Mattis over at the pentagon, he said that north korea should cease any consideration of actions that will lead to the end of the regime and the destruction of its people. And the president tweeted, my first order as president was to renovate and modernize our Nuclear Arsenal, it is now stronger and more powerful than ever before. And he continues. Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never where a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. The president s tweet follows his stark warning to north korea. North korea best not make anymore threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the president wanted to put north korea on notice. I think the president , what the president s doing is sending a strong message to north korea, in language that kim jongun would understand because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language. The heightened tensions with no
But the Republican Party in his first public speech of this years midterms. Were supposed to stand up to discrimination. And were sure as heck supposed to stand unclearly and unequivocally to nazi sympathizers. How hard can that be, saying that nazis are bad . What happened to the Republican Party . Its central organizing principle in Foreign Policy was the fight against communism. And now they are cozying up to the former head of the kgb. In a healthy democracy, there are some checks and balances on this kind of behavior, this kind of inconsistency. But right now there is nothing. And by the way the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly arent following the president s orders, that is not a check. Im being serious here. That is not how our democracy is supposed to work. These people arent elected. They are not accountable. They are not doing us a service by actively promoting 90 on of the crazy stuff that is coming out of
February 15th, National Emergency day, along with joe, willie and me, we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc and cohost and executive producer of showtimes the circus john heilemann. Donny deutsch is here with us, and also susan del percio. Editor of commentary magazine. Just keep on talking, mika. We have John Podhoretz with us as well and msnbc contributor joyce vance. Theres so much to talk about. Big day. I would like willie to Start Talking about the president s physical, but i guess we can get to that a little bit could live to be 200 from what i can tell. Weighs 199, runs a 4. 75 40. Theyre lying about his health. He cant stop lying. I know a guy whos 64 and weighs close to 240 pounds, he does not look look that. No. No. If hes fighting an obesity crisis, theres no doubt he is obese guys, its not funny. Hes dead serious. Look up the stats. This guy is either obese or medically, morbidly obese. Its something hes obviously battling. I think he should talk about it
And the video that turned the words i cant breathe into a National Rallying cry, the nypd fired the officer involved in garners death. Officer Daniel Pantaleo held garner in a prohibited choke hold for selling loose cigarettes in 2014. This follows the recommendation from the Police Administrative judge who found him guilty of reckless assault but the ultimate decision made by the Police Commissioner who said hes personally debated it since he took over the reins of the nypd. Every time i watch that video, i say to myself as probably all of you do, to mr. Garner, dont do it. Comply. Officer pantaleo, dont do it. But an officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. The unintended consequence of mr. Garners death must have a consequence of its own. Therefore, i agree with the Deputy Commissioner of trials, legal findings and recommendations. It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer serve as a Police Officer. Theres no victors here, not the Garner Family, not
Shooting plots foiled. Three men in three states have been taken into custody for allegedly threatening or expressing interest in Mass Shootings. How are police and the fbi able to stop them. And absurd. That is what denmark Prime Minister calls President Trumps desire to buy greenland. The worlds biggest island may not be for sale but it is melting. Were going to show you the shocking impact of the cliemts crisis there. Wolf blitzer is off. Im brianna keeler, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Five years after he was accused of fatally chokingash garner, new York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo has been fired and will not receive his pension after a disciplinary hearing which he was found guilty of using a chokehold on garner. Garners final words, i cant breathe, were a rallying cry for the black lives Matter Movement and with recession fears mounting President Trump blaming the media, democrats and his own fed chairman for economic concerns and he has yo