keith ellison was the first muslim-american elected to congress and called the hearings, quote, the very heart of scapegoating. mr. ellison broke down as he testified about a 9/11 first responder running into the building ultimately killed in the attacks, only to be accused after his death of being in co hoots with al qaeda. some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was an elite attacker because he was a muslim. but it was only when his remains were identified that these lives lies or exposed. mohommad was a fellow american who gave his life for other americans. his life should not be identified as just a member of an ethnic group or just a member of a religion, but as an american who gave everything for his fellow americans. today the hearing is another example that makes us wonder if positions are hearing the american people. our first guest is the executive director of the council on islamic relations and nasra who is the author of standing alone in mecca
after like nine or ten zeros after the decimal. but chris, the key thing is we need in the short term to spend. and we spend in a productive way. we spend to invest in the future of this country and the future of our children. and the future of our safety and the future of health and the well-being of this nation. what is truly scary as well is that the whole world is now on then austerity kick. we saw this at the end of the 1930s but it is more dangerous today because at least then for better or worse the europeans were building to fight world war ii. today the entire world is withdraw interesting stimulus. that is going to be on the backs of working people around the world in this country. so i think we need to fight hard. the good news, chris, i met with someone this afternoon how wrote about for the nation, george gail, national people s action. there are groups coming together street heat, but also popular mobilization, working inside and
legislative priority. brown along with a few other republicans voted for the senate s version of wall street reform earlier. but when the conference committee added in a $19 billion tax on the largest hedge funds and banks, he balked. now, keep in mind, this $19 billion fee was to make sure the reform bill didn t increase the deficit, take note deficit hawks and it also had the added benefit of providing a disincentive for financial institutions to grow too big. brown, however, said he wouldn t support it. so yesterday, the conference reconvened and they got rid of the tax replacing the money with some funds taken from remaining t.a.r.p. money and higher fdic bank fees. okay, let s be clear what just happened. the t.a.r.p. money is taxpayer money. it s not some magical golden lamp that spitz out doubloons. what brown has succeeded in doing is transferring the burden of paying for reform from the big banks and hedge funds to you, the citizen. writing for the atlantic david inv
i don t know what that is, but it s ugly. and what you did you learn? they do not allow women in combat, because they would be too vicious. is he talking to me? yeah. what did you learn? well, if morni morning joe invites you on your show to talk about your book, don t believe them, it s to find somebody that supports cheney. mika? yeah, he fell for it. welcome to the morning meeting. we have lots of fun and interesting people, including not a conversation, but harry reid s gamble on the opt out, and some call it the beginning of american takeover. senator hatch joins the meet income a second. also on the agenda, the war within the war. u.s. troops fighting not just terrorists in afghanistan, but a drug war that has now claimed the lives of three dea agents, and is stopping the drug trade the key to defeating the taliban. and plus, trying to prevent too big to fail, the sequel, the treasury department in congress nearing on plans to try and fix to