beginning to be different from the obama policies. and this is going to be a tension that she continues to have going forward. how does she not only distinguish herself from the sitting president, but how does she show how she would do things differently than her husband? a whole lot of voters now don t even remember the clinton administration if there s a second one, but she is still tied to that and she has to show, yes, there s some continuation, there s some continuity there, but there will also be many differences. this announcement even more reckless than the immigration announcement. between 1990 and 2010, over 20 years, we have seen the steepest, fastest decline in crime probably ever recorded in social science. the remember today settled less crime than at any time since good statistics began in the 1970s, since any statistics gab in the 20s and the 30s.
thanks so much tom. always a pleasure. developing right now, look at this dramatic new video from the mediterranean showing just how desperate african migrants are to reach europe. look at these pictures. the men, women, and children crowded on a small dingy, an inflatable boat, taking on water. they scrambled to reach a line lowered to them from a rescue ship. the incident happened sunday in the water between libya and italy and when these passengers and folks were able to get out, they found bodies right underneath these people. some people died underneath those people who survived. joining me after a quick break, one of the dreamers who met with hillary clinton in las vegas. we ll get her reaction on clinton s big immigration announcement and a live picture, now, from baltimore city hall where we re waiting for a news conference from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she s expected to announce new steps to reform the city s police in conjunction with the justice department. i ll hav
it goes la, la, la, la when it comes up. just tonight, even after the immigration announcement president said he would take up another issue on which congress has refused to act. he said he would act alone to make it illegal for companies that have federal contracts to discriminate based on their employees sexual orientation or gender it. we knew about the sexual orientation part of this before but the president announced tonight that executive order will also include gender identity. there is something unique about the obama presidency, and, again, i do not mean this as an epithet. i mean this as a historical description of fact. what is yunique about the obama presidency is the fact he is governing alongside a congress that is historically different from every other congress we have ever had. no congress has ever done what
over at the supreme court, but they ended their year with a bang, delivering a failing grade to a key portion of obamacare, access to certain forms of birth control. the situation continues to spiral out of control in iraq, where the president late yesterday quietly announced an additional 300 american troops will be headed to baghdad. so much for a holiday week there. let s bring in one of the hardest working guys we know, washington post columnist dana millbank. always great to have you. hi, krystal. let s go back to the immigration announcement yesterday and the timing of that. ironically, it seems like eric cantor s stunning loss has moved up the timetable in terms of immigration action from the president. did it really take him this long, though, to realize that republicans were not going to do anything on immigration? yes, that was a sort of frank i was still dead moment. it s been obvious to everybody for a long time nothing was happening well before eric cantor was dispat
pretends it doesn t even understand what the issue means. it goes la, la, la, la when it comes up. just tonight, even after the immigration announcement president said he would take up another issue on which congress has refused to act. he said he would act alone to make it illegal for companies that have federal contracts to discriminate based on their employees sexual orientation or gender identity. we knew about the sexual orientation part of this before but the president announced tonight that executive order will also include gender identity. there is something unique about the obama presidency, and, again, i do not mean this as an epithet. i mean this as a historical description of fact. what is unique about the obama presidency is the fact he is governing alongside a congress that is historically different from every other congress we have ever had. no congress has ever done what