Dnc floor. The georgia delegation even marked out letters so their signs would read, stop her instead of stronger together. Senator sanders who was greeted by, lets just say, a spirited crowd, shall we . Very spirited. Well, he headlined the first night, clintons exrival took to podium to quite the outcry, and he worked to rally his supporters around the former secretary of state. It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and i disagree on a number of issues. That is what this campaign has been about. That is what democracy is about. But im happy to tell you that at the democratic platform committee, there was a significant coming together between the two campaigns. So on that note, we have more on day one of the dnc from philadelphia. Shannon, good of you to join us at this hour. How are you . Im great, kelly. You know, it was a big night here, packed with celebrities and heavy hitters, from up and coming stars to political headliners including senator Elizabeth Warren, first Lady Michelle
Former congressman bob ney. In a chapter headlined pretty alice, you called pretty alice the most covert, manipulative, cunning, stealth vicious coldhearted instrument of evil that karl rove and the Bush Administration had. What is pretty alice . Alice fisher is a very interesting person that received attention from senator levin in particular and that basically went away as i explain in the book. But alice fisher had never particularly tried cases and was criticized for that. She was in the Criminal Division 2001 to 2003. Went over to work for chertoff. An extreme political optrative and in the bushcheney campaign i dont want to call her a political hack but ill say political hack. She then was up for appointment when Alberto Gonzales was attorney general for the United States. Ran afoul of senator levin and the reason it did is because he said a, she was close to tom delays defense team. She had dealings with his defense team. B, she didnt have a lot of experience trying cases, was g
Urging her caucus to vote no, and she blasted president obama while her number two, congressman steny hoyer was actually urging the bills passage. The democrats, that divide. The president spokesman claiming no hard feelings between the white house and the minority leader. Well just say that the president has always had not just a good working relationship but open line of communication with leader pelosi. That didnt change yesterday and its not going to change in the future. Lou reid is playing nice, he wants the trillion dollar, 1600 page bill passed tonight. But the democratic ranks in the senate are severely divided. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill and has our report. Reporter lou, the drama isnt entirely over on capitol hill. House passed a trillion dollar plus government funding extension, now its up to the senate. Were going to consider the legislation to keep our government open and funded and do it today, i hope. Senators are unhappy with the
Issue congress should address next year . Make a 57 minute video and be sure to include cspan programming for your chance to win a grand prize of 5,000. The deadline is january 20. Get more info at student cam. Org. This week on q a, former Ohio Republican bob ney discusses his newly released memoir entitled sideswiped. Former congressman bob ney. Prettypter headlined alice. Pretty alice the most coldhearted, vicious, stunning instrument of evil that karl rove and the administration had. What are you referring to . Alice fisher. Is an interesting attention received from the administration. She was in the Criminal Division from 20012003. She went over to work for chertoff. She was a political operative. The bush cheney campaign. I dont want to she was a political hack. I say political hack. She then was up for appointment when Alberto Gonzalez was the attorney general of the united states. I ran a file of senator levin. He said she was close to tom delays defense team. B, she doesnt hav
Good morning welcome to mornings on 2. It is sunday december 15th. Im claudine wong. Im mike mibach. A beautiful moon out there early this morning, if you didnt catch it. Lets head over to rosemary and a quick peek of the sunday forecast. Most of us waking up with clear skies, we have patchy fog, seeing it over parts of the north perhaps right along the coastline. A cool start to the morning but temperatures not as cold in most areas. Well have a look at your Current Conditions for the afternoon. Temperatures even warmer than what we had yesterday. Were going above the seasonal average for this time of year. It is another spare the air day. The warm air will continue for the first part of the week and then farther down the road the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles. Ill show you the futurecast model for that. New this morning, south africa bids farewell to Nelson Mandela. In a touching tribute the country buried its former president , a man known around the world as a leader of soci