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Tomorrow sets the stage for the democratic debate, and for the first time Michael Bloomberg will be on it. The former new york city mayor was able to qualify because of a lastminute dnc change and the rule that Shows Bloomberg at 19 . While senator Bernie Sanders holds a solid lead over the pack at 31 . Cnns mj lee is in nevada ahead of the debate. Mj, tell us how bloomberg is preparing. Reporter brianna, there is no question that this is a huge moment and a test for Michael Bloomberg. This is a...

Moment. He earned that 43 seconds, Stephanie Ruhle. Thank you. I appreciate it. This morning the ground is of course settling after the super stunner with the political universe looking a lot different right now than 24 hours ago. The democratic primary a twoman race and we are watching the campaigns in many realtime now. Shifting their strategies on how to get to milwaukee. Joe biden waking up in california this morning. The former vp now for the first time the delegate leader. Our new reportin...

Like his own image in that country. foreign journalists are reporting the explosions and theyre reporting anti-aircraft fire in the last 30 minutes or so. as we look at the skyline, well keep you upto date on that. the president is expected to lay out the mission as well as the endgame. and to try to describe the policy in libya as we move forward. so joining us now is jason schecter, a former press secretary for president clinton as well as amy holmes. jason, i want to talk with you if i can. i...

well speak to people on the ground to find out what is actually happening to her. plus, confusion rages. officials say radiation reading that seemed unbelievable is, in fact, that, but why the equipment goes so badly. good day to you. good afternoon. im peter alexander. thank you for joining us on our extended coverage of "msnbc sunday." there are new developments this hour in libya. just a short time ago there we learned of reports of at least six new explosions heard in the libyan ...

bill: republican leaders want to extend tax cuts for everyone. the president bushing -- push to go allow tax cuts for the wealthiest to go up. >> somethings got to be done and i believe theres room for us to compromise and get it done together. but at a time when were going to ask folks across the board to make such difficult sacrifices, i dont see how we can afford to borrow an additional $700 billion from other countries to make all the bush tax cuts prime minister. even for the weal...

Device adding pressure on device maker research in motion to give governments greater access to data. >> it is my profound belief that companies are stronger when their workers are getting paid well and have decent benefits, and are treated with dignity and respect. megyn: president obama there addressing members of the aflcio today following up on an attempt yesterday by the head of the aflcio to tamp down his workers quote angers since president obama took office. what exactly do the unions ha...

Its the stimulus jobs, the money that went to states and municipalities overwhelmingly was spent on saving union jobs. administration has been very friendly to unions as you would expect with an administration that has former union officials at some of the highest levels. jenna: not just that, jason unions gave over $400 million to democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle. steve ticks off some of the things that the unions have gotten since president obama took office. what are they so angry about. ...

Criticized a lot. the stimulus act weve created or saved almost 3 million jobs, that is a direct benefit not just to unions but to americas workers. and thats really ultimately what the question is for the president in the white house. have they projected jobs for unions and i think they have. megyn: i mean that seems to be what the administration is saying. i think jason and the administration are on the same page but unions are not. its interesting that the head of the aflcio has to come out a...

domino in the downfall of health care. the vote designed to send a major message to washington on "america live" right now. we start with this fox news alert. conflicting reports are now out of iran about what some are calling an assassination attempt on president mahmoud ahmadinejad. according to one web site, ahmadinejad survived an attack on his convoy when someone tossed a hand-held grenade straight at the presidents car. weve got pictures of the scene moments after the alleged att...

they need to reinstall the act. >> have a great weekend everybody! this is a fox news alert. coastguard c-130 has landed in haiti with secretary of state hillary clinton. she was armed with american aid from american red cross and overagencies. she actually left for haiti sometime this morning, landed in puerto rico. was there for a couple of hours and boarded a c-130 plane carrying relief supplies to the quake stricken nation. has just now landed. we are waiting for her to appear. s...