we will see you again tomorrow night. until then, you can e-mail us, rachel at msnbc.com. hard ball is next. at american speaks, let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. accepting his nobel peace prize, he spoke of the world sville n villains, he spoke of the world peace. i cannot make idle threats against the american people. make no mistake, evil does exist in the world. a non-violent movement couldn t have halted hitler s armies. negotiations couldn t convince al qaeda s leaders to lay down their arms. it was the speech of putting flowers in the gun barrels. they use the cause of human rights or democracy or whatever is available. no, it was a powerful speech, worthy of a kennedy, who refuses to give up hope that world peace is necessary. it looks like the public option, at least as it s been described, won t be part of the package. then again, candidate barack obama never promised a public omg option, and he s about to give americ
having a competition of the best band of the year. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org bill: this is a fox news alert. this past week the number of newly laid-off workers was higher than many expected. we saw a few weeks or the number was dropping but this week it is going up by about 1700. 474,000 people filing for first- time unemployment claims. that means that jobs picture is still tough. the seasonal hiring expect in the holiday season, that is not really reflected here. also this morning, aspirations it of peace in times of war, president obama taking the world stage, accepting the world nobel peace prize in norway. martha: good morning, everyone. today, the commander in chief using his acceptance speech to talk about the war in afghanistan and to talk about his decision to continue military effort in the region, saying america s commitment to global security will never waver. bill: the irony w
tampa. how big? the gator? yeah. probably size 12, 12 1/2, pretty decent-size bag. 10-footer. 10-foot gator found at a home. they took care of it. they took pictures too. nobody hurt. the gator was caught but not sure of its fate now because they deal with this a lot in florida. sometimes they have to trap the alligators and then release them at other times unfortunately they have to put them out. it was a handsome reptile. that was excellent. this was good. all right, i m heidi collins. also rob marciano. cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. hi, brooke. hi, heidi. yes, it is thursday, the 10th of december. we are watching a number of stories here in the cnn newsroom. first up here, five americans from northern virginia, washington, d.c. area turning up in pakistan. now authorities want to know if they re tourists or terrorists. and the president receiving the nobel peace prize. he defends his duties as a war-time president. and children who have
on that cheery note, thanks, chris. thank you, keith. that s countdown for today. i m keith olbermann, good night and good luck. and now, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. good evening, thanks very much. the wild ride of our show from last night continues tonight with an explosive follow-up to our interview with the self-proclaimed ex-gay, unlicensed sexual reorientation coach richard cohen. there s a reported change in uganda s proposed law to execute people for being gay. and we have new information about american conservatives wading chest deep into this still emerging scandal. a development that may change some plans in washington, in the near future. you will want to stick around for that. also, congressman anthony weiner said he wanted the public option, but he also says he s happy with the latest health reform compromise. he ll tell us why. and a ufo moment of geek coming up. which includes president obama s nobel peace prize and some really un
hardball with chris matthews, a great debate with the democratic party. hardball starts right now. an american speaks. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, war and peace. president barack obama spoke to the world today about the role that war must play in finding peace. accepting his nobel peace prize, he spoke of the real villains for who the only answer is fire power. of the blood and horror that must be paid to stop them. i face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the american people. for make no mistake, evil does exist in the world. a non-violent movement could not have halted hitler s armies. negotiations cannot convince al qaeda s leaders to lay down their arms. was the speech not of a flower child putting flowers in the gun barrels or a neocon who uses the democracy or whatever else is available to justify aggression. no, it was a centrist. morally powerful speech worthy