Some obama faithful have turned their backs on the president. I will talk to one of those people. Obamas former arms control andapons of mass destruction czar. And the troubled u. S. Israeli relationship. Who is to blame . The former israeli ambassador points the finger squarely at president obama. The administrations former middle east envoy responds. Then Double Agents secret codes, russian intelligence the fbi, and a critical meeting at a hooters. The real life story of how to catch a russian spy from a man who helped to do just that. But first, heres mistake. In thinking about americas enduring racial divide, i found myself intrigued by some lessons from an unlikely source. Singapore. To help prepare myself for a trip there next week i asked the countrys deputy Prime Minister what he regarded as the countrys biggest success. Imaged that he would talk about economics since the city states per capita gdp now outstrips that of america, japan or hong kong. He spoke instead about social
Foreign policy at the brookings institute, martin indyk, on some of the big bets president obama is making during his second term in foreign policy. Thats on meetthepress msnbc. Com. Well be back next week. If its sunday, its meet the press. Weapons have no place. People need to feel safe. More than six weeks since newtown and the gun debate Takes Center Stage in d. C. You are watch msnbc. We will talk to connecticut senator about what is realistically going to get done. Plus president obama sits down with hispanic caucus leaders to talk about Immigration Reform. Congress woman sanchez was one at the meeting. She is packing up and moving out and heading home. What is next for Hillary Clinton . We will check in with one of the longtime residents of hillary land. President obama is urging gun control advocates to listen to voices of americans who grew up hunting. If you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were ten and that became part of your familys traditions you wou
Jon and im jon scott. Both sides digging in their heels over the raising of the debt ceiling. Republicans propose deep cuts to medicare and the president S Health Care law while democrats say theyve already done more than enough to get the debt under control. The president has made clear we cannot negotiate about whether or not the government of the United States would default. It was a mistake in 2011 to have that debate. It hurt the economy. And i think Congress Knows that it has to deal with this. We also have to look at how far weve already gone in with the federal government. This president seems to be using kind of a oneway ratchet, always expanding the role of the federal government even as were 17 trillion in debt, and were increasing that debt at the rate of about a trillion a year. Jon so take a look at the debt clock, it now sits just under 17 trillion, an amount now bigger than the entire u. S. Economy. Karl rove is a former Senior Adviser and deputy chief of staff to presi
Good evening. Tonight our lead story comes from the world of medicine. Its about cancer, and its about changing how we refer to it, changing our definition of it. In part, its about the minor stuff, the comparatively smaller things that are discovered during screenings, giving them different names, making them a lot less scary. A panel of this nations top doctors now says even the word cancer is often misused. They warn not all cancers are alike, not all are deadly so they shouldnt be treated or talked about the same way. In plain english, they want to stop wasting time, money and worry and concentrate on whats important. Its where we begin here tonight with our medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman. This is important stuff. It is, good evening, brian. For many in the cancer world todays step is long overdue in making the diagnosis and treatment of cancer smarter and more cost effective. Turn the page of any dictionary, land on the letter c and find one of the most frightening words no on
Hello, im whole reporting from washington. We begin in iraq, where armed u. S. Drones are now flying over baghdad. That according to a u. S. Official. Our pentagon correspondent barbara starrs following all the late breaking developments. Barbara, what can you tell us about these armed u. S. Drones, what kind of missions are they fly, will the president authorize, for example, those drones to fire hellfire missiles at isis targets in iraq . At this point, this is not about air strikes against isis, wolf, that is what u. S. Officials are insist. These armed drones with, indeed, hellfire missiles, are flying over the baghdad area with the mission to protect the 180 u. S. Military advisers, with more to come, on the ground in the baghdad area. These are u. S. Military personnel that are fanning out around the baghdad area, having a lack at iraqi forces, trying to assess their capabilities, also looking at what isis is up to. The whole area is very dangerous. They are flying these armed dr