peter kassig worked for charity groups in lebanon and syria. in syria and ed october. this comes as the us continues efforts in iraq and syria. joint chiefs general dempsey was in iraq. our first 45 minutes, we ll get reactions to these claims. talk about isis s strategy. 202-585-3880 for democrats. 202-585-3881 for republicans. 202-585-3882 for independents. a social media channels twitter and facebook. and you can send us an email, too. here is the latest. press on associated peter kassig, that american reportedly voted on video by the associated press reporting that the video was a leased sunday, in which black clad militant has claimed headed an us aid worker. us officials said they are working to determine the video s authenticity. the family said they are awaiting the outcome of the investigation. was posted on ch websites used by groups in the past, appears to be the latest messages to the us warning of further brutality if it is not abandoning your campaigns. castin
we are going to do our part to ask every candidate for president including hillary clinton and any of the others whether they agree with elizabeth warren on these issues like social security, more website reform and making college more affordable. jenk, independent line from north carolina. caller: yes. my observation is, i think he made the statement that anybody that opposes the president s executive action on immigration does it to the detriment of the hispanic voter. but if they are illegal, they can t vote. and then you also commented on al franken winning in 2008 by 384 votes. how many of those votes were found under a church pew or came from the prison population that couldn t vote? and why is it that the progressive party seems to rely on the stupidity of the american voter? guest: that s a great question. right-wing talking points, they are still alive six years later including the al franken vote. he turned 312 votes victory margin in a high electorate president
i wish they would both care law and the le of constitution in the constitution. and if the republicans care, to stop these things president obama is trying to do. up over the e open weekend. is it here to stay, do you think? is obama care here to stay? i hope the republican stop it. i think they have to defunded if they re going to stop it. if they let it go for another two years, i seriously doubt it will be removed. if it is not removed, it have tially means we created socialized medicine. more and more people will be subsidies you talk about? it is $90,000 for a family of four. remove that subsidy if you go one dollar over that poverty level, which means you are middle class person, you can have a $10,000 increase in your annual insurance premiums. so what we have done is put ourselves at the mercy of the federal government. one of the most important things in our life, health care, which involves life-and-death situations. and also, we are about to hit $18 trill
257-167. better than late than never. congress finally comes together and passes a late night fiscal cliff deal. this morning we have the winners and losers for you. delicate condition. that s the word on hugo chavez s health this morning. their people told to pray for their president. sure, why not. thousands take an icy plunge all for a good cause. have you ever done that? never. i ve considered it. on the list of things i will never do. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. john berman will stop by later. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, back from the bottom of the fiscal cliff, at least for now, millions of taxpayers and small business owners can exhale this morning sort of because late last night, the house passed a senate bill that temporarily brings you us back from the brink. the final tally, 257 for, 167 defense. it s interesting to note that while some top house republicans voted no, speaker john boehner voted yes. and here s what the
the table if the democrats are serious about climate change. i get this as number one, the democrats can be bought. seriously, they re not serious about climate change. they re only lukewarm. lukewarm. so in other words, they re not jumping in the lake. they only got their toe in there. this is not good. when you look at keystone what amendment out there is worthy of bringing the dirtiest oil on the face of the earth to market that will not enhance your pocketbook at all? but it will enhance the pocketbooks of the koch brothers. the very people funding citizens united and working blind that law to make sure they take down the progressive movement in the country. so we have 36 democrats who can t be bought and we have some dcs who say, well you know, the pipeline is going to get built anyway. no it s not. not so fast. you can t rationalize absolutes. we are facing we are on the tip f o of the iceberg of serious things happening in the climate. maybe we re not really that serio