Americans agree that its time to fix a system that has been broken for way too long. Everybody recognizes the systems broken. Thats why were here at the border today. Broad consensus is emerging. There is a consensus around fixing what is broken. We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. President obamas speech today in las vegas on his immigration proposals, is absolutely consistent with what she has been arguing for all along. Just watch this bit here. This is uncanny. In recent years, one in four hightech startups in america were founded by immigrants. In recent years, a full 25 of hightech startups in the u. S. Were founded by immigrants. Immigrants help start businesses like google and yahoo. Look at intel. Look at google. Look at yahoo. Look at ebay. Every one of those was founded by guess who . An immigrant. Were going to turn around and tell them to start that business and create those jobs in china or india or mexico or some
Cant afford to do the things that we have always done for one another. And its not a popular point of view. They lost bigtime this last election cycle. Theyll continue to lose. They certainly did. Well, Disaster Relief in the ag world. That is very commonplace with this Global Warming that were expecting. Sure. So lets Pay Attention to senator thune from south dakota, grassley from iowa, johanns from nebraska. Well be watching how they do it in the future. Joan walsh. Thanks for being with us. Im ed schultz. Thats the ed show tonight. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Thanks, ed. The president today gave what will be seen as one of the landmark policy speeches of his second term. And if you squinted at it, you can be forgiven for thinking that this might have been a second draft of something you maybe heard before. Well, it is good to be back in las vegas. Hello, el paso. Well, it is wonderful, wonderful to be back with all of you in the lone star state. Im here because most ame
Two names, the men who will be at the helm of Trumps White House as his closest advisers. Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus whose title would be white house chief of staff. And Steven Bannon who will be trumps strategist. This was followed by allies rushing to defend him as a, quote, force for good, a navy veteran and a person who has, quote, embraced adversity. Instead of the position for which he is more commonly known, the man who headed an Online Platform that bannon himself proclaimed was the platform for the altright. As the New York Times reported this week, its that steve bannon who critics feared would be a voice of racism in the Trump White House. In the latest picks to come down from on high from trumps gilded perch have done little to allay those concerns. On friday he tapped alabama senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, retired general mike flynn for National Security advisor and tom pay yoe for director of the cia. Sessions in particular was already
Jersey and Sheldon White house and senator roger wicker. Good morning. Im Mark Halperin of nbc news. Joe is battling a case of laryngitis. Mika is tending to a family matter and willie is going to join us momentarily. He had a bit of a late night last night. Hell explain that when he gets with us. With us, katty kay. Lots going on in the republicans vote on health care. The shock and sadness of the death of Otto Warmbier. He was convicted in 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He was returned with brain damage. They claim he contacted botulism. President trump, who once said it would be an honor to meet kim jong un weighed in on warmbiers passi passing. Otto warmbier has just passed away. He spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition. But he just passed away a little while
And russian warning, reports of the fbi cautioned one trumps advisers about suspicious contact shortly after the election. But we begin this hour in mississippi and the opening of that stifel rights museum. President trump talking spending about 90 minutes in mississippi before heading back to florida where hes spending the weekend. Absent from todays opening was a man who almost gave his life to the civil rights movement. Congressman john lewis who chose not to attend in protest of the president s past remarks on race. President striking a very different tone today. These buildings embody the hope that has lived in the hearts of every american for generations. The hope in a future that is more just and more free. Here we memorialize the brave men and women who struggled to sacrifice and sacrifice so much so that others might live in freedom. Today we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice. We pray for inspiration from their example. We want our country to be a place where every child,