Ill tell you why todays announcement from the white house is a major blow for tax evaders. Plus, the historic filibuster of the president s pick for defense secretary reaches a boiling point. Weve never had a secretary of defense filibustered before. The nra reaches another new low. The roasting of marco rubio continues. The Tea Party Gets busted with pandas. And mary carillo of nbc sports on the olympic blade runner charged with killing his model girlfriend. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. Well, the president of the United States, hes out there fighting for the American Worker while the republicans are fighting to keep people poor. And of course, the proof is in the latest debate over the minimum wage. President obama held a live question and answer session on google today. He explained why the current minimum wage just isnt cutting it. Increases in productivity in our economy are helping a lot of folks at the top, less folks in the middle, and at the bot
Announcement from the white house is a major blow for tax evaders. Plus, the historic filibuster of the president s pick for defense secretary reaches a boiling point. Weve never had a secretary of defense filibustered before. The nra reaches another new low. The roasting of marco rubio continues. The Tea Party Gets busted with pandas. And mary carillo of nbc sports on the olympic blade runner charged with killing his model girlfriend. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. Well, the president of the United States, hes out there fighting for the American Worker while the republicans are fighting to keep people poor. And of course, the proof is in the latest debate over the minimum wage. President obama held a live question and answer session on google today. He explained why the current minimum wage just isnt cutting it. Increases in productivity in our economy are helping a lot of folks at the top, less folks in the middle, and at the bottom. And wages and incom
Would send up to 100 u. S. Special forces into iraq. They would help advise the Iraqi Military collect intelligence on the islamic militants of the group isis which has seized territory in Northern Iraq and is advancing closer to baghdad. The special operations teams would likely be made up of green berets, army rangers and navy s. E. A. L. S. President obama currently is meeting with his National Security team right now. His statement which was previously scheduled to begin a half hour ago is now set for 1 15 eastern, in about 15 minutes. Cnn, of course, covering this story from all the angles. We begin with senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim . Reporter jake, as you said, the president is expected to come into the Briefing Room in about 15 minutes to lay out his strategy for the next chapter for the United States in iraq. As youve been saying for the last 15, 20 minutes, this has been a difficult chapter for the United States because of the war that began back in 2003. T
Bow. All in starts right now. Good evening to you. Im ari melber in for chris hayes. President obama got right to the point when addressing the sony hack for the first time today. Telling americans he believes Sony Pictures made a mistake in pulling the Theatrical Release of its film the interview which depicts that plot to assassinate north Korean Leader kim jongun. In selfken sureship after the company was hacked, and began releasing it in order to damage and intimidate sony. There were also terror threats made against any theater that wanted to show the film. It was an unusual day in washington and l. A. To say the least. Well have more on president obamas Yearend Press Conference in a minute. The other big news in this sony sto story is a new what appears to be the hackers response to sony capitulation. We have not verified the authenticity of this message but the authors praised sonys decision to pull the movie as very wise and doubled down on ransom threats telling sony they have
When i say cease and desist, maybe the equivalent. Reporter jeb bush saying the talk of his campaign failing is premature. I do have momentum if you look at the polls and crowd sizes of town Hall Meetings. Reporter and taking on criticism. You will note, introverts set goals and grind. They go at it. Which is a pretty good thing to be when you are running for president and written off over and over. Reporter john kasich hours after his poignant moment on the campaign trail continued to push positive campaigning and community. You have to celebrate other peoples wins and sometimes you have to sit with them and cry because thats what we need in this country. Reporter all three have one more day of campaigning in South Carolina. For donald trump, all things look like they are on a glide path, but now it is urgent, especially for jeb bush who staked his campaign on a big performance in the state. For john kasich, it is momentum after the second place finish in new hampshire. Cristina and m