Of Community Colleges and universities do more to welcome and encourage our veterans on campus. More than 1 million troops were turned to civilian life. Were going to have to work even harder on behalf of our entire nation. Thank you for everything youve done, and will continue to do for our country. America has your back 365 days a year. Good afternoon on this veterans day, as we pause to honor the men and women in uniform who have served with such distinction. And earlier today, the president led the nation in paying tribute to americas veterans, laying a wreath at Arlington National cemetery. And as americas longest war draws near its end in afghanistan, the president vowed not to let our troops devoted service fade from our collective memory. Part of the reason were here today is to pledge that we will never forget the profound sacrifices made in our name. Today reminds us of our sacred obligations. For even though this time of war is coming to a close, our time of service to our n
She says that it bolsters her claim that the Christie Administration held Sandy Recovery money hostage to her action on a Real Estate Development that the cnn favored. You will hear others who say that it doesnt add up and people need to know whether their elected officials are serving the public. You can join the conversation, tweet us or weigh in on our facebook page. Well show you comments a at the bottom of the screen. In a moment, dawn zimmer the one leveling the payback allegations, talked to federal investigators about it over the weekend. And now the background from dana bash. Its an ultimatum of epic plit political proportions. Chris christies Lieutenant Governor says it holy and false. Being a sandy victim myself makes the mayors allegations particularly offensive to me. Dawn zimmer described a scene right out of a movie saying that Lieutenant Governor kim guadagno approached her and threatened to withhold money unless the governor backed a project in her town. She said she w
The clown car riding through a crap storm of rightwing politics. Theyre just back from a summit in iowa hosted by a crazed u. S. Congressman who says most immigrants are drug mules with calves the size of cantaloupes. Well two big stories tonight, the politics of bad weather, and primary politics. Parts of new england are buried in closes to 3 feet of snow with some of the heaviest snowfalls coming late today. Authorities urge evacuations, wind gusts near 80 miles an hour were recorded on theite of nantucket. Those are hurricaneforce winds, of course. The sea walls have been breached leaving coastal towns under 7 feet of water and without power. Its not over yet up there. The storm had expectations in new england, but the big surprise as i suggested in the cold open is it missed the big target of new york city. Philadelphia braised for more than a foot but saw only a couple inches. An officialty National Weather service publicly apologized for the bad forecasts. Last night we showed yo
keystone energy project. the keystone pipeline would create thousands of jobs. the jobs will move the needle, essentially, although the permanent jobs will be about 50. the people have not earned the right to use our land. one spill. you would not be able to drink it. the dirtiest oil on the planet. if there is a crack or leak. contaminated. when do we want it? good to have you with us. thanks for watching. when i first came to msnbc five years ago, it was the health care debate. we did a story on the public option. i wanted it. i believed in it. this is an every day story. i believe that we are now in the 11th hour. i believe we are on the verge of potentially stamp of approval to the worst decision this president could make. for generations to come. if there is a disaster, over the aquifer and it is irreversible damage, what president will do that after president obama? we would be remembering president obama for a long time for all the wrong reasons. he
0 time of service has only just begun. for more, i want to bring in two army veterans, congressman bill pass cell, democrat of new jersey, and former v.a. official, brandon friedman, who completed combat tours in both iraq and afghanistan. brandon, allow me to start by thanking you and the congressman for your service. but brandon, when you hear the litany of challenges facing our vets today, is it not clear that we are falling seriously short of fulfilling what the president described as our duty to our troops? well, martin, first, thanks for having me on today. historically, we have fallen far short of what we owe veterans in this nation. however, you know, that said, we ve come a long way in the last four or five years in this administration. a lot of the things you mentioned. while they re not good. for example, the backlog, still stands at about 400,000 claims. your disability check, there is something dramatically wrong. it s a crime, sir. it s a crime against these men and w