This morning my question as tina fey and amy poehler take the stage tonight, are we in a golden era for women in comedy . Plus, when it comes to education is no boys allowed the next best thing for girls . And the mother who lost her son to gun violence twice. First, want to know what joe biden plans to do about the guns . Me, too. Im going to ask his son. Good morning. Im m i im Melissa Harrisperry. Bidens report to the president comes a week after meetings in search of some Common Ground among all the sides of the gun control debate. The usual suspects, firearm retailers including a reluctant walmart, gun violence survivors who shared their firsthand experiences, gun control proponents and gun control opponents pushing for expanded rights. The de facto leader of that opposition, the National Rifle association issued a statement after their sitdown with the Vice President. Their solution . To dig in deeper on the all guns all the time ideology and put armed guards in every american sc
Instead of one big, mysterious country called the ussr, the world got 15 new countries. Armenia, azerbaijan, belarus, georgia, kazakhstan, latvia, ukraine, uzbekistan, russia, of course russias the biggest. The second largest is kazakhstan. And if there is one thing thats maybe even more amazing, looking back at that time and the fact that the u. S. Had no idea it was all coming, the only thing that competes with our ignorance for being as unbelievable in retrospect is the story of what happened to all the freaking Nuclear Weapons over there once that country spun apart. Kazakhstan alone, if kazakhstan alone had just held on to the Nuclear Weapons that they had on their territory once they became an independent country, they would have become the fourth Largest Nuclear armed state in the world. But they decided when they became independent that they did not want Nuclear Weapons. They had tons of them, but they voluntarily gave up all of those Nuclear Weapons. They gave up being a Nucle
By all accounts tonight begins a meet or break week for the nomination fight. Two big question, the first question is the Ted Cruz John kasich collusion, as donald trump likes to call it. Is it unraveling . Our latest nbcs tracking polls showing donald trump is tracking that critical 50 mark. The other question is Bernie Sanders last stand. Hes not going down quietly. Now, he appears to have a new cheer leader. Donald trump moments ago, trying to stir up trouble tweeting he should show them and run as an independent. Well check in with our msnbcs teams camped out at p l polling locations. We start with nbcs halie jackson. Hes in minneapolis. John kasich said that he wont tell people for whom to vote, how is the Cruz Campaign explaining that this afternoon . Reporter well, we are here from cruz himself, craig. Even though cruz is not out visibly on camera. Hes over at the hooser gym about 40 minutes away from us for his rally this evening. Hes doing a bunch of radios. One of his shows h
Senator for a grand total of three months, elected in 1948, sworn in on new years eve. And then he dropped dead in march. A that was it. That was his whole time in the senator. And before people got used to the idea they had a senator named joseph brotten, the voters didnt get to replace him. The governor got to replace him. It was an open seat. The governor of North Carolina decided to look to a very prominent North Carolina citizen to take brottens senate seat. He decided to give it to the president of the university of North Carolina. And the president of the university of North Carolina at that time, 1949, was a really interesting guy. He came from an academic background, he had been a history professor, but was a very politically skilled guy. When he became president of unc, he got lots of funding and made a lot of impacts. There was previously a quota of the number of jews that they would accept at the school. But when he came president , he drafted the jew quota. He was unexpect
He says he did not concede anything and a permanent deal isnt going to be easy. He says if he doesnt get one with a wall included by february 15, back to square one we go, another shutdown or National Emergency declaration. Also this morning, the president criticizing the russia probe after he saw roger stone get in indicted by Robert Mueller and arrested. So the good news as youre waking up, it is the first day after 35 that the government is open. The president making it clear the border wall fight is not over. Cnn White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joins us live. Sarah, what are we hearing from the president . He is active on twitter, saying it is not a concession. Reporter thats right, victor. President trump is defending his decision to back down on the border wall fight, hinting that one way or another when the next three weeks is up, he plans to have a border wall. But despite remaining defiant the past few weeks that the government wouldnt reopen until he got funding for his w