Narrator Paul Gauguins life was the stuff of romantic fiction a tale as exotic and astonishing as his paintings. Born in france, he was raised in peru. A sailor in his teens, a stockbroker in his twenties, by the age of 35 he was a married father of four and a colltor of paintings he bought wo from Edouard Manet and the impressionists Camille Pissarro and edgar degas. And then, a plot twist. In 1882, seid by the desire to create rather than collect art, he cast it all away. Rejecting the fetters of bourgeois society, he began a search for artistic purity that would last r the rest of his life. He scoured the most remote areas of france and its colonies for subjects, restlessly scraping away the veneer of civilization to search for deeper truths and redefine the course of painting. And he died in poverty only to be widely recognized as a genius later generatis. But gauguiwas more than a character in his story. He was the creator of paul gauguin, the visionary artist and mythmaker. From
Our countrys best days lie ahead. There is nothing wrong in America Today that a change in leadership will not make happen. Doing it the best i can yeah doing the best i can i keep on doing it the best i can with that, rick perry becomes the 10th officially declared republican candidate for president. Im abby huntsman. As we come on the air, the gop field get larger again. Jeb bush nearly making it official on twitter with an announcement of his announcement that will come a week from monday. Donald trump and bobby jindal both making announcement after that. Hard to believe, but the field is significantly larger than it was four years ago. I was partial to the tall guy the left there. Perry entered that race as an instant frontrunner. This time hes just hoping he makes it on to the debate stage. Here with us with a rare appearance at the table is friend of the show, Jonathan Allen allen, chief political correspondent. Good to have you in person. Especially on a big day like today. Its
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
Wonderful, and they deserve at least 70 of the credit. They are extraordinary parents, thats for sure. As are you, my friend. To your sister, happy birthday. Lets goat et to the news. Im alex witt at msnbc World Headquarters. High noon in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Final preparations, both President Trump and kim jongun arriving in singapore ahead of the tsummit. And the g7 ending in disarray and the president s advisers calling it a betrayal. He really kind of stabbed us in the back. Theres a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in badfaith diplomacy with president donald j. Trump. Should have known better. What went wrong with one of americas closest allies . Thas shark tanks kevin oleary joins us to explain. Of course its been a state of breaking news all day today. The president has landed in singapore where he will prepare for tuesdays historic summit with kim jongun. The north Korean Leader arrived just a few hours earlier than the president , and upon ar