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October 9, 2015
Can bring this group together. there are differences within our conferences, very big differences. if we work together and sit down at table well find a path forward. i think well rise to the challenge. >> thats the understatement of the last 24 hours defining moment for the gop. have great weekend. thank you. we are awaiting president obamas arrival in oregon where he is said to meet families of victims of mass shooting. white house officials say mr. obama will bring words of comfort and symp...
October 8, 2015
One purpose, to find the truth on behalf of the families for the four dead americans. i should not be a distraction from that and thats part of the decision as well. >> thank you very much. >> rumors put out of the congressman -- >> no. can you put that to rest? >> no, come on. [ inaudible ] huh? >> who do you think? >> i think the conference should decide. >> joining us now from capitol hill our chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, this caught a lot of us, almost everyone, i would say...
October 8, 2015
York. brian, we have seen a lot together on the house and the rest of congress, but this one is one for the books. >> this was a stunner. we all knew this was caucus day, this was vote day. ive heard one republican member come out and say the sound system was bad and adding to the shock and surprise of this, a lot of members couldnt hear what mccarthy was announcing. it spread quickly to the back of the room by word of mouth. they came out of the room, a lot of them scrambled to avoid journalist...
October 6, 2015
Rotten. the "on the record" legal panel is here. katie phang and former homicide detective ted williams with. ted? >> im incensed by what has taken place here. and dunkin donuts should have the responsibility and to fire someone who did this. we dont serve police officers here. when you arrive at that dunkin donuts who are you going to call other than police officers. thats the sad commentary. the problem with this is its not an isolated incident thats going on there. this is going on all over t...
October 5, 2015
Rotten. the "on the record" legal panel is here. katie phang and former homicide detective ted williams with. ted? >> im incensed by what has taken place here. and dunkin donuts should have the responsibility and to fire someone who did this. we dont serve police officers here. when you arrive at that dunkin donuts who are you going to call other than police officers. thats the sad commentary. the problem with this is its not an isolated incident thats going on there. this is going on all over t...
October 4, 2015
Also developing, in the city of kunduz a humanitarian crisis growing more dire by the hour. it comes after a suspected u.s. air strike blew apart a doctors without border yesterday. the humanitarian group is pulling out. the pentagon acknowledges a strike happened there and is not ruling out the possibility of collateral damage. jon yang is following the latest. conflicting reports about why this happened and whos to blame. what do we know? >> defense secretary ash carter told reporters travelin...
October 1, 2015
A subcontractor already plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter. jenna: well know by monday if the supreme court picks up the appeal of annex lacrosse player convicted in the death of his girlfriend. he insists his rights were violated when one of his lawyers got sick and missed part of the murder trial. in the meantime yardleys mother is suing him for $30 million. but the more immediate issue is the appeal to the supreme court. its nice to have you both. ebony, will the supreme court hear this...
September 28, 2015
Series, introducing who he is. i think he has to really establish who he is and who well be trying to get used to for months coming, years coming. we knew jon stewart for years. we wont know trevor that well. >> big shoes, i mean, thats the understatement of the year. such a long-running show with jon stewart. how does he possibly fill those shoes, or does he just do it completely differently? >> first of all, its a lot of the same set. theyve been doing the so already for many years, so he just...
September 26, 2015
Lincoln. incredible touch stone of history. >> its on to a spectacular outdoor evening prayer service. actually, its a celebration, basically right behind where we are. thats the main stage there. more than 1 million people are expected to attend. but really, tonight, tomorrow, all throughout this weekend and all they think about 1 million people will have come to see the pope in philadelphia. it is the world meeting of the families. its an international gathering of the faithful, and its an eve...
September 26, 2015
Do. could boehner try to get all this done in the month of october if the senate was willing to play ball? sure. but i dont necessarily know if they would be willing to do that or if mcconnell thinks thats wise for his own future considering how many of his members dislike him. in our own nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing 72% of republicans dissatisfied with the congressional leadership. i think that sort of perhaps showed boehner that while he could win the fight its not a good one on...