The stage was crowded, the debate was long, but it was all in all a useful tour of the political landscape, an expo situation of what the candidates believe the republican primary voters are interested in and what they want in the next president. G. O. P. Debate night two, its the inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Sometimes not paying close attention to the details helps you out. In the midst of last nights g. O. P. President ial debate, i looked up at the clock and realized that nearly two and a half hours had gone by in a blink. Now that its over, did it accomplish any of the goals the campaigns might have set out for it. Do you have a better idea what the candidates are for and against, what the really will do if they ever become president. Whether they are cool, engaged, distant or easily rattled. David shuster watched from beginning to end just in case you were not among the more than 20 Million People who tuned in. Reporter at the region library, the candidate
Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Sometimes not paying close attention to the details helps you out. In the midst of last nights g. O. P. President ial debate, i looked up at the clock and realized that nearly two and a half hours had gone by in a blink. Now that its over, did it accomplish any of the goals the campaigns might have set out for it. Do you have a better idea what the candidates are for and against, what the really will do if they ever become president. Whether they are cool, engaged, distant or easily rattled. David shuster watched from beginning to end just in case you were not among the more than 20 Million People who tuned in. Reporter at the region library, the candidates mentioned the former president more than a dozen times. I think i actually flew on this plane with Ronald Reagan when i was a congressman. Reporter the political world though is far different than 30 years ago when reagan urged republicans not to attack each other, and this group, hit hard. Fi
The state of my union is im drowning in Student Loans, and i would love for them to be pard d. The state of my union is im out of work. I have been out for a year now. I dont have a state of my union at this point. Things are okay, and nothing unexpected. Youre looking live at capitol hill, where president obama will give his final it state of the Union Address in 2 and a half hours from now. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Tonight, the president will tell the congress and the country his assessment of the way that things are going. One of those moments in history, where you could make a plausible nonpartisan case for a gloomy forecast, and rankandfile americans are consistent on their opinion. Low unemployment and low gas, the San Bernardino shootings, roll obamacare, terror attacks and war in the middle east, contributing to pessimism. Before the dueling applause lines, and before the commentary on the first ladys guests in the gallery, which Supreme Court members decided not
Among them dallas, houston, orlando, and detroit. Kathleen sebelius is expected to step in the line of fire last week but last night came to the president s defense in a new primetime interview. First knew that there was a problem . Well, i think it became clear fairly early on. The first couple of days. So not before that, though . Not before october 1st there was no concern at that point in the white house or at hhs . I think that we talked about having testing going forward. The final front four, the appointment of the new glitch czar, omb director jeff zientz will lead the socalled tech surge. David axelrod had this advice for zientz and the white house on the last word. As im sure they are kicking a bunch of folks in the butt every day to make sure that what needs to be done is being done. Kicking folks in the put. Nbc White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joins me now. Peter, we just heard that Kathleen Sebelius saying that the president was not aware of the websites problems
Her and her husband are about to find out if theyre having a boy or girl live right here on today monday, december 24th, 2012. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on this monday morning, Christmas Eve. Im Natalie Morales. Im willie geist. Matt and savannah have the day off. The treat is lit up. We couldnt resist coming out and spending time with all these people that came out on a chilly morning. Thats right. A the lot of folks, of course, traveling these holidays as weve heard. Unfortunately, there are storms out west and also down in the south that give travelers a cause for concern. Well go live to the nations Busiest Airport and get a first look. Congress is taking a break here and they have that fiscal cliff deadline looming and gun control. Two highranking senators saying over the weekend about the fiscal cliff more likely a deal wont be met in time. Well get into that. A pi