Its a series of tubes. And if you dont understand those tubes can be filled, and if theyre filled, when you put your message in and gets in line, its going to be delayed by anyone who puts in that tube, enormous amounts of material. We know that every Time Congress investigates the internet, were in for a good time. Is anyone on these committees charged with regulating the internet understand how any of this internet stuff work . Im not a nerd. Im not a nerd. Im not enough of a nerd. Maybe we ought the to ask some nerds what this thing actually does. I think maybe the word youre looking for is experts. The goal of todays hearing before the house energy and Commerce Committee was to get to the bottom of the massive failure of healthcare. Gov. And as one astute tweeter described it, imagine all of your grandparents interrogating a group of facebook product managers. So the American People can understand how complicated this is. This might help a little bit. You know, you cant recook eggs
And if you dont understand those tubes can be filled, and if theyre filled, when you put your message in and gets in line, its going to be delayed by anyone who puts in that tube, enormous amounts of material. We know that every Time Congress investigates the internet, were in for a good time. Is anyone on these committees charged with regulating the internet understand how any of this internet stuff work . Im not a nerd. Im not a nerd. Im not enough of a nerd. Maybe we ought the to ask some nerds what this thing actually does. I think maybe the word youre looking for is experts. The goal of todays hearing before the house energy and Commerce Committee was to get to the bottom of the massive failure of healthcare. Gov. And as one astute tweeter described it, imagine all of your grandparents interrogating a group of facebook product managers. So the American People can understand how complicated this is. This might help a little bit. You know, you cant recook eggs. I call them gaffes. T
Closer and closer to a Government Shutdown. Some fear mongers are saying the shutdown will be the end of the world as we get it. We even have a countdown clock. The odds of a severe long lasting shutdown are less than the odds of ari not saying something awkward in the next hour. Awkward. What will happen well played. What will happen if the government shuts down and how close are we to that really happening . Lets start with nbcs own luke russert. What do you think . Reporter well, toure, john boehner is in an extremely difficult position. Hes been boxed in by the more conservative element of the house gop conference. They say they will not fund the government unless the president S Health Care law is completely defunded. The government passed a clean bill now in the hands of the house. Were unclear as to what path hell take. He can attach a conservative amendment to make it more friendly for conservatives or pass the clean one or one week to two week delay. But no one necessarily kno
Part of my program this week, i will see you next week. Stay tuned for reliable sources. Middle of the night votes, secret meetings, shifting story lines, countdown clocks. The fiscal cliff mellow drama was a bit of a blur for journalists to figure out what was happening on the hill. I am advised there is no deal yet. Theyre still in talks. Unless something drastic changes in the next five hours, america will go over the fiscal cliff. How did the press handle the craziness and was a small deal hyped as something bigger . Hillary clinton out of the hospital after suffering a blood clot. This after some fox commentators doubted and mocked her illness. Shes suffering from acute benghazi allergy which causes light headedness when she hears the word benghazi or is being asked about it. Could it be time for an apology . Al gore sells his current tv channel to al juzeera. Does the arabbased network have a shot at making it in america . The press that the Republican Party has become extremist.
Joining me today, correspondent for the Guardian Anna marie cox and former director of speech writing for the president i cant get the words out, im so excited, columnist for the daily beast and cofounder of fenway strategies, jon favreau and Washington Post columnist and msnbc Political Columnist eugene robinson. Joining us now is chuck todd who is also, of course, host of msnbcs the daily rundown. Before we get into the actual policy here, i want to talk about the sort of birdseye view as far as what the president is doing on this great middle class tour if you will. To me it seems like hes trying to build up as much Political Capital as possible before he gets back to washington. What do you think hes trying to do . I think hes trying to talk about what people around kitchen tables are talking about, right . This has been the great disconnect of washington, sometimes its a trap that the Obama White House falls into. Im sure favreau will maybe even cop to that once in a while. When y