A makes you look like a cool newcomer, i dont think thats what people want right now. We have a newcomer in the white house and look where it got us. I think having some experience is a good thing. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and kim strassel and bill mcgern. How did Pete Buttigieg hold up under the attacks . Well, you know, it was no more mr. And mrs. Nice guy to New Hampshire. The stakes are so high that we saw a new willingness as you showed for the candidates to really go after each other. He held up well in they that his answer to a lot of this is he is presenting himself as the unifying candidate and also a new generation of candidate and so he has found so far its been to his benefit to answer these attacks by essentially saying we need a new vision and i offer that new vision, the politics of today have failed, et cetera. Paul s lets go to an exchange on Marijuana Prosecutions in south bend. I want to take a look at that. How do you explain t
Foreign policy at the brookings institute, martin indyk, on some of the big bets president obama is making during his second term in foreign policy. Thats on meetthepress msnbc. Com. Well be back next week. If its sunday, its meet the press. Weapons have no place. People need to feel safe. More than six weeks since newtown and the gun debate Takes Center Stage in d. C. You are watch msnbc. We will talk to connecticut senator about what is realistically going to get done. Plus president obama sits down with hispanic caucus leaders to talk about Immigration Reform. Congress woman sanchez was one at the meeting. She is packing up and moving out and heading home. What is next for Hillary Clinton . We will check in with one of the longtime residents of hillary land. President obama is urging gun control advocates to listen to voices of americans who grew up hunting. If you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were ten and that became part of your familys traditions you wou
For all others. You can contact us on twitter or facebook or email us. Heres our Facebook Page this morning with a poll on your favorite president. You can put in your 2 cents on our Facebook Page. On Facebook Post your comments. Give us who you like and why, on our Facebook Page. Also, send us a tweet. Heres a gallup poll that was taken in 2011. That was the gallup poll taken in 2011. In 2012, also were getting your take this morning on this president s day. Who is your favorite and why . The phone numbers all others, 2025853882. We will get to your phone calls. But voice of america put out a piece, talking about the u. S. Celebrating president s day. It first became a federal holiday in 1879 to celebrate the february 22nd birthday of George Washington, the first u. S. President. Joe in maryland, democrat, hi. Caller my favorit would have to have been bill clinton. There are so many to choose from. I was very young. It was in high school at the time. He put into place a lot of laws th
Side. Also jesse waters travels to texas to a big muslim meeting. But hes not greeted warmly. They are saying i cant go in. Caution, you are about to enter the nospin zone. The factor begins right now. Thanks for watching, president obama in the real state of the union. That is the subject of this evenings talking points. As you may know the president gives his annual address tomorrow evening and is expected to ask for higher taxes on businesses. He may also ask republicans and some democrats to back off on iran, which is evolving into a dangerous situation. A new poll by abc news says the president s job Approval Rating is improving. Talking points believe the approval rate inging is going up a bit due to the perception of improving economy and lower gas prices. Republicans will not accept a a tax hike. The president doesnt really care. He continues to play robin hood trying to take from the rich and appropriate to the working class. With no hope no hope of getting more tax increases,
Will never become law. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry is live at the white house tonight. Hey, ed. Good evening, megyn. Thats the bottom line, the president will run into a brick wall of opposition not just from republicans but moderate nkts in the senate as well not pleased with these tax hikes. What this is really about is a president building his legacy and setting up the message for democrats heading into 2016 because he by his own aides account is feeling the economy recovering and wants to put it out there that hes for the middle class, republicans are for the rich. In fact the message they put out today in a preview video of the president from the white house was basically saying that this is all like 2012, Campaign Commercials when he was talking about the middle class and how he won on a platform of taxing the rich spending more money and trying to have tax cuts for the middle class. Yet the president you remember tried that message in the midterms of 2014 and lost.