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we begin this morning with a wedding in the works. in less than a year, englands prince william and his long-time girlfriend will finally have their fairytale ending. in their first interview since the royal announcement, we are learning new details of his engagement to kate middleton, including how william made sure his late mother, proincess dian, didnt miss out by giving kate the 18-carat diamond and sapphire engagement ring. heres more from ity. >> it was a total shock when it came...

the first showdown after the democrats midterm drubbing started today. republicans and democrats are staking out their position on the bush tax cuts and heres the big question. will president obama and his party cave to republican demands to extend tax relief for the rich? or will they try to push the republicans back on their heels and make them defend giving more money to millionaires and billionaires while our deficit grows. thats our top story tonight. plus, sarah palins highly ...

we begin this morning with changing course. kicking off a lame-duck session of congress yesterday, one key player did an about-face on a long held political policy and a big deal said to be in the works on a bush era tax cuts. tracie potts joins us from tog with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the lame-duck session is generally not very exciting, but yesterday it started with a surprising announcement from the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell saying he is re...

more use race as a crowd pleaser. deriding nancy pelosi and james clyburn saying the democrats are racist. clyburn is getting bumped down from the leadership to the job of pelosis driver. driving miss nancy, he calls it. question for the country. will all this stuff rush has to throw at the democrats, the bad economy and all of it why does he keep going back to race? plus, the threat from the left. if president obama accepts tax cuts for the rich and the deficit commissions recommendat...

help them get the coverage. reverend jesse jackson takes on the gops destructive agenda in "the battleground" story tonight. and sarah palin is already booking performers at her inauguration party? plus, shes declaring war on big government with cookies. but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. its the lame-duck session of the congress and what should our expectations be? well, ill tell you this, judging by the voices on radio, liberals dont want any compromise. they wan...

moment. theres bane staggering jump in the number of americans without health insurance in this country and the republicans are fighting to repeal the law that would help them get the coverage. reverend jesse jackson takes on the gops destructive agenda in "the battleground" story tonight. and sarah palin is already booking performers at her inauguration party? plus, shes declaring war on big government with cookies. but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. its the lame-...

we begin this morning with rescue at sea. a carnival cruise ship that lost power after an engine room fire off the coast of mexico monday morning is now being towed to safety. all 4,500 passengers aboard are safe and expected to arrive in southern california late tomorrow. nbcs kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: the carnival cruise ship, "splendor," drifting at sea since losing power monday. the coast guard says more than 4,500 people are on board and safe. >> certainly theyre uncomfo...

is that what you get when you stand up for truth against the white house operatives, neocons and political hacks who beat the drum for war with iraq? our top guest tonight, joe wilson himself, to talk about the former president whos out there now defending his war in his self-described sickening feeling when he learned that those nuclear weapons did not exist, the ones he swore were there, the ones he used to sell the war. also aboard tonight and right up front, mike isakoff reports ...

we begin this morning with election fallout. democrats are picking up the pieces in the wake of tuesdays elections, after seeing several of their colleagues run out of office by republicans, including the leading lady in the house, nancy pelosi. mean wheel, president obama preparing to depart on a trip to asia, met with the media and signaled his willingness to compromise with the gop. nbcs steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: michael bennet was finally declared the winner in colorad...

suppose president obama just to think about it for a minute, it said, my number one goal was to defeat mitch mcconnell this next re-election, that would be really positive, wouldnt it? a nice way to story the a conversation. anyway trying to repeal or deny president obamas funding for the new health care law and lets face it the gop strategy right now is just say no, it worked brilliantly in the election this week. why stop now? and of course would that be a cynical view. and plus the ...