washington? my commentary on that. plus reaction from senator sherrod brown from ohio and congressman joe sestak coming up. the 9/11 first responders went to washington today and put the heartless senate republicans to shame. this was powerful and everyone needs to hear it. i will play it for you, coming up. and mississippi governor haley barbour is trying to walk back his glowing review of pro-segregation groups in the south. reverend al sharpton has something to say to the governor about that at the bottom of the hour. and outgoing senator arlen specter, his amazing chop block on some of his senate colleagues. this is a senator who really is concerned about what has happened in the institution of the senate that he so clearly loves. senator specter will join us in the playbook tonight. just why did he do that on his last day in the senate? and this is the story that has me fired up tonight, folks. president obama is on the verge of another major victory in the waning days of the lame duck