the first lady, right? mr. romney did go on at the end parade if the giants won and she would bring his picture. of his remarks to say very nice well the giants won, new york things, very nice and serious held the parade and she held the promise. things about the whole obama and she told us it would be compassionate to have a parade family. that sort of softened the blow in new york. there a little bit. as of yet tonight there s still michelle obama was also the subject of a self-deprecating joke from president obama, no parade in the works. himself. tomorrow it s back to campaigning. but i can tell you that sergeant i ve been to cities and towns willis is home from iraq and across our great country, and i afghanistan and he and his family are here tonight with us hear the same everywhere i go. watching this show in this very honestly, we were hoping to see room. michelle. welcome home, look you re on tv. it is really cool to have you that was not president obama s funniest joke of
for veterans like her son and her daughter in new york. tonight, as yet, there is still no parade in the works. for new york city. to welcome home the troops and mark the end of the iraq war. but i can tell you that sergeant willis is home from iraq and afghanistan and he and his family are here tonight with us watching this show in this very room. so welcome home, sergeant willis. look you re on tv! it is really cool to have you guys here and it is the best new thing in our world today. weekends with alex witt starts now. the final match-up. both candidates gearing up for their last debate before the election. they re talking foreign policy. but should they be talking about the economy? live reports ahead. early voting. many ballots already cast. where do we stand? we will talk with an expert in the field. new unemployment numbers, they fell in 41 states and swing states either dropped or held steady. so what are the political implications? office politics is our
obviously i lost a bet. this is an eli manning jersey, the quarterback of a football team called the new york giants, they beat my team the patriots in the super bowl. i lost a bet. it seems like a cruel twist of fate we lost the game, so i have to wear this but my secret boyfriend, did score a touchdown i have to buy everybody on set a beer. i have to lose the bet in both directions. but hey, that is how it goes it s fine. here in new york city a ticker tape parade, several million tons of confetti, marching bands, people on lunch hour, parents who let their kids play hookie. the willis family took the subway in from brooklyn with sergeant willis, he s serving in afghanistan after finishing a tour serving in iraq. his mom told us that another child of her s, a daughter,
manhattan just for the parade so that you can be there a part of it. wow. i know he s happy now, and he s smiling. he loves this. we know for a fact that he loves this even without his mom telling us, because if you look at the old coverage of the last giants champion sthip in 2008, you will find a daniel willis of brooklyn celebrating telling the paper, i don t know all the words in the dictionary, but i don t think webster has a word to describe how i feel. it s indescribable. we know in from his post in afghanistan. he sent this before the game. look. how are you doing? my name is staff sergeant danell willis. i m originally from brooklyn, new york. i want to say hi to my family back in brooklyn and go big blue. from afghanistan. after all that he was there today, if only as a picture on his mom s poster downtown. you cannot throw a ticker-tape parade in new york city without
game. hi, i m sergeant willis, originally from brooklyn, new york, i want to say hi to my family in brooklyn and go big blue. from afghanistan. after all that, staff sergeant willis was there if only as a picture on his mom s poster downtown. you can t throw a ticker tape parade without raising the question when the city will welcome home another group of heros, veterans of the war iraq, like sergeant willis. in 1991 the first war in iraq, the gulf war parade, looks like the giants ride through the canyon of heros today, only with line after line of marching troops. we heard talk of parades in other cities for veterans of the second war in iraq, so far only the mighty city of st. louis has thrown one, started with two ordinary guys and a facebook pain, did not start off what you might call an official response but the city got behind it, turned out 100,000 people. the official response of new york has been that now is too soon.