Office of the ethics under tight sup vision of congress themselves this is until president elect tweeted following. With all congress has to work on do they have to make the weakening of the ethics watchdog their number one act in priority. Focus on tax return and health care and other things thats important. Drain the swamp. That went out within the hour at 10 50 a. M. They schedule a emergency meeting at 11 00 a. M. At which time they backed off their amendment leaving the oc in place as an independent body. Im joined by hallie. Would the republicans stop their effort to gut the office of congressional ethics had not trump tweeted . I do think that the tweet in the president elect in weighing in on this issue starting the night before did have some part in this. I would be hesitate to they are starting to become buildup of an outrage on monday when this happened. You saw it build throughout morning. Donald trump tomorrow adviser being pressured about this themselves. The dp and outrage tla existed publicly was starting come into play. Ewasnt tweeting against the action of gutting the independent Ethics Committee he was tweeting about the timing of it. He didnt like that it was over shadowing health care you just read in the tweet. Although i will say that the clearly there was discussion about the president elect reaction with House Republicans in the morning before this flipflop on the oce. Did you get reporting they were going to reverse themselves on this until we heard from trump in his tweet, was there a sign they were going to do that . Paul ryan doesnt like this. He was another leader, Kevin Mccarthy is striking a different tune. There was no appetite to do this. The idea that donald trump is it coming in this 17 days to drain the swamp and you have members of Congress Ethics lawyers i talked to on both sides who said this is ridiculous. These are the foxes guarding the hen house here. Thank you, hallie jackson. The office was spear headed by the congressman robert good lie of virgin islands. A key criticism leek unanimous allegation members who felt this had been wrongly accused by ethical behavior by the oc. Nothing is black and white and i have done a lot of talking with people op the hill today and i get the sense that both members dont like the office of ethics. That said once the word went out that congress is covering up trying to get rid of the watchdog outside thats going to go after corruption if theres any and it was trump that blue the whistle. It was complete disaster. If you try to fix it you have to do it in bipartisan, you have need get leaders on both side for it. Paul ryan was against it so was nanszcy pelosi. Donald trump gets it. I thought it was sophisticated tweet. Dont do it now, youre screwing up my agenda. They have criticism. This thing is out of control. Im going back to the question, see says its hard to answer the question. I look at sequence and i look at the way things are, when you say at ten 00 in the morning trump blows the whistle and tweet they cant do this and they are putting out a emergency meeting. This what is a home run for donald trump it was a softball he could hit out of the park. I think he killed it. Ryan tried to stop it. They had to focus on other things. Lets talk about how this boomerangs later on. I think Kellyanne Conway said something smart. People care about what affects them than oe offends them. They said, i heard it from other people too, i have to pick a president so they picked one based on what if you kill health care, you kill it for them, thats affecting them. The republicans have the replacement thats what i wonder how this organized right now. The fact they do this overnight without thinking it through the affect its are they going to have their act together to replace obamacare in. They are going to what about those exposed . They are going to take care of the people that are exposed. The first process. Repeal is going to be easy. You have 20 Million People without health care. They are not going to take the Health Care Away right away. Its going to be fazed out. Where do you get this from . I get it from both sides. All i hear is the rumble of the Republican Caucus thats been raring to go for a long time. They got their agenda and it says eliminate obamacare. It doesnt say replace, it says eliminate. They do that. A lot of people live in the stricts. Do they know killing would ethics group would like terrible this morning . I think the rang arank and file in the room was terrible. A lot of democrats feel the same thing, too. You know who going to get blamed on this, the House Republicans. In one going to talk about it because they did not do it. Thank you. As i mentioned, yesterday, over the night, reportedly how that reflected on him. Lets listen. If you did really oppose it why were you not able to stop it in some way. Doesnt it suggest youre weak leaders of the conference . Welcome back. I have my house, wife, two kids, i didnt what we watch on tv. You can put whatever spin you want on it. Thats not the way our government is designed to work. I think thats rather healthy. Donald trump hold accountable. Here is schumer. We will hold president elect trump accountable to the values that make america grace. Back up well fight tooth and nail, that is our challenge, that is our charge, and we rise to meet it. Joining me now chris murphy of connecticut. We talk about they are getting rid of the guard on the ethics from out said so they get to decide whether they are ethical or not. Its terrible. Calling it out, blow the whistle, you look good. It was a great deal before there was independent watchdog because members on both side had a deal we wont investigate each other. It was party trump tweet. He had something with republica republicans shelving it today. When folks are not looking at the dead of thursday night or friday night this could get slipped through sometime in february or march. Do you think it implies he says do it later . Yes. Where does it say that at . He said work on the things i ware about. If it you want to do it in the spring or summer, maybe im not going to make such ha sting about it. Did he say that . I Pay Attention to the words he uses. Let me ask you about the strategy as a democrat, are you running for president. I think you are. Are you thinking about presidency in 2020 . No, im not. Not at all . Im thinking about stopping the disaster thats going to occur to american in this gets through. Lets talk about the that job right now. Im watching schumer, im trying to figure out, he has to find the difference between he looks like an obstructionist like mitch oe connel, you dont want to look like that guy. Do you want to be that guy. Do you want to be pure on instructionist or look for places where they can where are they going to go here . Barack obama entire pledge was going to fix russia. Trump is different, i can fix this. Its results impact peoples lives that matter. I dont think its political benefit to democrat to obstruct everything he does. If youre willing to meet us halfway well work with you. I dont see that invitation coming. I dont see that coming to work with us on infrastructure and tax reform. I would be surprise as they show up. I think they are going to shuf some thing through on the reconciliation and pack it in for the year and we have to explain to the people the utter to their lives if thats going to happen. They went big for trump, is he going to do something for them. Is he going to do infrastructure to put people to work. The chinese when they shutdown the minor, find a way to put guys to work who want to make real salaries. Do you think trump is going to do that. Those coal jobs are not the goal jobs, im talking about the guys for men can women who want to work hard. Rebuilding our subwies and highway, is that going to happen . Not the way he doing right now. He is doing one company by one company basis. Thats doesnt deliver the kind of jobs we need. We need its all they at tricks. A lot of over india they sl better looking airports than we do. Amtrak theres not a country that doesnt have a better stateoftheart station and were the fact of the matter is the fantasy infrastructure thats put on the table. Why dont you democrats be democrats and create jobs . We have put on the table we pu public and private table, i dont think secretary of congress is going to let him do that. I think you need too get the word out hold rally and create jobs. Thank you. I think you have running for president you have to get elected first. Gitmo bay. What do they tell us how they view the world and where he says inside information on the hacking. The last time we get to see joe biden doing something he does better than anybody as we swears in the new senate. Well see some of that coming up. Its put up or shut up they are accountable now. If they kill obamacare, he own whats left. If we dont get a infrastructure bill, well now. Hardball here. This is hardball a place politics. If youre taking prescription medications, does your mouth often feel dry . A dry mouth can cause cavities and bad breath. Over 400 medications can cause a dry mouth. Thats why theres biotene. Biotene can provide soothing dry mouth relief. And it keeps your mouth refreshed too. Remember while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isnt. Biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. Im melissa with breaking News Donald Trump hold what he calling a general News Conference next wens in new york that would be first since winning the election. He separate business interest from his role as president. Hardball returns after this. 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He tweeted there should be no further release from gitmo these are dangerous people and should not be allowed back on to the battlefield. He issue this to kim jongun. Capable of reaching parts of u. S. It wont happen. He started tweet about china. They have been taking massive amount of money in u. S. And totality one side trade. Nice. In the past several weeks he tweeted opposition president obamas policy on israel. Nuclear capability and of course, praise for Vladimir Putin. Today Chuck Schumer criticized trumps twitter practices. To Vladimir Putin for ignoring arican sanctions is no foreign policy. We dont conduct foreign by tweet while spurting vital intelligence broefing that layout the emerging threats around the world that should alarm democrats and republicans alike. Former share of the msnbc what do we mean. Welcome panel of analyst. I think the danger of tweeting theres no deliberation to it. Its a reactive medium. You can cause a reaction or you can react to something else. Its full exexposure number one. Number two you cannot tell in youre serious it does not work in diplomacy with north korea. How can kim jongun going to read that tweet. Was this former position of the incoming u. S. Administration its trump falling off. Lets go back into history. We korean war they thought they were coming to get out thinking we were going to be strategic. We were going to take off give it back. They were not democrats, get the communist out of there. The older world seems to take our actions as strategic and thoughtful and deliberate. What makes of trump he gets up in the morning you know, i smell trouble so im going to blow the whistle on it it. The impussiveness of it is how they read it matters. Folks in the white house are having an interesting time trying figure out, we get up at 4 or 5 00 in the morning, the first thing we have to be concerned about is what did the president tweet. Kellyanne conway gets up and goes to the morning shows today, she goes to give response for trump. We dont need this panel were going to move ahead and cut her off a bit. The next thing trump is tweeting in the other direction. How do you coordinate this. She didnt know. She vamp. She didnt say much of anything because she couldnt say anything. She had no idea which way he was going to go. Now we know which way he went. Thats a terrible position to put someone in. The other thing about twitter because its clipped imprecise nature it can be ambiguous. Trying to make sure everybody understand what im saying and what youre saying, thats the old day when you had report before we had Western Union and people speaking on that, the editor new what you meant. We doesnt know what these whats nice mean . What d you say to chinese, nice. Screw you, it means. What do chinese what did he mean by nice. Part of it for the chiensz and the north kor rens that he tweeting about. When the president does tweet nice in response to something the chinese have done or said it goes to your point about how easy it would be for the white house to decode that. Because you cant take it at face value because you dont know precisely what it it means. You talk about an industry if you will thats about precision. Imagine being an ambassador where the Chinese Foreign minister calls you in and said what is this nice. Lets watch a recent commitment by the president elect and decide if he is going to meet this within the next 24 hours. I know a lot about hacking and hacking is hard to prove so it could be something else. I know things that other people dont know i. What do you know that other people doesnt know. Youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. I aed Kellyanne Conway about that statement. Is that still a go what president knows about hacking . A key is that president elect in addition to the comments he made, has agreed to have a intelligence briefing and will have that here at trump tower this week. What do you make about that . You may wie cut the rest the first two word was the that was the answer. I dont know. If you go back to the clip he said he is going to have the briefing. He says he knows things. I think he is going to put it together in context. Youre getting solve on me. Coming up is joe by din doing he is unbelievable. Youre going to watch joe biden here is he. This is hardball a place for politics. Tom name it tom studies show that toms have the highest average earning potential over their professional lifetime. See . Uh, its a girl. Congratulations two of my girls are toms. I work for ally, finances are my thing. You know, im gonna go give birth real quick and then well talk, ok . Nice baby. Lets go. Here comes tom 5 nothing, stops us from doingr. Ally. Do it right. Whoo look out. Ally. Do it right. 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Pennsylvania is in the house. Get us all in. When i die i want to be reborn charles. Mom i want to know what youre drinking. Joe biden has become a hallmark for a man who spent 30 years working for american causes. Ruth, you start, he is become uncle joe. He has become loved. Thats rare in politics. He is loved because we see him operate in the space which is his natural habitat. He is a born politician with a politician personality of wanting to be with people. The paradox of it is his uncle joe image its not image he wants to be known as. We wants to be understood as the elder statesman. We tell me about that. I want to thing for him years ago up to delaware, a town meeting. They love him up there. He is sort of a classic neil he never been able to come into the National State the way ruth says he wants to do. He is a lot like tip oneal. Somebody who is kwen at the sennal politician. Is just the sort of Old School Back slapping, fun loving political guy everybody like to be around. And every senate benefits from their presence as well. Because he has had relationship and cut deals across the aisle who his colleagues trusted. He was a remarkable person. He would call me one time during the Campaign Said these people dont get it. They dont get this trump guy. He did get it. I wonder whether he would be used more effectively. It wasnt making the point that they all got it. Didnt hear what people were yelling about. He has talked after the election about how he was worried that she weigas not heag the voice for the middle class that she was not attune to it. It was a very agonizing choice to decide not to run. One of the things that strikes me about biden is the way he and obama were made up with the hail fellowmore obamas remoteness. I think he was like ed macman han was a funny guy. What do you think about that and the ambition of a guy who was elected at 29 to the United States senate who beat a guy that could not be beat he beet beat the guy. He had a plan to run for president and he couldnt do it. The guy next door is the per son na that joe biden was liked so much. He was elected to the senate at 29 from the moment he got there people said watch that guy, he is going to be president one day. He got a great start in 88. He learned from that, he came back in 2008. He rain a companiampaign, take on this because he was what he lived his life to do which is what he thought he would be which is president. If you talk about northern states that say donald trump run because he exexuded what what youre feeling and im going to do something about it im going to feel it every single day and people believed him when he said that. Mitt romney saying joe biden never talked down to people. Whenever you think different views s views stop thinking of yourself up next republicans take the reign and its put up or shut up. Your watching politics. My belly pain and constipation . They keep telling me drink more water. Exercise more. 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After eight years of stone walling and blocking president obama, its their turn to put up or shut up. In their march to power they made promises they will be forced to deliver on. Theres little room for failure if they hope to satisfy their consequents and deliver on polled promises to restructure the tax code, job creation, rebuild a crumble infrastructure. Has infused them in their hostility and disregard for the government. They must lead rather than ridicule. Well said. As republicans did president obama. They are two separate questions. Here is what schumer said in his first floor speech he gave today as democrat leader. Mr. President it is not our job to be a rubber stamp. Its our job to do what best for the American People and those struggling to get there. I wanted to start around the room here, doesnt trump andhe Republican Party that represents him whether they like it or not have to do big things if the next six months. Our experience if a president doesnt get it done in the first session, before august, he aint going to get it done. Instra structure, replace obamacare, do things that meet the promises he made. All president s have to deliver especially this president. When you look across the variables he performing 20 below obama, president bush. Who do you mean . In terms of favor blt rating and competence on foreign policy, the economy, trade was was the only so you believe polls. I dont youre point is he is not convincing the people now thae he is going to get something done. Right. The question is what is the deliverable . Is it populous agenda and bringing back jobs or is the deliverable the america agenda leadership reform that wasnt what this election was about. Thats a jerry ford republican platform. We see him make moves towards that traditional republican tradition. What is that going to do . The wall in mexico. Yre kidding me. Is he going to do something about illegal immigration . He going to ignore the issue he got elected on . He has suggested that the wall is not a big priority. What about illegal immigration . You would think its supporters people who came out to support him, people are willing to forgive him. Four year we have a illegal immigration like we had in 1976, if thae continues, i dont think so. In the democrats dna to do stuff and the republicans not to. Thats why mcconnell was successful picks for the cabinet its incredibly establishment cabinet. Trump is not an establishment player. He is going to be in line with Bernie Sanders than mitch mcconnell. Bernie say redistribute wealth. Trump is not for entitlement, trade is another one. The hill likes china, he likes russia and not china. Its going to be trump care soon. So trump is not going to go along in its going if he is going to be edged way, do you remember dan rou stan cow ski, he doesnt want to be responsible for a failed Health Care Program the crowds went after him and tried to turn over his car. I dont know that we know yet whether he is going to cave or work with the establishment because it depends on who he talks to last. The infrastructure is tax cut democrats are never going to go for that even so someone got in hisse h his ear. Does he bloelieve that he ca ignore the issues he ran on. Doing something being reproducing jobs in america, that pay good salaries those are the big three. Thats was the perfect storm that got him elected. Failure to deal with immigration, and third, no jobs for anybody because of trade. I want an answer. Does he believe he has to make good on the main three thrusts he got elected on . Just answer the question. He is talking about the wall as a metaphor now. So he going to do something about it but its not going to be that wall. Is he going to have to say i delivered on my promises. I think gentlemyes, he will. If he doesnt, because he made all the promises, the Republican Party is in the process of realigning itself around the that is certainly one of the things he is looking at. For a lot of the republicans thats i think he smart to leave Social Security alone and medicare alone. Regular people are not like medicare. And they like Social Security. Leave it alone. They are giving they. Roundtable stick with us. This is hardball, the place for politics. But every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. Whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. Legalzooms network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. Well handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. 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As republicans prepare to take control of the United States and the white house, the First Time Since 2006, heres something to think about nearly twothirds of the republicans who will be serving in the house this year have never served with a republican president , spent their entire careers fighting against president obama. So can the party of no become the party that builds . Thats my question. Hardball back after this. Run away [ grunts ] leave him leave him [ music continues ] brick and mortar, what . [ music continues ] [ tires screech ] [ laughs ] [ doorbell rings ] when you bundle home and Auto Insurance with progressive, you get more than a big discount. Thats what you get for bundling home and auto jamie you get sneakygood coverage. Thanks. Were gonna live forever you get sneakygood coverage. Thanks. Imy moderate to severeng crohns disease. I didnt think there was anything else to talk about. But then i realized there was. 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Back with the hardball round table. Heidi, tell me something. The clintons confirmed they will be attending Donald Trumps inauguration and this is in spite of the fact that a senior clinton confidante told me today that bill clinton in particular remains redfaced angry hopingly mad especially about the fbi and russia, especially after that warrant came out. Im waiting for hillary to run for governor of new york. Thats my prediction. Theyre not going out as losers. Trump talked on 2 campaign trail about how he didnt need big donors, he specifically singled out the koch brothers, we thaubs at a dunderstand thato just before christmas, david koch, donald trump had a conversation and trump asked him why he and his brother didnt engage in the president ial campaign to help donald trump. So he wants the money. So in my lunch at maralago during my vacation arent you an insider. Trump just met with the heads of the mayo clinic, Cleveland Clinic and hopkinsnd his priority number four is to reform the v. A. And hell be spending his first night sleeping in the lincoln bedroom. Thats a scary bed, by the way. It is. Its an antique, and there are ghost there is. I would expect if there are any ghosts in that planet, they might be in that room, heidi, ken and margaret. When we return, let me finish trump watch. Youre watching hardball, the place for politics. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. Fountains dont earn interest, david. You know i work at ally. I was being romantic. You know what i find romantic . A robust annual percentage yield thats what i find romantic. This is literally throwing your money away. I think its over there. That way . Yeah, a little further up. What year was that quarter . What year is that one . 98 thats the one. You got it nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Ally. Do it right. Lets get out of that water. 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Is it trump who blew the whistle on congresss plan to gut the office of congressional ethics or the media who blew the whistle late last night and earl will think morning. Or was it the people getting their word tocongress, getting good and mad, that ty dont like the idea of Congress Giving top legislative priority in this new year from freeing themselves from outside ethical vigilance. I cant remember a time when people were as they are now so violently opposed to any sign of government corruption. The term lobbyist has become taboo so has any sign a member is engaged in breaking congresss ethical rules or trying to cover up such violations. Its about cleaning the swamp. The close working relationship among those who helped senators and members of congress raise reelection money and then return once theyre safely in office to lobby those same senators and members of congress on behalf of their clients. By raising his voice in protest against the way things are in washington, the way theyre usually done, donald trump has not only shown his ability to move the Republican Party but also that he retains the instinct on how to move it. People in the country dont want to see politicians gets themselves free of tough outside oversight. They dont. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in starts right now. Tonight on all in. Republicans back down from their first vote in the new congress. Why is this the most important thing for congress to be focused on right now. It isnt. Thats the whole thing, its not. Tonight, the emergency meeting republicans held to reverse their plan to curb ethics oversight. Then, 17 days from inauguration, why the president elect is attacking one american car maker and appla applauding another. Plus, washingtons top democrat draws a line in the san sa with all due respect, america cannot afford twitt