that is steve bannon. that is the effect of steve bannon saying, "you, mr. trump, are going to keep your eye on the ball. you're going to keep saying these things. you're not going to be swayed by these establishment people in washington who don't have your own interests at heart." >> so let me state this as clearly as i possibly can: we are going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> narrator: it was a steve bannon production. that night, as they returned to washington on marine one, steve bannon was seated right next to the president. and bannon was by his side in the weeks that followed, as the white house was gripped by one crisis after another. >> two words: shock and surprise. >> breaking news tonight: president trump has fired fbi director james comey. >> narrator: the administration faced its biggest challees so far. >> fired fbi director james comey wrote a memo... >> just department appointed a special counsel to... >> narrator: they responded with the combative strategy that had brought them to power

i mean, look, steve bannon is a blow hard. the only thing he's ever won was clearly last year with donald trump, and he didn't even run that campaign. he was not the campaign manager, but he came in there with his toxic brand and tried to prove that he was something that he's not, which is i guess a deal maker or a deliverer or a real strategist. and right, what we saw is the emperor has no clothes, not that i want to see that, but it is indeed what is happening with steve bannon. >> we're going to have to take a break here. there's a pretty shocking exit poll result about president trump's approval rating in alabama, which we're going to have when we come back. we're going to have much more ahead about doug jones' stunning and truly historic victory for a democrat in an alabama senate race. but, before we go, let's just take one more quick look at steve bannon's glorious moment tonight after this election. >> mr. bannon, is this a huge defeat for you? >>> tonight is a night for rejoicing. because as dr. king said, as dr. king

i mean, look, steve bannon is a blow hard. the only thing he's ever won was clearly last year with donald trump, and he didn't even run that campaign. he was not the campaign manager, but he came in there with his toxic brand and tried to prove that he was something that he's not, which is i guess a deal maker or a deliverer or a real strategist. and right, what we saw is the emperor has no clothes, not that i want to see that, but it is indeed what is happening with steve bannon. >> we're going to have to take a break here. there's a pretty shocking exit poll result about president trump's approval rating in alabama, which we're going to have when we come back. we're going to have much more ahead about doug jones' stunning and truly historic victory for a democrat in an alabama senate race. but, before we go, let's just take one more quick look at steve bannon's glorious moment tonight after this election. >> mr. bannon, is this a huge defeat for you? >>> tonight is a night for rejoicing. because as dr. king said, as dr. king

>> for the record, steve bannon does not drink. so just clear that up as a matter of fact. >> we should. good point. thank you. >> no problem, brian. i do think this morning i spent some time with bannon, i listened to him take calls on his radio show, and i did sense for the first time an uncertainty about him. he quizzed his callers with questions like is the energy among the conservative grass roots still there. he wanted to know if moore was the right candidate or not. and, you know, he knows the answers to these questions. he's asking them because he is himself having doubts, i think. publicly, however, he is going to remain defiant. he sees absolutely nothing to gain politically from cozying up to mitch mcconnell and the republican establishment because his own republican brand and the eethose of the movement he's trying to lead is about challenging the republican establishment. so i think what's going to kpar bait the tensions in the party even further is continue to blame mcconnell for this loss. and you're hearing this acr

>> for the record, steve bannon does not drink. so just clear that up as a matter of fact. >> we should. good point. thank you. >> no problem, brian. i do think this morning i spent some time with bannon, i listened to him take calls on his radio show, and i did sense for the first time an uncertainty about him. he quizzed his callers with questions like is the energy among the conservative grass roots still there. he wanted to know if moore was the right candidate or not. and, you know, he knows the answers to these questions. he's asking them because he is himself having doubts, i think. publicly, however, he is going to remain defiant. he sees absolutely nothing to gain politically from cozying up to mitch mcconnell and the republican establishment because his own republican brand and the ethos of the movement he's trying to lead is about challenging the republican establishment. so i think what's going to exacerbate the tensions in the party even further is continue to blame mcconnell for this loss. and you're hearing this acro

they need to dump steve bannon. bannon must go and go now. it's unclear where he wants bannon to go. he's not in government anymore. >> donald trump sees a kindred spirit in steve bannon, a guy that charges the barricades and everybody rights off and says he doesn't know what he's talking about but he's really right. donald trump will continue to listen to steve bannon, and as long as that happens and takes his phone call, he's not going away. >> if bannonism can't win in alabama, you have a fundamental problem. >> and they're a core constituency in the republican party that is a bannon and moore constituency. >> we will play with this with congressman king when he's on the show. debb debbie dingell was on with alisyn. me too matters. decency towards minority and women matters, and my wallet matters well. flint, michigan, they are still hit hard. take bannon out of it and that's a raw populism that matters and that's why the vote margin that just got narrowed in the senate just got narrower. >> and then marginalized by identity politics. that

that's just steve bannon style. i think we're seeing now if you follow the consequences of the steve bannon model, it's a losing model. huge influence with the president, on the cover of "time "magazine. and look what happened. look how long it took for this white house have a quote-unquote accomplishment. it took bannon the better part of the first year, and at this point president trump is far weaker. he is the most unpopular first term president in recent memory perhaps in history and it's because he went down the bannon model for so long. >> is certainly appears in instincttually trump is bannon. >> absolutely. i don't think it's correct to deposit donald trump is this good naturered fellow and he's been led to the dark side by steve bannon. the reason why the bannon-trump partnership worked in the first place is they were largely simp pat co. they're both at the core i think essentially white nationalists and who have this xenophobic and i think largely racist agenda they're pursuing. bannon is somewhat more co

more hours to fight steve bannon. he's on the conservative channel, i'm on the mirror image, political progressive channel. i'm not kidding when i say my number one priority in my show is defeat steve bannon and the republicans he supports and the ones donald trump supports. to me that's the most effective way to drive steve bannons and those mind sets out of the town square. republicans will not saddle up to someone who helps them lose all the time. i'm hoping -- i get people think steve bannon is disgusting. i've written articles. despicable, vile, turned proprietary bart into the number one anti-muslim in the nation. ant muslim activist, he -- >> do you believe he should have a voice on sirius xm? >> i believe the speech you don't like is more speech. i believe that in my core. i think in america today we're quickly to silence those. i'll defend klan, anti-muslim bigots right to demonize me in my community because this is america to. me i say respectfully to those outraged, i get it. i don't like it either. don't l

steve bannon, yes, steve bannon, obviously, a big loser. you also, though, i am sorry, you got to look to mitch mcconnell, who was too clever by half. he didn't want mo brooks in there so he tried to undercut mo broovenlths he tried to under cut roy moore. he ended up within a hair of getting roy moore in there. and so, you know, mitch mcconnell owes a part of this, too. he can point at steve bannon, steve bannon can point at him. you know, if they'd gone with mo brooks, a guy who is a hard right conservative, that that's guy, though that would have won this state easily for republicans. we wouldn't be talking about a democrat winning in the state of alabama. >> so i think, willie, and joe, that, definitely elise, that president trump helped doug jones win. i believe his tweet for anybody that was on the fend about president trump, for anybody, any woman on the fence about roy moore, i think his disgutting tweet about for kirsten gillibrand helped doug jones win. >> it may have helped in the last mont t. people in that restaurant in mound t

, steve bannon who's always ready to attack republicans like mitch mcconnell, steve bannon who always tries to pretend to the small cult of followers that he is the toughest guy in the room, that steve bannon was slapped in to a stunned silence last night by the voters of alabama. this is the way steve bannon's adventure in alabama will always now be remembered. >> mr. bannon, this is a huge defeat for you. >> a stunned silence by the man who alabama voters ignored or hated just as much as washington republicans hate him. steve bannon was immediately attacked by mitch mcconnell last night in a statement of mcconnell's super pac blaming bannon for what happened in alabama. donald trump's marching orders to alabama were ignored just as much as steve bannon's. >> get out and vote for roy moore. do it. do it. do it. >> do it. do it. they didn't do it. here is the robocall that donald trump made to republican voters in alabama. >> hi, this is president donald trump and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. it is so important. we're already making america great again. i'm going to make a

you just said what i admire about steve bannon. i was just talking to a big democratic donor, a hedge fund manager, who met steve bannon at a cocktail party that rebecca mercer threw and he was saying how interesting he was, how dynamic he was. i'm scratching my head, going, do you remember the things this guy stands for? but what you wrote stood out to me. as much as i wanted to loathe bannon, you said, i found myself liking him. he was strange and charismatic and slightly unhinged. he exaggerate bud didn't quite lie. at least most of the time. and during conversations he fired off laser accurate descriptions of famous people that would make the best insult comics proud. are people underestimating steve bannon? i don't know him. i look at him, you know, we hear what was it, a lawmaker from new york just a few weeks ago said he looks like a drunk, he's a hot mess. but you're writing a different story about this guy. >> yes, i think clearly -- >> a very sophisticated audience who wants to hate him. >> the way he presents himself, yo

steve bannon wasn't terribly productive when he was in the white house. i mean, basically, as long as steve bannon was in the white house, the whole west wing operated like episode of gossip girl. all he talked about who is up, who is down. who is making fun of who inside the west wing. the second he left and a new regime came in. they have straightened out entirely and serving president trump the way he deserves to be served. now you see he comes in on the political side and destroys all that and throws a seat away in the process. look, i would distance myself extremely quickly. the entire party and certainly president trump is a part of that. >> also assuming that president trump has any control over steve bannon at this point. i mean, he is out there. he is doing what he wants. just wanted to add to josh's initial point. >> dana: then i have got to run. >> >> thanks, dana. >> dana: more on that stunning night in alabama. why is chuck schumer talking to capitol hill police? we'll tell you. ♪ ♪ >> dana: with the results of the alabama senate race in,

so the president went after the republican here, following the lead of steve bannon. against the advice of so many republicans here at the white house, indeed on capitol hill and elsewhere. so that is what they're left with here going into the 2018 midterm elections. jake? >> jeff, inside the west wing, is this any sort of wake-up call in terms of who the president takes political advice from? >> reporter: it certainly should be a wake-up call and that was the exact phrasing that a top republican here said it should be a wake-up call, in terms of how the president deals with steve bannon. will the president still follow his lead? indeed the former white house chief strategist steve bannon was urging the president to go all-in on roy moore. he could have stayed on the sidelines like the vice president did. he did not talk about that race at all. it's still an open question if their going to rebuild the political operation here or defer more to establishment republicans. jake, at the very least, steve bannon is wounded by this and the president sees that. it all depends

so in many ways, steve bannon's great-grandfather was a dreamer. yeah. and his great-grandson is a [bleep] nightmare. anyway, anyway, bannon-- [cheers and applause] bannon... bannon held his own in last night's interview, but there were times where you could tell that charlie rose was getting under his skin. just look at his face when he's asked questions that he doesn't like. - you know that this white house leaks like nobody's ever seen a white house leak, and that's where the reporters are getting the story, and they're getting a story about conflict between you and h. r. mcmaster. they're getting stories about conflict between you and jared kushner. - what the hell is that? like, just, like, what is that? i almost felt like if this interview had gone on any longer, i would have been seriously worried for the safety of charlie rose. - and that's where the reporters are getting the story, and they're getting a story about conflict between you and h. r. mcmaster. they're getting all these stories... - [screams] - we'll be right back. derefreshing. pepsi

certainly steve bannon identifies himself as part of that world view. he thinks of his -- he will tell you verbatim that his jacksonian ideals are in sync with walter russell mead. brian: is that how the portrait of andrew jackson got on the wall in the oval office? wil: i believe so, yes. great -- anch into a lengthy and perhaps dull exposition about all of that, because i think they misunderstand jackson. brian: we have one last video clip. i want you to put it into perspective. this is an interview from 1998, almost 20 years ago. one of the gentlemen, bill strauss, is no longer alive, but the other fellow is still with us. here is the fourth turning. >> the fourth turning, when we look at the cycle and rhythm of american history, we see an interesting pattern. many people have noticed this pattern. the country as a society seems to encounter crises about every 80 or 90 years. this is a cycle of american history. the era we are in right now, the 1990's resembles the 1820's, and the 1760's, which means you better repair your roof because it will be an

i'm not sticking up for steve bannon. i thought everything he said was wrong, reprehensible and hypocritical. the trifecta of offensiveness. but nonetheless, he is -- he is in the ascendency in that race -- >> moore is. >> moore is and bannon is. he picked the right -- the winning candidate in the primary there and he may be riding that horse to the senate. >> ryan, i'm sorry to be cynical here but it looks like they are all track touts -- or at the race track or it looks like moore will win and i'm going to endorse him now and that includes mcconnell and the president and that includes bannon. all of them. they are jumping on a winning horse. >> it looks like he's going to win. it puts senator mcconnell in a difficult position. he called for him to get out. if he gets to the senate there is an ethic investigation right away. but look, the team isn't on the same page. the republicans wanted to get moore out tv and trump came around and said i'm going to endorse humanitari endorse him and the rnc is not thrilled about this

so in many ways, steve bannon's great-grandfather was a dreamer. yeah. and his great-grandson is a [bleep] nightmare. anyway, anyway, bannon-- [cheers and applause] bannon... bannon held his own in last night's interview, but there were times where you could tell that charlie rose was getting under his skin. just look at his face when he's asked questions that he doesn't like. - you know that this white house leaks like nobody's ever seen a white house leak, and that's where the reporters are getting the story, and they're getting a story about conflict between you and h. r. mcmaster. they're getting stories about conflict between you and jared kushner. - what the hell is that? like, just, like, what is that? i almost felt like if this interview had gone on any longer, i would have been seriously worried for the safety of charlie rose. - and that's where the reporters are getting the story, and they're getting a story about conflict between you and h. r. mcmaster. they're getting all these stories... - [screams] - we'll be right back. [elegant music] - s

. >> former trump chief strategist steve bannon on the attack in alabama as president trump doubles down on his endorsement of roy moore. >> president trump hours away from making a significant announcement naming jerusalem as israel's capital despite several warnings of potential violence. >> and fire emergency in california. authorities say these fires are out of control. low humidity, high winds, a two television productions have been put on hold here and a whole lot of people are on the move right now. >> jump on the freeway there. >> welcome to early start this morning. i'm christine romans. >> it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. 1: we start in alabama where roy moore starts the home stretch of his campaign today, the final six days with a boost from steve bannon, the former white house chief strategist headlining a campaign event just a day after the president himself endorsed moore. moore has been accused of sexual assault and impropriety involving teenage girls. >> bannon slammed several quote establish republicans including mitch mcconnell and jeff flake who earlier tweeted out this. a

. >> in terms of finger pointing, how much is steve bannon on the end of that now? >> reporter: there's plenty. i spoke to a senior gop source who said this was devastating for the white house but even more so for steve bannon, that his credibility is, quote, shot up on capitol hill and, of course, this is a critical time not only for the president but for steve bannon because he had this idea, this dream of going against the gop establishment in 20 2018. the republican party is now basically telling him, no, that's not going to happen. but interestingly, anderson, i talked to a republican source close to the white house this evening who said that steve bannon is taking this hard, that he took it hard, what happened last night in alabama and that he's going around telling people today, well, the establishment was just against roy moore, that everybody was out to get roy moore. that is the public face that he's putting out there but privately he took it hard, according to the source i talked to a while ago, anderson. >> jim acosta from the white house, thank you very

but let's look, steve bannon has lost, steve bannon brought roy moore in, pushed roy moore and roy moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in a year! >> shannon: [laughs]no it's never over. as you all know andea as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election.s richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winner, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and ito think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry about the guy sleeping downstairs, but n

all aimed at steve bannon. you know, when you set yourself up as the sort of messianic leader of a historic, revolutionary movement and you fall on your butt, there are a lot of people who have knives out for you and steve bannon is a big target today. >> but he clearly had an impact and an influence on the president's decision to support roy moore. >> i think that's true. and i think the president sort of -- you come into favor and you fall out of favor. i think he was very angry at mcconnell for talking him into being for luther strange against roy moore. now he may be angry with bannon for persuading him. we should say one small thing, i do think the president had some impact on this race in favor of moore, in the sense that you saw the late-breaking vote going for moore. >> right. >> i think in places close to where he campaigned, he probably had some influence. it's just that, much as in virginia where there was a heightened turnout in some of these republican areas, it was dwarfed by the turnout in these

bannon tells him to do because steve bannon's going to flatter him, he's going to do it and then in congress people like mitch mcconnell are going to act like they're against steve bannon because he's crazy and then they're going to get freaked out about losing primaries so they will end up being with steve bannon anyone. everybody in the picture except congress will be swept out of washington except steve bannon and you will have democratic coming in beginning of 2019 that's when something will finally get done for the american people. >> why do you say the president trump will follow whoever talks to last. >> that's how it works whoever is in his ear that's who he goes with. particularly if they said something nice. i did the dishes tonight he's probably watching if i give him credit for it maybe he will never hate tweet me i don't know. that's how he works. they create briefing documents with his name in it so he will pay attention to what's going on in north korea so they had complete control of the government then the ire year and all they have done is pass a tax bill that the

and steve bannon. because he had a dream of going against the gop establishment and the republican party is basically telling him no, that's not going to happen. i talked to a republican source close to had white house this evening who said steve bannon is taking this hard. that he took it hard what happened last night in alabama and that he is going round telling people today well, the establishment was just against roy moore. that everybody was out to get roy moore. privately he took it hard according to a source i talked to a little while ago. >> i spoke to senator bernie sanders and about a tentative deal on the tax plan. >> senator sanders, doug jones' win, i wuntder what you think it means for it democratic party? >> i think it's very significant not only because his victory in itself is very important and doug jones coming to the senate is important. what alabama was about last night was a tremendous amount energy and a very high turnout. what i have always believed is when people are prepared t

. >>> steve bannon went to alabama last night. why? to stump for roy moore, the republican candidate in the special election, but ended up picking fights with a list of republicans, nobody is safe from his attacks, not mitch mcconnell, not mitt romney, and this is a man still very close to the president, though not in the white house, his former chief strategist. he laid into these establishment republican figures. romney, he went after his faith and his kids. >> reporter: yeah, poppy. he certainly went in very hard to mitt romney during that speech last night. steve bannon came down to alabama to rally support for his candidate in this case, roy moore. he spent more time bashing mitt romney than he did his opponent, doug jones here. that doesn't come as a surprise because mitt romney not only called for roy moore to step aside in the race but recently said if he was elected as a senator it would be not only a stain on the gop, but the nation, and that seat was not worth losing honor or integrity. steve bannon clearly did not take kind

natural pet food. >>> steve bannon is going after top republicans. he was in alabama last night, rallying support for senate candidate roy moore there. of course, roy moore facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, assault, and abuse, but bannon ended up picking fights with mitt romney, jeff flake, mitch mcconnell, to name a few. our kaitlan collins is in mobile this morning. and when you talk about a man very close to the president, formerly the chief strategist inside the white house, he laid into mitt romney, attacking his kids and his faith. >> yeah, poppy. steve bannon certainly did not hold back when it came to mitt romney here in alabama last night. though he was hear to rally to get some support for roy moore in the last few days before the high-stakes senate race, he spent a lot of his time focusing on republicans, and specifically, mitt romney. now, this comes after mitt romney has called on roy moore to step aside out of this race, after those sexual assault allegations first surfaced and more recently he said, if roy moore won, it

the reason so many people showed up was to hear steve bannon introduce it sand steve bannon went into attack mode. he attacked democrats, members of the news media but then he really went off on people he called establishment republicans. mitch mcconnell, arizona senator jeff flake but he reserved his ire for mitt romney. he had tweeted the other day, roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. and listen to what bannon said. >> you ran for commander in chief. you had five sons. not one day of service in afghanistan and iraq. we have 7,000 dead and 52,000 casualties and where were the romneys during those wars? judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in a pinky finger than your entire family has in his whole dna. >> reporter: many people in the state have said this election should be left up to alabamaians. and that's true. it was only alabamaians that would be voting. he also got a tweet from doug jones, the democrat running against roy moore. he said we don't need an outside agitator like steve bannon carpet bagging in alabama. >> all right. six mor

steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. >> remember what he said about steve bannon who happens to be fresh off a big defeat in alabama. he's unleashed about his time at the white house. startling revelations as they say, published today, in a new interview in article by vanity fair. donald trump serving out his presidential term, and sharing details about a strained relationship with various trump family members. the article suggests that what started out as camaraderie forged through an unlikely friendship, has devolved over time. he went on to describe trump this way. he's much more moderate, he's an accommodationist. back in october, you might recall vanity fair reported bannon believed trump had a 30% chance of finishing his full term. he went even further this time. trump has lost a step and is like an 11-year-old child. the article also shedding light on the controversy surrounding bannon and trump's family, those relationships soured before they made it to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. bannon reportedly battled with ivanka and jared about the tone trump should take f

one of our attorneys is a jew. >> steve bannon. >> former white house strategist steve bannon firing up the crowd. ripping into republicans who said the former judge should drop out. >> there's a special place in hell for for republicans who should know better. >> moore taking no questions from traditional reporters. instead one of his rare interviews went to pro-trump super pac online video. interviewer a 12-year-old girl. >> what are the most important issues to the voters of alabama. >> i think one is religious liberty. >> his opponent democratic doug jones sees the race differently. >> the majority of the people of alabama say that it is time that we put or decency, our state before political party. >> experts say turnout will be crucial. jones calling on former nba hall of famer charles barkley to help get african-americans out to vote. alabama native with harsh words for home state. >> at some point we have to stop looking like idiots to the nation. at some point, i mean, listen. i love alabama. we have to draw a line in the sand so we're not a bunch of dam idiots. >> for mark

steve bannon is a bad guy. but this is a way for republicans on capitol hill to basically deflect from their own blame as enablers of donald trump. and the fact so few are willing to speak up against roy moore. i have to give kudos to senator shelby who did yeoman work on sunday by blasting it more. so few other republicans were willing to come out. the rnc when it locks up with donald trump to support the accused child molester. and roy moore at the end of the day, he probably would have won if it hadn't been for the child molestation charges. the fact that he is opposed to the rule of law, he wants to, he thinks slavely was the good old days. all of this wouldn't have been held against him by the voters of alabama. i'm very glad that roy moore lost and i'm very glad that steve bannon was embarrassed. let's not pretend this one victory has solved a deep, deep sickness that plagues the republican party. >> you make such a great point. thank you both. ahead, alabama and the mampbl vote. how did jones actually ex

steve bannon. here is what he said. >> back in 2010 and 2012, the person you mentioned and his allies succeeded in nominating five candidates who all lost. we succeeded in 2014 and 2016 in defeating sure losers. >> shannon: let's welcome the political panel tonight. senior columnist from townhall.com, and radio host and fox news contributor, great to see both of you tonight. gentleman. >> great to be here. >> shannon: on one hand, mitch mcconnell is not a happy camper tonight, he has lost a seat, but on the other hand, he might be doing a victory dance because he wouldn't even say bannon's name and he wanted to say this guy keeps picking losers.. i'm doing the right thing. he's not. >> i think that sounds about right.t. one of the big winners is the quote unquote donald trump likes to call the swamp but establishment republicans. remember, at the beginning, they wanted luther strange, they lost that race, and then you saw establishment republicans, including richard shelby, saying, hey, listen, don

the president seems to turn again and again back to steve bannon. steve bannon blamed out of this on mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader. >>> the president's approval ratings dropped to its lowest level since hi took office. 32% approve of the job he's doing. with me is senior political analyst and adviser to four presidents, david gergen. maggie, do you have any sense of is there a feeling that folks at the white house need to course correct? >> depends what you mean, in the constant base play, that comes from the president. he has a fare ear of losing his base. that that will be what carries the day throughout. he does recognize that there is at least some limit on that. while he's selling this as i was in a lose-lose situation, he has enough doubt about what he did in endorsing roy moore that he solicit pretends from a number of people, which is what he always does when he's not sure. we've seen this president be skin he follows mitch mcconnell until that doesn't work anymore, then he goes with his base. i don't know if he knows another w

know that steve bannon is necessarily high up in the pecking order. donald trump is the leader of this republican party into this country. what he was able to do was harness a lot of the anger people had out there across america, who are frustrated and furious with politicians from both sides of the aisle who made promises for decades and nothing got done. he's been here in such a short amount of time and we've seen an economic explosion, a laser type focus on things like tax cuts, that's what people are angry about because they haven't been listened to forever. the president was able to tap into that anger and show people there was finally someone in this building behind me actually working for them, that is with most important. >> harris: does the president look at the situation as he tightened the gap between doug jones and roy moore? when you dig into some of the exit polling, roy moore was in trouble with women and we knew that going into yesterday and as people were coming out, the deficit for him was with women. >> i think donald trump did a lo

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but let's look, steve bannon has lost, steve bannon brought roy more income a pushed roy moore and roy moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in the year! >> shannon: [laughs] it's never over. as you all know and as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election. richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winter, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and i think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry about the guy sleeping downstairs, but

this is what an aide to steve bannon tells nbc news. quote, after doing everything in their power to throw this election to a liberal democrat, the mcconnell establishment should expect the very same america first movement that elected the president in 2016 to be out for their blood in 2018. was steve bannon's influence diminished at all last night or does he still have enough pull among trump's base to still cause trouble for mitch mcconnell and other members of the so-called establishment? >> that's the key question before the 2020 presidential election, is did bannon -- did the breitbartism of the america first wave that elected trump, did that carry such a flawed candidate to within 20,000 votes? senator-elect jones won. it's probably good news for the country, probably inarguably. but it was close. this was not a blowout. i do think that that's going to be a salient factor going forward. we're about to have a big race in tennessee, which is about as red as alabama almost. where a former democratic governor, phil bredison, is runnin

there is a lot of finger—pointing at steve bannon. elsewhere perhaps out in the midwest there are saying hang on, mitch mcconnell did not do much to support the candidate, establishment republicans were not there on the ground and that is why roy moore may have lost. but when you speak to people hear what they're trying to look at, lesson learned. here's what one had to say earlier. should we be concerned about being able to do better with younger voters and african american voters, absolutely, we need to do better. we need to have a good substantive agenda and communicated a lot better. we do a poorjob of communicated a lot better. we do a poor job of communicating communicated a lot better. we do a poorjob of communicating our agenda to people in the coalition and we have got to go out and get more people, younger people, african americans, hispanics, bring more people in to be a successful majority party. so both sides looking at this as a way to learn a lesson. what worked, what did not stop both have got an eye on 2018. for the m

he followed steve bannon's advice, and that burned him today. anderson. >> do we know what was said between the president and doug jones in the call? >> reporter: anderson, we're told that call, which came midafternoon or so, right before the president gave his tax speech from the oval office, he spoke with doug jones. he offered his congratulations we were told, and he talked about moving forward, working on this agenda, moving forward for the alabama people. it's interesting because, of course, doug jones will become one of those democrats -- a few democrats that really have become somewhat of an extinct creature here in washington, a democrat from a red state, he wants to work with him. but beyond that it was not much more than pleasantries i'm told. but he did invite him here to the white house, which, anderson, that's something that seems to happen all the time. republican presidents, democratic presidents used to have new senators to the white house. we'll see if anything comes of this meeting during this deeply partisan environment. >> je

bannon, this is a huge defeat for you. >> steve bannon gets tonight's last word which for him is the complete silence of utter humiliation. that's tonight's last word. "hardball" starts now. >> roy moore is no midnight cowboy. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington with major breaking news. the man who rode to the polls on horseback ends tonight dismounted and defeated. the next senator from the state of alabama will be a democrat. according to nbc news, doug jones is the apparent winner in the state. in the end it seems judge roy moore proved to be a step too far even for alabama. the victory means a major shift in one of the reddest of the red states. the implications felt here in washington here as well. president trump endorsed moore even as most republicans deemed him toxic. the president tweeted congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. the write in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends.

steve bannon, campaigning in alabama for roy moore. and this time, he has the president on his side. bubba nt bannon is not just ral for moore. he is accusing incendiary attacks. >>> plus, the trump abuser who wants to take the president to court. glory allred is here to join us. frank, there's so much turmoil. i want to start with you. so much turmoil in our politics. it feels like wheels are coming off the bus. what is going on? what's your take on all of this? >> in terms of the wheel coming off the bus, i talk to my colleagues about this all the time. i'm sure you do. it's existing. exhausting, we have a president that tweets. we have to turn the page to crowd the stage with more action opinion an i don't think americans know how to make sense of it. one of my greatest worries about this president and the presidency, is the provocations, the acts of indecency, the acts of bad judgment, come at us so quickly. they all blur and no one stands out the way it should. and he's flattening americans. he is numbing them that we can't see as

but roy moore was steve bannon's candidate. it's hard to say whether bannon still has as much influence as he did before, but i think the president definitely still listens to him. i think roy moore is a key testament to that. despite getting blowback from his own daughter, mitch mcconnell, members of his own party, the president still endorsed roy moore in the election despite the sexual assault allegations against him. i think the president still definitely listens. >> yes, well, kevin, the president left for mar-a-lago for the holiday. it marks the president's 106th visit to one of his properties in 2017, according to some reports. but he didn't hold a traditional end of year news conference. >> i was surprise td at that. we were at the white house yesterday right before the helicopter took off. he shouted merry christmas after he signed that tax bill. i was surprised simply because i thought he would want to talk about the tax bill and whatnot. i'm told by folks there that they just wanted to stay on message and keep it all

but let's look, steve bannon has lost, steve bannon brought roy more income a pushed roy moore and roy moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in the year! >> shannon: [laughs] it's never over. as you all know and as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election. richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winter, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and i think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry about the guy sleeping downstairs, but

we've seen this movie before, but, steve bannon -- trump is right, steve bannon is an opportunist. he jumped on breitbart in the wake of andy breitbart's death. he didn't get on the band wagon until donald trump secured the nomination. now that he sees that donald trump might be shaky, he's feeling the waters out. this is what steve bannon does. >> he knows how to get media attention. >> why does he need to run for president? he is leading the republican party right now. the rnc came out of the alabama race and steve bannon basically said roy moore should be your guy, donald trump, and then donald trump said, i'm sticking with roy moore, and the rnc sent money into that race. as far as i can see, you know, the party is listening to him, at least on politics. maybe not on policy because he attacks the kind of tax plan that just passed. he does seem to be in control of the party. >> bannon proposing raising the top tax rate to something like 44% for people who made more than $5 million. >> obviously a different direction. >> they went in a different direction. >> another change from

here's what steve bannon had to say about the republican establishment tonight. watch this. >> all that establishment up there every day that doesn't have trump's back, you know they don't have his back at all. what they want him for is that corporate tax cut. that's all they want him for. as soon as they get that tax cut watch what happens. there's a special place in hell for republicans who should know better. you know what they're doing and they're trying to shut up president trump and judge moore? they're trying to shut you up. why do you think the whole world's here? this is about -- this is about raw power. >> a special place in hell that's the same phrase remember that ivanka trump used when asked about allegations against roy moore. do you think that wording was intentional? >> absolutely. steve bannon doesn't say things by mistake. that's a clear shot across the bow at the trump family. a couple things that i would say, if roy moore is elected, it's the worst thing that could happen to the republican party in a long time. this is not a political test, it

a top target, steve bannon. who campaigned relentlessly for moore and played a key role in convincing trump to back and accuse child molester for the senate. peter king today. >> this guy does not belong on the national stage. it looks like some dishevelled joint that wandered op to the political stage. >> but the bannon defenders have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in their sights. sha sean hannity tweeting mcconnell deserves a lot of blame for alabama. brooks would have won by 20%. mcconnell interference hurt badly. inside the white house, sources say fincger pointing is rampant with some plaming the white house political director. sources close to the white house say that he wasn't the one to advise moore, but he failed the talk him out of the toxic endorsement. no leadership, he doesn't have any juice, one source said. let's be clear though. the buck stops with the president. it was trump who went all in for moore in the last crucial weeks of the campaign. and despite the extremely troubling allegati

so those people really want to effectively defeat steve bannon? it is not sirius xm or any platform trying to defeat him, but it is getting involved. and i hope people take a second, but i respect their views. believe me, i get it. it is complex feelings i have as well. >> dean obeidallah, we have a lot of breaking news coming in from israel and lebanon this morning, i hate to cut it short, but thank you for coming in this morning. >>> it was a wild finish to the army/navy and our coy wire is live in philadelphia. coy, you were right in the middle of all of it, including the field rush at the end. >> reporter: the field rush was incredible. i was in the middle of it all. we'll pin that and sights and sounds and hear from a star actor and player in what was an incredible army/navy game. that's coming up. let's get the one with the candy canes. well, you know, the wrapping paper doesn't make the holidays. it's what's inside that counts. it's a phone for mom. okay, well, it's also what's inside the phone that counts, too. circuits? no, the network. s