Ahead than the United States and United States companies in trading, and in doing things to build africa. Africa is an opportunity, an opportunity that finally, it looks like, some will engage seriously thanks to this president. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Counter suit. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with what caused a big remarkable reaction last night. Im talking about the idea of the president turning the tables and suing what he calls this dont do Nothing Congress. They sue him. People think they should do what i talked about last night, sue them back. Many think suing the congress back is the way the president
should respond to what the republicans in the house of representatives did to him last week. Think about it. Time and again congress has failed to act on even the most roo are teen matters of official business like approving ambassadors for posts overseas. Its failed to do what everyone kno
President s hidden plan on immigration leak out into one nations newspaper, prompting republicans to fight before the real debate even gets started. And ten years later, what some key players are saying about the decision to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003. Good morning, happy president s day in minneapolis. Its monday, february 18, 2013, and this is the daily rundown. Heres chuck todd. Thanks, brad, and happy president s day to all of you. But remember, the federal government says this holiday is called washingtons birthday, so get it right. Lets get to my first reads of the morning. Defense secretary nominee chuck hagel may have stepped forward forward sequestering of the filibuster that put the hagel vote off another week. John brennan, cia director, and chuck hagel as secretary of defense, we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working because i dont want there to have been something missed because of this hangup in washington. John mccain acknowledged hagel wi
Failed to act on even the most roo are teen matters of official business like approving ambassadors for posts overseas. Its failed to do what everyone knows is the business of the country like passing an immigration system, fixing the countrys broken down infrastructure. You name it. Isnt this a case of congress denying the country honest and faithful service . Not doing anything. Not even its most minimal official requirements like passing a federal budget. Is this why so many people shared, tweeted or commented on the sue Congress Proposal i made last night . Is this why people are reacting with excitement . Because they see the unfairness and the republicans in congress daring to approve a legal suit against the president , all the while preventing the government from doing its own job. There are a lot of good people who say the best way for the president to deal with the legal suit against him is to sue the heck out of them. Isnt this the reaction this boehnerheaded suit against th
Protesters. But all who hit the streets are outraged. What fuels their continued disobedience is obvious. President obama says its not just madeup. That communities of color dont always believe theyre being treated fairly. Its rooted in realities. That have existed in this country for a long time. Then came the next flash point, officer wilson saying the incident had nothing to do with race in an abc news exclusive. If Michael Brown were white this would have gone down exactly the same way. Yes. No question . No question. The officer says on the fateful morning on august 9th, he saw black teenager Michael Brown and his friend walking in the middle of the street. I said hay, come here for a minute, thats when he turned and said, what the [ bleep ] are you going to do about it and slammed the door shut on me. He said the teen hit him ten times causing bruising. I pull the it third time and it goes off. Wilson admits brown runs away but it was his duty to give chase. My job isnt to sit an
Happy friday we made it. Its the end of the week that made the phrase perfect balls a fixture in every newsroom across the country. Heres what you need to know right now. Turmoil abroad is what were watching. First up two big stories in the middle east the funeral of saudi King Abdullah and unraveling the government in yemen. President hadi and his cabinet resigned and rebels are calling on supporters to hold mass protests. A fallen yemen has huge implications for the United States. The country with a new of key positions, cross roads of the oil trade and central to u. S. Counterterrorism efforts in the middle east and as well as u. S. Drone programs that have become a controversial cornerstone of the global war on terror. The resurge ent al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is based in yemen and considered by washington to be al qaedas most dangerous group. With this crisis fears are on the rise in washington and beyond that yemen could become more of a breeding ground for terrorist ambi