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With extinction because of defor recitation. and cute little monkey. >> good luck to him. thank you, lisa. he was hired to supervise oil cleanup workers and now he is in jail accused of raping one of them. cnn special investigations unit is on the story. and midterm bloodbath for the democrats. the reverend al sharpton is here, and he said dont be so sure. he is joining us next. len! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! were going on a field trip to china! wow. [ chuckles ] when i was a kid, we -- we would...

Close to the president. he has been there for the campaign. and that he channels the president in many ways. i dont think this was gibbs -- im sure it is how gibbs feels but i dont think hes the only one at the white house that feels that way about the left. >> thats interesting. is that why you think that -- this is getting more attention and maybe the press corps was going at it a little bit more with gibbs because they do see these two as close and that gibbs does have a relationship with the...

Health care but the health care bill he would have written as if he has 80 votes in the senate and not a bear -- >> the word deranged make your twitter feed interesting today. quickly, speaking of drive are ton distraction, charlie rangel decided it was appropriate date the house was brought back to talk on a jobs bill, woe talk about his own job, obviously not good politics for the white house? >> you know, chuck, i think that its america. everyone is innocent until they are proven guilty and i...

From the numbers? >> hes getting it from both sides and the question is, do you want the skunk in the middle of the road and get hit from both sides or go one way or the other and, given the republican victories in the midterm hell have to moderate his policies going forward and it risks alienating the left to an extent we have not seen and we dont know what it would mean and it is unlikely hed have a challenger for the democratic nomination in 2012, but, for the moment, what it means is that yo...

Bush, post mccain. and now we are far enough into the midterm election season, far enough into the next election that we are starting to have an answer to that question, to that question of what the american right looks like post bush and post mccain. and the surprising thing about the answer is that the right has come back undoubtedly, but they have come back without the republican party. with john boehner, the top republican in the house, mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, mich...

Welcome back, msnbc is the place for politics and we are on 2010 midterm watch. we have got some telling new numbers out about which party has the most enthusiastic voters. in our latest nbc news wall street journal poll, we look at the enthusiasm gap, among those who express a high interest in voting. republicans come in at 50%, with democrats at 39%. mark murray, nbc news deputy political director joins us now. lets crunch the numbers here, so republicans are more enthusiastic about getting ou...

Theyre not outside the mainstream of independents who are largely rejecting washington. >> but theyre outside the ma mainstream of republicans, though, right? these werent the candidates chosen by the republican establishment. >> if you question the constitutionality of social security and medicare, youre outside the mainstream of american values -- >> keep something in mind -- >> no, colorado and connecticut are two of the states where registered independents outnumber registered democrats or r...

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What else is going on? charlie rangel says if fellow lawmakers want him to leave, well, theyre going to have to kick him out. the veteran new york democrat made a surprise appearance on the house floor to talk about the the 13 ethics committee charges against him.insisted h wants them to set a trial date so e hes not left hanging as the midterm gets closer. >> all im saying is if the judgment here from the people for whatever reason that i resign, then, heck, have the ethics committee exdipedite...

>> im sorry. >> so are you thinking of running for a second term? >> you know what im thinking about right now? lunch. >> there you go, don. at that time he was thinking about trying to get a sandwich. it had been a long day for him on friday. hes also trying to steer the conversation towards the 2010 midterm elections, don. but you know he also got a very big boost. michael steele under a lot of criticism from many in the gop. sarah palin has put a fund-raising letter out on his behalf, and a v...