Believes that racism is partly to blame for his low job approval numbers and his high disapproval numbers, not benghazi, or the irs targeting of conservatives, operation fast and furious, department of justice surveillance of reporters or the jobless economic recovery. When asked about his decline in the polls, president said quote, there is no doubt that some folks who just really dislike me because they dont like the idea of a black president. There is a historic connection between some of the argument that we have politically and the history of race in our country, and some times it is hard to disentangle those issues. The president added to the day a controversy by citing his support for Marijuana Legalization effort in colorado, and washington. And using class warfare rhetoric to do so. The president said quote, middle class kids dont get locked up for smoking pot. And poor kids do, and africanamerican kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor, but the president was not thro
They can win prizes called the python challenge. Were poking and hoping. All that and it is good and the Atlanta Falcons will play in the nfc championship game. What a catch vereen has his third touchdown. Ravens will be coming in to take on the patriots for the afc championship. And all that matters. He described you, your words, not mine, as his words. As one tough bitch. Yeah. On cbs this morning. Meryl streep is not here tonight. She has the flu. And i hear shes amazing in it. Welcome to cbs this morning. New figures show the United States flu outbreak has reached a point of epidemic. New york is the latest state to declare a Public Health emergency. Thats right. The cdc reports this morning that 47 states now have widespread flu outbreaks. The only states that dont are california, mississippi, and hawaii. Elaine quijano is at st. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital in new york city. Elaine, good morning. Reporter good morning. As youre waking up in the west there is good news in california.
The victims and their families to have a choice whether or not they want to attend the reopening. We have the preliminary hearing coming up next week, and were just trying to live each and every day through the moments that we dont have our loved ones. Reporter some victims families say timing is everything, and the theaters a awful. Getting word this morning of a deadly shooting in switzerland. A gunman with an Assault Rifle opened fire in a village east of geneva, killing three people and injuring two others. The shooter was wounded by police. Switzerland has one of the highest levels of gun ownership in the word. Now that shes been released from the hospital, her staff says Hillary Clinton is eager t. Doctors say they expect her to make a full recovery after the discovery of a blood clot near her brain. The junior senator from illinois is returning to work in washington today nearly a year after suffering a stroke. After months of grueling physical and speech therapy, senator mark k
For gun control. Calls after the massacre in newtown. A new Credit Card Fee becomes legal tomorrow. What you should look out for before you take out the plastic. The nats big signing. Teddy gets new competition for the president s race. A developing story in virginia tonight. A massive house fire in fairfax. Cell phone video captured the flames. The fire broke out in the 9,000 block of shelly krasnow lane. One person was flown to the hospital with burns. Darcy has the latest developments for us. Hi, darcy. Reporter yeah, the fire broke out down the street, around the corner from where i am standing. The man remains in the hospital tonight after he tried to put the flames out himself. The cell phone video shows flames shooting in the roof of a Million Dollar Single Family home in fairfax. It was pretty shocking. The flames were coming out of the roof, probably 30 feet above the roof. Very intense fire. It took a while, even with all the water they put on it to knock the fire down. A man
Get a check on the day ahead. Primary elections held in alaska and wyoming today. Voters will decide who will run against mark begich. Paul ryan is more focused on his partys image and we will have a chance to ask him about it when he join the set of morning joe tomorrow. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, august 19th. Welcome to morning joe. That is what t. J. Does. Hes into the glasses. Im glad someone does. I love those glasses. You have the situation with the last contact lens that falls and you just cant find them . I like them. Im telling you. Thank you, willie. I do. Its different when he says it in a way like he is not panting like t. J. Oh, yeah. Its different. Did he just wink at me and go is that bad . No. From the will meister . No. Morning joe contributor John Heilemann, what a weird start. He joins us. Usually youre the weird one, john. All right. Today, im innocent. Today, you are innocent and elegant. We al