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Good morning. Im al sharpton. Tomorrow congress is back in session for the First Time Since the election. Will lawmakers on both sides beginning to grapple with what a Trump Presidency will look like. Back in their home districts, millions of americans are nervous, especially those targeted by trumps rhetoric over the last year and a half. My eighth grader going to school cried on her way. Thats real. Hes just been really disrespectful to a lot of the minorities and a lot of the demographics and hes about to represent us for the next four years. It is really unsettling. I love this country. I ...

Are making a show of unity and they agree on some things like repealing obamacare. what happens when things get hard? what happens if trump names this guy his chief of staff? steve bannon, the former head of breitbart, who once called paul ryan the enemy. what happens? the first time trump doesn't get his way. joining me now is michael stihl, msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman. thank you for being with me this morning. >> great to be with you as always. >> republican leaders and trump are all smiles right now. is this really a lasting peace in your opinion? >> i say right through ...

$10 billion! straight out of austin powers movie when he did that. >> yes. and i'm very rich i believe is what he said as well. but again, another thing that a lot of people outside the echo chamber like. but we'll see. actually, if the numbers add up i think there is a little controversy about that. with us on set today we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin chairman of the republican committee michael stihl and jeremy peters. and former governor -- oh, boy. former governor of vermont, former chairman of the democratic national c...

The jobs reports, they were very good in march and april, as you know. but yesterday's was not good and doesn't look -- the indications are that they won't be improving in the next few months before the fall elections. and so as you look to november 2 and you look at what is happening this sum we are the economy, the most important issue, there's a psychology taking hold among voters that there is now no longer some silver lining or silver bullet around the corner that's going to change the economic picture. and that is very tough for democrats to try to work against at this point. the feeling...

Comments he made about afghanistan at a fundraise they are week. one of the things he said, "the mcchrystal incident to me was very comical. i think it's a reflection of how the leaders feel about the war in afghanistan. keep your mind again, federal candidates this was a war of obama's choosing. this is not something the united states had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." what do you make of those comments? >> will with, it would help michael stihl and tmik michael steele if he kept his facts straight. the afghanistan war, obviously, began in 2001 under president bush. and has cont...