Michael Tabaskian News Today

Bureau chief of mother joenlz, david corn, and special kompbt for the daily beast, michael tabaskian. joining me from capitol hill is nbcs capitol correspondent, luke russert. harry reid just said at the conclusion of that almost 22-hour session of bloefuation, i dont think we learned anything. did you learn anything, luke? has anyone on capitol hill learned anything? >> yeah, this is something, alex, that everybody has an opinion on, but if you talk to the majority on it, both sides, privately,...

Have enough money to even buy the chicken that theyre frying. thats wrong. we got to do something about it. >> congressman, im just going to open this up to our folks in new york. michael, we just talked to mayoral candidate joe loda about income inequality in this country. president obama endorsed bill de blasio yesterday, had a sort of on the margins meeting with him yesterday while he was in new york. i thought that was really fascinating, given the fact that the white house usually maintains...

Over him, though this was a faux filibuster, as you pointed out. this is what its about. the tea party tail is still wagging the gop dog. poor mitch mcconnell doesnt know which way to turn. the head of the republican party is on the side of ted cruz, as was just pointed out. you have republicans in the real world like you and a lot on planet bizarre. >> im not usually one to come to mitch mcconnells aid. mitch mcconnell made a decision. >> hes getting hammered for this. >> he decided to air on t...