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we're not even seeing that now. >> michael steele, last word on that. so true. >> to pick up where charlie left off, the reason for that is there were no consequences for donald trump, so the reality for a lot of folks is if i step outside of trump and trumpism, i get consequences, right? but if i'm in line with consequences, regardless whether charlie sykes or michael steele scream at me as republicans, i don't care, and we really don't care about the mainstream media screaming at us. it only matters whether or not there's retribution within our ranks, meaning what happened to liz cheney being censured and other members that voted for impeachment being censured. back to incentive structures, they are as we say in my neighborhood, a little messed up. the reality of it is we disincentivize governance and disincentivize leadership and the constitution and democracy and in sent advise the trump crazy and the narrative that november last year, donald trump won the election, and it was stolen from him. that's what kevin mccarthy signed on to. that's what kev

former rnc chairman michael steele still with us, as well. and joining our conversation now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "way too kasie hunt. let's talk about congress, maybe. senate majority leader chuck schumer's plan to use budget reconciliation to pass more democratic priorities may be closer to reality. the parliamentarian ruled that senator schumer's interpretation is correct that a simple majority can be used at least three more times before the midterm elections. that opens the door for democrats to pass large legislative packages, like infrastructure, voting rights, without republican support or the threat of a filibuster. senator schumer's office says the ruling, quote, confirms the leader's perception of the budget act and allows democrats additional tools to improve the lives of americans if republican obstruction continues. democrats stress, they have not yet committed to this route and still are looking for republican cooperation. senator joe manchin, however, voicing his opposition to a key aspect of preside

michael steel, michael steel, michael steel, what happened last flight, party unity? >> oh, yeah. >> what do you make of it? what are you hearing? >> well, you slam the party leadership on the one hand and you calm for unity on the other, typical trump. he was in his element. he had 400-plus people in the room. the rnc paid $100,000 to be there. there was no skin off his back. it was again a further aculturization of trump in the party and elites. mcconnell could care less at this point about what trump says about him. but it does have a negative downward pressure on the party as a whole. you are trying to set up races going into next year. you've got two big governors races this year in new jersey and virginia. so you've got to begin to focus on how you message to the american people after four years of absolute whacked out crazy. and so, it's a very hard thing to do. but that's just half the situation. the other half is what was the response of the people in the room? how -- who put up with him? did they cheer him on? continue tony dulg in the big lie ignorance of t

of the michael steele podcast. michael, i'd like to start with you. exactly the point we discussed at this very hour last night with britney packnett cutting him, people heard the chauvin verdict they have been on the fence about police reform saying, while that's done, we need not worry about it anymore. i've read you a quote from axios, senior democratic and republican aides would never let their bosses say so on the record, privately told axios the chauvin convictions have wait for it, less and pressure for change. they noted the aftermath of mass shootings, time and again, congress has failed to pass gun control legislation, and the conversation ultimately moves on until another terrible event occurs. michael, at this rate, their recurring ever of the day, what is the chance that we see anything substantial on this? >> well you better see something. the substantial nature will depend on how serious the leaders in the house and the senate are and certainly how much pressure comes from the streets of this country

michael steele. >> you'd give me a big amen on that. >> amen. i love history. i love watching it unfold right in front of our eyes, and i love the fact that the american people had a hand in shaping that history. we need to do more of that as citizens to get the kind of government leadership that we need that best reflects our values, our principles and represents us well, and i think what you'll see on that podium wednesday night is a good example of that. >> thanks to all. david ploeff and stephanie, and michael steele. >> two families demanding answers today after one of the victims has died and the other is now fighting for his life. in elizabeth city, north carolina, a state of emergency has been declared after andrew brown jr. was fatally shot by police last wednesday while being served a warrant on felony drug charges. seven officers have been placed on paid administrative leave. the attorneys saying the body cam video has still not been seen due to redactions being made and you've got him there with you? >> andrea, that is right. the family members of a

. >> michael steele. if there is a typical republican left, the kind we used to define when the three of us were young, disk or pushback make the average republican sweat? >> i don't think and make the average republican sweat. that's always been the purview of the leadership, and senatorial committee isn't congressional committees. the average republicans, at the end of the day, they pay attention to the things they are interested. and they pay attention to how they use their dollars to promote their advocacy, and candidates they support. it is, to clare's point, a new branch, a new branding if you will, for corporations to get out here in the space. here's the problem for mcconnell, what is he going to do about it? you know? to clare's point, they are using the first amendment right that has been expressly given to them by the supreme court, right? so, what do you gonna say to them now? because guess what? they are employees are voters. they're a hell of a lot more of their voters working for them. vote

attorney and senior fbi official and michael steele, former rnc chairman. and chuck, i want to go on this first. it's not as if rudy giuliani is completely, you know, untutor in these things. he used to be a federal prosecutor himself. so he knows good and well how you get a warrant to do a search, you know, how you get a search warrant. what do you make of his pretense that what the fbi should have done was allow him to tell them what they could take, leave his icloud alone, and he would say, this is the stuff you need to take. take these laptops that are hunter biden's or whatever? >> yeah, complete nonsense, joy. so let me tell your viewers how it actually works, in case they want to credit anything mr. giuliani says. by the way, they should not. you noted that a federal judge determines whether there's probable cause that a crime has been committed and whether you're going to find the stuff that you're looking for in the place that you're going to search. that's it. when mr. giuliani said, well, they need to be able to demonstrate that i would have dest

michael steele, and olivia nuzzi. you may recall some of her coverage of rudy giuliani that was interesting largely because of the way giuliani rolls. her story, a reporter's guide to texting with rudy giuliani. good to have all of you here. i gave a little legal summary and we'll get to more of the law. but, michael, i want to begin with you big picture. what does it mean even in a time where everyone has gotten used to everything that the former president sees a second top attorney of his indicted by the -- excuse me, raided by the southern district, the previous one indicted. and what does this tell us about the hangover from that trump era? >> well, it is not a good day in the neighborhood if you're in the giuliani neighborhood or in the trump neighborhood because it means that there are federal investigations that are out there. and we don't even though. it's a lot like very good reporters, when they put out the first story about something and it like blows up and everybody is like, oh, my god, you know there is

i think michael steele is exactly right. you have a party that recognizes the value of donald trump. let him say those things that are bigoted and racist and sometimes distasteful as long as you can run in later and gather up those voters and make sure that you get the, you know, as you can see, i think trump's fundraising is often quite good when you're talking about the low-dollar people that continue to send in money. not the times that it's fraudulent but the other times, right? the party sees a tremendous value in donald trump and so they need to keep him a little bit of arm's length but also make sure that they're kind of friendly at the same time. i agree. perry is exactly right. all those things he ticked off are those very things that the party itself is very interested in. so i think it's a win-win. you're talking about culture wars. i don't even think it's culture wars post politics. we'll talk so much more about dr. seuss than we will talk about eradicating child poverty, right? we're not going to go through the

senator claire mccaskill and michael steele, two of our friends along for us. claire, this must be highly unusual for you. i'm sure you have traffic to share with us of your former colleagues and how highly mush this is for them to be sitting there tonight. >> yeah, this is really weird. this is one night in washington where there's a dinner held for the senators, spouses are always in town. there's a lot of social interaction before going down to the speech. i remember watching the diplomatic core walk in that i used to favor a seat close to the diplomatic core on the very edge and my secret was, brian, that meant i could get out of there quickly when it was over. because i wouldn't have to wait for everyone to go down the front aisle. this is very different. tonight will emphasize what we all knew when we were sitting in the chamber and listening to the speech. this speech is not about who is in the chamber. it's a speech to the american public. jb will know that clearly. when he looks out, he will not see all of his friends that he expected to see in his fir

i am michael steele and joshua johnson has the weekend off. right now president biden is preparing to mark his first 100 days in congress. what does the american public think of his time in office? a brand-new poll is giving us fresh insight into what is going on and what is working and what isn't? plus, i have been trying to get d.c. representation in congress, and now a statehood bill is headed for the senate. how does it -- why does it matter and what will it take? a new defense is emerging for the three ex-officers involved in george floyd's arrest. blame it all on derek chauvin. will it wor

i am michael steele and joshua johnson has the weekend off. right now president biden is preparing to mark his first 100 days in congress. what does the american public think of his time in office? a brand-new poll is giving us fresh insight into what is going on and what is working and what isn't? plus, i have been trying to get d.c. representation in congress, and now a statehood bill is headed for the senate. how does it -- why does it matter and what will it take? a new defense is emerging for the three ex-officers involved in george floyd's arrest. blame it all on derek chauvin. will it work? i will ask an expert. welcome to "the week." president biden marks his first 100 days in office next week, so how is he doing stphg new nbc polling out today shows americans support what he has done and there's clearly room for improvement, but it's worth noting his predecessor had a 40% approval rating this time four years ago. not so bad, joe. the number one issue he's dealing with according to poll respondants, the coronavirus. remember, it was ju

steele. >> dr. michael steele, what say you? >> y'all can keep going. i'm loving it. >> they're so dumb! >> i'm with dr. mika on this. we're having this conversation, because for a year, we were stuck in stupid about the mask. now we're on the back end, everybody wants to claim science when they weren't listening to the science in the beginning. and so what mika just said and what dr. fauci just said is now where we are. where we're now in this brand-new space where you have a lot of open air and opportunities, we're still not at a point where, to use that old term, herd immunity, to use those old ideas, when you get over a certain threshold of people vaccinated yet. but became we came into this all wrong, as my mama used to say, all ass backwards -- >> did your mama really say that? >> oh, yes, she did. >> you're making that up. >> oh, okay. all right. that's good. >> okay, michael. the thing is, we didn't have 50% of our population vaccinated. and again, it was hard to catch the coronavirus outside in good ventilation before. and at this point, i mean

michael steele, jake sherman, thank you. tim miller is sticking around. >>> up next for us, in this make or break moment in our country's fight against coronavirus, why dr. anthony fauci has been forced to take on the develop. gop. we started with computers. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't stop at storage or cloud. we kept going. working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety. and help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. so when it comes to your business, you know we'll stop at nothing. >>> i've become sort of, for some reason or other, a symbol to them of what they don't like about anything that has to do with things that are contrary to them, anything outside of their own realm. i'm not trying to scare anybody. what we're saying is that we make recommendations based on scientific evidence and data. i don't think anyone would consider me a scare monger. i've never been that way at all. >> that was dr. anthony fauci on neil cavuto's program l

still with us, claire and michael steel. i'd like to begin with you. people have remarked at how much quieter it's been with trump off social media. how he starting to feel more irrelevant. and though when you make a list of the courageous push back republicans, after kinsinger and cheny you run out of the names. have you been surprised courage hasn't been in greater supply. even a couple of them? >> no, not really. this is never been a national narrative for the gop. it's always been the local and personal. this is how -- this is playing out at state level flt state parties around the country. races that for city counsel, being impacted by trump candidates. similarly, races for chairman of the party and central committee are similarly impacted. that's not lost on the elected leadership. so their focus has never been on the broader national narrative. which a lot of the media and the opposition would focus on. in term of democrats. for republicans, it's not surprising to see folks still gather down at mar-a-lago. the rnc is shell out $100,000 for whate

. >>> i want to add to our conversation rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst michael steele. ari, of course, is correct, about where we are, a police officers on trial, with the blue wall crumbling, officials testifying forcefully against him. and but, how far are we, if while derek chauvin was on trial more black men were killed at the hands of police? >> it tells you that while we have the opportunity to witness what we did on video, that even in that circumstance, it may not net be enough because in the past justice has taken a peek and seen a man or woman in a blue uniform and the skate suddenly has a different weight to it so this is a crucible moment i think in many respects, nicolle, for not just george floyd in the adjudication of his case, but what it says about cases going forward. the fact that you did have police officers confirming that the process, the policy and the accesses of officers chauvin were not a lie, that he was not going to be afforded the protection that that blue wall, that blue shield has provided in the past was a significant breaking point, i th

i'm michael steele. joshua johnson has the weekend off. right now, joe biden is preparing to mark his first 100 days in the white house. this week, he'll take a victory lap in front of congress. but what does the american public think of his time in office? a brand new poll is giving us fresh insight into what's going on, what's working and what isn't. plus, i've 19 seventies, along with a whole lot of other folks to get decent representation in congress, now statehood bill is headed for the senate, why does it matter? and what will it take. i'll talk to d.c. delegate eleanor homes norton. and a new defenses emerging for the three ex officers involved in george floyd's arrest. blame it on derek chauvin. will it work? i'll ask a legal expert. welcome to the week. president biden marks his first 100 days in office next, week so, how is he doing? new nbc

joining us now republican strategist michael steele, he served as a top aide for former house speaker john boehner. good morning to you. there is so much to talk about here. i want to -- let's bring your former boss into the conversation for a second here because he obviously has had a lot to say about this over many, many years. let me show you a little bit of what he had to say over the weekend as part of his book tour and we will talk about it. watch. >> you call some of these members political terrorists. >> oh, yeah. jim jordan especially. my colleague from ohio. i just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart, never building anything. never putting anything together. >> and then there's senator ted cruz who boehner says is the ultimate false prophet. >> perfect symbol, you know, of getting elected, make a lot of noise, draw a lot of attention to yourself, raise a lot of money which means you're going to go make more noise, raise more money and it's really -- it's unfortunate. >> so he called them political terrorists, michael steel. we ended up with people actual

michael steele, taxes usually are the third rail, but i'm finding when i watch republicans try to push back against this plan that they're flailing a little in trying to respond to this idea that the wealthiest among us at the very, very top shouldn't be taxed more. >> well, they are, and it's largely because a growing number of republicans around the country are sort of agreeing with this idea that, yeah, those over $400,000 a year and corporations probably should be taxed to pay for some of this. this idea of taxation being forbidden is not agreed to inside the party any longer and a lot of it has to do with government since the early 2000s. they've watched republicans spend wildly without somely real, and then on the back end try to cut taktsz they are right, though, that the fundamentals of the bill, let the economy go back to what it was doing before covid-19. but the president's argument is, look, we've lost a lot of jobs, we've lost a lot of businesses, so we have to come back a different way. we have to now put in place some fundamentals to help that foundation become a little

his name is michael steele. you may know him from a number of activities. he is a republican who came around to endorsing joe biden for president. we thought you would be good for this. how are you? >> i'm good, man. how are you doing? >> i'm okay. juggling. >> you good. >> what do you think of the way biden is clearly making this a repeat theme? >> what you're seeing -- and i hope people appreciate this because i know a lot of folks around town do. what you're seeing joe do is 43 years of senator experience. he's working the system. he's working the system, in parts, against itself. he's doing what reagan was good at, bill clinton was good at and barack obama was good at. that is going directly to the american people, kind of going over the head of congress, kind of going around the process and stating with a lot of clarity, this is what i want to do. and you need me to do this because you want me to do this. and, so, we saw it first coming out of the gate on covid. you see it now with infrastructure and the polling is reflecting that because voters are se

joining me is michael steele, former chairman of the rnc, imagine you're the chairman of the rnc and holding it in a different hotel and commanded to come to the trump hotel where donald trump has raised more money for himself and his political action than has the republican itself. >> yeah, and again, people in the room were paying for trump. they weren't paying to support party organization and operations relative to the upcoming elections this november in the states of new jersey and virginia where we have two important governor's races on the line and of course, setting in motion the efforts to win in 2022. mcconnell would like to be the majority leader again. mccarthy would like to be speaker on the house and they're on the verge of that, but trump is still in the way and the thinking that donald trump is going to be the lynchpin to open up the -- that political opportunity at the ballot box is a big risk at this point, andrea. it really is, and the donors in the room listening to the takedown of mcconnell and other party officials, they paid for that. the rnc spent $100,000 for

john 100 in minneapolis for us let's also joined by michael steele he's a professor at lowell university thomas also joins me from minneapolis has been listening in to what's being said professor it's good to have you again on the program you see watching what the prosecution's closing summary is how effective do you think it has been in terms of trying to disseminate the very complicated case that this can be for a jury of all research millions. i think it was fairly effective you know if it did take more time than i expected i thought oh in being in about an hour and it went longer than that in the risk is that you're going to lose focus if that happens it took a while to get to the core narrative 25 minutes before he really got to what happened step by step and that surprised his team which was you can believe your eyes certainly made sense i thought that he might have used the video more to emphasize than to actually walk them through as they did in the opening but maybe they began that would be redundant if they did that the witnesses that he brought up in his closing were interesti

back of it, andist is who a rouse politico at the political governor michael steele. and, michael, i'd like to begin with you indeed. exactly the point we discussed at this very hour last night with britney pacnet fung ham. a. >> you privately told axios the chauvin convictions have, wait for it, lessoned for pressure for main. time and begin congress mass. >> what's the chance we see anything substantial on this? >> well, you better see something. you know, the substantial nature of it will depend on just how serious the leaders in the house and the senate are and but those staffers are speaking troous and those members, they're bosses who believe that there conviction has lessened the urgency. you realize that the day was put on the street when we heard that this man had been found guilty and another black teen y and happen and he followed about events and this sort of wishing it away and is seemingly believing that because, you know, which everybody was seriously concerned about has now been taken care of that that takes care of police shootings. and policing in bl

i want to welcome now michael steele. he served as lieutenant governor for the rnc and former prosecutor paul butler. good evening to both of you, gentlemen. >> how are you doing, ari? >> i'm all right. michael, i want to start big picture. we just set up what we're all going through. the law matters, and it matters most when lives are at stake. but i want to go above the law for a moment. what does it mean as far as justice and yet to know how accurate and rare such justice is? >> i think it turns some corners that we have been trying to turn for generations. when you look at, you know, individuals like a paul butler and others in the legal profession who are grinding through this process as african-americans, recognizing that, you know, they're trying these cases and trying to uphold this system of justice and at the same time watching what happens to individuals in their community, it is frustrating. it is agonizing. and part of what you heard yesterday was just like this collective, oh, my god, did that just happen? a

with me, now, is michael steel. former-chairman of the rnc and reverend mark thompson, host of the make it plain podcast. michael, i hate to put you in a position of having to explain these people. what do you mean, satire? are you telling me that "the simpsons" is not a documentary about a family from the midwest? >> okay. so -- so, the two moments here, joy, that i thought were just priceless that they can become, you know, a gif, a meme, whatever. they should happen. the first is, after he said -- opened up his comment with, you know, you claim that black people are superior to white people, is that true? she had this look like, cannot be that stupid. and the second was when she said, well, i wrote that when i was 19. and as a black student, at harvard, just so we understand who you're talking to. look. >> uh-huh. >> this is everything you -- you have said, leading up to this segment and then the segment about what we are looking at here. a credible, talented, gifted, black woman, who is about to get the job. and

michael steel explains what on earth is going on. a lesson in dealing with the filibuster and the joe manchins of the world from former senate majority leader harry reid. he joins me live. and my legal panel previews derek chauvin's defense. brace yourself. i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday, the republicans are at it again. last night, the former guy, he gave an ho

bloomberg's michael mckee. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: live from new york, i am alix steel with guy johnson in london. more updates from the opec meeting. it looks like the deal is done. they will be increasing production starting in may, about 350,000 barrels in may and june a-day and upping that in july. we do not know what saudi arabia will do. they were cutting in one million barrels. we do not yet know what that will mean. guy: it is interesting the conversation had with the u.s. in which the u.s. hinted at the fact they do not want oil prices to get too out of control. the only thing that will upset -- you do not want anything to upset this recovery. let's not let them get out of control. alix: the sally's do like a surprise -- the saudis do like a surprise because the market was not affecting this coming up, elise gould is the economic policy institute senior economist. guy, you and i have more to do. guy: you're only going to be there for half an hour. you're going to do commodities edge, which today i

. ♪ alix: live from new york, i'm alix steel, with guy johnson in london. this is "bloomberg markets." we want to get a visual. with more is bloomberg's michael mckee chart is stunning. michael: youth inc. of it sort of like a balloon. you squeeze one area and it -- you think of it sort of like a balloon. you squeeze one area and it expands in another. two of the countries that have vaccinated the most, cases are going down, but look at what is happening in india. they are just exploding and having an and norma's problem. the prep -- having an enormous problem. the problem with that is if we have a country were to are many that don't have cases under control -- a country or two or many that don't have cases under control, that can mean variants, and that means problems around the world. israel and the united states leading the world in the major country category of people who are being vaccinated, but to get back to the point i just made, there are 83 countries with 0.5% or less, most of those with no vaccinations at all, so the globe still has a real probl

steele have praised ms. gupta as a consensus builder on critical issues like voting rights and criminal justice reform. and every major law enforcement organization, including the fraternal order of police and national sheriffs association have endorsed ms. gupta's nomination. in light of this widespread support, it's tough to take the criticisms i hear from my colleagues on the other side seriously. if ms. gupta supported defunding the police or decriminalizing all drugs, how does she manage to get universal support from law enforcement communities. if she is such a radical progressive, why are people like groarvegger norquist -- grover norquist and former consular of coke industries endorsing her nomination. republican criticism of ms. gupta is also hard to take seriously after they spent the past four years, four years -- i was there -- push thriewg some d.o.j. and judicial nominees who are either wholly unqualified, openly supported disenfranchisement of black americans or were critically accused of sexu