this bill. all right. senator cardin, democrat from maryland and on the middle of two big issues talking about joining us today. thanks very much. happy friday. my pleasure. good to be with you. coming up this sunday on meet the press, david gregory talks with senators mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer on the upcoming elena kagan confirmation hearings. plus probably a little bit about the kentucky senate. check your local listings. coming up, who is the latest washington politician to be subpoenaed in the rod blagojevich case? plus, in today s decision 2010, it s the top ten primaries to watch as we gear up for supersenate tuesday. first, washington speak. the cuts camera. the network pool usually sends two cameras to presidential events. one covers the head-on soft president. the other is the cuts camera. we like to think of these as the
back. no. well, nbc s mike viqueira traveled with the president yesterday and joins us from the white house this morning. so, the president trying to show congressional democrats that he will attack republicans for them. it s funny these appearances are a bit of a paradox for the president. he attacks. in these speeches he attacks and elsewhere, the venality of the partisan tone in washington and how everybody needs to talk to each other instead of at each other and in. but if you re paying $30,000 a couple to sit and listen to the president and other house democratic officials talk about the great job they re doing, you re right, you stole my line. he s got to serve up a little bit of red meat along with it he
showing up and letting the nra know about it. mark murray on top of this. i already made the promise about the supreme court questionnaire. hint, hint. thanks very much. thanks. all right. up next, the president s supreme court nominee getting praise from skeptical senators on capitol hill but not commitments yes for a yes vote. coming up on the daily rundown interview with senator ben cardin. plus, tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan. nothing a little garden stroll in georgetown can t cure, right? we ll take stock of karzai s visit this week to washington. a look ahead at the president s schedule today as we told youyer, he s going to be making some remarks about the oil spill where he ll be lecturing everybody involved potentially, including the government and bp. you re watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. for strong bones, i take calcium.
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