sanctimonious lectures of senator kyle denoint remind me of what christmas means. my question, madam president, where were the concerns about christmas with filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation during this entire congress. it is possible to do the majority of what was laid out frankly without disrespecting the institution and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for christians and the families of all of the senate, not just the senators themselves, but all of the staff. all right. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 16th. they re a little concerned i guess, getting close to christmas. with us onset, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. editor and chief of the daily beast and editor and chief of newsweek, tina brown back on the set with us. good morning. i m blown away. that s offensive. it is a little offensive. we ll start the day agreeing. is that possible? it s offensive that people would
taxes will begin today. john connolly was over there, a guy whose relations with the white house have been strained from day one. can you give us any insight on the president? does the president have a conversation with jon kyle, do they seem to be coming together more closely on s.t.a.r.t.? they had a good conversation in the larger room on s.t.a.r.t. i think that i can see a path forward on get that done by the end of the year. the president also took all the members and senators into his private study off of the oval office for about 35 minutes so they could have a private conversation without any of the staff. so i think we re hopeful that through better communication on our part and certainly the president mentioned that yesterday, that we can begin a relationship, a new relationship, work together and figure out how we can get things done for the american people. mark halperin.
nightcap? no thank you. i don t wear them. follow that black car, the black car. check your mirror, signal, now pull into traffic. 6:00 on the east coast. wow. that s a sad passing. he s a good one. i even saw the movies. you re kidding. i know. mike, he started as a serious actor, right? yes, like us. leslie nielsen, 84 years old died over the weekend. known for airplane which i didn t see. you guys did though. he was a funny guy. willie geist? one of the greats. you put him in the will ferrell category. you look at him and makes you laugh. one of those guys and also one of the few in hollywood whose lines never get old. he s got the rodney danger field, chevy chase, leslie nell nielsen frngs they re always funny. the lame duck congress comes back. much more going on. a lot of football. yes, we do. it looks like a whole bunch of documents dumped in ever bod ice lap. some of them are really interesting. it s monday, november 29th. with
[ male announcer ] don t let washington get in the way. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org hello. welcome to 11 news, sunday morning. top stories in a moment. first we have a look outside with tony. it is shaping up to be a really crisp day? that is a way to describe it. yesterday we had gusting winds, the day that will not be the case. it will be just as cold, but it will feel better lots of sunshine, 39 degrees at the airport and a light west wind of 3 miles per hour. that should be the case for most of the day to day. we are shooting for a high- temperature in the upper 40 s this afternoon. checking on this and they forecast, right now it is over to the newscast. a baltimore city police officer is recovering in shock trauma after being shot in the line of duty. sheldon has the latest on the officers condition and the investigation. a typical downtown patrol ended in a gunbattl
illinois, jim lecamp live in texas. we ll start with kristen dahlgren in illinois. kristen, with a good morning, how are the crowds looking this morning? hey, good morning, alex. you can probably see them crossing in between me and the camera here. it was a six degree windchill out there this morning, that didn t stop anyone from lining up outside of these stores. we were excited to get in, weren t worried at all about the cold. coming here to check out some of the bargains, 40% off, 40% off, 50% off. i ve seen people here in their pajama bottoms, just put a coat on and ran out the door trying to get these deals. retailers this year, as you said, they know they have to go above and beyond to get people throughout and excited about shopping. not only are they offering the deals today, some of them some of the big retailers like sears and kmart were open on thanksgiving and people out there before their dishes were cleared. last year, 78 million americans went shopping on bla