Welcome to newsroom international. Im suzanne malveaux. We begin with breaking news. Former president george h. W. Bush is at Methodist Hospital in houston after being treated for bronchitis. That is according to a family spokesman, jim mcgrath. President bush, who is 88 years old, has been at the hospital for six days now. He has been cured of his bronchitis, but mcgrath says he is still in the hospital because of a lingering cough. Were going to bring you more details as we get them. To todays big meeting at the white house. We dont know whats on the menu when president obama, mitt romney meet for lunch today. Thats right. The president is hosting his former rival about 30 minutes or so from now. It is a promise the president made during a victory speech on Election Night. Listen. Its only because we love this country deeply. We care so strongly about its future. In the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can Work Together to mo
Preparing to attack Police Officers here in massachusetts, calling them an easy target. They say he discarded the idea of beheading a woman in new york investigators say that when Boston Police and the fbi shot 26yearold usaama rahim tuesday they feared he was about to board a bus carrying a knife preparing to attack Police Officers. Officials say the fbi, concerned about his jihadist social media postings, already had him under surveillance. Newly filed Court Documents reveal the fbi was watching when he went on amazon twice last week and bought three militarystyle fives with long blades. Four days ago, Court Documents say, rahim told two other people he planned to behead a victim in another state. Law enforcement Officials Say it was pamela geller, the activist and commentator who organized last months draw mohammed contest in garland, texas. In a written statement she says they targeted me for violating sharia blasphemy laws. But on dawn tuesday police say they overheard rahim say t
Clinton. Its issues about email, about trustworthiness, about her time at state, the benghazi investigation. The only game in side on the democratic side. She needs competition. 50 reporters trailing her a day. She very well may be the next president of the United States but anyone that thinks this is a coronation and a runaway is terribly mistaken. As Hillary Clinton hits the road with a fundraising focus, the numbers in a new poll show some stubborn bumps in her road to the white house. Clinton is down in texas today, part of an epic fundraising schedule with at least 26 upcoming donor events in 13 states and the district of columbia. While clinton works the Campaign Cash register, it is clear that the increased scrutiny of running for office is taking its toll. In a new cnn orc poll just 42 say clinton is honest and trustworthy. 57 say that description does not apply. Jumping into the president ial pool has had a Chilling Effect on clintons favorability. After hitting a high of 69 a
By families of hostages. The big change families wont be prosecuted if they attempt to pay ransom. However, it remains official policy for the United States not to pay ransom. Speaking from the white house, president obama said this new directive should foster a better working relationship between federal agencies and the families. No family of an american hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones. The last thing we should ever do is to add to a familys pain with threats like that. Msnbcs kasie hunt joins me now from the white house. Talk us through these big changes here and how they address concerns for hostages families while at the same time opening up more concerns instead for terrorists and especially when there are no guarantees here. Reporter frances, that is the question whether this is something that might encourage some of these groups to take more american hostages because theyre explicitly opening the door to letting people kno
She told them palmer did not know the meat contained the tools. Palmers attorney reiterated that and added that his client had no knowledge of the escape passed the polygraph and will be entering a plea of not guilty at his next hearing. He admitted to passing the hamburger meat. He had no knowledge that there were any con tra band other than the meat itself. Hes devastated hes embarrassed, hes sorry for the attention that hes getting right now. Well as the search for the two convicts continues, Officials Say the pair may be armed. Lets go live to owls head new york, and msnbcs adam reese. Adam whats the very latest . Reporter jose good morning. Now we know Joyce Mitchell might not have been the only one helping them escape. 57yearold gene palmer 28year veteran of Clinton Correctional Facility. He worked in the honor block where sweat and matt lived. That was considered a plum job. We just learned moments ago in addition to the other charges which ill mention in a second that he was gi