you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount on those purchases has given us money to reinvest back into our business and help quadruple the size of our floor space. and the more we expand, the more space we have for instruments and musicians to come play them. rock n roll will never die. how can the plum card's trade terms get your business booming? booming is putting more music in more people's hands. good morning, i'm chris jansing, this is "jansing & company." just a short time ago police in florida trying to make sense of an absolute terrifying scene at a panama city school board meeting. a man with a gun took hostages and then fired at them from point blank range. local tv stations were covering last night's meeting, we warn

you, it is disturbing, was caught on tape. this is the latest from police. >> we have clarified in fact this morning that she had been employed as a teacher by the school board and, like i said, within the last year that her employment had been terminated. >> he's talking about the gunman's wife. that is one of the reasons he said he was there because his wife had been fired by the school district. in just a moment, i'll talk to the woman that you just saw there, school board member who tried to take the gunman down using her purse. first, kirk gregory with how it all unfolded. >> reporter: witnesses say a man identified as clay duke talked briefly with school board members about his wife's firing. >> we have no idea what you're talking abut. >> she was fired. >> reporter: after spraypainting a red figure on a nearby wall, duke waved his gun and ordered women and children to leave and took those remaining hostage. leave. a female school board member tried to knock the gun out of

duke's hand with a purse. he knocked her to the ground. what you're about to see is disturbing. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> reporter: duke fired his weapon and although nobody was injured by the initial gunshots, duke was confronted by a security guard. after reviewing video, police say duke exchanged gunfire with the guard. then killed himself. >> obvious ly the gun that he hd was real he was not firing blanks. >> reporter: the school board superintendent says security measures for future meetings will be discussed. >> i have employees in there that will never be the same again. i'm not sure i will ever be the same again. >> reporter: a city on edge. an investigation is under way. kirk gregory, nbc news. ginger littleton is that school board member you just saw trying to stop the shooter. good morning, thank you for joining us and how are you doing this morning? >> i think i'm still in shock.

i don't think the real reality of what could have happened has actually settled in yet. so, it's been pretty surreal, for everybody. >> were you one of the folks who have been able to go back into that board room and see all those gunshots, all those bullet holes in the wall? >> i went in just a little while ago and if there is a reality check, that's it. there were bullet holes everywhere and chairs along the wall behind the board members in the side wall and the back wall. it was just chaotic and very frightening. we really, really are so fortunate that this did not have a different ending. >> i find it terrifying just to watch, so i can't imagine what it was like to be there, ginger. you had a chance just to leave and then you turned around and you came back and you went after that gun hitting the arm of the gunman with your purse.

what was going through your mind at that moment. >> well, the board members -- when i turned back around to see where things were, i didn't want to exit. i'm kind of a pleasant person but i don't mind you convincing me to-do something but i get concerned when you tell me to do things. i was reacting to his orders and that bothered me a bit. i turned back around to see what the status was and at that point he had walked up to the podium where the board members sit. so, he was standing facing in a row my board members, my superintendent and our attorney. those guys were sitting ducks. they had nothing with them but, you know, a sharp pencil and a three- ring binder. at that point, my question was, do i leave knowing that something really bad is going to happen or do i try to do something about it and delay,

defuse somehow or another buy a little bit of time until we could get help on the way. >> when you did do that and you came in and you hit his hand and then he knocked you to the ground, did you think he might shoot you? >> yes, absolutely. i was basically lying there sitting at his feet. he put the gun to my head and said you stupid and called me a nice word. at that moment, believe it or not, i thought to myself, you know what, i think that's exactly what i am right now. i had a plan "a," but i didn't have a plan "b." but then thankfully i wasn't on his menu for the day and he told me to leave. at that time i got a little sense in my head and left. >> i heard somebody on the tape saying, ginger, ginger, ginger. did you know him? did he know you? >> no, no, there was another woman in the room that was

beginning to exit at that point and she came in and helped me get out. >> so, i have to ask you, when all of this is over and you realized you were okay and tragically that gunman took his own life and you went home, what did your family say to you? >> i first thing they said was, mom, what were you thinking? the second thing was, you know, we're so thankful that nothing really bad happened to you. so, we're a close family and the hugs yesterday felt extra special. >> i can only imagine. and i got to tell you, a lot of people who agree would the person who sent an e-mail, i think it was one to one of the board members who is a superintendent who said i would like to be in a fox hole with ginger. extraordinary actions by a lot of people. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you. we're very lucky it turned out as it did. thank you so much. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. we're less than an hour away now from the official senate

vote on the tax cut compromise. and even though it's expected to pass a long and raucous meeting of house democrats last night is still leaving some question over whether this deal is really done. here's what the president said this morning. >> i know there are different aspects of this plan to which members of congress on both sides of the aisle object. that's the nature of compromise. but we worked hard to negotiate an agreement that's a win for middle class families and a win for our economy. and we can't afford to let it fall victim to either delay or defeat. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell is in washington for us. that long meeting last night, kelly. where do things stand right now? >> on the senate side right now tom coburn of oklahoma is talking to his colleagues and he is trying to make some changes to this tax cut package that is not likely to be successful but three senators will talk about things they like to do to tweak

this. coburn's view is that it needs to be paid for. they have to find cuts somewhere else. on the house side they are talking this morning, too, some with a bit of resignation and frustration towards their own democratic leadership. the president and leaders in the house about being pushed in their words to vote for some things in this they do not like. others are saying it needs to be done because their constituents are waiting for those unemployment checks or the extension of the current tax rates. there are strong feelings on all sides. a big move forward today when we expect some time after probably 12:30 or so these things always slide a bit. after we get through a few procedural votes, the senate will take a vote on the final conclusion of its view of this tax package. we expect it to pass overwhelmingly. chris, you know, that only puts more pressure on the house side. they may consider it later today, that's also still in flux, but right now they're still saying there is some disappointment, frustration and it seems that leadership on the house side is probably going to

find a way to get this done to please the president and to really answer concerns of a lot of people around the country who, despite objections about parts in it, think it's something they need to do. there is disconsent and at the same time a chance this could go through today. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you for that update and we'll keep our eye on the senate floor when that vote begins. we'll have that for you here on msnbc. a change to the landscape of many americans' neighborhoods. richard lui explains. >> what color is your skin? do you think the people where you live look a lot like you or not? there is some new census data which tells us which cities are most segregated. gecko: good news sir, i just got an email from the office

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a lot of things developing on capitol hill. senators are getting ready to start voting on that big tax cut deal that president obama brokered with the republicans, but just before they go into a vote, a couple of gop senators went off railing against earmarks in that trillion dollar plus spending bill that funds the government. >> we've had all year to do this. we could have passed appropriation bills in july, we could have passed them in september. >> this appears to be the same old way of doing business and the american people voted for a new way, a better way. >> and when it comes to repealing don't ask, don't tell, house democratic leaders will bring a stand-alone bill to the floor today. all that's on the table in the next several hours. joining me now, republican senator orrin hatch. good morning, senator, good to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> you guys have a few things going on. let me start with the tax cuts.

i know that you wanted to make them permanent. so, how are you going to vote on that tax cut deal later on this afternoon? >> i'm going to vote for it. actually, it's the best thing we could possibly do under the circumstances and give people a tax break. i might add the alternative minimum tax which is a big part of it would have to be patched anyway or up to 28 million people would be slammed with taxes. so, what we've done here is get a tax bill that basically is going to save a lot of taxes for people all over the country and work pretty well and stimulate the economy and i believe that it should pass. if it does pass, that will be a step in the right direction for our country. it's, i'm a great believer in not allowing the taxes to go up as of january 1st. what are they going to do? let taxes go up on january 1st for everybody? not only that, but have the

state tax bill that we never could get through even during the bush administration. and would increase the exemption from $5 million to up to 3458 $ million for an individual and $10 million for a family. >> so, you're kind of in mitch mcconnell's corner, if i'm hearing you right. you would like house democrats to keep their hands off of this to start tinkering with this bill. is there something that they might do that you would think would be a deal breaker? >> well, yeah, if they add almost anything to it it will break the deal. this is tough enough to put together. there are some conservatives who don't like this bill and we've had to work very hard to get people together to vote for it and, frankly, it's an overwhelming vote in the senate. that sent a message to people in the house and especially the democrats and look, it's time to

do what is right for our country. it's time to make sure that taxes don't go up on december 31st. a lot of democrats want the taxes to go up, even if it hits the poor, they want those taxes to go up. that means more money to spend. our problem today in this country is not, it's not a revenue problem, we still have the 18%, 19% of revenues we always had of gdp. it's a spending problem. that's gone up 19% average gdp to almost 25%. and one of the democrat directors of omb, the office of management and budget said that's the new norm. like heck it's the new norm. we're not going to let that be the new norm. we're not going to spend ourselves blind because some liberal democrats want to do that. >> there are some liberal democrats, as you know, would argue there are a lot of republicans there who need to take a look at spending, as well. always good to see you, senator. senator hatch, thank you for

taking the time on this busy day. >> nice to be with you. let's talk more about this with robert costa, and donna and drexel university trustee. thank you very much. robert, let me start with you. where do ai think this is going and what do you think what you just heard from the senator? >> i think senator hatch is making some good points. this is probably going to pass in the senate, chris. when i was outside of that house democratic caucus meeting last night and still many frustrations, but even progressive democrats told me last night that this thing probably will pass the house. that the democrats recognize they don't want to be responsible for middle class tax hikes come january. >> they don't want to be responsible, david, for middle class tax hikes and, yet, where is the outrage? either on the left or the right over the deficit. >> well, i think there is outrage. i think people are saying, look -- >> you know, talk is easy. >> talk is absolutely easy but i

think the other thing that they were concerned about, too, were the unemployment benefits. and i think that president obama is starting to look like the pragmatist here by saying, look, there are certain things we're going to have to concede and i think he's sort of separating himself here from the liberal democrats and i think that will serve him well, politically. >> you know, donna, let me play you what mitch mcconhole to skc say yesterday. i sort of alluded to it when i was talking to senator hatch. >> this agreement is not subject to being reopened. in other words, we have an understanding. i think the senate is going to pass this measure ensuring that no one's taxes go up by very significant margin and i hope that our friends in the house will understand that that's the best way to go forward. >> sounds a little bit like a warning. is there danger in the democrats trying to go beyond, basically venting about this? >> i think there is a danger and i hope that what the democratic leadership will do is hold the

line and move this forward with the president. it must be very disheartening for the president to recognize that his liberal days that elected him at astonishing numbers, 88%, is now hovering in the low 40s. i mean, that's a disheartening phenomenon for a president. i think that the liberal base of the party needs to recognize that this is about governing and governing requires compromise. mcconnell has made his position clear. the senate leadership has made their position clear. i hope that the house will follow suit because at the end of the day, we need to govern. it can't just be about elections. >> some people will argue, though, david, that one person's compromise is another person's business, as usual. you make all these grandiose statements while you're running for office and things you will not let happen and then when the rubber hits the road, in some eyes, you bail. >> again, i think president obama is starting to look like the centrist here and i think that he has to govern.

you know, he can't just let these tax cuts expire. i think he, you know, there's pressure on him. and, so, i think he has pretty much given up some ground here but, ultimately, he will be rewarded for it. this will be upward debate, again. i think he will have the advantage, if unemployment goes down. >> let me talk to robert about this trillion dollar spending bill that is coming up that they'll need to support government. the gop and a few democrats, as well, making a dbig deal about these earmarks. on a percentage base, it's a very small portion of this entire spending bill, but, and there's a look at where some of the earmarks are, $247,000 for virus-free wine grapes and peanut research is due to get $413,000. i mean, this is nothing new in washington, but given the political climate, is it very

smart for them to have these kind of earmarks in this bill? >> no, i don't think so at all. both sides in this on the bus spending bill have earmarks. so, jim demint the senator from south carolina told me last night at the capital that he's ready to read this entire spending bill aloud in order to really put the pressure on the democrats to say, are you really in this political climate -- >> somebody said it will take a dozen hours or more and i should point out on the other hand, mitch mcconnell has spoken against it and yet he hasn't pulled his big earmark out of it. >> great point. senator mccain told me last night that it is up to the gop appropriators here. are they really going to push to have their own earmarks included. you make a great point there. republicans and democrats have earmarks in the on the bus spending bill. who is going to cave first? >> we can't forget that the democrats did, they are actually coming up under what president

obama actually requested. $26 billion. there's something good about this, as well. >> i'm not saying whether it's all bad. just questioning in this particular climate if this is the best time to earmark. >> when it produces votes, i think they can sell that. but it's still a tough call. >> donna, thank you very much, david, robert, we appreciate your time. we'll have much more with our company coming up, by the way. >> i think just to have a pet in my household and to show people that i genuinely care and my love and my passion for animals, i think it will be outstanding. that's michael vick. controversial even now as a very successful quarterback back in the nfl. maybe he is having an mvp year but often he's still trying to prove he's a changed man from his dog fighting days. copd doesn't just make it hard to breathe... it makes it hard to do a lot of things. and i'm a guy who likes to go exploring ... get my hands dirty...

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police and residents of a suburb outside new york city fear that a serial killer may be on the loose after the remains of four bodies were found along a remote long island beach. now, a maine woman is saying that her daughter, a craigslist escort may be one of the victims. forensic reports think that each victim was dumped at oak beach over the last year and a half. police say if it was a serial killer, the murders may escalate. violent clashes erupted in greece's capital today. hundreds of protesters with riot police across athens smashing cars and hurling. police fired tear gas and grenades as it spread to other parts of the capital. some really dramatic pictures here. watch this, a twin engine cessna landing without landing gear. all those sparks flying during touchdown and then the passenger and pilot make a break for it

and who could blame them. could have become an explosive situation there. meantime, passengers on a boat seeking asylum suffered a tragic end before reaching safe shores. these are pictures of a voyage that turned deadly. a wooden boat slamming against jagged rocks tossing passengers into the ocean and killing 27 people. christmas island is a popular destination for people seeking asyl asylum. u.s. border patrol confirming that one of its agents have been killed in southern arizona. it happened last night near rio rico. agent ryan terry was killed after getting into a shootout. four people were in custody and one more may remain on the run. for people hoping to escape the brutal cold with a trip to florida, no such luck right now. the sunshine state is having another day of bone chilling temperatures. nbc kerry sanders is following that story live from orlando, florida. how are the tourists feeling

about all of this, kerry? >> it's brutal. it started at 32 degrees here in orlando and started to climb and we're now getting up above 40. the wizardy world of harry potter. stacy is here with her family from chicago and i see that you, well, you don't look like you're that cold. what do you think about coming down here on vacation only to encounter this? >> we really wish it would have been warmer. it is very, very cold and we brought some of our warm weather gear, but not enough. >> you're running low on supplies. but are you still having a good time? disappointed in the cold weather? >> no. >> no swimming pool. >> okay, thank you very much. so, the temperatures have been cold for two days now and they're likely to start warming up probably on friday so for those who did their week-long vacations in orlando, little bit of a disappointment, chris. >> well, you know what, they're off from work, you have to look at the bright side of things and some of them got to be on tv. did you take that picture, by

the way? last people people were asking kerry to take pictures in the middle of his live shot. >> apparently y have many jobs here. >> we like to keep you busy, thank you, kerry. a police camera caught an officer under attack and getting help from an unlikely source. the good samaritan here is still a mystery. we'll talk with the officer who was very glad she stopped by.

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gets on a motorcycle and takes off. police are now waiting him out watching the chip windows for any large withdrawals. michelle sigona is an investigative crime reporter. i don't know if he looks anything like the folks in ocean's 11, but this is something that does happen occasionally. not frequently. how did this happen? >> well, going back the las vegas police department said in 2009, chris, there were nine robberies at casinos and this year alone, up to this date, there have been ten so far. so, basically what we know is that the suspect walked in yesterday morning around 3:50 and literally sort of trotted his way in, went directly for casino table, a craps table, brandished a weapon and got the chips and sort of trotted back out, got on his motorcycle and headed westbound back on to the vegas strip and away he went. >> i kept looking, michelle, for somebody to be chasing after him, but at least in surveillance video, we don't see

anything. in terms of tracking him or the trips down, don't some casinos put like little tracking devices, electronic devices in those chips? >> yes, sometimes tracking devices, serial numbers and things of that nature. as soon as this happened i did talk to an international gaming consultant who is really a consultant to a lot of the bellagio and mgm grand and he told me as soon as this happened there was an alert that went out not only to the local casinos but casinos internationally on these particular chips and it is extremely difficult for him to be able, even over a long period of time to take those chips and sort of get money back for them because some of them are $100, but other ones are $25,000. you're not going to be able to walk into a casino and sort of get the money back for that. that's another clue. he also may be responsible for another robbery that happened the week prior where he got away with $20,000 in cash. >> all right, michelle, always good to see you, thank you. >> good to see you a. a routine traffic stop could

have turned deadly if not for the actions of a brave samari n samaritan. an ohio police officer being attacked by a driver he pulls over. the struggle goes on for a good five minutes and the driver repeatedly tries to grab the cop's gun and a taser. the woman runs up and starts hitting the driver on the back of his head. jonathan sider joins me now on the phone. officer, walk me through exactly what happened. this guy gave you quite a struggle. >> yes. i had him exit his car and tried to pat him down to place him in my car and then he pushed me and then he wrapped around me and it was a fight. it w he was actually trying to kill me. >> he's going for your gun and going for your taser. what is going through your mind while all of this is happening? you don't have any backup there. you're in the car alone,

obviously. >> correct. actually, what's going through my mind is that i'm going to win this fight and he's not going to win. >> wow, so, this unidentified good samaritan comes up. what happens next? were you aware right away exactly of what was going on? >> yes. a car load of people drove me and called 911 and she came running up and i saw that she was going to help and she distracted and take him down. >> well, we don't know who this good samaritan is, but if she's out there watching, is there something you would like to say to her, officer? >> just thank you for your help and my family appreciates your assistance. >> there you go. merry christmas to your family, officer seiter, and thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. take a look around your neighborhood. you may notice something the census department has found. in most cities, segregation has

slipped to the lowest level in a century. that's the good news. but the new sencensus numbers s deep numbers of segregation remain. richard lui is here with more good n news. >> new census bureau data, african-american and whites are most segregated, according to the data. followed by hispanic latinos and then asians on that list. the top metro areas is listed here in the united states and today it starts with new york in this data we get from "usa today" followed by milwaukee, wa waukesha. latinos segregated from whites to mark the triangles in this map here. the top city, new york and then l.a., long beach and on the west coast here and salinas, california. as for asians, i'll put that on the map, too.

seg regated from whites. we go from detroit. at the top of the list and then new york and then vallejo, california and sacramento. new york has a cluster, so does the west coast. you wouldn't think of that, necessarily. nevertheless, we hit 100-year lows when it comes to segregation in 75 of the 100 top metro areas. howard university is a rise of the wlak mblack middle class an move to the suburbs. immigrants, they tend to cluster in ethnic communities says one professor from brown university. this shows you right here in terms of where the immigrant communities exist around the country. darker colors mean a high er percentage. a reason to celebrate for those watching integration progress. >> thank you so much, richard. i want to bring in reverend jesse jackson and david wilson

and donna is with me. reverend, 100-year lows in 75 of the top 100 metro areas. on the face it sounds like good news, but how do you interpret the numbers? >> black segregation dropped, that's not true. white segregation dropped. we had the march in chicago to make white segregation legal. we could not move close to our jobs and not move close to schools. so, we passed a fair housing act, white segregation began the drop and you began the redistrict. now, as the laws have come down when auburn plays oregon you now see us playing ball together and we're learning to live together. we learn to survive apart and why is it not dropping more dramatically? the banks. the same reason barack had the beer summit in boston, the banks had steered clustered blacks in

certain neighborhoods where blacks making $100,000 and latinos got subprime high-cost loans whites making $50,000 got low-cost prime loans. so, the same forces that make money off of segregation are still at work. >> but the general population left their own devices given the right kinds of loans and given access to housing, you think these numbers would be even better. >> they move close to where they work and people move where they can move freely but the markets for open housing just became law in 1967. >> also, when you look at the map and see the northern cities, no surprise that some of the cities that are actually seeing higher numbers of integration are southern cities. a lot of african-americans are losing jobs. they're moving back down south and moving to atlanta. so, more of a black middle class down in the southern areas. i also think the other interesting thing is, too, could

it possibly be there it is happening because of the economic situation. >> well, there's no place else to fly. because the largest growing slum areas and subprime markets are suburbs. well subprime lending prices and move them back closer. >> looking forward, you'd like to believe, donna, that these numbers are going to get better and you're a trustee at drexel, right? you know a little bit about education. when you look at the numbers in terms of education and whites versus black versus hispanic versus asian, unemployment rate much higher. education much more difficult, much lower graduation rates. going forward, that's something that absolutely has to be addressed. >> two points worth making. at drexel one of the remarkable things we're doing is to engage

in an outreach and to neighborhoods that have been left behind because drexel does sit at the border of philadelphia. so, keep an eye on that, chris, because that's going to be a very important and interesting project to watch. but i would add one thing. never underestimate the power of women, generally. the same women, ginger who took on the gunman with the purse, the woman who took on the police officer. women make the decisions about where their families live, principally. so, i think that there is a fem nm component that is driving some of it. >> they live where they want to live and there was something called blockbusting. we had to make segregating the housing illegal with the fair housing act. i think people go to the closest school and they live in the closest neighborhood and they live in the safest place and

they go wherever jobs are being built. >> i also think we can't forget about on paper it looks really great, but a lot of folks are being because they don't have adequate employment, they're being forced out of their, you know, their old neighborhoods. i think that's something we don't want to disguise. >> the big deal now is equality because with all the hype talk there about taxes 59 million americans have no health insurance. 49 million are in poverty. 41 million americans are now on food stamps. 27 million are looking for a job. the billionaires getting subsidy. this gap is broader than it was. >> we have to let that be the last word. reverend jackson, thank you so much for coming in. david, donna, thanks to you. if you think this is a little out of the ordinary, well, a 20-pound cocker spaniel

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some people ride around with their dog in the front seat, this guy, however, prefers his 1,600 pound buffalo to be riding shotgun. bailey is his name, but the story doesn't end with the pontiac convertible. the owner occasionally takes the 2-year-old buffalo to the bar for some beer, naturally. okay, remarketedly different kind of animal story. dog fighting and michael vick. remember vick went to prison in 2007 for his involvement in a dog fighting ring but now he's having an absolutely tremendous season. but his controversy after

returning to the nfl has not been quieted by his on-field appearance. this is fascinating interview. >> he had a lot of interesting things to say, chris. vick is in the midst of what some are calling one of the greatest professional comebacks. since being releases from prison he has become the eagles' leading starting quarterback and leading in nfl probowl voting. also seeking redemption off the field. for more than a year he has been volunteering with the humane society of the u.s. talking to students about the ills of dog fighting. the humane society said he approached them and they say they believe he is genuinely trying to atone for his past. i caught up with vick in philadelphia yesterday and had a chance to talk to him about his new-found role as a mentor. tell me why you're doing this, why you come out and speak to these students? >> so, i can help, you know, five or six kids daily, then i'm

playing my position as a positive role model in our society. >> you know there are some who say you're doing this wbecause the courts are making you. what do you say to those who don't think this is genuine? >> first, the court doesn't make any obligations for me to go out and speak and doesn't make an obligation for me to work with the humane society. it's no personal benefit, it's to help others. >> in our interview vick said despite his path he does love animals and would love to get another dog some day. the courts have banned him from owning any animal right now. he just said that dog fighting was part of the culture he grew up in that he didn't know it was wrong. we have that full interview at grio.com. >> thanks. he has only been the sexiest man alive for a month, but now ryan reynolds is the sexiest single man alive. just one in a string of hollywood breakups proving, once

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drum roll, please. "time" magazine revealed its person of the year. it is facebook founder mark zuckerberg. facebook has 500 million users worldwide. zuckerberg donated $500 million to the newark, new jersey school system. someone who for better or worst does the most to influence the events of the year. doesn't it seem in hollywood so many trips down the aisle are followed by trips to the divorce court. the latest victims ryan reynolds and his wife scarlet johanssen.

they are not the only ones. we were talking in the break and my girlfriends were all texting, i don't know if we were sad they broke up or women are happy he is on the market. >> it is a fair combination. with ryan reynolds and scarlet johanssen, they were the couple you wanted to work. it wasn't one of the celebrity marriages where you said, how long is this one going to last. so people wanted it to work. the ironic thing which we mentioned you didn't see them pictured together that often. maybe the writing was on the wall. >> too much time apart. >> that is what they are citing as well. >> a young, not married, zac effron and vanessa hedges. >> they have spent their time together. >> they are so cute. >> they are cute.

it falls under the category of you want it to work out. people are strangely upset. they are young. it would defy logic that they would last infinitely. >> michael c. hall, gets nominated for a golden globe on dexter and his wife, they split. two years for them. >> a lot of people say hollywood two is the new seven. they have been split for some time. it speaks to how low key the couple was that people didn't catch on to this sooner. they have been living apart for some time. until it was announced then people found out. an odd day to find out about his golden globe nomination and have to deal with this in the press. >> people can go to msnbc.com

and read more. >> you got it. i was watching the white house press secretary robert gibbs defend president obama's new tax plan, and you know, they are really trying to sell this to the american people. >> if somebody can figure out how to make the agreement better for everybody, as bob barker says, come on down. >> that's right, tax breaks for the rich, extended benefits for the unemployment. let's default on the chinese loan and use that to buy everyone a brand new car. i live in new york and i don't need a car. jay leno was having fun with the tax cut. we are watching the senate floor. the bill is expected the house and move on to the house.

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