2012. This is the daly rundown. Im chuck todd. Lets get first to my first reads. President obama wanted to spend his first post Election Press conference showing he was ready to reach across the aisle. Instead, he found himself on the receiving end of criticisms from not one, but two former president ial rivals. The president himself was loose, confident and at times aggressive trying to show hes in charge of these budget investigations. Also to appear magazine 1 2 muss. Magnanimous. He pledged to sit down with his rival governor romney. There are certain aspects of governor romneys ideas that i think could be very helpful. While the president was paying mitt romney compliments, mitt romney was telling donors on a Conference Call a different story. Blaming his defeat on a financial what he called them, gifts. What the president has given to supporter, including africanamericans, hispanics, saying the president followed, quote, the old playbook. Heres more from romney. With regards to t
John boehner and House Democratic leader nancy pelosi met at the white house yesterday afternoon with the president and Vice President. Heres where things stand right now. The Senate Leaders are meeting aiming to avoid tax hikes. And they may vote on a deal sunday or perhaps on monday. Jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. Lisa day jar dayne is on capitol hill. The president used his bully pulpit to reinforce the idea that senators need to get busy. So lets listen. The American People are watching what we do here. Obviously, their patience is already thin. This is deja vu all over again. America wonders why it is that in this town for some reason, you cant get stuff done in an organized timetable, why everything always has to wait till the last minute. Were now at the last minute. And the American People are not going to have any patience for a politically selfinflicted wound to our economy. Not right now. So jessica, you were in the room for the president s remarks. O
wrongdoing and an affair and whose nomination as supreme commander in europe is on hold has pledged to cooperate with the investigation. meanwhile, the fbi is still trying to wrap up the petraeus incident. they re looking through potential evidence taken from paul lal broadwell s home during a consensual search earlier this week. now, amid allegations that she mishandled classified information, the army has yanked broadwell s security clearance. and on cnnhead line news, broadwell hasn t made any public comments, even in print. meanwhile, petraeus will make it back on capitol hill to testify tomorrow on benghazi. joining me nbc s correspondent kelly o donnell. and brad gilman, editor-at-large for time magazine. he wrote the cover story entitled the petraeus affair.
0 let s get first to my first reads. president obama wanted to spend his first post election press conference showing he was ready to reach across the aisle. instead, he found himself on the receiving end of criticisms from not one, but two former presidential rivals. the president himself was loose, confident and at times aggressive trying to show he s in charge of these budget investigations. also to appear magazine 1/2 muss. magnanimous. he pledged to sit down with his rival governor romney. there are certain aspects of governor romney s ideas that i think could be very helpful. while the president was paying mitt romney compliments, mitt romney was telling donors on a conference call a different story. blaming his defeat on a financial what he called them, gifts. what the president has given to supporter, including african-americans, hispanics, saying the president followed, quote, the old playbook. here s more from romney. with regards to the young people, for instance, a forg