our chairman of the of the NBC Universal News Group C Arande uh who we both know very well um he sent a memo that we all got as employees here uh resending the hiring of R Romney McDaniel and I know I felt very strongly about it I know you felt very strongly about it I think everyone from four o'clock on from Nicole all the way to midnight we all felt very strongly and said so on our respective shows uh yesterday and I I just have to say when somebody does the right thing I feel like it should b
e acknowledged as publicly as we acknowledged our outrage and so I I how I feel about it I am grateful to Caesar for actually making the right decision I think it was the right decision but I want to get your take as well oh well thank you for asking me about it I I still feel like I still I still feel like a little it it always feels wrong to talk about things you know in the company as if it's news and I you know it's just this it's not the way either you or I are wired I know but I I will jus
t say that journalists are a fractious bunch and in our big company with all sorts of different journalistic entities of all sorts of different people working in this business doing all sorts of different kinds of work and to see the essentially unanimous feeling among all the journalists in this building and all the sort of senior staff and all the producers and everybody in this building about this was one thing but then to see the executives and the leadership hear that and respond to it and
be willing to change course based on it based on their respect for us and hearing what we argued I I have deep respect for that I do I I mean what I said on the air last night on my show that I think that acknowledging that you might have gotten something wrong is a real sign of strength a real show of strength and I think it's a show of strength and I think it's a show of respect for the people who work at this company and who make us who we are um that leadership was willing to change on this
and I'm I'm grateful to them you know it's not about hiring a republican it's not even about hiring somebody who has Trump ties this was a really specific case because of Miss McDaniel's and her involvement in the election interference stuff and um I'm I'm grateful that our our leader ship was willing to do the I think this the Bold strong resilient thing yeah I mean we're going to be using her name because she's a witness in the Michigan elector suitcase mean it's like it's less awkward to have
to say and by the way this person works for NBC news right we're glad we don't have to do that uh Rachel M it's always a pleasure uh my friend thank you very much I now release you to your evening thank you Joy thank you very much I appreciate it okay and because we cannot get enough Rachel of course um there is more there is more Rachel M on Saturday April 6th Rachel and I will be at the legendary Apollo Theater in hem for a conversation about my book Medgar and merly the love story that awake
ned America it's going to be exciting I cannot wait go to msnbc.com mear and merly for tickets all right hey everyone MSNBC has a new and improved app you'll get realtime alerts and Analysis live blogs in-depth essays video highlights and the best 2024 election coverage download the new MSNBC app here's how to do it you tap on the App Store on your phone you hit search on the bottom right corner you type in MSNBC you click on the MSNBC app you click on get or the cloud icon and enjoy it
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