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The senate! and here we are! we wish our friend and neighbor from -- regis great years ahead maybe he and i will be hanging out a little more. >> greta: harry reid makes a major gaffe maybe he was saying what he thinks. listen to senator reid talking about the chinese president. >> im going to go back to washington tomorrow and meet with the president of china. he is a dictator. he can do a lot of things. maybe i shouldnt say dictator, but they have a different type of government. thats an under...

It a little while and was thinking about it all those nevada corporations with casinos in china. he said this. >> yes, hes a dictator but they have a different type thats an understatement. >> thats an understatement. >> in other words, he can do a lot of things. in other words, if you make progress with a dictator, what he says goes. you make progress with a president, he brings it to congress and people vote on it. you get approval ratings and do tests. >> it was a really good press conference...

The senate! and here we are! we wish our friend and neighbor from -- regis great years ahead maybe he and i will be hanging out a little more. >> greta: harry reid makes a major gaffe maybe he was saying what he thinks. listen to senator reid talking about the chinese president. >> im going to go back to washington tomorrow and meet with the president of china. he is a dictator. he can do a lot of things. maybe i shouldnt say dictator, but they have a different type of government. thats an under...

Doug mcelwee in our d.c. newsroom tonight. senators are not happy at all about the government revoking this permit it already approved. >> that may be an understatement. not every day that you hear two senators from west virginia and from the presidents own party blasting his administration for a decision they believe kills jobs, kills energy, and kills a role that should be limited to congress levin to the march language from senator jay rockefeller are, he wrote directly to the president. he s...

He never promised that he was going to play nice. and he certainly did not last night. a lot of people called him mean spirited. he poked fun at people like some of the audience members, i guess, charlie sheen, mel gibson, robert downey jr., tim allen, even the president of the hollywood foreign press association, was not clear from him. bruce willis got a jab as he introduced him as ashton kutchers dad. some say he disappeared during the show, maybe even told -- well hear more of that today. >>...

Theyre being paid illegally. the legal authority of the constitution of the united states under the first amendment. >> a lot of that was difficult to understand. difficult to make sense of a lot of it. harris, finally tonight, the third victim was laid to rest today. 79-year-old phyllis schnecks funeral. hundreds gathered there. it is the third day in a row that people from this very close community have had to pull together to say goodbye to one of their own. >> harris: well, you know, im look...

>> sean: people are saying this is 1994 all over again. his response was maybe 1894 all over again. >> absolutely. >> sean: architect karl rove. >> the scary thing i know what he means when he said 1894. >> sean: scary, i agree. frank luntz is live from los angeles. we have a focus group of california voters they will break down the races out west. how do you create a ? linda mcmahon posed that question to her democratic opponent last night. to say he struggled with his answer is an understateme...

Guard deploying 80 troops to help president barack obama declared a state of emergency. as you saw there, the live pictures getting so shaky we lost a shot. take you to cape may, new jersey. theyre prepping for hurricane-force winds. new developments to talk about in a very bizarre double life that was was all caught on facebook. an ohio woman said she discovered her husband was married to another woman and she learned this online. now, both sides are in court fighting over their kids. nbc j...

That was a turning point. >> the volunteers are still here and there is plenty of work to do but funding issues are forcing the organization to close its doors. >> much of the funding has dried up. there have been other disasters so money is being sent to other places. >> many of the volunteers say they plan to continue work with other groups for individually. >> i feel i was called down here to do this to begin with and that calling is still there. >> newcomers exhibiting both charity for other...

Secretary gates actions by speaking out very clearly on the problem of debt. to call our nation reckless physically, fiscally, is a gross understatement. we are on a very perilous path that weve failed a remedy over the last five years. i concluded some years ago that were actually technically bankrupt. we have 38 states that are bankrupt. 44 of them have pension plans that cant meet the needs of the country, cities and counties are bankrupt, and so, the united states is on a path that basically...