All of the news of the day. I and introduce you to some of the important newsmakers of the day and most importantly, give you a chance to sound off and tell us what the issues mean to you by giving us a call at 86655press. Our interactive townhall here on current tv. I have to tell you, whether you are a union member or not, if you are a working class american, a middle class american, the republican war has declared war on you. It started in wisconsin. Is spread to ohio. It has hopped up to michigan they are out to destroy working families families, and we intend to fight back. We will get into that and you bet. A lot more. Lets get the latest. Current news update from Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi, lisa. Good morning to you. Hey, bill. Good morning to you. Good morning everyone. President obama is begin talking his fiscal cliff plans today. He will be on a Conference Call from the white house with a Bipartisan Group of mayors and Community Leaders. The group will focus on how
Shot. The race was starting to increasingly look like it wasnt even going to be close. And the colin powell endorsement just took the wind out of the mccain campaigns sails. John mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasnt all that much of a surprise. He at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have Colin Powells endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. So at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. The Romney Campaigns counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want. This morning, on cbs, Republican Former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. Thats on one side of the race today. On the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the Romney Campaign is hosting a
Just took the wind out of the mccain campaigns sails. John mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasnt all that much of a surprise. He at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have Colin Powells endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. So at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. The Romney Campaigns counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want. This morning, on cbs, Republican Former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. Thats on one side of the race today. On the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the Romney Campaign is hosting a gala fundraiser in texas with former Vice President dick cheney and this guy. Tonight, its big boy time. Tonight is not
[ music ] entrails hey, good morning hey good morning, everybody. Off we go with the fullcourt press on current tv coming to you live across this great land of ours on our studio in washington, d. C. , and what about this . Here is some good news you wont hear anywhere else. The market is red hot. Yes, the dow closed yesterday at 13,954, almost 14,000. Thats a level we havent seen since october, 2007. And, of course, the republicans are always quick to blame president obama when the market goes down. Do you think they are going to give president obama credit . Do you think they are going to thank him when the market goes up, up, up . Of course not. We will tell you why. We will talk about that and awhole lot more, with the latest, todays current news update in los angeles, here is Lisa Ferguson. Good morning, lisa. Hey bill. Good morning, everyone. Here is whats on the president s schedule today. First up, he is having lunch with Hillary Clinton in the private dining room at the whiteh
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