Auto executives flew to washington in private jets as they were asking for a taxpayer funded bailout. A very contentious hearing. They were embarrassed. Today it is gms c 0 in the hot seat. All right, rich, mary barra is a soft spoken woman. Do you think thats going to deflect some of the hostility that may be directed towards her . Reporter i think the situation will deflect the hostility that we saw. You pointed out the optics that surrounded it and the questions whether or not they were tone deaf coming here, hat in hand in 2008, asking for bailouts having stepped off their corporate jets whereas marry barra has optically done the right thing. Shes met with the families, shes going to apologize today according to her prepared remarks. She wasnt technically ceo at the time, however, there is a level of frustration among lawmakers how much they direct specifically barra. Shes the one representing the company, and theyre going to want to get their outrage out, but probably nowhere near
The Supreme Court rejecting the lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney general and supported by 126 Congressional Republicans seeking to overturn joe bidens victory in four battleground states. The president taking to twitter this morning lashing out at the Supreme Court for their decision and also lashing out at one of his top officials, attorney general william barr alluding to the possibility of firing him. Reporters are in place across the country with the latest on the Vaccine Distribution plans. Msnbcs cori coffin from memphis, tennessee. Allison barber in michigan and from tampa, florida. Good morning to you. Actually afternoon new york time. Start with you as pfizer headquarters in portage, michigan. Where do things there on the vaccine rollout there . Reporter were expecting to see trucks move from this plant within about 24 hours of the fda giving that emergency authorization. The loading dock is just over my shoulder here. We have not seen any trucks moving just yet but are exp
Are you sloppy . Yeah. Are you this is horrible. Why did i even rush here . Oh, shut up, dave. Hes from nebraska hes a war hero. Hes from nebraska thats a qualification . All that matters. New orleans hosts a big party. On cbs this morning. Some say their favorite part of the super bowl game is the commercials. Ooh that really targets their key demographic. 14yearold boys making 500,000 a year. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning from super bowl park at Jackson Square new orleans. We want to get right to some breaking news from ankara turkey. As you were sleeping in the west, a suicide bomber set off an explosion outside the American Embassy, killing himself and one other person. Mark phillips is in london. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah, charlie. The attack is said to have been by a suicide bomber and took place at one of the Security Guards to the Embassy Building. The actual attack was captured in this cell phone footage. The bomber seems to have s
That between 600 and 1,000 people were killed. The assad regime told television there is no truth whatsoever in the claim. This most certainly is a dreadful tragedy of epic proportions. A gunman opened fire at an Elementary School just outside atlanta. Hundreds of panics children then ran for safety. Its a good day, all of our children are safe. Michael brandon hill exchanged fire with Law Enforcement before giving himself up. At the end of the day, all you want is your child to come home safe. Nearly 50 major fires are burning in 11 western states. Meantime that massive beaver creek wildfire in idaho has now grown to some 160 square miles. A cab jumped the curb and hit a woman. He actually used his belt as a tourniquet. Im no hero. A military judge will sentence private bradley manning. He faces up to 90 years in prison. Video rolling as the pickup truck went flying off the interstate. The driver is expected to make a full recovery. All that the third. And gone. Another guy diving int
Yesterdays New York Times had a 5,000word story with a front page headline crossing the line trumps private conduct with women. And the times emailed a news alert donald trump has repeatedly unnerved women in private encounters over 40 years. Here is the thing, New York Times, im not saying that donald trump objectifying women for 40 years isnt a story, its been a story for 40 years. The special report . Not that special. Generally speaking the banner headline on the front page is
like reserved for a headline. Good morning, tuesday may 17th. Willie geist. Joe and mika will be with us shortly. We have nicole wallace, msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle, and mike halperin. It was a honor to serve alongside mr. Halperin. And you hear from professor after the university of Michigan School of Public Policy harold ford jr. And in washington anchor for world news america except im in boston. Like washington a little farther north. Yeah. Lets talk about why you were up there. Joe and mika honored