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December 9, 2014
Be proud of. >> what did he say that scrambled your circuit? >> i think the inability to throw his weight behind the nypd and to sort ofof eqivocate. >> he suggested, george stephanopoulos put the question to him is your son at risk from the police department. he went further than saying raising a black kid is different than a white kid which everybody agrees it is. >> as much as i love the cops and love the nypd, i know they are diverse and bill bratton is doing an incredible job, but yes. that...
December 9, 2014
Actually something where a guy is taking a chance. again -- >> is he? everybody agrees -- see to me this is different. i think that the rams players took a chance. that is still a divisive question about ferguson. i dont know that theres any debate in this country about eric garner. is there? >> unfortunately there is. with some police unions. >> we have to say about lebron he spoke out publicly about trayvon, spoke out publicly about ferguson, spoke out publicly about garner. theres many nba st...
December 9, 2014
Question. the taliban is currently covered by all accounts by the 2001 authorization that willie mentioned earlier. my authorization would repeal the iraq 02 authorization but the 01 authorization that clearly covers actions against the taliban is still live because of the 01 authorization. now were working with the white house to take that authorization which has no geographic limit. no time limitation. were working with the white house to maybe try to refine that a bit but thats a separate iss...
December 9, 2014
Interview people and talk to other people they are going to say and i heard them say it over the weekend, the program created intelligence. the program was detaining people around the world and interrogating them. the fbi, cia, ncis. no question that created a lot of intelligence. this report is about whether torture created actionable intelligence. >> could you define torture for me, senator, because weve had a very slippery slope on the definition of torture since 2005. >> the general definiti...
December 9, 2014
Hire lawyers. they dont have that much money. they lost their jobs. its despicable what happened to them. i hope the senators and congressman that were there and getting briefed and were all for it show a little bit of class today. >> what do you think? >> well circle back to lebron. show as much class as lebron. coming up on "morning joe," hill question john kerry about the use of force against isis. senator tim kaine will join the conversation. and angus king will weigh in on the impending rel...
December 9, 2014
Times president obama has asked himself that same question whats happened? >> you just wonder. >> there was such hope, and -- >> its not over. its the fourth quarter now. ive seen a lot of teams come back in the fourth quarter. but how has he fallen below 40%. who would have ever imagined that. >> dont up get a sense though a big part of him probably figures i dont care that im below 40%. i have two years left. >> i got that sense in 2011. >> but hes also got to be thinking heres what were confr...
December 9, 2014
They can go to any city on the planet -- >> they had never bento new york. i dont know about affinity for the city. because theyve never seen it. look they started out, got invited to do this event for st. andrews tonight. they built the trip around it. they wanted to hit as many places as they can. they are constantly raising money for their foundation which supports a whole number of charities. he gave two speeches already and will give one more about endangered species and illegal wildlife tr...
December 9, 2014
Better outcomes. >> well have a lightning round here. we have 47 people that would love to ask you a question. so, lets start with willie. >> what do you make of the broken windows policing policy? do you think thats an effective policy in the last 20 years. because proponents say look at the numbers, its pretty clear in the last 20 years crime has gone down. proponents said it led to a moment like eric garners death. >> as i said to joe, i think the broken windows policing is different than it ...
December 9, 2014
Elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party. >> its a great point. the question is will that become part of the democratic party who hillary clinton is from a different part of the democratic party. shes trying to adapt to that message but not fast enough for so many of these activists who say they want action and given the results of the election they have more standing to argue for that. >> governor, i see a smile on your face. you have something to say. >> i disagree on the fact that this i...
December 9, 2014
I understand they didnt indict the reaction it would cause and as prosecutors, quite honestly i cant comment on what danny donovan put into the grand jury, how he instructed. you should ask him. >> i know. im asking what was your personal reaction? >> my reaction is its going to be incredibly upsetting, its going to add to that anger and anxiety, but, joe, this is what it is for me. this is an opportunity. what we learned out of this incident is that and the police commissioner have said as much...