jim jordan. what you see right here, anthony deesposito, lee zeldin. mario diaz-balart, steve scalise. two others, don bacon, republican for nebraska voted for mccarthy. so did lori chavez dereamer. four defections would be too much for jim jordan in this first ballot. there are 212 democrats. if all 212 democrats vote for hakeem jeffries, so far they are, there would be 220 republicans voting, okay, so with four defections, the best that jordan could do right now is 216. >> steve? i'll interrupt you for a second. jake elsy just voted not for jim jordan, a republican from texas. now we have five. >> yeah, so now the best he could do is 215. if all democrats are there for jeffries, it would be 212. then five for other candidates. again, remember how the majority is determined, a majority of all those present and voting for a candidate. so, it is 215, 212, 427, five votes for other candidates, so the magic number, again, if all these democrats continue to vote, will be 217. at 215, jordan will be short. so the question now, the question now becomes simply how many more from that list have

one of them, firefighter jim lee, repelled down the side on a 150 foot rope. and despite the rope starting to burn, grabbed the man, lowered him to the sidewalk. 15 seconds later the rope burned through and fell to the ground. it was a heroic night for the fdny, or as they call it, wednesday. tonight was another one, when the plane carrying mike pence came to a rest at the end of the runway. that's our broadcast. "hardball" begins right now. >>> something about women. let's play "hardball." >>> who would you rather have in your corner, michelle obama or newt gingrich? with the first lady, you have her inspiring young people to vote with. the former speaker, you have him bashing a tv news anchor. and today, michelle obama took the stage in north carolina. to campaign with hillary clinton, she praised hillary clinton and made a case for american greatness. >> she has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime. yes, more than barack, more than bill. she is absolutely ready to be commander in chief on day one. and yes, she ha

one of them, firefighter jim lee, repelled down the side on a 150 foot rope. and despite the rope starting to burn, grabbed the man, lowered him to the sidewalk. 15 seconds later the rope burned through and fell to the ground. it was a heroic night for the fdny, or as they call it, wednesday. tonight was another one, when the plane carrying mike pence came to a rest at the end of the runway. that's our broadcast. "hardball" begins right now. >>> something about women. let's play "hardball."

a 5-year-old boy is still being held in an underground burnger by jim me lee dykes. police continue to negotiate with dykes who's received medicine for the boy. the funeral for the bus driver was held sunday. charles poland was hailed as a hero. >>> defense secretary leon panetta is defending the country's controversial drone program. secretary panetta tells nbc's meet the press, drone strikes don't come lightly. u.s. officials make sure they're focused on somebody who's a direct threat to the u.s. watch chuck todd's full interview online. >>> okay, this morning the baltimore ravens are the super bowl champions. after defeating the san francisco 49ers. 34-31. in a game that went down to the wire but not without a hitch. a report on the all the day's festivities in the big easy. >> reporter: after a week of preparations, and parties, the action moved inside. ♪ oh beautiful >> reporter: a poignant start. students from sandy hook elementary singing "america the beautiful." then -- a power rendition of the national anthem by alicia keys. followed by america's game. >> fl

jim lee dikes accused of killing a school bus driver and taking the boy to an underground bunker.o far the authorities say the boy is unharmed. back to "predator raw." >>> this investigation in fort meyer ememployed the most cameras we ever used, 13 hidden cameras. we had one hidden in a palm tree that could zoom in with enough clarity to read a license plate on a car that was down the block. >> is there anything i need to say? >> i liked your picture. you liked your picture. am i going to see it for real? >> he's in the archway, making the turn, back door, at the top. call out. >> i made you chocolate chip cookies. i left them on the table. have a seat. i'll be right there. >> the online decoy wasn't there. he thought he was talking to a girl named liz, now emily has to play that role with him. >> i really liked your picture. i can't wait to see you. >> i know. >> it's because of the conversation with the decoy on site they say, there is a real girl. there's a potential of fulfilling this fantasy i have and they walk in. >> what kind of alcohol did you bring? >> citron, mandarin

jim lee dykes is keeping the boy in an underground bunker and has allowed for medicine and coloring bookshe child. >>> in a pregame show president obama said he thinks the boy scouts show should open membership to gays and lesbians. he said it is a group from which no one should be barred. now back to "catch a predator." >>> welcome back to our latest investigation into online sex predators. this time we are in rural harris county, georgia. so far we have seen a series of men trying to meet underage teens in internet chatrooms. now these suspects are under arrest and heading into a police interrogation room. again, some of what you see and hear is explicit. here's chris hansen. >> it was stupid. i'm a stupid man. >> after "dateline" confronts a potential sex offender here in rural fortson, georgia -- >> you're free to leave. >> what's going to happen? >> get on the ground! >> law enforcement working with the online watchdog group perverted-justice steps in. >> put your hands behind your back. >> even the u.s. marshal and secret service are involved. remember scooby-doo atl-01? 23-year-old

i'm on the board of the james faux lee foundation established by the family of jim faux lee after he was kidnapped and murdered by isis. there are 58 americans improperly jailed in 17 different countries around the world. over the last four or five years, it's shifted from trust organizations taking americans hostage to foreign governments taking them hostage. and there has to be a broader long-term initiative by the u.s. and its allies to counter what these countries are doing. i am biassed, i was held myself by the taliban, but americans still held abroad. austin ties, who has been missing for a decade in syria, paul overby, mising in afghanistan. so 58 americans. this is a huge foreign policy challenge for the united states. canada has started an initiative with 58 other countries, including the u.s. torks stop state hostage taking. china is holding some cnadian citizens. there's an american held in china. i'll stop going on and on, but it's a huge problem. i'm so happy brittney griner is home. i feel for paul whelan. >> how do you deal with governments taking hostages? you were h

representative jim jordan and jim banks. lee ann caldwell joins me.forth next to each other on the hill. let's talk through this a little bit. my reporting on this is that the speaker was calling around, trying to gauge interest, what the caucus was thinking before she made the decision. what else are we learning about how she came to the decision to tell two gop jims they aren't welcome on this committee. >> reporter: yeah, garrett. we are getting a little more insight into her thinking and there was concern among members regarding, of her members, regarding representative banks and jordan, specifically they point to the statement representative banks put out monday after he was assigned to lead the committee on behalf of republicans. i am going to read to you a little of banks' statement from the time because his words are better than mine explaining what he said and what democrats are upset about. it says if democrats were serious about investigating political violence, this committee would be looking at january 6th but the hundreds of political ri

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i'm back with congressman reid, lee, and jim mcdermott. joy, do you think there's any chance of any kind of regular order? the idea is the president said we've got to get out of this habit of governing for crisis. we had this report said that set the series of crises combined to cost us millions of jobs, hundreds of billions lost in economic activity. all we've done tonight is once again passed a temporary continuing resolution. >> right. i mean -- i guess i would answer the question by posing another. what has changed about the incentives to conservative republicans in the house? nothing. nothing has changed at all. they still have what they believe are their core principles that they feel, okay, we lost this fight. but only because we didn't fight hard enough. what they're hearing from the media elites on the far right is fight even harder. i don't see what's changed -- >> the "washington journal" said it's time to wrap this up. >> they don't read the papers. >> they do, though. how about this -- their donors read the paper, right? >> ri

hill believes that nine of the republicans who stormed the gates yesterday, lawmakers like jim jordan and lee zeldin are included. >> this is a process lacking legitimacy, credibility and fairness. >> why don't we know who the person is who started this whole charade that had dam shiv adam doing? we need it done in the open so the american people can

hill believes that nine of the republicans who stormed the gates yesterday, lawmakers like jim jordan and lee zeldin are included. >> this is a process lacking legitimacy, credibility and fairness. >> why don't we know who the person is who started this whole charade that had dam shiv adam doing? we need it done in the open so the american people can see. >> the "washington post" note that the although the republicans were upset about the process, none who spoke outside the scif defended donald trump on the central allegation that he pushed ukraine to investigate democrats while blocking military aid. the show delayed cooper's testimony five hours. lawmakers were looking for the pentagon's perspective on what happened as the $400 million in uhe krachb aid was delayed. and evenhey were considering making the investigation public next month. joining me, phil rucker, jonathan lemire, both msnbc political analysts. and also with me, former republican pennsylvania congressman ryan costello. and former bush administration house intel majority staff director michael allen. everybody, welcome. jonath

that has more to do with lee's remnants as jim just mentioned. these areas in green, even through southern new england, katia not expected to be a land falling system at the moment. we're talking a category 2 storm, 100-mile-an-hour winds moving northwest at about 12 miles per hour. there's a look at the current position. here's the track as we work our way through the middle of the week and thursday at 2:00 a.m., at that point you have a cat 3 pointing towards the outer banks of north carolina. today is actually the day that residents will be let in to hatteras island so some folks may be a little leery of this one considering the system at least comes close enough to the close line. that air track is for the center of the storm. if it hugged the west side, we could potentially be dealing with storm even in southern new england. >>> president obama will spend this labor day talking about the number one issue for millions of americans -- that is job growth. the president will travel to detroit on the heels of an august labor report that showed ze

speaking of accomplishments, just moments ago, team usa jim nas suni lee, won gold in women's all aroundafter a big night for team usa in the pool with dressel and finke winning gold in two separate races, and katie ledecky winning silver. the one and only nbc olympic champion, steve kornacki, tracking all of this live in tokyo. steve, absolutely fantastic to see you. i have been waiting. this is a big morning for me. tell us, where does the u.s. stand in medal count, how has this been for you? >> reporter: stephanie, great to be here in tokyo. good morning to you. i guess everybody around here, it is good evening. getting late at night here. big doings. you had the headline minutes ago, suni lee winning gold medal in women's all around gymnastics, with that gold medal, the u.s. moves into a tie with china for the most medals. each with four team goals. overall medal count, the u.s. comfortably ahead, china and russian olympic committee in third. couple of streaks here. u.s. trying to make it the third straight summer games they ended up with the most gold medals, trying to make this the

. >> this is a vine from congressman jim mcdermott, promoting a new bruce lee exhib exhibit. >>> north korean kim jong un is rumored to be facing health pobs for his ankles. jimmy kimmel has his theory. >> in north korea kim jong-un is recovering from surgery to break two broken ankles, word is he broke themmi walking around in high heeled boots. dennis rodman has rubbed off on him. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> i'm joined by syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning. we know he loves those cuban high heels, just like his father did. >> there's going to be some propaganda that comes out against jimmy kimble and probably not something you can repeat in polite company. >> definitely won't get an invitation any time soon. julia pearson is out, joseph clancy is in. are we going start to see this firestorm fizzle out now that we have new leadership? >> well, i think there's going to be quite a bit of attention paid to the secret service. let's face it. the secret service has suffered in that it had this elite miss steek, which is to say part of its effectivenes

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ch jim faux lee was beheaded by isis this year. he was with us at global post.before he was beheaded with two other american jurnlists. what i think is happening right now is an attack on freedom of expression that is concerted. do we know there's a cell in paris? i don't know. that's a complicated question. do we know what motivated them? >> i don't know. but there's a trend. >> you're stepping back. >> i think there's a new front in the war on freedom of expression. through a new front that is let's go after the messengers. >> and yet charlie, yet. over the last several years i have received countless messages from young muslims around the world who have said you know whatever cartoons i may be offensed by i am way more offended by the violence committed in the name of our faith. so free expression through and through. and they have even made the point routinely that their right and ability to expression dissent, let's say with foreign policy is dependent on other people's, you know freedom of expression. >> right, right. even with them with whom we profoundly

five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. nia malika henderson for the "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the family of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >>

which has only been six months debated on the house floor thanks to a resolution that jim mcgovern and barbara leehat was the only reason why we even had that debate. it's sort of the worst of the political system right now because the president put forward an aumf. you had republicans who don't like president obama very much who attacked it from the right. and then you had a number of democratic members that are uncomfortable with what going into iraq to begin with in 2002 for understandable reasons, but unfortunately, we've just allowed that debate to stop right there. rather than saying in some way we need to craft an authorization that makes clear that we need to fight isis that they are a dangerous threat that cannot be contained and be negotiated with. at the same time do so in such a way we don't inadvertently give a future president a decade from now the authorization to invade a country that we're not even thinking of at the moment. 13 months ago, if we -- we wouldn't have been talking about isis. we didn't even know the acronym, we're seeing what a major battle that we have to face again

some voted for jim jordan. one for lee zeldin, who's not even in the house anymore, but the ten willing to vote for biggs, who has been sort of made himself a voice in the face of hard line opposition to mccarthy, does that indicate an intransigence on their part? it might be more well established with the other nine. if he continues to have ten defections, mccarthy just can't get the votes. he's going to have to get biggs' voters to his side. >> and as we wrap this up, steve kornacki, such valuable information. brendan buck, you know the history. this could go for days. >> it could and steve's right. those ten who voted for biggs, that's the core of his opposition. jim jordan got six. if he can work the floor, say i appreciate you voting for me, next time vote for mccarthy, shows movement in his direction, that could be a good sign. yamiche in five seconds, we might be here tomorrow doing the same thing, but it's a fascinating history. >> it's fascinating. a bit embarrassing for the republicans and it's historic to cover.

. >> thank you trymaine lee and jim cavanaugh. >>> when we return hillary clinton's e-mails. republicans in congress want more answers than she's willing to give them. "hardball" returns after this. discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill and my fico® credit score's on here. we give you your fico® score each month for free! awesomesauce! wow! the only person i know that says that is...lisa? julie?! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and see your fico® credit score. >>> hillary clinton yesterday asked the country to trust her. she asked the american people friends and skeptics alike to believe her about only protecting her private mail. not anything related to her service as secretary of state. well, like everything else regarding secretary clinton, the issue is fraught with baggage, history and attitude of course. everyone figures they know something about her, some insight into who she is they think they see something of their own challenges in life a woman of a high-spirited marriage and top office of the land. if it's a challenge to be hi

i am joined by barbara lee-mack and jim should toasty as well as jackie spirit of california. welcome to the show. >> let me start with you. how disappointed are you that this assault weapons ban was dropped today? >> i am extremely disappointed because these weapons of war belong on the combat field, not on the streets of america. i am pleased that senator feinstein is such a fighter. we will continue to fight until this gets done. people have to hold members of congress accountable. now is the time. it's a wake-up call, and people have to come to washington and insist that there be accountability to gun control and safety legislation. >> in light of what congressman lee says, do we hold congress responsible for getting into and advocating the fight? >> the headline, the front cover of the newspaper that said shame on us, should be a rallying cry of the american people with overwhelming majority wanting background checks, anti-trafficking bills, and, yes, they want a ban on assault weapons. if they don't rise up, the nra will win again. it's really a choice for the american p

suspicion of federal government that goes all the the way back to two centuries to john ka houn and lee atwater and jim demint. he's a tea party guy. he's got inside moves but he was elected in 2010 after challenging a sitting republican incumbent. he's tea party and aggressive. and he's an experienced prosecutor and this is a trial in his mind. they are going to put this together with the continuing investigation of lois lerner of the irs and almost political co-cooping. it's partly strategy but policy for them. in a low turnout midterm election, i think the democrats need not to automatically assume it won't work because it's going to gin up the republican conservative base big time. >> it's funny you mentioned his background as prosecutor. he was on "morning joe earl quer in the week and when asked he used the term trial instead of hearing. what concessions do you think the democrats are trying to get from republicans? nancy pelosi is waiting for a call back from boehner. what is she hoping to achieve here? >> they would like to have some type of participation in the subpoena process in terms of who

here is jim jordan -- mark meadows and lees eldin. >> i think some of these things are indeed damning. however i want to make sure we get through this entire investigation before coming to some kind of conclusion. >> what we do know is there was definitely no quid pro quo. it came out over and over. it was asked probably 20 different times. >> ambassador volker blew a hole in that argument that president trump, that the argument that president trump was trying to get president zelensky to manufacture dirt on the bidens. ambassador volker blew a massive hole in that argument. after many questions asked as it relates to the allegations of quid pro quo. it is crystal clear, talking about hours upon hours of answering question from every single angle on this possible that there was no quid pro quo as relates to that call from july 25th. >> will hurd there at the top. jake sherman, their answers seem to fly in the face of what we saw in those text messages. >> republicans are focusing var narrowly on this fact, was there an explicit ask -- was there a specific quid pro quo. did the preside

hand you have some of the stalwart conservative tea party icons, ted cruz, new generation, mike lee of utah, jim inhofe more representing that strabd nd of republican party. >> and i think we'll see that on display. ted cruz is going to make some noise around this issue, particularly around israel. he's visited israel twice over the last couple of months. he's big on that issue. so i don't know if it's going to be the fireworks that we saw with the hillary clinton must-see tv content last week. we're going to see that split very much on display, the tea party folks. >> what should be the line of questioning on hagel? we're going to spend a lot of time on 0 israel which seems to be almost -- where you're going to feel like are we wasting time on that and it should be on "x"? >> it doesn't work that way. >> right. >> congressional hearings are theater. you have to start with that. it's also important that these are the icons introducing hagel. >> the armed services committee. >> a shout out to both of them for their enormous contributions. and this says something about hagel, that he has this fire

lee. also with me is "new york times" white house correspondent jim tankersley.ol, again, this is a messaging tool, message to congress, message to the american public. what can we read in from what the white house has laid out about how the president is going to negotiate or not negotiate with republicans on the debt ceiling? >> reporter: well, katy, the president just talked about that a little bit in his remarks in philadelphia. he said he won't negotiate over the debt limit. he said that is something that needs to be taken off the table, and that he will negotiate with republicans once that is taken off the table. on spending priorities and finalizing a budget, he's not going to do that in conjunction with raising the debt limit, which is expected to need to be done later this summer sometime in august. so the president said that he's ready to sit down and talk with house speaker kevin mccarthy. they've met once. he said i'll meet with him again. he said he would meet with him tomorrow if he had a budget to put forward. essentially his message here was outlin

lee. i hope slim jim doesn't get jealous. >> i'm ready. man, i'm ready. i'm ready. let's go. let's go. >> me and slim jim on the way, too, reality check. >> reality check is the new song. and i'm sorry i ran late on the hour but it was important. thanks to both of you. >> we have time. >> good night, everybody. >>> if the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. good evening and happy emancipation day to all. i'm joy reid. and those words written by dr. martin luther king jr. and his letter from a birmingham jail also expressed the spirit of juneteenth. the holiday celebrating the date in 1865 when the last enslaved black americans learned of their freedom, two years after lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation and union troops ended the civil war. this year's celebrations were especially poignant across the country particularly in the city of tulsa, oklahoma, which is bracing for a perfect storm tomorrow thanks to none other than donald trump, president of the united states. in tulsa this afternoon black lives m

lee. i hope slim jim doesn't get jealous. >> i'm ready. man, i'm ready. i'm ready. let's go., too, reality check. >> reality check is the new song. and i'm sorry i ran late on the hour but it was important. thanks to both of you. >> we have time. >> good night, everybody.

lee. bob costa, what is your reading of the tea leaves of jim mat tis, because a lot of people in the national security world and americans could be very concern concerned if he were not in the cabinet. >> private simmering becomes public information and for many months it is clear talking to the top sources inside of the white house that secretary mattis is going to to be leaving after the elections in november, but he is not dying to leave. he is not asking to resign in any way so you have a tense moment, and not as much as you v have with the attorney general and the president. but you have this gap, that didn't exist a year ago when the president was close nor the secretary the. >> and carol lee, you have covered the president for so long, and the importance of jim mat tis, and why he might be suspect inside and with john bolten replacing mcmaster who is the subordinate in terms of the four star, and so a respectful in fellow marine, and now you john boltten in there who has a lot of different perspective of the global policies. >> yes, that is the difference of the oval office who has the

five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. nia malika henderson for the "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the family of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >>

. >> i would like to have seen jim demint run or maybe mike lee.rubio, they're very young but seem to have conservative ideas. >> okay. thank you for that. by the way, where are you at, mr. grimm? who are you for? >> governor mitt romney. he's got what it takes, he has the experience, and he's the only one that's electable. >> okay. i think rubio might be a good candidate in a few years. i agree with you on that one, demint, forget it. michael grimm, phillip dennis, thank you. >>> up next, i love this thing if it happens just for sheer sport. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. cuban ca jun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. [ man ] we've been in the business over the course of four centuries. [ woman ] it was a family business back then, and it still feels like a family business now. the only people who knew about us were those in new england, that moment that we

lee's letter. heritage foundation president, former senator jim demint, he's going on the road to push his idea of peaing the law this way. something i spoke to him about yesterday. >> i think ted cruz and mike lee, rubio, others, are doing exactly the right thing to go out and tell the country that we need your help to stop this law. this is maybe our last chance to stop it because millions of people are going to be signed up. >> a warning for 2016, quote, my guess is everyone of the contenders would be better than whoever the democrats put up. but there will only be one or perhaps two who actually could win the election in november. think it through. stay smart. he said, only get behind one or two. as the republican party continues to struggle with its identity, will the first in the nation primary state take romney's advice? our gaggle. former republican governor from maryland. stephanie shrock. and senior congressional reporter for politico, ranu maju. >> the american public hates it -- >> i guess you're going to speak first. >> i'm sorry. it's rude. >> what we're clearly seeing are the august

except ray was turned over to a woman name anna lee brown who named him jim.e. and i was also shipped around a lot. from home to home because she had a lot of health problems, from what i was told. >> he was neglected, he said. and often abused. most around for years. until anna brown shipped him off to a colorado couple when he was 14. and that's when he found his birth certificate. started calling himself ray smith and began puzzling over the apparently unanswerable questions of his life. >> why did anne name me jim brown if, my name is really ray. how can i never knew about jeri, things like that. and i wondered, you know, was i kidnapped? >> no answers from anna brown. who died soon after that. and as for life in colorado, by the time he was 16, -- >> things were getting a little rough. maybe because of my past, i wasn't a very easy kid. so i was put into foster care. >> and then, he graduated from high school. he got a job, moved in with some friends. and started his own rock band. this youtube video shows him singing lead. and for all he has wondered abo

every moment of that day and the investigations that followed, jim lair, then a reporter for "the dallas times herald." he would later speak to lee harvey oswald at the police station, questioning him about the shooting. jim's new book, his 21st novel "top down" is a fictional account of the fateful decision to leave the bubble top down on the presidential vehicle. they're joining me now. welcome to both of you. my friends, of course later partnered ma'am partnered. jim, you were the dallas reporter assigned to cover the day, which was to be an exciting day. the president's arrival in dallas. >> huge day in dallas. people say presidential visits are routine. they're not routine in the city where the president goes. certainly wasn't routine in dallas that day. my assignment that day was to cover the arrival of the kennedys at love field and stay there and cover the departure. the kennedys were only going to be in dallas for two or three hours. >> and what happened as things evolved and you were reassigned and got to the police station and you talked to lee harvey oswald. >> i talked to lee harvey oswald after word had come there h

and bringing up the rear of this band of brothers are mike lee, marco rubio, jerry moran, jim inhofe,mike enzi, jim risch, mike crapo, dan coats and pat roberts. and these are men who do not believe that the massacre of american children should cause us to pause and even discuss new forms of gun safety legislation on the floor of the senate. their refusal is partly based upon the fact that they cannot be shamed by the victims of that tragedy because their voices are now silent. so here's a reminder of those beautiful children whom the president believes deserve nothing more, nothing less, than a vote. charlotte bacon. daniel bardon. olivia. josephine gay. ana marquez-greene. dylan hockley. madeleine sue. catherine hubbard. chase kowalski. jesse lewis. james mattioli. grace mcdonnell. emilie parker. jack pinto. noah pozner. caroline providi. jessica. aviel richmond. ben wheeler. and allison wyatt. if only for pity's sake, give these children a vote.

those who have are people like jim jordan, people like mark meadows, lee zeldin.hey're there and they're free to ask all the questions they want. one more point itf i may. ask yourself why no facts favorable to the president have leaked from the republican side. it's not because they don't leak. it's because there aren't any. it's because a guy like bill taylor is unassailable because he knows what he's talking about. he took good notes and remembers it. he's been doing this for 50 years. >> and the information we have got from the different witnesses seems to be mutually kraub rafb. >> maybe the strongest evidence came out first, the president's own words, the call memorandum, the whistle-blower complaint which by the way is an extraordinary document in retrospect because it seems to be right in every respect that i know of. it's been corroborated by every piece of evidence we've seen come out since. and so, yes, that is reinforcing a central substantive conclusion. so what do they do? they engage in cheap character assassination of a really good man and a good c

jim crow. he is survived by his wife, lee olga a, 93 years old and his daughter.ad the pleasure of interviewing the daughters who tried to enroll in a white school and was barred. i asked why the case was started. >> it was started not because we wanted our children to sit necessarily in the classroom with whites, but the case was started because our children had to walk so far or be bussed so far to go to the black school. we thought that was afoul. they shouldn't have to do that. >> am i correct, in order to document essentially the inju injury in the case, your father had to take and attempt to register you at one of the segregated all white schools? >> yes, that is true. a part of the strategy with the naacp was for the plaintiff to take their child and try to enroll them the school nearest their home. so my dad did take me one day over to sumner school. we walked over to sumner, he tried to enroll me in that all white school, but of course we were turned down. >> do you have a memory of that? >> i do have a slight memory of that day. we walked over to the sch

jim demint. >>> let's bring our panel in. carol leewhite house reporter for the "wall street journal," ma they yeah gold for the los angeles tribute. and robert for comcast and host of role call tv. zero, very tough number for president obama. carol, you have spent a lot of time covering this president. what do they say and do? >> well, this adds a tremendous amount of additional pressure to his job speech next thursday. >> as if there wasn't a lot already. >> as if there wasn't a lot already. because there's been buildup for almost a month now. i think what ear grappling with is whether they goes bold and lays out a very clear sweeping vision for how to fix this situation or if he goes practical. so far we've seen -- >> those are his two options. >> so far we've seen in the way they strategized this, they followed the practical legislative route, meaning he is going to talk about jobs and deficit reduction and try and get whatever stimulus he can packaged into some sort o -- >> policy reality meeting the political reality. >> matea, s

senator bernie sanders, leo jir regard and barbara lee on the fiscal cliff developments. >>> jim clyburn calls out the racial undertones. >> these are code words. >> karen finney is here with reaction. >> these are code words. >> karen finney is here with reaction. >>> congressman alan west finally calls it quits. >> we're not going to contest the certified results. >> the man who beat him joins me. >>> and it's the world according to the fonz. >> there are two kinds of people. cool and nerds. >> tonight the legendary henry winkler on the traditional america and the reelection of president obama. >>> good to have you with us. democrats have the upper hand in the fight for the middle class in this country. it's time to make sure that the party stays unified on the issue of debt reduction. bloomberg news reported on nervous democrats in the house and senate who were wary about pushing hard for tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. among them are seven senators up for reelection in 2014 in red states. the centrist think tank gave them ammunition with a polling memo showing most americans

and some of the president's most loyal defenders take this mark meadows and jim jordan and lee zeldinthe room. you have the president's side at least being represented in the room for this evidence-gathering portion of the investigation here. >> all right. "politico's" andrew, thank you very much for being on this morning. >> thank you '. >> and michael, we've been talking about how politicians, some republican politicians, most republican politicians have been hiding their head in shame and won't actually call what is right right and what is wrong wrong. but isn't it fascinating that we have had state department officials, career diplomats, people who have worked for both republicans and democrats alike who have dedicated their entire life to being diplomats and spreading the good news about the united states of america across the globe, they are the ones at this critical time in history who have stepped up and been counted? >> that's right. and if you had to think of a believable witness, it's hard to think of someone who would fit that bill even more. and, you know, that scene yest

thankless task of mechanically presiding over the house when congressman jim mcgovern presented him with a challenge that jerry leemr . speaker, a few moments ago, i was admonished for stateing the simple pact that the former president was indicted by a grand jury and is on trial in a court of law. that is not my opinion. it is just the truth. so i have an inquiry mr . speaker. >> the gentleman will state his inquiry. >> has the chair determined its unparliamentary to state a fact? >> the chair is not in a position to determine the veracity of remarks made on the floor. members must avoid personality. >> well, that is unbelievable. last week during debate, a republican member of this house said and i quote, watch the former president of the united states being hauled into court day after day with a sham trial. end quote. he wasn't admonished. i just referenced the same trial, and i was. so, mr . speaker, i have to ask a further parliamentary inquiry. >> the gentleman will state his inquiry. >> mr . speaker, is it correct that members of congress can mention the trial of the presumptive nominee for president, call