heat is loosening its grip on parts of the u.s. but only slightly. all told it is to blame for 61 deaths across this country n st. louis, temperatures saturday record of 107 degrees yesterday. police around the country people around the country say the heat is unbearable. i would rather much have it 20 below zero than 102 degrees, cause 102 just drains you. you sweat. you re constantly drinking gatorade or water and you can t cool it unless you have a cooler because there s no refrigerator. listen to this daurk s reagan national airport, look at that, that plane sunk into an overheated taxi way this picture posted on a photo sharing website. officials say the heat created a soft spot in the paving. another round of severe weather expected in d.c. today. weather channel meteorologist alex wallace is here with more. hello to you, alex. good sunday to you, alex, we head through the second half of the weekend. heat still a story, may not be as widespread but something
been a long time coming and going to come because we have a cooled front knocking on the door that, as it drops its way south, bring cooler air for monday, d.c. get ready for upper 80s. that is going to feel fantastic this there is a price to pay coming in the form of storms that same front going to cool us down bring us the risk for some storms for the day and some could be strong to severe whether with spotty, damaging winds as well as hail. president obama s adviser defending the handling of the economy on the latest jobs report by targeting mitt romney. we know what tax breaks and tax cuts for the wealt and financial regulations off of wall street mean. they mean economic calamity. they mean what we are dealing with. now versus a vision we have jobs and build out of the middle class, people take responsibility they work hard, but they get ahead and that is what we need. not so fast says the chairman of the republican national committee. here s reince priebus. if t
iowa. good morning. it is tuesday, december 27th. welcome to morning joe. joining us onset, the former governor of pennsylvania, msnbc political analyst ed rendell. host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. the senior policy advisorior, jimmy williams and in washington columnist for the washington post and msnbc contributor ezra klein. wait. there s more. senior contributor of the daily caller matt lewis. welcome all. happy holidays. hope everybody had a good christmasment time to get down to business. one week away from the voting in iowa. we saw mitt romney making a big push. governor rendell. that was one of the big questions whether mitt romney would play in iowa. he is playing in iowa. well, i think he saw a field that was so weak and didn t have any clear front-runner that he might actually wind up stealing iowa. if he steals iowa and wins big in new hampshire like the polls indicate he will then the nomination might be his right then and there. it s a little
welcome to morning joe. joining us onset, the former governor of pennsylvania, msnbc political analyst ed rendell. host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. the senior policy advisorior, jimmy williams and in washington columnist for the washington post and msnbc contributor ezra klein. wait. there s more. senior contributor of the daily caller matt lewis. welcome all. happy holidays. hope everybody had a good christmasment time to get down to business. one week away from the voting in iowa. we saw mitt romney making a big push. governor rendell. that was one of the big questions whether mitt romney would play in iowa. he is playing in iowa. well, i think he saw a field that was so weak and didn t have any clear front-runner that he might actually wind up stealing iowa. if he steals iowa and wins big in new hampshire like the polls indicate he will then the nomination might be his right then and there. it s a little bit of a gamble but a pretty smart gamble. i ve n
insulting to say something like that because i m a serious person. but you understand when i say that, that s what the rap on you is. i am 55 years old, been married 33 years, i m a lawyer with a post doctorate degree from william and mary. i work in the united states federal tax court. but do you recognize now that you are in the spotlight that now you have to be careful to not say things that are flakey things. of course a person has to be careful with what they say. now, there will be an opportune toy speak fully on the issues. i look forward to that. all right, it s 6: on the east coast. before i get to who is with us. i have to ask rob gifford a question. did you just choose that e-mail? yeah, i did. seriously? what s wrong with you. it s like whiskey and car keys to a teenage boy. it s the weekend and about to start the week and i m about to throw up. to make matters worse, our panel, let us begin with the executive editor at random house. we have