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the movie i love, 1999 "election "with the with reese witherspoon, matt broderick, alexander payne. it's a parity of a student body presidential election and a student body. generational statement about millennia millennials. we have the establishment candidate, the chaos canada. let's see a little bit of that. >> i believe in the voters. they understand that elections aren't just popularity contests. they know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. not like some rich kids who everybody likes because their fathers on mettler cement and give them trucks on their 15th birthday and throw them big parties all the time. they don't have to work for anything. they could they can waltz right in with no qualifications whatsoever and try to take away what other people have worked for very, very hard their entire lives. no, didn't bother me at all. >> i love "election." i'm going to netflix it again tonight. people leak at her like hillary clinton but she'll millennial. >> it's a great move, and i love that r

joining me now kasie hunt, nbc white house correspondent peter alexander, joel payne, and msnbc justice and security analyst, matt miller. welcome all. k let's talk about nancy pelosi. what do we expect from her as all of this is heating up on capitol hill? >> well, andrea, clearly this is not the articles of impeachment that have been filed by congressman green, is not reflective of where nancy pelosi stands. as she was talking to reporters earlier today, she was asked this question, you know, are you in favor of it, and she said immediately, no. and then stopped and sort of said, well, is that a surprise to you? this is one of these things where, you know, she has been very careful to try and keep her caucus together on this and while there's clearly a sentiment among many democrats that, you know, has been growing as we've had instance after instance of administration officials not coming up to capitol hill, it's still something that she doesn't necessarily think the house is ready for. so this really does test, you know -- set up a test for democrats who have been struggling with in

. >> alexander payne was the middle man. side by side, pretty good. pretty good work. one of the most talked about moments of the night happened beforehand on the red carpet. sasha baron cohen was temporarily banned for fear of a publicity stunt. turns out those fears were warranted. he rolled up at the red carpet dressed as "the dictator," his next character in a movie. and he came with what he said were kim jong-il's ashes. >> is coming to the oscars one of the best perks of whatever it is your job is? >> yes. it gave me an opportunity to bring my dear friend and doubles tennis partner kim jong-il. it was his dream to come to the oscars, and to be sprinkled over the red carpet and over halle berry's chest again. the interesting thing is actually it's -- oh, sorry. you've got -- you've got kim jong-il -- wait a minute. we need to clean this up. it's fine, it's okay for you. no, if somebody ask you what you are wearing, you will say kim jong-il. >> have fun this evening. >> dragged away by -- didn't see that coming. >>> we don't have the picture yet, but we're going to

payne, who directed "the descendants" with a performance by bruce dern as this older guy who thinks he's won a million dollars. he got one of those sweepstakes letters. and he goes back to collect the money with his son and they stop off in his hometown in nebraska. it's just a wonderful movie about family, about memory, about parents and children. it's got some melancholy parts, but it's really in the end a very kind of warm and satisfying movie. the performances are terrific. it's beautiful to look at. it's black and white, which is rare. >> i tell you, i always take your advice. >> i hope i don't let you sgloun thanks very much. >> that's a wrap of things for me, everybody. i'm alex witt. catch me each weekend from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern on saturdays and sundays. thomas roberts is up next. >> hi, alex. i want to go see a movie now. i want to see "catching fire" and go buy big bulk paper towels. that's it. >> okay. >> it's a big list, right? >> you go ahead and do that, i'll do the movie. >> thanks. >>> the agenda next hour, a deadline is coming from president obama. ready or n

joining me now is nbc's peter alexander in miami. joel payne, and democratic strategist. ruth marcus, columnist and msnbc contributor, and sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast and an msnbc contributor as well. well, peter alexander, tell us about miami, how hot is it down there? >> reporter: i was going to say, as long as i'm the one outside, i hope you let me go first today. the heat index a cool 102 degrees right now. it is, the president likes to say, drain the swamp, it feels like a swamp out here. 63% humidity. suffice it to say, the spotlight, the heat will be on these democrats when they take the stage. to give you a little bit of a backdrop, they are now converging here on miami. elizabeth warren this evening will host a town hall to warm up. beto o'rourke has his own event this afternoon. julian castro, jay inslee holding events as they get ready. others are preparing more or less in private, joe biden among those. of course he is the front runner, expected to arrive down here on thursday. his aides tell nbc news that they anticipate the other candidate