Inside that Shopping Mall in nairobi. The toll stands at 68 dead, nearly 200 injured and there are americans believed to be in that total. Moments ago the president made the first on camera comments about the situation. Ive had the opportunity to speak with the president directly about the terrible tragedy has happened in nairobi. And we are providing all of the cooperation that we can as we dealing with the situation that captivated the world. I want to express personally my condolences to not only the president who lost family members in the attack but to the kenyan people. We stand with them against this terrible operation that occurred and well provide them with other law phoenmenforcement sups necessary. Were confident it will be rebuilt. This is the degree to which all of us as the international communitys have to stand against the senseless violence that these kinds of groups represent. And the United States will continue to work with the entire continent of africa and around th
Democraticcontrolled conspiracy that you get the sense they hope involves Hillary Clinton in a way that will make it hard for her to run for president. So, darrell issa, sitting in his chairman position at that hearing, he turned toward the democratic side of the room, the side of the room where the democrats sit, and he took this picture from his vantage point. And then he tweeted out that picture from his twitter account. And the caption, as you see here, says essentially, democrats have excused themselves from the testimony of the benghazi heroes family members. And that pgnet, im assuming those are trying to highlight it for conservative media, pgnet there. Look at outrage, right . Hes saying, that not all the democratic seats are filled at this hearing. It is very, very important. Dave weigel writing at slate. Com tested Darrell Issas outrage for accuracy and noted that, yes, while there were some empty chairs on the democratic side of the room for that committee hearing, there we
There should be no conversation about shutting the government down. Our goal is not to shut down the government. Thats not the goal. Our goal is to keep the government open. Simple as that. I have said it thousands and thousands of times. The current strategy appears to be a lot like the old strategy. There is a tendcy towards i cant explain ted cruz. What is it that ted cruz has done to alienate just about everyone in his own party. He is the dog who caught the car. He doesnt really care. Hes not going to have to suffer the consequences. Screw what Collateral Damage there is. Ted cruz has climbed out on a limb. I understand his great persuasiveness. Ted cruz is out there on that limb and its getting sawed off. How stupid is ted cruz. The answer is ted cruz now wants to show his support for the house bill that defunds obama care by filibustering the bill when it comes up for a vote. Senator ted cruz was for the bill before he decided to filibuster the bill. And he is so wildly out of c
Speech isnt the only big speech on the schedule. Hell be with former president bill clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative later this afternoon to Talk Health Care with the Clinton Obama alliance. Here are the new laws. Plus, an old clinton pal, Terry Mcauliffe, is starting the day with some positive new poll numbers in that fight for virginia governor. Can tim cuccinelli do anything to close a massive gender gap . Good morning from new york. Its tuesday, september 24th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Right to my first reads of the morning. President obama and the iranian president ra hanni assuming such a meeting logistically could take place. If it does it would be the first time u. S. And iranian leaders have spoken since 1977. If it doesnt happen, you can probably blame logistics more than anything else. Its been hard to coordinate this. No official meeting is scheduled. With rue hanni opting out of the u. N. Lunch because its serving alcohol, theres no opportune
President , Hassan Rouhani has made recent overtures towards the west. Rumors of a possible meeting between the two leaders, which would be the first in 30 years, have dominated discussions of the generally assembly. The times writes it has been the biggest tease of the year. Its not quite as momentous as nixon in 1972 would still rank as a landmark encounter. For president obama such a moment would mark a full diplomatic cycle, an orbit that began with these words to the iranian people in 2009. We know that you are a great civilization and your accomplishments have earned the respect of the United States and the world. Recent weeks have undoubtedly challenged president obamas ability to navigate the choppy waters of international affairs, but they have also seemed to confirm his beliefs about americas role in the world. And while we recognize that our influence will at times be limited, although we will be wary of efforts to impose democracy through military force, and although we wil