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Look at what they were able to do over the past year. remember he was out for an extended period of time. his father had been ill, passed away. lawrence o'donnell filled in for him and when you look at the ratings, held those numbers very strongly. they put o'donnell in at 10:00 so pret dwri much they set themselves up perfectly to have, in essence, a bench. so when they were ready to make this move, schultz was already on the network at 6:00, going to 10:00. so what we have to understand is we're shocked by this. but guess what? networks go on. shows go on. the news goes on. the players simpl...

He had his conflicts with bill griffin. not only are things changing with jeff zucker no longer running nbc. so steve cap is the head of nbc news, that will have a much more influence over msnbc, and this may be part of it. it was no secret that steve was particularly upset, justifiably so, with how keith handled the suspension earlier this year and the donations. and phil griffin took a little bit of a different tack than steve probably would have liked. but you're probably seeing now steve influencing msnbc a lot more than say a week ago. >> bill carter, we mentioned this earlier and i think...

More now on our breaking news. the sudden departure of keith olberman from msnbc. still with plenty of time on his contract, unknown right now whether he jumped or was pushed. he anchored the network's highest rated primetime news program. back with us ali vel chi, david schuster and howard kurtz, media writer for the daily beast. our political panel joins us, as well. howard, what do you make of this? >> while the news is stunning, anderson, but it is not that surprising. keith olberman was in a virtual war with his bosses at nbc and msnbc in recent months. during that controversy over the po...

Next, whether it's radio or tv. he's such a super talent, and he is good to work with. that's a combination that i think he has a bright future regardless and it will be on his terms. >> ali, as david mentioned, i just want to play some of what he said when he came back from his suspension. >> i owe you apology for having subjected you to all this unnecessary drama. the white house is on the phone for you. seriously? another for not having known by observation, since it's not in my contract that nbc had rules about getting permission for making political donations, even though any rule like th...

To 15 seconds so we can get in this tennis result from stuttgart? so i'm grateful i have a little more time to sign off here. >> and he did take his time. thanking crew and staffers and reading a short story he reads every friday night. then he said good night and goodbye. >> chris hayes filling in for rachel maddow. again, all of my greatest thanks. widen the shot out a little bit. so we can do one of these last time. thank you, brian. good night, and good luck. >> keith olberman signing off tonight. his former network releasing a statement reading "msnbc and keith olberman have ended their c...