Friend or perhaps starting her journey to the white house. Is texas senator ted cruz far behind . There are two levels of filters that should prevent this from happening again. Also ahead, a florida judge speaks out about the killers who allegedly forged his name to escape prison. What he says about missed warning signs as the allout manhunt stretches into the weekend. Plus, gone and forgotten, the tangled lines of responsibility leaving some in Colorado Living in virtual ghosttowns that look like the wild west. And also this afternoon, blocking cyberbullies. Right now, a group of computer hackers is Building Tools that can detect harassment as it happens. Its todays big idea. A whole lot to get to. We start on the Campaign Train where Hillary Clinton is about to take the stage. Shes campaigning for Terry Mcauliffe. Its her First Political event since she left the state Department Last year. Casey hunt is in falls church, virginia for us on a saturday afternoon. Heres the thing. Normal
With the approach of halloween, the season of ghosts, spooks and pranks is upon us. Among them, the Republican Party line on the Affordable Care act and its impact on jobs and Economic Growth. And in case you need a recap, heres senator marco rubio earlier today. Obviously, i believe it should be repealed and replaced. But one of the most fundamental powers and responsibilities of members of congress is to fund things or not fund things. And i certainly dont believe we should be funding an Insurance Law thats going to do so much harm to the American Dream and to the american economy. Yes, that was the grand rationale that led to the Great American Government Shutdown of 2013. You know, the one that cost the nation 24 billion in lost economic productivity. And, by the way, some people think it was done brilliantly. The shutdown was so magnificent, run beautifully. Im so proud of these republicans. And that is because they have branded the Republican Party as the anti obama care party. Y
Visited nearly 20 million times. Does that indicate that perhaps that this is less of a mouse and that republicans are overstating the problem . The washington establishment sold the American People down the river. It provided no relief for the millions of people who are hurting because of obama care. Forget it, junior, you have no credibility anymore. Have a little bit of self restraint. The essence of the law is working just fine. The Health Insurance thats being provided is good. Thats what the Affordable Care act is all about. This cant be the new normal. After a 16day Government Shutdown, the country is open for business, finally. And lets call it like it is. Republicans flatout failed in their effort to kill obama care, and prevent over 30 million americans from having access to Affordable Health care. But folks are finding it hard to forget the 24 billion price tag on their latest temper tantrum. And trust me, that money could have gone to good use in my native city of detroit,
Cruz is worse. The same senator that nominated the defense secretary was taking money from north korea now decrees what part of this country are in and which parts are out. Which parts are american and which parts arent. This is mccarthyism at large. Disagree with this guy and be prepared for the accusations. We are witnessing the greatest challenge to progressives and reasonable conservatives. Its an indictment against the great majority of americans. To compromise he says is bad. To oppose his brand of right wing politics is to stand accused by him of being unamerican. Cruz returned to his supporters this weekend where he got shouts of approval saturday night from his most fervent backers. Here he is drawing the line between him and his following senators. All the people represented in washington. Having spent the past month up in d. C. , it is really great to be back in america. Howard fineman of the Huffington Post and david corn of mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts.
And on the occasion of president obamas trip to denver to sign that stimulus bill to try to save the economy, they staged a rally called barack obama you dont know stimulus. It had a name. And i say it was a staged rally because it was organized by americans for prosperity, which put out a call on conservative networks for people to show up in costume pig noses and carrying giant checks. It was a staged protest with help from the tea party group, americans for prosperity. They staged these in states around the country, not always with pig noses. At the rally in virginia, you can see the supposedly grassroots angry commoners all showed one preprinted americans for prosperity signs. Also that year, americans for prosperity tried the same kind of colorbynumbers prefab protests on energy issues. They called it their hot air tour. A supposedly Grassroots Movement against the whole idea that Global Warming might be a real thing. 2009 was the year when joe the plumber was still briefly famous