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ukraine aimed at reassuring the countrys leaders. biden said time is running out for russia to pull back its military from ukraines borders and to call on pro-russian separatists to leave occupied buildings in eastern ukraine. >> we call on russia to stop supporting men hiding behind masks in unmarked uniforms sewing unrest in eastern ukraine. and we have been clear that more provocative behavior by russia will lead to more costs and to greater isolation. now its time for russia to sto...

2013. this is "the daily rundown." im chuck todd. we have a lot going on as we do every day in december. so lets start with my first reads of the morning. and its on health care again. after the soft relaunch of the health care website over the weekend, the white house now feels that its in good enough shape to do what they wanted to do two months ago. start a public campaign for the health care law over law. president obama will kick-start the e effort with an event at the white house...

Supreme court. trivia, we asked, since 1976, how many government shutdowns have lasted longer than this one? two. the 1978 shutdown lasted 17 days and the most recent shutdown from 1995 to 96 lasted 21 days. congratulations to todays winner, peter wesley. send your trivia questions in. you make a great team. its been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moments right. ...

0 is if the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell could deliver 25 republicans votes in the senate, more than half his conference. 40 republicans voted for the fiscal cliff deal, five of those no longer in the senate. thats your ceiling. theres 35 senate republicans who have voted with mitch mcconnell before. would they vote with him again on a giant deal that gets us out of a cliff mess? can they get anywhere close to the number? mcconnell, who spoke to the president yesterday and reid, are ...

Well be right back with our group. but how many sitting u.s. presidents had visited ramallah. the answer is one, george w. bush. congratulations to todays winner, peter wesley. u.s. sitt presidents, one george w. bush. congratulations to todays winner, peter wesly, i hope i pronounced it right. in the december of 1998, bill clinton became the first u.s. president to visit the palestinian authority, but it wasnt until ten years later that a u.s. president set foot in ramallah. met with president ...

welcome back to "morning joe." time to talk about what did we learn? >> im not going to be earnest about my viewing has bebits. >> keep it to yourself. what did you learn, mike? >> the president lands in israel with some important conversation there. but we have to keep an eye on syria. >> yes, we do. 70,000 dead and counting. its way too early and "morning joe." right now we have luke russert and chuck todd with this very special "daily run down." theyre going to do some diving. you b...

mysteriously appears at his ranch from new jersey. and also there are denials. its a very complex story, lies, and the money is laundered to, i think, the publisher of one of the washington papers, i think "the washington post," actually. so it unravels. this is -- its difficult to know what harding knew about this, whether he knew this was one of the scandals that was a problem and which weighed his mind down and caused him to die. this all gets dumped in coolidges lap. he had nothing...

election committee write books about them? >> it all starts one ste a just about presidents and presidential elections, and i looked at that one, and i started calculating the math. i was like, 1964, you had one president involved, lyndon johnson. mostly you would get three. youd get kennedy and nixon in 1960 and 1968, and you would get reagan, so you might get threw, usually get two. the 1920s, you have six. you have six in contention in one way or another. several people have said, b...

>> host: david pietrusza. what was it about the presidential elections that made you write books about them? >> guest: it all starts one step at a time, and the 1920 election, i had been playing around with factoids and just about presidents, and presidential elections, and i looked at that one, and i started calculating the math and it was like 1961, you had really -- or 64, you had one president, lyndon johnson, and mostly you would get three. you would get kennedy and nixon in 1960,...

and i started calculating amount. 1961 or 1964 -- you had one president, lyndon johnson, you get kennedy, nixon in 1960, in 1968 we did nixon. you would get reagan. you might get three, usually get to. in 1920, you have six. >> six u.s. presidents? >> six in contention in one way or another. as several people have sent. yes, i know that. but if he is not dead, he is the nominee and the president of the united states. he sends his secretary of state to the convention to stampede the con...