. >> that's msnbc's chuck todd. republicans are out to sabotage obama care. "washington post's" greg sergeant was especially disgruntled writing -- when you hear this sort of argument coming from chuck todd, the mild-mannered well-sected belt wane cider, it should prompt folks to take notice. this is not typical opposition. and it is to hear this stated outride by someone as respected inside the beltway as chuck todd. the only mystery is why more journalists aren't willing to point it out. rich, let's start with you on that one. >> well, i like chuck but this whole sabotage thing, i think it is obviously a loaded term. republicans are trying to stop the repeal of the law because they think it is bad public policy. not as though democrats lost the initial vote to authorize the iraq war. said let's never talk about the iraq war ever again and accept it. right. and the whole idea the republicans sabotaged the employer mandate, had nothing to do with the employer mandate in was entirely employer mandate sinking its own weight. >> are republicans to blame here? wh

our chief white house correspondent political director chuck todd here with us in our studios in new york with all of it. chuck, good evening. >> brian, that's exactly what this is. when presidents are in trouble, things aren't going well in washington they do one thing. they get out of washington. the president here trying to channel the public's anger and try to reconnect with it. a public that seems to be slowly disconnecting from him. ♪ >> reporter: president obama traveled to gailsburg, illinois in an attempt to re-energize his presidency and demonstrate to the public he is focused on trying to speed up the economic recovery. >> today, five years after the start of that great recession, america has fought its way back. >> reporter: in a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, 29% believe the country is headed in the right direction near a two-year low. a growing majority believes the country is on the wrong track. the president acknowledged during this recovery the middle-class is stagnating. >> even though our businesses are creating new jobs and broken record profits nearly

dionne, "washington post" columnist eugene robinson and still here andrea mitchell and chuck todd. i want to switch gears from foreign policy to domestic policy on a lot of fights back at home including, david brooks, health care. i talked to a business leader about a week ago. he said still couldn't understand why the administration would pass a health care law and execute on a health care law the impact of which was so uncertain. he said we would never do that in business. and here was another example of that. explain what's happened and the impact. >> what they're trying to do is regulate 17% of the u.s. economy, roughly the size of the economy of france. that's bound to be a problem. that's bound to go through messy things. the employer mandate which is delayed is the smallest foothill of the problems. the biggest problems are the exchanges, where young people don't have incentive. those will be big and messy. whether you support it or oppose it, you have to be ready for the messiness. the crucial thing for us is how does that messiness interact with the political system. we co

as john nolte pointed out abc news, chuck todd, ben white, dana millbanks, they have all -- i mean, chuck todd called it deja pivot. back to the economy. a lot of cynicism from his base. >> millback with "the washington post," the very fact the president feels the need to talk about bold new aggressive ideas actually shows that he doesn't have any. >> right. it was a very tough column. even msmbc that loves president obama and everything he does was hard-pressed to figure out why he would be dwelling on an issue that clearly doesn't play for him very well since average income has fallen by 4% for the middle class at the -- since the end of the veegs. middle class problem, gap between the rich and poor, which is so for, you know, reporters just don't like to look at it. >> a look at fox news polls tha. voters asked if the obama administration made the economy better or worse. and dash you know, you can see here we have -- better 43%, worse, 44%. and you can compare those numbers to a year ago this time. and then -- people asked, do you see any signs of the economy has begun to turn the cor

i'm luke russert, in for chuck todd. chuck recently spoke with daniel silva about his book "the english girl" which takes the central character out of the middle east in search of the british prime minister's kidnapped mistress. now that's a story. >> joining me now, the author of the new book "the english girl," daniel silva, just in time for summer reading, beach reading. thanks for giving us a book every summer now at this point. let's talk a little about the book. you got out of the middle east. >> i did. the funny thing about gabriel, my long-running character -- >> who is the lead character in this book. >> he's been the lead character in, gosh, 12 now -- >> i think we're up to 12. shouldn't you know the answer? >> i think it's 13 actually. you know, when i decided to make him a continuing character, i knew i had to do more than just the middle east. otherwise, i would get very narrow focus. the fact he's an intelligence operator has allowed me to branch into different areas of the world, and different suppbjt matt

before we went to break, chuck todd was with us. he talked about whether people thought he was being a quote/unquote politician, this would not be a politically smart move. what's your analysis? >> when you look at president obama's famous speech on race, he talked about the need for this country to have a mature conversation, serious dialogue on making the country a more perfect union. since becoming president, he never really talked about it. there are obvious reasons why. the backlash he ended up getting from weighing into the henry wage lewis jr. arrest. what he talked about in 2008, what a lot of people wanted him to talk about, i think we got today. that's why we're continuing to talk about this. we're going to be talking about it over the weekend. it's a big moment. looking back in history, i can think of looking at dwight eisenhow eisenhower's speech on the military industrial complex, where you get honest, surprising remarks from somebody who isn't running for re-election again. i think that's the impact of today's speech.

right now, guess what, it's time for "the daily rundown." >> with chuck todd. >> chucky. >> love chuck. >> code blue. after years of health care fights that only got more intense after the new law was approved, president obama and his allies have a crucial couple of months ahead to get the message right. and that push starts in earnest when the president speaks in just two hours. overseas, secretary kerry tries to kick start peace talkings with israeli and palestinian leaders. but the real problems in the middle east are elsewhere. the continuing crisis in syria and uncertainty in egypt about where things are headed. that's all in today's "deep dive." liz cheney launches her senate bid with some age old politics in the old west. the republican rift won't change who runs the senate but will it help or hurt the gop's national brand plans? good morning. it's thursday, july 18

insights and analysis from david brooks from "the new york times" and nbc's chuck todd. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning. a week after the not guilty verdict for george zimmerman, justice for trayvon rallies outside federal buildings yesterday in 100 u.s. cities, including new york, los angeles, and dallas. the message of rally organizers they say should focus more attention on race and crime in america. that's where we begin this morning. we've got a special group to talk about this very issue, particularly after the president's remarks on friday afternoon. joining me chair of the congress black caucus, marsha fudge of ohio. former chair of the rnc, michael steele. harvard law professor who taught both barack and michelle obama at harvard, tafis smiley. and president and ceo of urban league, mike morial. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> what a unique time for any presidency. describe the impact of the president coming out at the white house, speaking a

this is a problem across the country. >> chuck todd, who let detroit down? which politicians let them down? >> i think there was poor governance in detroit for a very long time. this turned into a machine political town, if you followed that. in my 25 years of following politics, you know, it was a city -- and i remember the first reform movement of detroit, when dennis archer got elected mayor, sort of when they replaced in the coal man young era, it was that first attempt. and there was a lot of cities that did that. you saw here in washington, d.c., and you saw these attempts. you know, one mayor couldn't change things because you had 30 years of cronyism. it was a machine. >> but if i told you -- i'm sorry, if i told you that a city on the border of america's largest trading partner couldn't figure out how to diversify its economy, you have to sit there and say it was not just poor city government, poor business leadership, poor governance -- it is sort of remarkable that detroit, where it's located, it ended up in this position. >> you know, the bigger

some of these jobs are not full-time or just part-time. >> reporter: as chuck todd noted the president acknowledged that the job numbers are a work in progress. but if they were presented as a sign of growth that is problematic. then there is the claim of middle class struggles. that is a real issue but not the biggest challenge we face, the deficit is, a topic that the president decided not give top billing too. >>> a committee passed relation to that would stop mail from being delivered to your front door. the proposal needs to be approved by congress and signed by the president. if it passes it would save $4 billion a year for the postal service. >>> now to the developing story we are following out of spain. at least 60 people dead and more than 100 injured in a high speed train derailment in northwest spain. emergency crews are pulling bodies from the wreckage. at least one car was torn open. the train was on the way to a vacation town from madrid. it's too soon to say what caused this accident. >>> want to go back to the breaking news, the fire in san jose. want to give you a diff

let's bring in right now chuck todd. chuck, you covered anthony weiner for some time. let me say, that bump-in shot, every teime in that spot that yu made famous, get a little nervous. >> i get nervous too. >> on a 7 second delay, right? >> thanks to jay carney, we'll blame him. chuck, you covered weiner when he was in congress. he didn't have a terrible reputation but he didn't have the best of reputations. he was seen as a generalist, a guy who chased cameras. i don't know that he survives this sort of double shot of a scandal as much as, say, a mark s sanford or on the other side, a eliot spitzer would. >> this is a man with 100% name i.d. and has he ever gotten more than 25% in any poll? remember, he's 100% name i.d. none of the others have that kind of name i.d. >> and there's some good candidates. >> you say, boy, that is probably where she is topping out. you talk about what we saw yesterday with huma. and it is interesting to me that when you look at previous sex scandals and the survivors, right, two survivors that come to mind are obviously bill clinton but a

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right now, it's time for "the daily rundown" with our old pal chuck todd. chuck, take it away. >>> occupational hazard. president obama continues his job jaunt around the country. new poll numbers on hot button issues like health care, abortion and immigration that's going to fuel the fight here in washington. and by the way, congressman steve king wants to pour some more gas on the fire that he started on immigration. plus, is edward snowden going to leave that moscow airport? we'll have the latest on that as well as the heated house floor last night. over voting coalitions. and a special deep dive. how the senate of lbj's days compares to today's dysfunction. are the current floor fights just decades in the making? good morning from washington. it's thursday, july 25th, 2013. this is "daily rundown" and i'm chuck todd. we may or may not be weiner free, we'll see. i'm not promising anything. my first reads of the morning. today president will travel to florida to continue his attempt to re-energize his policy by getting out of washington and trying to chan

chuck todd holding his breath as we speak for puig, according to mlb, he's currently trailing in the vote. fans have until 4:00 p.m. today to cast their ballots online. if puig doesn't make the all-star team, at least he has this going for him, jay-z is looking to make him the latest athlete signed by his organization. jay-z has already signed robinson cano. >>> we turned to highlights. red sox and mariners, david ortiz made history notching his 900th hitter. the crowd at the field gave him a standing ovation for his efforts. the sox beat the mariners, 11-4. >>> nationals and phillies. washington put on quite a show in philadelphia. back to back home runs. in the ninth zimmerman and jayson werth added their own back to back jacks. one of the fans in the crowd took a home run off the noggin. is he bald? oh, man. no hair for the cushion. and that is why you take a glove or the beer cup. >>> good news for yankees fans, derek jeter will be act activated by the team today. in four rehab starts with the yankees minor league club he was 1 for 9 with an error. finally, ever wonder how spider

chuck todd's here as well. chuck, maybe we're look being a little tough on the president. just tell me what new -- what did you hear yesterday that was new? because, you know, the white house and the websites, everywhere else was, boy, you got to watch this speech, it's going to be big, will pivot to the economy. what new did you hear yesterday? >> i didn't hear anything new. i remember asking this very question. i always say, remind people the first three letters of the word "news" is n-e-w, right? the news organization is charged with telling you what's new. this seeped more of a tactical speech. it was -- it certainly had depth. it certainly covered a wide range. what i found interesting about it, it wasn't just about the economy. he spent a great deal of time about health care. and rightfully so. he's got a big challenge ahead of him. if you're looking for the new, no, there wasn't new in there. they kept saying there wasn't going to be new. they were sort of ratcheted back those expectations. what i get the sense is, you know, this is a white house that seems stuck a

i'm chuck todd. it's a busy day in washington. live pictures of the courtroom in sanford, florida, where any minute, george zimmerman's lawyers will start calling witnesses. they put zimmerman's mother on the stand to make an assessment of the calls made on the night 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed. prior to that, prosecutors presented their final witnesses including trayvon martin's mother who testified it was her son screaming on the call. we heard from the medical examiner who performed martin's autopsy. >> i believe he was alive for 1 to 10 minutes after he was shot it. his heart was beating until there was no blood left. at that point, his heart stopped. >> are you saying he could move or he couldn't in terps of -- can you say it one way or the other? >> from my experience, on other autopsy i did three weeks ago, i don't believe he can move after shot. >> joining me now, craig melvin and legal analyst lisa bloom in new york. craig, starting with you what do we expect to see today from the defense? >> the defense, third

i'm chuck todd. we might find room it talk about some campaign in new york city involving a guy that people like to make jokes about. anyway. stick around later in the show. stick around for my first reads in the morning. any cut in the corporate tax rate must be matched by an overhaul of the entire tax code. he is dropping that demand in a last attempt. the white house is redefining as far as that phrase is concerned. the president will make republicans after offer they hope he can't refuse. they will promise to cut the tax rate in return for investments and a mix of job creation proposals including spending on manufacturing and infrastructure insisting that new tax revenue generated boy the corporate tax code is to some republicans a non-starter. they want any of that revenue butt become into the idea of loyal rates. the president will trfl to a warehouse where the orders are killed to give what the white house calls the first in a series of policy speeches on a better bargain an for the middle cla

nbc chuck todd is with the president. >> reporter: president obama looking out on the solitary view nelson mandela had from his prison cell for nearly 20 years. his health condition has overshadowed the three day visit. capped off today by this visit to robin island. being the president's second trip to the island, he could play tour guide for his daughters overheard here telling them about the south african connection that mahatma gaunty had. >> he was a lawyer here in south africa. and it was here -- >> reporter: the president also signed the prison's guest book. the world a grateful for the heroes. who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human experience. laterer speaking to the university of capetown students, leaned on mandela's legacy again to send a larger message. >> he showed us that one man's courage could beat the world. >> and bobby kennedy spoke in the same room 47 years ago. >> he said each time a man stands up or strikes out against injustice, he sends off a tiny ripple of hope. >> reporter: earlier in the day he met with archbishop tutu. highli

joining us now is chief white house correspondent chuck todd, who was in the room. chuck, thanks for joining us. >> how you doing? >> doing well. i want to start picking up on some of the facts we have been reporting that you discussed and that the president highlighted about the disparities in the criminal justice system at each point from profiling to arrest to the entire criminal justice process. that connecti ins with politicsn you look at felony voting. 13% of black men cannot vote at all because of felony convictions. how much of that subterranean level of this, the criminal justice system and its hidden hand in politics, is brought to the surface when the president chooses to address the country like he did today? >> that's an interesting story. i want to get to that in a second. there's a fascinating bipartisan possibility of seeing action on capitol hill on this very issue. i'll explain in a minute. i just want to give a little background about the president and when he decided and why he decided to do this. he was watching the conversation over the week an

i'm chuck todd. we'll have royal baby news if it happens during this hour. whether it's a boy or a girl, the baby will be third in line to the throne behind prince william and of course prince charles. as you look at live pictures there of london and buckingham palace. right now, let's get right to my first reads of the morning. we begin with reaction b ction president's very personal comments. there has been a long-standing debate among african-american leaders about how much the president should use the bully pulpit to talk about race. on thursday evening after mounting pressure, president obama called a few members of his senior team into the oval. he said he wanted to speak out sometime on friday. president obama then went to the white house briefing room early friday afternoon. for 18 months, without a teleprompter, spoke about race more candidly than he has during his entire five years in office. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said that this could have been my son. another way saying that is trayvon martin could have been me. 35 years ago. th

i'm peter alexander in today for chuck todd who is traveling with the president in tanzania. on your screen right now, we're looking live at the courtroom in florida where george zimmerman's second-degree murder trial scheduled to start literally at this moment. we have already heard from more than a dozen witnesses out of a potential 200 potential witnesses. prosecutors have called, i think the exact number is about two dozen so far. today the lead detective who investigated the case will take the stand. they'll likely ask him about the investigative report that he wanted to charge zimmerman with manslaughter. the defendant sitting down at his seat. i want to bring in nbc's ron mott covering this live in sanford, florida, as well as msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom. ron, very quickly, if detective ser eno is called today, and it could be a couple days worth of testimony, how significant is his testimony? it seems really the first contact, the first police contact with george zimmerman after the shooting took place. >> yeah, good morning, peter. if detective serino gets up here

but stick around for chuck todd and "the daily rundown." >>> well, the campaign into the danger zone. anthony weiner's come up big. online outings that happened after he quit congress in shame. weiner's not the only star attraction. we're going to take a deep dive into it all this morning with eliot spitzer's opponent for city comptroller. he'll be here. president obama makes a pivot again to jobs. his midwest tour comes on the same day as a brand-new poll shows complete discut gust for washington. president obama and congress. find out what else the public has to say about ways going on there and the economy and even race relations. iowa conservative steve king's latest rift on immigration is called by some inexcusable. some going a step further, calling his language hateful. >> hi, ya'll. >> good morning. >> we're the teachers of government with the riley institute. >> for furman university. >> in greenville, south carolina. >> it's wednesday, july 24th. >> this is "the daily rundown." >> and here's chuck todd. >> teachers here in d.c. for the week. keep those greetings coming. go t

now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd straight ahead. have a great day, everyone. >>> mood swings ahead of a budget battle this fall. new numbers show the challenge facing president obama as he tries to boost the country's confidence in the economic outlook. on some issues, he's finding an unexpect eed partner to get conversations going again. it's john mccain back to wheeling and dealing again. the hits keep on coming for anthony weiner. the mayoral hopeful lost his campaign manager but he's pressing on. we'll talk to one of his top rivals, bill thompson, in just a few moments, who made some interesting comments about stop and frisk. a deep dive with none other than ralph nader. after decades fighting against big coreporation, now he conversation the answer to get our problems fixed might simply be find a billionaire to run for president. >> good morning from philadelphia. it's monday, july 29th, 2013. time for "the daily rundown." now, here's chuck todd. >> thanks to mitchell and his dog isaac for sending in that good morning video. ke

. >> emily, chuck todd had an interesting point a few hours agoing on on "morning joe." he compared the role of weiner's wife to that of hillary clinton. take a listen. >> the wives decided not just to stand by their man, but speak up for him and defend, basically say this is between us, i have forgiven him. hillary clinton most famously did it in 1992 and did it again in 1998 and saved his political career twice. if she gets out there enough, she can provide deflection. >> had huma abedin not spoken yesterday, not just been there yesterday, but not actually spoken, would weiner be done? >> you're make ago great point and chuck todd this morning is making a great point that huma did need to be there in order to validate what is he saying that, you know, he is on the path to recovery. he is sort of like putting some fuzzy language that everyone already knew all of these things were happening because he had been a long road to recovery. unfortunately, you know, huma is someone who has a large amount of credibility on her own. she is a smart woman, accomplished. by her comi

>>> this "the daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. that's more pick of the courtroom in sanford, florida, where shortly george zimmerman's defense team will call witnesses to the stand. right now the court is considering several motions, whether to allow an animated recreation of events that shows george zimmerman's version of events on the night trayvon martin was shot to death. the state is pushing to exclude the animation. yesterday they called 10 witnesses to the stand including trayvon martin's father, tracy martin, who was asked about voices heard on 911 calls made on the night of his son's death. >>> before we get to political news we'll be joined by craig melvin and msnbc analyst lisa bloom from new york. craig, let me start with you. this pretrial prestart of the day, these pretrial motions, where do we stand on them? is this all about the animation? what else are they talking about? >> reporter: this right now is all about the animation. the gentleman you see on the stand, not mark o'mara, is a guy named daniel schumacher. h

i'm craig melvin in for chuck todd today. right now, you are looking live inside the courtroom where we expect the jury to be brought in momentarily. right now, the attorneys are wrapping up a hearing on whether george zimmerman's school studies in criminal justice can be brought up in court. prosecutors are hoping to show that will zimmerman was familiar with florida's semifinal defense laws hoping that will help them bowl center their thoroughly zimmerman was a quote, wannabe cop. they've been at it for about 308 minutes now. the state as you can see perhaps using om power point slides to try and make their case. the defense, of course, wants to exclude the evidence including coursework and transcripts of classes that zimmerman took in college as well as his job application to the prince william county police department and there was an application to ride along with sanford police. joining me now legal analyst lis za bloom from burbank and veteran prosecutor paul henderson who joins us live from san francisco. lisa, let me

i'm chuck todd. it's a busy day in washington. live pictures of the courtroom in sanford, florida, where any minute, george zimmerman's lawyers will start calling witnesses. they put zimmerman's mother on

joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd. we take a couple of days off -- well, you weren't off. were you in africa working hard and traveling and experiencing all of that incredible trip. but let's talk about egypt first. sticking with at least north africa. the white house was blamed for sticking with morsi too long. now blamed for ignoring a coup. john mccain is all over their case, cut off the money immediately. how do they balance this? >> well, i mean there is no blueprint. and even critics of what the white house are saying privately admit that there is no clear-cut answer here. you know you got to do this. they made the decision not to cut off aid. so why did they do that? by saying it is not a coup. had they done that, that would have kick in some things so they made that decision. their first pry or here is to somehow convince them to let morsi go. they know if there is any chance -- and they do plan on being a lot more involved in the building of this phase two, whatever we want to call it, second chance at buildin

coming up next, it's chuck todd and "the daily rundown." >>> it's wednesday, july 10th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." it's day 22 of the george zimmerman trial in stanford, florida, where the defense team appears to be winding down their case. the jury could be taking this case as early as tomorrow. you're looking at live pictures where any moment judge deborah nelson is expected to issue decisions. one is whether to allow jurors to see that computer animation we were telling you about yesterday which apparently depict's zimmerman's version of events. the second is whether to allow jurors to see the 17-year-old martin's text messages that purportedly discuss fighting. the court is hearing a holding on a potential sequestration violation by defense witness john donnelly. donnelly may have violated the judges order that all witnesses except members of the victim's family be excluded from the courtroom. we've got beten you caught up. joining me now, msnbc analyst lisa bloom who's in new york. craig, what is the status right now in that courtroom? >> right now, a familiar sig

also joining the conversation, howard dean, stephen craig, and chuck todd. >> what was the craziest stand-up you did? >> oh, my lord. there are many, actually. >> many? >> the back of -- oh, what are those things you ride in the water? i did that live. >> nothing like julie? nothing like her bear? >> i could compete with that. >> you could? >> yeah. >> all right. i want to see this. >> i definitely could compete. >> on the commercial break. >> i liked her a lot. >> she's pretty good. look at those wild eyes. no bears coming after her. >> come on now. this is someone who doesn't take herself that seriously. she put herself out there. she's hilarious. >> all right. still to come on "way too early," your best, most creative tweets. if you had $200,000 to spend on a speech, who would you like to see? and "morning joe" just moments away. stick around. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and becaus

we're going to break down the numbers with chuck todd. what can be done about that? we'll also have white house press secretary jay carney on the show. we're going to ask him why he called john boehner' comments on immigration laughable. we'll ask him a lot of other things, too. i hope it doesn't go joe into saying something inappropriate. we'll see if that happens. all that plus cokie roberts, eugene robertson, melanie barns and later comedian howie mandel. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "way too early," in honor of carlos danger, what would you name your alter online ego? your most creative tweets in just a minute. also "morning joe" is just a few moments away. ♪ you like to keep your family healthy and fit. and now there's a new way to do the same for your dog. introducing new purina dog chow light & healthy. it's a no-sacrifices, calorie-light way to help keep him trim, with a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend he'll love. and 22% fewer calories than dog chow. discover the lighter side of strong. new purina dog chow light & hea

along with tina brown and chuck todd. >>> and finally, it's mlb all-star week here in new york city. you enjoying that, mike? >> i am. >> you are? okay. the mets are hosting this at citi field. we'll be joined by former met great and current bible analyst, al leiter. pirates all-star and one of the hottest players in the game, andrew mccutcheon. an interesting conversation coming up on "morning joe," on college girls and their attitudes towards sex. incredibly disturbing information coming up. brian, back to you. >> full-circle by the time my 7-year-old has to go to college. >> you're going to be scared. >>> still ahead, finish this sentence. catching four foul balls is as likely as -- your best and most creative tweets coming up and "morning joe" just moments away. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their familie

chuck todd is there in tanzania for us. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. you know, it's rare for two presidents to be in washington at the same time. rare, still for them to be at the same event but here we are some 8,000 miles away from the west wing in tanzania and there stood president obama and bush who were here to pay tribute to some of the first americans killed by an osama bin laden lead terrorist attack. walking side by side presidents obama and bush together in tanzania at the u.s. embassy for a ceremony. a moment of silence to honor the victims of the 1998 al qaeda bombing. 10 were killed that day and more than 85 were injured. a joint appearance, a last minute add to the schedule. it appeared the only bush and obama that would appear together were laura and michelle. >> i like this woman. >> michelle obama at the invitation of laura bush attended a bush institute organization 2-day summit that began today. current and former first ladies got candid at the white house. >> there are prison elements to it. but it's a really nice president. >> with

." >> with chuck todd. >> chucky. >> love chuck. >> code blue. after years of health care fights that only got more intense after the new law was approved, president obama and his allies have a crucial couple of months ahead to get the message right. and that push starts in earnest when the president speaks in just two hours. overseas, secretary kerry tries to kick start peace talkings with israeli and palestinian leaders. but the real problems in the middle east are elsewhere. the continuing crisis in syria and uncertainty in egypt about where things are headed. that's all in today's "deep dive." liz cheney launches her senate bid with some age old politics in the old west. the republican rift won't change who runs the senate but will it help or hurt the gop's national brand plans? good morning. it's thursday, july 18th, 2013. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. president obama will make another seemingly endless attempt to do what has become his great et domestic challenge, selling the health care law to the american public. this

i'm peter alexander in today for chuck todd who is traveling with the president in tanzania. on your screen right now, we're looking live at the courtroom in florida where george zimmerman's second-degree murder trial scheduled to start literally at this moment. we have already heard from more than a dozen witnesses out of a potential 200 potential witnesses. prosecutors have called, i think the exact number is about two dozen so far. today the lead detective who in

chuck todd is back. the trial is over and it is time to figure out what's happening in washington, d.c. right now. >>> a personal perspective. attorney general holder tells naacp leaders action in the form of the zimmerman verdict will likely result in a review of stand your ground statutes. president putin's infamous airport guest prompts one top u.s. senator float the idea of the u.s. boycotting the olympics in russia. plus, a shootout

. >> how about chuck todd? >> it wasn't much of an audience, right? >> there wasn't a huge audience. 1.4 million viewers. i'm losing my voice. >> get her some water. >> thank you. >> tara reid, "american pie" day. 1999, you have people who love sci-fi and watch it all the time. he brought in a new audience. >> i'm setting my dvr. i do not want to miss it. >> thursday night. this is really, i saw this and thought this poor girl. suri cruise getting heckled. we thought it was the paparazzi. they are saying terrible things to the little girl. she's trying to get in the car. she's 7. >> she's trying to get into her car and this person starts calling her horrible names. first they were saying it was the paparazzi. it is an autograph seeker. they get celebrity autographs and sells them. the little girl is 7. she was saying get out of my way. i want to get into my car. >> water and sharknado. we got it. >> i'll figure it out. >> a shark skin suit. >> ahh. up next, i return to my old stomping grounds, chicago. ♪ [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite fo

chuck todd, he's going to have to wait in africa because the president and the entire party, they got on a plane, they came home, they left chuck there. he's there. he's at the nbc news chief white house correspondent and still hanging around, africa. i'm sorry for your trouble. we'll chip in here and get you a ticket and get you out of there, buddy. >> it's only going to take me 20 hours. we have a 20-hour one fuel stop flight at home. feel sorry for me a little bit more, will you? >> chuck, as to what we were discussing around the table, is there any sense within the white house, for the need for the president to address the country about that theme, about how we still live in dangerous world and what snowed didn't harms us to some extent but there's a large element out there that wants to harm us? >> well, you know, mike, there is a huge gap between the conversation you guys are having, i was listening to this and you were talking about the president needs to do this and the president needs to do that, versus what the white house thinks they need to do. the white house thinks that

i have chuck todd here with me. nbc's political director. it sounds so sensible. is the senator's heart going to be broken? it sounds bipartisan. it sounds like it could potentially happen. >> no, i think it's an impressive smart group of four people pushing this i mean, so i'm impressed. it's the way to get something off the ground. senator, i am curious to get your take as to why this didn't happen in dodd/frank, right. and i know, look, there's been some -- there's always been a lot of behind the scene reporting, why didn't the white house push this, why didn't geithner do it, why didn't -- the role larry summers may or may not have played both in '99 as treasury secretary when he testified on the hill in favor of the repeal. why didn't this get included in dodd/frank? >> you got to be looking at that, right? >> you do. do remember, when we adopted dodd/frank in 2010, there were a whole lot moving parts. there were people who said, look, we're putting a lot of new restrictions in place be at financial institutions. let's get these under way. the problem we've g

good morning, july 16th, 2013, in for chuck todd on this all-star game day. we begin with the latest fallout not quality verdict zimmerman trial. >>> about 150 people vandalized cars, set fires and vandalized businesses. >> the officers grabbed two of the suspects. >> they were throwing down garbage cans. >> kids ran inside my store and tried to beat somebody up for my phone. that's sad. i want justice, too. there's different ways to go about it. we don't need to be out here fighting each other. we need to figure out a way to come together as one. >> the martin family was clear, those who sympathized with their plight, the best way to honor their son and loved one is in a nonviolent manner. >> around the country protests remain mostly peaceful as a member of the jury that acquitted george zimmerman spoke out for the first time to cnn revealing when the six jurors first discussed the case, one believed he was, in fact, guilty of second degree murder. two thought he was guilty of manslaughter. and just three believed initially he was not guilty. >> do you think

stick around right now because chuck todd is next with "the daily rundown." >>> the motor city stalled. detroit becomes the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in u.s. history. a one-time iconic city can no longer pay its debts. estimated at $18 billion. also this morning, a house call. the next few months will decide what the 2014 battle will be about. we'll talk to the point people on both sides about the race to frame the fight for control of congress. and from 2014 to 2016 the woman who might be speaker again makes her hopes very clear. she's all aboard the hillary clinton train this time around. by the way, on the republican side, guess who's in iowa today. >>> good morning from washington, it's friday, july 19. this "the daily rundown." let's get right to my first reads. we begin in detroit, michigan. at one time, the fourth most populated city in the country. and one of the wealthiest. it's now becoming the largest city in american history to file for bankruptcy. one hour from now, michigan governor rick schneider and detroit's emergency manager will hold a press conference to d

joining us now, chris cillizza, and chuck todd, far away in tanzania for us as the president wraps up his trip. chuck, we heard today from the president, he was questioned both about the giant protests in egypt, but also the status of the talk with russia over edward snowden. on snowden specifically, just as president obama was speaking, vladimir putin said russia will never turn snowden over. where does this stand? >> well, the u.s. government, you heard the president say himself there still is negotiations going on with the russian government. there's obviously been a couple of mixed messages out of there. did putin say snowden can stay as long as he doesn't leak any more skres? so the question is what's the back channeled there. frankly, the other bigger pr problem for the united states, it impacts various other issues, has to do with the european reaction to the latest leak that came out of the snowden files that has to do with how the u.s. government spies on allies. now the president dismissive of it, basically saying, guess what? we spy on them, they spy on us, that's what inte