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An msnbc anchor offered a tearful apology to the romney family that came over comments about the romneys adopted grandson. she said the little boy stood out among his adopted white relatives. heres what harris-perry had to say. >> my intention was not malicious but i broke the ground rule that families are off-limits and for that i am sorry. also, allow me to apologize to other families formed through transracial adoption. im deeply sorry that we suggested that interracial families are in any wa...

Deserving of ridicule, on this program we are dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of family ls. it is one of our core principles. i am reminded when we do so, it must be with the utmost respect. were generally appreciative of everyone who offered serious criticisms of last sundays program, and i am reminded that our fiercest critics are sometimes our best teachers. and the ones who turn ideas into action. weve made our passions our lifes work. we strive for the moments where we can say,...

Msnbc host melissa harris perry teared up on national television today. it happened during an apology to mitt romneys family after comments about his recently adopted african-american grandson, listen. >> my intention was not malicious but i broke the ground rule that families are off limits and for that i am sorry. also allow me to apologize to other families formed through transracial adoption because i am deeply sorry that we suggested that interracial families are in any way funny or deservi...

Causing the national debt and the annual deficits. does your having work with patty murray give you any confidence that those big decisions that would probably necessitate both of you violating core principles, that there is any solution there to be had? >> im going to focus right here on this at this moment. getting this done. making this congress work. the reason i hesitate to even speculate is because the president and the senate democrats have never once ever proposed to balance the budget. ...

Our vision. but we know in a divided government were not going to get that, so the question we are asking is can we get a step in the right direction? i clearly think it is a step in the right direction. i want to go farther in that right direction, but i think this is a step, and thats why i think its important we do this, and also to show that we can make this government work a bit. >> when you talk about wanting to go farther, a lot of the critics out there, a lot of conservative groups saw t...

We will post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principles. the key here is nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are dont raise taxes, reduce the deficit. we also have a lot of concerns about defense. the next hit from the sequester was going to hit solely on the military starting in january. a lot of our members were conce...

An advocate. he used decades of prison to sharpen his arguments, but also to spread his search for knowledge to others in the movement. he learned language and customs of his oppressor so one day he might better convey to them how their own freedom depends upon him. [ applause ] >> mandela demonstrated that action and ideas are not enough. no matter how right, they must also be chiseled in the wall and institution. he was practical. testing his beliefs against the hard surface of circumstance an...

Website today, this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principals. the key is here nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are dont raise taxes an reduce the deficit. and we have concerned members about defense. the next hit from the sequester would hit solely on the military, starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so wha...

Of his eloquence and his passion but also because of his training as an advocate. he used decades of prison to sharpen his arguments but also to spread his thirst for knowledge to others in the movement. and he learned the language and the customs of his oppressors, so that one day he might better convey to them how their own freedom depends upon his. mandela demonstrated that action and ideas are not enough, no matter how right they must also be chiselled in the law and institutions. he was pra...

They are core principles. >> i think the president would be able to rebuild some of his trust if he acknowledged, number one, he realizes the law is not workable now. maybe long term he and i would disagree on what we think happen years from now. at a mix, shouldnt we agree that while the law is not working, we should suspend the penalty thats american families would be hit with because right now, they cannot go to the webb and buy a product the law says they have to buy. otherwise theyll be pen...