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Msnbc. catch savannah and me at 7:00 a.m. eastern on our streaming network, nbc news now. msnbc coverage continues right now with katy tur. good to be with you, i'm katy tur. the day before new year's eve, and more signs the country is shutting down, not by mandate but by necessity. shortages at hospitals, police, and fire departments and airports. here in new york city, subway lines frozen. not enough mta workers to staff the system. let us start, though, with our crushed health care system. at the request of fema, the pentagon today announced it is deploying more medical personnel to help ...

Savannah guthrie. and savannah, obviously secretary of state, the white house has made it very clear, they are going to wait for collective action on the issue of libya and a no-fly zone. what's the strategy behind that? >> well, they are looking at multilateral organizations to lead the way. what they don't want to do is set up a dynamic where it seems like it's the u.s. versus libya. they think that would be counterproductive. so they're comfortable working through the u.n., although when you talk about the u.n. security council it's not at all clear you could get the unanimity that would be...

Rights of workers to have collective bargaining but he also has said unions will have to take a haircut to deal with the budget crises. i assume that continues to be his position. >> let us know if you get new comments. we'll be watching the story as well. big drama oust wisconsin overnight. savannah guthrie, thank you very much. catch savannah and chuck on "the daily rundown" at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on msnbc. nicholas kristof, thank you so much. harold ford jr., thank you for being with us as well. tomorrow, david axelrod, live on the set. up next, npr under fire. why the company acted so q...

Undertaking, also to take nothing of the expense. >> very few people have record the road to perdition. nick is here on set with us, the no-fly zone. many people as savannah alluded to have a difficulty grabbing hold of that feeling that this is something we, the united states, are being asked to do again alone. what's your take on it? >> we can't do it alone. with wouldfecti iviv ivive if w were to do it alone. it's passive. we've seen more leadership from france and england and from the gulf countries, the arab gulf countries. >> why is that? >> i think there's been mixed views within the wh...

Dictators, because that would have effects down the road in terms of the perception of the u.s. for example, in egypt, you have demonstrators out on the streets. nick would have a better idea than i do about what their perception is now a few weeks later of the u.s. involvement. did they speak out forcefully enough, soon enough? this is the future of the middle east. obviously the u.s. wants to be on the right side of it. >> nick, respond to that real quick? >> it certainly worked out well in egypt. that passivity worked in the end. >> whether it was intended or not. >> if the upshot of this p...