legislation even though the vast majority of americans approved of background checks. approved of limiting high capacity magazines. we re seeing the same kind of public polls happen and republicans not responding. i m not sure they re going to respond after the coming year either. susan, the last big item that may be on the president s agenda is immigration reform. your prediction, will he get that through? i really don t know. i d say people are they re not confident, but they re a little more hopeful than they were. in part because patty murray and paul ryan did this deal on the budget that no one s happy with, but it kind of reminded people of what legislating is supposed tok like where you pass something that there s something in it for everybody to hate. the difference with the budget is there is also something in it for everybody to love. but now that s not the case. but what s going to push immigration reform is not even this sort of new comedy on the hill. it s the politi
people will lose unemployment benefits unless congress acts. now is the time to keep fighting. because, remember, if you don t give in, you just might win. joining me now is msnbc contributor goldie taylor and susan milligan. thank you both for being here tonight. thank you. susan, how significant is it that we re finally seeing nominees like jeh johnson get confirmed? i think it s very significant. because the filibuster had become so abused that it was no longer a protection for the minority. it ended up being minority rule. and with preventing the president from just administering his government and from enforcing laws that the republicans didn t like and they re unhappy. they re very unhappy with this whole, you know, row of nominees that are being pushed through. but i think that will slow down when they get through the
into the 2016 election looking like the anti-immigrant party, they re not going to win. well, it s a hot one. we ll sure be all over it covering it. goldie taylor, susan milligan, thank you both for being here tonight. thank you. thank you, reverend sharpton. coming up, it s the tragedy in texas that has the whole nation talking. a rich teen gets off after killing four and paralyzing one. drunk driving. a victim s brother joins me live. and a growing political scandal for chris christie. did he shut down part of the george washington bridge out of spite? and first dog sunny has been a little naughty this year. but she s getting a christmas gift. and it s not coal. stay with us. this is for you.
0 website security, listen to this. he told the witness, quote, you need to watch more fox, i m afraid. watch more fox? that s his suggestion? in a congressional hearing? you d probably see a whole lot of congressman issa talking up his phony scandal of the month. maybe benghazi or fast and furious or solyndra or the irs. and let s remember the guy holding these hearings. remember what he said about president obama three years ago. he has been one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times. issa later tried to walk that back, but he made his point. just don t expect us to take his hearings seriously. joining me now are congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat of congress that is frightening. they have no idea that while we had a bumpy start, the affordable care act now is moving and moving rather smoothly. and maybe that s what the theory is. i think that is what the problem is here, richard. is that his target is health care. he s just not a guy just out there with an aimless w
under the under president obama. it s been unprecedented. in all of u.s. history. under all previous presidents, melissa, a total of 86 presidential nominees have been filibustered. but during the past five years, republicans have blocked 82 of president obama s nominees. that s nearly the same as all of the previous presidents combined. you cannot overemphasize this point. and i want to connect it back to susan s earlier point. what that means is here the president is reelected. reelected by a strong majority of the american people correct. who are saying we want you to go back and govern. with all the problems of the republican house, but go back and govern. when this president calls people around the country and says i want you to come and serve your country. i want you to serve your country on this board or in this role or this level, people are going to say, well, of course not. why would i put myself in that position. and they can say that because they can look at a tra