Wall street was really . Those guys arent in jail already . Thats all ahead tonight. Plus charts imitating life. Weve got the onetime sheriff of wall street, former new york governor, new York Attorney general Eliot Spitzer here. Weve got more, as i said to ed, more on Michael Isikoffs big security scoop. There is lots ahead this hour. But we start tonight in the fall of 2008 when president obama was first elected. He was elected on november 4th, 2008. And after the partisan combat of that election faded quickly and the country absorbed that this was going to be our new president of the United States, the Approval Ratings for barack obama soared. His approval rates went to 79 . By inauguration day, 2009, nearly two Million People would turn out on the National Mall to see him sworn in. It was a heady, heady time whether or not you had voted for him. But of course that was not true for everybody. Election day was november 4th. November 10th, so six days later, not even a week later, the
Also today, the unheralded but fairly dramatic resolution of a fight that Senate Republicans said they would win, but today they lost. Also today crime and punishment news concerning wall street where the consensus reaction off wall street was really . Those guys arent in jail already . Thats all ahead tonight. Plus charts imitating life. Weve got the onetime sheriff of wall street, former new york governor, new York Attorney general Eliot Spitzer here. Weve got more, as i said to ed, more on Michael Isikoffs big security scoop. There is lots ahead this hour. But we start tonight in the fall of 2008 when president obama was first elected. He was elected on november 4th, 2008. And after the partisan combat of that election faded quickly and the country absorbed that this was going to be our new president of the United States, the Approval Ratings for barack obama soared. His approval rates went to 79 . By Inauguration Day 2009, nearly two Million People would turn out on the National Ma
Governor, new York Attorney general Eliot Spitzer here. Weve got more, as i said to ed, more on Michael Isikoffs big security scoop. There is lots ahead this hour. But we start tonight in the fall of 2008 when president obama was first elected. He was elected on november 4th, 2008. And after the partisan combat of that election faded quickly and the country absorbed that this was going to be our new president of the united states, the Approval Ratings for barack obama soared. His approval rates went to 79 . By Inauguration Day 2009, nearly two Million People would turn out on the National Mall to see him sworn in. It was a heady, heady time whether or not you had voted for him. But of course that was not true for everybody. Election day was november 4th. November 10th, so six days later, not even a week later, there was one republican congressman from georgia who was already denouncing the president elect as both a marxist and a nazi. If you think about it, its kind of a hard thing to
Casually accept this as the cost of doing business in a dangerous world. Eugene robbins is a columnist and david corn is from mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Lets take a look here at ed carney, the president s spokesman, talk about this. It was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones but also faced some tough questions. Lets listen. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is that 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 in al qaeda along the lines we were discussing here as opposed to an effort to invade a country with hundreds of thousands of troops and take towns. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians . Why wont the government admit . I dont think im dancing around it. I didnt dispute it. You didnt necessarily what i cant do civilians have be
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 program. The catalyst is a white house memo obtained that justifies american citizens. 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 few er civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership as opposed t