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They want to do. my father came into this oval office hoping to extend some of the noble and important work of his mentor, franklin roosevelt, daddy aimed to do with a great society. president obama has worked very hard and areas of healthcare to continue to do the greatest good for the greatest number and from my perspective why i am so excited to be supporter of secretary clinton is i believe she has shown over a lifetime of public service. that being her commitment to social justice is one th...

Colombia. its very good stuff. last but not least, im going to plug this book that i had the interview, the whitey bulger book by kevin cullman. go out and get it. its freaking fantastic. by the way, weve got much more on senator pryors new ad plus the roundup of all other big senate developments this week. check it out on our website rundown.msnbc.com. and dont forget to head over to our facebook page. the conversation continues there all day long. thats it for this edition of the daily rundown...

Afghanistan. that is important so we can refocus on jobs here at home and making sure we move our country forward. >> iraq war veteran and former congressman, patrick murphy. happy holidays. >> thanks, chris. merry christmas. websites with the new adult triple x domain name are available for the first time. you might be surprised who is registers for these new sites. colleges and universities. mandy drury is here with whats moving your money. huh? >> thats exactly what i said when i first hear...

I know most folks across pennsylvania agree with me. we have spent so much of our resources the last ten years in war in iraq and afghanistan. the fact is this. just the iraqi war itself has cost the american taxpayer almost $3 trillion. again, chris, as i mentioned, the 4400 lives, the 32,000 wounded, but a lot of folks are saying they get it. barack obama when he ran for president and when he was president was very clear with the american people. he said, im going to bring the troops home from...

Thats all the accuser and his family are talking about, what theyre going to do with all the money they get. >> the new allegations drew an outraged reaction sunday from the lawyer of one of the alleged victims. >> the idea that these people are coming forward with a financial incentive is ridiculous. >> prosecutors may have a new problem. over the weekend reports surf e surfaced that statements make by key witness is called i a grand jury report, mcqueary alleges he saw sandusky sexually assaul...

A series of speeches. the deficit supercommittee has less than a month to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in budget cuts. but if media reports are to be believed, there hasnt been much progress within the bipartisan group, and we may, once again, we looking at some last-minute clamoring for a deal. nbcs luke russert is on capitol hill. luke, whats the latest? >> reporter: well, good morning, chris. the latest news around the hill in terms of the supercommittee is that for the first time in...

Proceedings. good morning, lisa. >> hey, chris, good morning. its unusual for a judge to agree to hear arguments at this stage of the case, basically what edwards is trying to do today is to get his case thrown out before it goes for trial. some say its the legal equivalent of a hail mary. >> reporter: john edwards walks back into a courthouse in greensboro, north carolina today, armed with five arguments why his indictment should be dismissed. its a return to hard reality. just four days after ...

Mantle of turnaround expert from mitt romney, an ad promising twtw2.5 million jobs if elected. and romney is hammering perry on the authenticity of his conservative views. >> he says listen i need to say for whatever office im running for. how do you change positions on guns and traditional marriage? >> lets bring in our powerhouse political panel, perry bacon is my compadre in arms with the national political reporter for "the washington post," and reid wilson is editor in chief of "national jo...

He said he wasnt supportive of the ballot initiatives. how much of this is a problem for romney in that it plays into flip-flop, he takes one position one time, another position another time. problem or a blip on the radar? >> you know, the other problem for romney who is standing on the steps of the place where they were making calls for support for this measure -- >> right. >> -- according to the embed there, yeah, you know, its a problem. his biggest vulnerability is this authenticity issue. ...

Say -- >> as far as our political corruption cases went, you know, we followed the constitution. we followed the laws. and we followed the evidence. >> reporter: if the judge doesnt buy edwards arguments, he could be back in court for a trial in january. now, the judge is not expected to rule today. by all accounts, edwards faces an uphill battle to get the case thrown out, given the momentum of the federal indictment. most of the time judges would rather have a jury decide. chris? >> lisa, than...