all right. well at the measurement as we look at the resistance we see kentucky rand paul and maine s susan consequentlies college out in opposition. last count numerous senators are still on the fence regarding approval while the margin for passing it borders on slim and none. msnbc alex joins us from providence rhode island last time we were talking they were wrapping it up. and if they have, what compromises have you heard coming out of the governors, this as they obviously have a much wider view of who needs help and how to help them compared to members of congress. right, richard these governors on the front lines of implementing health care with the federal government, especially on medicaid which was the key issue discussed at all the meetings both in public and private and what i heard from governors, and the concern
the use of excessive force and misuse of authority is not new in chicago or isolated only to chicago. there s a history of it. for whatever progress we have made, the killing of laquan mcdonald is a vivid reminder that we have much more work to do as a city. today, the cop charged with first degree murder in the death of mcdonald is out on a $150,000 bond. nbc s john yang has been following this story. he joins us now from chicago. on john, was this a surprise we would see the police superintendent being asked to resign? as late as about 7:40 this morning here in chicago, gary mccarthy was doing television interviews. once a month he does the round of morning shows, local television news shows here in chicago. this was his day to do it for december. he had gave no inkling in ananyf these conversations this was coming. wmaq in chicago was reporting he was summoned to city hall at 8:00 this morning and according to sources was seen leaving not very happy. now we know why.
swing for the democrats facing tough questions in the south carolina presidential forum. did anyone come out a clear winner? rejecting the keystone pipeline, we ll look at some of the critical factors that may have led to the decision and the timing of the announcement. another good morning to all of you. we have new developments in the crash of the metrojet airliner in egypt. u.s. officials tell nbc news intelligence intercepts picked up chatter between isis forces in sinai. now, nbc news has confirmed that the u.s. intelligence community intercept a signal from an isis affiliated group prior to the crash that warned of quote, something big in the area. egyptian officials confirmed the cockpit voice recorder from the airbus a-321 is in working order. the black box data points to an explosion on board the flight, however, this still does not answer the question as to whether a bomb or some other catastrophic failure was to blame for the crash. the u.s. department of homel
trail a day after the democratic southern forum and what did we learn from the candidates and did anybody come out a strong winner? and now, a sexting scandal in colorado. and now some officials could face some pretty substantial charges. at one minute past noon, we begin with the breaking news. e egyptian aviation officials are confirming certain details of a crash of a russian airliner which killed all 224 people aboard. the head of the panel investigating the crash said that all appeared to be operating normally until the plane appeared to break apart. the loss of recorded altitude is 30,000 feet and 888. still in climbing mode. last recorded air speed is 28 # 281 knots, and piet lot was engaged until the end of the recordings. we will go the abc s bill neely who is in sharm el sheikh, and, bill, welcome to you, and what else did we learn from the briefing bill? yes, hi, alex. a as we heard, there were a lot of numbers and detail, and it was significant, and th
so much with this storm. so much history has been made in the last 4 hou24 hours. to think about and grasp this that storm is stronger than wilma, katrina, rita, andrew, some of the most historic storms we ve had in the atlantic basin, this is stronger than all of them. the pressure was lower than they ve ever seen. it s amazing they could fly into a storm like that. on our recorded history, this is the third strongest storm we ve ever seen anywhere on our planet. the strongest of a typhoon with 215 mile-an-hour winds. what is special about this one is that this one could make landfall at that intensity. all the other ones are in the area of the western pacific and never made landfall at those intensitie intensities. the record goes back to 2013 with a typhoon. this could make landfall with winds at 205 miles an hour. this is more than our computer expected. a lot of warm water with it. that s why it may not be done intensifying yet. at 11:30 eastern time, we ll have an upd