never saw that in eight years. If trump gets that after the first year, its pretty impressive. Juan thank you, obama. Thank you. Brian he cant turn the economy around in ten months. Juan i know that. Brian confidence, the stock market. What i like is that the Business World looks at what tax reform is that we can debate it. The Business World is about dollars and cents and they say this is getting close. Im doubling down. I like the confidence they are showing me the markets. Juan reduce the evidence of doubling down . Up 24,000, as it gets closer to closer to package, the market has rocket fuel. Much like rocket man. We will talk about north korea later. This is the mccain surge. When he walked forward and said i can support this, right Tell Me Corker is going to sit on the sideline . Juan corker, flake, susan collins. I think danes from montana. When you get john mccain to say yes, i think a lot of those people now feel like the bandwagon is rolling and we better get on board. My feeling is even as people say lets get something done, this is not a good tax bill. Im a bigot it helps people. I think 25 of the money goes to people making over 300,000. Brian two different plans. Kimberly i want to get the dana perino forecast. Dana i think it is unstoppable. Imagine if senator mccain had said he was not going to vote for it. I think he made the decision on the merits. The question will be on, the
republicans were able to ensure obamacare remained the most unpopular piece of legislation ever passed. Although its more popular now. That really help them in the midterm elections. This will be a little bit different. Obamacare, for many people, was a bridge too far because of its a step towards socialized medicine. Everybody can understand tax cuts but the debate will be on the statistics. Does the economy continued to do better . Do wages go up . Do people see more money in their paychecks starting in january and does not have an effect . The democrats are going to say clearly this is only going to the rich. All these people who voted for President Trump and are disappointed, we will have a better answer. Thats what the debate is going to be but i think republicans, because the economy is in good shape right now, you add tax cuts to it. I dont see how it doesnt get better. Brian its not like
health care was going good and obamacare made it better. Right now the economy is going in the right direction by almost every stat. If it improves incrementally, its only going to help. Dana the economic concern the president will have to deal with will be inflation. Brian one quick point. Chad pergram wrote, senator Senator Kennedy from louisiana, he said the meetings are different. They are more positive, upbeat. Hes rallying people together. Hes not scaring them, inti