building pipelines, particularly in the united states think about this. geographically the pipeline stretches from canada through the united states all the way down to texas. that s a heck of a lot of geography to say it s only going to create 6,500 jobs besides the fact the state department is biased observer having deferred this decision until next year after the election is over. i m not so sure rhonda, with all due respect they re no more biased than a report that was written by that was asked for by transcanada. transcanada paid for it. that s where we re getting these wacky, 10,000, 20,000 numbers. i would love to ask the u.s. labor department, who is in charge of jobs and the economy in the united states, to estimate how much jobs they think it s going to create. rhonda, let me ask you, you mentioned national security. sorry, that was alicea menendez before. its alex wagner again. is the environment, global warming and climate change, not also an issue of national
describe it. that s very mild compared to what these poor people are suffering. it s hideous and sad. the level of pathos n these images cannot be overstated, and i will say when this show ends, you should see the control room, the staff on the set, similar outpouring of grief every day. bring it back in can it be two hours? reverent al says he wants that in brooklyn when he dies. never mind. we don t look forward to it. we hope it never happens. thanks again to hugo, alicea, maggie, and sam. that s all for now. i ll be back tomorrow at noon eastern and, of course, you can always follow us on twitter @nowwithalex. chris cillizza is in today for andrea. how goes it? it goes well. a roll lickiicking good time on now with alex set. coming up chuck today jotodd
focused exclusively on president obama. didn t talk about other republicans. and i think that reflects an extraordinarily high degree of confidence in the romney campaign. i quoted a senior adviser in a column i wrote last week as saying he could not see a scenario in which mitt romney was not the nominee. that is partly because they believe the field is so weak. it s also partly because they think romney is rising, that he s rekofcovered from the gingh surge. even if he doesn t win iowa, they only see one other possible winner here and that s ron paul, who they don t think has any chance of being the republican nominee. it could actually be a win for him either way. but i think that they are probably right. he is in a pretty good position to finish first here and if not finishing first, he s in a strong position to finish second. either one of these things is good news forç mitt romney. john, one of the things you mentioned in that article, mitt romney better lucky than
nomination contest where he focused exclusively on president obama. didn t talk about other republicans. and i think that reflects an extraordinarily high degree of confidence in the romney campaign. i quoted a senior adviser in a column i wrote last week as saying he could not see a scenario in which mitt romney was not the nominee. that is partly because they believe the field is so weak. it s also partly because they think romney is rising, that he s rekofcovered from the gingh surge. even if he doesn t win iowa, they only see one other possible winner here and that s ron paul, who they don t think has any chance of being the republican nominee. it could actually be a win for him either way. but i think that they are probably right. he is in a pretty good position to finish first here and if not finishing first, he s in a strong position to finish second. either one of these things is good news forç mitt romney. john, one of the things you mentioned in that article, mi
obama. a chastened president showed up, a press conference today, clearly torn. he believes that everything he has done is right. he just doesn t think he s been understood by the public. he is frustrated. he needed to show contrition. he couldn t quite get it altogether. because, you know what, yesterday was a dark, dismal day for the white house across the board, election rejection. on the other hand, i was actually quite disappointed, because i kept thinking, come out with a little spring in your step, rally the troops. you know, i wanted him to come out and be a little bit why not be a little bit humorous? so i ve written his script for him. let s see it. he comes out, a little spring, he says, okay, god didn t give me big ears for nothing, i heard you. he heard the american people, they spoke, and i listened, how about that? i don t know. let me tell you, i haven t been quite there, but i know what it s like when things aren t going well. it s hard to get a jok