Responsible for the prior legal review and approval of every military operation approved by the president and secretary of defense during president obamas first term. If approved, hell be the fourth person nominated. Im joined now by our White House Correspondent Kristen Welker standing by. Micha Michael Isikoff and usa today kplum columnist raul reyes. What can you tell us about jeh johnson and the president s announcement . Reporter jeh johnson was an early supporter of president obamas during the 2008 campaign. The two men reportedly having a good rapport, one of the factors that wept into this decision. But as say, hes the top attorney with the pat the penta now. He has been at the forefront of decisions made particularly related to the use of drone strikes as well as ending the dont ask, dont tell policy. When you look at the philosophy that these two men have they are really in sync, jeh johnson is opposed to the idea of an indefinite war. That is something he said recently and p
Who was later suspected of having committed the crime of firstdegree murder. That was just what the grand jury decided ofafter being presented evidence from just one side. The grand jury does or does not return an indictment. You may return that former New York State Supreme Court justice famously said any prosecutor worth his salt can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. In this case alex hunter decided after looking at the grand jurys resume nations and the result of the indictment they signed, there was in and out enough evidence to prosecute anyone, john or patricia or anyone else. Here we are 14 years later. That is still the case. We are no closer to knowing what happened to Jonbenet Ramsey on christmas night and the morning after christmas in 1996. Craig. Mike, what, if anything, does this mean for the investigation Going Forward . Reporter well, legally nothing. In terms of the investigation, its still an active investigation, open homicides remain open indefinitely. The
S p dropped. 41. Nasdaq only fell. 15 . That sums up the week. Stocks suffered broad declirs, and, of course, the reasons for the decline had nothing to do with what happened during the week. Heaven forbid it matters what companies are saying. With the exception of the misleading fiasco of jcpenney, we had good news, mergers, break ups, surprises from companies as big and prominent as nike. Which reported a fantastic number last night in part, because, are you sitting down, western europe, where sales of orders were sensational. Talk about a comeback. No, no, no, the selloff is all about whats going to happen next week. So lets game plan it out to see if we should still be selling first, not to mention second, third and fourth and asking questions later. One thing is for certain. I could have a picture of the white house and the house of representatives with boxing gloves on next week making a fight card. But that would be wrong. They arent even wearing gloves anymore. The president sa
Closer and closer to a Government Shutdown. Some fear mongers are saying the shutdown will be the end of the world as we get it. We even have a countdown clock. The odds of a severe long lasting shutdown are less than the odds of ari not saying something awkward in the next hour. Awkward. What will happen well played. What will happen if the government shuts down and how close are we to that really happening . Lets start with nbcs own luke russert. What do you think . Reporter well, toure, john boehner is in an extremely difficult position. Hes been boxed in by the more conservative element of the house gop conference. They say they will not fund the government unless the president S Health Care law is completely defunded. The government passed a clean bill now in the hands of the house. Were unclear as to what path hell take. He can attach a conservative amendment to make it more friendly for conservatives or pass the clean one or one week to two week delay. But no one necessarily kno
Contributor, robert gibbs, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post, sam stein. And Senior National correspondent for Bloomberg Business week, josh green. Well get right to the news. Does anyone want to crystallize whats been going down on the past 24 hours . Not exactly crystallizable. Its confusing. I think its now republicans selfdestruct. I dont know what the word chaos is the industry here. Thats what weve been seeing all the time. This is different. Special chaos. Seasonal chaos. For breakfast every morning. Its not special word, its chaos part 7. Well let the story speak for itself. There are just three days before the threat of the federal government shutting down becomes a reality. Later today, the senate will begin voting on a bill to fund the government. Majority leader, harry reid will then look to amend the bill, stripping of it any language to defund obama care. After todays vote, the bill goes back to the house, where lawmakers will h