there s some signs for optimism here. the first time leader mcconnell is speaking to the president, if the senate is going to be the place for action starts. means to me we could come up with some kind of agreement. let s bring in democratic strategist blake zeff, and robert shranham. first who will be there. president obama, the vice president biden that will be there. speaker boehner they ll be in this meeting. to you here, chip not chip, sorry. to you here, blake, where do they begin?
a judge speaks out abtd four people trying to get on the virginia ballot. what s next for them. a mother fed up with her son s run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. what is barbour saying now? in his first public comments since issuing the pardons. listen. the power of gubernatorial to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i m not saying i ll be perfect that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i m not in fallible and nobody else is. i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including those at the mansion. you heard him mention the
i need to call this woman when i do my picks. actually, i already did my picks. so maybe next week. with another nfl playoff weekend upon us, we know one granny who s going to be glued to the tv when the action starts. oh, yeah, meet this woman. she is pat hanslik of north plainfield, minnesota. and at 87 years old she may be the oldest ever winner of a fantasy football league. she made all the right moves this past season. the result was her first ever league win. she says she has no strategy and that she just hopes she s making good choices. her grandkids say it s proof that their granny is just cool. if you ve ever played fantasy football, you have to make trades. this is pretty complex. you go, granny. she looks good for 87. keep on rocking. more world news now coming after the break. it s not the real thing oh, oh, oh, oh sometimes a fantasy it s not the real thing oh, oh, oh, oh sometimes a fantasy let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.
occupation of several banks along with more arrests. in washington, d.c., protesters marched on the key bridge, stopping traffic along the way. protesters took to the strip in las vegas. one of the cities hit the hardest of the housing market. across the country voices of the 99% are being heard. it has cost people their home and their jobs and we are here to say we have had enough. the government pro-e bailed out the banks and we are foreclosing on our house. . they are not going to take it anymore. don t you think this movement is entering a new phase, the tent city portion of the protests? it s over now i guess you can say the action starts. we shouldn t be surprised. we have been through this before as a country. all of this happened in the
right before the storm is to make sure that the public understands the severity, and told to evacuate in an orderly fashion. the worst thing to happen is that everybody hits the interstates at the same time. the thing that i really like that is happening right now on the east coast is that they are taking care of the senior citizens and taking care of the special needs and the medical patients first. all of that is going to help out to minimize the number of people who remain home, because right before the storm is one thing, but after the storm hits, that is when the real action starts. in your case, sir, nobody appeared to escape without criticism and you, yourself, were accused of being too late in ordering the mandatory evacuation, and in retrospect, and given, you know, you knew about the circumstances in which people were living in new orleans, and do you accept that just as fema underperformed, you underperformed as well? and you, too, had some failings? well, i would tell y