So, again, we are just hours away. Lets dive in and say good morning to our tuesday political power panel. We have niamalika henderson, National Political reporter for the washington post. Msnbc contributor, maria teresa kumar, also president and ceo of voto latino, and republican strategist, hogan gidly. Its great to have you all here. And a lot to talk about this morning. Again, we point out that we are just hours away from the first major policy speech of the president s second term, coming to us from las vegas, 2 55 eastern time. Maria teresa, i want to start with you, because politico has the headline out, basically profiling the players in all of this. Obama, mccain, rubio begin immigration dance. As we look at the u. S. Latino electorate, 53 Million People, 17 of the u. S. Population, 10 of all voters in 2012. By 2030, 40 million eligible voters. The Latino Community is not to be taken for granted this time around. And here is where we have to figure out who to believe on this,
U. S. Citizens overseas even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the u. S. We will speak with Jameel Jaffer from the aclu. The Obama Administration is claiming the Legal Authority to indefinitely detain americans without charge or trial. The way in which our fundamental rights, our bill of rights, our constitution freedoms have been abridged by the last 10 years and more as president obama is unhappily following in that tradition. We will speak with Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg who is in new york this week to attend an appeal in his lawsuit against the ndaa. We will speak with Computer Security researcher Jacob Appelbaum who lost a federal Appeals Court ruling that the government could subpoena his twitter and email information without a warrant as part of its probe into wikileaks. The boy scouts of america prepared to vote on whether to lift its ban on gay members. The question always comes down to, can case raise quick raise kids . Mos
Will she give Warren Buffett a run for his money . Good evening. We begin with americas secret war. Those escalating drone attacks in the air and the consequences on the ground. And the question is it making the United States safer . Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight traveled to the middle east and brings in this report. Reporter it is a secret war. And just today, in a sign of how pervasive and how hidden it is, the revelation that america has a secret base in saudi arabia used to launch drones throughout the region. A tactic against terror which has grown 700 under the obama administration. Whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. Everywhere i travel, from yemen i think americans, they are not right. Th have no right to it is our fight. Reporter to pakistan. You can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the
Theyres a demanding background checks for all gun sales. It faces an uphill battle in the republican controlled house. Celebrities, politicians and people affected by gun violence gathered in washington, adding their voices to the gun control debate. They appeared on behalf of the mayors against illegal guns group, founded by Michael Bloomberg and the mayor of boston. Its almost impossible to describe the pain of losing your father to a senseless murder, knowing that that murder might have been avoided if only our leaders had acted to stop the violence. Saying gun control would be a great tribute on the 50th anniversary of the march in washington. Another interesting debate, people who are against it and people who are for it. And theres no right answers in this debate. A lot of gray area. We can have all the debate we want. It comes down to what capitol hill is willing to do. There seems to be bipartisan support for background checks. But the other stuff, the assault weapons ban and h
Good evening. We begin with americas secret war. Those escalating drone attacks in the air and the consequences on the ground. And the question is it making the United States safer . Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight traveled to the middle east and brings in this report. Reporter it is a secret war. And just today, in a sign of how pervasive and how hidden it is, the revelation that america has a secret base in saudi arabia used to launch drones throughout the region. A tactic against terror which has grown 700 under the obama administration. Whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. Everywhere i travel, from yemen i think americans, they are not right. They have no right to it is our fight. Reporter to pakistan. You can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the byproduct of this is anger, anger among people,