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Us. msnbc political analyst is in washington, pat buchanan. >> he's back. >> and willie geist. >> you've been to paradise, now you have. get over it. >> thank you, willie, for coming back. >> we have a couple big stories today. japan keeps unfolding but also the united nations security council makes a big move on libya last night. we'll be talking about that and the ramifications. >> we will get to japan in just a moment. first we start with libya. europe's air traffic control agency says libya has closed its air space to all traffic. that move comes a day after the u.n. security council autho...

>> the disaster in japan reigniting the entire conversation. joining us from washington, the moderator of "meet the press" and david gregory. why don't we start there, david? we look at what's happening there. it's still unfolding. the severity is level 5 out of 7. it has to change the conversation. >> oh, i think it does and i think u.s. involvement has to become important here and providing any kind of support for the government of japan but also put something pressure on the japanese as well. in terms of how they're communicating this and what it is they're doing to actually deal with the p...

That's what newt's doing, too. >> okay. we have paul krugman and -- >> i'd love to do it with pat. pat's happy this morning. >> going too fast for you, willie. >> we've heard stories of him doing this before, washing up on a beach. i would seriously stay away from pat in rio. let's go must-read op-eds. >> yes, let's. the forgotten millions, paul krugman. more than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse. washington has lost interest in the unemployed. no jobs bills have been introduced in cong...

Are we willing to spend another trillion dollars on a war that doesn't have any exit plan for which there is no time frame to get out, no end game, where we haven't defined our mission? the question is, not whether we can afford to leave, the question is can we afford to stay in there? i submit we cannot afford to stay. the counterintelligence strategy of general petraeus is an abysmal failure. pat buchanan in washington and joining the table right now, the editor in chief of the daily beast and "newsweek," tina brown. good to have you back. >> nice to see you. >> a lot going on. >> what a w...

Don't know where it will end. we don't know how bad it will get because all of our protection will be gone. >> now, many of these demonstrators are school teachers. why they are here at the capital ground school is not in session. of the madison school district just filed an injunction this evening that would prevent any more work stoppages while this takes place, shepard? >> shepard: mike tobin outside the state house in madison, wisconsin. the governor there also responding to president obama's comments about the battle. the president said he understands the need to balance the budget obviou...