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armies of lobbyists and lawyers? or does it work for all the people. now the house of representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful. the house is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors, that would let traders on wall street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by the government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system. this is a democracy, and the american people didn t elect us to stand up for citigroup. they elected us to stand up for all the people. that s the bugle signaling charge. today the white house scrambled to contain the fod. just minutes before the scheduled vote, the white house took the dangerous move of taking direct aim at the warren wing of the party by declaring and campaign contributions, opening up the ÷÷ñaúfloodgates. first you give the keys to the bank and then you bail the banks out. we are not having that. i think the vote today shows that, shows ....
down an american movie, censor an american picture it doesn t like, wrong in not calling him first before buckling before a north korean dictator. this is obama laying it on the line in a press conference that signalled all the audacity he s packed into a week since the november election, the deal on climate change, the protective order for people who came here illegally, and including the post of an american ambassador with the communist government in cube a taking questions from all women reporters in today s press conference, where will this obama audacity take us? i m joined by david corn, and by actor, writer and director sean penn who joins me now by phone. first of all, here s the president speaking about sony s decision to pull the interview, the movie that inspired the hacking. let s watch. sony is a corporation. i would agree with the president. i think that, you know, i m not speaking as an advocate for the motion picture industry or as a critic. but we have t ....
neighborhoods, the smartest people who work for you in your staff, they all live in the same neighborhood. whether they re black or white or asian. there s this book written, there s a test if you are part of the new elite. the new elite are corporate executives, really quality lawyers, doctors and because it s now at the point where it is merit-based, whether you re part of the elite, we ve kind of forgotten about ordinary americans out there. and so, it s like, it drove my boys crazy. it had them take the test in the book and it said, have you ever been on a factory floor? were you raised in a neighborhood where over 60% of the people didn t go to college? if you get a chance to go to starbucks or mcdonald s for coffee, where do you go? do you know anybody who has whole milk if their refrigerator? because everybody else has skim milk? elitist. so part of it is that it s understandable, the good news is, it s based on merit advancement in many cases now, but the bad news ....
give you last word. anti-war candidate he criticized iraq and afghanistan war. he was reluctant to get into another war. he won the nobel peace prize for all of his efforts. thank you for joining us. thanks for watching. hard ball starts right now, chris matthews. the coming of trump. let s play hard ball. back in washington the start of a busy month. in 18 days donald trump will be sworn in like it or not as the 45th president of the united states. today president obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the goal of trying to protect his legacy which is an endangered political spe sees. address last week interest chicago. president-elect trump returned from his vacation. he tweeted. 2,762 this past year. he criticized what he called media outlets for suggesting he himself thought he was going to lose the election. we ll talk to newly appointed kellyanne conway. what is donald trump know that we don t what does donald trump know that president obama and focus ....
paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i don t remember, he goes i done remember. maybe that s what i said. this was 14 years ago. they didn t do a retraction. special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the direction politics is heading right fou. what did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someone s disability? i thought she said what she said beautifully. it s easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the presidency let alone any pt respectful person. what we need more is kindness and common decency. and what he did how he reacted how he needs he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesn t agree with him, that s pretty disgraceful. what do you make of the critique that meryl streep made last night you can push this and it becomes norm. you define deantsy. this kind of be ....