You can see the numbers on the screen political affiliation. Divided by political affiliation. You can contact us on social media, on twitter or facebook. Or email us. The front page of the l. A. Times this morning, the headline and here is the attorney generals letter to senator rand paul. Again, that is the attorney generals letter dated march 4, to senator rand paul. And here is usa today, on the filibuster that occurred last night. We begin with a call from james in wendell, north carolina, democrat. What do you think about the use of domestic drones . Caller the whole situation last night was very disgusting. I have no idea how elected leaders can waste time like that. I know filibuster is part of the process, but there is absolutely no evidence that any president is going to kill an american citizen under any circumstance just for the sake of doing it. So the questions made no sense whatsoever. If youve just dont get the answer you want, that does not mean the question did not ge
Because regardless to what, he will not die in vain. Both gardners mother and widow say theyre determined to get justice. In this case, regardless of your opinion, the grand jury is part of our Justice System. One of the Big Questions raised here is whether that system should be different when an officer is involved. It is the grand debate as we are calling it. We will get to that discussion in a moment. But first, msnbc is standing on the Staten Island sidewalk where gardner was killed. Run us through the details of the response we just got from the d. A. s request. Reporter so just moments ago, i spoke with ben garner, eric garners father. And i was the first to let him know that a decision had been made. Some of the information contained in the grand jury will be released. I told them about the 50 witnesses, the 22 of whom were civilians, there were 60 exhibits. And he said, quite frankly, not one of them stepped up to save my son, so none of it matters. That was his feeling. I spok
Witt. New details about the failed mission to rescue american photojournalist luke summers. Launched the effort to save summers, but ultimately, they were not able to save him. And on the sunday talk shows, new reassurance that this attempt needed to be made. I do think it was the right decision to actually engage and try to go in for the rescue attempt. Nobody can do it better than our special forces community. It doesnt always go perfectly. Thats always the risk. And then, in this particular case, unfortunately, and it was a tragic loss of the two hostages, you know, it was an unfortunate outcome. Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house with more on what happened in that raid. Good day to you, kristen. What more do we know . Well, alex, good morning, those who knew luke summers are sharing his story today. In a statement, his stepmother describes summers as a talented photographer. Meanwhile, add the Obama Administration begins to assess the failed rescue mission, one official tells m
Pivotal time. A number of critics saying the administration has been slow to respond to a series of crieses abroad. This move is an acknowledgement by president obama that his Foreign Policy to some extent needs a reboot. Ive been talking to white house officials here who say carter was tapped in large part because hes not afraid to deliver bad news. Hes not afraid to challenge the president. Recently, they point to the fact he disagreed with mr. Obamas decision to withdraw most u. S. Troops from iraq instead of leaving a strong residual force which carter would have preferred. Now, if confirmed, carter will face a lot steep hurdles. From the escalating campaign against isis to looming budget cuts at the agency. He deeply opposed to those budget cuts. Hes going to push back strongably against them. Chuck hagel stepped back amid reports he was too passive in the face of these new challenges. He spoke to reporters. He pushed back firmly against that idea that he was forced out. Now, talk