cycle, crystal ball. and jonathan capehart on the north lawn of the white house. jonathan, there are a lot of caveman in the shadows, it s a good thing we find you right nous to the white house, we ll get to the next episode of men behaving badly. but first let s listen as the first lady confronts a heckler last night in washington, d.c., this is new tape, take a listen to this. one of the things that i don t do well is this now. jonathan, this exchange came as the first lady confronted a heckler, as you know, who wants the president to sign an executive order protecting the lgbt community from discrimination. white house press secretary, jay carney says she acquitted herself, i m quoting him, brilliantly. you wrote about this. ha do you think? i think you know, look, first lady wasn t having it last night. she was speaking very passionately about children during that, during that fundraiser.
denver. last night the president, though, in full campaign mode hosting a pair of big ticket star-studded fund-raisers in los angeles. he spoke to supporters at the house of blues with tickets going as high as $10,000. that s the guy from modern family. later he dined with what we like to call hollywood types, eva longoria, jack black. tickets there went for nearly $18,000. the president held a jobs town hall hosted by linkedin. when asked by united states employment, president obama turned the talk to the global economy and the financial crisis in europe. they have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with all the challenges that their banking system faced. it s now being compounded with what s happening in greece. they re going through a financial crisis that is scaring the world and they re trying to
seriously considering a run at the white house. we ll have more on the growing christie drum beat with jon hutsman later on morning joe. the latest installment of the funding fight in congress may come to an end. last night the senate approved a deal to fund the government through mid-november it will help avoid a shutdown, we hope, and provide much-needed money to cash-strapped peopfema. the funds have shrunken to historic lows with $114 million remaining, that s down sharply from the $1 billion typically held as a string of natural disasters nearly depleted the agency s resources. fema announced it had enough money to make it through the week was a crucial turning point in negotiations. the bill now heads to the senhe.