With flints favorite son Michael Moore. On the manmade disaster in his hometown. And where he stands on hillary versus bernie and the Hidden History of billionaires and the rise of the radical right. Jane maier on her new book dark money, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes with 13 days until the iowa caucuses, the fight for iowa is tight. But donald trump and ted cruz were effectively tied in the latest polling from the hawkeye state. Lobbing increasingly nasty insults at each other as they scramble for advantage. Today the most loathed figure in modern republican politics stepped into the fight. Sarah palin the former alaska governor, 2008 gop president ial candidate showing up in ames, iowa to officially offer her support to donald trump and throw a huge wrench into cruzs best laid plans. This is going to be so much fun. Are you ready to make America Great again . He is beholding to no one but we the people. How refreshing. He is perfectly positi
And every cycle its done a little differently. In 2008, not only were the conventions much later that year, they didnt happen till it august and september, but the order was reversed from this year in 2008, the democrats went first. Democrats held their big nominating convention for barack obama and joe biden in denver. You might remember it culminated with that big speech in that huge arena in denver where barack obama spoke on than set with the big theatrical columns. It was very dramatic. The republicans that year in 2008, they made a Bold Decision that they would take advantage of the fact that the democrats were going first and they would take advantage of the fact that the conventions were so late that year. So the momentum coming out of the conventions was going to be really important for the general election. Because of those two factors they decided to do something very bold. They decided in 2008 that one day after the Democratic Convention was over, the very next day, john mc
Gunmen stormed a university in northwest pakistan, about 21 miles outside of the city of peshawar. The Associated Press is reporting at least 19 people killed. Lets go straight to nbcs Kelly Cobiella who is live in london. Good morning, kelly. What can you tell us . Good morning, shannon. Well, as you can see from those pictures, quite a battle playing out on the campus of this university in northwestern pakistan today. Militants used the cover of fog to scale a wall at the university. This university about 21 miles from peshawar. They went in to classrooms and dorms, and started shooting. The Associated Press saying at least 19 are dead, with at least as many injured, as well, nearby hospitals overwhelmed with the wounded. And the casualty numbers continue to change. The Pakistani Army is now moving room by room looking for militants. Its not clear how many are on campus. But Officials Say theyve killed four so far. The Pakistan Taliban is claiming responsibility this morning, telling
It was very dramatic. The republicans that year in 2008, they made a Bold Decision that they would take advantage of the fact that the democrats were going first and they would take advantage of the fact that the conventions were so late that year. So the momentum coming out of the conventions was going to be really important for the general election. Because of those two factors they decided to do something very bold. They decided in 2008 that one day after the Democratic Convention was over, the very next day, john mccain would name his Vice President ial running mate. They didnt name the person who was going to run with mccain till after the democrats had their convention. Its kinds of a genius move. It meant the biggesting move who john mccain was going to pick as his running mate was this is distracting parlor game that everybody was nattering about all through the Democratic Convention when they should have been talking about barack obama and joe biden. It also met when john mcca