Chuck todd, the lights are on. First read, president obama will take his push for stricter gun laws on the road for the first time. Today he heads to minneapolis, just about an hour from now, hes going to visit the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center and talk about what the white house calls a comprehensive set of common sense ideas to reduce gun violence. Minneapolis dubbed murderapolis in the 90s has had success in deterring crimes. Minnesota is also home to a bipartisan push by sheriffs to improve background checks and this week the state legislature is Holding Hearings on nearly a dozen gun proposals including a universal background check. In september, mentally ill gunmen killed six people in a shooting. Signs are growing that gun control advocates are recognizing the legislative reality and may be able to settle on passing background legislation and calling that a win. On abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weap
Good morning, everyone. It is monday, november 28th, im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. Cubans will gather today in havanas revolution square to begin a weeklong ceremony for fidel castro, bringing an end to his nearly 50year rule over the island nation. Castros remains were reportedly cremated on saturday. Following the end of the public ceremony tomorrow night, a procession will carry his ashes east to santiago de cuba, where he will be laid to rest. Tributes to the late leader poured in across havana and the rest of the country, but around the rest of the world, the reaction has been mixed to say the least. In miami, the epicenter of the cuban exile community, hundreds took to the streets Early Saturday Morning, celebrating and waving the flag of their homeland. It was a similar scene in cities across the country. The miami herald published a special 16page sunday edition with one word on the cover, dead. Joining us now from miami, msnbc correspondent. Good morning to you. We ju
Rankings of the oversight committees that we were taking additional steps in the clinton email investigation because i had testified under oath repeatedly that we were done and finished there. With respect to the russia investigation we treated it like we did with the clinton investigation. We didnt say a word about it until months into it and the only thing weve confirmed so far about this is the same thing with the clinton investigation that we are investigating and i suspect we will not say a peep about it and i dont know what well say when were done, but thats how we handle the the clinton investigation, as well. Let me ask you this, during your investigation into Hillary Clintons emails, a number of surrogates like Rudy Giuliani claimed to have a pipeline to the fbi. He boasted that, and i quote, numerous agents talk to him all the time, closed quote, regarding the investigation. He even had insinuated that he had advanced warning about the emails described in your october letter.
Immigrants from norway as being more desire than those from haiti or africa which he called shole company, the president insisted he is not a racist. Here is what he told reporters at maralago last night. No, no, im not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That i can tell you. Well, senator dick durbin the only democrat who attended that Oval Office Meeting remains the only participant to publicly confirm that the president used that derogatory language. Late today, the president attacked durbin on twitter, saying senator Dickey Durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the daca meeting. Deals cant get made when there is no trust. Durbin blew daca and is hurting our military. It comes after two republican senators appeared to revise their stories in an patient attempt to give the president some cover. At first senators tom cotton and david perdue released a joint statement saying we do not recall the president saying these comments specifically. Howeve
Least 50 constructive. Good evening. Its about how we solve this. Im chuck todd on the road live why you want to take your in phoenix, arizona, where we smartphone off your dinner table so you dont send all the wrong are getting ready to kick off signals to your kids, that you some special coverage here at dont actually want to be there mtp daily. Rooted with them. It officially begins tomorrow. So them is 50 constructive. Its our meet the midterms road trip. Bring you the best of it both during the week and on sunday. I spend a lot of time on what youre talking about, the last well have live shows from some of the hottest midterm 200 years of media history. Battlegrounds in the country right here in arizona, nevada, the yellow journalism phase was florida and texas. Well be talking to voters, tribal press, but because it was candidates and local leaders about what really matters to local, what ended up happening, them in these historic midterms we didnt know National Media at that tim