Information we have at this time, as i said, indicates that u. S. Citizens are among the hostages, but they dont have at this point more details to provide to you. Were certainly concerned about reports of loss of life and are seeking clarity from the government. Trouble for tao. The onetime heisman hopeful, is he the victim of a cruel hoax or part of the plot . Just got a message from somebody i think in hawaii saying they had heard his girlfriend didnt exist. Every single thing about this was real to me at the time. There was no suspicion that it wasnt no belief that it might not be, and so the pain was real, the grief was real, the affection was real. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell live in washington. Our new nbc newswall street journal poll is real, and it shows that white house officials move just how difficult the fight is going to be to pass the president s new gun proposals. The president s biggest public opponent on this issue, the marshall Rifle Association carries a favorable
Nbc musewall street journal poll shows the lobby may have more clout. Coming up, the nations top Police Commissioner new yorks ray kelly on the frontlines in a battle against guns. We know were not going eliminate, you know, all gun violence, but it will certainly diminish the possibility of having another newtown. The nra defends its web ad, pea touring the president s daughters. President s have been off limits for decades. Theyve been understanding that we dont talk particularly about the minor children of president s. Nobody was talking about his children. Nobody was maiming his children. Money was doing this. Rescue attempt. Fastmoving developments unfolding in algeria. We are awaiting word on the fate of dozens of foreign hostages, including americans as well as al qaeda militants and a bp national gas plant. Unfortunately, the best information we have at this time, as i said, indicates that u. S. Citizens are among the hostages, but they dont have at this point more details to p
in the looming debt ceiling headline and reshuffling the cabinet president obama s second term is front loaded with potential standoffs with the divided congress. mary madeline serveed in three republican administrations reagan, george h.w. bush and george w. bush, and also a counselor to former vice president dick cheney. good to see you. mary, happy new year. happy new year to you. thanks for having me. well, you have been through this before, and you have seen the risks, the perils of second terms. looking at it from afar, from outside the beltway, what are the big challenges that you think president obama has to be concerned about? every term it has been exacerbating a lot of the president s weaknesses. if he wants to get along, if he wants to make some progress with republicans, he has to get be less self-righteous. that could be played earlier.
he keeps presenting these false choices that it s either getting you re either political, you want an a from the nra or you want safe school, safe children. if you have an opposite view, an opposing view, you can t get to the table if the president is going to set you up as the demon in every case. he immediate to be less self-refr he shall. he needs to take more responsibility. one thing that s happened here is the statute of limitations has run out on blaine bush, and he has to get more to the realities. when he told speaker boehner that we don t have a spending problem, we most certainly have a spending problem. the debt has increased exponentially under this president. he started off on the wrong foot, i think, not just with republicans, but the democrats that are iffing to be up in the midterms. let me just make the counter argument that republicans might have started off on the wrong foot with him. there was a frontline documentary the other night which showed that on the nig