Clearly hasnt. Its good to see that rachel is staying in shape and is ready to go as soon as shes clear from quarantine. Thank you for that. That was great. I have to thank you for Something Else because something very special just happened in your interview with andrew weissmann, and it shows us one of, i think, the benefits of the way this work has changed. Most things are worse because of the pandemic, but one thing that i think is better is that the guests on these programs get to stay at home, which leads to yep. Questions like, is that an animal over your shoulder, which, ali, thats the best question that is the best question of the night here at msnbc. Its not going to get me an emmy, lawrence, but it was a fun question. You got tonights emmy with that question, and ive got to say ive been doing this for a few years. I have yet to ask, is that an animal over your shoulder . So that was a first for me. Have a good night, lawrence. Ill enjoy the show. Thank you. Well, the breaking
World news america, splendid in orange today. Like an orange popsicle. Its fantastic. Friday, the 13th. We need something cheerful. Thats why we have steve on with numbers. Well crunch the numbers. With steve radnor. Mike barnacle and donny. The frames. The whole package. Hes very subdued today. Straight out of fashion week. This is a serious show of journalism and sometimes you guys are light and i thought i would bring some gravitas to the set today. You always do. Lets talk about serious news. The jersey shore, another devastating blow for a place that cant use it. Just recovering from Hurricane Sandy, a raging fire now under control finally after it destroyed a large portion of one of the states most famous board walks. The fire began at 2 00 yesterday afternoon at a frozen custard stand in seaside park. Quickly spread to other businesses because of those winds. 80 of the boardwalk destroyed. Including 50 local businesses. The fire comes after months of a massive rebuilding effort
At some Point Washington has to deal with its spending problem. And when your dad says something, you listen. And when you dont, it usually bites you in the [ bleep ] later on. Ive had enough of it. Its time to act. The clock is now ticking on what many economists say is a nearcertain double dip recession if more than a trillion dollars in automatic spending and defense cuts are allowed to occur at the beginning of next month. And while the president is busy running the government, today nominating a new candidate for the interior department. And yesterday pleading for action to prevent the socalled sequester, republicans have been out front telling anyone who will listen that they, too, are absolutely opposed to any cuts to military and discretionary spending. I dont like the sequester. I think its taking a meat ax to our government. A meat ax to many programs, and it will weaken our national defense. However, just to be clear, Speaker Boehner says that he will not allow any new reven
All right. All right. Appreciate your time tonight here on the ed show. Good luck to buffalo. And that is the ed show. Politics nation with reverend al sharpton right now. Good evening. And thanks to you for tuning in. Breaking news tonight, president obamas historic move to correct a national injustice. Tomorrow night, hell announce his plan to fix americas broken immigration system. Moving past years of gop gridlock to help up to 5 Million Immigrants stay in this country and pursue the American Dream. He teased the announcement today on facebook. Everybody agrees our immigration system is broken. Unfortunately, washington has allowed the problem to fester for too long. What im going to be laying out is the things i can do with my
lawful authority as president to make the system work better. Our system is broken. And the president is moving forward because House Republicans have refused to act. The Senate Passed an immigration bill last summer. 14 republicans voted for it. When it wen
United in confronting the threat of isil. There was a spirited debate ahead of the senate vote, 12 republicans and 10 democrats voted against the plan with opposition from war weary democrats and republicans skeptical of the strategy. I do not support the arming of rebels in syria. Some of my colleagues here are talking about combat troops. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Sending arm to socall moderate islamic rebels in syria is a fools ear rand and will only make them stronger. There is no guarantee of success. There is none. But there is a guarantee of failure if we do not even try. In iraq, france has launched its first air strikes on isis targets killing dozens of fighters and the u. S. Continues to pound isis launching more than two air strikes in the past two days bringing the six week tote toll 176. Isis continues to fight back on social media releasing another propaganda video featuring a british journalist being held hostage. Were going to play a small portion of that video he