shows in that time. uh-huh, yes. wlisten, people are sometimes wrong. it happens. but that is not a reason for us as a country to not have a secretary of state, right? i mean, when you are wrong a lot on the sunday shows, it may be a reason to not keep putting that same old wrong guy on the sunday shows, but not having a secretary of state, no. actually, there s no reason not to keep putting john mccain on the sunday shows. look, this sunday on fox news, john mccain appearing exclusively to share his views on benghazi. all things foreign affairs. john mccain on a sunday. again, wow, i can t believe he was available. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news
reacted. after eight straight days of very fierce fighting, very welcome news. today, when the fighting stopped, people poured into the streets of gaza, cheering. now, it was not a given that the cease-fire would happen today. not, especially, after a bomb exploded this morning on a bus in tel aviv in israel, injuring dozens of people. after that bombing, the rockets out of gaza into israel and the bombardment continued right up until the cease-fire was scheduled to go into effect. right up to the minute. i mean, the cease-fire was scheduled to go into effect at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, right? at least one israeli missile landed in gaza as 1:57 p.m. even after that, at 1:59 p.m., four rockets were launched into israel from gaza. but then a minute later, the cease-fire was due to take hold and it stopped. what was immediately noted, i think, particularly for those of us watching from over here, watching from the united states,
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and i am thankful for that news. not all symbolic political events are pointless, though. and in today s news, i am also thankful that there is a somewhat bizarre political tradition in this country at thanksgiving time of the president of the united states pardoning a turkey or two, so they get to live and not die, even as the country prepares to cook and eat the carcasses of millions of birds of their same species. in our american culture, it is very rare that we celebrate mercy, right? that we model mercy, as laudatory behavior by a strong leader. and so i am thankful, every year, that we go through this mercy pageant, where the president issues a formal pardon to those big, awkward birds. this year in particular, i am thankful that the birds were named cobbler and gobbler. cobbler and gobbler. watch. you know, they say that life is all about second chances. and this november, i could not
watched a million times and i ve been addicted to for years, i am happy, i am thankful, i am thankful that house of cards is being remade by kevin spacey and it comes out in february. i m thankful for nbc white house producer, shauna thomas, who sent us this picture for the lines of early voting in houston this year. and we posted that online and that led to our viewers from all over the country sending us pictures of long lines when you guys went to vote early, which helped us bring national coverage to the issue of just how long people were waiting in line to vote, even before the long lines on election day itself. we could not have covered that story without you guys sending us data for us to follow up on. and i am very thankful that you watching this show consistently send stuff into our blog that helps us cover the news in a way we could not do otherwise. i am thankful for that. and while we re on the subject, honestly, i m thankful for everybody who had the stamina and resolve