It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
the plate. workers are struggling to make ends meet and we can t afford health care. stephanie, that commonalty you heard was dysfunction. of course, different folks are blaming whether it be the president or nancy pelosi or congress or republicans in the senate as a whole. but what the one line of commonalty was, the message that washington should understand, is they want action on the likes of immigration, on health care, on infrastructure. there are things they want action on. what they could see among these, there are a lot of distractions at play. whether it be the white house dysfunction, the government shutdown. a lot of dysfunctions taking the l eye off of. border wall is not in the top ten prpriorities. is security of the country, yes. but she says there needs to be more focus on what helps this country going forward.
four marines, one sailor he was not inspired by isis or isil, was he? we re not in a position to say yet. we re still combing through his entire life including his electronic media, to understand who was he communicating with and about what? because the assumption what we re hearing is he was inspired by more like aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the american-born cleric who was killed in a u.s. drone strike back in 2011 but whose messages are still out there, right? the messages are very much still out there. that s a dimension to the threat we haven t taken our eye off of. he spent seven months in jordan last year with his uncle. who s now under arrest by jordanian authorities. the fbi is there in jordan right now? that s part of combing through his life to understand what happened in jordan who influenced him, who did he meet what did he consume that sort of thing. the corasan group, the guy they said killed mu san al fad
american-born cleric who was killed in a u.s. drone strike back in 2011 but whose messages are still out there, right? the messages are still very much out there. that s a dimension to the threat we haven t taken our eye off of. there are those motivated by the poise andon that bounces around the internet. we re not sure yet with abdulazeez. we re still combing through his life. he spent time with his uncle who is now under arrest by the jordanian authorities. the fbi is there in jordan right now. there s obviously an fbi presence. you ve sent over experts to find out what was going on during those seven months right? correct. that s part of combing through his life to understand what happened in jordan who influenced him, who did he meet what did he consume, that sort of thing, yes. so jonathan what s your take on this? is it generally that even if abdulazeez was not inspired by isis but rather by al awlaki it
republicans, but they didn t demand the long-term benefits remain in the deal. are you upset about that? i am. and i think a lot of democrats are, but let s be clear that that s something the democrats are going to continue to fight for and that i think what also helped define not only what this president is going to continue to fight for but what democrats will fight for, which is for the middle class to have the opportunity to continue to live up to the american dream. let s be very clear here. the president deserves a lot of credit for the uptick in the economy. he s created in four years more jobs than george w. bush created in eight years. the american recovery act, and economists from all sides of the spectrum will say this, is credited with bringing us back from the brink of a great depression. that s a huge accomplishment for this president, and in this press conference, he s going to continue to focus on the economy, which frankly, republicans have taken their eye off of. im