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Christi let me take a moment to acknowledge several people whose assistance and friendship has been so valuable during this year. I want to thank the people sitting at the head table, the eight members of the board. They fight hard every day at the white house to do their jobs with excellence in to help you do yours. [applause] i especially want to thank carol lee. Nobody fights harder than carol. She is a fierce advocate for press freedom and she will be your president next year. [applause] i want to acknowledge our incredible executive director julia wiston. Julia, thank you for keeping this...

Bahamas and caribbean and at least 43 people have died as a result of this storm so far. Most of the deaths occurred in haiti where officials fear even more fatalitiefatalities. Nbc meteorologist dylan dryer is here with a look at the forecast track. Good morning to you, dylan. Good morning, alex. We are talking about this storm. It has weakened. But that doesnt change anything. This is still going to be a major storm. Especially for the midatlantic region. It is downgraded to a Tropical Storm right now and notice its movement. Its moving north northeast at about 10 miles per hour. It is going...

And he does appeal to democrats and republicans alike. so i think this would be a good thing for him. my focus group at the thanksgiving dinner table said yeah, i like him, i would vote for him. i think there were some staunch democrats at the table. so, you know, good news for him. >> it is good news for him. he's always fun to watch and a good friend to us here at msnbc. so anyway. we will see what happens with that. amy parnes, steve, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> the uneasy cease-fire in the middle east ahead. one writer's view on the prospect for actual peace and how it might be a...

I mean has the republican party actually changed its views on immigration reform? or is it just because oh, we lost, we have to fix that? >> i think on this proposal they're going to vote on next week, alex, it's not paenderring. particularly house house republicans proposed this last fall before the election. which is to increase the number of visas for particular skill sets. the s.t.e.m.s., science, technology, edge mering and math. there were some wrinkles in the way it was proposed. but it had majority support in the house before the election. when they start talking about amnesty for peop...

Would democrats consider putting any part of the president's signature health care legislation on the table to negotiate? >> no. it's just not going to happen. i mean you remember last year, democrats wouldn't -- refused to budge on this issue. they're not going to do it again. president obama's out there, all campaigns saying health care is law now. now that he's in office again for a second term, there's no way this happens. it didn't happen last time. it won't happen this time. >> so then, steve, i thought he said affordable health care act was the law of the land a couple weeks ago, didn't...