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
The rnc calling this a lame duck bus tour. Its not clear that president obama would be able to get sort of the bipartisan support for this type of proposal that hes hoping for. And craig, to put this in a broader context, this is really the president s goal to tee up the fall budget battles. The budget and also, of course, the debt ceiling which hell be dealing with this fall. Thats part of the larger goal. We expect the president to come out in a few minutes. Craig . Kristen welker traveling with the president in buffalo. Well hear from president obama in just a few moments. Meanwhile, i want to bring in steve cornaki. Lets talk about not just the president s plan here, but the rising cost of college. The rising cost of tuition. Youve been talking a little bit about what they are doing out in oregon. Lets talk a little bit about that. For folks who werent familiar with this plan, what is it . And could it be taken to scale . Thats what theyre trying to find out right now. The stage is
0 find out right now. the stage is very early. it s a pilot program that s been developed right now. the plan isn t fully in place. the idea is basically if you go to a college, public college, you wouldn t pay tuition up front and go out and take a gigantic loan, be paying interest on it. the cost of college would be zero. but in exchange for that, you would then dedicate a fixed portion of your earnings over the next 15, 20, 25 years, something like that, say 2% or 3% of your earnings. and that would you would pay back. pay it forward plan. the money you pay back while you re working would pay for new students to come in who wouldn t have to pay when they can t afford it. fascinating concept. the whole idea is, let s see if they can develop something that becomes a model for the rest of the state, the rest of the country. this is something else, probably not something that s going to be discussed today, but a conversation we had this morning. the idea that perhaps in this cou
0 good morning, everyone. welcome to weekends with alex witt . let s get to what s 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 cairo s 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 i m joined by p.j. crowley, a fellow at the george the united states s interests there? well, the united states looks at the egyptian military as the most effective institution, probably the only effective institution in egyptian society. it s going to have its influence on whatever emerges. and the united states is going to link itself for
path and a better working relationship with both democrats and republicans? i think the first and most important thing would be somebody who could help set a new tone inside the white house, more in keeping with the tone that the president promised in 2008. all right. i know some people said that the minute, actually the second rahm was chosen, and that the news broke. but he s stuck in traffic or actually flooding because of the wedding. the wedding? the weather. who is getting married? i had something else on my mind. because of the weather. paging dr. freud. hello. good morning everyone. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. what s the date? october oh, my good. october. my book is due. i m in trouble. good morning everyone. welcome to morning joe. on the set we have the game-change boys. msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin and new york magazine s john heilemann. willie is with us from washington this morning. hello, willi