Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
The nfl now is reportedly focusing on a patriots locker room attendant. Already half dozen people have come forward and, well, make of this what you will. My name is Donald Odonnell mcdonald. Just off the beach. Youre welcome. Im from rossland dale massachusetts. I am the locker room guy. Take a good look, america. Im the locker room guy. I deflated those balls myself. I did it. Tom brady had nothing to do with this because he was too busy being awesome. If you dont want to believe me, theres nothing i can do to change your mind. Im turning myself . I took a little bit of air out of most of them 11 out of 12 of them. Who are you going to believe, tom brady, the greatest man of all of humanity or a bunch of twooet [ bleep ] on twitter. I acted alone. Do you know why you acted alone . Because nobody wants to act with you, because you suck . Matt damon. I think that was matt damon. I think it was. I think it was ben affleck. Good morning. Its january 30th. Today withes onset the danny deu
If yall want to translate that political speak into plain english. What jeb bush is saying is we need to hide our conservative ideals. The truth is if we go down that road again, we will lose again. Okay. Here we go president good morning, everybody. Welcome to morning joe. Joining us onset managing editor of Bloomberg Politics mika what was going on up at that prison . New developments on the prison break. Theres another arrest. Theres a dude putting stuff in meat . Who amongst us does not put power tools in meat. Yeah. But you know what i do that as a way to spark conversation. Now were getting closer to what happened. Willie, nobody did this for us when we were in turkey. Im not laughing yet. The oldfashioned way. Two guys on the run. We can laugh imus is cheering for the killers . He said theyre so crafty they deserve to go free. Thats just sick. Thank you. Youre laughing about it. I know. Seriously, whats with these people . This lady is like in this camp thats sad. Love triangle.
Man. [ inaudible ]. Well hear some things tomorrow, i think. So we may hear some things today. Some of the names that are going to be streaming through for these meetings, Chris Christie, the new jersey governor who recently was removed from trumps Transition Team. Rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york city and robert johnson, the founder of b. E. T. Now meetings will get underway this morning at trumps golf club in new jersey. Our Jessica Snyder is nearby. Good morning, jessica. What more are you tell us about those meetings happening today . Reporter well, alison, the flurry of face to face meetings will continue today. We saw a wide array of activities, the nonstop meetings yesterday. They will continue throughout the day today. As you said, a list of notable names, particularly former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani as well as the kansas secretary of state chris kobach. Also, the founder of Black Entertainment Television robert johnson. Interestingly, also, new Jersey Gover
Unamerican. This is against our core, most sacred values. Theyre being detained, but u inside, we came with proper representation and were not allowed to see them. To come out in mass, to like show the sea of bodies. How the public feels about some of the poll iciepolicies. The president s own party saying this has gone too far. John mccain and lindsey gram releasing this statement saying quote, it is clear from the confusion at our airports that President Trumps executive order was not properly vetted. We are particularly concerned by reports that this order went into effect with little to no consultation with the departments of state, defense, justice and Homeland Security. Ultimately, we fear this order will become a selfinflicted wound in the fight against terrorism, end quote. Demonstrators are gathering at atlantas hartsfield jacques airport, where 11 travelers were detained today. What are you seeing . If you can hear me, tell us what youre seeing. Hey, fred, i got you now. Good