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say, i was there, so -- [ laughter ] >> i knew that -- i knew i had been born there. i remembered it. [ laughter ] >> and less than 24 hours to go. new details on the ceremony, the vows, and what's in that garment bag. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we begin with those devastating storms. the death toll now across the deep south stands at 249 people. the threat is not over. the same system is triggering tornado warnings along the east coast. it is already one of the five deadliest tornado outbreaks in u.s. history. the toll is expected to rise. national guardsmen...

>> bob samuelson, one of the things about your habits as a reporter is that you never vote. >> years ago i decided not to vote because i thought that when you vote you make a psychological commitment to one side and against the other side, and i thought it better not to do that. i discovered a number of other journalists, including the former editor of "the washington post" had the same practice, and i assumed for roughly the same reasons, but my wife decides this as one of the dumbest things i do. and she has a long list. >> why? >> she thinks you ought to exercise your right as a c...

>> all righty. >> welcome to "morning joe." it's friday. you know, yesterday, a lot of times, i say things just to get the argument started. yesterday, i was comparing the people who followed barack obama, following him like a rock star, the people who followed sarah palin. it was more about following a rock star and a politician. i grew some comparisons. i made an analogy. got a lot of people angry. >> juxtaposed. >> let me just say to those people, after playing that clip, that i got two words for you. get the seven-second delay ready. two words for you. my bad. >> good morning, ev...

at least some senior decision-makers to believe this could be replicated in iraq relatively easily and with little cost. on the other hand, the preparations for iraq and ongoing military operations in iraq sapped or kind of burned up all the oxygen in the room and sat the lot of resources from afghanistan which could give been used to stabilize the situation there and perhaps lead to a different outcome then we are facing today. likewise again the success of the surge in iraq has encouraged the belief that we can perhaps replicate the success is at least a short-term successes we hav...

new year. vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual college and program. austin goolsby on the global economy. and the founder of "guitar hero." plus the art of political cartooning. . . >> all this week, a rare blooms into america's highest court threw unprecedented interviews. they speak about the court, their work and the iconic supreme court building. tonight, we will show you interviews from chief justice john roberts and justice john paul stevens. justice roberts talks about the court, its role in society and the tasks of the chief justice. this took place in the supr...