S p indicated up fractionally. The nasdaq up fractionally as well overnight in asia, the nikkei ended higher it was up by 11 points thats still a win hang seng was up by a quarter percent. So was the shanghai composite. This morning and in some of the early trading weve seen take place in europe, modest advances actually things are relatively flat the cac is up by 0. 1 . The ftse is flat the dax is flat. Well see how things react as we get deeper into the trading day. Lets look at crude oil prices crude was down yesterday this morning its back above 50. 50. 7 5 50. 70 Hurricane Maria is lashing the islands, and puerto rico is preparing for a strike Steve Mclaughlin joins us now. From 7 00 p. M. To 1 00 a. M. , this storm had winds of 175, were down to 155 this is a strong category 4. The eyewall a bit bigger, now on land, mainland puerto rico we dont get an official landfall until the center of that eye crosses land. Here are the implications. 150mileperhour sustained winds, gusts to 1
Casually accept this as the cost of doing business in a dangerous world. Eugene robbins is a columnist and david corn is from mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Lets take a look here at ed carney, the president s spokesman, talk about this. It was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones but also faced some tough questions. Lets listen. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is that the methods that we use are designed specifically to avoid civilian casualties. I think its fair to say that far fewer civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership in al qaeda along the lines we were discussing here as opposed to an effort to invade a country with hundreds of thousands of troops and take towns. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians . Why wont the government admit . I dont think im dancing around it. I didnt dispute it. You didnt necessarily what i cant do civilians have be
Good evening, just a day before the president s chief Counter Terrorism advisor, john brennan heads to capital hill for his hearing to take over the c. I. Averment. The white house has to answer some tough questions about its overseas drone program. The catalyst is a white house memo obtained that justifies american citizens. Civil liberties advocates and senator ron widen tweeted today every american has the right to know that their government believes theyre allowed to kill them. Most americans seem to casually accept this. David corn is Washington Bureau chief for mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Jebtle men, lets look here at carney. There was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is the methods that we use are designed specifically to avoid civilian casualties. I think its fair to say that far few er civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership as opposed t
Civil liberties advocates and senator ron widen tweeted today every american has the right to know that their government believes theyre allowed to kill them. Most americans seem to casually accept this. David corn is Washington Bureau chief for mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Jebtle men, lets look here at carney. There was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is the methods that we use are designed specifically to avoid civilian casualties. I think its fair to say that far fewer civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership as opposed to an effort to lead a country with hundreds of thou sants of troops. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians. I dont think that im dancing around it. I just didnt dispute it. So theyve been killed, right . I dont gis disagree with that. What are they saying about why we have to use drones . P