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jim angle reports that time is indeed running short on one important effort. >> after a lengthy meeting of senate democrats aimed in part at hammering out a univerfied position on the bush tax cuts, harry reid emerged without an agreement but calling for a vote. >> my friend senator mcconnell has offered legislation to extend them all costing more than $4 trillion. if he wants to vote on that, ill be happy to arrange that. he should arrange a vote on 250, period. >> reid is sticking of...

some believe the procedures go too far after looking at some of these photographs. joining me lanny davis and international best selling office mark stein is here. you are filling in for rush today and tomorrow, too? >> thats right. >> sean: somebody told me you said what was hannity saying? >> you why talking about the professionalization of these guys yesterday. >> sean: my experience has been they are professionals, following orders. >> thats what you dont want in this situation. th...

jim angle reports that time is indeed running short on one important effort. >> after a lengthy meeting of senate democrats aimed in part at hammering out a univerfied position on the bush tax cuts, harry reid emerged without an agreement but calling for a vote. >> my friend senator mcconnell has offered legislation to extend them all costing more than $4 trillion. if he wants to vote on that, ill be happy to arrange that. he should arrange a vote on 250, period. >> reid is sticking of...

senate yesterday. our question to start up the show is, do leadership elections matter? as we see the women and men that will be leading the senate and house republican and democratic caucuses. the numbers to call -- you can also e-mail us and you can find us on twitter. our question for you is, do leadership elections matter? to start off, giving us a sense of what is going on in capitol hill and a preview today we have jonathan allen from politico. thank you for talking to us so earl...

ari berman, with the nation, aught over "herding donkeys, the fight to rebuild the democratic party and the reshape american politics." alicia, how do you keep the exact same people in power in a sweep election that was theoretically a rejection of status quo politicians and yet both the status quo republican and status quo democratic leadership entirely intact? >> listen, first of all, i think this is a very insidery d.c. issue that only people like us and washington are talking about...

>> he pling in to the charges that he was willing to offer millions of dollars of weapons to the terrorist group. he arrived last night expedited from thailand in the d.ea sting. today he offered an arsenal of weapons. 5,000ak47s, antipersonnel mine, millions of rounds of ammunition. planes that dropped grenades on unarmed vehicles as well as cargo planes. he had material that would be the envy of a small nation. many believe he didnt care who his weapons killed, but he did care....

prince william and kate middleton are officially engaged. >> i didnt realize it was a race, otherwise -- >> bbut also, the times are right now. were very, very happy and im very glad i have done that. >> with us this hour, tina brown and martin bashir. we begin in house where charlie rangel has found guilty. a sharp rebuke for the common who arded the panel did not give him enough time or the resources to fight the allegations. luke russert joins us now. what happens next? >> its qui...

all floundering. in a continent hartley fiery and the foreign options not encouraging because reports that china, china, china is hurting. plagues is a big problem there. chinese authorities blaming our spending here. and it has cheapened our buck. and now they are saying" what the buck." i had to practice that a few times. word pointing fingers and angry in vettors raising a middle finger. and all for good reason. this is scary stuff. >>shepard: very scary. egg shells. the whole finan...

congress learn their way around the capitol, the lame duck session gets underway. in the last few weeks in majority democrats confront a dilemma over dont ask, dont tell and the fight over the bush tax cuts. nbcs luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, threats talk about whats top priorities and is there a compromise coming on tax cuts? >> reporter: you heard from the white house this weekend, from david axelrod, there would possibly be open a compromise on a tax cut issue. perhaps...

today. to help us talk about all that, we bring in sam cedar formally of air america and a political commentator. and steve karnaky with the salon.com. sam, i know im harsh. but am i right, or does bernie sanders suggestions have any chance at the white house? >> my guess is no. i dont think youre being that harsh. its ridiculous were talking about social security in terms of the deficit because it doesnt contribute to the deficit at all. its completely self funded. if you genuinely th...