Civil liberties advocates and senator ron widen tweeted today every american has the right to know that their government believes theyre allowed to kill them. Most americans seem to casually accept this. David corn is Washington Bureau chief for mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Jebtle men, lets look here at carney. There was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is the methods that we use are designed specifically to avoid civilian casualties. I think its fair to say that far fewer civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership as opposed to an effort to lead a country with hundreds of thou sants of troops. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians. I dont think that im dancing around it. I just didnt dispute it. So theyve been killed, right . I dont gis disagree with that. What are they saying about why we have to use drones . P
Congressman pierce is going to the birds. Literally. He tweeted that hes staying home in new mexico because a public hearing on the chicken is the same day as the state of the union. No disrespect to the chicken, even if he is the lesser chicken. Congressman, its time for all of us to come together as a union. As americans. And showing up at the state of the union speech is one way to show it. Were facing some serious economic time. Were facing serious decisions on gun legislation. Were facing serious questions about how we sustain social security, medicaid and medicare. I know your party didnt do well last year, but, congressman, dont be chicken. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton, hardball starts right now. War on drones, lets play hardball. Good evening, just a day before the president s chief Counter Terrorism advisor, john brennan heads to capital hill for his hearing to take over the c. I. Averment. The white house has to answer some tough questions about its overseas drone prog
It will not destroy its credit in the world. And you can threaten. You can scream and yell, but the United States government will not fail in the bankruptcy because of this economic terrorism you on the right purport to be a political philosophy. Well, the secretary of the treasury said it less dramatically this morning, but said it just as clearly. Any attempt by the right wing to threaten this country with National Default will be met with the strongest response, no deals. Bashar al assad in damascus, but against those in this country who would jeopardize the countrys financial strength. Joining me right now are two political pros, democrat steve mcmahon, and republican john fayry. Treasury secretary jack lew is warning republicans that unless they agree to raise the debt limit, the United States will default on its debts internationally in midoctober, earlier than some had anticipated. In fact, on an interview today on cnbc, mr. Lew had a clear message for republicans, and its comin
Ominous for several trump figures in the russia probe and they come as trump used this bizarre and rambling press conference, even by 2019 standards, to claim a National Emergency at the border while also undermining himself. Thats a story i mentioned with chuck and well cover it later on tonight. We begin with todays ruler against trumps longtierm adviser roger stone. It goes against his ability to make this case in public. This federal judge finding mueller won the arguments for a partial gag order. That means it bans stone and his lawyers from public remarks that would prejudice jurors as well as even talking at all when they come and go from the court. Anyone watching stones recent conduct knows that will require him to change gears or go to jail. Because roger stone has been doing those exact things since being indicted for witness tampering, talking in front of the court, doing media tours and likening the fbi to, quote, nazi police in these media appearances. Thats the kind of t
Interpretation. Some democratic socialists say absolutely not. Other people that are democratic socialists would say i think it is possible. What are you . I think it is possible. She thinks it is possible. What struck out to you about that . I would just say the fact that she accepted the premise of the question and answered it, and sort of thought it out. I mean this, ari. What was refreshing is a politician, she could have given a talking pointy answer, but clearly she thought about this. She could say everybody wants to do name calling and avoid it. I give her credit not avoiding it. She believes in it. One thing i took from the entire interview, look, she isnt going to be easily play indicated. She may learn the hard ways of washington, she wont be easily persuaded to go along and get along, i say theres nothing wrong with that, thats how you get things done in the long run. An interesting long term, somebody portrayed as impatient, i think she has an impressive long view of what