behalf of the party for the state of the union. when he delivers his state of the union address this week, the president has a lot of explaining to do. if all he has to offer is more of same, or if he refuses to acknowledge that his own policies have failed to work, the president simply doing what many failed leaders have done before him, trying to set one group of americans against another group of americans. well, the prebuttal there, obviously, he s getting it will be a political speech. joining me is chuck schumer. good morning. one of the more powerful senators in that body. good morning to you, sir. good morning, chuck. so respond to roy blunt there. what do you expect? they obviously they believe it s going to be a political speech filled with wedge issues in order to help democrats in an election year. what say you, chuck schumer? what do you expect? well, look, our politics is turned around, and the big issues of the last two, three years deficit, obamacare
a guy like ken cuccinelli, who s getting his brains beat out with rhetoric that isn t accurate, you know, maybe a good response might be, hey, look, you re calling me extreme, because i value life, why don t we look at terry mcauliffe s opinion on whether or not we ought to have gender-based abortions, or whether you ought to have abortion in the third trimester. i think 80% of americans agree with the republican viewpoint on that issue. and the only thing that this resolution is saying, look, if you re a pro-life candidate, and your strategy is to just stand there and see how strong your jaw is, that might not be the best strategy. i think you might be reading a little too much into this. all right. let me ask you about mike huckabee, and your comes afterwards, you told one reporter, they were kind of goofy, and you had a much more formal statement. it sounded to me like a rebuke. were you offering a mild rebuke of huckabee s choice of words?
blast with a somewhat surprising zing for the clintons, as the latest example. senator rand paul is showing he d be a formidable factor in a 2016 debate field. good morning from washington. it s monday, january 27th, 2014. this is the the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. let s get to the first reads of the morning. president obama s state of the union is about 36 hours away, and what will almost certainly be his last best chance to set the political agenda in washington as president. the fact is, his next two state of the union addresses will undoubtedly be overshadowed by presidential politics and that means tomorrow night is the last time they ll have the political playing field all to himself. i think all of us in washington, the president included, need to do what we can to restore trust in our people. that s where the president will begin on tuesday night. what he s going to do is lay out a series of concrete, real, practical proposals on how we restore opportunity for all ame
alert to americans to register before leaving for the games, in case something happens, the state department wants to be able to identify you and find any americans in russia in that period. finally, 33. that s the number of couples who are married during a mass ceremony at the grammys last night. how about that? the couples lined the aisles of the staples center while macklemore and lewis sang love and queen latifah officiated. daft punk, won for every category for which they were nominated. how about that? as the president puts the finishing touches on his fifth state of the union, a deep dive into the policy pitches we re hearing from the governors. the laboratories out there, all across the country, in the state of the states speeches, which you hear in the states, and you might hear tomorrow night, as well. driving rock music
databank time, and we have surprising lows, gains, and massive musical wedding. we start with a price hike. 3 cents. that s how much your forever stamps will now cost, more for first-class mail starting today. the largest poetal rate hike in 11 years. u.s. postal service says it will keep the new price in place for 24 months. but, hey, keep buying the forever stamps, right? next up, minus 4 degrees, the high today for chicago. much of the country will shiver threw brutally cold temperatures. as for the super bowl forecast, the weather channel is predicting a high of 35 degrees, with just a 30% chance of snow. good news for peyton manning. speaking of sports, the number is $7 billion. that s how much president putin says russia s spent on the sochi olympics so far. so that s how much he s really saying that he spent. imagine what they actually cost. because critics say the real cost is twice that. meanwhile, the state department has issued an updated travel