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This and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. joining us now is early maxwell the host of the program sir lionel which airs on peacock, but before that a good friend of mine who used to be with me on this show an awful lot, and another good friend of four as jonathan alter a columnist for the daily beast and an msnbc political analyst. he s the author of his very best jimmy carter, alive. thanks to both of you for being here. zerlina, i just talked to could be the patel who said the good news is there are pockets of americans who are getting vaccinated. they ve been stuck and they re moving because remarkable conservatives in this country are getting their vaccines. steve scalise, on saturday, decided to get his vaccine after being skeptical about the whole operation. hannity talked about getting the virus he stopped short and said, i m not urging people to get the covid vaccine because i m not a doctor, that is not what i said, i said to take it seriously. ....
If it s worth a salt, it s probably still going on. ben rhodes, the author of the world as it is, and jonathan alter a columnist from the daily beast and jeremy bird a former national field director for president obama s campaign. coming you be, beta row roark be is one of the keys for the democrats flipping control of the senate. he s storming on to the national scene and republicans in texas are scared. that s next. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate actually helps you drive safely. with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast. .and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. ....
Did and that along this long difficult journey, we re becoming a more perfect union. not a perfect union. joining us now is my colleague toure, co-host of the cycle and jonathan alter a columnist for bloomberg view and the author of the 2012 campaign history the center holds obama and his enemies. welcome to you both. jonathan, have you followed the president at every moment pre-2008 through the campaign. you heard him speak about race in the past. how does what he said today compare to what he has said in the past? well, it is actually of a peace with what he has said in some speeches but he hasn t done so at such a dramatic moment since the jeremiah wright speech during the campaign, and that was partly an exercise in damage control. ....
Jacobs and jonathan alter a columnist for bloomberg. jack, are you surprised? oh, yes, i m shocked. general petraeus has been a symbol of rectitude among military people for nearly 40 years. i knew him when he was a cadet at west point and i was teaching there. his wife hollies a the daughter of the superintendent of the military academy. great loss to the cia, to the country. very sad for the family and for the government and for the country. one assumes though, colonel, that given his position as heading what is obviously known as the silent service, that this kind of indiscretion in and of itself is something that many people sadly it happens in their lives but in relation to his position it made it impossible well, yeah, it would be i impossible, especially now, ....