now, whether it s crimea, eastern ukraine, southern ukraine, or all of ukraine, remains to be did i bathed. at one point, the ukrainian generals were called by former colleagues who are now in other forces, russian and gave complete rundowns on the russian s plans. so that s a lot going on over there that is not being reported in the american media. i think the administration s policy is a smart policy. we want to drive this thing towards a diplomatic resolution but this is not just finger pointing on the ground and both sides are not equal. let me bring julia back in. julia, putin had this lengthy televised q & a that we all got reports of. what is going through his mind right now? is he really frightened by the prospect of tougher u.s.-led sanctions? i doubt it. whatever sanctions there are going to be, it seems that he s made the calculation that so far
they believe their best shot becoming a nominee in 2016 is a second term. we have a gaggle joining us this hour. stephanie cutter, kevin madden from the campaign trail. and perry bacon. they ll all be here next. we ve made a list and we re chexing it twice. we re going to have the daily rundowns. politicians to watch in the new year. you re watching a special edition of the daily rundown only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette, you celebrate a little win. nicoderm cq, the patch with time release smart control technology that acts fast and helps control cravings all day long. quit one day at a time with nicoderm cq.
good morning, kelly. good morning. hope you are doing well. republicans hoped to start today as you talked about for the republican national convention to get underway. tropical storm isaac which will be upgraded to hurricane strength is trying to reign on governor mitt romney s parade if you will. the convention site is ready but the weather conditions are not so ready. today at 2:00 a huge crowd coming into the convention hall. ed leaders will convene events where they will hit the gavel the strengthening storm isaac is calling the gop to change the rundowns of the big events they had previously planned. headline speakers will come later in the week. planners are forcing four-days of gop ex gravn sglau into three-days from tuesday to thursday. governor any concerns about the hurricane, governor? everybody is fine.
i m not going up in that cell. that s it. on this tier when i just walked up in here just now. my intention was to that was my intention. [ bleep ]. they put me in that cell, the guarantee you the first time i walk out of here, i m going to knock one of you out. put a lid on it. i ain t got nothing in my file that said trey is a coward. never in his life, trey ain t never been a coward. i shot so many, it s pitiful. i can give you rundowns. everybody i done shot. back in his old unit, washington is given some time to
polarization of the parties and rise of the internet have created a cannibalistic feeding frenzy. maybe that s why mike huckabee decided to bow out. his wife warned him, it would be brutal. he surely realized that, saying on fox: only when i was alone in quiet and reflective moments that i have not only clarity, but an inexplicable inner peace. a peace that exceeds human understanding. that wouldn t come in a run for president. on the republican side. talk back today. is hyper partisanship driving good candidates out of the presidential race? facebook.com/carolcnn. i ll read your comments later this hour. aren t we just all looking forrin explicable inner peace? and clarity? wouldn t that be great? i got to call mike huckabee and ask him what happened. what were you thinking? how did you achieve that? yes, exactly. can t wait for responses. here s a look at the rundowns, stories we re covering in the next hour. beyond the schwarzenegger