senator franken was very candid on a lot of things. one of the most important truths franken mentioned which is rarely spoken here, members of congress are never supposed to admit their staff was responsible for an idea or been indispensable for getting something done. he says that he once publicly gave credit to a staffer for an idea and he was told by a colleague not to do that. it's always the senator who has the idea and does the work, he was told. franken thought that was wrong and i agree. maybe because i was a staffer before i was elected. as i look back on everything that i have done over 16 years, i want to thank all the staff that worked for me over the years. these are some of the things that we were able to accomplish. we were able to offer 16 laws and i was chief democratic co-sponsor on 11 other laws. american manufacturing jobs is a priority for me having grown up and representing the southside of chicago. we were able to get signed into law the customs training enhance. act to stop illegal goods coming into the country.

senator franken was very candid on a lot of things. one of the most important truths franken mentioned which is rarely spoken here, members of congress are never supposed to admit their staff was responsible for an idea or been indispensable for getting something done. he says that he once publicly gave credit to a staffer for an idea and he was told by a colleague not to do that. it's always the senator who has the idea and does the work, he was told. franken thought that was wrong and i agree. maybe because i was a staffer before i was elected. as i look back on everything that i have done over 16 years, i want to thank all the staff that worked for me over the years. these are some of the things that we were able to accomplish. we were able to offer 16 laws and i was chief democratic co-sponsor on 11 other laws. american manufacturing jobs is a priority for me having grown up and representing the southside of chicago. we were able to get signed into law the customs training enhance. act to stop illegal goods coming into the country.

i'm joined by former senator al franken host of the al franken podcast, white house correspondent for pbs newshour, and the editor at large of "the bulwark." we've got joe biden on the one hand offering to give republicans commerce secretary which, you know, puts them in control of the relationship with american businesses which i'm not so sure meat packing workers will be so excited about a republican who doesn't believe in regulation being in charge of that. they don't generally believe in things like the minimum wage but okay. biden is willing to give them that. meanwhile on the trump side he is asking for a special prosecutor for hunter biden. he is going to keep fighting his old scores. this is from the associated press. trump is still weighing his options considering whether to pressure rosen who is the new attorney general, the sit-in, to make a special counsel appointment or if needed to replace the acting attorney general with someone more likely to carry out his wishes. he has even asked his team of lawyers including his personal attorney rudy guiliani to look into whether t

al franken understands i think that minnesota and wisconsin are not the same as other parts of the country. we actually want people to be a little bit not crazy. >> we'll see. thank you all very much.

i agree with al franken 100%. he's been a disaster from day 1. and now he is, again, going out the way he came in. he's lazy. he hasn't worked. and he's thrown a monkey wrench in. and good for speaker pelosi. i can't say that enough because, you know, she means it. she -- if he's serious about the $2,000, okay, let's go. >> you know -- >> senator franken, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. on the door, this is what they're getting. this is the reaction they're getting. 38% from the door knocks are talking to them. usually it's about 7% or 8%. what these people are talking about is exactly what barbara's talking about. these people are broke. one $600 payment is not going to do it. and i think this is a gift to warnock and ossoff. and loeffler and perdue deserve this. but, you know, donald trump doesn't care about anybody but donald trump. and he hasn't cared about these two candidates really in georgia at all. and that may be good for us. that may be good for joe biden. that may be good for our agenda in d.c. >> all right. barbara boxer and a

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senator franken was very candid on a lot of things. one of the most important truths franken mentioned which is rarely spoken here, members of congress are never supposed to admit their staff was responsible for an idea or been indispensable for getting something done. he says that he once publicly gave credit to a staffer for an idea and he was told by a colleague not to do that. it's always the senator who has the idea and does the work, he was told. franken thought that was wrong and i agree. maybe because i was a staffer before i was elected. as i look back on everything that i have done over 16 years, i want to thank all the staff that worked for me over the years. these are some of the things that we were able to accomplish. we were able to offer 16 laws and i was chief democratic co-sponsor on 11 other laws. american manufacturing jobs is a priority for me having grown up and representing the southside of chicago. we were able to get signed into law the customs training enhance. act to stop illegal goods coming into the country.

the reason why al franken otherled or some of the --you see this more on the left than the right. it is rare on the right that you listen to talk shows where they just sit and talk to guests for hours. if you --you can find that a lot on the left. it does not work. it does not work in radio. what i was pointing out was the , the talent in the context of the communications of these men. it israel. -- it is real. they are using that talent to spread hate and racism, and i call that out regularly. i think until lefties start looking at people like limbaugh cansavage and saying what we learn from how they are using this medium, and i'm not talking about how do we like to spread hate, that is part of their message, but it is a small part. the biggest part is we are a tribe. it is community. .hey are selling community progressive radio hosts or people who want to be progressive radio hosts need to figure that out. host: you wrote about this in youration last week, and piece was about talk radio, emigrants can't win if they do not play. what should they be doing? guest: i think democrats

franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the condom to bring the cotton thawed where that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today we're perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that testing go is in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot down called 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creator of all advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand a little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be building but just explain to us frank level of 3 locked on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order t

franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the cotton to bring the cotton thawed where that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today we're perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that testing goes in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot called 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creator here all advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be beleaguered just explain to us frank level of 3 locked on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order that we

you know i can say that as someone who is returning, in the franken recount that the court did specifically, look at bush versus gore and consider it but i'm wondering, whether or not you think in the end it's been a good thing for we or really it's not had any impact? >> thank you. >> one thing to say is that that recount which many people, but not all people think was a fair recount, took nine months. and you could for. we're talking about the minnesota recount. so one thing we learned, is to do it right. it takes a long time it was great, the counting board was up there, it was on tv publics at public asset access tv. you can watch the ballots, and a try partisan commission, and it was jesse ventura, and the problem is though, you have maybe seven weeks. or less to do a presidential count. so the american law institute, is trying to develop recount standards, that could apply in a case of a close election within that window of time. it's hard to have fair procedures. >> it was done by january 3rd -- -- . >> sure you would need that to. -- then they would go on to congress. >> it's two ve

which is just corporate dominant platforms one of my co-authors and friends a dutch scholar named kuhn franken. wrote a really interesting piece in which that he made a point. we can see it we can see with what is happening with covid. the likely trajectory we just let the platforms do what they want. they will come to dominate. that sort of model and in which so many industries we really basically had two to three dominant firms. they had worked so much on misclassification and the economy. and we have seen real change in this. when i argue in the book is beginning in 2018. you start to see the tide turning on regulation. it had been very hard to get any regulation through. most of the regulation was in the way a more leeway and freedom for the company. it was operating at really high levels. and then they got regulators to change those laws to make it legal. starting in 2018. regulators at some of the biggest cities start to clampdown. uc and new york. you get a vehicle cap. you see it in different areas. they now consider the serious ride hail legislation. i now have a data base in the ten

franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the cotton to bring the cotton thode where that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today were perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that test in goes in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot call 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creed harold advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be building but just explain to us frank level of 3 locked on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order that we seen i

now, most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> there was a question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hasn't been overly kind. >> yeah, i read that stuff. "saturday night live"? is it dead? >> come on. >> my favorite is vial from the yard. >> it's funny. >> they were having a hard time, and then came the man that saved the show, eddie murphy. there was buzz about him. so you tuned in, and there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. ♪ hey! ♪ >> it really kind of rejuvenated the show. >> i am gumby, dammit! >> the show regained status and clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. >> hey, bob. >> looks great today. >> listen, harry, tell me now! >> you hear me, through! you will never work in this town again. >> don't leave me hanging by a thread. >> we were worried because we had a new cast. but everyone loves us. >> i guyou guys have been so ni during our stay. >> isn't that special? >> we just want to pump you up. >> a lot of things

but at some time, franken stein's monster killed the creator. what was the lunatic fringe took over the party, there were many times over the past decade or so, when it looked like the gop was finally like on the cusp of a reckoning, that they were going to realize, mcconnell or others were going realize that it was a problem to have this lunatic fringe in charge. it would make it harder to win elections, they will alienate more reasonable people. it would be harder to governor if their base believed crazesy things. over and over, they had the opportunity and the reckoning never came because there was no consequences of winning. >> and also, i'm not surer ifthe election helped, because so many expected this wholesale repudiation, is that why they are going along with it, because they do not have to reckon with all the damage he has done, katherine? >> i think it's a few things. i think they are afraid of trump, his itchy twitter finger and afraid of his base. if they see, if they are seen as departing from, you know, the conspiracy theoryists in

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introducing a franken bill that grasps some of the president's pet peeves like his grudge match with twitter and his false claims of voter fraud onto the stimulus check bill. the whole thing all but certain to fail leaving millions of americans who can't afford to put food on their table or to pay rent out in the cold. and the president of the united states couldn't care less. while the senate plays games with covid aid, he is golfing.g. again, i've said it before, that this president isn't even doing the job that he's trying so hard to keep. compare that, though, to the president-elect, joe biden, telling americans what we need to hear about the virus. that as of tonight has killed more than 338,000 americans. >> wbut we need to be honest. the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough. very tough period for our nation. may be the toughest during this entire pandemic. i know it's hard to hear, but it's the truth. >> so the current president when he actually talked about the virus that's killing us, something he has avoided for months,

they got mad about franken and two years later voted for trump. and spending by democrats and bust the budget. they have more bad faith. it's ridiculous. what's important to remember is this is just going to continue as they realize more and more that the language that democrats have been holding in for all the years is going to be common once biden gets into office. >> senator boxer, you didn't have rubio go on a tweet storm or tweet bible verses. when congressman called alexandria ocasio-cortez an fing b. he didn't have a problem with that. but now he's at morality police. call trump and tell him not to veto the defund the military. that's the other thing going on in the lame duck. your thoughts? >> my thoughts are that rubio and all the guys who just are the puppets of trump they are just hypocritical babies. grow up. we know what they say. when they're behind closed doors. for them to act so shocked when someone makes a comment like that. in these days when everything you say is on social media. it's absurd. lame ducks are grumpy. and rubio is

franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the current outbreak the current 3rd wave that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today we're perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that testing go is in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot down called 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creator all advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be building but just explain to us frank level of 3 located on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order that w

seemed quite critical and they were in fact moved by it, and i would add we are the party that forced al franken out once there was evidence from accusers that felt he had gone too far. john conyers, as well. i think it is important to be the party that takes that seriously. and i question every republica s who push back on this when they support president trump, who has been credibly accused by over a dozen women of sexual assault, critic eugene carroll, that says that he raped her. and an alleged pedophile still got rnc money in the president's endorsement. i would push back and add that the aide to governor cuomo did not want to speak with the press after lobbying -- lobbing that accusation. >> martha: that happens a lot. in my mind, the huge problem, and you know, many of the people on the list you just named, jessica, fall in this category, is they were not afforded due process. whatever the accusation was made, it was universally accepted as truth, and these men, in this case, these individuals, did not get the chance to have their side of the story hard. but lisa, it feels to me like the

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introduced a franken bill that grants some of the president's pet peeves like his grudge match with twitter and false claims of voter fraud on to the stimulus chec

barbara boxer and al franken. it's great to have you both on tonight. thank you. a lot going on at this moment. i appreciate it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. where am i? what happened? that was a lot of news. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening rachel. >>> good evening chris. indeed a lot of news, awe disorienting amount of news. thanks at home for joining us this hour. this is one of these nights. some day we will gather up all the news stories, all the segments, all the drafts, scripts and carefully prepared questions for our interview guests and we'll gather those things that got torn up and thrown away one hour before air time because of nights like this. someday we will do a whole show -- we will do a year of shows that's all the stuff we had to throw away because of this president. those shows will be like a visit to a parallel universe where there isn't a virulent carry yos agent running the federal government of the most powerful nation on earth. but that is what we've got. and while he's still there on nights like this, we throw

the reason why al franken otherled or some of the --you see this more on the left than the right. it is rare on the right that you listen to talk shows where they just sit and talk to guests for hours. if you --you can find that a lot on the left. it does not work. it does not work in radio. what i was pointing out was the , the talent in the context of the communications of these men. it israel. -- it is real. they are using that talent to spread hate and racism, and i call that out regularly. i think until lefties start looking at people like limbaugh cansavage and saying what we learn from how they are using this medium, and i'm not talking about how do we like to spread hate, that is part of their message, but it is a small part. the biggest part is we are a tribe. it is community. .hey are selling community progressive radio hosts or people who want to be progressive radio hosts need to figure that out. host: you wrote about this in youration last week, and piece was about talk radio, emigrants can't win if they do not play. what should they be doing? guest: i think democrats

franken-shirt dagen, what do you think? dagen: this is all the rage. it's basically quilts that are shirts many it'. it's like various pieces of different fabric all sewn together. they're reusing fabric, part of the sustainability trend. for that amount of money? forget about it. maria: steve, what do you think? steve: it looks like something i would sew and i can't sew. so you might call it a modern art jackson pollak, stuff you throw together, call it art and charge 1200. gosh, only in america. dagen: it's british, steve. it's not american, it's british. it's burberry. maria: that's right. that's right. steve: they're getting their revenge against us. like blue jeans that look like they came out of a dumpster and you can charge $500 for them. fashion is -- dagen: i always felt that way about fashion. i always say that about fashion. they're playing a joke on us. maria: all right. quick break and then retired lieutenant general michael flynn is here as the case against him is finally dropped and two weeks after president trump granted him a full pard