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Has to do. he's got to get out there and explain it if he expects to have political activity on this. >> maybe he can just get up and say, you know what, if it weren't snowing already and we'd eliminated snow, it would be too late to do anything and doesn't make a difference how much of a deficit we have, so let's spend $800 trillion a day, because we're all going to die in nine years anyway. >> he could try that. >> i've written his speech for him. msnbc political analyst, howard fineman, also of "newsweek," also author of "the 13 arguments." >> you didn't have to say that. >> now available i...

In 24 hours, you donated approximately $185,000. they thank you and i thank you. if anybody wants to go further, the chairman of the tribe tells us the consciousness of politicians is as important as donations. fema has yet to declare the region a disaster area. and there's something else, they patch much of the water and power infrastructure back together, but they really need an overhaul and something in the jobs bill or stimulus money could not only protect power, heat and water there, it could put some of the thousands of unemployed native americans to work in their own communities. you co...

Quoting -- we know their endeavor will provide jobs and investment in one of the poorer sections of the congressional district. on that note we'll bring in someone who was not nominated, msnbc political analyst, huffington post contributor, lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> good to be here, keith. >> against it before you were for it and karma. please discuss. >> they better be careful. this is the kind of thing that could give politics a bad name. it's breathtaking. these guys said it would create no jobs. none. and here they are, putting it in writing that it has created jobs, will create...

The chairman of the tribe tells us the conscienceness of politicians is as important as donations. fema is about to declare the region a disaster area and there's something else that could kill about 40 birds with one stone there. they patched much of the water and power infrastructure back together, but they really need an overhaul and something in the jobs bill, where some stimulus money could not only protect power, heat, and water there, it could also put some of the thousands unemployed native americans to work in their own community. so you could call, write, or e-mail your congressman a...

Decided is they sat down with strategists and said, gosh, if i wasn't outraged before, let's wait for a few weeks and then we'll calculate something and maybe what we're really doing is everybody has decided the midterm elections are coming, so we'll sort of drive down that path. facts are irrelevant, if they get in the way, just ignore them. keep saying it over and over and over again. >> but we want the facts from all the terror suspects. >> yeah. that's it. >> after we beat the hell out of them. jack reich, formerly of the cia, thank you, jack. >> thank you, keith. voting against the stim...