We have a battle between President Trump and joe biden that is escalating by the minute. The president going after biden this morning after he was leaving the white house and the former Vice President appearing in public for the First Time Since the controversy over his behavior erupted a week ago. I want you to know i had permission to hug lonny. I dont know. [ applause ] any way. Joining me now nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker. You were out on the south lawn when you were asking the president today about this twitter war that erupted yesterday between him and joe biden. The president launching this by taking a parody that had been done by a prolific altright youtuber mocking biden by taking his own video he put out and twisting it. Well show is that in a moment. The president tweeting it out. Biden tweeting back im glad youre on the job and acting president ial as usual what did the president have to say . Reporter he was defiant. He was asked if hes the right messenger t
blow. even senator number one goal is to defeat obama, mcconnell thinks it is a long shot. if you thought it was good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, i would say odds are still on your side because it is a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it. in the first place. senator mcconnell knows that repealing the affordable care act is against the odds. but don t believe for one second that the gop will end their tax. it is only getting started. republican governors are already pushing back at medicaid expansion in their states. widening the program will provide insurance to 17 million of the country s poorest citizens. seems like a winning proposition. right? and so does this. the federal government will foot the bill for 90% of the program. why would any governor turn away money to help the people they represent? anyone? think about adding millions, 16, 17 million americans into an unrefined medicaid program. growing government health ca
this is a disaster. but it is a man-made disaster. americans will suffer because the gop can t stop playing partisan politics. jinx me is congresswoman edwards, democrat from maryland. joan walsh, editor-at-large for salon.com. and msnbc political analyst. first thing, both of you thank you for being here. thank you. thank you. congresswoman, let me start with you. do you think that the gop is playing politics by refusing to implement parts of the law? well, i mean, they must be. i mean, it is really unfortunate and actually pretty unbelievable that in states like louisiana that have some of the, you know, most people across the country per capita who are uninsured. some of the poorest people in the country that governor like governor jindal would say we are going to refuse the federal dollars that would help these people be insured and i think that once americans across these states and other states really understand what the benefits are and understand what their
nation primary state of new hampshire. but former utah governor john huntsman is trailing in that critical state while rival mitt romney is enjoying a solid lead. john huntsman is joining us from salt lake city. governor, thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. it s an honor to be with you. let s talk about mitt romney a little bit. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says, romney, supposedly the republican most lektable next november, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable, he might endanger gop chances of capturing the senate. republicans may have found their michael dukakis, a tech know democratic massachusetts governor who takes his bearings from data. do you agree with george will on that? well, those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is a time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for le
we ll tell you what exactly is happening here a lit later in the show but first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock. a breakthrough in europe just within the last several hours as leaders agree on a rescue plan to prevent a greek default that could have brought down the continent. the headline in today s wall street journal reads eu forges greek bond deal. it comes at a heavy price. the nuts and bowls of this deal we bring in becky meehan live in london. reporter: the world had been waiting are to it looking to see how europe will get out of this sovereign debt crisis. it s being taken well by the markets because equity markets right around the world are getting a bump up but here are some of the details what s going on. holders of these greek sovereign bond also have to take a 50% haircut as they say basically giving up 50% of the debt they are owed by greece, still we are yet to see the details hammered out. let s not get too excited. that s the plan. also won