you from msnbc and los angeles mayor christmas eve to all o you celebrating, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with th latest on the deadly winte storms moving across the u.s., leaving dangerously cold win chills across much of centra and eastern states at least 20 people have died i storm related incidents across the country in, erie count police say ambulances are stil unable to respond to emergency calls, in a timely manner. the problem is in the hardest hit areas, up to two thirds of emergency response vehicles are stuck fire, ambulance, police, i addition, a man in vehicles ar causing significant problems, have to note this, it is not something we are proud of, but in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. there s no guarantee that life-threatening emergency situation, that they will be able to respond immediately. we are dealing with situations all night, including a situation with a baby at a hom location which is on
abetted, and how did he do i exactly, this way by not actin during the hundred - knowing that it was ongoing, and having a duty as president to do something. so this actually theory unde the law, aiding and abetting and so that goes - to this sort of brass ring o can they make the 14th amendment by - him it would be the big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow here yeah, well, listen, i m resisting having to wrap thi conversation, but i think yo guys nonetheless appreciate you both. bridging the gap in, america new insight into who can actually do it next. in our next hour, we hav michael, more he wants some bi
wealthiest 20% or for corporations. so here they are, guys, in a rush. what do they want to do right away? investigate the president and get some more of your money. jedediah: are you surprised? listen, because all of those other things that they talk about like healthcare and there is rainbows and unicorns for everyone and a big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow you have to pay for that somehow. who are going to pay for that you are. pete: they re also split though. the new progressives that got elected like ed s favorite socialist in the bronx. they are angry at the leadership they are saying it shouldn t be a super majority to raising taxes. simple majority for any tax rate not justth 28% and not just the corporation. they want to raise your taxes. that is their platform. ed: the president washed this was going to happen. put the democrats in charge they will raise your taxes. guess what, folks? pete: they have a new left wing rabid base that s coming in that s going to drag the
through their ways of communicating is to make sure that i knew that this was not a paid speech. okay. mrs. obama s p.r. people will tell you about what she s doing, nod paid. they won t tell you paid to give you the whole picture. so it s something that they don t want to talk about, but it s still part of their lives. if you re doing it, just go out and do it. don t you think that president obama was a little bit sort of dismissive of secretary of state for her speeches not when she was secretary of state but her goldman sachs? it s a little bit he was dismissive of her for doing it. hard to resist that money, right? hard to resist when it s offered to you, right? it s just the message is you go one day and talk about these young people, go be a community organizer, go make change. then he did make change and there is this pot of gold now for him and mrs. obama. i think a big pot of gold. $60 million for two books. $400,000 for a speech seems like chump change. he s got
income inquality and attack republicans and fire up the base. but if you are talking about a state like arkansas, not much organizing for action the president can do in that state. so it is more about pumping himself up. but not going to help the embattled democrats. it is going to be an interesting 35 weeks, man. i knew you would know how long. sign up for chris daily newsletter. thank you. one family s amazing discovery could mean a big pot of gold for uncle sam. the bite the government gets