i m chris matthews. welcome to a very special awards show. with us mike duffy from time magazine. bbc s katty kay. new york times helene cooper and abc s sam donaldson. first up, tis the season for year-end political awards. best and worst. last year part one of our political awards and this week part two and this is pure fun. our first category president obama s smartest political decision of 2012. which one of these four choices will our roundtablers pick? was the smartest obama decision to campaign relentlessly on raising taxes on the rich? or was it the early takedown of mitt romney in all those ads last spring that painted him as a rich guy? or the high-tech multimillion dollar back room operation to identify every obama vote and then turn it out on election day? for finally, was the smartest obama decision just bring it in, bubba? no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. c
troopers. it was the last moment on his journey from selma to montgomery. helping the lead a march at the tender age of 25. right now the motorcade is making its way to alabama state capital where lewis will lie in state this evening. today is day two of a series of ceremonies over the next five days now in cities that shaped lewis life. let s go to victor blackwell who is there in montgomery. first, the late congressman, the ceremony in totality it s a six-day celebration of his life. it began yesterday in his birth city of troy, alabama. take me through what the last couple of days have been like and what s expected in mon montgomery. reporter: the last couple of days we heard some of the icons of the civil rights era talk about some of the big moments. also relatives and those that knew him talk about the smaller, intimate moments of the man who was so well known and the reaction and relationship to and with him. we re starting the see dexter avenue where i m standing n
who starred in gone with the wind, has died at the age of 104. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the body of the late american politicianjohn lewis has made a final crossing over the bridge in selma, alabama, where, more than four decades ago, he led a march to campaign for voting right of african americans. it was part of a multi day celebration of the life of the civil rights icon and congressman who died earlier this month at the age of 80. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the final crossing and a symbolic moment. draped in the american flag, john lewis s casket was taken by horse drawn carriage over the edmund pettis bridge in selma. alabama state troopers saluted the civil rights campaigner while members of his family walked behind in silent tribute. a sombre journey back to montgomery, 55 years afterjohn lewis took part in a march led by ma
hello and welcome. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, says his country has proved the doubters wrong when it comes to handling the coronavirus pandemic. but while things are improving in big cities like mumbai and delhi, rural areas are struggling to cope. the overall trend is worrying. almost 350,000 new cases have been reported across the country over the past week. this graph from johns hopkins university shows the growth in daily cases since the start of the year. many health experts in india are concerned about how steep that curve is becoming. the total number of cases now stands at almost 1.4 million. more than 32,000 people are known to have died. and in the countryside, they don t have enough resources or the right facilities to treat infected patients. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye sent this report. and a warning, some parts of it are distressing. covid 19 has reached rural india, where hospitals are oftenjust buildings with no staff or equipment. bring ox
political correspondent chuck todd breaks down the numbers. reporter: the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the candidates in a 47-47 tie among likely voters. in mid september, the president led 50-45. the numbers show an evenly divided country overall. the president s job approval holding steady at 49%. economic approval down at 46%. foreign policy approval at 49%. the poll also shows a clear enthusiasm gap. the president has a 49-44 lead among all registered voters, but that 47-47 tie among likelies, it means republicans are more enthusiastic and more likely to vote. the biggest red flag for obama, 62% say they want major changes if he s re-elected. romney s biggest red flag, by 44-43, he is still personally viewed more negatively than positively. that was nbc s chuck todd reporting there. after a violent weekend in the middle east, tonight s third and final presidential debate topic of foreign policy is more timely than ever. nbc s tracie potts has a previe