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>> the people's business is not getting done. >> i have decided my senate career will end after this, my fourth term. >> i do not love congress. i will not, therefore, be a candidate for re-election to the united states senate this november. welcome back to msnbc news and our special series "so long capitol hill." all week we've been speaking with members of congress who have decided to kiss washington good-bye and not run for re-election in 2010. yesterday i spoke with democrat representative john tanner from tennessee. here is what he had to say about the political climate right now. >> be...

From the ap that simpson and rodman were great athletes before falling from grace and rupaul has an alternative lifestyle. which she thought it wasn't a big deal. crossing the line? you tell me. go to tamron.msnbc.com. a lot have been voting on crossing the line. i'm curious how this turns out. thank you for joining us. that wraps up this hour. i'm tamron hall. can you join me each day at 11:00 and 2:00 p.m. eastern. david shuster takes over. what do you have? >> we're watching the meeting david paterson started having a half an hour ago with senior staff. he's certainly in crisis mode. a thir...

But zach ross, senior reporter for talkingpointsmemo.com. great reporting on this. thanks so much for contributing to our show today. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> again, it's talkingpointsmemo.com. that does it for me. i will see you right back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we'll continue our series about members of congress leaving office. we'll also talk with this member, trent franks said blacks were better off under slavery. we'll see what he says. tennessee congressman john tanner will talk about why he's saying so long to capitol hill after 11 years. part of our continuing serie...

director of communications for governor paterson has resigned. also a meeting set to take place with african-american leaders who supported paterson, including the reverend al sharpton, holding an emergency meeting regarding whether they would continue to support governor paterson or push, like others, to have him resign. he's got 10 months left in office. more on that breaking news. for the first time we are hearing the 911 call following the death of that trainer at seaworld in orlando. forty-year-old dawn brancheau was dragged into the water tank last week and killed by the whale ...

said it. so now's the time to make a decision. >> so will democrats heed the president's call? time for our top three i some surfers might call them and chaos in chile after youtubes. we're calling them shu-tubes more aftershocks. plus, a shocking story out number three, virginia police are executing a search warrant of georgia. two sixth grade girls have been for drugs at a home yesterday arrested for trying to poison their teacher. we'll tell you how they tried to when w do it and why. surprise, an alligator. but our top story, another the three-foot alligator was day and y...