don t forget to set your dvr so you can watch us later. that is tonight s cbs evening news. i m norah donnell in our this was the beginning of the end. announcer: a couple s final clash. judge judy: so, you were both a little inebriated, and you had an argument. yes, where he tackled me. she hit me first. announcer: but who kicked off the aerial assault? he picked up a vase and threw it at me, threw my toaster oven at me. she threw a vase at me. i ducked. it went and hit her oven. judge judy: when two people get drunk and have a fight, i m not getting in between that. announcer: judge judy. you are about to enter announcer: judge judy. you are about to enter judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution jennifer matschi is suing her ex-boyfriend, jerry heck, for an unpaid loan to buy a motorcycle, an insurance deductible, and an assault. byrd: order! all rise! your honor, this is case number 246 on the calendar in the
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this is the chris matthews show. ask not what your country can do for you. tear down this wall. i can hear you. the time for change has come. chris: christmas is coming, so what s santa got in his pack? time to fill the stockings. our annual awards show. the best moves, biggest surprises, and would you believe it? the sheer nerve of some people. what about those backbones of steel? year of scandal. the biggest developments from a long list of crazies this year. let s stuff some coal in their stockings. we nominate some obvious choices for 2009, and some you might not think of. what do our four nominees have in common? they all owe their good luck to a guy who could have used more. i m chris matthews. welcome to this annual highlight show. katty kay covers washington for the british broadcasting corporation. howard fineman is senior washington correspondent for newsweek. norah donnell is chief washington correspondent at msnbc. john heileman covers politics for