Liz time to drain the swamp, congress got a wakeup call about that from president elect trump today, welcome to risk reward. It is day one of americas 115th congress, they were sworn in today. What is first thing that House Republicans do . They under cut president elect trumps vow to drain the swamp by gutting the Ethics Office panel. President elect saying, with all that congress has to work on, do they have to make the weakening of the independent ethic watch dog as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority . Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importantance, drain the swamp. Marcia blackburn just came o the floor, she is joining me now by phone. Good to have you. Thank you. I have been on the floor and voting. Liz here is the thing with this first move to gut the ethics panel. It is taking off on twitter, now a joke that g. O. P. Is acting like it is my party, i will lie if i want to, is this a mistake to gut the ethics panel . Is th
Melissa somewhere Ronald Reagan is smiling at this one. According to the latest fox news poll 67 of americans think the government is usually the problem. And not the solution. That is up 14 points from 2008. I wonder why. And this feeling carrying across party lines. Majority of democrats and republicans and independents agreeing on this issue. Here to discuss it all charlie gasparino, rich lowry along with judy. Both fox news contributors. Rich, this is no surprise to you, is it . It is not. It just goes to what a failure president obama has been on his overreaching ideological melissa lets not point to him in particular. I think all government is a failure. Its true. But he said he would restore faith in government. By this metric, its not happening. I wonder about the veracity of these polls. Melissa come on. Its higher than 68 . No. People say they hate lawyers but all we do is sue each other. People hate government, but they vote in Big Government obama. Melissa i didnt. He won a
Investigation. One love and one love, president obama stops in jamaica. Today, april 9, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savann studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today morning. We probably should start the show this way every day. We will tell you more about the barack oba more bob marley. Is hesevere weather follo overnight of tornadoes, rain, hail, and dyla following all of it. We saw tornadoes, hail, we had flash flooding. Take a look at this video from deerhead, kansas. You can see obviously the funnel cloud. You see that raiow there. Unbelievable video from a more rural area from southern kansas right on the border of oklahoma. So there were no damage reports because it was obviously in rural area. Now in missouri, we saw more hail than anything else. We have reports of hail two to three inches in diameter, winds gusting 60 to 70 miles an hour toppling trees, power lines, tearing the buildings. We also had a lot of r
Deal or no deal a powerful man in iran takes his silence on the nuclear deal and takes a hard line. The u. S. Is not backing down erasing the past as monuments to colonial leaders come down South Africans look to the future lethal weapons that function autonomously. Human Rights Groups target killer robots saying the risks outweigh the rewards. Good evening, im antonio mora. Im barbara. We begin with the summit of the americas. President obama arrived in pan ma an hour ago. The historic gathering is bringing together the leaders of cuba and the u. S. For the first time in more than half a century. It could see a breakthrough in relations between the countries. A major issue is whether cuba will be removed at a terror list. President obama today hinted at a change in cubas status. Its a powerful tool to isolate the countries that genuinely do support terrorism, when we make the designations we have got you will strong evidence that thats the case. As circumstances change that list will
Land after that terrifying moment. The emperor is not as forgiving as i am. This morning, secrets of star wars. Were going behind the scenes and well be hearing from the people creating a galaxy far, far away. Did mystery of the light saber now revealed. The force is with you only on gma. Majestic music to get us on started on this thursday morning. Good morning, america. We have a lot to get to including the Boston Marathon bombing verdict. Bostons biggest newspaper the globe saying he should not be put to death and the bombers mother speaking out overnight. Yeah, the jury unanimous on 30 counts of murder. Will they be unanimous on the Death Penalty . But were going to begin with that Severe Weather in the midwest. Millions affected by tornadoes, hail, flash floods, and our extreme weather team tracking it all. Gio benitez in missouri. Good morning, gio. Reporter george, good morning to you. Take a look behind me. 70mileperhour winds ripped part of this roof off. Were seeing damage li