Rachel Maddow Wonders Why Bannon And Priebus Went Home Early

>> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATULATIONS, JON.
THIS MAN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW IT -- AM I RIGHT IN
SAYING, JON, THAT THIS WEEKEND YOU GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
AT SALVO REGINA AND GOT YOUR HONORARY DOCTORATE?
DR. BATISTE!
( APPLAUSE ) BRING THE PRESCRIPTION PAD IN, MY FRIEND.
>> Stephen: MY FIRST TONIGHT HAS THE NUMBER ONE SHOW IN CABLE
NEWS!
PLEASE WELCOME RACHEL MADDOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
YOU'RE ALWAYS FUN TO TALK TO.
IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE AND FUN.
BUT I'VE ESPECIALLY WANTED TO TALK TO YOU SAY, SINCE
NOVEMBER 9 AT ABOUT 12:01 IN THE MORNING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING THE NUMBER ONE CABLE NEWS
SHOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: PAID OFF AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR MANY YEARS.
>> IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S NICE, I FEEL LIKE.
ONE THING THAT'S NICE, I DO CABLE NEWS IN KIND OF A WEIRD
WAY.
WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE WAY WE DO THE SHOW.
IT JUST SEEMS MORE PEOPLE WANT THAT NOW.
I ASSUME PEOPLE WILL GO BACK TO NOT WANTING IT AND I WILL BE
STUCK.
>> Stephen: I THINK THEY WILL WANT IT FOR FOUR TO EIGHT YEARS,
RACHEL.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT YOU DO BETTER THAN PRETTY
MUCH ANYBODY OUT THERE IS YOU LAY A STORY OUT FOR THE AUDIENCE
LIKE PARTS ON THE LAWN.
LIKE, THIS IS A CAR.
WE'LL BUILD A CAR TONIGHT.
THAT'S THE CARBURETOR, THOSE ARE THE WHEELS AND THE BRAKES THERE.
YOU ASSEMBLE THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE, AND I THINK PEOPLE
WANT SOMEONE TO GO -- THEY SAY, WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
AND YOU SAY, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN DO NOW IS EXPLAIN
STUFF.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED, WHY WE BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE AND WHY IT
SEEMS IMPORTANT.
JUST DOING THAT, IF THAT'S ALL YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, EVEN IF
YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BREAK NEW NEWS AND JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN
THE NEWS OUT THERE, THAT'S HARD TO CRAM INTO A SHOW.
STUFF BREAKS AFTER DINNERTIME EVERY WEEK NIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE MULTIPLE TIMES WE'VE DONE THE MONOLOG AND
FIND OUT COMEY WAS FIRED AND WE WRITE A NEW MONOLOGUE AND PUT IT
AT THE TOP OF THE NEW MONOLOGUE.
YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO GET IT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: HE'S IN THE MIDDLE EAST NOW.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS TRIP SO FAR?
>> UM -- ( LAUGHTER )
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE -- >> Stephen: I HAVEN'T SEEN THE
NEWS LATELY.
IS THERE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
HAS HE SOLVED IT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> EXACTLY.
TODAY, MY FAVORITE MOMENT WAS WHEN HE FLEW FROM SAUDI ARABIA
TO ISRAEL AND, AS SOON AS HE GOT TO ISRAEL, HE SAID, I WAS JUST
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
( LAUGHTER ) ISRAEL IS, LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU
NOW?
I WOULD BE LIKE ME GETTING HERE AND SAYING, I WAS JUST IN
NEW YORK, IT WAS CRAZY!
>> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE ON BROADWAY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> PRESIDENTIAL TRIPS CAN GO
EITHER WAY WHEN THERE'S A PRESIDENT IN THE TIME OF CRISIS.
IN WATERGATE, RIGHT WHEN NIXON WAS FIGHTING THE OVAL OFFICE
TAPES, HE DECIDED TO GO TO SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL AND CAME
BACK AND MADE THIS ARGUMENT HE WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR WORLD PEACE
YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY RELEASE THOSE TAPES, AND THE SUPREME
COURT SAID, YEAH, THEY RELEASED THE TAPES AND HE WAS GONE.
THEY DIDN'T SAY IT THAT WAY, THROUGH --
>> Stephen: WE MIGHT HAVE TO BLUR YOUR CHIN.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
>> I'M QUOTING FORMER JUSTICE SCALIA WHO FAMOUSLY DID THAT.
>> Stephen: I MISS THAT MAN.
I REMEMBER.
>> THESE TRIPS CAN GO WELL AND SOMETIMES NOT GO WELL.
IT IS STRANGE HIS FIRST TRIP ABROAD IS TO SAUDI ARABIA.
>> Stephen: AFTER THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE COMPLAINED ABOUT
SAUDI ARABIA BEING A SOURCE OF TERROR AND SAYING OBAMA
SHOULDN'T BOW AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> Announcer: SAYING THE CLINTON FOUNDATION SHOULD HAVE
NEVER TAKEN SAUDI MONEY AND THE SAUDIS WILL NEED TO START PAYING
AND THE SAUDIS DID 9/11, HE SAID ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT
SAUDI ARABIA, BUT TECHNICALLY THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO USE
THE FIRST TRIP TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR CLOSEST ALLIES.
USUALLY IT'S TO, LIKE, THE U.K.
OR SOMEONE WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING UNCOMPLICATED
FRIENDSHIP WITH, WHEREAS SAWEDY, IT'S MORE COMPLICATED.
>> Stephen: IT'S A BUSINESS TRIP, TOO.
THERE'S A $110 BILLION ARMS DEAL, SO WE'RE GIVING THEM THE
BOOM BOOM ROOM THEY CAN USE.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT PHOTO IS HIM GIVING THE SPEECH TO ALL THE
ARAB LEADERS THERE AND HE'S SAYING, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE
GAVE THESE GUYS $110 WORTH OF BIG, BIG BOMBS AND WEAPONS.
KIND OF LIKE, THESE ARE ARE OUR BOOEDIES WE'VE GOT THEIR BACK.
>> IN HIS SPEECH, I THOUGHT PLEASE LET IT BE AN AD-LIB, HE
SAID WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD DEAL FROM THESE U.S.
DEFENSE COMPANIES.
WHY?
WHY ARE YOU GOING TO HELP THEM GET A GOOD DEAL?
YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRYING TO UNDERCUT AMERICAN DEFENSE
COMPANIES BECAUSE SAUDIS CAN'T AFFORD IT!
>> Stephen: "ALL I'M SAYING IS WE PUT THE WHOLE DEAL UP ON
GROUPON, YOU GUYS ALL GET TOGETHER..."
( APPLAUSE ) DO YOU THINK THAN OPPORTUNITY,
LIKE NOW THAT HE'S OVERSEAS, THEY SEEMED TO HAVE PRIED AWAY
HIS iPhone.
IF HE'S OVER THERE AND JUST SO BUSY OR TOO TIRED TO TWEET, THIS
COULD BE A POSITIVE THING BECAUSE I HEAR THERE WAS AN
INTERVENTION.
>> AN INTERVENTION?
>> Stephen: YES, HIS PEOPLE CAME TO HIM AND SAID, SIR,
YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT YOURSELF INTO A CORNER IF YOU KEEP DOING
THIS AND HE'S BEEN QUIET FOR DAYS NOW.
>> WHENEVER THE TWEETING QUIETS IT, WE THINK IT'S A CHANGE, BUT
IT COMES BACK.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SCRATCH, LIKE, I'VE GOT SPIDERS ON MY
SKIN?
IS IT COLD IN HERE?
>> THIS TRIP, THE "THE WASHINGTON POST" ANNOUNCES
FRIDAY NIGHT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PERSON OF INTEREST
WORKING ACTIVELY IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE
PRESIDENT.
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE PERSON OF INTEREST
IS IN THE F.B.I. PROBE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
IS IT ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE TRIP WITH HIM AND MYSTERIOUSLY
REINCE PRIEBUS AND STEVE BANNON GOT SENT HOME EARLY.
WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING?
I DON'T KNOW BUT MIKE PENCE IS PLEADING THE FIFTH.
I DON'T FEEL THEY GET TO MAKE THEIR OWN NEWS ANYMORE.
ONCE YOU'RE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY UNDER
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION TO THE F.B.I. AND
BRAGGED ABOUT IT TO THE RUSSIANS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SO FAR IS THE NEWS PEOPLE INVESTIGATING
WHAT'S GOING ON ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE RACHEL MADDOW.

Rachel Maddow Wonders Why Bannon And Priebus Went Home Early

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