See how that works . Morning joe, Chuck Schumer was unimpressed. They are compromise because they are not eliminating it but delaying. Were compromising, instead of chopping off one arm, well chop off both arms. Arent we great. All eyes on Speaker Boehner. In two hours they will reconvene, once again strip out obama care language and send boehner another clean spending bill. The man with the greatest power to avoid a Government Shutdown by putting a clean cr on the floor and letting it pass also has the most to lose by doing so. This morning the beleaguered speaker took to the floor to urge the senate to pass the house bill. The American People are worried about their job. They are worried about their incomes rising because they are all under pressure. Worried about losing your job, feeling under pressure. Sound like anybody you know . Joining me today, politics editor at Business Insider josh barrow, executive editor at msnbc. Com richard wolffe, and also joining us is nbc capitol hil
Thats where you find us right here on capitol hill. We will tell you whats happening in our nations capitol and give you a chance to get involved in the conversation at 86655press. How about a big news today . South carolinas jim demint announced he is going to resign from the senate to head the Heritage Foundation. That is good news not senate. At a time gets rid of one of the most whacko extremist members of the senate. Bad news for the Heritage Foundation because they are going to be known as just a bunch of rightwing extremists. We will find out about that. First lets check in with Lisa Ferguson with this mornings current news update. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. The president has a pretty light day on his schedule today, just a morning meeting with his advisors and this afternoon, he will sign into law the Child Protection act of 2012. Now, that law protects children against child pornography, sexual abuse and sex trafficking by giving Law Enforcement more power to protec
The president s u. N. Ambassador gives up on her hopes to be next secretary of state. And bullets fly as the camera rolls. Video captures the moment shots ring out aboard a train. Good morning. Welcome to early start this friday morning. Im Christine Romans. Im john berman. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. We have breaking news this morning. Its a Big Development in the fight against syria and a new level of u. S. Involvement. We just learned within the past few hours the defense secretary leon panetta signed an order sending two Patriot Missile batteries to turkey. Thats to assist that nation in defending against any pollible military action by syria. This move was expected as the civil war in syria destabilizes the assad regime with each passing day. In addition to this, 400 u. S. Troops are going to turkey. They will be deployed to operate the missile batteries. Cnns Nick Payton Walsh has the development. Reporter good morning. 400 personnel will be accompanying the batteries. Let me g
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
Im suzanne malveaux. Welcome to our 500th edition of our show. Weve got a lot to cover so lets get right to it. Russia dominating our newscast this hour. For two very different reasons. First, the man, that man you see there, russias top diplomat, he is now taking an active role in trying to end the civil war in syria. Now, remember, both russia and china have blocked u. N. Attempts to force out the assad regime. Now the russians say they are willing to meet with the Syrian Opposition. It could open the door for real u. N. Action on the ground, action that could mean american involvement. Weve got more details in a live report in just a minute. But also, russias president formally saying no to americans who want to adopt russian children. It is a heartbreaking development for hundreds of americans who are trying to adopt children from russian orphana orphanages. That is happening right now. President Vladimir Putin signed the adoption ban today. Sadly, more than 50 americans who were i