I am erik schatzker. For am alix steel in stephanie ruhle. It feels like a wednesday. We are just getting started. It is time for the news feed. Richard kander is consolidating his pipeline empire. The pipeline so make it easier to grow. Viral content has gotten a 50 million investment. According to the New York Times 850 values buzz feed at million dollars. If it is famous for its lists like 15 things that can improve any day. They are branching out into video. The Parent Company of Bloomberg News is an investor. John kerry has pulled support for iraqi Prime Minister mailiki. He is not among the top three candidates that iraqis want to the next Prime Minister. Is the turkish strongman who test the limits of democracy as Prime Minister. Now he has a firmer grip on power. He won the first president ial election of this weekend. The victory promises change for turkey and parts of europe as well. Hans nichols is in istanbul. Let me start by asking you this question, why are people drawing
But first lets jump into some of the Biggest Senate races today. Good afternoon. I am krystal ball. As we come on the air, some 90 Million People are voting in what our team has characterized at the longest, most expensive, most talked out Midterm Election cycle in our history. Nbcs luke russert has managed to escape from capitol hill. Hes in west des moines, iowa. Luke, Senate Candidate republican Senate Candidate there joni ernst, one of the republicans top recruit this is cycle, what do you think is happening there today in the Hawkeye State . Reporter well, joni ernst is coming into election day with a lot of momentum. She had a sevenpoint lead with the Des Moines Register poll. Her opponent bruce braley made a series of missteps throughout the campaign. She seems to have capitalized on those. Whats really interesting is theres been this question about who cares more about people like me. Joni ernst in the Des Moines Register poll tested better that for a democrat to do is quite su
Called it tasteless, offensive and inflammatory. We start with chris jansing. The president is calling for new task force and federal funds for community policing. What details to you have . Reporter big focus on ferguson. Lets start with what happened in ferguson. A lot of people who at the time said, part of it is the militarization of local Law Enforcement that they get some of this surplus equipment, tanks, highpowered ammunition and guns, and programs through Homeland Security that give them funding and that it was too much. It added to the tension there and increased the level of violence. Well, we just got the results of a review of that. And the decision that is suggested is no change in the program. That the real problem is the way et cetera its carried out. Take a listen to josh earnest a short time ago. What is needed, however s much greater consistency in oversight of these programs. Primarily in how these programs are structured, how theyre implemented and how the programs
The Commanding Officer at gitmo shipped back stateside as the navy looks into whether he slept with a married woman whose husbands lifeless body was just pulled out of the sea. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We will begin with the sports lead. Youre looking right now at live pictures from Foxborough Gillette stadium, where any minute now, we will hear from one of the most recognizable figures in sports new England Patriots quarterback tom brady, about the scandal taking the air, pardon the pun, out of his teams countdown to the biggest game of the year the super bowl. Tom bradys expected to reveal what if anything he knew about his team using those deflated footballs during last sundays afc championship game versus the indianapolis colts. According to an espn report 11 of the 12 game balls used by the patriots did not have enough air in them presumably making it easier to throw the ball or to catch the ball. This morning, patriots head coach Bill Belichick made it
Unrealistic Wishful Thinking president obama told the nation last night that the shadow of crisis has past. That news came as quite a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to what has been happening around the world. All the president really offered last night was more taxes, more government more of the same approach that has failed the middle class for decades. There is not a lot of serious lawmakers can do with talking points designed specifically not to pass. I wish i had better news for you. But all is not well in america. America is adrift. What america desperately needs is new leadership. The president told the American Voters not only does he not hear their message, but he intends to do precisely the opposite. The new Republican Congress you elected is working to make washington understand that too. And with a little cooperation from the president , we can get washington working again. And despite those critics, the president is taking his message back out on the road