Congress. The president saying that wasnt something i made up. I did not pluck it out of thin air. There is a reason for it. He went on to say was far more than his credibility at stake in responding to the chemical weapons attack. A lot going on on capitol hill today. Members getting a closeddoor reefing. Briefing. Members spoke to reporters before they went in. We have the Ranking Member and the chairman for starting with senator bob corker. We will see. Of the things we want to be sure of is that every member has the opportunity to feel like they can affect this outcome in a meaningful way, so i think we have a very good starting point. I have been on the phone until late last night and beginning early this morning. Again, hopefully, we will have a good day today. I do think there is a push for people to have enough time to digest a couple things. Number one, the nuance of the legislation. To hear i think today, a full accounting from the administration as to what they really will a
Maybe not at all. Keep writing. You are making me book good with republicans. I love it. I learned that im in the minority in thinking we have shrinking deficits and thats good news. We need to worry about jobs. You are right in the minority. Do you have something fun . I could get a lot of hits, but my colleague said dont watch the state of the union. The numbers dont lie. The American People want something done and hopefully tonight that will begin. Very good and you know what, the republicans final word. Dont deny science. Democra democrats, dont deny math. Morning joe, a happy cheerful morning at all times. Stick around. Heres chuck. The state of the union is 12 hours away. They are putting final touches on the speech that can feel clintonian, a laundry yes of priorities. Strengthening the economy and add jobs. Responding for the republicans is marco rubio. This will surely be the biggest audience he has had. Thats mostly republican w. What message puts him on a path to give his ow
Now, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news desk. Good afternoon from the deck. First from the fox news deck this afternoon, president obama is expected to make the case for future air strikes in syria when he speaks to the nation in prime time tonight on this network. Thats according to officials talking about the president s plan to wipe out Islamic State terrorists, wipe them out. They say the president is not likely to announce any air strikes tonight, but instead, call for congress to arm the moderate rebels in syria. To fight the Islamic State on the ground. Moderate rebels in syria. Wonder who they are. Well get into that in a bit. President obama today held closeddoor meetings with the Vice President and top Security Advisors were told. The white house let cameras record the president through a window reportedly talking on the phone with the saudi King Abdullah. Saudi arabia is one of several nations to which the United States is now looking for support in fighting the
The center for Public Integrity provide us with a new timeline as to when the Trump Administration moved to suspend military assistance to ukraine. This is important. They include, one, that White House Budget Office official Michael Duffy said to a top pentagon official on july 25th, just 90 minutes after President Trump finished his call with ukraines president. Duffy wrote in that email, based on the guidance i have received and in light of the administrations plans to review assistance to ukraine, please hold off on any Additional Defense Department obligations of these funds pending direction from that process. The White House Budget Office responded to nbc news in a statement. It is reckless to tie the hold of funds to a phone call, as has been established and publiclyreported, the hold was announced in an interagency meeting on july 18th. All right. For more on this, lets go straight to nbcs Heidi Przybyla. Heidi, tell me where the information weve learned from these documents f
A new biography of a man who was arguably Labour’s most antisemitic leader has provoked something of a discussion about the roots of imperialist ideology in the British Labour movement.
The twice turncoat Lord Adonis, now readmitted to the parliamentary Labour Party after a mid-career defection to the Coalition Liberal Democrats which torpedoed a Labour election bid, is the author of Ernest Bevin, Labour’s Churchill.
Bevin was a key figure in the building of the Transport and General Workers Union and was minister in the wartime Churchill government and in the postwar Labour administration of Clement Attlee.
As leader of one of Labour’s most powerful affiliates Bevin was a power in the land and in Labour’s affairs. His brutal 1935 conference execution of Labour’s left-wing pacifist leader George Lansbury finds an echo in Starmer’s present day assault on Corbyn’s moral standing.