With msnbc. thank you for joining us tonight. you can follow our web page at msnbc.com, you can find all the information you need to donate money to the kind fund, kids in need of desks for schoolchildren in africa. countdown is up next. which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the first full day it of the republican house. they forget to swear in two members. they and the democrats read the constitution, except for the three-fifths and prohibition amendment and stuff. there s a nut job in their gallery. no person except a natural-born citizen or citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to be the office of president. neither shall except obama!
Of the constitution on the floor of the house, a screaming birther interrupted from the gallery shouting that the president was not qualified for office. you would dismiss the woman as a wing nut if not for 12 members of the congress were not also in the chamber reading the constitution. in our number one story, we learned a lot about our founding document today, like there was never a three-fifths compromise and prohibition never existed but it was repealed. and speaker boehner bailed out to hold his own news conference. it was billed as the first ever reading of the constitution on the floor house. before starting, jesse jackson jr. asked whether the reference to the three-fifths compromise would be read. the virginia republican who organized this reading informed him that portions of the constitution superseded by amendments would not be read. but representative john lewis would be asked to read the 13th amendment abolishing slavery.
The birther home website. another congressman, who is a tea partier and states rights tenther took the tenth amendment for himself. the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the people respectively or reserved to the states respectively or to the people. and a mighty roar goes up from the crowd. a smattering of applause. by the end of the reading, there were hardly any congressmen left. turns out a few pages stuck together. article four, section four had to return to read them. congress mike fitzpatricfitzpat of the who republicans who missed yesterday s swearing-in
Then here come the birthers. no person except a natural born citizen or citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to be the office of president. neither shall except obama! except obama! congressman joe wilson, your voice has changed. no, capitol police say the woman yelling was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct and disruption of congress. she was profiled last month by the birther home website. another congressman, who is a tea partier and states rights tenther took the tenth amendment for himself. the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to
Idea about the secrecy of this deal. robert reich, former labor secretary, as always, great thanks, sir. not tide detergent. not the tides foundation, not the forfolk tides of baseball s minor league. bill doesn t think anyone can explain why this happened. this is the woman who turned the republican readings of the constitution into a sham. dave weigel on the farce. and when rachel joins you, a look at the president s pick for the chief of staff.