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Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. Drones set to take center stage at John Brennans con fir hags hearing starting up in about 30 minutes from now. This, in fact, a live picture from inside the hearing room on capitol hill. Our First Read Team says, quote, we are likely to learn more about americas drone war and public setting than we ever have before. And just a short time ago, the administration briefed lawmakers on the classified memo providing the rationale for drone strikes targeting americans li...

Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. Following the president s last chance to go big. According to our First Read Team. Mr. President , hows the speech . Well find out tonight. That was the president a short time ago walking outside the oval office telling reporters theyll have to wait to get specifics on tonights state of the union but we are learning more about the speech, especially when it comes to the economy. White house aides tell nbc news all the president s initiatives will try to answer three...

Stations. Today, it was with africanamerican radio stations including joe madison, Yolanda Adams and al sharpton. Their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations. And they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down our recovery over closing tax loopholes. Republicans, however, maintained that the sequester goes through, the blame they say lies with the president. We in the house have passed on two occasions legislation ...

Its guidance on your terms, not ours. Thats how our system works. Etrade. Less for us. More for you. Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. News nation following this massive winter storm barrelling in to the northeast. Its already brought travel to a grinding halt. This is video, in fact, just coming in. The snow being blamed for a 19car pileup on an interstate in southern maine. State police say there were several minor injuries but you see a lot of damage to those cars and right now blizzard warnings ...

Pistoriuss bail set at more than 112,000. Conditions of the bail include not returning to his home where the murder happened, surrendering his passport, handing over all of his weapons, reporting to a Police Station twice a week and no alcohol. Nbc was in the courtroom today. He joins us now. Whats been the reaction now that the news settled in that Oscar Pistorius is out of jail for now . Reporter well, the reaction from his family has been a great deal of relief. They sat through this almost t...

Inappropriate contact. More than 10,000 people have also signed a petition asking that los angeles former archbishop mahoney recuse himself from conclave. The demands after thousands of documents released last month reveal that he was directly involved in covering up priests who abused children. All of this comes after last weeks bombshell report by the italian newspaper that says an internal 300page report uncovered an underground gay network at the vatican. Claudio lavagna is live for us in ro...

Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. Following big breaking news. The tense back and forth within the last 30 minutes between senator Lindsey Graham and Senate Nominee chuck hagel. He was confronted with past remarks the former senator made that leaders on capitol hill are intimidated by the, quote, jewish lobby. Name one person in your opinion whos intimidated by the israeli lobby in the United States senate. Well, first name one. I dont know. Well, why would you say it . I didnt have in mind a specif...

Hi, everyone. Oim tamron hall. Following breaking news. In about 30 minutes a Bipartisan Group of senators will lay out a framework for what could lead to comprehensive Immigration Reform by the end of this year. Chuck schumer, john mccain, dick durbin, marco rubio and bob menendez will discuss the plan. Well bring it to you live. Our First Read Team notes this is the first time senator mccain signed on to a priority of president obama. He takes the vision on the road to las vegas. But within th...

Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. News nation following breaking. First time president obama is taking his push for stricter gun laws out of washington, d. C. Right now, were about 30 minutes away from the president speaking at the first big followup since announcing in midjanuary his proposal to curb gun violence. The president is in minneapolis, minnesota, on the first of several expected trips to rally support to Push Congress to pass legislation. The white house picked minneapolis for the presid...

Protesters and debt simpleton bowles rolled out their new plans to balance the books. One that will spread the hurt on both sides of the aisle. Its become clearer and clearer to us, that if in fact were actually going to get a bipartisan deal, that were going to have to push both sides to get out of their comfort zone. If anybody cant understand what were trying to do, and if anybody cant understand the sequester isnt really its just going to do total disruption. Joining me noun john harwood, cn...