we don't have official confirmation of this from the trump administration, but we know who john gore is and we know that last week he withdrew as the lawyer in charge of defending the north carolina bathroom bill, the anti-trans bathroom bill, he withdrew from that case because he said he would "imminently be departing from this law firm and thus will be no longer able to represent the defendants." the other thing we know about john gore is that when he's not defending anti-lgbt discrimination bills, his real expertise is defending electoral redistricting plans against claims of civil rights violations. that apparently is going to be the guy in charge of civil rights in the trump administration. that apparently, that reportedly is their pick to chair -- to head up the civil rights division in the department of justice. you can tell a lot about a new administration's priorities by what they do on their first day. in this case, they promised the moon and the stars and they'd be building the wall. what they did was put the brakes on a voting rights case. that was pretty much act one. >>

we don't have official confirmation of this from the trump administration, but we know who john gore is and we know that last week he withdrew as the lawyer in charge of defending the north carolina bathroom bill, the anti-trans bathroom bill, he withdrew from that case because he said he would "imminently be departing from this law firm and thus will be no longer able to represent the defendants." the other thing we know about john gore is that when he's not defending anti-lgbt discrimination bills, his real expertise is defending electoral redistricting plans against claims of civil rights violations. that apparently is going to be the guy in charge of civil rights in the trump administration. that apparently, that reportedly is their pick to chair -- to head up the civil rights division in the department of justice. you can tell a lot about a new administration's priorities by what they do on their first day. in this case, they promised the moon and the stars and they'd be building the wall. what they did was put the brakes on a voting rights case. that was pretty much act one. >>

people, he airport dollars john gore to position in the department of justice civil rights division. so again, proof is in the pudding like you said. anybody, donald trump talked big game about lgbt rights. but anybody can set that acronym out. elections bring the iss foreign regimes, and foreign threats, but the reality of the situation is that for lgbt people in the united states the biggest threat, home-grown extremists. as we've seen with donald trump, he brought a lot into his cabinet starting with his vice president. >> so what's the i guess organization that, i mean, who you are you organizing, is there really a full-on plan, i guess, so to speak, counter attacks? >> well, so the organization that i work with, we formed in the aftermath the horrific shooting in orlando in the summer. lgbt voice to gun violence. so we are planning a lot of different direct action, and, you know, the gun violence issue is an issue that's very important to the lgbt community as well, so really organizing around that. nationally other different organizations are planning things. everything from le

trump has also tapped john gore, a lawyer who has defended gerrymandering and extreme voter id laws, to serve as one of the department of justice's top senior civil rights officials. presidident trump says he w will name his pick toto fill late antonin scalia's seat on the supreme court as early as next week. two contenders for the seat have emerged -- judge william pryor, jr., and neil gorsuch. pryor is a fierce opponent of abortion who has called roe v. wade the "worst abomination of constitutional law i in our history." he also opposes lgbt rights and has backed an anti-sodomy law in texas. donald trump is threatening federal intervention in chicago to address shootings and gun violence. in a tweet tuesday night that made reference to his inaugural address, he wrote -- "if chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killllings, i will send in t the feds!" a new lawsuit accusing preresidt trump of violating the u.s. constitution emolument clause, which prohibits people holding federal office from accepting payments from foreign governments. th

kerry, al gore, blah, blah. really uplifting discussion. these men that had lost, but then i was also able to talk about women who had won in this election, right. i was able to talk about the four new women in the senate, wee now up to 21, which incles three women o color that are new, which is a big deal in the united states senate, which tended to be a really white place because we have kamala harris, tammy tammy and cortez from nevada. that's a big addition. then the fact these women were energized through the clinton campaign. volunteer, new people coming out involved in a way and i always told them, no matter what the atmosphere, they have to find something they love to do, then deal with whatever atmosphere. one is sometimes we make on both sides, everyone wants to get involved in the presidential and trying to get involved in r running for some local job for school board or trying to help people on those. i start as city council. i learned how to get people out. he won and six months later, he took a job

gore, you know, that legitimacy. >> john lewis was one of those people who felt that way in 2000. he didn't good to president bush's inauguration. >> sure. >> panel, thank you very much. stick around, we have more questions. >>> all right. coming up on this show, longtime republican isn't that true john mccain is at the center of what is going on in the political dialog right now. we want to get his thoughts on the transition, on this mystery sheltering of russia by the president-elect, and what he says is an urgent need for change in our military. what's going on? he will tell us. >>> then, you can stick around until our 8:00 hour please do so because woodward and bernstein reunited. they will together again on our air. the legendary journalists will discuss their reported rift over that recent cnn report about the dossier and what they expect for the trump presidency. >> doesn't quite have the same ring as cumo and cammarota. is f the teeth that's white. a lot of the things that we have in our diet today can actually start to threaten the enamel and start to cause what we call a

after meeting with mlk's son yesterday trump fired off more tweets against civil rights icon john lewis today. after meeting with al gore days later trump nominated a climate change denier to the ep a. >>> politico's white house correspondent eli soak owes joins me now. we have been talking about this on the campaign trail on and off. how is donald trump going to govern, what does he say in public and what does he do behind the scenes? he seems to be a different guy behind the scenes. that seems to be the case, telling people one thing and doing another. how effective can he keep that going forward is everyone going to bend to his will? >> i don't think for very long. it serves him well in business. he likes to create the chaos, it works well in his negotiating deals. when you are trying to advance an agenda, which is conflicted, requires buy in from congress, it's difficult if no one knows what where you are going to go. when you look at the meetings he has had over the weekend and you basically district the caucus and the leadership when you say thing about tax reform and about obamac

john: we have seen some vice presidents unless you administrations. joe biden, dick cheney, al gore some of the most powerful and influential vice president in our entire history. genuinely i think what is most unusual here is there was not a bond between george w. bush and dick cheney like this one. there was not a bond between bill clinton and al gore like this one. the bond between these two men, and politics partners often talk about how close they become. it is watching these two over the last eight years and in the last couple of weeks it is incontrovertible how much they genuinely love each other. it is something i think we rarely ever see in politics were some in relationships and so many partnerships are essentially formed around political necessity and self-interest. this one transcended that in a remarkable way. mark: an extraordinary look at american political royalty, the obama's. jimmy carter, the trump family, the incoming first lady on the far end of your screen. thee is joe biden and clintons as well. this is all the living vice presi

and the question before us 20 years ago was the involvement of the government of china in the clinton-gore campaign. we spent months in public hearings on that question. because of some ham-handed decision by the clipon-gore campaign -- god forbid to accept campaign checks from buddhist nuns, there was nothing that pointed to the involvement of the chinese government but we went on for months and months later formal reports were issued and yet look at the response of the republican majority now to the suggestion that the russians were involved in this presidential campaign, a fact which every major intelligence agency of this country has confirmed. do you see the same kind of anger and commitment and excitement? not at all. they've dismissed it with boys will be boys shrug. the only hope we have to ever get to the truth of this is a thorough f.b.i. investigation, and now we are being asked to appoint an attorney general who will not give us his word that he would not stop such an investigation or impede it. that to me disqualifies him when it comes to this important responsibility. and so

representative john lewis was one of them, maxine waters another. joining me now, editorial director of the washington examiner, hugo gordon. good to see you. what is this? more than 40 now. it's as though they think it's okay, it's sort of fun, it's trendy -- >> well, i think -- trish: -- you know, sticking the middle finger to the american people that elected them. >> they do think it's okay, and part of the reason they think it's okay and they won't pay a political price is the fact that donald trump's poll numbers are so low. you know, they were a little bit higher in november immediately after the election, and when people thought the transition was going pretty well, but they've declined somewhat, these polls show. and i think that the democrats are reading those polls and thinking, hey, this is the most unpopular incoming president for a long time at least -- trish: so that gives them ammunition. but here's the thing -- >> pay a price. trish: didn't they learn their lesson last time? i mean, poll numbers, right? how are we supposed to trust p

from there, we visited the john heinz national wildlife refuge, which is the nation's first urban wildlife refuge and pennsylvania's largest freshwater tidal wetland. lamar gore, the refuge manager, showed us how the refuge is at risk from the saltwater pushed in by rising sea levels. the refuge is adjacent to the philadelphia international airport along the delaware river. as you can see from these graphics reproduced from "the new york times," at five feet of sea level rise, some of the city goes under water, and the refuge is in real trouble and water encroaches upon the philadelphia airport. at 12 feet of sea level rise, 6% of the city, including the they have iewj, the airport and parts of downtown philly, are all under water. projections that parts of philadelphia will one day be uninhabitable due to sea level rise are among the major drivers for the forward-looking climate mitigation and adaptation policies of philadelphia's office of sustainability, and senator casey and i met with them, too. lastly, being in pennsylvania gave me the chance to secretary with dr. robert bruele of dr

lewis questioning the legitimacy of donald trump's presidency. >> and don't forget, al gore and george bush xliii. the fact it is was settled by the supreme court. al gore had more popular votes than bush. when he took office people thought he wasn't a legitimate president. we elect by the electoral system and that's the system that is in play here today. >> and that's why it was so important in 2001 for al gore to be on that stand standing next to george w. bush so even his strong supporters who were saying we don't like george bush, we think he's an ill legitimate president, al gore, the person would have been the president had there been a popular vote saying no, he's everyone's president. >> there was during the transition. i think it's one of the mistakes that the trump transition has made. george w. bush and al gore met before. >> they did. >> before the inauguration. it was an important moment because that was -- we haven't had that moment between trump and hillary clinton. i think it's a huge mistake. >> by the way, i want to say in that presidential -- the inaugural address th

we mentioned john lewis, congressman also did not attend president bush's inauguration in 2001. his office confirming to us he at the time had concerns about the recount, what had happened in the state of florida, and al gore versus george w. bush. he at that time was back in his atlanta area office, so i think we'll work on compiling the list for everyone right now, there's nothing organized at this point. >> kasie hunt on capitol hill, kasie. mark murray standing by, you have a preview of this new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out later today. we have new numbers on obamacare. what do you have? >> some fascinating numbers. we have for the very first time since the law was passed actually more people who believe that obamacare is a good idea rather than a bad idea and while this 45% good idea versus 41% bad idea margin doesn't seem all that big, 45% is the highest we've had in the totality of our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll with the question being asked back into 2009. one reason that number has gone up is that democrats now repeal being a very real threat are act

presidency. >> and don't forget about al gore and bush 43. al gore, more popular votes than george bush 43 did when he took office. and people thought he was not a legitimate president. and in this case, hillary clinton is now closing on 3 million votes in terms of a plurality. but we elect by the electoral system. >> and that's why it was important for al gore to be on that stand, standing next to george w. bush. even his strong supporters who were saying, we any he's an illegitimate president, al gore who would have been president, saying no, he's everyone's president. >> there's been a moment that was missing during this transition. and one of the mistakes that the trump transition has made. george w. bush and al gore met before. the inauguration. it was an important moment because that was it. we didn't have had that moment between trump and hillary clinton. i think it's a gigantic mistake. >> the inaugural address, george w. bush did offer a tip of the hat to al gore saying, i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit

and the question before us 20 years ago was the involvement of the government of china in the clinton gore campaign. we spent months in public hearings on that question. because of some ham handed decision by the clinton gore campaign, god forbid to accept campaign checks from buddhist nuns, there was nothing that pointed to the involvement of the chinese government, but we went on for months. and months later, former reports were issued. and yet look at the response that the russians were involved in this presidential campaign a fact. which every intelligence agency was confirmed. do you see the same kind of anger and excite m? not at all. and now, we are being asked to appoint an attorney general who will not give us his word. that he would not stop such an investigation or impede it. that, to me, disqualifies him when it comes to this important responsibility. so i come to this conclusion, despite my personal relationships, my working with senator sessions. my respect for his family, that he is the wrong person for this job. we need someone with unquestioned strength, values and integri