is not based here in washington, that it is in state capitals as well. california, a liberal state of course, democrats control it from top to bottom. they intend to flex their muscle here and challenge the trump administration on things from immigration to, you know, social service things, hiring, other matters. eric holder, having him front and center is going to be fascinating, to be ultimately one former attorney general going up potentially against a new attorney general and certainly a new administration. fascinating to watch, i m sure we ll see those clashes very quickly. great to see you, jeff, thanks very much. keeping an eye on all the moving parts today. moments ago, convicted killer dylann roof telling the jury to forget everything his attorneys have said about him to this point. why? that s next.
american students. this is something he wants to highlight and talk about in a few moments. we re watching that live mic. a lot of moving parts today. there s something else going on in chris christie s world. later today the new jersey general assembly convenes at noon to get a special committee together to investigate that bridge scandal. that committee is going to have subpoena power. that s a big deal. when you subpoena people to tell the truth, that s what a lot of people want to hear. they want to get to the bottom of what people knew. we re going to watch both of those events for you. plrisons across the country are running low on drugs, the lethal kind to execute people. they re looking to use something entirely different, a cocktail, so to speak. is that cocktail cruel and unusual?
so a lot of moving parts today. we will keep you up to date on msnbc. in the meantime a story a lot of other people are talking about. it s about who didn t win the nobel peace prize today. but malala youssefi says she hopes to become prime minister of pakistan. she spoke about education rights one year after surviving an assassination attempt by the taliban on her school bus. they can kill me, they can kill malala, but it does not mean they can kill my cause as well. my cause of education, my cause of peace, my cause of human rights, my cause of equality will still be surviving. they cannot kill my cause. joining me now is gayle lemon. good morning. good morning, chris. the peace prize did go to a chemical weapons monitoring
rug out from under me, meaning keep the threat of military action alive, because that s the only way we re going to push forward on any diplomatic action. effec effectively what that means is there s a pause button here. but let s give you a reality check. the votes aren t there at this point for military action. you ve seen more and more senators come out throughout even today leading up to tonight s speech by the president, even some of the most loyal democrats. that is the reality he s up against. he s up against the fact congress probably wouldn t authorize it. it s easier for him to say hit the pause button because nobody s in a rush to take a vote. with all of that, i m so mindful of these presidential speech writers who are writing and erasing based upon all these moving parts today. i m just curious, with with the lawmakers you talked to on both sides of the aisle, did they get any kind of detail or even just the tone from the president as
this morning, republican leader asked for consent on his proposal. just now i told everyone that we re willing to have that vote. up or down vote. and now a republican lawmaker objects his own idea. so i guess we have a filibuster of his own bill. so i object. is there an objection to the original request? yeah, i object. objection is heard. got whiplash. whiplash, she says. democrats called his bluff and had the vote. let s bring in senator mark warner, a democrat from virginia and also a member of the budget committee. a lot of moving parts today, senator, in the capitol. speaker boehner coming out at 11:00 a.m. saying no progress to talk about. we don t know if nancy pelosi will be speaking later on today at noon. we know president obama will be