After together they cross the border illegally. but her visit was overshadowed by her fashion choice, which has happened before. kristin fisher has details. kristin? shannon, not since the first lady wore those stiletto heels to visit hurricane hari victims, has one of her wardrobe choices created this much controversy, especially since the president himself has now contradicting the first lady s own communications director. first, just to make sure everyone is up to speed here, here is the jacket, on the back, it reads i really don t care, do you, and she wore he was boarding a flight to texas to visit an emigrant children s shelter. twitter and cable news blew up with many people calling her wardrobe choice insensitive at best, honest at worst. one democratic congressman posted on twitter. the first lady spokeswoman responded that it s a jacket,
Why did she do it this. this is not speculating on the wardrobe, this is speculating on a message this is not discussion about her fashion choices. there was the issue with the stiletto heels when she went to texas after the hurricane, yes. that was focused on fashion. this is about a message from a first lady who hasn t been seen much in public, there s been a lot of reporting about her and the president being sort of angry about these questions about why she hasn t been out in public. so here she is, she s going down as sort of the emissary of empathy from the white house after days of criticism when the white house and president trump did not seem empathetic to these children. she has her visit, she gets on a plane and has this message that seems to be saying like, hm, to the people, i don t care. she knew that there were the white house invited the television crews along. there were several print reporters they did not invite. they knew they were going to get that coverag
Filibuster, but there is something called a magic minute in the house of representatives. it s a special prerogative but supported to the speaker of the house and other leaders where they can basically speak for as long as they like in the minority leader nancy pelosi took advantage of that, eight hours and 7 minutes. she did it wearing these shoes, stiletto heels, the entire time. she bested the record set by cham clark, former speaker of the house from missouri of 1990. he spoke for five hours and 15 minutes. we don t think he was wearing stilettos, but there were some criticism of pelosi from some members of her caucus saying wait a minute this was just about her. we are afraid you are going to lead us into another government shutdown. meantime, other people were saying wait a minute, she is 78 years old next month and this was solidifying her position among democrats. shannon: always on it. we will see if we see her tomorrow night. i think we will be here pretty late. i think t
Filibuster, but there is something called a magic minute in the house of representatives. it s a special prerogative but supported to the speaker of the house and other leaders where they can basically speak for as long as they like in the minority leader nancy pelosi took advantage of that, eight hours and 7 minutes. she did it wearing these shoes, stiletto heels, the entire time. she bested the record set by cham clark, former speaker of the house from missouri of 1990. he spoke for five hours and 15 minutes. we don t think he was wearing stilettos, but there were some criticism of pelosi from some members of her caucus saying wait a minute this was just about her. we are afraid you are going to lead us into another government shutdown. meantime, other people were saying wait a minute, she is 78 years old next month and this was solidifying her position among democrats. shannon: always on it. we will see if we see her tomorrow night. i think we will be here pretty late. i think t
Party balances are close, if a republicans lose a vote or two, democrats need everyone they ve got. senate map, a big deal here. winners and losers. j.j. watt, defensive lineman for the houston texans encouraging his 2.9 million followers to start giving money for hurricane relief. started with $100,000. a week later, crossed about an hour ago the $15 million mark. good on j.j. watts. loser? the media. hurricane coverage, this is what the media lives for. the coverage was good, toward a lot of uplifting and heart-wrenching stories about the resilience of the community. but the media always manages to overstep and they did with his obsession about melania trump s stiletto heels. writing in the washington post, the new york times fashion session, just a disaster. check fillet, everybody has seen that video. amazing rescue of grandparents down in texas. heartwarming and funny that his first thought was to go to chick-fil-a.