position of the v.a. secretary comes with tremendous responsibility and commands someone who understands the sacrifices and needs of both our veterans and their families. the next secretary of the v.a. must be willing and ready to lead the v.a. in a new direction. while i m grateful for the service of both general shinseki and acting secretary sloan gibson, and thousands of dedicated employees on the ground, i believe the current state of v.a. affairs or the affairs at v.a. demands bold leadership and a complete transformation in the culture at the agency. the problems facing the v.a. did not happen overnight. solving them will not be an easy task, but despite this, i believe with the right person at the helm, a person willing to work with congress and other stakeholders, the challenges facing the v.a. can be met and expectations exceeded. at the end of the day, we must never forget our nation s veterans. the sacrifice and service to this nation is second to none. not only
infra infrastructure infrastructure, not taking care of what we have and we are not being as smart as we could be about how we use the assets that are out there today to advance mobility and get people moving again. rose: we conclude this earning with jorge castenada and shannon o neill looking at mexico today and tomorrow. the real issue today for me charlie, is whether he has been so weakened two years into his six-year term that what he did already is really all he is going to do and that from here on a very sort of lame-duck for four years is going to have to administer a stagnant economy. the numbers will be out in a couple of weeks for 2014. the economy grew 2%, significantly less than the united states when normally we tend to grow a bit more than the united states when the united states does well. that s really for me the central issue. can he get the economy to grow? has he been so severely weakened that he won t be able to? and is he able to have a new beginning?
infra infrastructure infrastructure, not taking care of what we have and we are not being as smart as we could be about how we use the assets that are out there today to advance mobility and get people moving again. rose: we conclude this earning with jorge castenada and shannon o neill looking at mexico today and tomorrow. the real issue today for me charlie, is whether he has been so weakened two years into his six-year term that what he did already is really all he is going to do and that from here on a very sort of lame-duck for four years is going to have to administer a stagnant economy. the numbers will be out in a couple of weeks for 2014. the economy grew 2%, significantly less than the united states when normally we tend to grow a bit more than the united states when the united states does well. that s really for me the central issue. can he get the economy to grow? has he been so severely weakened that he won t be able to? and is he able to have a new beginning?
is seeking public help and that s why it s put him on this list of most wanted terrorists. he now becomes the 31st person on that list. did he get turned when he was here? what makes them think what motivated him, since he was a u.s. citizen, to go back there? the only thing that s been unsealed is the single page, the one-page arrest warrant, and there s really no other court documents about it. the bare bones information that s in the on the most wanted terror list doesn t give that sort of biographical information about what turned him. but it tells us, you know there are people here among us. that s right. the feds estimate there have been about 30 americans who have gone to somalia to support al shabab. pete williams thank you so much. thank you. chris? like an episode of cops, a guy leads police on a chase through a local neighborhood. tonight we re getting a closer look as the man known to his friends as honest abe enters a plea on drug charges. pat
[ applause ] thank you so much, everybody. i m going to be relatively brief. i came up here right after the storm, was on the jersey side, and i promised to everybody that i was speaking on behalf of the country when i said we are going to be here until the rebuilding is complete. and i meant it. so i m going to come back today, but i m also going to be coming back in the future to make sure we have followed through on that commitment. i want to thank the outstanding leadership that s been provided by state and local officials. obviously, governor cuomo and mayor bloomberg have done an outstanding job, to borough president moldanaro, thank you for your leadership when the folks on this island were going through extraordinarily difficult times. the people of long island who are going through really tough times across the board we ve seen cooperation and a spirit of service. for the first responders who are here, the police officers, the firefighters, the ems folks, the sanit
of e-mails to a second woman. it isn t just a triangle, it s a pentagon. that general down there, he is the top commander of our war in afghanistan. afghanistan, really? please. if our troops were really still fighting in afghanistan, don t you think we d be hearing about that on the news instead of all this bull [ bleep ]? good morning. it is friday. it is friday, november 16th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, we have the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. richard. good morning. chairman of deutsche incorporated, donny deutsch. get over it. okay? get over it. get over what? what are you talking about? all of you are in here. in washington, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. richard s in here? i don t know why. i m serious. what s going on? also, look at this cast we have today, the author of thomas jefferson, the art of power, historian jon meacham. is meacham here? meacham, look at him. l
after it was devastated by a tornado. millions of dollars are needed to fix the town, but there is no federal help. good to have you with us. we begin tonight in france where world leaders gather to discuss the expanding threat posed by islamic extremists boko haram. diplomats from africa, the u.s. and across europe arriving in paris vowing to work together to find and rescue more than 200 kidnapped nigerian school girls heads of state express concern about suggestions al-qaeda is linked to boko haram. for more, we head to paris and al jazeera s tim friend. a tastyly hastily called sum mer grappling with an insurmountable problem. the leaders gathered in paris to declare what they call total war on boko haram, there was news of anothertac across the border in cameroon. military preparation, especially in lake chad. lots of talk of solidarity. these leaders have a long way to go in combatting boko haram. the president admitted they were a surprisingly efficient fightin
possible change in ownership snment and thailand the former prime minister is now under house arrest. she and other top politicians were summoned by the acting prime minister today after thursday s military coup d etat. more than 100 politicians now barred from leaving the country. reporter: once the stage of the anti-government movement in bangkok, taken down and removed the morning after the military cue. the protesters left thursday night, most felt their effort of more than six months paid off, because their goal of removing the current movement has been reached. this woman went do work as normal. she is relieved the military is this control. translator: if the army didn t do it. the country would turn in to a real mess. reporter: this is the army assembly hall where more than 100 people from both sides have been summoned to discuss the situation, and it s one of few spots in bangkok too it looks like a coup has taken place. the former prime and another 154 pe
his owner, not a millionaire, but a factory worker. and changing the subject. after all of the talk about that infamous elevator brawl, beyonce and jay z are out with a star-studded new video this morning. i don t care if we re on the run but not so fast. snl weighing in overnight. we re asking all of the media to leave us alone. hey, good morning, everybody. this is not a sunday of rest for firefighters in southern california. check out these images from the front lines. this is why these fires have been called hell on earth. this picture out of escondido. and take a look at this video. a family returning to their devastated home. and here s why officials are stressing that people stay away from the fires. take a look at this incredible clip. a photojournalist got a load of fire retardant up on him to fight the flames to stop the flames dropped on him from a dc-10 supertanker. bazi kanani reports this morning from san diego. bazi, good morning to you. rep
identify them as victims of violence, or persecution. i m willing to help. i know, two or three hours before the vice president arrived to guatemala, you were planning to announce money we may want to look a little bit further than that. but i can assure you that i will fight tooth and nail, changes in the trafficking victims protection act. we have to do the right thing. we can and should work with you. we will help you. but, when you have an 8 or 9-year-old girl being raped by gangs sending her up here. or being sent by her parents to escape that kind of violence, i m not sure americans all really feel that we should immediately send them back. we routinely ask these other countries to support refugees fleeing violence, let s do it ourselves. and look for the funding in a long-range plan. in the meantime, i hope the body will pass an immigration law. anybody want to respond? i do. i have a letter written by a number of senators, including senators on this committee. and