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Has to do. hes got to get out there and explain it if he expects to have political activity on this. >> maybe he can just get up and say, you know what, if it werent snowing already and wed eliminated snow, it would be too late to do anything and doesnt make a difference how much of a deficit we have, so lets spend $800 trillion a day, because were all going to die in nine years anyway. >> he could try that. >> ive written his speech for him. msnbc political analyst, howard fineman, also of "new...

In 24 hours, you donated approximately $185,000. they thank you and i thank you. if anybody wants to go further, the chairman of the tribe tells us the consciousness of politicians is as important as donations. fema has yet to declare the region a disaster area. and theres something else, they patch much of the water and power infrastructure back together, but they really need an overhaul and something in the jobs bill or stimulus money could not only protect power, heat and water there, it coul...

Quoting -- we know their endeavor will provide jobs and investment in one of the poorer sections of the congressional district. on that note well bring in someone who was not nominated, msnbc political analyst, huffington post contributor, lawrence odonnell. good evening. >> good to be here, keith. >> against it before you were for it and karma. please discuss. >> they better be careful. this is the kind of thing that could give politics a bad name. its breathtaking. these guys said it would cre...

The chairman of the tribe tells us the conscienceness of politicians is as important as donations. fema is about to declare the region a disaster area and theres something else that could kill about 40 birds with one stone there. they patched much of the water and power infrastructure back together, but they really need an overhaul and something in the jobs bill, where some stimulus money could not only protect power, heat, and water there, it could also put some of the thousands unemployed nati...

Decided is they sat down with strategists and said, gosh, if i wasnt outraged before, lets wait for a few weeks and then well calculate something and maybe what were really doing is everybody has decided the midterm elections are coming, so well sort of drive down that path. facts are irrelevant, if they get in the way, just ignore them. keep saying it over and over and over again. >> but we want the facts from all the terror suspects. >> yeah. thats it. >> after we beat the hell out of them. ja...

Wasnt outraged before, lets wait for a few weeks and then well calculate something and maybe what were really doing is everybody has decided the midterm elections are coming, so well sort of drive down that path. facts are irrelevant, if they get in the way, just ignore them. keep saying it over and over and over again. >> but we want the facts from all the terror suspects. >> yeah. thats it. >> after we beat the hell out of them. jack reich, formerly of the cia, thank you, jack. >> thank you, k...

Approximately $185,000. they thank you and i thank you. if anybody wants to go further, the chairman of the tribe tells us the conscienceness of politicians is as important as donations. fema has yet to declare the region a disaster area. and theres something else, they patch much of the water and power infrastructure back together, but they really need an overhaul and something in the jobs bill or stimulus money could not only protect power, heat and water there, it could put some of the thousa...