International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
Tapping into subtropical moisture. As it does so we have the flooding rains and therefore, that Flash Flood Watch remains in effect in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Primarily the soberanes and chimney fire burn scar areas. But wait when you see that blue highlighted area, thats a flash flood advisory for all of us which means as you head out you will have some areas of ponding on the roads and sidewalks. Sfo, we know were going to have delays on some arriving flights. Well keep you posted on that. Currently its balmy in the 50s. And the moisture is being driven by a south wind. They will be 10 to 20 later today temperatures in the 50s. Well talk more about the incoming flooding rains we anticipate for the weekend. But first heres michelle. Thank you. With sheets of rain pouring down in some spots drivers need to be alert during the morning commute. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in the discuss mountains where there are big problems from the in the Santa Cruz Mountains where there are big pro
Long as im meeting someone who doesnt have a job, and wants one. Im not going to be satisfied as long as there is a kid who write me a letter and says i have 60,000 of debt, and i dont know how to pay it back. I want to do everything i can to deliver for them. [ inaudible question ] listen, as i think some of you saw out on the campaign trail, i love campaigning. I love talking to ordinary people. I love listening to their stories. I love shaking hands and getting hugs and just seeing the process of democracy in citizenship manifest itself during an election. But im also a practical guy. And ultimately every candidate out there had to make their own decision abouts what they thought would be most helpful for them, their particular region, state, congressional district, if its helpful for me to be behind the scenes, im happy to do it. What i will emphasize is that one of the nice things about being in the six year of your presidency. Keeping the eye on the ball, and tha scott, last ques
How the president and Incoming Congress can Work Together. Where do you see areas of compromise in which leaders are best positioned to find Common Ground . Our phone lines are open. Host and if you are outside the u. S. You can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages twitter, facebook, and cspan. Org. Takes on the press conferences that have happened in the last couple days to on the Republican Press conferences, this is from the editorialy board. It was good news to hear Mitch Mcconnell say there would be no more government shutdowns and no more default on the national debt. There are ominous signs that the acrimony and still made that have marred most of the past six years will continue for divorce or get worse. Conflict looms over the need to fix the broken immigration system. The other flashpoint is the gop declaration that they remain committed to repealing obamacare rather than working to improve it. The question is whether they will let material from those dis
Liftoff, ill speak to Virgin Galactics chairman about the future of space travel. Im ali velshi, this is real money. As i told you we will keep an eye on those protests continuing across america tonight. But let me tell you about news that happened today. Part of discontent about the economy but november turned out to be a gang buster month for jb job creation. 320,000 new jobs added to the economy, nearly 100,000 more than economists had forecast, boosted this years total figure by an additional 44,000 new jobs. America has now added on average almost 241,000 net new jobs per month so far in 2014. That is about where monthly gains should be for the job amarket to have room to grow oop to take advantage of new workers coming into the labor market. Unemployment stayed put 5. 7 , thats the lowest number seen back in 2008, ignore that for a moment. The more important are the month. Of the 321,000 jobs added last no 20,000 were added in construction. Thats good. 28,000 manufacturing. Anoth