with portobello wine sauce. that pork chop was great! no more fast food friday s! we re going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] come try our new menu and sea food differently! and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salad, sandwiches, and more. . we re back. of all of the memorable lines this year, and there were many, which ones proved to be the most notable? well, for the seventh year, fred shapiro has released his infamous list for the top ten quotes. they are certainly some of the most memorable lines spoken this year. which ones will stand the test of time? you be the judge. come sit through a few of them. we ve got eugine roberts. washington bureau chief for mother jones, both are nbc political analysts. here we go. let s look at this one. let s start with a memorable moment from the spring while we were still in the middle of a
talking about, the rate increase on the top two percent. and, all of the sudden, the shift goes back to entitlement. well, tsenator, some republicans are aware if there s no fiscal agreement by the end of the year, republicans get the majority of the wlam. 53%, just 27%, blame the president. joining me political analyst michael steel and managing editor. thank you both for joining us. this is a fascinating time. i picked up the paper this morning, joy, and i noticed progress. i know it s for the first time we re in the same room together. i noticed when you looked at the numbers, with the washington post, which is a great paper, covering washington, as you know, it looks as if they re going to get somewhere short of a trillion on spending. i eechl looking at the whole thing. it looks like they re making progress. your assessment? i think there s progress except that whenever john
talking about, the rate increase on the top two percent. and, all of the sudden, the shift goes back to entitlement. well, senator, some republicans are aware if there s no fiscal agreement by the end of the year, republicans get the majority of the wlam. 53%, just 27%, blame the president. joining me political analyst michael steel and managing editor. thank you both for joining us. this is a fascinating time. i picked up the paper this morning, joy, and i noticed progress. i know it s for the first time we re in the same room together. i noticed when you looked at the numbers, with the washington post, which is a great paper, covering washington, as you know, it looks as if they re going to get somewhere short of a trillion on spending. i eechl looking at the whole thing. it looks like they re making progress. your assessment? i think there s progress except that whenever john boehner makes public statements.
let s get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. you re looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypt s military leader. we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over the course of the past three days, demanding that the supreme council step down. mr. ivan watson, national security takes center stage at the presidential debate tonight. the stage is set just a few blocks from the white house. wolf blitzer will nar rate. a new cnn poll shows the former house speaker leading the republican pack for the first time with 24%. mitt romney follows with her man cain in third place. the cnn national security debate with the republican presidential candidates. that
covering washington is like drink from a fire hose because it comes nonstop stop. it is flowing. i want you to listen to me. i am a going to say this again. i did not have sexual relations with that woman. on january 26, 1998, the same day that president clinton gave that stunning denial, fox news managing editor brit hume was told by the washington bureau chief the time was now to launch a nightly program. that show, the special report. the bureau chief, brit hayes hume s wife, kim. i called roger and he said, egossed for a moment and said she s right. welcome to washing on. i m brit hume, and i ll be here each night on the special events