From cutting medicare, from cutting medicaid, and from preventing us from creating the millions of jobs that our economy desperately needs. But at the end of the day, what we are really talking about is whether or not this nation is going to become an oligarchic form of society. And what that means, what an oligarchic form of society is about, and has existed in many countries throughout the world, historically many countries in latin america although that has recently changed is you have a nation in which both the economics and politics of the nation are controlled by a handful of billionaire families. Very, very wealthy. And it doesnt matter what party is in power because the real power, economically and politically, rests with a billionaire class. And, mr. President , it seems to me very clearly that unless we act boldly to reverse that trend, we are seeing this country moving in exactly that direction. And one of the reasons for that is that as a result of the disastrous Citizens U
Fleetwood mac back for an exclusive interview. The big news they have for fans today, thursday, march 27, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im repressing the urge to lipsync the rest of this song. The rumors of a Fleetwood Mac reunion have us all thinking about our favorite songs reliving the 70s. We went down the list before we came on the air. Riannon. The pomp and pageantry, the president sitting down with the pope earlier. The president sitting down with pope francis earlier inside the apostolic palace. Chuck todd, nbcs chief white house correspondent, is in vatican city. Chuck, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Its a meeting the president has been talking up for months, been more excited about it than he usually is for other world leader meetings. He finally got his private meeting with appropriate fan sis, a meeting that
This is the cbs morning news for thursday, march 27th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, more wet weather is forecast today in Northern Washington state where search crews are looking for victims of that massive mudslide. At least 25 people were killed. The number of people missing has been reduced, but the debris field coverages one square mile and in places 40 feet deep. Officials admit some victims may never be recovered. Bigad shaban has our report. Reporter helicopters circled above and teams canvassed the area below, part of a massive search to find dozens still missing following the devastating mudslide in Washington State. Late last night the officials decreased the number of those unaccounted for from the previous total of 176. 90 people, 90 are currently missing or unaccounted for. Reporter hundreds are slowly searching through the disaster zone using sonar devices, cameras, dogs, even their hands. Volunteers like tom tucker says its dangerous
President obama. Its the first time the two men have talked face to face. Officials in thailand confirming they have satellite images showing 300 objects floating in the south indian ocean. The search for flight 370 called off due to rough weather. The official death toll is expected to grow up to 25 people. Hundreds of searchers continue to claw through a mountain of dirt and debris. Engine 33 has a mayday on channel 2 tragedy in boston. An inferno raced through a boston brownstone. Two firefighters were killed battling the ninealarm blaze. Citizens were saved, and thats what we do. We sacrifice our lives for the citizens of the city of boston. The twister touched down in roseville, up near sacramento. It damaged 12 homes. Tornado right there. Setting the case for athletics, northwestern Football Players can unionize. Oh, that . The photos from the grand canyon. They used canyons and harnesses to clean the underside of the skywalk. He is being called the drone dentist. A daddy wanted
Way to reduce the risk of cancer and Heart Disease. Good evening, on this wednesday night. A special west coast edition of world news. And we begin with the breaking news, today, that shooting at ft. Hood in texas. It is the Largest Army Base in the nation, north of austin. The site of that other deadly shooting nearly five years ago. And this was the urgent message sent out to those on base. 41,000 people told to shelter in place. And this is what they heard over the speakers. Listen. Seek shelter immediately. The president has now spoken out, tonight, saying he is heartbroken. And well bring that to you in a moment. Lets go straight to abcs chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, for the latest details on the shooter and the casualties. Pierre . Diane, multiple Law Enforcement sources tell us the shooter is dead. Authorities are in the process of clearing the base of any other potential threats. But its believed there was only one shooter. That shooter is thought to be a soldier.