this is a circumstance where there is some difficulty in that for democrats who believe that hillary clinton was treated unfairly. so john lewis by virtue of the kind of figure he is, has been able to get a lot of attention to what he said about donald trump. i know that ben sasse has been making the argument also on soal media that it s not about celebratg one individual but celebrating the peaceful transfer of power. we ll see if that argument gains any traction with those deciding to boycott the inauguration. nbc s kelly o donnell live outside trump towers. congressman lewis telling chuck todd he won t attend the inauguration, joining a handful of his democratic colleagues who said they plan to do the same. joining me to discuss all this is ben howe, corinne jean-pierre, moveon.org, and rebecca cinderbrand from the washington post. great to have you with us this afternoon.
both sides on a lot of issues. but when it comes to foreign policy, his main thing is looking tough personally and i think that s dangerous. certainly could be. corinne, let me ask you about james comey and this ongoing investigation. obviously the inspector general at the department of justice launching an investigation, wall street journal editorial board calling on the f director james comey to regn. yo thoughts on that. what he did during the election was unprecedented from what he did in july with his press conference the 11 days out then two days out with the letter as we re calling it comey letter. i think we need to see what this investigation is going to bring forth. we need to let the investigation happen, and that ll tell us how to move forward. rebecca, last word to you on this comey call by the wall street journal to resign. should he step aside? it s clear he s lost confident on both sides of the aisle. it s unclear what would happen, who would be there to rep
hard to really accept donald trump. he s had this moment to bring the country together and what he s done is been divisive and pumed us apart. and you have this toxic brew that led to his election. you have the fake news, the russian hacking, and everything else with the comey letter that makes it hard for americans to really trust how this election process really went through. rebecca, let me switch gears and play this sound bite from president obama speaking to 60 minutes about the trump presidency. take a listen. i think everybody has to acknowledge, don t underestimate the guy because he s going to be 45th president of the united states. the one thing i ve said to him directly and i would advise my republic friends in congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that as we go forward certain norms,
liberal republican in a fundraising letter this week. cheney. rebecca. kaeven. liz cheney. for 200 points, at the end of the 200 point round, rebecca stormed into the lead. susan holding steady 500. joe at zero. getting out of negative territory, though. it is anyone s game. we are at the ph.d. round. this is for 300 points of question. this will decide the game and crown a champion. for 3400 for 300 points, president george w. bush contributed $5,000 to what senator facing a primary challenge next year? that s a good one. time t. correct answer is lend say graham. 300 point question. speaking at a college in buffalo, new york on wednesday, hillary clinton was interrupted by a heckler shouting at her about what? time.
exchanges and attracting enough young people that premiums stayed low. so that s the question this morning. are we experiencing the normal frustrating headaches that come with the launch of aniny program or something more ominous happening here? what can the president, his team, congress, what can anyone in walk or anyone anywhere in the political system do to shake that history in real time. i want to ask my panel about that this morning. we have, the co-host of msnbc the cycle. a show i have heard. we have rebecca cinderbrand, the editor for politico, reverend joe watkins, a former white house aid to former president h.w. bush, susie kim a fascial reporter for msnbc.com. so there is a couple directions i sort of want to go with this i guess right now,let start with the bakes the white house yesterday came out saying, okay,