Cant be to embrace conspiracy theories or to talk about alternative facts. Ill talk to senator jeff flake of arizona who took on his own Republican Party for not sticking to its principles. And the democrats. You have to say leadership has not been clever enough or Strong Enough or perhaps visionary enough. My interview with california governor jerry brown and how the democrats have managed to become a Minority Party in washington, in statehouses, and secret v voted out of the white house. We agree washington is not working. What can we do to fix it . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Heather mcgee, president of demos and david french, Senior Writer for the National Review. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. What
But if theres one thing our parties can agree on, they dont agree on much. Today well focus on our broken Political Parties specifically. Consider this republicans have never seen more sentiment. They have more dpgovernors in multiple generations yet cant get anything done. E demographics are moving rel t relentlessly in the democrats way but they cant win elections. Both sides are focused more on the issue of winning the next election, firing up the base, talking to people who already agree with them, than they are about persuading people to eventually agree with them. Senator jeff flake of arizona took after his own Republican Party perhaps to his own peril when he wrote this in Politico Magazine this week. It was we conservatives who upon obamas electioned state stated our number one priority was not advancing a conservative poll i v si agenda but making him a oneterm president. Could senator flakes words describe democrats in the age of trump . Well goat that and to the democrats l
Theories or to talk about alternative facts. Ill talk to senator jeff flake of arizona who took on his own Republican Party for not sticking to its principles. And the democrats. You have to say leadership has not been clever enough or Strong Enough or perhaps visionary enough. My interview with california governor jerry brown and how the democrats have managed to become a Minority Party in washington, in statehouses, and secret v voted out of the white house. We agree washington is not working. What can we do to fix it . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Heather mcgee, president of demos and david french, Senior Writer for the National Review. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. What was extraordinary about this
Vote instead of the traditional 60 notes. By this time tomorrow the u. S. Supreme court should have a new justice. Fox reporters are in washington and members of both parties blaming the other for the historic change. On this vote the yeses are 48 and the nos are 52. Voting on party lines, u. S. Senate has adopted a new president for overcoming filibusters meant to delay or block nominees to the Supreme Court. This will be the first and last partisan filibuster of the Supreme Court nomination. Dubbed the Nuclear Option by former majority leader, 4852 Party Line Vote changes president by stripping the Minority Party of the ability to block appointments to the nations higher court by launching openended filibusters which used to require 60 votes to ends. When a nominee doesnt get enough votes for confirmation, the answer is not to change the rules. Its to change the nominee. The triggering of the Nuclear Option today follows the same playbook democrats used back in 2013 when they, as the
Tornado hit tuesday night. This couple rode out the storm in a closet. And i just pushed her in and i went in behind her. When she went down there is glass all over the floor. Just something you never want to imagine going through, ever. Kenneth despite all the damage, no major injuries are reported in pensacola. In convent, louisiana crews are searching for additional victims in this trailer park. At least two people are dead and Dozens Injured after a tornado sent mobile homes flying. There are Family Member calling in that have not made contact with loved ones. Kenneth another twister blew the roof off this gym in praireville. They had about 35 people here, working employees and people just working out and about 8 kids in the daycare , so definitely a scary situation. Kenneth forecasters expect the nasty weather to move north. Tornadoes are in the forecast for the carolinas. Mollie lets check in with jason who is the following those storms on radar all morning. Jason pretty impressi