K the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. They know that im not bsing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. When the democrats are wrong, they know that im going to be the first one to call them out. They can question whether im right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. Announcer on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. Bill its 25 minutes after the hour now. A lot of outrage big editorial in the New York Times blasting john boehner for delaying the vote on no reason to do it. Theyre not delaying the vote on relief, of course for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. What do they need more . They need more evidence there was a lot of damage done there. Havent they been watching television . Maybe they should have gotten on the plane with president obama and toward the area with governor christie. By the way, i was reminded
Children safe. We believe that every parent ought to be able to be comfortable knowing that their children are safe and if that requires armed security, its as good for the working man as it is for the president. Joining me from washington is nbc news capital hill correspondent kelly odonnell. Linds yay graham, his im confident that there will be bipartisan opposition and then roy blunt says that this is the president trying to curbs the rights of middle class americans. Reporter certainly we dont expect anything coming from the republicanled house so the pressure really falls on the senate democrats. And what we expect is that when they come back next week, of course we have got the inauguration and then senior aides tell us they plan to meet with the democrats within the senate to talk about the president s proposals and to try to figure out what is their best plan of action. And what im hearing is what they may consider is should they take all of the ideas the president put forward
Good saturday to you. Im richard lui and youre watching msnbc, the place for politics. Just 17 days until voters go to the polls to decide whether president obama deserves another term. Two days until final race off between governor mitt romney and mr. Obama. And 5k, how far ann romney walked today in a Breast Cancer Charity Event in florida. Its just a small part of the final sprint to election day. Topping our political headlines today, both president obama and governor romney are off the trail today, focusing instead on debate prep. But their running mates are both on the stump. Congressman paul ryan held rallies in pennsylvania and ohio and the Vice President was in florida. He took aim at mitt romney, saying he has changed his positions more than a couple of times. The president said the day after the romney debate that governor romney was awful sketchy. Now, look, its not my position to take issue with the president , but im going to correct him here. Romney wasnt sketchy, he was
Pillars of an expanded surveillance state. As to the latter, a report in the New York Times yesterday detailed the degree to which the nsa is monitoring the content of american communications. It is a development that the papers Editorial Board asserted shs a common sense understanding of the fourth amendment. We have chuck todd host of the daily rundown i go to you first as our man at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The fact the white house is having a press conference on an august friday at 3 00 p. M. , are we to believe they are excited to get the message out to the media . No. I think this is more of a traditional before hes gone on vacation. Hes done this before. End of the summer deal. Its one of those things they know they are long overdo on a press conference in that respect. There is a lot of unanswered questions. You brought up that New York Times sotory yesterday on nsa. This has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, its the issue of surveillance
Rent tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. Im a slutty bob hope. You are. The troops love me. vo tv and radio talk show host Stephanie Miller rounds out currents morning news block. Youre welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. Just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. The sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. vo only on current tv. Announcer on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. Bill hey, 26 minutes after the hour now. Igor volsky from think progress joins us for his weekly visit in the next segment of the full court press. Well talk about what state after state after state is now proposing to do starting with new york. Led by new york on the issue of sensible restrictions on access to weapons of mass destruction. Right now, were talking about this farce of a News Conference yesterday. It wasnt the president s fault. The White House Press corps letting him off the hook and keep asking the same q