If it was fiercely then urgent, it certainly is now. 50 years ago there were only five africanamerican members of the house of representatives. There was no congressional black cauc caucus. Today there are 43 members. We want more but there are 43. Theyre led by congresswoman marsha fudge who you heard from and they are the conscience of the congress. In that blauk caucus we have the privilege of serving with john lewis, some of us for over 25 years in the congress, and arent we proud of that. I also want to mention that 50 years ago, though he was not a member of congress at the time that john conyers was one of three people invited to the white house to meet with president john f. Kennedy following the civil rights march, the march for jobs, justice and freedom, who is with us. 50 years ago we had the first catholic president in the white house. Today we have the first africanamerican president and the first africanamerican first family leading our country so beautifully from the whi
Gop leaders are split on the push for impeachment as the opposition to defund obama care continues in earnest. And later if a church is off limits, if the sanctuary of god is not off limits, if people are so malice and meanspirited, what has become of our nation. Retracing the steps of the civil rights movement, and confronting some of the ghosts which still haunt the city of birmingham today. Well get to those stories in just a moment. We start, though, with that developing news in syria at this hour. New information from washington, and the international community. Allegations about the chemical weapons attack by the assad regime. Im joined by nbcs ayman mohieldin. And kirsten at the white house. Reporter theyve reached an agreement allowing u. N. Inspectors to visit the site of an alleged weapons attack that happened a few days ago. Keep in mind that the u. N. Undersecretarygeneral for disarmament arrived in damascus yesterday to press the Syrian Government to give u. N. Inspectors
Question. Antics meaninging blood sucking insects. And we open with a look at the hottest ticket in consecutive circles this month, the defund obama care summer tour. In a few hours, ted cruz whose Canadian Citizenship well get to in a minute will take the stage in dallas to explain why now is the time for a Government Shutdown if democrats wont help repeal president obamas Signature Health care law. Obama care is at its most vulnerable its ever been right now. Theres bipartisan agreement its not working. The wheels are coming off. The unions are jumping ship. Defunding obama care is just as much his signature issue as the actual law is president obama. Hes is so attendees probably shouldnt expect the main act to stray too far from the hits that always produce the biggest applause. They say this is a fools errand. Youre tilting at windmills. If we can hold 41 republicans in the u. S. Senate, or 218 republicans in the u. S. House, we can defund obama care. Heritage action, the Political
Allow funding for obamacare, a vote for cloture is a vote for obamacare. Good morning. Say what you will. We have been critical of him for this strategy but when you lay down the gauntlet you have to respect it. A vote for cloture is a vote for obamacare. You dont have to agree all the time. Voted against it all the time. Wait, look what happened. Im sorry. I dont understand. What . He vote d for it. But he said a vote for cloture was a vote for obamacare. The vote was 1000. Could someone have miscounted . Got confused . He wanted to vote for his own bill. That was his bill. I thought he didnt like green egg s and ham. He voted for it. Its thursday, september 26 he ended up supporting a vote on the bill he supported before but tried to fake filibuster. I its so hard. We have different score cards going on. Maybe its because i uh went to lesser ivies. Not yale or princeton. Number one team in the country. Thats where i went. Alabama. Whos having the worst day . Ted cruz or Brarack Obama
Cbs New York Times poll. His overall job Approval Rating has sunk to 43 , an 18month low. Heres more numbers on president ial approval. 41 on the economy, 40 on health care, 35 on handling the budget deficit. Foreign policy isnt any better either with a 39 approval on leading u. S. Relations with iran. 37 on handling the syria crisis. We have discovered from both sides of capitol hill, Kristen Welker at the white house, luke russert on the hill. Kristen, lets start with you. Give us the highlights. Hey, abby. Thats right. President obama slamming Congressional Republicans for threat tong shut down the government over defunding his Health Care Law. Hes also on a bit of an explaining campaign. Of course, polls show that a majority of Americans Still dont really understand the Health Care Law. Its not all that popular. But when you break it down to its individual pieces, it gets a whole lot more popular. So the president today trying to build up public support for his Health Care Law as h