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that a valid argument? >> they have in the past year. >> memories are short. i think the core of the political bed for president obama is that his new approach, which is engagement with both adversaries and allies, will, over time, pay off. his problem 14 months into this is that the record of payoff is pretty slim. the europeans -- >> he doesn't have that big thing. >> the europeans have more proof in afghanistan, the israelis haven't played along on this. >> jonathan martin, until we meet again, thank you both. count down with keith observer man starts right now. good evening f...

this hour on "the big picture," the christmas day underwear bomber appeared this afternoon in federal court. we will bring you a live report. meanwhile -- >> great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. that is exactly what our adversaries want and so long as i'm president we will never hnld him that reaction. >> no reaction to the president approach. the government released new unemployment numbers today. the rate remained at 10% but the data was worse than what economists were ex-picketing. later, sarah palin has decided to speak...

Thousands of protesters are gathering in light of his travel ban and one of the biggest demonstrations in the united states is happening in our nation's capitol. nbc tom kos tell lowe. what do you see? >> reporter: jacob, good afternoon. so this is really been growing in size over the course of the past couple of hours. i'm going to ask our photographer to go up on periscope so you can get a sense of how many people are up here or out here and, you know, it's hard to tell when you're in the middle of it. i'm guessing at this point we've got several thousand. that's just my guesstimate. it's no...

If i had to look at it overall and stark politics it's a short-term benefit to the president. by election day, people will make whatever decision they're going to make, obviously hime hoping for governor romney. president obama's doing what he has to do. it's important for the country. >> thank you so much. thanks for what you're doing for all of your folks and good luck to you. >> thank you. >> in the district. airports are shut down by hurricane sandy but beginning to resume operations slowly. this morning, laguardia airport, completely flooded during the storm, reopened limited service offi...