last night those 10,000 men fell. good night, and good luck. and now it is my pleasure to introduce my very dear friend rachel maddow. rachel, good evening. keith, good evening, and i can t tell you how good it is to see you in that chair and to have you back. great to see you. thank you. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we begin tonight in little rock, arkansas, southwest of washington, d.c. a long way both geographically and politically from our nation s capital. i can tell you what happened last night in d.c. shook the proverbial ground even here on the banks of the arkansas river. this morning i spoke at an event at the clinton school of public service here in little rock, and before i took the stage, before i was even being introduced, skip rutherford, the dean of the school, said to the crowd that what had happened on capitol hill last night was an historic vote. what followed, to everybody s surprise, was the entire room at 9:00 a.m. o
request on the floor and modify it so there s simply a vote on this second-degree amendment, amendment 2808, immediately before the vote on the mikulski amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection to the request as modified? mr. durbin: mr. president, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i m not sure i would support or oppose the amendment offered by the senator from indiana, but this matter has been on the floor for three days. there is a pending amendment from your side of the aisle from senator mikulski on this issue. i would hope you have approached her to incorporate your language. i don t know if you have approached senator mikulski, but at this point we think we have some effort being made at fairness on both sides, that there will be democratic amendments and republican amendments both offered, mikulski, murkowski and mccain and bennet, so i would object because i believe we have the basis for a fair a
good morning. and with that, you re at the start of what i think is going to be a short workweek for you for most people, anyway. good way to start a monday. i m robin meade. here s what s going on. new video appears to show a police officer smashing a man into a window. what led to this and the fallout now. taylor swift has more awards for herself. you have to see the spills and really strange moments from the american music awards. times are tight. you ll want to hear the dirty little secrets about black friday and we ll tell you where the deals are, apparently. senate democrats took a big step forward on health care reform. problem is they can t agree on where to go from here. they got enough votes saturday to open fill debate on the bill, but moderates warn they might block a final vote unless there are some changes. but that does not sit well with some liberals. i am opposed to the public option where the states have to opt out. i said i would look at a publi
dream it, you can do it. yes. beautiful. that s really deep. i ll go think about that for a long, long time i wish you wonchts kent jones, motivational seminar and get rich quick correspondent. thank you. how fun in dallas? it was great. thank you for watching tonight. we ll see you tomorrow night. countdown with keith olbermann starts right now. which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? it s vr day, victory in reform. the best way to move forward is with the public option with the opt out provision for states. even max baucus buys it. the senate bill will have a public option. individual states could vote their way out. senator chuck schumer. arianna huffington on where politics go from here. conservative politics may yet go to a different place from here. limbaugh, palin on the cover of the weekly standard as the faces of the gop. guess who disagrees. you can have a very, very intense movement at 20%. you can t govern. to govern you have to
okay. david says still celebrating the gamecocks. but that doesn t erase saturday s burn. you only beat us 14-10. i wouldn t be bragging about beating van der built at home by four points. that s all i m going to say about that. text early to 622639. thanks to andrew ross associationin for waking up way too early with us. morning joe starts now. for a public option, it s not a silver bullet. i think it s an important way to ensure competition at a level playing field for patients in the insurance industry. as we ve gone through this process, i ve concluded with the support of the white house, senators dodd and balk us that the best way to move forward is with the public option with the opt out provision for states. all right. here we go. who are we go. welcome to morning joe. get your purse out of my chair. sorry. keeping it warm. how are you doing? need a place for my purse. rock star last night. yes, he was. oh, my goodness. i have pictures with