Angela merkel have tough questions on whether they can reach an agreement on stronger sakes against russia and whether they can bridge the divide between the u. S. And germany on nsa surveillance. President obama also faced a question from the International Press about tuesdays botched oklahoma execution. On ukraine both leaders seemed amenable to the possibility of further sanctions that take direct aim at key sectors of the russian economy. Sanction that is could potentially damage a sluggish european economy as well. President obama said it all depends on how deeply russia interferes with ukraine in the leadup to its elections later this month. If, in fact, we see the disruptions and the destabilization continuing so severely that it impedes elections on may 25th, we will not have a choice but to move forward with additional more severe sanctions. For her part chancellor merkel told the Associated Press the assembled press that, the postwar order has been put into question by the ac
50 times to up minor repeal Health Care Bill for working families. Earlier this month, they voted for a budget that would give the wealthiest americans a massive tax cut while forcing deep cuts to investments that help middle class families, but they wont raise wages for millions of working families . The people who are struggling, the working class, young people, hispanics, africanamericans, single moms, they are the one paying the price. What is the price that you want from these working men and women . When does the greed stop, we ask the other side . Good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. What we have in this country is a group of wealthy people who have really good job security, health care, pension, all that stuff. They have decided collectively that the downtrodden, the poor, the economic challenged in this country just have got it too good. They cant do anything about it. How many times have we shown this chart on the ed show . If you had to take a fivese
She had whats being described as extensive contact with the liberian man who died of ebola last week in dallas. She became ill despite the fact that she was wearing protective gear. Theres an urgent effort under way right now to try to find out what happened. President obama is under pressure to name a socalled ebola czar, has just huddled to Top Administration officials. And were monitoring a situation at bostons Logan Airport where medical teams in hazmat gear have boarded on airliner which arrived from the middle east. Dr. Anthony fauci is standing by along with our correspondents, our analysts and our newsmakers. Lets begin with cnns Victor Blackwell who has the latest from dallas. Reporter cnn affiliate wfaa identifies this nurse as nina pham, 26 years old. Hospital Officials Say she followed the protective procedures just the way the cdc lays them out. She wore the gown, the masks, all thats involved. But obviously something went wrong and now cdc detectives are here in dallas tr
Of the most exciting and suspenseful Midterm Elections in decades. Who will control the u. S. Senate come january its still a little better than a coin toss at this point. We have an ambitious goal this weekend to bring you live reports from every single one of the ten battleground states that are going to determine senate control. Were going to get to that all weekend on this show. President obama has been carrying out his own plan to hit as many battleground states as possible campaigning on behalf of democrats, of course, hell be on the road all this weekend for more on that now well start with Nbcs Kristen Welker who joins us from the north lawn of the white house. Good morning, what can you tell us about the final Campaign Blitz that the president is taking off on this weekend . Where is he going . Whats he talking about . Reporter hey, steve, good morning. Well, Todays Campaign stop tells you everything you need to know about where president obama fits into the democrats larger f
Happened here. George w. Bush, the man who gave him the nickname and told him he was doing a heck of a job. He was here today. President obama was here yesterday. Tonight with a serious storm making its way toward the gulf of mexico how two president s, countless, state, federal agencies and others are and are not living up to promises they made to rebuild homes, lives to make the levee stronger, to make new orleans better than it was before the storm. In short, well look at what is being done to keep the faith with all the people we have met and good friend we have made here over the years. Starting in the very worst of times. These are some of the very first aerial pictures of what new orleans looks look today. Reporter who can forget what it looked like. The fires, the flooding, the desperation. The Lower 9th Ward almost completely under water. More than 1,800 lives lost. More than 100,000 homes destroyed. The levees were flawed in their design. The local state and federal governmen