51vote sequester. The white house has had success so far but the signs are positive that hagel ultimately will be concerned, the question is how long and is there any possibility that hagel in the meechbt decides to step out and take himself out of the consideration, at least thats not what the white house wants. Big picture here, though, john, our First Read Team says this is a reminder for all future legislative fights and nomination battles. Well see over the next four years, lets stop pretending this will change any time soon. Meaning this particular strategy is something we will see perhaps in fights over universals background checks for guns. Even the prek for all children as all legislation as we move forward with this congress and this president as a dynamic could end up like were seeing now. Thats correct, tamron, but first of all we cant forget that democrats did defeat a nominee from for defense secretary before in john tower. But these two parties are in a state of more or
Has been filibustered. Forced to clear a 60 vote threshold. The president himself responded just minutes ago. Chuck hagel, who, by the way, was a member of the republican caucus, a colleague of all of these folks who the republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and others consistently praised when he was still in the senate, has two purple stars two purple hearts, was an extraordinary soldier, was the head of the u. S. O. , served on the senate floor relations committee. He is imminently qualified to be secretary of defense. And the notion that we would see an unprecedented filibuster, just about unprecedented. Weve never had a secretary of defense filibustered before. Theres nothing in the constitution that says that somebody should get 60 votes. The republican minority in the senate seemed to think that the rule now is that you have to have 60 votes for everything. Well, thats not the rule. The rule is that youre supposed to have a majority of the hundred senators vote on most bills. The fi
What the [ bleep ] is that . Thats a sweater fit for hanibal lechter. I once dressed up in plaid to match a horse. This is no match for these two dressed by scottish tourism. How much did they have to pony up for a sweater fit for a pony . Little less than 200 a horse. A bargain. The sweaters are hand washable. I dont want to sound insulting, but the sweaters make them look a little fat, dont you think . They are fat. Reporter who are you calling fat . Button your lip, lady. Jeanne moos, cnn. New york. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell. Its 8 00 who are here on the e coast. Thanks for starting your day with us. Bitterly cold, possibly deadly conditions for much of the northeast, midatlantic and the midwest. Tennessee valley and the carolinas also on ice and any reprieve well, could still be days away. Frigid air also is making life even tougher for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Many still dont even have basic utilities to heat their homes. National correspondent
Today at their winter meeting, the rnc chair Reince Priebus expected to drop a truth bomb on his party. Politico reporting hell lay out his plan for republican renewal. One that will change the rules but not the partys principles. And louisiana governor bobby jindal dished out his tough love prescription for fellow gopers last night. We have to stop being the stupid party. Its time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. Time for us to articulate our plans and visions for america in real terms. No secret we had a number of republicans who damaged the brand with offensive and bizarre comments. Im here to say weve had enough of that. Weve got to speak out against the stupidities. Weve got to stop being the stupid party and you start by disciplining your most stupid members. We have republicans speculating about the future. Democrats are speculating about four years from now adding fuel to the fire, news that president obama will appear jointly with outgoing secretary of state
Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell. Somebody can kidnap us. Live in washington where president obama just named his advisor Denis Mcdonough to run the white house from now owner where republicans are meeting in charlotte and planning a revival of the grand ole party. More on that in a moment. More for our daily fix. David gregory, moderator of meet the press, nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker and justice correspondent Pete Williams. A loot going on all fronts. Denis mcdonough, and news out of the white house on the secret service skrefgs in cart hana. Thats right. Andrea, well, ill first start with the breaking news. According to a source from the hill and also Law Enforcement source the Inspector General has finished its report on the secret Service Scandal and specifically the secret services own investigation into that scandal. We are told that that report will be sent to the hill a little later on today. It includes the agency did implement proper reforms. That is what we