Onbank and say, im not going to pay my mortgage this month unless you throw in a new car and an xbox. And the House Republicans in particular dont get to demand ransom for doing their jobs. When asked about a default, the president said he was nervous. This is not something we should even come close to fooling around with. And so when i read people saying, now this wouldnt be a big deal. We should test it out. Lets take default out for a spin and see how it rides. Thats not something we should even be in a conversation about. And at around the 45minute mark of his press conference and sounding clearly exasperated, the president apologized. Not for his own actions but the governments as a whole. I know the American People are tired of it. And to all the American People, i apologize that you have to go through this stuff every three months, it seems like. And lord knows, im tired of it. A short time later Speaker John Boehner stepped before the cameras and in front of the flags. The pres
And so, i enjoy the present very much because i sincerely believe that i dont know whats going to happen tomorrow. People often live in the future, think of the future. I think of today. Today is the most important day of my life. [ theme ] bill good morning my fellow americans and welcome to the full court press here on current tv this Tuesday Morning february 12. Oh boy. Lot going on today. And we are going to tell you whats happening all around the country, here in our Nations Capital, around the globe as well and take your calls at 186655press. Good have you with us today and it is a big day because president obama is poised to give his state of the Union Address tonight. He will say hes expected to put forth an aggressive, Progressive Agenda. He will tell us the state of the union is strong. Which it is. Meanwhile, catholics still cant believe that Pope Benedict xvi is actually resigning after all that hasnt happened in 600 years. Joe biden says yeah, im thinking about it. Well se
[ theme ] stephanie hello, current tv land. Our number one Jackie Schechner. For political geeks, its like christmas morning, state of the union night. Did you hear whos going to be there . Ted nugent. Bill press just called him a terd in the punch bowl. Stephanie theres a metal detector before you get in, right . Just checking. If you threaten the president , under investigation which he was then probably not allowed to come to the state of the union. Stephanie one would think. I hope the secret service men go like this, watching you. They should prohibit him from coming. It seems a strange thing to allow. Stephanie its a new level of disrespect for the president. And dangerous. Stephanie its right wing, another version of joe wilson yelling you lie. Its a visual you affront to the president. I agree totally. Heres Jackie Schechner. Good morning everybody. North korea has conducted a third test of its Nuclear Defense program. The white house is calling its a highly provocative act emp
Make, but unfortunately, no one thought it would end up like that. The mother in this case has not been charged with any crime, but she is under the scrutiny of social services officials. She is also the mother of a threeyearold daughter who was home here in this bug infested apartment when this seven month old died. In white oak, scott broom, wusa9. Now although that teen is now being charged as an adult, a judge will make the final decision about whether that will stand. Wusa9 decided not to show his picture or reveal his name at this time. It is a two weeks notice heard around the world. It has catholics wondering who the next pope will be. Pope benedict xvi made the surprise announcement this morning. He is going to resign at the end of the month. He no longer has the strength to do the job. This is the first time in some 600 years that a pope has resigned. The archbishop of washington will be part of the group of cardinals that will choose the next pope. He will be looking for con
Signed and refuses to get rid of. We learned the president will make a major announcement of afghanistan announcing that 34,000 u. S. Troops will return home from the region exactly one year from today. Thats about half the troops there now. Joining us now, maryland congressman chris van hollen, Ranking Member of the house budget committee. Thank you for joining us. Great to be with you, tamron. First, what are the expectations for the president tonight . Well, i think as you said the president s going to lay out his plan for xik growth, for job creation but focusing on the fact it is not good enough just to have Economic Growth for the folks already at the very top. That we need broad based Economic Growth where wages and middle class americans go up, where their incomes go up so that we can all participate in growing the economy and weve made progress. Weve had 35 straight months of job growth over 6 million jobs created but i think the president would be the first to say thats good