Top Lines: Stewart, Obama, IRS, AP, Benghazi and Osama bin Laden
Jon Stewart on when Obama learned of Osama bin Laden’s death; a former Obama spokesman explains why the president can’t sound passive; The Daily Show pleads, “Why can’t you be a better president?”; and Rep. Charlie Rangel says you “can’t just raise the flag and expect us to salute every time” in tod
Gomez would vote for background checks, against assault weapons ban
Gabriel Gomez, the newly elected GOP nominee to fill the open Massachusetts Senate seat, joins The Daily Rundown to discuss where he stands on gun control, immigration, and other big ticket issues facing the senate.
Ex-bin Laden secretary gets life for 1998 embassy bombings role
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former personal secretary to Osama bin Laden was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, for the second time, for participating in a conspiracy to kill Americans that included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Full story
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Sequester may delay justice for bin Laden son-in-law
Rachel Maddow explains how undirected federal cuts could force a mandatory furlough of federal defense lawyers, potentially pushing back the trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law by months.
Bin Laden’s son-in-law arrested, brought to US
Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who has been sought by the U.S. for over a decade is in federal court today. He was apprehended while traveling from Turkey to Jordan and will be tried in New York City. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
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Bill Wolff, executive producer of the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Thursday’s show – David Axelrod, a top adviser for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns, joins us on the show tonight; also, Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law was captured today, and we examine the modern politi
Rep. Rogers: Abu Ghaith should be detained in Gitmo
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., tells Andrea Mitchell that Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Abu Ghaith, should be detained at Guantanamo Bay rather than U.S. soil, as reported.
Obama speechwriter recalls day of bin Laden raid
TODAY’s Willie Geist shares a Bonus Take about his interview with Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, who recalls writing jokes for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on the night Osama bin Laden was killed.
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