This wednesday afternoon, its looking more and more and now more and more like donald trump may be unstoppable going into super tuesday. Thats when half the delegates needed for the gop nomination will be up for grabs. Trump won his third republican contest in a row in the nevada caucus. He won support from 46 of caucusgoers, finishing more than 20 points ahead of marco rubio. He crushed them all. Rubio came in second with 23, narrowly beating ted cruz who had 20 . Add up cruz and rubio and the do not get to trump. Trump celebrated the win by giving shoutouts to all the groups that supported him. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Were the smartest people, the most loyal people. And you know what im really happy about, 46 with the hispanics. Number one with hispanics. That is what the exit poll said, or the entrance polls, anyway. He won hispanic votes by 20 points against tw
Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, february 28th. Im alex witt alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and alex burgdorf. The president continues to craft top stage and expects to focus on renewal of the american spirit and optimistic vision for all americans. He reportededly said over dinne that the country has numerous problems but tremendous potential. Heres what he told fox news last night. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. And we have a really terrific, i believe, Health Care Plan coming out. We have to understand obama is a disaster, its way out of control. Ill be talking military. Ill be talking about the border. We have to remember that were getting the bad ones out, the bad people, gang members, drug lords, in some cases, murderers. Joining us from capitol hill, National Political reporter jonathan swan. Hey, jonathan, good morning to you. You were in on the briefing with the white house so set the tone for tonight. Reporter well, the tone they want us to h
The first major test in his Foreign Policy. Some of the following images are disturbing. Nearly 100 people were reported killed including more than two dozen children following a suspected chemical attack on tuesday on the rebelheld city of idlib in syria. Yesterday the president echoed the attack while continuing to shift blame to his predecessor. Yesterdays chemical attack, a chemical attack that was so horrific, in syria against innocent people, including women, small children and even beautiful little babies, their deaths was an affront to humanity. These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this horrific attack. I think the Obama Administration had a great opportunity to sofl this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand. And when he didnt cross that line after making the threat, i think that set us back a long ways. Not only in syria, but in many other parts of the world.
How do you like me now . The prodigal son has returned. Yeah. I dont know what that means but i know its positive. Its very prodigal. Good morning. It is monday may 1st. Im willie geist. Joe and meekds have the morning off. They will be back with us tomorrow. That, of course, is will ferrell as george w. Bush at not the white house dinner hosted by sam bee. With us on set msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle with us. What was that . Come host of showtime mark halperin, analyst for msnbc news and nbc. Contributor to Time Magazine, analyst and former aide to george w. Bush and state department elise jordan. Might be a deal to at least keep the government open. Thats a start. The first 100 days ended in a miasma. Now theyace the budget deal health care, tax reform, north korea, trade, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Only those things. Lets start with the news late last night. Word of a budget deal to keep the budget open through september, this according to aides of Senior Member of congress.
Good morning. Its tuesday, may 30th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. Breaking news. Panamanian strong imagine Manuel Noriega has died. He was stripped of power and died this morning. Said to be 83 years old. His life was colorful as well as controversial. The first foreign leader to be convicted of crimes in an American Court. Reporter manuel anothnorieg a career soler and meant to be part of a coup. He was repaid by placing him in powerful post as head of military intelligence. Eventually noriega became a paid informant for the u. S. , helping funnel military weapon and equipment to proamerican groups in central america. He was also a major cocaine trafficker, something u. S. Intelligence handlers were aware of for years but allowed for his usefulness for Covert Military operations in the region. He came to the United States as part of the delegations that negotiated the panama canal treaty. Norieag took oefrt panamanian military and in 1987, complete control of the count