He is lending his now unmistakable voice to a new tv ad by the countrys biggest republican super pac. Good morning from chicago. It is 13 days until election day. As we told you, wednesday, october 24, 2012. This is the daily rundown. I am chuck todd. Lets get to the first reads of the morning. President obama and governor romney crisscrossed the country today with a new urgency. Though the campaigns are still fighting over a slice of undecided voters, just look at their schedules and it is clear the focus really is more on turning out their own voters. The base voters. The president. He begins a frenetic 48hour tour which will take in to iowa, colorado, california for jay leno, back to nevada, by the way thats today. While in los angeles, of course, the president will sit down with the tonight show jay leno. Katy perry will make an appearance for the president. Friday the president sits down with Sway Calloway for an mtv special where he will take questions from young voters. I know i
Pentagon . And three is a magic number. It its the the daily rundowns third anniversary. Some surprises along the way. Good morning from washington. Its friday, january 11th, 2013. This is the daily rundown, im chuck todd. Boy, three years . A different part, huh . Lets get to my first reads of the morning. Vice President Biden will present his recommendations on gun violence to the president tuesday. White house Officials Say an assault weapons ban will still be an element of whatever final package is proposed, despite reporting to the contrary this morning. And while in a 15minute statement for cameras yesterday, biden emphasized an emerging consensus around a set of what he called gun safety proposals. He did not mention the assault weapons ban idea once. There is a surprising so far, a surprising recurrence of suggests that we have universal background checks. Ive never quite heard as much talk about the need to do something about highcapacity magazines. The whole question of the a
Thats mostly republican w. What message puts him on a path to give his own state of the union some day. North korea confirms they conducted a Third Nuclear test. President obama called it highly provocative and condemns the move. You will hear about it from the president tonight. Its state of the union day. What better place to be. Abe lincolns birthday. Lets get right to the first reads of the morning. If you believe that second term domestic agendas have a shelf life of 18 months at most, then president obamas last best chance to lay out aggressive plans. For that reason, dont be surprised if you hear a laundry list of policy asks. Also hanging over tonights speech, the constant gridlock that has been this president s achilles heel. For weeks the president spent much of his time in public talking about gun violence and immigration. As the economy goes, so goes his second term agenda. He will refocus on the top concern. The economy and jobs. As the president prepares to give his speec
Speeches at once. A shortterm rallying cry, a longterm laundry list and an unusually emotional plea for action to change gun laws. While senator marco rubios watershed moment for the party came up dry in one way, his punchy primetime pitch did rev up the base. And it stirred up more 2016 talk. Also this morning, an exclusive first interview. Exit interview of sorts. With now former indiana senator dick lugar since he left the senate on whats wrong with congress, politics and the Republican Party, and how he thinks it can be fixed. Good morning from washington. Its wednesday, february 13, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Reminder, folks, its february 13th. Husbands, boyfriends, youve got one more day to get your act together. Lets go to my first reads of the morning. The president s state of the Union Address ended up arguably as three speeches in one. It started out with a focus on the looming economic and budget crises that washingtons about to face. Moved on to a laund
Good morning from washington. Its thursday, august 22nd, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. My first reads of the morning. Is the arab spring officially coming to an end . Did the auto kraatz and dictators win . May sound like a drastic conclusion. Lets look at the facts as they are today. An Egyptian Court has ordered the release of former strongman Hosni Mubarak whose toppling 2 1 2 years ago perhaps the number one signal of the arab spring. Mohamed morsi, egypts first democratically elected leader, is spending his 51st day under house arrest. Images consistent with a massive chemical attack are pouring out of syria. These are some of the least graphic pictures that were showing. But they are still disturbing to watch. The Syrian Opposition claims president assads government unleashed a barrage of surface to surface rockets filled with poison gas on at least ten villages outside damascus on wednesday. If verified, it would be a chemical attack on a scale the world has no