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Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the chief political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and olivia utley — she's the assistant comment editor at the telegraph. it's a pleasure to see you. thank you for dropping by. i’m it's a pleasure to see you. thank you for dropping by.— it's a pleasure to see you. thank you for dropping by. i'm so sorry. it's no 1's — you for dropping by. i'm so sorry. it's no 1's fault, _ you for dropping by. i'm so sorry. it's no 1's fault, technology, - it's no is fault, technology, tec...

2007. >> i mean, you got the first, sort of, mainstream african-american who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy, i mean, that's a storybook, man. >> man, yep. that happened. but candidate obama clearly didn't hold it against him, and in august 2008 announced joe would be his running mate. there was so much interest in who would be the robin to obama's batman that the campaign turned it into a way to amass contact information of supporters by encouraging people to sign up for a text message that would announce the decision first before it even hit the press. the campaign ...

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Watching us tonight. muffin gate. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as you may have heard, an audit by the department of justice shows the federal government is guilty of waeful and extravagant spending at a number of law enforcement conferences. between october of 2007 and september of 2008. 10 conferences cost the american taxpayer $4.4 million. couple of examples of craziness. at a training conference in august 2008, $4,200 was spent on 250 muffins. that adds up to 16 bucks per muffin. now, i'm sure they were delicious muffins. i'm sure they were presented in a plea...