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>> hello. yes. no, you're not interrupting anything. you know, if i was calling you and you had all those reporters in front of you, you'd be dieing to take my phone call, right? mr. president, i really appreciate that. it's an incredible thing that these kids have done. we owe you a little gratitude. that lesson you gave them on the white house basketball court really paid off. we have not lost since you've been inaugurated. how about we keep that streak going for a couple more years, huh? >> all right. good morning. that is gino ar emma. 89 in a row. it is wednesday, december 22nd....

to the holidays? >> i say to the american people, thousands of people are working 24-7, 364 days a year to keep the american people safe. >> my. good morning. it's tuesday, december 21st. with us here in washington is contributor mike barnicle and nbc foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell and host for politics daily, matt lewis. help us out here. if jennifer politan no says we don't have to worry about terrorism because we have people working 364 days out of the year, will they give us a heads up to know the day they're all taking off so i can keep my family home? >> one pers...

desk. peter doocy is live in washington with the details. peter? >> good morning, brian. you heard it just before the final vote was 277-148 and even though it got a majority of both democrats and republicans, the breakdown was really close. 139 democrats, 138 republicans but with that, the house passed this tax rate compromise bill and now just needs to make its way down to the other end of pennsylvania avenue to get president obama's signature before it becomes law and when it does, it's cost of $858 billion will be added to the deficit but families at every income level will see t...

things like the start treaty. the senate has to get through that today before they can even move on to other business. what is actually going to happen? the spending bill but fights are going on all over the place now. could the government actually shut down? >> the problem is this, gretch, that is that the way they line it up, first we'll do the start treaty and then we'll take up spending. what's your hurry? the government is going to shut down on december 18th. that is absolutely the drop dead date. keep in mind right now, on capitol hill, there are two bills. the house has passed...

sanctimonious lectures of senator kyle denoint remind me of what christmas means. my question, madam president, where were the concerns about christmas with filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation during this entire congress. >> it is possible to do the majority of what was laid out frankly without disrespecting the institution and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for christians and the families of all of the senate, not just the senators themselves, but all of the staff. all right. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, d...