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>> joining me, chuck todd, howard fineman, director of the huffing post, and political analyst, and chuck todd, as the speech, as the, the hour for the speech approached today, there was a sense here in this town, washington, there were rewrites going on fast and furiously. what can you tell us about the process in the white house leading up to 9:00 p.m.? >> as i had been told before this. i didnt fully believe them. it was pretty clear to me after listening to the speech that 2/3 of the speech ...

Courtroom. "huffing post" justice reporter calls the public defender system sequestrations biggest victim. >> it creates an unequal system, federal public defenders going on furloughed days and going up against federal prosecutors. >> the western district of texas in february the public defenders office faced a 9% pay cut. in march the office was notified it had to cut an additional 14%. the result? case delays, layoffs for a third of the defenders and a 10% salary reduction on top. meanwhile, t...

>> well, there goes the primary election. >> everybody is awake now, joe! >> on set with us is msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele and senior political editor and white house correspondent for the huffing post sam stein and nbc washington correspondent kelly odonnell. >> i hope im on tomorrow morning because this is something to talk about. >> its going to be hard to explain in the next primary. the gun showdown is beginning in earnest ...

International events and apparently ms. wolf only wants a person perspective for the students pursuing that knowledge and all of the things she approved, this is not one fair and balanced organization on there. the huffington post, the new york times, the bbc, your thoughts on that? >> well, obviously the premise that she laid out at the beginning of her syllabus is contradicted later on where she says, makes the comment that you know, we just want you to look at this certain set of research art...

Sign off. well, the college controversy in west virginia is now getting national attention. students and parents at west liberty university questioning a political science professor who decided to hand out a course assignment what sources they can and cannot use in research. suggested, bbc, huffing post are great and then says dont use the onion, which is parody or fox news, her exact words, the tagline fox news makes me cringe, please do not subject me to this biased news station, actually she ...

And right now theres not a law to prevent gun trafficking. they want it on the books. they want common sense stuff and reach a little beyond that and let the crazies basically argue its not smart and then the politics plays out the way they wan want. >> joe, you tweet and i re-tweeted the cover of "the daily news" and its getting a good conversation. lets talk about the ni "huffington post" series, the road forward. president obamas second term challenges. >> there were 2,000 reporters with haro...

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Craving carb laden foods? theres a good chance that you skipped breakfast. a study shows that people who skip breakfast or who fast for more than 18 hours, are more likely to crave carb laden foods. a new report in the huffing post says pennsylvanias new voter id law threatens to disenfranchise 10% of new voters there in november. add that to the 7.3% unemployment rate. nbcs kelly odonnell has more on what residents are saying. >> reporter: allen town, pennsylvania, the heart of the lehigh val...

Voted to block the bill. lets bring in "washington post" political reporter and huffing post columnist. good morning to both of you. kathy wrongrogers was on meet t press. >> the war on women was really a myth, it has been created by the democrats in an effort to distract americans from the real issues. democrats know that the republicans won the womens vote in 2010. it was the first time since reagan that the republicans won the womens vote. could be argued that it was the american women that r...

Institutional left. this is not your mothers democratic party. duh! >> >> reporter: now, andrew died this morning just after midnight, after a walk outside his home in westwood. he leaves behind as you said martha, four children and his wife susie. he grew up in los angeles, attended tulane university and later helped edit the drudge report, he had a short stint at the huffing post and he started his own website. he published photos of then congressman anthony weiner who as a married man began s...