Long while in tearful prayer. Plus, Nancy Writebol talking about her remarkable recovery. I do remember, as i was put on that airplane, i dont even know if im going to make it to the u. S. I dont even know if im going to see my dear husband again. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell live in new york today. President obama is on his way to wales where the military alliance will talk about Vladimir Putins aggression in ukraine. They will also talk about the growing threat of isis in the aftermath of a brutal murder of Steven Sotloff. President obama vowed to destroy isis. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, our reach is long and justice will be served. Richard engel is live in pantuka, turkey. The rhetoric is not matching the strategy so far. Is there a gap here . The gap is very wide. Everyone knows where isis lives. U. S. Special Operation Forces have a pretty good idea where mo hostages are held. They are in syria. And right now there
Appointments as he launches an attack on a un yen leader on twitter. The twitter the basis of it was that the union leader called trump a liar about the carrier deal. Now he says the president , also over reacted to what he said. Were just 43 days away from trumps inauguration. Weve got it all covered for you. Lets begin with cnn National Correspondent Sunlen Serfaty live in washington. The president is still the president elect but hes already seeming to do the job isnt he . Thats right, chris. He has been lining up a flurry of announcements last 24 hours. Making some big picks here for key roles in his administration. But trump is also taking his time, taking to twitter getting into a war of words with a local union leader critical of trumps claims over jobs he actually saved at carrier. President elect donald trump naming two more hardliners to his cabinet. Elevating Climate Change denier, and fierce epa critic, Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruitt, to run the agency. There were a
It with trumpcare. Ill call it trumpcare if you want to but i didnt hear President Trump say to any of us, hey, i want my name on that. The president met at the white house today with representatives of conservative groups who oppose the bill and is set to sit down next week with members of the House Freedom caucus, many of whom are vowing not to vote for it. Tonight he was scheduled to have dinner with senator ted cruz who said the current version of the bill cannot pass as well as cruzs wife heidi whose appearance trump insulted during the campaign prompting cruz to deem trump a sniveling coward. More on that in a bit. People trying to sell the bill have fallen back on a crucial claim their bill must pass regardless of any flaws because obamacare is on a path to implosion. Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight right now. Plans are pulling out right now. Obamacare, to quote an insurance head of an insurance company, is in a death spiral. Obamacare is going to collapse on its ow
Investigation whatsoever. Another deluge of questions over the president s baseless wiretap claims with former cia director Michael Hayden. And trump protests return on International Womens day. You know what . The women get it better than we do folks. As the president dines with the cruz family. Heidi cruz is coming through and im wondering if the plans has to apologize to her . Well all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, President Trump is, in the words of his press secretary, in full sell mode trying to push what many in his own party think is a bad product on skeptical buyers. Hes already done it with trump steaks, hes done it with trump university, now hes got to do it with trumpcare. Ill call it trumpcare if you want to but i didnt hear President Trump say to any of us, hey, i want my name on that. The president met at the white house today with representatives of conservative groups who oppose the bill and is set to sit down next week with members o
Tonight by the Kennedy Family in hyannisport. As soon as we can bring you more information on that we will bring it during the hour. But go on now to the news of the week in the president ial campaign, beginning with a very simple fact. President s dont debate. But president ial candidates have to debate in order to win the presidency. A job where they then will not have to debate. Most american president s have been elected without ever debating. Debates do not actually test the skills necessary to be president. And most of the political news media does not seem to realize that. And i will have much more to say about that at the end of this hour. And about how we can improve debates and the work that you actually have to do as a viewer and voter when you are watching the debates. It shouldnt be a passive exercise. You should be listening and thinking and ignoring much of what happens in president ial debates, especially the games sometimes played by some of the moderators. And this we