Egg. Yes, these are the divergent views, as the president wraps up a twoday threecity speaking tour, delivering an impassioned speech in jacksonville just a short time ago. Lets get more americans back on the job that will be good for home ownership. That will be good for education. That is the smart thing to do. Lets get past politics and do it. The president whos traveled from illinois the midwest, has used plain and direct language. He wants the sideshow in want to cease, and he wants good job and a better bargain. He even invoked abraham linking who still managed to focus on what makes a country strong. Yet dplt middle he wail still thinking how do we build that railroad. How do we widen our canals and ports . There are some things we can only do together. Rebuilding our infrastructure is only one of them. Hes not only advancing his agenda, just over 1200 days. Hes also preparing for major budget fights that have dogged his tenure. Im not going to let gridlock or inaction or indiff
Welcome to weekends with alex wit witt. New this morning, president obama addressing the problems with healthcare. Gov and outlining a new strategy to fix it. The site suspect working the way its supposed to yet. Its frustrating for all of us month work so hard to make sure everyone who needs it gets health care in the coming weeks. We are going to get it working as smootly as its supposed to. We have people working overtime 24 7 to boost capacity and address these problems every single day. And heres the plan. The white house has enlisted the help of former budget officials. Private contractor Quality Software systems, responsible for two components is to lead the fix. Fixes are expected to be completed by the end of november. Tbgs senator ted cruz said it was a success. He has people talking about the health care law. He made the comments at the reagan dinner in des moines, iowa. He will attend a gop lunch later today. President obama is returning to Campaign Mode after visiting a Br
Now, thats no way to get it done. With both parties agreeing now is the moment to make this reform happen, will congress be open to obamas backup if the efforts fall short . It is a threat from the white house by saying, hey, if you dont do it, the politics get really bad for you very quickly, so hurry up and get something done. Say good morning to our president s day political power panel, contributor Jonathan Caphart and an opinion writer for the Washington Post and angela reid, principle of Impact Strategies and msnbc contributor susan dellpurseo. You come in on president a days. Lets dive in and get to work talking about this leaked proposal that came out. Angela, i want to start with you. We have the timeline here and if we look at it, the president was scheduled to go to las vegas on january 29th and give his first policy speech of the Second Administration but we see that on the 28th the Bipartisan Group of senators, they came out with their plan trying to trump the president to
And good morning, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex bit. Witt. Im richard lui. The deadliest day in months in the ukraine. At least 42 are dead as protests broke out. Pro russian separatists and government supporters clashed in the streets and threw firebombs and stones as riot police attempted to suppress the flairup. In a statement this morning a spokesman for russian president Vladimir Putin claimed that the new government in kiev was a direct participant in the violence in odessa. There was some good news today that pro russian separatists have released the European Military observers who were kidnapped eight days ago. Were in Eastern Ukraine with the latest. Reporter the authorities here in ukraine insist that their offensive to try to regain control on the part of the eastern control of the country is not over. Despite a day of set backs in which they lost men and at least two helicopters and in which the Battle Ground to a halt, they say this morning they renewed the attac
Shes now at the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, one of the top facilities for this kind of treatment in the country. Dr. Anthony fauci, one of the major officials at the nih is optimistic. Shes in fair condition, which implies she does still have some symptoms. She is in good spirits, shes a highly intelligent, aware person. Who knows exactly whats going on and shes a really terrific person. When asked about the appointment of an ebola czar, dr. Fauci didnt have a lot to say. You know, i dont know exactly what is meant by a czar, but we will certainly follow the lead of the president. And to follow the lead of secretary burwell. Nbcs Kristen Welker is following the developments at the white house. Thanks. What do we know about ron klain . And why does the president believe hes the person for this job . A lot of controversy, especially over his lack of medical experience. The president obama clearly choosing him because he has strong management skills this is someon