because it s a gsc, government sponsored enterprise. it s a government agency, they get the money and get mixed up. he would not only support, but he would campaign for republicans who are in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial birth abortion. george will asked the question of speaker gingrich. he said this, he said is it a virtue to tolerate in fantasied? this is a seminal issue. it s something that we can t get wrong. all right. top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 16th. with us onset, we have the chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch, being very nice today. what a great guy. great american. yes. humble, soft spoken. he s the director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs is with us, as well. and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. michael, very good to have you back. look who s back onset. it s about time, willie. we missed you. ev
because it s a gsc, government sponsored enterprise. it s a government agency, they get the money and get mixed up. he would not only support, but he would campaign for republicans who are in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial birth abortion. george will asked the question of speaker gingrich. he said this, he said is it a virtue to tolerate in fantasied? this is a seminal issue. it s something that we can t get wrong. all right. top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 16th. with us onset, we have the chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch, being very nice today. what a great guy. great american. yes. humble, soft spoken. he s the director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs is with us, as well. and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. michael, very good to have you back. look who s back onset. it s about time, willie. we missed you. ev
craziest finishes you ller see to a basketball game. how about a game-winning four-point play. you ll see how this one ended ahead in sports. but first let s get to the news live here at 30 rock in new york city. egyptian government workers have now joined the country s revolt, staging strikes an protests across the country. for the first time yesterday, thousands of employees from key industries that incline oil, gas and transportation, took to the streets to protest unfair wages and mismanagement. this is spreading across the country now. warns of a military crackdown as the demonstrations escalate. in an interview with pbs he also pushed back an american official says u.s. expectations are out of line with political reality in egypt. meanwhile reports have surfaced that the army has detain and tortured pro democracy activists. still more strikes are planned for today and organizers have called for a new protest of millions to be held tomorrow. at his briefing yesterday
away. the impact knocked the wind out of state government. revenue fell is staggering $778 million short of projections. the biggest one-year drop in missouri history. the state government did what every family had to do. we tighten our belts, which stretched every dollar, and we reined in spending. we did not bellyache about it. we just did it. [applause] . we reduced our utility bill by 6%. i had to kutch $600 million at of the state budget, but i did so. i had to cut $600 million out of the state budget, but i did so. in terms of efficiency, we re not done yet. state government has been creating boards and commissions for this centennial or that special interest. some do good work, while others do not do much of anything. they just kept growing and growing, until they turned into bureaucratic subsidies. in an effort to root out waste and inefficiency, i have already eliminated 13 of these boards and 2700 positions and i call on the legislature to get rid of and to orde
transportation secretary ray lahood spoke thursday before the u.s. conference of mayors. he talked about funneling dolla infrastructure and transportation products. this is an hour. well, thank you all very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you all very much. liz, thanks so much for that lovely introduction and highlighting some of the things that we have worked on with all of you folks in this room during the last year. i too want to compliment david agnew. he and i have been full partners in really making sure that the voices of the mayors and other local elected officials have been heard here in washington. he does a great job and i really enjoyed working with david and to you, tom, thank you for your leadership. always in what you do to be so helpful to the mayors. and i want to i know that the chairman of the nea is here. rocco, where are you at? please stand up. the chairman of the nea has joined us. he s a part of president obama s team. and we re deli