Than himself bing, bing, bing laughter applause and if you were considering taking the plunge north, then you might be interested that this week the white house had a maplescented visitor. Today, obama welcomes trudeau to the oval office for the first time. Canadas young, enhanced new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived with wife sowf yand three kids for tonights steak dinner at the white house. Trevor aint no party like a canada party because a canada party is respectful and ends promptly at 10 30. applause on the dot. Now, there has been a buzz, or a lot of buzz, really, over canadas new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about how magnetic and charismatic he is. To be honest, i dont see it. I honestly dont see it. I mean, look, the guy is sort of attractive, you know, like the way his hair falls and, you know, those eyes you could get lost in and the square jaw of a mountie. You know, if youre into that kind of thing. So, fine, hes an 8. laughter by politician standards hes, like, some
Bill if its passed. The fact is the legislation is not altogether different than legislation introduced in the last congress. And you will recall we put out a Statement Administration position that the president would have vetoed the bill had it passed the previous congress. The president wouldnt sign it either. Lou ernest also confirming that congressional effort to define a fulltime work week as 40 hours would be met with a president ial veto. Just two hours later the president was claiming he was ready to work with congress. Im very much looking forward to working with it. Already have a chance to say happy new year to him and confident that there are going to be areas where we disagree, and there will be some pitch battles. But im confident that there are enormous areas of potential agreement that well deliver for the American People and we have to make sure that we focus on those areas where we can make progress together. Lou doesnt sound promising, does it . President obamas comm
Bill if its passed. The fact is the legislation is not altogether different than legislation introduced in the last congress. And you will recall we put out a Statement Administration position that the president would have vetoed the bill had it passed the previous congress. The president wouldnt sign it either. Lou ernest also confirming that congres define a fulltime work week as 40 hours would be met with a president ial veto. Just two hours later the president was claiming he was ready to work with congress. Im very much looking forward to working with it. Already have a chance to say happy new year to him and confident that there are going to be areas where we disagree, and there will be some pitch battles. But im confident that there are enormous areas of potential agreement that well deliver for the American People and we have to make sure that we focus on those areas where we can make progress together. Lou doesnt sound promising, does it . President obamas comments came moment
We dont have to be as involved in the game. What do you think is going on . Well, neil good to be with you this evening. Up front, i agree. We have to call isis what it is they are a brutal barbaric, terrorist organization that uses whatever means it feels necessary to include a radical interpretation of islam to validate all of their actions. And they must be destroyed. The latest incident is just the tip of the iceberg on what lengths theyll go through to spread their terror message across the world. Neil do you think you get anywhere, the administration is playing semantics. That it recognizes these terrorists. It recognizes that these are bad guys. Enough said. It doesnt have to Start Playing as to whether theyre islamic extremists, muslim extremists. Its already made clear these are bad, bad guys. What difference would it make, in your eyes, going to the next level in saying, not just bad guys but islamic extremist bad guys . Yeah, i mean, neil, honestly, we continue to play seman
Republicans initial offer, having mitt romney be president. [ laughter ] there is that. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, october 8th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have the former Communications Director for george w. Bush, Nicole Wallace. Karl bernstein. And in washington, White House Correspondent for bloomberg news, julianna goldman. And Pulitzer Prize winning columni columnist, Eugene Robinson, along with willie, joe, and me. So were going to show these polls. Wow. Well start there. Youre surprised by those. Ive got to say, its the blame is more evenly spread out than it usually is in these matters. Really interesting. Im very interested to see what everybodys take. Americans are increasingly unhappy with the handling of the Government Shutdown by all sides, as joe alluded to. According to a Washington Post abc news poll, 70 disapprove of how republicans have handled budget negotiations. 61 disapprove of the democrats. And 51 are unhappy with president obamas role.