This is a big moment in the president s presidency. There is no moment for president like being reelected. I think the president feels like his theory of the economy has been validated by reelection and lets not forget, economic restoration is still the major goal. He has a lot of opportunities, and a lot of emotion tonight is around new gun laws, new gun control measures. Some momentum. Well see what can happen. Immigration reform, bipartisan movement there. But ill tell you, brian, this is a very difficult atmosphere over taxes and the budget. I spent some time with Speaker Boehner today. Who said the president doesnt have the guts to take on spending. Doesnt have the courage to take on liberals in his own party. These sides are really far apart on something as fundamental as how we deal with spending and the debt in our country. And thats going to be part of the back drop tonight. The relationship right now between the two men who will be feet apart tonight, the president and the ho
Of recession, and its the long, suffering middle class that will be the target of much of his message tonight. We should tell you at the same time, we are following a very tense news event, across the continent on the west coast in the san berardino mountains, gunfire and then a fire over an hour weve been watching this in a cabin in the woods believed to contain the sniper, excop, the military veteran that has terrorized Southern California for days. Another loss of life tonight. A Police Deputy there confirmed dead and if this situation is resolved, were keeping a close eye on it, we will let you know, following the conclusion of the president s remarks. Back inside the House Chamber we go, weve been watching arrivals tonight. First lady has taken her seat. Members of the supreme court. And now members of the cabinet. Outgoing, incoming and those who are saying on. Youre going to see a lot of ribbons and a lot of lapels tonight. The green ribbons are for the victims of the shooting v
Race, which is all of a sudden very important again in terms of understanding whats going on right now in todays news and politics. And yes, in 2012 the 2012 republican president ial primary ultimately produced nickname mittens mitt romney as that partys president ial nominee. But at the very beginning of the president ial cycle in 2012, when they first started polling Republican Voters in 2012 on who they wanted to be their nominee, you know who was at the top of the list . You know who was at the top of the heap for republican candidates or potential candidates when they first started polling at the very beginning of that cycle . You want to know who was polling in first place . Donald trump. And im not talking about this president ial cycle for 2016. Im talking about the last one. This is the representative headline. This was about a national cnn poll of Republican Voters taken in april 2011. Donald trump tied for first place. And donald trump ended up at the top of a lot of polls a
wildlife building just outside of burns, oregon. same with the 3 percenters. their leader said today what s happening in oregon cog possibly be a false flag operation. the oath keepers said today the efforts up in oregon were manufactured by pot heads. so is this a standoff in oregon that is a departure from the string of armed anti-government right wing militant provocations that we ve seen over the past couple of years or is this in line, both with those previous protests and also with an ongoing movement that s going to produce the kind of scary standoffs over the interior west. joins us now is the executive director for the center for western priorities which is a public lands energy and watchdog group. thanks for you time tonight. rachel, thank you for having me on. should we understand this display in oregon as a one-off thing as the usual suspects