Good morning. Im melissa harrisperry. Brandnew news that democrats may rather not hear when it comes to their partys chances to maintain control of the senate after novembers Midterm Elections. There are 36 senate races this year and republicans just need to win six additional seats to gain control. A new nbc news marist poll out this morning underscores the challenge of facing democrats. In Arkansas Senate race, republican come cotton leads the democratic inkoum bent mark pryor by five points. In kentucky, mitch mb connell leads allison london grimes by eight points. One bright spot for the democrats in colorado mark udall leads his republican challenger cory gardner by six points. Another Key Senate Race is in my new home state of North Carolina np which president obama won in 2008 but then lost four years later. His current disApproval Rating in North Carolina are near an alltime high. The latest poll on the North Carolina senate contest, democratic incumbent kay hagan is clinging t
Missile crisis. You would think the soviets in 1960 would be wanting to display all of their biggest missiles, right, all of their finest weaponry as a show of force against the dreaded United States. It was an incredibly intense time for u. S. soviet relations. But there was this moment back in 1960 when the president of the United States at the time, dwight eisenhower, and the leader of the soviet union at the time, nikita krush chauf, they did in 1960, did for a while seem like they were trying to thaw relations between our two countries. And to that end, those two leaders had planned to meet in paris for a oneonone superpower summit in 1960. A meeting to talk face to face, man to man, about relations between our two countries. These two cold war enemies. That meeting was supposed to take place two weeks after that parade. That summit meeting in paris never happened. The reason it never happened is because on the same day as this peacethemed may day parade in moscow, on may 1st, 196
News of surveillance flights over syria and the comments of some key u. S. Officials. Even though those officials gave no definitive indication president obama was about to approve Additional Air strikes. We it continue to explore all options regarding isil and how best we can assist our partners in that area. Can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization which resides in syria . The answer is no. So were actively considering what will be necessary to deal with that threat and were not going to be restricted by borders. So weve heard all of that. Object thursday president obama basically told everyone, take a breath. He clearly state d that the responsibility for what happens in syria will not fall on the shoulders of the United States. The issue with respect to syria is not simply a military issue, its also a political issue. This cancer that has developed is one that they have to be just as invested in defeating as we are. The president was also quick to put a
Steven, they have already failed. They failed because, like people around the world, americans are repulsed by their barberism. We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us and stiffen our result to take the fight against these terrorists. And those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. The president then headed to wales for a key nato summit. Where the threat from isis will be a major point of discussion. We are also learning today about steven sotloff, the freelance journalist that was killed. He was a dual americanisraeli citizen. A contributor to some israeli media outlets, a fact not acknowledged publicly in an effort to keep him safe. One fellow captive told an american newspaper that he hid his jewish faith from his captors, even telling them he was sick so he could fast for yom kippur. Today we caught glimpses of sotloffs mother at home in florida and late today,
Display all of their biggest missiles, right, all of their finest weaponry as a show of force against the dreaded United States. It was an incredibly intense time for u. S. soviet relations. But there was this moment back in 1960 when the president of the United States at the time, dwight eisenhower, and the leader of the soviet union at the time, nikita khrushchev, they did in 1960, they did for a while seem like they were trying to thaw relations between our two countries. And to that end, those two leaders had planned to meet in paris for a oneonone superpower summit in 1960. A meeting to talk face to face, man to man, about relations between our two countries. These two cold war enemies. That meeting was supposed to take place about two weeks after that may day parade. That summit meeting in paris never happened. And the reason it never happened is because on the same day as this peacethemed may day parade in moscow, on may 1st, 1960, an american u2 spy plane on a Reconnaissance Mi