tonight on a special holiday edition of the reidout the next trump administration, if there is one, will be more extreme and have fewer guardrails than anything we saw in the first trump administration. donald trump is not hiding his iron fisted authoritarian plans, believe him. my conversation with abc news correspondent jonathan karl on his very revealing new book. also tonight as one source said to me, his arrogance destroyed him. tucker s arrogance destroyed him. one producer on the show said to me, we were burning too bright. we knew it wasn t going to last, and it didn t. brian stelter joins me on his book about fox, network of lies. if you think the worst was over when tucker was fired, think again. plus hitler thought that lynching, what he called popular justice in the united states, was another important thing for the nazis to study in terms of how these things can be look good on paper but still work out in practice the way they wanted them to
guardrails than anything we saw in the first trump administration. donald trump is not hiding his iron fisted authoritarian plans. believe him. my conversation with abc news correspondent jonathan karl on his very revealing new book. also tonight as one source said to me, his arrogance destroyed him. tucker s arrogance destroyed him. one producer on the show said to me, we were burning too bright. we knew it wouldn t last. brian stelter joins me on his book about fox, network of lies. if you think the worst was over when tucker was fired, think again. plus hitler thought that lynching, what he called popular justice in the united states, was another important thing for the nazis to study in terms of how these things can be look good on paper but still work out in practice the way they wanted them to. my conversation with my friend and colleague rachel maddow on her fascinating new book, prequel, an american fight against fascism. also picked up my phon
The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. John boehner of The State Of Ohio Has received one. Look at that smile. Its going about that way. Democrats totally united while republicans are Casting Protest Votes with the speaker. And tonight, the nomination of the unqualified jim jordan is circling the drain. My friend and colleague Rachel Maddow joins me right here on that embarrassing spectacle. Her new book, prequel, American Fight Against Fascism and so much more. But we begin tonight with the profound difference between the normal way of becoming House Speaker and what jim jordan is doing. Using maga tactics to threaten his way into the speakers office. It has been 15 days since Kevin Mccarthy was deposed by his partys maga wing and jim jordan is still trying to fill his tiny, tiny little shoes. But here is the thing, House Speakers, at least the recent ones, get the job in very traditional ways, by building relationships, rising through the ranks, with
minorities in this country, and a constitution that says everybody is equal, but those minorities, those disfavored minorities, don t get equal citizenship rights. so how can you they wanted to know, how can the united states be looked on as a beacon around the world that s not seen as a rogue state or some human rights offender, who do not have the benefits of citizenship. they love that idea. and they used hinrich krieger s research to infoyer the nuremberg laws which stripped jewish germans of their citizenship. hitler thought that lynching, what he called popular justice in the united states, was another important thing for the nazis to study in terms of how these things can be look good on paper but still work out in practice the way they wanted them to. they studied us. it s terrifying to think how much of the ideas that we know are loathsome that were happening in germany originated
and self-determination of democratic values. what i d like to know is are these things no longer as important to the united states under president trump, is he comfortable with authoritarian regimes consolidating power and moving away from democracy as long as they can help us accomplish larger goals such as north korea and any other subject? what you ll hear is when the president talks about sovereignty, talking about sovereign nations protecting the rights of their citizens. you ve heard in just a preview and you will hear much more in speeches and statements the president makes a broad, about the importance of the hearing to rule of law, promoting freedom, individual rights. this is extremely important to the president. we ought to look at the president s record. in syria you have a regime that is a big human rights offender,