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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

NBC News reports Trump's Defense secretary pick Hegseth's drinking alarmed Fox colleagues

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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4.53.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid brings you breaking news regarding Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny after new reporting from NBC News reveals that some current and former Fox colleagues claim they smelled alcohol on his breath "many times," with his Senate support for a potential role as Trump's Defense secretary reportedly waning. Meanwhile, Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, would be the first to assume the role with a published enemies list. Andrew Weissmann—one of the individuals named—joins the show. Plus, in North Carolina, Republicans are employing a tactic reminiscent of mobster strategies, swiftly stripping Democrats of their powers when they win at the ballot box. Listen now to this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0

Tonight on the readout.

0:05.2

With the axe.

0:06.8

Who's going to win this battle with the Lumbergack?

0:19.6

Ouch, that was Pete Hague set several years ago, missing the mark with an axe on Fox and Friends.

0:25.6

And tonight, NBC News has new reporting that some current and former Fox colleagues said they smelled alcohol on his breath many times, as his support in the Senate may be waning. Also tonight,

0:40.1

Cash Patel would be the first FBI director to enter office with a published enemies list.

0:46.5

Andrew Weissman, one of the people on that list, joins me tonight. Plus, an old mobster tactic

0:52.7

is playing out in North Carolina. It goes like this.

0:56.6

When Democrats win at the ballot box, Republicans move quickly to strip them of their powers.

1:05.8

But we begin tonight with President Biden, who is not in the U.S. today, but rather at the National

1:11.3

Museum of Slavery in Angola, addressing the origin story of America and slavery.

1:18.6

Cruel, brutal, dehumanizing, our nation's original sin.

1:24.2

While history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased. It should be faced. It's our duty to face our history.

1:33.6

It is a reminder that President Biden is a politician from an era that will very soon be gone.

1:39.9

In 48 days, Biden will no longer be president, and with it, the era of presidents like him

1:45.7

may dissolve completely.

1:48.3

It is an era where leaders of perhaps the world's least humble nation showed some humility

1:53.7

on the world stage.

1:55.7

Early into his presidency, Barack Obama addressed the horrors of slavery and segregation

2:00.5

while speaking in Cairo Egypt.

2:03.3

Though he later rejected it, Bill Clinton considered making an official domestic apology to African Americans for slavery.

2:11.6

Even George W. Bush acknowledged slavery's continuing legacy in American life and the need to confront that legacy.

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