Will train and equip iraqi forces. But they will not be responsible for securing iraq. Tonight we are going to update you on the political realities that have led to the present ends than of his plan to degrade and destroy the Islamic State. Joining us is k. T. Mcfarland democratic strategist doug schoen and National Reviews jillian kay melchior. Also her notorious secrecy and ideological ambition, we have been catching up with Hillary Clinton. New poll numbers show the majority of americans have decided that the former secretary of date is anything but honest and trustworthy. We are going to examine the mounting problems for the clinton president ial campaign and the Baltimore Mayor who wants said that she wanted to save face for those protesters and demonstrators that wanted to destroy parts of baltimore. And now she wants us to pay for the damage that she cost for the riots that she permitted. Christian adams is with us to discuss the liberal campaign against Law Enforcement decency
Blackwell of policylink and Michael Tanner of the cato institute. Ifill here with us now, as they will be throughout the evening, our own shields and brooks. Syndicated columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. 7 so, gentlemen, put on your prognostication hats. What do you expect tonight . It wont be f. D. R. s new deal. Were not looking at the 100 days here. Were looking at modesty, theme of opportunity, discussion of the executive order. Immigration will be bigger, probably a few threats on the debt ceiling somake sure congress doesnt put us in default, but not look at a gigantic agenda. Im most interested in the tone. I think the president a nation that is severely pessimistic, has been now in the wrong direction rather than on the right track for 10 years now. The sense of pesmism is pervasive, and i want to see if the president can connect with people beyond the room tonight. Woodruff is there a defensiveness already setting in with this state of the union
Tonight, gangnam style. Yep, this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff and its a pretty important man. This is alan simpson. Yep. That maybe the most action the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill at noon. Yep, people leaving. Members of congress leaving washington, heading home on wednesday afternoon. One man left standing was the House Speaker and he says im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But of course, it takes two to tango, so where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that. But we heard early this evening that the president and Speaker Boehner did speak late today on the phone, so thats good news, but in this case, they need face time. They need to spend real time face to face. Even democrats think the president needs to do more in person work on this.
Of an ecd press report. Our road map this morning starting with apple, cratering on its biggest decline yesterday on four years, closing just pennies off the lows of the session. The stock continues lower premarket as investors watch the death cross watch. A cnbc exclusive, tim geithner says over the cliff is a must. Bank of england and ecb keeps rates unchanged. Europe continues to hang in there economically. And nat gas gets a boost. The government finds exporting it is better than keeping it here at home. Apple as we mentioned in the spotlight today, shares of the tech giant coming off their worst day in four years, sliding back into bear market territory. The one day loss erased nearly 35 billion in market cap. That chunk is bigger than 400 other s p 500 companies. Apple ceo tim cook talked to Nbcs Brian Williams in our rock center exclusive. Why cant you be a made in America Company . You know, this i found, as a matter of fact, the engine in here is made in america. And not only
An outfront investigation. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, let there be light. Finally, some bulbs turned on in washington this evening. Well, on the congressional christmas tree, that is. Pretty beautiful. Lights, love, camaraderie, song. But while our lawmakers took some time to celebrate together, they still werent showing any spark when it came to negotiating a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which is the Christmas Present the country needs. Today we heard president obamas response to the proposal that House Speaker john boehner put on the table yesterday. The speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. Of out of balance. Kind of similar to what republicans said last week when the president sent over his terms. So now what . Will they sit down and talk it through . Well, not according to at least one senior republican aide who told cnn today, no conversations today, no emails, tweets, carrier pigeons. As for boehner and obama, t