That political games have gotten in the way, and they are affecting how these kids are getting to the olympics. How many times will people get to the olympics in their lifetime, really . It is really sad. When i was growing up, the olympics were not a political statement, you know . I mean, they were friendship between global countries. Host thank you for all of your calls. Well be back for your comments tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Enjoy the rest of your thursday. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] violent crashes have erupted again in the ukrainian capital of kiev shortly after a truce was appeared to have been reached last night. More than 20 people have been killed today, to bring the death toll to over 60 over the last several days. The head of the Security Administration resigned, saying we must the guided only by the interest of the people. This most recent update now, from the Associat
Classes. One tiny bit of important housekeeping, the county is now under a level to snow emergency. Drive home carefully. You have a lot to talk about but drive carefully. This debate will be archived at debatelive. Org. It will be at that site for several days. You can encourage friends and family to watch. Nye ando much to mr. Mr. Ham. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] the debate continues on our facebook page. One comment the rights another says you can join the conversation too at facebook. Com cspan. The beauty of america is that in this country, we have the ability to write the script of our own life. We are in a sense in the driving seat of our own future. Our biggest decisions in life are made by us. Creates the sense of possibility. Out of that, you can become an activist, a community organizer. What are you doing . You are living off the great capitalist explosion of wealth that you didn
And the voice. Josh kaufman wins it for team usher on a night packed with stars, the voice crowns its new champion, so whats josh kaufman going to do now . Hes making his way to our plaza today, wednesday, may 21st, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And, good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And when we say josh kaufman is making his way to studio 1a we really mean it. Literally making his way. Took the red eye overnight. Expected to perform. He is the voice. You are not the voice this morning. Battling the voice a little bit, but looking forward to meeting him. It should be great. We want to get to todays top story, the intense storms wreaking havoc on the midwest. Al, they are on the move this morning. They absolutely are. Check out this video just out from chicago. Really amazing Lightning Storm going on. High winds, a lot of rain, a real mess. And in fact, some amazing Lightning Pictur
families. administrator fugate is in new york today meeting with local officials as well as surveying damage and ongoing response and recovery efforts. the president, once again, directed his team to continue to bring all available resources to bear to support our state and local partners and not allow red tape or bury rock see to stand in the way of federal support to be provided. the president will continue to receive updates on the response and recovery efforts from his team. with that i ll take your questions. jim kunin. thanks jay. welcome to the lame duck session. we just heard the president say essentially two things. one is he s not wedded to every detail of his deficit reduction plan and is willing to compromise. he also insists on raising taxes on a threshold of 250,000 or above. he ran on a vow to increase taxes on the wealthiest to bill
criticized for what she said on the sunday morning talk shows, whether she was following the guidance, the talking points from the intelligence community. so i think that there is going to be some development at least to clarify later today what the status of david petraeus is what his intentions are, and how long he will stay with the administration. andrea we may get more information even within this hour. jay carney has his daily briefing and perhaps will offer answers to the questions regards david petraeus and his status. now to the other big story. president obama just moments ago putting more pressure on congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class. it s the president s first public comment sin winning re-election. the president urged leaders to take action on the areas where they agree and find compromise where they cannot or can t find common ground. i m not wedded to every detail of my plan. i m open to compromise. i m open to new ideas. i m committed to sol