Expand his controversial decision to shorten Chelsea Mannings jail sentence. When he holds the final News Conference of his presidency later today. The move to grant clemency, triggering fierce reaction from any on capitol hill and in the pentagon, who consider manning a traitor. This is outnumbered, im sandra smith, here today is harris faulkner, meghan mccain, cohost of after the bill bell, Melissa Francis is here, and todays oneluckyguy, new york congressman peter king, he is outnumbered. Welcome back. I saw you in the green room, you were watching those hearings intently. Peter i have served a tom price for a number of years, he is really a great guy. My wife is from atlanta, her sisters a doctor, she knows dr. Price, and again, tom and i whether we agree on every issue or not, he knows Health Care Inside and out. He will be an outstanding secretary. Sandra very good, weve got a lot more to get to. As we await president obamas final News Conference as commanderinchief, the firestor
on capitol hill, this the debate over whether or not to extend the bush tax cuts, pitting republicans again the president. good morning, everybody, it s a busy tuesday, huh? i m bill hemmer, good morning, welcome to america s newsroom . martha: good morning, bill, good morning, everybody. i m martha maccallum. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is standing firm, he says that democrats want higher taxes to extend government control over america s lives, this comes in response to president obama s plan to stay tough on those tax cuts for the higher end, those deemed to be, quote, the rich, good morning, i m jon scott, i ll see you in less than 20 although though not minutes along with jenna lee who everybody in that bracket will talk with congressman chris feels that way. bill: mcconnell says he s van lonely and senator lindsey ready to fight the white house to make sure that no one, that no american, pays graham, some of the biggest higher taxes: movers and shake,in was