Then the u. S. Punishes north korea for the sony cyber attack. Is it enough . Senator Robert Menendez on the new sanctions. And a new year a new gop congress. I had hoped to make hup a oneterm president and he hoped to defeat me last fall. Senator Mitch Mcconnell returns to washington as majority leader. He tells us what he has in mind for divided government. Plus two new members of the house join the senate responsible opreservinging the hard won republican majority. And a congressmans satirical novelty on the nsa surveillance program. How much of it is real isnt it this is state of the union. Good morning from washington the funeral for new York City Police officer wenjin liu begins in two hours. Ley iu and his partner, rafael ramos were murdered two weeks ago by a man claiming retaliation for the killings of unarmed black men in ferguson, missouri and new york city. Police officers from around the country are in new york to pay respects to their fallen comrade. We want to go now to
Conservative gop lawmakers have on the country . Im chuck todd. Joining me for insight and analysis are Eugene Robinson of the washington post, my colleague at nbc andrea mitchell, Helene Cooper of the New York Times and rich lauer, editor of national review. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good morning. One huge story has dominated the news this week. Its the aftermath of the grand jury decision in ferguson. Last night we learned that Police Officer Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson Police force. Wilson submitted a Resignation Letter in which he said he wanted to stay on but that the safety of other Police Officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. It is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. Theres a lot of healing that needs to be done. This morning we are going to focus on Race Relations in this country, almost threequarters of the way through president obamas historic president. In a moment i will be joined by Deval Patrick o
And what impact will younger and more conservative gop lawmakers have on the countriment. Im chuck todd and with me to provide analysis are Eugene Robinson of the washington post, and my colleague Andrea Mitchell and rich lauer editor of the national review. With welcome to meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. One huge story has dominated the this week, a it is the aftermath of that grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri. We learned that Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson Police force. He submitted a Resignation Letter that said he wanted to stay on, but the safety of other Police Officers and the community are of paramount importance to me, and there is a lot of healing that needs to be done. And almost three quarters of the way through president Barack Obamas historic presidency, there is a lot of healing that needs to be done. We will be joined by governor patrick patrick, Deval Patrick and a panel to discuss the issue. There is not a Latino America or bl
Hospital. Also this, debate club, the threat from donald trump and ben carson that could upset this entire race. Were going to begin with lamar odoms fight for life. Joining me is meta world peace, a friend and former teammate of lamar odom. How are you doing . Doing okay under these circumstances, a little unfortunate. On behalf of southside queens, artie cox, we support lamar, his real true friends. My brothers there in the hospital across the street. He cant get in the hospital, just wanting to be as close to lamar as possible. You said youre from queens, you guys grew up together playing ball. Talk to me more, meta, about those early days with lamar. I love lamar. When i first saw lamar, he was a little shorter than me and then i remember him just shooting past me. Th we joined the same teams. Then when he was 11, 12 years old, we joined Brooklyn Church express. We all got drafted at the same time and were on the same team let me tell the viewers. You posted this throwback photo on
Preston, david gergen and david madden. Good evening to you. Kevin, you first. Donald trump and mitt romney had this dinner and there were still four finalists far from a lock for mitt romney. You know him well. Why does he want this job so badly to be part of the trump administration, given all of the bad blood and attacks coming from trumps inner circle . Well, again, i think his interest is driven by a sense of duty. I think that he believes that he has insights to offer on a lot of the Foreign Policy and National Security challenges that this administration will face and that he can offer some experience and wisdom in that regard and hes pledged, like many others interested in his cabinet, to help this president elect enact his agenda and that would be, again, a Guiding Force for him as well as a potential secretary of state. Diverse opinions is not new but whats new is its being aired publicly. Running campaigns and being criticized as a governor and candidate, i dont think it aff