In his book, you lie jack cashill chronicles what he argues are president obamas falsehoods. This hourlong event was hosted by the Jackson County Republican Club in lees summit, missouri. Thank you, jim. Thank you all for coming out tonight, and thank someone for the fact that theres no baseball game tonight. [laughter] you know, there are several major religions that believe the Second Coming will be in Jackson County, missouri. [laughter] and they may be right. It may be sooner than we think. Okay. Five years into the obama presidency, heres what liberal constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley said of the president. Quote barack obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be. Liberal First Amendment lawyer James Goodall was harsher still president obama will surely pass president Richard Nixon as the worst president ever on issues of National Security and press freedom. As they say, if your friends are saying about you, imagine what your enemies are saying. [laughter]
The presiding officer senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . Hearing none, on this vote the yeas are 69. The nays are 24. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action, and the senate will resume legislative session. Mr. Reid mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the Senate Recess subject to call of the chair. The presiding officer without objection. The Senate Stands in recess the Senate Stands in recess lawmakers taking a break now that theyve completed their legislative work having taken care of two executive nominations. Theyre heading off to attend party caucus meetings as leaders continue to work on an agreement to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. And cspans cameras are trained outside those meeting rooms in case lawmakers or staff talk to the press. Were also stand
Also send us your tweet if you go to twitter. Com we will begin with the sunday review section of the the New York Times yesterday. We want to get your take on this. It does religion influence your politics . With more people saying they are unaffiliated. We want to get your take. Here are some comments from facebook this morning. What are your thoughts on this december 24, 2012. It does religion influence your politics . Let me show you this from the New York Times this morning. A new poll out worldwide religion shows up that one out of six follows no religion. That is worldwide. All religions outside the United States as well. The upi story. Religious identity affect voter choice. And then on the 2012 election, here is the pew forum on religion and Public Policy dorothy and baltimore, maryland. Independent caller. What do you think . Does religion influence your politics . Caller it does influence me somewhat but not so much now this time with obama. The reason why i say it does a li
You got the dynamic duo here for the power hour. Chris cuomo and d lemon and cnns special coverage of night three of the dnc. We are, now, less than 24 hours away from what has to be the main event. The president ial nominee, himself, joe biden, delivering his convention address. Don. His running mate, none other than senator Kamala Harris. Really, she was the star of the show on this third night. Putting her name in the history books, as the first woman of color to accept the nomination on a major Party President ial ticket. And she brings a lot. I mean, obviously, you know, being black, being indian. Her background. And she is a straight puncher. And she will go right at donald trump, step for step. Joe biden will need that. That is not his strength. Now, what really captured the moment tonight, for the context of what a harris biden ticket means, was former president barack obama. We have never seen him this way, before. Okay . He seemed troubled. Okay . He was grave in his assessme
Day present, the gift of life. And she was one of hollywoods first it girls. Tonight we remember mod squad actress peggy lipton. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. The rain just hasnt stopped. Its already been a recordbreaking month for louisiana, texas and alabama. And tonight, that rain outpacing the drainage system in new orleans where the water stood at knee level in some areas today. The Severe Weather also causing flooding across mississippi and beyond. The dangerous system also spawning tornadoes like this one in campbell county, virginia, on saturday. As it all moves east tonight, the storm affecting major cities in the southeast. We begin with tammy leitner. Reporter tonight, this latest storm system pounding the south. Look at that. Reporter from tornadoes to unrelenting rain. The system already wreaking havoc across six states with more than a foot of rain from texas up to kansas and down to louisiana. Bringing recordbreaking rainfall to the sta