judiciary, can i call him for advice. and representative danny davis, danny, you ve been a good friend for a long time. [applause] he s always there, and elected officials and members of congress, thank you, thank you for the welcome and welcoming me to chicago. first quarter of the 20th century poet carl sandberg describes chicago as a city of big shoulders. a city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working class american town who were building this city. same time, building the middle class. i m here in chicago today for the first quarter of the 21st century to talk about the economic vision of the country. economy that grows the economy from the middle out and bottom up instead of the top down. everybody does well. when that happens, everybody does well. [applause] ladder up, and the wealthy do well, we all do well. this vision is a fundamental break of the economic theory that has failed america s middle class for decades now. it s called trickle
speeches and we get your votes and all that stuff. nobody has ever had to do this before. you know, people didn t do it before because usually candidates who judges say are rapists don t usually get this far, but what we found in iowa a couple nights ago was, well, iowa republicans that voted, those 14%, they like their presidential candidates that are called rapists by judges and they like their presidential candidates that steal nuclear secrets and like their presidential candidates that repeatedly defame women. now, you know, willie, i m new to this political thing. let me help you through this. you brushed me off yesterday when i fell off the turnip truck and i thank you that, right in front of an icy patch of snow outside of 30 rock. you dusted me off. that was nice of him. as we were leaving and going up into 30 rock. i was chewing on it. he explained politics to me. you need to hear it. willie, i still don t get it, though. like, this guy is complaining a
we ll have a live report in moments. there is no further danger to the public. the community is safe. we re just now working backwards, trying to figure out everything that happened. please be patient with us so that we can talk with these victims and their families and try to figure out what happened. also, the middle east on high alert today, with iran and there proxy militias vowing retaliation, despite the twin bombings that killed 84 people at a memorial yesterday for the country s top general. he d been assassinated by the trump organization four years ago. as we learned that a mother and a service member trapped in gaza when the war broke out have been rescued. the biden administration tried to contain this with secretary blinken heading to the region tonight. and this hour, inside analysis from two former cia directors, leon panetta and john brennan. and you trump legal team asks the justices to overturn the decision banning him from that state s primary ballot.
year s eve celebrations around the world. and, donald trump s legal life. a special counsel launches a new attack on trump s immunity defense while the former presidents legal team gears up to keep his name on the primary ballot in several states. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin today in maine where police are investigating a incident at the home of its secretary of state. the fake emergency call to the home of shana bellows coming after her decision to disqualify donald trump from that states primary ballot. fellas is telling msnbc that she is receiving nonstop threats of violence. i also want to call out the dehumanizing images that have been placed online of me. the threatening communications to people in my family, and to my staff. people who work for. me i is designed to instill fear, and to provoke silence, to keep people from speaking out. to send a message. that is
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.