Help democrats keep their seats. A lot of the states that are contested this time are states that i didnt win. And so some of the candidates there it is difficult for them to have me in the state because the republicans will use that to try to fan republican turn out. The bottom line is these are all folks who vote with me, they have supported my agenda in congress, they are on the right side of minimum wage, they are on the right side of fair pay, they are on the right side of rebuilding our uninfrastructure, they are on the right side of Early Childhood education. So this isnt about my feelings being hurt. These are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me, and i will tell them, i said, you know what, you do what you need to do to win. I will be responsible for making sure that our voters turn out. So president obama also made life more complicated for those same democrats earlier this month while talking about his economic agenda. Im not on the ballot this fall. Michelle is
Congressman James Clyburn will join us live with his reaction. And information lockdown. Multiple federal agencies are restricting staff from communicate with the public since President Trumps inauguration. One of those agencies, Badlands National park, is now trending after a social media blackout. Plus, more breaking news. The dow jones average hits 20,000 for the first time in history. Cheers broke out on the trading floor. Well get a live look at the markets and talk to cnbc about what it really means for your wallet. Good morning. Im tamron hall coming to you live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. President trump is calling for a, quote, Major Investigation into his claim of 3 million to 5 million cases of voter fraud. Now there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in this past election. The question is, will he follow through with that tweet . This mornings tweet comes before hes set to sign executive orders on immigration and the border wall. Nbc news has learned one
To help President Trump win the white house. And researchers say the interference is still happening. Also, just a few days left to avoid a partial government shut down. Neither side is backing down with thousands of workers caught in the middle. Right before christmas. And there will be a christmas rhyme because someone wrote it in the b block tease. Our reporting begins now. And our reporting begins with President Trump and his personal lawyer unleashing a sort of counter narrative against the investigators after a week of revelations in the russia case. In addition, the president s personal attorney, rudy guliani, told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday there is no way he will let President Trump meet with the special counsel, Robert Mueller. Theyre a joke. Over my dead body. You know, i could be dead. Shepard for months, muellers team and the president s lawyers have gone back and forth about whether President Trump would sit town for any interview. The special counsel is looking to
And jim van dehei is with us. You know, mika, its really something. You talked about arizona and this race between mcsally. Weve seen, unfortunate, so many negative things over the past 2 1 2, 3 1 2 years, bringing people together, he could have exploited it. Could have raised millions of dollars about being a victim of liberal pop culture. He chose, instead, to show grace. Another really great example of that came last night and it came, actually, from Martha Mcsally. And it was just a short video that she made. But my gosh, it spoke volumes and it was the type of character that we just need to see in our leaders and we saw in her last night. Nbc news has declared Kyrsten Sinema the winner over Martha Mcsally as the final ballots broke heavily in the democrats favor. Mcsally appeared in a video posted to social media where shes saying to her supporters and took note of sinemas barrier breaking win. Everybody, i just called Kyrsten Sinema and congratulated her. I wish her all success a
Implications. First President Trump announcing Mick Mulvaney will become his acting chief of staff. Two sources say he was asked to be named acting chief of staff because he wanted a safea in place. The special counsel slammed Michael Flynn after the former National Security adviser suggested he slould been warned about the consequences of lying the fbi. On tuesday flynn will become the first member of the trump admin strags to be sentenced, and this comes after trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. Cohen insisted trump asked him to make illegal payments to silence women who had affairs with President Trump. So many investigations, and clearly the investigative walls are closing in on trump. Getting the michael chone plea here is a gamechanger in so many ways. A lot of this is going to turn on whether cohen has tapes or somebody else does. I think its also going to turn on how trump responds. Meanwhile the incoming chair of the republican chair comm