Action. Just think, if the election had gone the other way the rich would be basking in the best tax protection known to man, a reallife, genuine mandate to leave them and their money alone. But a funny thing happened on the way to the white house. People voted for tax fairness. They voted to make the rich pay their share, specifically voted that way for one thing because the republicans kept warning them not to. And so it came to pass today that president obama said just that at his press conference. Give the middle class their tax cuts, speaker boehner. Cut it loose so they can go christmas shopping, senator mcconnell. Its what the people voted for. Thats why they voted for me. Thats the president talking. We are joined now by nbcs chief White House Correspondent chuck todd. Thanks for joining us tonight. This was a hot Pressure Cooker press conference and you were in the middle. Lets talk about the president s tactic. It looks like hes got one. Here he is sticking out his message of
Marching to iran. Just think selfdeportation would be the name of the game for immigration. Voter suppression would be the toast of the town, or certain parts of town. The extinction of health care would be hr1, up there on the front burner for congressional action. Just think, if the election had gone the other way the rich would be basking in the best tax protection known to man, a reallife, genuine mandate to leave them and their money alone. But a funny thing happened on the way to the white house. People voted for tax fairness. They voted to make the rich pay their share, specifically voted that way for one thing because the republicans kept warning them not to. And so it came to pass today that president obama said just that at his press conference. Give the middle class their tax cuts, speaker boehner. Cut it loose so they can go christmas shopping, senator mcconnell. Its what the people voted for. Thats why they voted for me. Thats the president talking. We are joined now by nb
kelley, tried to invoke diplomatic privilege to get the press off her lawn. let s listen to this. this is a little strange. i am an honorary consul-general, so i have inviolatability so they should not be to cross my property. i don t know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well? but it s against the law to cross my property. this is getting more kato kaling every day. that phone call replaced was she writing, claiming diplomatic immunity from the press? no. she had a badge from macdill air force base, which was consul for honorary consul. give it to me. look. we got a briefing from a source
i don t know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well? but it s against the law to cross my property. this is getting more kato kaling every day. that phone call replaced was she writing, claiming diplomatic immunity from the press? no. she had a badge from macdill air force base, which was consul for honorary consul. give it to me. look. we got a briefing from a source close to jill kelley this evening that sheds a little light on the origins of this and how this came about. the initial e-mail that triggers the concern comes from an anonymous e-mail from a kelley to general allen in afghanistan,
0 well, what s the middle ground? raising tax rates halfway in between 35% and 39%. i m just saying, that s where you can find the middle ground, the wiggle room, the potential as a way of giving the republicans are looking for an out on this. they need some sort of out. they know they re not going to win the fight simply on no raising of tax rates at all. but i think they want to feel as if there is some give there. and the president at least for now rhetorically gave them room to work. john boehner is listening to the future, he s listening to his party reporter: they want a deal. they want a deal. do you think the republicans are listening to the brains out like this like kristol and other thinkers, do you think they re willing to say we ve been to prejudice to the rich. this is one of the areas they will say you won the battle. we won t keep fighting for the rich. reporter: here s what i can tell you. when you talk to leadership and do reporting on that, they want a dea