The race continues to make National Headlines and for the next hour, we will put the candidates and their campaign into perspective. Joining us from new york is kate taylor. Thank you for being with us. My pleasure. Three weeks to go, set up this race. What are you looking at . None of the candidates get 40 and the primary, there will be a runoff between the top two candidates. You have three candidates, Christine Quinn, Bill Thompson, and de blasio in a very tight race. Poll, christine were and bill de blasio tied. We will see some very intense backandforth. Some of the issues you will see, our term limits Christine Quinn made a very controversial decision to lift the term limits. Youll also also see some discussion of new york citys police stop and frisk baptist, which was the subject of a friskl stop and practice, which was the subject of a federal case. The candidates all have said they will reform the practice. They have slightly different means of doing so. Outher issue that will
Since the last Time Congress passed a budget and with the country poised to take a poison pill of cuts, what will it take . Not passing a budget is shameful. And now you have the president saying well, im against the sequester cuts. Well okay, great. Well what are you going to replace them with . The republicans have other ideas. Put them on the table. Lets make a small deal. If we cant get to a big deal, he would like to get to a big deal. And hes invited them over, any time. So lets dive in right now. Joining me is marylands democratic congressman chris van holland, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget committee. Right now House Speaker boehner is telling reporters its time iffer the president as well as Senate Democrats that they need to do their job to avoid the sequester in itself. Whats your take on how this is going to all crack out . Is it going to go down to the wire . Well, thomas, first of all, the across the board sequester cuts will hurt the economy. Republicans have acknow
Headed in the right direction. And it will stay that way as long as there arent any more selfinflicted wounds coming out of washington. So lets keep on chipping away at this problem together, as democrats and republicans, to give our workers and our businesses the support that they need to thrive in the weeks and months ahead. The president s called for a fix of shortterm spending cuts and tax reform hit a brick on capitol hill. Politico reporting that obamas plan dead on arrival, and House Speaker john boehner was speaking on capitol hill, right now saying that his party plans to stand with the American People and we want to show you exactly what he had to say about that yesterday. On two occasions has passed a plan to replace the sequester. Its time for the Senate Democrats to do that work. Its time for the president to offer his ideas about how to replace the sequester. His first answer to everything is new taxes. And when you think about it, what happened in january, he got 600 bil
Hi, everyone. Oim tamron hall. Following breaking news. In about 30 minutes a Bipartisan Group of senators will lay out a framework for what could lead to comprehensive Immigration Reform by the end of this year. Chuck schumer, john mccain, dick durbin, marco rubio and bob menendez will discuss the plan. Well bring it to you live. Our First Read Team notes this is the first time senator mccain signed on to a priority of president obama. He takes the vision on the road to las vegas. But within the last hour, White House Press secretary jay carney confirmed the president would not unveil specific legislation. The plan unveiled today would be the first major immigration overhaul proposal in six years but one border state democrat congressman castro of texas say that is the devil is in the details. Weve got to make sure that those measurements, when we have determined that we have secured the border, that those measurements are objective. Otherwise you will have fights down the road where
Good saturday afternoon, im craig melvin. We are tracking the aftermath of the blockbuster snowstorm that socked the northeast. Heres how it looked from space. Check that out. Right now the storm is being blamed for at least five deaths. About 650,000 homes and businesses do not have power right now. Dozens of cars and drivers are still being rescued from the long island expressway in new york. Meanwhile, in plum island, massachusetts, homes are in danger of being swept right into the ocean given the high tide, combined with the howling wind and snow. Bostons mayor along with the governors of new york and connecticut are urging people to stay home. Its clear we still have a lot of work to do. Please stay home so we can allow our crews easy passage to the streets. Stay home, please, unless you have urgent business to be out on the roads. This is going to go on for a number of days. This will not all be done today. No rest for the weary, not even news reporters. I thought i would borrow