Go on tv as a political expert. Only in america canz1n÷ you do. See you monday, special reports up next. A president who campaigned six years ago on the promise of getting americans out of the middle east is sending more into the line of fire. Three days after his party lost job with this announce never came up. And on a friday afternoon, with the paper statement, president obama authorized another influx of up to 1,500 u. S. Trainers and advisors, socalled noncombat troops to help iraqi forces against an Islamic State group that has ripped through much of that country and neighboring syria. We have fox team coverage
tonight, ed henry is at the white house and has reaction, but we begin with National Security correspondent at the pentagon with new marching orders. Hello, jennifer. Good evening, bret, the pentagon reiterated that the u. S. Troops deploying to iraq will not be engaged in combat. The president approved a Defense Department request to send up to 1,500 u. S. Troops on the
You cant correct their wrong by doing wrong yourself. We cant fight reckless violence by being reckless and violent ourselves. We must become the change we seek as gandhi challenged us. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. No quick solution in iraq. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im steve ko rnacki. The u. S. Finds itself again entangled in iraq. Al malaki has thrown the government into a state of chaos. Hes refusing to seek power and has immobilized the iraqi army which is now surrounded with special forces and tanks. Today a new Prime Minister to replace malaki as the new government prepares to dislodge him. At the same time, u. S. Military action against the Insurgent Group in iraq known as isis continues to escalate. The u. S. Launched at least 11 rounds of air strikes against isis including four just today. Senior military official is now saying air strikes alone will not stop isiss advances. Late today president obama addressed the growing crisis fro
54 of you picked that one. 12 named Debt Reduction and another 13 named immigration. And another 14 said voting rights. 18 of politics nation said other. The minimum wage was a popular writein here as well. Thanks for voting and you keep the conversation going on our Facebook Page and twitter. And thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. A special election edition of hardball starts right now. Catching Mitch Mcconnell, lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with tonights bik electoral contest, leading off with the two state where is the
democrats had the best chance to snatch u. S. Senate seats now held by republicans. Those contests in kentucky and georgia could end up as this years big democratic morale boosters. Both being contested by women with impressive political roots in their state, the kind of strong name and family idea that could help them withstand what threatens otherwise to be a brutal november. In kentucky, Allison Grimes at the age
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Resource. Great to have you on the ed show as we continue our coverage. That is the ed show. Politics with reverend al sharpton continues here on our coverage on msnbc. Good evening ed. Thanks to you for tuning in. We start with breaking news. Rush hour in the blizzard of 2015. Commuters making their way home as a dangerous storm slams the northeast bringing high winds, whiteout conditions and possible record snowfalls. About 29 Million People across 250 miles are under some form of weather advisory from new jersey all the way to maine. With two two to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Five states have declared emergencies. Officials are closing roads. Public Transportation Systems as well. With new york city subway and buses shutting down at 11 00 p. M. The message to residents, dont take this storm lightly. This is a different kind of storm than weve a had before. This is the first weather event of this magnitude of this season thank goodness. This is a top storm. We should