Page 173 - Se News Today

Them and their conservative base whenever and however he has to. but, you know, as we get closer to the fall elections and certainly the 2016 campaign, the networks, especially msnbc and the republican party, are going to do this little dance where the republicans are going to say, we may not put up any guests. we may not give you any candidates. we may not give you any debates. its a negotiation. if msnbc does what its supposed to do and has the kind of impact that we think and expect they will...

Tonight on "crossfire" -- selling the presidents state of the union agenda. >> we got to give every woman the opportunity she deserves. because when women succeed, america succeeds. >> are the voters or members of congress paying attention? >> tell congress to make this happen. give america a raise. >> on the left, stephanie cutter. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" -- mo elleithee who helped shape the message for the democratic party and sean spicer, the message chief for the republic...

Submitting requests to fix these problems. for three years they were ignored and denied. >> what has the president said? hes said time and time again that as this law gets implemented well work with everyone to -- >> they dont feel like thats true. >> thats voted over 40 times to di kill it. if you want to talk about bleeding from the base, four different republicans -- >> youre not going to answer my question. >> i have answered your question. >> you havent answered my question. this isnt a pol...

Longer as more and more parts of the government get to weigh in. >> they always say its going to be more concise and it never is. >> the laundry list bothers the pundits. >> we pay attention to everything he says but millions and millions out there, some of it may actually sound new. >> and a piece of great rhetoric. the laundry list ruins it, doesnt it, as a speechwriter? >> fortunately, the speech is not directed at you and the various reporters looking to be inspired. its a rare moment where ...

>> on the ite, im s.e. cupp. stay tuned. more state of the union coverage with wolf blitzer coming up next. >> official kick off of cnns state of the union begins at the top of the hour. our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar has exclusive behind the scenes details how the president is preparing john king will take a close look at which promises the president made last year, which ones were kept, which ones werent. also will anderson cooper, jake tapper, the full resources of cnn, t...

Hour. right now, "crossfire" begins. tonight on "crossfire," the state of the union address. does president obama have the best ideas for getting you a better job or a raise? >> americans are tired of us squabbling. they want us to get things done. >> or do republicans have the stronger case for revving up the economy. >> we are not going to raise taxes. >> how will tonights big speech affect the 2014 mid term election? the left, on the right s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" representative of the...

Correspondent jim acosta has just gotten a segment from his speech tonight. whats it say, jim? >> reporter: i hope i dont have to respond to everything that s.e. said. >> please do. >> reporter: ill let do you that, dan, exactly. the white house in the last few minutes has released excerpts of the presidents state of the union speech. we obviously dont have the complete speech to read to you. going to what s.e. was saying a few minutes ago, the defines the president was going to use, the preside...

Obstructionism in the senate. >> dana bash, thank you. can the president count on fellow democrats? lets discuss with our cnn political commentator, ryan lizza, the washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine and s.e. cupp. the democratic candidate in wisconsin running against scott walker, the president is going on a road trip later this week to sell what hes going to say tonight. hes going to wisconsin. she announced today shes busy. she isnt going to be with the president this week...

A serious conversation. what they did not ask for was a handout. >> thats all they wanted. >> let me explain how that works. if i just had access to more skills. if i had a better education. if you can help me find those opportunities to get a -- >> dad, my dad had a sixth grade education. >> okay. we can rival educations and who had less. let me move the conversation forward because i want to talk about what the presidents definitely going to do in the state of the union tonight. as i mentioned...

Stand still and, quote, neither will i. couple of other items to point out, weve learned in the last several minutes that the president will announce new retirement savings accounts that americans can put their money into out of their paychecks. the president will talk about that. hell make an expassioned plea for immigration reform. he will not hammer republicans over the inability to pass immigration reform. he wants to keep some space there for republicans to bring something to his desk. >> s...