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
Saturday. The kremlin says the president Vladimir Putin will not attend out zealously, a haunting reports. Huge thousands have lined the streets of moscow to bid farewell to the last leader of the soviet union. Mikhail gorbachev was credited with changing the course of the 20th century by indians. The cold war president Vladimir Putin has paid his respects, but is not attending the funeral. Other western leaders are not attending either. The kremlin has been so far, quite respectful of, of li issues because garbage was not received it strongly to inclusion wants to an appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. Ah, forgot about your gorbachev was often respected and revered, more in the west than at home in russia. Youre losing you old us. When did you just can you to be honest, that a warn us one more that highlighted in this television advert from the 1990 . I got you all out. Unfortunately, what about you did not make russia about on the west because the west did
A referendum. It was supposed to replace the one drafted in 1083. 00. The era of military rule support is claimed. It was very progressive. Critics fair that would lead to uncertainty one out for my latin america, salisia newman, whos in the capitol, shantia. What you see behind me, i do believe chileans who are celebrating the defeat of the draft constitution. They were the ones that were among the vast majority of children who voted against that proposal. They say that has said gillian democracy, a short while ago president gabrielle body. To address the nation know, and he said he agreed that this had been a democratic process that more jillions than ever before in history had participated in this referendum, which was compulsory. And he also said that the process would continue, that he is calling with the leaders of all the Political Parties on monday to get together in the president ial palace to discuss ways to move forward from now on. Because there seems to be a wide spread ag
Moon mission. The u. S. Space agency had to postpone lift off of its giant rocket earlier on saturday after a fuel leak. It was the 2nd time in a week that a technical issue has to railed the mission. Alan fischer has been on standby at Cape Canaveral. This is sort of its Launch Control at a t minus for hours and 45 minutes and counting. The rocket was primed, the count dont underway. But his feeling of the giant rockets began. It became clear that in that famous phrase, we have a problem. The last team has a recommendation to of no go for launch too. The nasa test rector and launched rector a leak on the link pumping liquid hydrogen into the tanks was found. Charlie engineers run through the plans to fix it while director charlie back while thompson just called, ah, a scrub. But in the end, i to admit defeat the launch scrub for saturday. We do not launch until we think its right. And these teams have labored over that and that is the conclusion that they came to. So i look at this as
A raja packs. It was blamed for pushing for length to financial disaster, as protest is across the country rallied against his rule. When l fernandez is in colombo for us, now this seems like an incredibly risky move, potentially for the former president. It does so, but at the end of the day, it just seems that to go to be roger boxer, ran out of options. He did flee on that military plane to the mold lives, went on to singapore from there, and then ended up in thailand all the while looking at his options of where he could go, in terms of governments had to be willing and able to facilitate that city of his but he did find a lot of close doors and thats why we saw a few weeks ago as a p p. Members that his party, sitting down with president are vicar missing his successor to try and walk out and get a security guaranteed that he would be allowed to return. And that the government would ensure his security. So i did speak to the minister of public security, confirmed his return. He sa