Self Congratulation News Today

Reason number 172 why you should stop listening to the so-called experts. Or at least be skeptical of what they have to say.

And their businesses and their neighbors. in michigan. we think that thats really important, so were really happy about all the things that hes done fighting for the strong economy here in michigan. fighting for veterans. wanting to keep our country safe and our borders secure. all of those things mean something to people, and we believe that we will again reelect our president. >> sandra: has the economy in michigan rebounded as much as those -- and we know that there were a lot of them, that f...

Tonight while engaging in some self-congratulation at the same time. >> we have some really big situation confronting us. its coming in fairly fast. and its going to be one of the biggest to ever hit the east coast, one of the biggest to ever hit our country. tremendous people working on the hurricane. first responders, law enforcement, and fema. and theyre all ready, and were getting tremendous accolades from politicians and the people, we are ready but this is going to be one of the biggest on...

One frame from 200-plus miles above the storm. it was hard to shoot that picture out the window. about preparedness, the president talked about that tonight while engaging in some self-congratulation at the same time. >> we have some really big situation confronting us. its coming in fairly fast. and its going to be one of the biggest to ever hit the east coast, one of the biggest to ever hit our country. tremendous people working on the hurricane. first responders, law enforcement, and fema. an...

Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overbearing. nobodys ever seen anything like this. and what is your -- what is your death count as of this moment? 17. >> 16 certified. >> 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. >> well, now the government admits it is in the thousands. 2,975 is the official death toll in puerto rico. thats more than the 1,833 people killed in the katrina aftermath ...

Until today, it was difficult to imagine anything more shatteringly tone deaf than the president of the united states throwing rolls of paper towels at hurricane victims in puerto rico, which actually happened. and then nearly 3,000 people died and the president of the united states called the response an unsung success. in puerto rico, thousands of lives have come to an end, but inexplicably, the presidents self-congratulation has not. joining me on the phone is the mayor of san juan, carmen ui...

Most other speeches we hear, a touch of self-congratulation, of course. but it was not about the funding of the building, just simply calling up and bragging about that. >> in fact, there were more minutes spent about the fallen fbi agent than anything else. she asked first responders to stand up, give them applause and she talked about the themes of braver within the fbi itself. when sanders was asked about general kellys comments today about the congresswoman, what did she say? >> she was very...

In just two days. and guess what? the president signed the bill into law this past tuesday, april 7th, 2015, with a bang, bang, bang. [ applause ] >> reporter: so right there, john, we heard the congresswoman recounting how she worked with republicans. john banner, speaker of the house at the time, worked with other republicans as well. she praised the fbi officers. and this is all about the naming of the building. she was not in congress at the time the building was funded, so the chief of staf...

She thinks in the united states generals should not be questioned, cannot be questioned, a have a ten-part pb pbs -- what does the tape show? >> it was actually a fairly typical speech by a member of congress. yes, there was some self-congratulation, if you will. which is pretty pip cal for all members of congress. to efuse praise on john boehner, president obama, at odds entirely with what john kelly said one day ago. >> reporter: florida congresswoman frederica wilson firing back today, accusi...

This has been a category 5, which few people have ever even heard of, a category 5 hitting land. but it hit land, and boy did it hit land. i want to thank elaine. thank you very much. fantastic acting secretary. tom is here someplace. great job, great job. and right from the beginning this governor did not play politics. he didnt play it at all. he was saying like it was, and he was giving us the highest grace. >> a lot of praise today coming for his own sfrgz who at one point asked to hear it b...