President in 1972 for democrats. He lost in a landslide election to republican richard nixon. In a statement, the mcgovern family said we are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life. Advocating for the hungry, fighting for peace. Mcgovern long will be remembered for his unwavering opposition to war and war is where we begin this morning. Today were taking you back to june 28th, 1914. Yes. June 28, 1914. That was the day that a foreign emissary was assassinated while on a Diplomatic Mission in sarajevo. That set off a chain of events that led to the Largest Global conflict the world had ever seen. On that fateful day, a 19yearold took the life of arch duke franz ferdinand. Knowing the dead to the austrian hungarian empire would not go unanswered, serbia appealed to their russian neighbors for help. Believing this crisis wab on excuse for war in the balance kins, russian readied its army. Hungary had declared on serbia. A few days later, after hearing
Banking segregation. Anyone who talked compromise on civil rights was suspected. Well, to win in todays Republican Party, which began displacing the dixiecrats a half century ago, you have to be the farthest out there backing guns. Show moderation, you get your nra badge ripped off you. Agree to any rule on gun safety and youre marked as a traitor for life. Today some of the top people in the Republican Party, the people to watch, marco rubio, rand paul, ted cruz, are right out in front in opposing president obama on gun safety. So what happened . Why is the gop the party of guns over people . Our guests are congresswoman Carolyn Mccarthy, a democrat of new york, and cynthia tucker, a pulitzer prizewinning columnist. Thank you both for joining us. You have been in this fight for so long, congresswoman mccarthy. I have to ask you, is there something out there in the water thats changed or are we confronting the old power of the nra . Well, certainly we are confronting them. Well always
Into a little bit of anger. Good morning. Tuesday, february 6th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle. Looks kind of awake this morning. I am. I dont know whats going on there. Been up all night. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, Steve Rattner. And washington bbc world news anchor, katty kay. Good morning. Good morning. Good. Should we get right to news . Sure. If you want to. Are you joking . You guys want to talk about something . A good story. It is good. Johnny damon wants to play baseball with the yankees. They need somebody. I should have gone with it. When conservatives gather at cpac, theyll do so without one of the most popular Republican Leaders in the country. Have you heard this . I did. Conservative Chris Christie will not be invited to speak at the conference despite him having a record high 74 popularity with the voters. Here are some that will be invited. If youre going to get the guy who has a 74 Appr
You have had a greater openness toward leaguization. The said show is up next. When al gore lost in 2000, lost the Electoral College vote he is the one who started saying that he lost because of his support and bill clintons support for gun control measures including the assault weapons ban. Other democrats began to say the same thing. Well, that gave the nr afar more power than deserved. I didnt believe it was true then and i dont believe. West virginia, kentucky, tennessee thats where he was finding his problems, right . Where republicans win anyway. The people who vote for republicans. In those states are not going to vote for a democrat. It doesnt matter what he does. Im not going to argue except on these points of Electoral College votes. It used to be we got arkansas the democratic side. West virginia was consistently anyway, the guys on the far right here. Fear factor. Kentucky senator rand paul wants to run for president is concerned the president has a king complex. And paul i
Ships have been blocked. They have moved to black the entrance to a lake. This is a very interesting movie. The pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. They want it to take place in ten days time. Lets begin at the white house. Reporter today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. All 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. Something thats also been actively repaired for right here. Well, russia still insists all those system engineers arent russian. We dont accept anything that president putin said as fact. Carefully. The United States and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. Reporter john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. They are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in International Observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. The result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u. S. On its own. Were at a