the insanity defense is a valid option. miracle on the hudson. the pilot sully sullenberger shares his thoughts on the lives he saved two years ago. and acts of courage and bravery in tucson this week. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. a defining moment for the nation this week. americans coming together to mourn the victims of a senseless tragedy and to celebrate those who managed to survive. we saw the first funerals for the six people killed when a gunman opened fire one week ago outside a tucson supermarket where congresswoman gabrielle giffords was meeting with constituents. mourners said good-bye to the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor green. the story of this little girl born on september 11th, 2001, touching the hearts of so many americans and indeed people all over the world. and then there s congresswoman giffords who opened her eyes for the first time just days
you don t like the president s decision? i say go for it. but then the question, what s the alternative? specifically, what could president obama have done? what could he do as of this moment to get what he and the progressives want? to end the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. should he really have waited out the republicans till next year? should he do it now when they will control the house of representatives, that s what happened in the election, and by the way, in the latest counts, the democrats dissented based upon those votes last saturday when the democrats lost five members on the issue of tax cuts. they won t have the votes next year either in the senate or the house. so for our guest tonight, those are the questions. how does the president win the fight now after what happened in those elections? let s take we re going to ask those questions of sherrod brown and barbara boxer, two much respected democratic senators. but, let s look at the talk of a primary challeng
president obama didn t stand up for what he promised. fair enough. progressives have their values. we should fight for them. my job here is to ask the questions. you don t like the president s decision? i say go for it. but then the question, what s the alternative? specifically, what could president obama have done? what could he do as of this moment to get what he and the progressives want? to end the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. should he really have waited out the republicans till next year? should he do it now when they will control the house of representatives, that s what happened in the election, and by the way, in the latest counts, the democrats dissented based upon those votes last saturday when the democrats lost five members on the issue of tax cuts. they won t have the votes next year either in the senate or the house. so for our guest tonight, those are the questions. how does the president win the fight now after what happened in those elections? let s take
protracted battle would have harmed americans with higher taxes and lost unemployment checks. he gave us a hard assessment of the president s compromise. we are going to get that tonight. and we learned late today that elizabeth edwards, wife of the former presidential candidate john edwards has lost her battle with cancer at the age of just 61. she was a very popular figure, i must say caught up in a very difficult family situation that became such a political story. chuck todd is nbc s chief white house correspondent and time magazine s mark halperin, msnbc s senior political analyst. mark, i want to go to you first on this. elizabeth edwards just died, been in terrible health for months, for years in fact, caught up in this triangle, her embarrassment, her husband, hurt to her. we don t see much of this in politics where you have really a horrible disease striking somebody so popular and attractive as this. at the same time, she is on the wrong end of a scandal and t
harmed americans with higher taxes and lost unemployment checks. he gave us a hard assessment of the president s compromise. we are going to get that tonight. and we learned late today that elizabeth edwards, wife of the former presidential candidate john edwards has lost her battle with cancer at the age of just 61. she was a very popular figure, i must say caught up in a very difficult family situation that became such a political story. chuck todd is nbc s chief white house correspondent and time magazine s mark halperin, msnbc s senior political analyst. mark, i want to go to you first on this. elizabeth edwards just died, been in terrible health for months, for years in fact, caught up in this triangle, her embarrassment, her husband, hurt to her. we don t see much of this in politics where you have really a horrible disease striking somebody so popular and attractive as this. at the same time, she is on the wrong end of a scandal and this has nothing to do with he