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American Students Still Missing in Haiti
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 20) -- For the parents of four American students who remain missing in Haiti, waiting for news has become a daily ordeal. "This is a nightmare. This is a living nightmare," Len Gengel, the father of Lynn University student Brittany Gengel, told NBC News. Appearing on the "Today" show, Gengel said he believes the U.S. government could be doing more to help find the four students from Florida's Lynn University who had traveled to Haiti to conduct humanitarian work. They were staying at Port-au-Prince's Hotel Montana. "As parents of people that are buried in that rubble, we need ...
Jenna Bush Debuts on 'Today' Show
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyFormer first daughter Jenna Bush Hager made her debut on the "Today" show Friday morning. In addition to her job as a reading coordinator in the Baltimore public schools, she will file stories as the program's education correspondent. Today's segment featured an 11-year-old boy in Dallas, Texas, who credits his 4th-grade teacher for encouraging him to take up public speaking. One of his speeches to a teachers' group has been viewed more than half a million times on YouTube, and he's appeared as a guest on "Oprah" and the "Ellen DeGeneres Show." Video below. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking ...
Laura Ling, Euna Lee and Bill Clinton: Welcome Home to the TV Feeding Frenzy
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyPity the poor bookers. In the TV world, bookers are the desperate souls sent by unreasonably demanding producers to engage in the cutthroat competition for primo guests on news or talk shows. In this case, they're prima: Laura Ling and Euna Lee. ...
Obama's Super Bowl Interview
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHere's Matt Lauer's interview, live "technical difficulties" and all. ...
White House Continues Pushback Against NBC
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe White House shed more light on its objections to an edited recording of an interview with President Bush conducted by Richard Engel of NBC News and aired on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and The Today Show. In response to a question at today's daily press briefing, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said that the Administration had received no response from NBC News to a letter sent to them yesterday by Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie, adding, "I think it's quite telling that they have been silent."In his letter to NBC News President Steve Capus, Gillespie charged ...
White House Lashes Out at NBC
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe White House sent an open letter to NBC News today calling for that organization to play in its entirety an unedited recording of a recent interview conducted by Richard Engel in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt at the close of the President Bush's five-day trip to the Middle East. Counselor to the President, and former head of the Republican National Committee, Ed Gillepsie said that the White House objects to what it called mis-characterizations of the president's remarks in the version of the interview aired on last night's NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and this morning on The Today Show. ...
Obama Rejects Hillary 'Pile On'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA quick update on yesterday's post about Hillary Clinton playing the victim card to try to spin her poor performance at the latest Democratic debate. Barack Obama was asked about the charge that gender played a role in the attacks Mrs. Clinton's rivals launched against her on Tuesday night. Watch:For my money, this episode neatly encapsulates the reason that Democrats should think twice before crowning Hillary. Capable leaders don't make these kinds of bogus excuses.Tip of the hat to Talking Points Memo. ...
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