Sure, it may still be like something 77 days till the caucus but it feels like 2016 in iowa as republicans rev up the base with red meat rhetoric. Democrats decide whether some things are inevitable. A little later today, a major announcement coming from attorney general eric holder on drug sentencing policies here in the u. S. It could have a big effect on who goes to jail and for how long. Well have the latest on that. It is also election eve in new jersey. Frontrunner corey booker appears to be coasting to a seat in the u. S. Senate. This morning, were going to talk to one of his democratic opponents, state Assembly Speaker sheila oliver, why she thinks the newark mayor is not the right candidate for the job. Good morning from san jose, california, its monday, august 12th, 2013. We go now to washington for the daily rundown. Heres chuck todd. Peter alexander in for chuck todd. Thanks to him, pass and go for 200 bucks in that video. Sorry to hear canadians beat your record for the la
You go back to the original greek. Politics had two parts, poly meaning many and tics meaning blood sucking parasites. That firly will describes the state of affairs in washington today. Welcome back from a wild weekend income iowa full of sound and fury, signifying perhaps the way too early start of the 2016 president ial race. Yes, the Iowa Caucuses are still more than 28 months away. But that isnt stopping those with an eye on the oval office descending on the hawkeye state. From the weekend social conservative summit to next months steak fril featuring Vice President joe biden, we will cast our gaze into the future just ahead. But we begin with the fierce urgency of now and two major developments in the area of criminal justice reform. Earlier today in a major repudiation of new yorks controversial stop and frisk policy, a federal judge ruled the tactic violates the Constitutional Rights of minorities. The judge ruled that by systematically stopping innocent people mainly blacks an
Its beautiful. How was your weekend . Im a little tired. Are you really . All i did was sleep. What woke me up. What . Im just slouched, slouched at what willie and i have done, we bring the orphan relief here inside 30 rock and were doing that and im slouched and like you know, i get some porage and going like this and listening to way too early and what do i hear, lewis segment which the kids love and laugh at him. What an idiot. Teen Choice Awards. And he goes, he goes, lets begin with something serious. I take you to the teen Choice Awards. Thats lewis. Like cronkite. Hes a team. With us on set you had a good weekend . No. I just slept and im tired. You know what i find, if you never try to sleep, it doesnt hit you, but the second you get like its not worth it. Never going to sleep again. Boom how was your weekend, willie . Im working on a book with my father and the deadline is approaching very quickly so i decided to get started. You sound like joe. Just kidding, publishers and e
Like the cuts in early voting that led to waits of eight hours or more to cost a ballot in florida. Huge democratic pushback and uproar over the changes in the voting laws, efforts in the republicancontrolled states to make voting harder did get rolled back somewhat. They were subject to a lot of human cry. Now in the relative calm of this late summer in an odd numbered nonelection year, it is the state of North Carolina that has gone further than any other state in the country. In the name of supposedly cracking down on voter fraud, which is never to any significant extent been proven or even seriously alleged in that state, North Carolina republicans will now ban you from voting unless you can show new documentation that you never had to show before. And that hundreds of thousands of legal voters in North Carolina do not have. And, of course, those voters who will not be allowed to vote without that documentation now, they, of course, are disproportionately minority and disproportion
Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Lets get to whats happening out there. A developing news from a situation right now in egypt. It is critical. The Muslim Brotherhood protesters calling for a week of peaceful protests. An estimated 100 people were killed and over 1,000 arrested yesterday. But those numbers expected to rise. Nbc news Richard Engel was on the front line in cairos ramsey square. Protesters are taking cover under this elevated highway. Seem to be taking live fire from a Police Station just up the road. Wounded were hoisted onto motorcycles and taken to clinics. Some already looked dead. For more im joined by p. J. Crowley, a fellow at the George Washington University Institute for tkhreupt seu and global communications. Just your reaction to what were seeing. The violence. Look at the pictures that Richard Engel brought to us. People brought into morgues, declared dead, boom, theyre moved out. Its horrific what we are seeing. Well, egypt is moving backwards. In many resp