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is going to hold. How much tension will there be in that room. How much will they be able to accomplish. There are some things they know theyll move forward on. Theres a trillion dollar spending bill they need to fund the government after december 11th. The president has asked for more money to fight ebola. Those are the kinds of things theyre going to get done in the short term. In the longterm, as you know, there are a couple of issues including immigration and obamacare that are going to be more difficult. Yeah. Absolutely. And weve heard some really tough talk, chris, from both sides going into the meeting about changing washington. Obviously its not going happen at a lunch. But from the white houses point of view, did you get a sense from mr. Mcdonough any sense on the term comprise what its going to mean . I think weve heard unanimity from
Dennis Mcdonough
and the president on wednesday. They feel a sense of optimism. Its a sense they kind of need to feel that way. They have a window of opportunity, they feel. Its not that long before theres going to be another big campaign. The person who wants to place barack obama and the attention will shift in the dynamics will shift. They think there is this kind of small window of opportunity. They also see it on the other side. Mitch mcconnell has been open about the fact its a job hes wanted a
Senate Majority
leader since he was a little boy. He wants to show that government can work and republicans can make congress work. They have the motivation. The question is, can they find that
Common Ground
and thats always where the trick is. To your point there, you mentioned immigration. On that level weve heard some of the harsh language from the gop. What does the president tell
Republican Leaders
today . I think what hes going say is what weve heard before. Ive been very patient. We know there have been had a lot of conversations between john boehner and the president. They hoped to come to some sort of comprise. That didnt work. There was some thought that the president should have done an executive order on immigration earlier. He held off. He said he wanted to see what congress could do. Now the argument is this. Hold off. Give us a chance to get the new leadership in. The president s point is if i sign an executive order, ive been patient. Let me do it. And if you guys do something we can always take that away and yours will hold. So i dont think were going to see any movement from the president. He stood firm to the
American People
an said this is what im going to do. Okay. Thank you so much. Weve been thinking maybe you should try to sneak with the caters but theyre going to recognize you. I keep asking. I dont know what is on the menu. Thanks, chris. What the future holds for the new washington, eleanor holmesnorton. W welcome. Its nice to see you, maam. What do you see getting done and what do you think needs to get done . Its about the lame duck. Its not the congress that the president is going to have to deal with for the next two years. Its the congress that just passed away and theres a lot of business to be done. So i think you will not hear much talk, for example, about
Immigration Reform
and what the president expects to do. When you dont have a budget yet, i think that it will focus on issues like that. What are your greatest fears, maam, now that both houses are controlled by the other side. Do you think obamacare is legitimately in jeopardy . I do not. First of all, you have the veto right there. It would be a waste of time. Of course my colleagues in the house wasted a lot of time simply overturning how many votes there were . Like 50 or something . Something like that. So i dont think that i do think mcconnell has vested interest having waited so long to be majority leader and trying to accomplish something. Certainly for democrats to see democrats lose on both sides was not a heart warming feeling. What was important, and this is very important to note, unlike after 2012, republicans recognize that the voters had sent them a very distinct message. They talked about it and
Immigration Reform
and they got something done in the senate almost immediately. The democratic brand was not hurt. This was not a president ial election. The president slipped and said that his issues were on the ballot. Guess what . Im sorry he slipped because he gave them an ad to use. But his issues were onrepudiate. There was no repute yags of equal pay, medical wage, bringing back the tax reform, to bring back the funds that are being held overseas, of transportation bill that would build up bridges and and to your point, i mean, theyre asking to see what is going to be the gop agenda. Because no one spefbcifically seems to know. In the spirit of comprise is there any
Silver Lining
with the gop controlling both houses . Well, there is because i think now theyve got to show they can govern. They have had one issue that was obstruction of the president for almost as long as hes been in office. Now they have gotten both houses of congress its gotten really beyond them. Especially 2016 when well have more voters to oppose and where our issue will be. Like a laser focussing on voter parn participation and overcoming and seeing to it next time they dont smoother us with money in the last week of taking out people who were not vulnerable. All right. I want to ask you, finally, about pot and the vote this week to legalize marijuana. Im going read you a headline its quoting you. Anyone who stand in the way of
Marijuana Legalization
will get the fight of your lives. It has serious big picture implications. D. C. Is not even a you saw that every state that had this on the ballot it passed that criminalization now at 18 states. Medical marijuana 23 states. Why would interfere with the
District Of Columbia
especially the primary reason the district moved is a horrific
Racial Disparity
between those arrested for marijuana possession. Whites and blacks use marijuana at the same rate within the
District Of Columbia
. Very progressive town. This, away, is repeated throughout the
United States
. Nine times one out of every sairs white. Nine out of ten arrests are black. Your point . That was seen as a profound
Racial Injustice
issue. Your point well taken there. Thank you very much. The other big story developing. A new monthly jobs numbers out. 214,000 jobs were created in the month of october and the
Unemployment Rate
is now 5. 8 . It is the lowest since july 08. Former chief economic adviser to
Vice President
Joe Biden Jared
bu burnseen is joining me now. Good, bad, or all good . Its good. Its not all good. Theres one cloud in the sky in the job market, that has to do with wage growth. But the good news first. Job growth, as you mentioned, really steady as she goes. If you average out a few months to get which you should. Theres a statistical noise month for month. Were adding somewhere between 220 to 230,000 jobs per month. Thats a steady, good clip for job growth. I saw a graphic that reminded me. Back in 2009 we were th hemorrhaging over 400,000 jobs a month. Now weve been adding over 200,000 now for nine months in a row. Good record. Go ahead. The
Silver Lining
there. Here is the thing. Its not reaching hourly wages. The job market is tightening. You mentioned the
Unemployment Rate
5. 8 . Its been sliding down quickly. By the way, falling for good reasons. Not because people are leaving the job market but because theyre getting job. Hourly pay is up 2 year over year where its been stuck for about four years. Its about the rate of inflation. It means stacking hourly pay. I misspoke. Its not
Silver Lining
at all. Ask to select four issues the economy, health care, illegal immigration, 44 pointed to the nations economy. 44 saying the economy is getting part. 27 saying its poor or staying the same. Put it together from a political perspective. Why could the administration not put all that together in the midterms . The numbers are getting better. Its a good question. I think its a fundamental question. Ill tell you what one person told me who is spending a fair bit of time outside the beltway polling people. If you go out and talk to people about the recovery. You use the word recovery or talk about gdp growth the mark economic indicators, the hundreds of thousands of jobs added per month. It wont really register with them. Its not showing up enough in their paychecks. It gets baaing to the wage problem weve talked about. To the extend that people are families or house holds its because theyre working more hours at a pretty stagnant real hourly wage. And that leads to a sense of stress and difficulty balancing work and family. The economy is improving unquestionably. Has it reached paychecks of middle income households . Not enough yet. What kind of legislation do you expect to come from a
Republican Congress
that would be agreeable to this president on jobs or minimum wage . Well, that is a very narrow corridor you painted there, alex. Because the only thing i can really see is maybe infrastructure investment. It would be a very good idea. Borrowing costs are still quite low. We have real needs in the condition of our roads and bridges and
Public School
finance would help put some folks back to work. People who need jobs. But it involves spending and that takes to fiscal policy. It leads you back to gridlock. I think it will be tough. A lot of tight room. Good to see you. Thank you so much. A former navy s. E. A. L. Takes credit for firing the shots that killed bin laden. His story doesnt exactly line up with the one told by one of his fellow s. E. A. L. S. The controversy and the rival stories ahead. Back to the white house anticipation for a meet mag could frame the next two years of the
Obama Presidency
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White House Reporter
and correspondent for the national journal. Good to see you. David, let me turn to you. Youve been writing extensively about the president s interpretations of tuesdays results. What is your sense of what is going to happen in the white house to reflect that . Its interesting. He struck two tones. He got the message from voters they want an end to gridlock and he needs to do his part. He also made a point to say republicans also have to do their part and voters were making a point to them as well. He was talking about the dissatisfaction among voters who are stayed home and didnt cast ballots. What you played until the clip was the president is going to keep pushing forward on the key issues on the economy and minimum wage and another issues hes been pushing for the past two years. I think that there are areas of
Common Ground
. Ting will be talked about at the meeting. Theres going to be a lot of talk about what can be done in the lame duck session. Obviously getting a budget together through the end of the fiscal year will be priority number one. As you late out in the first segment the stumbling block as of immigration. I think these are areas republicans will say hold off. Thats what the voters expect. So, lauren, i know you
Cover Congress
closely. Can we engage level of interest beyond the camera from the gop cooperating with the president . I think thats what the meeting is about today. The president knows he needs to reach out. Republican leaders know they havent necessarily reached out to the president either. I think the meeting today is going to be about rebuilding so m of those relationships that have not existed between congress and the white house in the past. You know, i think republicans are going to have to be looking toward when they make the majority. Because the next cupouple of months democrats will still be in charge. Well be dealing with immigration and attorney general nomination. Those are two issues that could poison the well as was said by mcconnell and boehner before the
Republican Party
takes power. Having covered the president for years. How much does he worry about his legacy. Do you think he can get what he wants done by cooperating or establish legacy through executive orders . The past year thats what their strategy has been. They said they tried to work with the current congress. The
Republican House
was obstructing them. Thats the argument from the white house. They have gone to the executive action approach. The test is immigration. I think for the president s legacy the white house doesnt like to talk about that. Of course its on their mind. They recognize that time is running out before the next
Campaign Begins
for the white house in six to nine months. I think the president looking at the game hes already had. Make sure survive republican challenges in the new congress. Keep pushing forward on areas he can. Hes about to embark tomorrow on a week long trip to asia. It was part of the big
Foreign Policy
initiative. Theres a 12nation trade pack hes trying to get through something harry reid and the democrats didnt support. Its a chance for the president to go on the road now and talk about it. Something republicans can get behind as early as early next year. It may be overlooked in the conversation. Its a big play in asia. There are areas where with they can keep going forward. Terms of the president getting out there and talking. The unemployment numbers very strong. Do you think the white house regrets not approaching the midterms differently and putting a big push, a big emphasis on the economy . If you look at the exit poll that was the top thing on voters minds. I think the exit polls also showed how voters were not sure that economy was working for them. You know, we talk about macro economics, sure the economy is improving. In in daytoday live it is would have been a hard sell saying the economy is improving. Look at the numbers. You know, it comes down how voters feel when they walk into the voting booth and what their paycheck looks like at the end of the day. I think the democrats might have tried harder. Im not sure it would have sealed the deal. Can i ask you quickly about immigration. John mccain he literally pleaded with the president against taking action yesterday while talking with andrea mitchell. Take a listen to this. I literally am pleading with the president of the
United States
not to act. Give it a chance. We have a new congress. We have a new mandate. Lets let the house of representatives decide whether they want to move forward on
Immigration Reform
. Do you get a sense of the end game here, david . Yes, i think republicans would like to clear the deck before 2016. Its a tough issue for their candidates for the general electorate. I think at the white house and among the liberal and immigrant communities, theres a sense of this another trap set by republicans and it just wont happen. Especially as some of the more conservative president ial candidates such as ted cruz who oppose amnesty for undocumented immigrants would try to derail the bigger aachievement. I think its unlikely hell wait. All right. David and lauren. Good to see you. Up next were zooming through the days other stories. Including this video. It happened the last place you would expect. In mexico justinty defbs whe empty desks where students once sat. Aniston ] when people ask me what im wearing, i tell them aveeno®. Because
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unfolding in the fight for samesex marriage today. With a decision that could end in the halls spreechlt court. Late thursday a federal
Circuit Court
bucked a
National Trend
and upheld bans in four states. You remember just last month justices declined to hear cases dealing with marriage equal fip thats essentially legalizing samesex marriage in 32 states. The new ruling puts the issue potentially on a rapid track to a supreme show down. Nbc news justice correspondent
Pete Williams
is life in washington with the latest. What does it mean . What is your interpretation here . Well, it means theres a split among the federal circuit. They didnt the supremes didnt say last month why they didnt take up a challenge involving four states in the samesex marriage, but it seems likely now they could. And so the only question is there time left in this term and the answer to that is potentially yes. The people who lost in these cases yesterday the samesex couples who were challenging the state bans, they have a choice to make. They can go to the full court of appeals. Yesterday was a threejudge panel. They can go to the full circuit and ask them to rehear the case or simply step the and go to the
Supreme Court
. And all indications are its the latter option they will go ahead and ask the
Supreme Court
. If they do it quickly theres still time for the court to act on it by late january. That would mean the case would be argued in april and that would be time enough for the decision by the end of the term in late yun. Okay. The four states being ohio, michigan, kentucky, and tennessee. Do you see there being a possibility that the
Supreme Court
could essentially agree with the six
Circuit Court
out of cincinnati and prompt a split among the states. Of course, who knows what the outcome will be in the u. S. Supreme court. I think, though, its interesting, alex. The response from the advocates of samesex marriage to the ruling has been somewhat muted. Its of course a great disappointment to the couples who challenged the laws. They hoped to have their relationships legal and now they have to wait. But this is what the advocates were hoping to do. Get before the
Supreme Court
. They believe they have at least five votes. They think they can win. They want to get it done early. Is it a led pipe cinch . Absolutely not. The
Supreme Court
could go either way. All they would say theres nothing unconstitutional about a state banning samesex marriage. It would leave it up to the states. Those who have it could continue. Those who dont could continue. And there the issue would lie until more states to decide to 0 go other way. Youre right. That is a possible outcome. Okay. Which mean it is could be messy. Pete williams, thank you so much. Lets go to a new report that could cause more fall out for the
Democratic Party
. They are mocking democrats for the poor performance tuesday. Their
Communications Director
telling politico it was a mistake for the party to sideline president obama. The president sat out many crucial state races in states he won like colorado, iowa, and north carolina. Now some are playing the what if game. With me now is
James Peterson
and in washington hogan ginnly. Welcome to you both. James, the president certainly remains popular among africanamericans. He has an 83 approval rating. How much of a difference do you think he could have made for energizing those to get out to vote. Its hard to monday morning quarterback this. Attended the last rally for the governor elect of the state of pennsylvania, tom wolf, there was a sort of slew of, like, local and state level politicians there. When president obama entered into the arena he was a rock star. He galvanized and that tom wolf won. Obviously the sort of disconnect from the president on the part of some democrats may have cost them but i think its the disavow of them. Those people that couldnt admit they voted for them. It doesnt make sense. The reality we know midterm elections are about turn out. Turn out is about galvanizing the baits. What you agree with president obama is sort of policies or not. This point in time it probably would have more useful. I think you may be talking about
Allison Lundergan
grimes. Do you agree with your republican colleague in that politico report. Might the president made a difference if he went to the states he won in 08 or yefl . I dont necessarily agree with that. Look, this is one of the times in an election where you look and say a state like, north carolina, for example, it looked like early voting for africanamericans in 2012 was at 26 . This time it was at 25. It was pretty close. The bottom line is the democrat strategists and pollsters and consultants who have been killing us the last several election cycles. They didnt get stupid. They looked at the data and it showed the president was unpopular. He could have made our case. He could have. But he was so unpopular. Its difficult for this president to enter a room where people arent bowing at his feet. Its tough for him to do. The purple states, him coming would have hurt the democrats. This is nothing new. It happened in 2008. Bush was so unpopular that we did an event with dick cheney. That shows you dick cheney as hated as he was we were willing to do an event with him because of bushs numbers were so bad. Thats interesting. You crafted a message from the president that would have resonated and excited the turn out in colorado, north carolina, or iowa. What would have the message have been . Sure in places like colorado. Almost 5 unemployment. I would top what the president s policies have done. If you want to talk about things
Like Health Care
and
Affordable Care
act. I think it plays in certain regions of the state. In other region it is simply doesnt play. Same thing in iowa. I think the president could have done well in a lot of these battleground states. I dont know if i agree so much with hogan. Its a matter of the candidates themselves cant disconnect from a president in the way that seems inauthentic. Thats what happened in a lot of cases. The
Democratic Party
is also disconnected from progressive base. Its not just from president obama. Its the fact that democratic candidates, this is where collins was right. Theyre running the campaigns and it doesnt make a lot of sense. The
Obama Coalition
that put anymore office twice is a very progressive, very diverse coalition. If you want the folks to get energized and come out to vote. You have to speak to progressive issues. Republicans made history by electing tim scott in south carolina. When the naacp made mention they didnt note it. Some of the goppers suggesting these are breakthroughs for the party. When you look at the voting record does it defy the claims . I wouldnt say that. People like tim scott who is my senator. I live in south carolina. He is a rock star. He ran on conservative principles. He didnt run on obama like. He rang on conservative strong. Thats why he was elected. The same thing goes for love. I think theres time for pushback from the republican ranks. We get saddled with this regularly. We dont have enough diversity in the party. There are so many good
Success Stories
with
Susana Martin
tetid bobby jindal. Its not something new for our party. Finally were fighting back. I want to say quickly when msnbc reached out to the naacp for any comment they referred us an earlier statement that made zero reference to scott or love. Does it warrant some acknowledgment. I dont know if they should but we shouldnt. We shouldnt let the exceptional cases of senator scott or lea love emerging in the congress to on secure the reality of the fact that republicans have a long way to go to expand the. Our government is not diverse enough. There are too many white males in the congress and senate. Its not representative of what america looks lyi s like right thank you very much. Outrageous. That is what
Human Rights Watch
is calling the disappearance of 43 mexican students in a press conference yesterday. The watchdog added their voice to the calls for answers. In that state, thats where the missing students went to school, the scene is very different. Nbcs gabe ambiguityier residence is there. Its been 42 days since the 43 students went missing. Friends and relatives are holding out hope theyre still alive. The government here continues to insist it is doing everything it can to find these students. But so far no luck. Away from the loud protest in mexico city, three hours south there are candles burning in silence. This is the rural school where the 43 missing students were training to become teachers. Right now these classrooms are team empty. 20yearold is among the 500 enrolled here. Unfortunately he said theyre all too familiar with cartel violence. Translator were all afraid, he says. Adding hes received anonymous threats since the attack in late september that left so many of his classmates gone without a trace. The student were on their way here. Federal
Authorities Say
the local mayor thought they were coming to protest and cause a disruption. They say he ordered the local police to confront them. Since they will federal police have arrested dozen of the local officers. Accusing them of handing the students over to the local cartel. The mayor and his wife were captured on tuesday after weeks on the run. A city of more than 100,000 people is still on edge. Federal police are out in full force after protesters set city hall on fire last month. Its a grim reminder the region shake by violence. It becomes even more grim is the dozens of bodies that were found in other mas graves since the investigation began. The government here insists that or believes it is not the missing students. Many people in mexico are asking who are they . Right. That is question. Gabe, thank you so much. Who killed bin laden . Two former navy s. E. A. L. S with the famous s. E. A. L. Team 6 have different stories. Well explain that. Plus, president obamas secret letter to a irans
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Steve Clemons
joining me now. Its good to see you. How unusual is this. Were getting rival stories about who killed bin laden from navy s. E. A. L. S. Arent they sworn to secrecy . Theyre sworn to secrecy. This is unusual. But the killing of bin laden is one of the most memorable moments. We saw a lot of politicians scrambling about taking credit one way or the other. Its not surprising to see this happen in the sense that people that were involved become celebrities. But on the other hand its a violation of norms that have been part of the special operations and navy s. E. A. L. Team. Whether it was an implied selflessness. You didnt see people grabbing the ring like this. By the master chief talking about his teammates saying, look, this is not cool. He talks about people being heros as navy seals but also they could face punishment. It goes on to say classified information is protected by law. So what do you think will happen . I think theres going to be a criminal investigation. I think it will be hard for the government not to try and take some action and make them basha accountable. Otherwise theyll literally be an explosion of these kinds of behaviors elsewhere. There are a lot of things that the
United States
does behind the scenes, off the news pages and does covertly. If they begin a signal where some people who are engaged in covert action can begin to profit from this privately youll see this translate and metastasize through a system. I think thats the worry of the command right now. Also worried about safety . Putting others in jeopardy. Yeah. Remember the valerie issue. An undercover cia agent who had a legacy of contact and relationships that continued to live beyond her active role in the field. And these issues of die vulging means and methods of who did what to whom have unintended echo effects on other people in their lives. And thats one of the reasons why theres been one of the few reasons why theres been such a cloak on the covert activities. And those that are engaged have the privilege of being engaged on the cutting edge of some of the most important things that the
United States
does in the world. But the social contract is you never speak about it. And they are. I have to ask you about this situation as we turn iran. Learning of a secret leader that the president sent. Diplomatic sources are saying it outlines a possible military cooperation with the country in fighting isis. How surprising is the letter . I dont think the letter is surprising if the president is beginning to try to test whether or not theres an opportunity for huge strategic shift for the
United States
with iran. This letter is so important. Its akin to something nixon might have done before the normalzation with china. And in that case, of course, you had
Henry Kissinger
engaged in all sorts of things to try to keep media off the trail and to cloak any of that kind of activity. So its on that order of importance the fact this is made the way to the press im sure is frustrating to the white house and the president. But if thats what theyre trying to test, that could be very important. Its actually something i support in the sense that one of the things
United States
could constructively do in the world is demonstrate it still has the ability to change the international system. And i find it important but getting this out into the public is a remarkably interesting but also im sure to the white house disconcerting issue. Thank you so much. Were going to switch gears after the break. All hour weve been watching the most famous
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law. Finally
Common Ground
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American People
s priorities our priorities. They dont want obamacare. I dont like it. While the meeting will mostly be about finding
Common Ground
. One issue that will likely come up here is the letter president obama secretly sent to irans
Supreme Leader
last month. Which has the wall street journal pointed out. Josh ernst had this to say when asked about the letter yesterday. Im not in a position
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