Create jobs. The golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. Those are facts. If you ever raise taxes on the rich, youre going to destroy our economy. Not true jennifer an International Story caught my attention and to me its really troubling. In ireland a 31yearold woman went to the hospital in extreme pain. Turned out she was pregnant. She was told that her baby would not survive and she would miscarry. They said that would take only a few hours. She was in terrible pain for three days until the baby eventually died in his or her womb. During that threeday period she asked doctors to terminate the pregnancy several times. Begged them because it was so painful and the baby was going to die. They told her because ireland is a catholic country, its illegal to abort a fetus with a detectable heartbeat. After the miscarriage the womans only health continued to deteriorate. She was then put in
Under assault as of late. Obama when they go after the u. N. Ambassador apparently because they think shes an easy target, then theyve got a problem with me. Jennifer alrighty then. Things under control here. Well just get on back to our regularly scheduled programming. Previously on capitalcapitol affair. Obama general petraeus had an extraordinary career. He serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c. I. A. People are innocent until proven guilty. Jennifer thats president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of fourstar general petraeus. He has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy wondering what happened to the fellow who could do no wrong. But as tonights first guest points out generals are human too. Thomas ricks is a Pulitzer Prize author of the generals. Welcome inside the war room. Very appropriate. Jennifer youve known petraeus for a very long time, for 15 years. Since he was a colonel. J
America quite as warming as the annual president ial turkey pardon. As a matter of fact there are two turkeys that the president pardoned today. The first, the backup, and insert your joke in the pardoning here. But were doing our own tyt pardon. Im joined by brett erlich Jayar Jackson michael and tricia rose here for our turkey from the turkey farm. The first turkey is newt gringrich. This is what he had to say this year making him the turkey. Youre going to be the nominee. Im going to be the nominee. Im going to be the nominee. Michael it speaks for himself. You dont even have to put him on a turkey head. We move to sarah palin. Look at the background in this clip. I dont think it has changed me at all. I have the same values and convictions, im just a greater probation for what other candidates go through. Its pretty brutal. Michael thats alaskas former governor in front of a turkey slaughter. With sarah palin i think that she you know, she did that whole thing where there was no di
Should this turkey be safe . I dont think it will change me at pull. The same values and convictions and same policies. Sarah palin is just one of our turkeys. Well have a lot of fun. Its gobel, gobel time. Michael big story around the country is the fact that walmart wanted to open their stores at 8 00 thanksgiving tomorrow, and the workers are fed up with it. Here is a little bit of a story about that. Workers at 1,000 Walmart Stores are planning to walk off the job upset that they have to work on thanksgiving. The stores slated to open 8 00 p. M. Were just demanding respect. Michael you know thats from abc news joined again today luckily tricia rose professor at brown university, and Michael Hastings buzzfeed, rolling stone, and probably going to write another book. The book is going to come out next month. Michael i want to show you how this is being treated. We go to fox news, and the lovely michelle malkin. We really need to understand that these big labor thugs do not have worke
To ten official balls four years ago. Jennifer wow whats the theme . Every inauguration has some sort of theme, and how in this case has the theme been made manifest. Theyll look at faith in the future. Its going to be a lot about Martin Luther king jr. Its the same weekend that the country celebrates him and his leadership. And so when we talked to a lot of people there is a nod and expected to be some omage paid to dr. King. Jennifer thats really cool. Why are there going to be two swearing in ceremonies . Its different. Usually this does not happen. There have been a couple of other instances when it dates back to the fact that they have two swearing ins. Its because constitutionally the inauguration or the swearing in of a president is supposed to be january 20th. This year that falls on a sunday, so theyre having a small ceremony that will be private. There is press that is allowed. That was clear earlier. And then the big Inauguration Day with the pomp and circumstance that we th