airport. oh, my, it does continue, alexander field, stay with us. and all right, i want to get back to this brazen move by the terrorist, this video drop on christmas day that shows an american captive pleading for his life. al-qaeda is holding warren weinstein, they grabbed him two years ago in pakistan. and now, they re apparently using warren weinstein, age 72, to try to gain some sort of leverage. take a look, they put him under pressure to lobby the u.s. government to negotiate his release, lest he die in captivity. it is pretty horrible. take a listen. i understand this is not easy, and i know that doing so will take its toll on each of you. but in the final analysis, unless you continue to try to get president obama and his administration to actively pursue my release, we may never
thank you so much. nine years ago, i came to pakistan to help my government. and i did so at a time when most americans would not come here. and now, when i need my government it seems that i have been totally abandoned. and forgotten. it is a brazen move by the terrorists. that video drop happened on christmas day. an american captive, pleading for his life. al-qaeda is holding warren weinstein, they grabbed him two years ago in pakistan, and now they re using him on christmas day, no less, to try to gain leverage. listen to this, they put him up to pressure his own family to lobby the u.s. government for his release lest he die in
people. in a sign the cease-fire is holding, israel has eased their restrictions on gaza s naval blockade. gaza fishermen could cast nets six miles offshore. that is double the previous limit. gregg: thank you, david lee miller. heather: in pakistan an explosion tore through a religious procession killing at least six people, wounding 90 others. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the religious procession commemorated the 7th century death of the prophet mohammed s grandson. gregg: a tragic story in bangladesh with a fire killing 112 people at a garment factory and reportedly no emergency exits. that means that many workers were trapped inside. some of those killed died from jumping out of the upper floors. firefighters say they don t know what caused the fire that began
happy thanksgiving, everyone. i m alex witt. a imaginal cease-fire between israel and hamas is holding. the agreement ended eight days of fierce fighting. susan rice defending her comments following the attacks in benghazi. race claims they were based on intelligence she received at time. the thanksgiving macy s parade ready for lift-off. balloons inflated last night. full news begins at top of the hour but now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. with an electoral history or victory behind him, democrats are feeling more confident in talks with republicans about the fiscal cliff. many on the left have been vocal in calling for the president not to buckle on the issues of tax increases on the rich and no cuts to entitlements like social security and medicare. many key players are talking
they re dealing with obamacare taxes, the blake subsidies that helps people buy insurance, those new tax credits that they re going to replace those subsidies with and of course the expansion of health savings accounts which republicans say is a key part of this bill. now, of course democrats are spend being the day, there s not a lot that they can do to slow down this process, especially not in the house but that doesn t mean that they re not trying. we re down here in the basement of the capital outside of a news conference that nancy pelosi is holding. we heard from chuck schumer earlier today. take a look at what he had to say. drop this irresponsible plan, stop this efrt to repeal and we ll work with you to improve the affordable care act. but trumpcare is a loser for just about all of america. it s actually a pretty interesting way for chuck schumer to put this because we