A Government Shutdown is not off the table. Were looking at all options. Theyre on the table. All the options are on the table. All options are on the table. Take a breath. Mitt romney pressing president obama to put the brakes on that executive action. Let the congress and this election have its say. Ive got Legal Authority to make improvements on the system. But republicans make it clear theyre going to put up a big fight against the plan. Were going to fight tooth and nail if he continues down this path. I think the president wants a fight. Weve seen this before. The government has been shut down. I dont think anybody wants to shut down the government. Its time for the republicans to man up. Its time to man up and start dealing with this. Thats what they were sent there to do. Since the New York Times reported that president obama will announce as soon as this week, quote, a broad overhaul of the nations Immigration Enforcement system that will protect up to 5 million unauthorized i
Pocono mountain municipal airport. Frein, accused of killing one state trooper and seriously injuring another, will now face the death penalty. He was handcuffed in the cuffs belonging to the late trooper and was taken away in the officers squad car. Last night authorities described the effort that went into his capture. The reason this took so long is that it is such a big wooded area that he was totally familiar with, that he had a lot of places to hide in, and we had to be very careful in how we searched it. Eric frein had a mission, and that was to attack Law Enforcement. If he got out of those woods, we were very concerned that he would then kill other Law Enforcement and if not them, civilians. Thats why we had to keep the pressure on him. Frein will be arraigned later this morning, the charges first degree murder, homicide of a Law Enforcement officer, attempted murder, and possession of weapons of mass destruction. Now, officials thanked the community for their support and coop
Hey, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. In a surprise move, chairman of the joint chiefs general Martin Dempsey is in baghdad today, his first trip sense american troops were sent back to iraq and the u. S. Began its Bombing Campaign against isis. The general told a gathering of marines at the u. S. Embassy that the momentum in the fight is starting to turn against isis. Much of that fight is still focused in kobani, syria. The u. S. And its partners launching a new round of air strikes there today. There are reports from the ground that kurdish fighters have gained ground along kobanis Southern Front during fierce fighting overnight. Joining us now is marie harf. Lets talk about new data obtained by nbc news. This finds that isis in iraq has significantly increased since the u. S. Air strikes began. About 800 yeartodate attacks, 140 just last month. Is this campaign actually working . Well, weve always said this is going to be a longterm campaign. Isis is a tough adversary.
Way. Bill karins, secret santa just given away. Great to have you with us this morning. A lot to get to. We want to start off the top of the show with the weather and that super soak over the west coast. That is our top story this morning. According to the National Weather service, its going to be the strongest storm to hit california since 09. Flood watches, highwind warnings and blizzard warnings in effect for parts of the west coast. Msnbc meteorologist bill karins, a noreaster on the east coast, this storm system out west. The one out west is dangerous in the fact that we could have falling trees, a lot of Power Outages to deal with. The one in the northeast is more an inconvenience dealing with slippery roads this morning. Mother nature is now putting on her show. Again, this is typical of maybe what youd expect in a california winter. You get these big storms like this. But its been so dry for so long we havent had many of these storms. Thats why youre hearing the biggest storm i
Risking another shutdown. Theres a trillion dollar deal on the table to stop it. Some in washington are saying the cure may be worse than the disease. One things worse, its causing depolitical divisions on both sides. Heres what it does in part. It funds most of the government through next fall. Thats the good news. The department of Homeland Security just gets funded through february. And democrats are upset about two other pieces of the bill. The first rewrites Campaign Finance rules. The second rewrites banking regulations. Speaker boehner said yesterday it may not be pretty but it is a deal. Heres the problem for boehner. The vote is set for today at 2 00 and he needs 218 votes to get the bill passed. But he needs help from both parties. As many as 80 republicans may oppose the bill. Especially conservatives. That want to take a stand on immigration now. Not wait until 2015. That means dozens of democrats need to vote for it. Theres a lot of concern on that side of the aisle as wel