straight to the senator. we owe them a lot, i think. i think we also saw someone, how sad is it that senator flake isn t necessarily a hero, but he did the right thing today. due diligence. due diligence. he did his job, you know? imagine if his colleagues could muster that kind of courage. we ll see where it goes from here, but i just i think he s been an example of what we ve been hoping to see from senators, which is actual leadership, and you know. john, this cuts exactly two ways. talk about the base that s fired up if this guy gets confirmed. talk about the base that s fired up if this guy gets turned away. both sides say that their bases are going to be fired up either way. what happens is if he gets confirmed the democratic base will be more energized. i think if he s defeated the republican base will be suddenly energized to come to president
happy as a newly minted msnbc contributor and john thnathan a an nbc national political reporter. about the hill, very few genuine surprises left. it turns out this guy from arizona who has the true serum of retirement and is no friend of this president had a move up his sleeve today? you hit that on the head, brian. i m not sure anybody knew what jeff flake was going to do. obviously chairman grassley seemed to be somewhat unsure of had the vote scheduled for 1:30. you could see him conferring with die an feinstein. president trump has tweeted nasty things about jeff flake calling him a flake, before flake has said nasty things about the president. one thing i would keep in mind here, jeff flake thinks the republican party has moved a lot on him rather than him moving away from it. when he was in the house this is a guy who was considered an ultraconservative. in the senate he s been considered much more moderate. the one thing that s been consistent throughout, i think, if you lo
served abroad with honor that the u.s. president would even consider doing this. it just reminded me of that the attempts by michael flynn, the plan that he had to smuggle out the american citizen back to turkey, the cleric that s hated so much. guys, thank you so much, we appreciate it, john thnathan, n elise. ahead, the british baby invasion. alright guys let s go!
process. but the person they ended up wanting to go with and going with richard was block ford two years. to be head of the agency she got off the ground. once reid cut a deal, they were able to get hem throuim cuts cl her. and the thing you see with elizabeth warren, she is not there to be a senator, not enamored with power and prestige of being a senator. she has an agenda. she wants to get things done. that s why she is there. she is unafrapd to challenge the institution of the senate. she is not all about being a senator. she is all about being there working on behalf of the people and working on behalf of an effective government. john thnathan, i have slowly around to the elizabeth warren position, held by some of the newer democrats in the senate. you know, i all way had that more, you know, established
cuts to social security and programs like medicare, particularly with benefits. if you re across the table from john boehner and john boehner is not acting in good faith, not negotiating in good faith, that s a problem. so you can t keep going down that behind closed doors roads negotiating with factors. if they insist on doing that, take your message to the people and, again, have those angry crowds on your side saying, we want jobs, we want investment in our future and it s time to tax the rich. yeah, john thnathan, i have say, when i saw him use that in the rose garden and referred to him and joe biden looking at it before they came out, it s one of the moments where the politician is pretending to be outraged by the comment but it treating it like a political gift. because look at how i can expose my opponents for what they are. they don t care about jobs, they just care about the politics. on the politics of this, jonathan, when do we cross the line here into defining this as re