and kansas. in california they raised taxes on the wealthy and they spent money on social services and their economy is booming. it is now the number five economy on earth. california. and kansas on the other hand, did the laugher curve experiment and the trickle down experiment and they ruined their economy. they destroyed their economy. so did the trickle-down experiment and they ruined their economy. they destroyed their economy. you know, so we've run this experiment, the evidence is in. trickle-down does not work. it's one thing -- there's maybe lots of things wrong with our tax code, lots of things wrong with our economy, one of them is not that wealthy people just don't have enough money to spend and they need a tax cut. that's just not one of the problems we've got. >> if i could, ron, i want to ask you about george bush's book. former president bush considers president trump a blow-hard, he said. he said he's only interested in feeding his own ego. george bush's son thinks mr. trump came to office without any understanding of the job. our father decreed thou shalt not spea

. >> years of learning that this isn't really true, and then recently in kansas, we've tried this. this concept. it doesn't really work. i talked to art laffer about it all the time. do you really believe trickle-down economics works anymore? >> what i believe is we is actually continue to make economic growth even more sustainable than what we've seen just recently in the last few months by making our tax code fair, flatter and simpler. look, the middle class in this country need to put more money back into their pockets instead of sending it to washington, d.c., and we close -- the loopholes incentivizes -- >> just answer the question. let's not talk about this. we know the middle class gets $1,200 out of this thing. >> i don't -- i think many of my constituents will get more. we need to make our business environment more competitive on the global scale. we're in a much higher tax rating. as a matter of fact, look at some of my democratic colleagues who have hauled companies in before senate hearings just a few years ago to talk about companies wanting to use the tax code to inv

patiently answered all of our questions ... and here's what linda in kansas has to say ... i recommend anyone trying to use healthcare.gov to instead call healthmarkets. at healthmarkets, we make finding health insurance fast and easy ... because we know you have better things to do. you only have a few days left. call the number on your screen to find out if you qualify for a zero dollar premium health plan. call this number to get the coverage you need, act now before the december 15th deadline, call this number. >>> we have been reporting over these past several weeks on allegations of sexual misconduct involving mostly powerful figures in government and media, and this was a tough day around here because of the man who became the story today. our long time colleague matt lauer was fired today over allegations made by another of our colleagues of inappropriate sexual behavior. tonight a new report from variety alleges what it calls a pattern of sexual misconduct, while "the new york times" reports that nbc has received at least two new complaints since the news broke this morning. "

claire mccaskill, democratic senator from missouri and former district attorney in kansas city, a prosecutor who tweets, as an experienced sex crime prosecutors i recognize the shifts in roy moore's "de "denia "denials" they completely undermine his comments. he doesn't belong in the senate, period. most democrat wos not want to see roy moore here at all, but, it goes to the basis of this. the senate is all about relationships. 100 senators. it's a small group. it's very difficult to fathom someone like a claire mccaskill sitting across a committee room from someone like roy moore, who she says xzibexhibits the trait sexual predators she used to prosecute. this is not typical right/left partisanship. incredibly strong language. >> even before this stuff, roy moore is not your regular republican. he is -- he's displayed. >> reporter: no. far from t. he's said things many people here in the united states senate find repull everybody. danny savalas, what are legal remedies? everybody has an idea what roy moore can do, but what can actually be done? >> reporter: he can withdraw, he ca

new jersey, in kansas. but did he go by the name ray smith? and then, a call back. it was the ray smith from colorado. they had the right name, right age, place of birth, had grown up without knowing any blood relatives. all this ray smith knew was his mother's name. according to his birth certificate was jerry. he was starting to sound a lot leek our ray. we asked if he'd submit to a dna test. he agreed. and there was no doubt. we'd found him. we brought ray and his fiance to a los angeles hotel and showed him the story of his sisters. in a way his story too. >> i thought that the story itself was sad. it sounded like they had a rough life. and it was really similar to mine. >> so it was. and it began the sam way, too, when sheryly took him from jehri. except ray was turned over to a woman named anna lee brown, who named him jimmy brown. the only name he knew growing up. >> she had told me that she had adopted me. but i was also shipped around a lot from home to home because she had a lot of health problems from what i was told. >> he was neglected and often abused, bounced aroun

brown. more backlash for charlie rose following sexual misconduct allegations. university kansas rescinded their journalism awards to rose. the move comes after cbs and pbs parted ways with rose. >>> the navy identified the three sailors who lost their lives on wednesday in the philippine sea. the remains of lieutenant steven combs and the others were recovered on thursday. now back to "dateline." >>> after months of digging for bones in the desert west of albuquerque, detectives desperately wanted to get on with the work of catching a killer. so far, all the remains identified had been names on ida lopez's list of missing women. and all had worked as prostitutes on the mean streets of the city's war zone. for police, that seemed like a good place to start their search for the killer. >> we're looking for people who had histories of showing violence against prostitutes. >> that's more than just a few guys? >> it's more than just a few. >> it had to be someone local, investigators assumed. a meticulous man whose grim will brought him back to the mesa again and again to bury his vi

temperatures show colder than average. big change for the northeast. huge change in texas and kansas too. this will go away in about two days from now. have the rain moving in through ohio right now. heading to appalachians throu s ashville. during the day spread and move in there. as far as temperatures go, warm enough this is all rain. maybe interior section of pennsylvania wet snowflakes today. that will be about it. this map blue shows you mixture of snow. that's at noon today. southern new york some snowflakes flying. not going to accumulate. you'll see them. here's the rain heading for washington, d.c. at noon. northern d.c. gets the heaviest rain. then exit virginia and the steadier rain all over the state of new jersey. everyone heads home from work or school and start to head to the polls there. not a lot of forecast concerns. we'll see 34 in denver. denver, a cold day for you. it will be warm enough. they'll stay wet. a few concerns on election day. mostly it looks like the rain in areas of new jersey and virginia. >>> still ahead the announcement of a price tag of $105 billion

midwest. highs sore well into the 60s. kansas, oklahoma and texas. very mild if you're travels are taking you to southwest like las vegas looking good. notice as we look ahead to travel days as we go forward. be looking at warmer weather going forward. see nice conditions, but watch out for unsettled weather in the northwest. ayman? >> we'll check in with you a little later on in the program. thanks for the update. >>> after immediate public outcry, president trump indicated policy reversal on allowing remains of endangered african elephants. writing big game trophy decision will be next week. very hard pressed to change my mind this horror show in any way helps conservation of elephants or any other animal. cricket as statement last wednesday from president trump's administration saying it would end obama era ban on importing trophy hunts in zimbabwe and zambia. writing big game trophy decision zambiashow of force aimed at no korea. coming after multiple deadly incidents involving american warships in the same area earlier this year. >>> still ahead, all of the highlights from wee

and patiently answered all of our questions ... and here's what linda in kansas has to say ... i recommend anyone trying to use healthcare.gov to instead call healthmarkets. at healthmarkets, we make finding health insurance fast and easy ... because we know you have better things to do. you only have a few days left. call the number on your screen to find out if you qualify for a zero dollar premium health plan. call this number to get the coverage you need, act now before the december 15th deadline, call this number. >>> we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. >> that was the president today in the oval office. and with us tonight to talk about what happened, steve schmidt, political veteran of the bush white house and mccain presidential campaign, well known to our viewers as an msnbc political analyst. steve, at events like this the president is our surrogate. he has our proxy. guys like brian and steve may never get the chance to thank those gentlemen for what they did. so we rely on our president in public at an

2014 senate races, they tried to influence every single one. kentucky, kansas, mississippi, they lost all of those. he attaches his wagon to a horse that's riding first place. that's not some magic campaign voodoo. it's he's betting on the right horse at the right time and it just so happens it works. even a broken clock is right twice a day. that's a steve bannon story. >> the neo cosplay thaer that w running to be the governor lost there. judge roy moore said he was the most investigating man in country. his first suspension came in 2003 when he was ordered to take down the a statue of the ten commandments. he campaigned saying he was going to install the monument. he's been thrown out and he was elected to jeff justice of the supreme court and ousted again in 2016 permanently after he urged state judge to defy the supreme court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage. he believes that homosexuality is akin to bestiality and it's an inherent evil to which children must be protected. protector of children. >> the roy moore we heard speak to sean hannity is a man with weak memory. he

kansas city star. if you look at the ethics of this, it has been a big important conversation about what happened. if you look at the politics, the race is both closer than it usually would be in alabama and many people say, way too close. >> well, it's really like a bad joke. would you rather have a child molester or a democrat? okay. the child molester. that has literally come down to this is a gigantic moment. not only in our american political life but for the republican party. i mean, i think even more than electing donald trump. electing roy moore under these circumstances would really be a poster republican for the republican party for what we used to think of. there was an argument to be made, this was the family values party. >> on that point, this is a candidate in doug jones and the democrat who is really going at this issue. there is a view politically that you stay out of the way to some degree. because we know the more it is polarized, the more people go to their corners. if it is about the truth, reporting, maybe you win people over. here is the new ad. >> leigh corfman, d

... and here's what linda in kansas has to say ... i recommend anyone trying to use healthcare.gov to instead call healthmarkets. at healthmarkets, we make finding health insurance fast and easy ... because we know you have better things to do. you only have a few days left. call the number on your screen to find out if you qualify for a zero dollar premium health plan. call this number to get the coverage you need, act now before the december 15th deadline, call this number. >>> the specter, the scourge, and the very real damage and consequences of sexual harassment continue to play out today. glenn thrush of "the new york times" who has been a guest on this program and this network numerous times as an msnbc contributor has been suspended by "the new york times" due to allegations of sexual harassment. thrush has apologized, saying in part, quote, i apologize to any woman who felt uncomfortable in my presence and for any situation where i behaved inappropriately. any behavior that makes a woman feel disrespected or uncomfortable is unacceptable. one of the women making an allegation

consequences. two indian men were targeted at a bar in kansas back in february. a white man walked in screaming get out of my country. charged with a hate crime. killing one. targeting them, according to prosecutors, for their race, the color of their skin, their religion. this is already -- it's already had bad consequences here on american soil. where is donald trump standing up for this poor indian man and his family who lost his life because a guy went after him because of the color of his skin? incited by what many believe is the president's words and rhetoric on muslims. >> what is the white house to do? they don't view him as someone who can be controlled. as bill kristol said, people have taken some comfort in the kinds of people in the national security apparatus. it's now sort of accepted as fact that if they didn't resign after charlottesville and didn't resign after he offended the navajo code talkers this week and didn't resign after -- is there a white house that's tipping or are they just sort of in constant crisis containment? >> first, i wanted to say, what katy says,

1968. four days after dropping out, martin luther king was assassinated. riots from kansas city to chicago, to baltimore to d.c. after that, the guy supposed to win the democratic primary bobby kennedy assassinated in california. when the democratic convention rolled around, the guy to clinch was never on the ballot and after locking up the nomination, chicago police and the national guard were outside using teargas and batons against the protesters in the streets. 1968 was madness, particularly on the democratic side. in 1968 also the year that we got this guy on the republican side. and thanks in part to the chaos and the implosion of the democrats richard nixon won the presidency that year, not easily. but he won. and we all know what happened next. we are a year out from the last presidential election as of tomorrow. an election that is still testing the stitching in our democracy right now. at times like this, i find it helpful, i find it illuminating to remember if never been through this before we have been through a lot. we have been through way more than you might think. a

material congressional races across the country. be it in the kansas city suburbs or places like iowa. last night, they won by 9 points. and whether the democrats would get power of the house, that's a huge upset. but still, it took democrats to win a race by 9 points to even almost get a 50-50 tie due to resorting and also gerrymandering. so the big lesson is democrats could have a really big night in 2018 but still fall a couple seats short of taking back the house of representatives. >> you make such a good point. as we've reported, barack obama has made it their issue in the post administration period. we're seeing new characters. if you're not a politics junky, you might not know of every candidate across the country but you have probably heard of chris christie and tim kaine right now. you probably have heard the song, you don't even know my nail. the democrats putting out new names in virginia and new jersey. take a listen. >> virginia has told us to end the divisiveness that we will not condone hatred and bigotry. and to end the politics that have torn this country apart.

why? but why? but why? but why? but why? but why? this is going to kansas me a fortune, believe me, believe me. this is not good for me. >> not good for him. trump drawing attention to the fact that he's the only modern-day presidential candidate to insist on hiding his tax returns from voters. but why? that's the question i leave you with. "hardball" starts now. >>> helter skelter. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump's one-man foreign policy is becoming a three-ring circus driven by his mercurial personality and ego. "the new york times" reported this morning

the country from kansas city to chicago to baltimore to d.c. two months after that the guy who was supposed to win the democratic primary bobby kennedy was assassinated in california. when the democratic convention rolled around that summer, the guy who ended up clinching the nomination had never been on the ballot during any of the state primaries. and while hubert humphrey was twisting arms at the convention to loung the nomination chicago police and the national troop -- national guard were outside using tear gas and batons against the protesters in the street. 1968 was madness. particularly on the democratic side. and 1968 was also the year that we got this guy on the republican side. and thanks in part to the chaos and the implosion of the democrats, richard nixon won the presidency that year. not easily, but he won, and we all know what happened next. we are a year out from the last presidential election as of tomorrow. an election that is still testing the stitching in our democracy right now. at times like this i find it helpful, i find it illuminating even to remember that

topeka, kansas. >> and seven transgender candidates winning across the country. >> i mean, this was absolutely enormous. the diversity and the slate that we saw come in last night. >> and what -- so, you know, there's this question about motivation. it's really interesting to listen to senator peters, right? that's someone whose livelihood and career is going to depend on that. next time he's up in 2020, he's got a presidential election in he has favor. but what -- as someone who's been an organizer and worked on campaigns, what -- there's this question about the resistance that we saw, we saw protests the first night he was elected, election night. we saw one of the biggest marches in american history a few days later in inauguration. and we saw these series of special elections where democrats came up short. and there was really this question of, is this a thing or not a thing? >> one of the things we said when we came up short in those special elections, it was they were in redder areas. if we saw this kind of voter turnout in moderate areas or democratic-leaning areas or in repu

, jeff flake of arizona, todd rounds in indiana and i believe jerry maran in kansas. i had langford on my radio show this morning talking about the backstop, the trigger. he's very optimistic those four or five senators will have their concerns met. he did not want to talk about steve johnson who cares about the pass-through language, although i've seen some indication that's moving along pretty well, and nobody has spoken to senator mccain or senator collins who had unique concerns of their owns. senator collins on the individual mandate, senator mccain on process. ov overall, great optimism. i think we're going to get a bill this week. i don't know if it will get through budget today because ron johnson is a very tough negotiator in these circumstances and he waits until the last minute to get last bit of maneuvering for the sub chapter s corporations he wants. i think we're going to get a bill and i think we're going to get it this week. >> ben, the score, as you know on this bill, has not been kind. the nonpartisan congressional budget office says that in ten years overall people m

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candidate roy moore in alabama. he's gotten praise from supporters in kansas. senators like ted cruz said he's going to stand by him if he gets elected. but these drawn controversy for his views on muslims. he's also talked about homosexuals. he was on the hill yesterday. how did that go? >> it seems like to went pretty well. both sides seem to be trying to make nice, given that if this man is elected to congress, the senators are going to need his vote to advance their agenda. so, he seemed to pull back a little bit on his criticisms when asked about them. he sort of declined to comment. and republicans are definitely trying to distance himself from some of his more controversial comments that you mentioned. but mostly all are supporting him now that he's the gop candidate. >> i know our producer yesterday frank thorpe had staked him out on the hill and asked him a question and said he didn't want to talk about the issues. it seemed like a strange place to not want to talk about the issue. >> jacqueline, you've been reporting on president trump's ban with transgender troops amidst a

. this is happening for women who work in an office building somewhere in iowa and kansas and florida. this is happening to women who have, you know, no power and no say to speak up. you know what i mean? and this is -- i think the tide is turning and you know what about all the women who don't have microphones and have a voice and can say something and then it's everywhere on the news. you know, what about the women who get assaulted every day and are afraid to speak out. i mean, look, i was afraid to speak out 11 years ago. i wanted to say something. and there were people around me who said, oh, my god, you will get annihilated and you will never work in this town again, and i was afraid of that. i really was afraid of that. you know, i was working at "the best damn sports show" at fox sports and i had a good career and i said, you know what, if i come out and speak out there, i probably would get fired or just phased out and i was afraid of that. i'm not afraid of that anymore. could is it still happen? sure, possibly. but, you know, i'm a lot more secure and, you know, myself, my

critical to. this right now mccain, collins, kansas are all on the fence. if they begin to lose the vote, the republican party needs roy moore. this is very complicated. it's not going to get done by christmas. >> david jolly just promised to keep coming on and explain it for us. >> you got it. >> former congressman from the state of florida. thanks for joining us tonight. >>> now for the last thing before we go, it has to do with american airlines. they suffered a computer glitch that allowed all of their pilots the take time off during the busy holiday, just for the asking. put another way, if you're an american airlines pilot watching this, and you kind of couldn't believe how quickly your request for time off over christmas went through, there has been a problem. and the company is now offering you time and a half to show up at work and fly all those nice paying passengers during that period, which runs from december 17 to december 31st. we're talking about 15,000 flights that the airline has discovered don't have anyone scheduled to be sitting in that left front seat or the rig

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kansas the governor would appoint somebody for that seat, that would trigger another special election if theory. there is still a lot behind the scenes there, i feel it's getting to a point where people feel we don't have great options when it comes to this particular election. so then what are they going to be forced to do if the voters in alabama send roy moore to the naat. it's likely they'd have to seat hi him. they tried to not seat someone in 2009 involved in the roy blagojevich scandal. >> he's an american he. >> reporter: he got sent to jail because he was trying to get health care in illinois. don't bring ploich up. >> sorry. aside. >> so the last time that the senate didn't seat somebody was during the, after the civil war, some confederates, perhaps? >> i believe so. >> i'm making it up. >> reporter: but what the calculation is here and now is they could then potentially vote to eject him from the senate, it would take two-thirds vote, mitch mcconnell wouldn't answer that direct question yesterday. but i bought the to tell you, the atmosphere on this, i think, is r