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You have the highest corporate tax rates in the world, then of course corporations are going to have money elsewhere. corporations are not in business to be social welfare organizations. they are there to make money and a wise government knows how to use that to their advantage. >> alisyn: all right. what i was referring to, a little slip was during a different part of the speech if i were to magically find myself in the white house. and everybody erupted into the white house-- if someone were t...

Were just 1338 days away from the 2016 election, which means it is time for a countdown clock. >> i agree. >> let the presidential rumor mill turn. a new poll has hillary clinton defeating paul ryan, marco rubio and chris christie. thats individually, not all together. we political pundits -- >> sure. >> it will be bigger. we love talking hypotheticals but our next guest was with secretary clinton for the previous chapter in her cheer. she traveled regularly with hillary giving the type of acces...

Are legitimate roles of the government for the american people. >> reporter: after two years of disagreement on almost all things theres hopefully going to be some agreement. i had conversation earlier this week with the top senior adviser to the president who said hopefully now without the countdown clock, without a deadline well be able to make progress and have more thoughtful conversation. wait and see. >> we will wait and see, with your help. lets bring in adam schiff a democrat from califo...

I think they took those complaints to heart and they are going to do it. now they hope that that type of complaining wont happen down the road. that theyll point to this moment and say he did his best. the second thing is now that sequestration is behind us, everyone assumes that theres going to be some kind of agreement on the cr, the continuing resolution. were kind of beyond those days of the crisis politics, of the countdown clock. there is no fiscal cliff. there is no sequestration clock. w...

Were still waiting from the senate armed services to vote for defense secretary. well keep an eye on that and let you know the results as soon as they happen. meantime, there are less than six hours until the state of the union and i know that because of the that countdown clock right there. its a big day. >> helpful, helpful. >> this calls for a big spin cycle, guys. so nbcs luke russert joins us as the honorary fifth cyclist. >> happy to be in the brady bunch graphics. this is the ann b. davis...

Weve already incurred. >> the debt ceiling is coming, the sequesters are coming. cue the next countdown clock. joining us now from washington, the sage of capitol hill, hardest-working man in news business, nbcs luke russert. the first question i have to ask you, do you sleep, and will you ever get a vacation? >> no and no is the answer right now. >> never. >> i missed it completely. its funny, my colleagues down on capitol hill, too, missed christmas, missed new years. new years eve on capitol ...

Are you surprised, amazed? what is your read-out that we are where we are on this? im looking at the clock. 10:47:50. the fact that we have a countdown clock for something that has been months in the making, what does it say about the senate and the house and congresss ability to tackle big issues, and if the american people are skeptical about that very thing, do they have a right to be? >> yes. absolutely. the folks who i hear from, delawareans who are calling me, e-mailing me, sending me resp...

Later in the hour. >> thank you. >> believe it or not, congress is actually -- they actually did something this week and its something that will be most welcome by victims of hurricane sandy. well talk about the relief package. countdown clock continues to tick away, the debt ceiling approaching. lawmakers trying to hash out a deal and well take you back to d.c. for the very latest on whats going on behind the scenes. youre watching msnbc, the place for politics. we were so blessed when we had t...

Lets backspin. we see this everiee. the atm tax is going to get a patch. we know were going to see benefits given to our -- unemployment benefits given and veteran benefits gimp. it seems like this year we have a nice new fun name. i know you hate it steesh, but the fiscal cliff. we put that scary name on it as if thats going to motivate our elected officials. all i see is a press release them saying theyre going to fight for us and until the end of the day theyre not going to do anything until ...

Attack? >> bob: once there is enough evidence to do it. >> andrea: he is at the top. his spokesperson, the mouthpiece said it was. when will he? november 7? >> kimberly: november 7. >> eric: you hear me say hillary clinton, the secretary of state. right? >> bob: yes. i understand that. i understand that. >> kimberly: somebody take the keys to the white house. can we get a countdown clock? >> bob: coming up, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the u.n. today warning about the iranian nuc...