Constitutional law, wouldnt love being having that moniker. But actually, even when that came to her in her 80s, she seemed to enjoy it. We were present a number of times when it was in front of a young audience, kind of telling the joke that her and the notorious b. I. G. Had quite a bit in common because they were born and bred in brooklyn. And the crowd would laugh. And she would eat it up. She enjoyed the fact that young people were seeing her as a pop star. I have to say, in this moment, i dont want to let anyone down. This is important, especially for women. Im being told by my good friend, katie couric, irin, that im pronouncing your name wrong. Emphasis on rin. I want to tell the story about a workout for a second. Go on, please. I love that tell this story. When i interviewed her in 2015, i asked her if it was true, before we had Video Evidence of this, if she could do 20 pushups. And she was so precise. She was the most factual unerrorly. We do ten pushups, i take a breath, a
The last few moments we moved higher and we are positive for the week. When you check it out and industrials we are up 44 points and most of those names on the dow are in the green, names like hewlettpackard and caterpillar and bank of america and United Healthcare doing well. The fiscal cliff headline after headline continues to be in the forefront and on everybodys mind that this is what we are seeing, a decent market and the u. S. Dollar being weaker today has been a factor in the strength we are seeing as well. Connell treasury secretary tim geithner meeting with congressional leaders and doing so as we speak. Dagen peter barnes live from capitol hill. Peter treasury secretary tim geithner arriving at our or so ago to hold meetings with top congressional leaders. Senate democratic leader harry reid, now he is meeting with House Speaker john boehner, that meeting just getting underway, after that meeting with Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Democratic leader nancy
Msnbc and kristen, good to have you back on the show. Its really something. Theyre going to have to work with democrats. What a horrible idea, they might have to work with democrats. Theyre going to find its easier to work with democrats than their own president who undermines them, slams them and says bad things about them, just for fun, to bully them, throw them under the bus, make up new plans, have rose garden ceremonies, mumiliate them. I mean, could it be worse . Why dont you work with democrats. No, seriously. Youre working with someone who literally cant function. Okay, mika. And he also doesnt understand any of the policy. No clue. Mika. What was the question . The biggest problem is he doesnt understand the policy. All he has been telling people all along, it doesnt line up with anything he promised on the campaign trail and he just doesnt understand the most basic concepts. Not a policy wonk. No. And his lack of specificity with the members is frustrating to some republican
now by the medicare expansion in your state and you ve got a lot of them t. architect for mitch mccoll slum yes they will be pulled off over time, but thatly have a choice to go find something better for them. is that a compelling argument to the people you talked to in west virginia in or are they happy they got something and they don t want something taken away, even if it may lead to a better choice down the road? reporter: willie, they had choice all along, they couldn t afford it. they ve had a choice is forever. they couldn t afford it. we have health clinics. we have a lot of good things in rural areas. some of these poor people cannot afford it. so, now all of a sudden, in five or ten years the economy is going to absolutely explode and they re going to be able to have all this new choice and have money in their pock to take care of it. i don t think that s the real world, willie, and let s help people. i want to get people back in the work force. i m having a difficult time