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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 associations heart in the right place for so many years. [applause] thank you george laner our lawyer three of for your insightful counsel and devotion to our core mission of fighting for openness and transparency. I thank the Tribune Publishing bureau for their support especially our bureau chief, david lauter, and my white house collea ....
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 to take a turn to the northwest on monday. Were talking about this storm staying so far out to sea and it is going to have such a big impact on the east coast. For now it is a very large storm. You can see the heaviest of the rain is still out over the water. We are starting to see some of the outer rain bands producing lighter rain along th ....
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 achieved. and the black friday protests at walmart. did anything come of them? we ll take a look here on weekends with alex witt. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold. i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn t work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn t have an antihistamine. really? [ male announce ....
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 people who are in the country without documentation, that s, if not pandering, it s surrender to the political reality. you know, there is this story on politico, steve, about a hypothetical 2013 marquee race, governor chris christie versus new york mayor cory booker, the new jersey governor. what are your first thoughts that come to your mind if this actually were to come to pass? i mean how would t ....
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 he? absolutely. and this seems to be more of a bow to the conservative part of this caucus than a serious negotiating position. you know, the key part of the article you just read was he said, if we re serious. that s a question about this very matter, if he s serious about this, as a bargaining position. i suspect he s not. that s a political move to his own base. if he is serious, it s not parti ....