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0 >> i was going to say something about brian shactman but im not going to. what time is it, mike? >> normally its time for "morning joe" but right now its time for chuck todd. >> thank you, team. m.g. theres one tegame with no cuts to report, the blame game. thats if both parties dont immediately leap into mid-term madness. also this morning, a deep dive into a remote corner of max with even pakistani troops dont go. and traditional man of mystery. the worm wiggles his way onto the global stage...

0 you didnt deserve it. and i have made, like you have made a new years resolution, to see more movies, i made three. >> what are yours? >> one, im not going to do that ever again. >> okay, thats good. i dont know if anyone knows what youre talking about, but thats okay. >> well, i was kind of -- i was in a bad place. >> hes got to hash something out. >> i was in a bad place. two, and this is important, too, im going to try to interrupt you less. in the new year. >> oh, that wont happen, but oka...

I mean, obviously i think you touched on it, chris. the miscalculation here was thinking that in a post-conflict environment like libya, the same normal rules of the vienna convention apply, that the host nation can provide for security. so i think much as the military learned from experiences like beirut in 1983, khobar towers in 1986, that when you deploy people in dangerous situations, you have to concentrate on force protection and bring the resources with you that can provide an adequate le...

Convention apply, that the host nation can provide for security. so i think much as the military learned from experiences like beirut in 1983, khobar towers in 1986, that when you deploy people in dangerous situations, you have to concentrate on force protection and bring the resources with you that can provide an adequate level of protection. the state department has to rethink how it operates in these kinds of environments. >> i still remember 83, and i think that was the wrong decision to put...

Todays house hearing on this matter. lets watch gary ackerman. >> this might be my final six moments to speak in my 30-year career here, and i want to first start by apologizing to the deputy secretaries because you have been brought here as a ruse. you are being used as foils to the conflicting intentions of some people on our committee and others in washington for partisan, political purposes. >> i have always liked gary ackerman. i went to ethiopia with him. i like him even more now. what do ...

0 >> good evening, im chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. its five days until christmas, 12 till new years and the battle lines are drawn. the trenches have been dug. the president has made his promise and intends to keep it. that promise is fairness. he cannot go along with any republican deal that protects the wealthy. he will risk the cliff to keep his promise. if it comes to it, hell leap right off of it. to do less would be a sign to his enemies a sign that they can beat h...

0 sleeve pinned to his shirt looking to get a haircut. >> this one barber approached me and he looked at me and he said are you a jap? and, you know, that was a strange welcome. and i said im an american. well, im asking you, are you a jap? i said my father was born in japan, my mother is japanese, i suppose that makes me one. >> we dont cut jap here. i was so tempted to strike him. but then i thought if i had done that, all the work that we had done would be for nil. so i just looked at him and...

Ackerman is retiring and he had strong words for his fellow representatives, i think especially republicans, at todays house hearing on this matter. lets watch gary ackerman. >> of this might be my final six moments to speak in my 30-year career here, and i want to first start by apologizing to the deputy secretaries because you have been brought here as a ruse. you are being used as foils to the conflicting intentions of some people on our committee and others in washington for partisan, politi...

Benghazi in the midst of the civil war advising the rebel group that became eventually the interim government and he was back in benghazi for the first time since he had been a special envoy there as ambassador. i mean, obviously i think you touched on it, chris. the miscalculation here was thinking that in a post-conflict environment like libya, the same normal rules of the vienna convention apply, that the host nation can provide for security. so i think much as the military learned where from...

good evening im chris matthews in washington. its five days until christmas, 12 until new years and the battle lines are drawn. the trenches have been dug. the president has made his promise and intends to keep it. that promise is fairness. he cannot go along with any republican deal that protects the wealthy. he will risk the cliff to keep his promise. if it comes to it, he will leap right off it. to do less would be a sign to his enemies, a sign that they can beat him if they simply ...