(cheers and applause) well, i've got to say, chuck todd looks great in that hat. and this failure to launch is the end of more than just obamacare, folks. jim, bring down the krauthammer. >> we have not just obamacare unraveling, not just the obama administration unraveling, not just the democratic majority of the senate, but we could be looking at the collapse of american liberalism. >> stephen: you nailed it count chuckula. (laughter) obamacare's failure means liberalism is dead! i can see it just as clearly as if i'm about to do it at another camera. (laughter) just got back from the social justice rally which i attended because i believe in all citizens' shared responsibility and human rights regardless of race, class, creed or orientation. wait, what's this? i can't log on to obamacare? burn the gays! burn them! (cheers and applause) of course, i was just doing that in character. yes, nation, things are going pretty well for conservatives and we've handled this sudden good fortune with our trademark grace and humility. >> all of a sudden when obamacare stops

that's a big development and it's a big deal. >> chuck todd, thank you sir. we do appreciate you. and "the daily rundown" airs at 9:00 a.m. every week day on msnbc. i want to ask you about the battle over the affordable care act, the name of the republican game seems to divide and obstruct when it comes to this. in no uncertain term, gop maps out waves of attacks over health care. the house gop's obama care playbook and the republicans plan 2014 around obama care chaos. republican national committee chair reince priebus taunting democrats over their plans to run on obama care in 2014, priebus taking aim at the vulnerable dems whose party leaders have vowed that they would stand tall on obama care during midterm elections. take a listen. >> we will make 2014 about obama care, and yes, we will tattoo obama care on each of their foreheads and that will be what 2014 is all about. they want it to be about obama care, but we'll make it about obama care. >> effective strategy? >> there's something new here and there's something old here and it's sort of like those "fast and furious" movi

the comments come on the heels of that exclusive interview that president obama gave chuck todd late thursday. he took blame for the website's failures and also apologized to americans whose insurance has been canceled. >> still the right person to do it? >> ultimately the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working, it's my job to get it fixed. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we're going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> jennifer covers health care for politico. good to see you. let's talk about kathleen sebelius here. president obama once again saying he is sticking by her and she's done a great job of setting up the insurance marketplace. she is is going to be hitting the road promote beingiing obam. even if the republican senators got their wish and the president bagged her, there's little to no chance anyone else gets confirmed for tha

and our chuck todd reports that cuccinelli's team is upset with none other than chris christie, saying they wanted his help and didn't get it. >> kelly, thanks. >>> it was an unusual patchwork style election night last night across this country with some notable firsts when voters woke up this morning. our national correspondent kate snow is with us for more on that. >> let's start with new york mayor. bill de blasio becomes the first democrat since 1989. in boston they've gotten used to saying mayor tom menino. marty walsh is the new mayor. he is irish american, the son of irish immigrants. detroit has elected its first white mayor in 40 years. and in seattle, ed murray is that city's first openly gay mayor. and a few ballot 34measures to tell you about. in colorado, there's a pot tax coming. in portland, maine, they also made recreational potts legal. and a domesticed air conditioned sports arena, they called it the 8th wonder of the world, a measure to save houston's astro dome failed. it is going to be torn down. >> a big change to the horizon. again, a patchwork of an election nig

you have chuck todd and "the daily rundown" and his own race. thank you for your patience. >> take two votes and call me in the morning. president obama pitches a health care fix that is more of a suggestion as congress takes things into its own hands and the house gears up for a debate this hour over whether they can help people let them keep their plans. also this morning, our friday round up on the road to 1600 has clinton and christie across the country bases buzzing over other fan favorites. the deep dive from coast to coast and how it's hundreds of years of cultural roots that have shaped the gun debate today. we will explain. it's a fascinating study. good morning from washington. it's friday, november 15th,

nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd sat down and asked about a promise he made to the american people where he said, if you like your health insurance, you can keep it, period. >> well, first of all, i went what i said, and we worked hard to make sure that we implemented it properly. but obviously we didn't do a good enough job and i regret that. we're talking about 5% of the population who are in the individual market, out there buying health insurance on their own. even though it only effects a small amount of the population, it means a lot to em in, obviously, when they get this letter, cancelled. and i am deeply concerned about it and i have assigned my team to see what can we do to close some of the holes and gaps in the law. >> do you feel like you owe these folks an apology for even if you didn't do it intentionally? for misleading them? at this point they feel misled and you have seen the anger out there. >> i regret very much that what we intended to do, which was to make sure that everybody is moving into better plans, as close to as they're forced into it, a

chuck todd is up next with "the daily rundown." thank you for your patience as always. >> that didn't take long. chris christie uses the first full day after reelection to talk to the press in a media event that felt like it had to do with a lot more than new jersey. how fast is the governor hitting the road to 2016? meantime in washington preventive medicine or presifting condition. republican senators with potential primary problems and a hearing with secretary sebelius to make sure their base is

todd that we'll work on a way to try to get the people included. >> they're going to look for fixes, which one trial balloon floated to "the huffington post." premium changes which most people believe wouldn't happen. the question is, why would bill clinton weigh in on this? >> first of all, president obama weighed in on this a week ago, senator landrieu weighed in on it. it was a topic of hot conversation, there is a lot of -- there is a rough time here. the president's numbers are down. so it is kind of a political backing to have people move into it. but i don't think what the president said applies to very few people. and i'm not sure what his motivation was. but i think it was just reacting to something that is popular that people don't lose their insurance, is my guess. >> the latest numbers are 5 million people have lost their insurance thus far. >> people lose their insurance all the time, megan. >> it is not a coincidence. >> it is not -- >> there is no question. >> how many people lost their insurance in 2009? we just keep throwing figures out. >> but when you do that, you

last night the president opened up to our very own chuck todd. >> even though it's a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged, it means a lot to them and scary to them. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we are proud of the consumer protections we put into place. on the other hand we want to make sure that nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled. >> joining us now with his views on the president's mea culpa, is tom davis, a republican from the beloved -- my beloved commonwealth of virginia. he has also been known i think it's fair to say, congressman as a moderate voice in the gop. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> i wanted to ask you right off the top. your response to the president's apology last night and state of the obama care rollout thus far? >> it's been a difficult rollout for them and continue to be. remember when the speaker said we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it. when she what she meant, not that people didn't understand reading it but

chuck todd sat down with him and asked him about a promise he made to the american people that said if you like your health insurance, you can keep it, period. >> first of all, i meant what i said. we worked hard to try to make sure we implemented it. obviously, we didn't do a good enough job and i regret that. we are talking 5% of the population in the individual market, out there buying health insurance on their own. it only affected a small amount of the population, it means a lot to them when they get this letter, canceled. i am deeply concerned about it. i assigned my team to see what can we do to close some of the holes and gaps in the law. >> do you feel like you owe these folks an apology? they feel misled. you have seen the anger out there. >> i regret, very much, that what we intended to do, which is to make sure that everybody is moving into better plans because they want them as opposed to they are forced into it, that we weren't as clear as we needed to be in terms of the changes that were taking place. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on

. >> chuck todd, the questions from all the activity tonight. >> this koug become a domestic problem. not the top problem the president is dealing with. this could become an historic achievement of the president. we have been talking about the skeptical parts of this and it may not work. if it works, it's a big crowning achievement. >> andrea mitt etch and chuck todd, thank you very much. a big development with a iranian nuclear program. more on msnbc.com, more on the "today" show in the morning as well. from all of us here, good night. s with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ to severe plaque psoriasis... the frustration... covering up. so i talked with my doctor. he prescribed enbrel. enbrel is clinically proven to provide clearer skin. many people saw 75% clearance in 3 months. and enbrel helped keep skin clearer at 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders,

i'm chuck todd. let's get to my "first reads." we'll start in the philippines. the latest there and the devastation left by what's now being called super typhoon haiyan. a global relief effort is now under way to help hundreds of thousands of people left without food, water, or shelter after the storm wiped out entire villages and most of the tuck low van city the size of virginia. the official death toll is -- 1,774 but estimates go to 10,000 and beyond. there are still places they have not heard from. the united nations estimates some 660,000 people have been displaced, nearly 10 million impacted. total cost of the damage is being estimated at $14 billion. but it obviously could go higher. the u.s. is leading an international response to get help to those in need. the u.s. has already sent $20 million in humanitarian assistance. in addition, the "uss george washington" aircraft carrier is headed to the region carrying 5,000 sailors and more than 80 aircraft. joining the aircraft carrier will be a pair of cruisers and destroyer. coming up in about ten minutes w

. >> let's bring in nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd and also host of "the daily rundown" on msnbc. it didn't take long for governor christie's potential rivals to come out of the woodwork with their knifes in hand. are we witnessing a preemptive strike? i think we're seeing a little bit of a preview of what christie's going have to go through and that is the conservative wing of the party and no matter how many times chris christie calls himself a conservative says he's pro-life, these things, he is not going to be viewed as conservative of where the republican party is today. look, i think the most important a actions were not ted cruz or marco rubio. they came from rush limbaugh. don't let the media tell you who the republican front-runner is. don't let the media pick who the candidate is. that type of stuff resonates very well with the basin side the republican party and i think that may have been -- that is the biggest shot across the bow that i saw yesterday with chris christie, but i have to tell you, craig, i think it is remarkable and i

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chuck todd is pointing out it looks like it's going to be a bad night for the tea party and i'm sure we'll have pundits saying here comes the tea party death spiral. i say hold it completely because we're far from the end of the tea party, partly because of the motivations behind the tea party come from a very, very old and deep strain within americanism. and i think you touch on some of those strains in your book, out in paper back now. while you're answering that, where is your pulitzepulitzer. >> behind the refrigerator. i do think that's right. we are a country to use a faf fairly simplistic metaphor, we try to stay in the middle of the road. we hit the guardrails from either side from time to time. it is always required, i believe, equal parts, public sector and private sector. the idea it's all government or private enterprise is a totally false choice. the rhetoric, i don't think sepsible people think that, but you can see how the rhetoric of the tea party or sometimes of the left when they are out of power, the rhetoric becomes apocalyptic. richard hossetter wrote an estate i

todd. now the challenge for the white house is to figure out a fix. president obama saying that he wants to come up with some type of fix. we understand it would be an administrative fix. i've been talking to folks here at the white house on capitol hill. we know there were some meetings back and forth on that point today. they haven't figured out how they're going to make that happen. but we know the white house would like to allow folks who like their health care plans to keep it for at least a year. that's what the goal is right now. that's what they're aiming for. but as you know, the criticism continues to mount, not only from republicans but also from democrats, a lot of them who are facing tough reelection battles, urging the white house, the administration to extend the enrollment deadline for a year. one of those, senator mary landrieu from louisiana. she traveled with president obama back to her home state today. she didn't attend the event. but she is facing a tough reelection ba

we begin with the president's exclusive interview with chuck todd. obama apologizing for promising americans if they like their health insurance, they would be able to keep it under the affordable care act. >> i meant what i said. we worked hard to make sure we implemented it. obviously, we didn't do a good enough job and i regret that. even though it's a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged. it's scary to them. i am sorry they are finding themselves in this situation. we have to work hard to make sure they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> during the interview, he responded to critics of hhs secretary, kathleen sebelius. >> under these difficult circumstances for the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets so there is a good product out there for people to get. she doesn't write code. she wasn't the i.t. person. >> is she still the right person to do it? >> the buck stops with me.

president obama sat down with our own chuck todd for a lengthy interview to discuss the maelstrom of criticism over the rollout of the health care website, in particular, the president addressed his repeated promise throughout the health care reform battle that people would be able to keep their existing plans. >> and some of those people like those policies and they can't keep it. what happened? >> well, first of all, i meant what i said and we worked hard to try to make sure that we implemented it properly. but obviously, we didn't do a good enough job. and i regret that. we're talking about 5% of the population who are in what's called the individual market. they're out there buying health insurance on their own. a lot of these plans are sub-par plans. and we put in a clause in the law that said, if you have one of those plans, even if it was subpar when the law was passed, you could keep it. but there's enough churn in the market that folks since then have bought subpar plans and now that may be all they can afford. so even though it only affects a small amount of the population,

chairman, the president -- i'm quoting from the chuck todd interview -- and definitive health secretary argued that the web site bugs aren't necessarily her fault. kathleen sebelius doesn't write code. she wasn't our it person. who is the it person? who's the person in charge? who's the person responsible? who's the one who signed off on this before it went public? >> the person that's responsible is our administrator. >> and did she base her decisions on the memo you sent her on the 27th? is that right? i mean, the president talked about it person. who is the it person? is that mr. van runkle? is that mr. park? is it mr. chao? which of you is that person? stwl i don't know. i don't know. i didn't speak to the president. i don't know what the president was referring to. >> let me start with this slide c-3, if i could. and this is the report that the final report came out october 13th, after october first. minor was unable to accomplish the integrity of the exchange system in full. doesn't that raise concerns? did you know about this before october 13th? >> i think that's taken out of co

. >>> nbc's chuck todd got a major interview. so far this is the part that's got everybody all excited. >> the majority of folks will end up being better off of course because the website is not working right they don't know it right. but even though it is a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged it means a lot to them. it is scary to them. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we have got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we are going to do everything we can to, to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> president obama making news tonight in an exclusive interview with nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. the president apologizing tonight to people losing current health plans because the plans do not meet the minimum standard of care that are now required under the affordable care act. president obama tonight also in the interview addressing the nuclear talks with iran. i

. >> this evening the president gave an exclusive interview to nbc news chief chuck todd at the white house. the president issued an apology to those people who were surprised when they got insurance cancellations notices in the mail. >> thank you, mr. president. >> great to see you, chuck. >> nice to see you. i will start with health care, probably the most quoted thing, requoted thing you have said in your presidency. if you look your health care plan you can keep it. you said it a lot during the run-up. at this point, though, it's obviously something a promise that has not been able to be kept, just to date "denver post" reported 250,000 people in colorado are seeing health insurance approximately seize chan -- policies canceled. some people like their policy. they can't keep it. what happened? >> first of all i meant what i said. we worked hard to try to make sure we implemented it properly. obviously we didn't do a good enough job. i regret that. we are talking about 5% of the population who are in what's called the individual market. they're out there buying health insurance on

chuck todd today asked the president directly about that story. let's watch it. >> did you really not know that your campaign was researching this idea of swapping joe biden for hillary clinton? >> you know, again, chuck, the problem that we've got and this goes back to the earlier question you asked. you know, i am in charge of 2 million people in the federal government. that was true, by the way, even when i was running for president. so people do all kinds of stuff. some of it they clear with me. sometimes they're trying to figure something out particularly on the political side. i'm not somebody who delves into polling and all that data. here's one thing i can say for surgeon. if they would have asked me, i would say there's no way i'm not running again with joe biden. because i genuinely believe he has been one of the best vice presidents in our history. he also happens to be a friend. he also happens to be one of my most important advisers on domestic and foreign policy. i like him. >> howard fineman of "the huffington post" and joan walsh f

and as dnc chair woman debbie wasserman schultz told our own chuck todd, the problems in virginia may be just beginning. >> and this is way more than just a win being a win. this was significant. a few years ago, if you were around a pundit table, there is no way chuck todd would have predicted that in 2013 virginia would be as close to reliably blue in statewide elections as -- >> is that what you look at? >> we're getting closer and closer. >> closer and closer. let's get right to our panel now. with us from washington, matt lewis "the daily caller" and here in new york, democratic strategist, professor bob shrum. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> bob, i want to start with you. virginia turning reliably blue? >> i think there's -- i think virginia is a purple state tending blue. i think if republicans keep nominating people like ken cuccinelli, if they go into, for example, next year's senate race with mark warner, nominating someone like that, that warner is going to win and he's going to win anyway. he's going to win hands-down. look, there's an endless parade of self delusi

chuck todd, i agree with one very important point. i'll come back in a second. the notion for five years the obama administration hasn't been trying to cut a deal with iran is a little ridiculous. suddenly we had to become nice to them. i would have no problem with a deal that moved in the right direction. lessening sanctions without dismantling anything in iran is the wrong direction. back to chuck's point which is key. this is a six month deal. expires, what, may 24th? at that point there's a moment of truth on iran's policy. now the administration has politically at home elevated iran to the center of graffy for american foreign policy. going into the 2014 congressional elections with a big debate. maybe the administration can pull off a very good affirmative deal. they put a pretty tight schedule on themselves, haven't they? >> another part of the agreement talking about you have one year to negotiate -- >> showing progress, i would say. >> oh, yeah. >> i do think by may, june, you'll have a moment where at the center of american politics, all the talk about

into your laundr >>> nbc's chuck todd got a major interview. so far this is the part that's got everybody all excited. >> the majority of folks will end up being better off of course because the website is not working right they don't know it right. but even though it is a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged it means a lot to them. it is scar to thy to them. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we have got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we are going to do everything we can to, to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> president obama making news tonight in an exclusive interview with nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. the president apologizing tonight to people losing current health plans because the plans do not meet the minimum standard of care that are now required under the affordable care act. president obama tonight also in the interview addressing the nuclear talks with ir

i want the to talk about president obama's interview with chuck todd last thursday, where it was reported in the media that the president has apologized to it all of those people out there who were losing their insurance. really? he's apologizing? that's kind of not how i saw the interview. the way i saw the interview was the president was apologizing for the inconvenience that people are having to go through to actually go to a policy where they're going to get some real coverage. the apology should be coming from the conservatives. the conservatives should be apologying for having no plan and no option for any of the people you've just seen illustrated on this program, and they should be apologizing to the 50 million americans who have been without insurance because, dammit, they've been sick! the republicans continue their ruthlesses tactics of lying about obama care. and they are so strong and so influential, they have even infiltrated the sunday talk shows. you know what you get on sunday talk shows now? a bunch of conservative crap. you get the truth here on "the ed show" with peopl

. >>> coming up on "morning joe" chuck todd has more on today's brand new polling. we'll talk to jennifer granholm. ken burns will be here and hines ward. and we'll be updating throughout morning how you can help in the philippines. we'll put up graphics throughout the show to help the people stranded there, tens of thousands of people. let's get a check on the weather with karen cairns. >> today is one of the days that's good to get to work early especially in the northeast and mid-atlantic. for those of you on i-95 your warmest temperatures have already happened. the temperature in new york city dropped ten degrees in the last hour. we got a good chance of seeing snow here shortly. significant on interstate look at this huge snow pile coming off lake michigan northern indiana, southern michigan. temperatures are very frigid throughout the midwest and the wind chills are making it worse. wind chill in kansas city is 7, buffalo 19. this is what's heading to the east coast, temperatures will plunge quickly. we're also seeing snow all in the white. careful driving in

. >>> nbc's chuck todd got a major interview. so far this is the part that's got everybody all excited. >> the majority of folks will end up being better off of course because the website is not working right they don't know it right. but even though it is a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged it means a lot to them. it is scar to thy to them. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we have got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we are going to do everything we can to, to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> president obama making news tonight in an exclusive interview with nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. the president apologizing tonight to people losing current health plans because the plans do not meet the minimum standard of care that are now required under the affordable care act. president obama tonight also in the interview addressing the nuclear talks with ir

nbc's chuck todd sat down with the president yesterday and asked him what happened? mr. obama apologized for the debacle. take a listen. >> i am sorry that they are finding themselves in the situation based on assurances they got from me. we got to work hard to make sure they know we hear them and that we're going to do everything we can to deal with the folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> he feels their pain, mayor, but he really doesn't have a way out of it, does he? >> i think the president will fix the problem. >> how. >> that takes place. importantly what the president did, was accept responsibility. he did what a good leader should do and that is he said look, i apologize if the representations that we made were not entirely correct. and i think he did the right thing with a difficult set of circumstances. but at the end of the day, the bigger question is, is the affordable care act good for the nation? and at the end of the day, it is the long-term execution and implementation by which he'll be judged. >> ron shaking his head

todd, he owned up to a failure of his own. that people feel betrayed by a promise he made them but couldn't keep. a promise they could keep their insurance if they liked it. let's listen to the president. >> well, first of all, i meant what i said, and we worked hard to try to make sure that we implemented it properly, but obviously we didn't do a good enough job. and i regret that. >> i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we're going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> the fact is, these are people in junk plans that could bankrupt them and their families if they ever got sick. the new plans may cost more than they're used to. ask anyone who got bankrupt by getting cancer and getting treatment, it's worth it. it's been a cocktail of distraction and politics. republican house speaker john boehner had this response -- an apol