i think they did a terrific job. willie, what did you learn. >> hillary clinton perhaps better than anyone before her knows how to handle a streaker. that's the best reaction we've had in a long time. >> i learned that hillary clinton has one of the most genuine hearty laughs of any public person. >> that's true. >> wrap it up. willie, if it's way too early. >> "morning joe." stick around for the daily run down. hosted today from australia. >> oh. newt gingrich may be rallying in the polls, but can he keep up the traction in a race that belongs to outsiders. can someone who took 1.6 million from freddie mac. did herman cain really ask kissinger to be his secretary of

state. all the time left for the super committee to come up with a deal before automatic spending cuts to everything from medicare to the pentagon kick in. then again, is the only kicking in going on actually going to be a pun. and, just as the movement appeared to lose steam, new york's crack down on occupy wall street, may breathe new life into the movement. good day. this is "the daily rundown." live in australia. my man chris holding down the fort in washington, d.c. gooday, chris. >> gooday, chuck. thank you for joining us. super impressed doing a little wednesday/thursday run down. >> the future is now. >> and that will be one of 10,000 references we will now make on the show. chuck, you mentioned gingrich, the story out this morning. bloomberg reports gingrich was paid at least 1.6 by mortgage

giant freddie mac who he worked with over a period of eight years to gain republican support on capitol hill as that company did come under fire. on the trail in iowa gingrich said not surprisingly as he always does, they got the story wrong. >> you were up there lobbying on behalf of freddie mac. >> that's not true. >> did you ever speak about the benefits of the freddie mac model? >> let me draw a distinction. what i've tried to do over and over again was offer advice to whatever they were doing but i did no lobbying of any kind. that's all i've got to say about it. >> so, chuck, this is in some ways nothing new under the sun. at the cnbc interview he was asked about his fees. he said i was brought on for

historical perspective. this story isn't going away and neither is gingrich's four decades. he is now on the rise. the question is can he sustain it. >> right. the we is how is gingrich going to handle being questioned. when he first got in this race and the spotlight immediately went on him and he had to deal with the questions about that gigantic credit line he had at tiffanys and a little bit of the personal stuff he proved to be a little thin skinned. he would get snappy at reporters. in many ways it reenforced the negative that people had on gingrich. this to me is more damaging po ten -- potentially. gingrich says i am an outsider and what did he do right after he left being speaker? he signed on as an advise tor t

freddie mac. by the way, we have to remember, former members of congress, some of them when they don't want to be a registered lobbyist they just sign tonight -- on to advise so they can claim they have never lobbied. i will be curious to see how he handles it. in the meantime let's turn to our friend mr. cain. he found himself trying to brush off the libya pregnant pause which, by the way, has gotten attention on the australian morning shows here. was used as sort of a butt of jokes down here in the abc australian broadcasting morning show. he's also having to brush off what was supposedly serious response about kissinger.

here is what he said. >> dr. kissinger turned my offer down being secretary of state. he said he's perfectly happy doing what he's doing. >> you asked the doctor to be your secretary of state. >> i was not serious about asking him. i know he's retired. >> cain claims he was joking, but as you saw as we butted those things together, chris, he didn't sound like a man who was joking the first time. >> no. >> i think it just goes to the problems cain was having on the credibility front. again, i still think the libya thing is almost a disqualifying event. in fact, i would argue it is a disqualifying event when it comes to making the case that you're ready to be command in chief and then having this curfuffle follow. one other thing, chris, a new bloomberg poll in new hampshire.

while it is no surprise that romney is ahead, what is interesting is how far ahead romney is over obama. the president has a lot of work to do. the only john kerry state from to 20 04 that we have in our lean republican category. >> and also the only one that went from kerry in 2004. the president, let's talk about him. krou -- you are in australia. got there around 9:00 p.m. last night. what's on the schedule for the president? obviously a lot going on back in washington. >> he already wrapped up sort of the first day here. he's in bed now where after midnight i think it is 1:00 in the morning tomorrow for you folks there. the first announcement, what was made official is this idea that

we're going to have a permanent presence of u.s. troops now in australia. in the a permanent u.s. base like korea. you're going to see more of this tomorrow. but all of it is about -- it fits the whole theme, this idea that every move we're making both militarily and economically in the asian pacific region is about confronting china. in fact, the president was asked specifically about this at the joint press conference. here is what he said. >> china is playing by these rules, recognizing its new role. i think this is a win/win situation. there are going to be times where they're not and we will send a clear message to them that we think that they need be on track in terms of accepting the rules and responsibles that come with being a world power.

>> later today, your time tomorrow, our time, the president's going to do a speech before the australian parliament. one of the things he's going to make, one of the goals is to make sure he says the asian pacific region knows that the united states is an asian pacific power. again, a little bit of that subtle counterbalance, counterweight to china, crust. >> chuck todd, literally the hardest working man in television news. we'll hear more from you later as it gets later and later in the night. thanks for reporting. we'll see you in a few minutes. >> you got it, buddy. the calendar says the congrengsco congressional committee has a week. >> how are you, sir. >> i'm good. >> we're a week away. the stress level comes up.

where are we today. i know this is a changing story but where are we today and what do we expect today. >> it changes every minute, chris. the interesting thing that's developed in the last 24 hours is we're having the first public dispute sort of coming from the gop and democratic side. last night on cnbc, really came out to democrats chastising them for not wanting to do anything with medicaid. >> the democrats won't put a plan on the table to solve the problem of anything they do. they are insisting upon a trillion dollar tax increase in the worst economy since the great depression. it's not going to happen.

>> they want to have some serious cuts and medicare and future spending in that regard. >> largely capping some tax loopholes. >> this is not raising taxes. >> no. it takes down the top rate from where it is to around 8%. >> right. >> the reason why democrats say that is redik louse because that is not nearly enough revenue. they want a trillion dollars in revenue before they touch anything in regards to health care. the gop will not go there. the interesting caveat in this, the plan that a lot of gop leadership is starting to gather, a guy that has pristine credentials, there is now a letter in the house gop circulating say no, we can't do his plan because of $300 billion in revenue. shows you how difficult of a time they would have putting anything through the house that has any revenue.

if you're having a letter being packed to me -- >> not exactly moderate. >> by any means. no one necessarily know what is's going to happen. these things have a tendency that in the 11th hour come together. big other piece of news, harry reid and john boehner are really taking the lead on this. this could be where the super committee, kind of thrown to the wayside. >> it's always 11th hour. that just means you looking more rested now may not look as rested. luke russert, thank you. >> good to see you. zuccotti park, gone now are the tarps and some of the people. nbc 7's jonathan bigliotti has more. >> good morning, chris. about 75 protesters spent the night here at zuccotti park despite not having those tens and sleeping bags.

the nypd has set up a barricade making sure any new protesters do not bring tens or sleeping bags. many protesters have decided not to stick it out here. instead they went to local shelters and a church that opened up their doors and served food we even saw one protester sleeping in a sleeping bag on the sidewalk. all this unfolding after the mayor decided last night with little notice to tear down this tent city for what he sited safety concerns. the judge later sited with the city saying protesters have the right to protest but that doesn't necessarily include tents and sleeping bags. protesters say they are planning for their two month anniversary tomorrow to take to the streets at 7:00 o'clock. they hope to shut down wall street. they will then head into the subways. chris, back to you. >> thanks, jonathan. ahead, we'll go back to the

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members of the so-called super which he, both democrats and republicans have all done good work. but there isn't an agreement. >> i don't think there is anything that kek kicks up to t leadership level until there is something we can look at. >> congressional leaders say there is no super committee in the works and with a week to go prospects are grim. democrat of arkansas and republican jfrom new hampshire. let's start with we are now seven days away from a deal.

the super committee is keeping their cards relatively close to the vest. you guys have been in intense negotiations when you know the american public wants something but you just can't make your colleagues do it. what's the attitude in the democratic kcaucus right new. >> people understand on capitol hill how big these issues are and how porp it is. one of the things i hope they'll understand is the timing of this is crucial, too. you're going to hit black friday and cyber monday about the same time you come out with the possibility of nothing coming out of the super committee. what does that do to consumer conscious. >> here is what the super committee from texas had to say. we will come back and talk about it. >> as a nation we're kicking the can down the road and we don't have that much road left until we figure out how we're going to

get quality health care, quality retirement security at a cost that doesn't mortgage the children's future. >> you always hear the kicking the can down the road. i feel like that's what we always go to but this does seem more dire than in the past. can congress -- the question i always come back to, can the congress address a problem this big and this dire given that we have a week left to do it. >> can they do it? they absolutely can. the frustration that i think both feel is the pieces are out there. there are some reductions in medicare that people recognize, need to be made adjustments that need to be made. tax reform that could both lore rates and generate some additional revenues. there is an adjust tom there is an adjust toent to cpi >> why isn't it? president obama says the same

thing. >> one, they are trying to get the pieces to line up. two, it comes down to a debate on how much of this should be revenues, how much of it should be spending. is it going to be 50/50, 3-1 spending versus taxes. those are important issues. both of the conferences feel that it will affect the way their political base responds. >> that's what i wanted to talk about, the politics of this. republicans worry that you start raising taxes. all of a sudden their tea party base, democrats worry we put medicare, they lose their base. now, i know this is ease yoier you guys because you're not in the chamber anymore. is the politics such that it is not going to happen even though both sides agree. senator. >> i think both politically and substantively you have to have a balance. i think politically for either

side to get it done they have to have a balance. i think actually to solve the problem you have to have a little bit of both and it's got to be balanced. >> they've got to get the votes for it. >> that's right. >> i think the national politics of some kind of a balance plan probably are fine for both parties. but getting the votes -- >> people always forget that. ultimately boehner, pelosi and reid have to get that. >> the leaders have to look at it and say not only do we support it as a team -- >> and the committee, too. >> one other thing. we both have mentioned the frustration cnn put out a poll this morning will the super which he reach a deal. very basic question. 78% say unlikely. 22% say it is likely.

can congress surprise the american people here senator lincoln and get a deal done. and what accounts for the pessimism? why do we have eight out of ten people saying no they can't get their fiscal house in order. >> i think the huge tug of war we saw over the debt ceiling crisis was deaf net added to that. i think there is probably a 50% chance something happens. >> some thing. >> yeah. >> that triggers don't kick in. >> eve within sequestration they can still kick the can down the road for another year, 2013. there's a whole lot still they can procrastinate with. >> will they procrastinate or will they do something? something that doesn't kick the can down the road the use the metaphor of the day. >> it might be 50/50 at this point, maybeless. if something gets done it gets done at the last minute. there is a big negotiation over

a lot of complex pieces p nobody puts their best offer on the table three weeks in advance. so, a deal like this always gets cut at the last minute. the leadership reid and boehner met yesterday. my guess is they were talking about is there common ground that we have if there is a fill your. >> right. >> in other words, a back up plan. >> is there something we want to say on a joint basis if there's a failure. sor it just everyone back to their corners. let requestiosequestration kick >> thanks for joining us. next can super mario's government in italy finally give the markets release. plus, how rick perry managed to attack the entire republican field in just one sentence. and, a window at the white house smashed by a bullet. was someone shooting at

president obama. the trivia question. who is the only modern day world lead tore disappe-- leader to dr never to be seen again. that answer and more coming up on "the daily rundown."

with concerns about italy and greece already weighing on the marks new data shows spain may now be on the verge of recession. cnbc's becky quick joins me for a market run down. good morning, becky. >> good morning, chris. everyday we get a new headline out of spain or europe. that's certainly been the case today. around 4:00 in the morning it looked like hewe were going to have a positive start for the stock market. that spain headline is one of the pieces. came in with numbers a little lower than had been expected.

that really weighed on things today. looks like we're going to open with futures down about 60 or 70 points for the dow futures. the economic news here in the united states continues to be relatively positive. in the united states for october, consumer prices actually fell by 0.1%. that's a big deal because people have been worried about inflation and paying more but that has not been the case with that cpi data that came out today. other positive developments today as well on the corporate side. target came in with earnings a little better than expected. one thing to watch out for, chris, we've been keeping our eye on oil prices. obviously consumer spending is in large part on how much you have to pay at the pump. right now oil prices are above $100 again. $101 a barrel. that's a real concern as we head into the holiday shopping. that's something we will keep an eye on, crest.

>> thanks, becky. "the daily rundown" will be back in 30 seconds. you know that old saying "if you can't beat they will, attack them". that seems to be rick perry's strategy yesterday when in one sentence he criticized just about all his republican of points. >> i have never served in congress, never been part of an administration, never been a paid lobbyist.

my career has been that of a washington outsider. >> joining us again is chuck todd in australia. chuck, it is amazing in one sentence you can literally get a big field he seemed to basically hit on the weaknesses of all of them. perry has to do something. i read this morning in the washington post that among conservative republicans his numbers are favorable. is this where he goes, attacking the next phase of the perry campaign. >> we've got to do something as you said. he's hit bottom. the question is whether he's going to get a second look. what i find fascinating is he did attack everybody. congress, that applies to bachmann. santorum, newt. ron paul, let's see, an administration. well, that applies to huntsman.

a paid lobbyist, herman cain. it was a very cleverly put together sentence. i happen to think rick perry since the oops moment has actually had a pretty good run this last week, maybe the best seven-day period of his campaign. but your polls showed it. our polls showed it. there has been this consistent decline in his numbers. and the only rise we've seen is in negatives among republicans. will he get the second look? he has the money. he should have the message. in many ways when you read his book that fed up that he wrote, it almost reads like a tea party bible, if you will of what they would like to see in a candidate. so if he somehow gets a second look you can see how he can do this. i don't know if he can get that second look, chris. >> chuck, i know you have been on a plain for 27 of the last 24 hours, but did you happen to

catch the streaker in hillary clinton? one of my favorite pieces. let's take a look at it. one of my favorite pieces of video in the last 24 hours. [ laughter ] >> her response is absolutely priceless. >> it is, but hey, it's hawaii, chris. i saw more people -- i saw people with less clothes than that guy. but it still was pretty funny watching him run out there. that's simply a standard outfit for half the white house when they are on the beach. kidding. >> that's an image. >> bad image. >> get some sleep. we'll see you tomorrow. >> good night, mate. other stories making headlines this morning. mike mcquery, the penn state

asis tan coach addressed the incident he witnessed in an e-mail to a friend that was obtained by the associated press. that e-mail reads in part i did stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. i did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police. republicans say a string of exmails shows the decision was influenced to loan half a billion dollars to the country. the solyndra, the white house denies the allegations and insist that the aid to solyndra was made on merit. the arab league is refusing to honor their agreement to crack down on antigovernment protesters. it follows some of the bloodiest uprising.

the nba has formerly cancelled all games through mid-december. hours later, several players filed class action lawsuits against the league arguing the lockout violates antitrust laws by refusing to allow them to work. the secret service say twos bullets have been found outside the white house after one hit a window. pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. what's the latest? >> the secret service has been looking into this friday night when there was a shooting reported. at first it didn't seem to involve the white house. the shots were fired from a car that was speeding down constitution avenue about a third of a mile from the white house. that's at least seven football fields away. nobody was hurt. the president was out of town. he was at events in california. investigators did find the car a short time later. the driver had run off but left behind an assault type rifle. authorities traced it to a

21-year-old drifter who had spent time in idaho, utah and texas. oscar ortega hernandez. these are pictures. a warrant is out for his arrest. he has a tattoo on his neck that says israel. then on sunday the secret service discovered the two bullet rounds had hit the white house. one hit a window. nearly all the windows at the white house have bullet resistant glass but the outer glass was damage. otherwise damage was minor. so they are now testing to see if the rounds they found yesterday do match ortega's rifle. in the meantime there is a search out for ortega. he's thought to maybe still be here in the washington area, chris. >> thanks, pete. fascinating story. we'll also be keeping up on it because he's still at large. italy's new prime minister designates super mario monti six pekted to announce a government are enough support to push through financial reforms to

save the country from its debt crisis. but how do these moves i pact the united states? we're joined by president of river twice research and a contributor to the daily beast and cnbc's fast money. zach, obviously a really fast moving story in europe. what's the latest and whap do you make of it as it relates to its influence on this country's economy which obviously is still struggling? >> the only good thing for the u.s. economy right now about the on going european debt crisis is the degree to which it keeps shifting from country to country and there by providing the most up to date geographical lesson for people who do not know where greece or spain or portugal is. there is a general concern about european cost of debt, p particularly given that european economy looks to be entering a

recession for this year and into next. >> zach, i want to play the president yesterday talked about the eu. we'll come back and talk about it. >> with respect to europe, i'm deeply concerned, have been deeply concerned. i suspect we'll be deeply concerned tomorrow and next week and the week after that. >> so, aside from being deeply concerned, which we understand, is there anything that this president or let's say anyone in this country can do. it seems like europe, what happens in europe is more powerful than anything we can do here. is that fair, or are there things we can be doing or are doing. >> separate from the federal reserve buying up a lot of european debt, there is in fact very little the united states can do right now. part of that i think reflects

the fact that it is a much more complicated world. united states has its own debt issues. the power of the united states economically in the world to actually force change is much reduced from what it was 15, 20, 25 years ago. it is certainly true that if the european system were to really imploed there would be no way that wouldn't have negative implications on the u.s. europe is going to go many months struggling to figure out this limited growth and high debt. the implications for the u.s. economy and u.s. markets increasingly is i think more tenuous and that's a good thing. economy seems to be stable but not spectacular. our markets seem to be okay but not great. i think as long as you don't have on going real panicky crisis as you saw earlier this month and in october, this may not be quite as deeply concerning asjege part of

the world could have implications for american banks. but kind of at a political level and how central bangs or how congress handles that, i am almost certain that europe has not come up in the deliberations of the super committee. they can't even agree on spending in ms ississipmississi. i'm not sure that should come up except to say look, if we really fall down on the super committee and our own budget issues it will simply add yet another

element top what is already a problematic global situation. but i bet they are not thinking about it at all even if they should. >> i bet you ur right. zach, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. as chuck would say, our hump day political panel will be here next. we're adding up the rekrep republican gaps and there have been a lot of them. do they equal a problem for the party or are they a boom for mitt romney. first, the white house soup of the day, chicken noodle. right in time for the cold and flu season. i could have used some of that last week. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card,

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missteps or whatever the case may be. it doesn't make me look good, but obviously that particular pub llication was trying to mak me look bad. they wanted to make me look bad. >> from herman cain's pregnant pause to rick perry's brain freeze to michele bachmann's historical misstatements, are the perpetual gaps hurting the republicans. editorial writer for the washington post and democratic poster with the research group. thank you for joining me. ruth, let's start with you. it seems like we're reaching a tipping point. you know, we had the rick perry thing last week, the herman cain, and then herman cain again. >> that's a trend. >> yes. three is a trend. classic newspaper reporter. i like how you think. does this tell us something about either this republican

field, the republican party in general or are we reading into much into it? >> the first one. says something about the republican field. it is a particularly unimpressive, unprepared problematic field which is why you see the series of not romney substitutes that have been going up. >> right. >> mitt romney is an impressive man. he has not had brain freezes but he has had flip flops. i don't think it tells us anything larger about the republican party or about the state of politics except that in the modern world certainly with the cameras every where, the ability to have a brain freeze is greatly reduced. >> yes. exactly. make it as short as possible if you're going to have a brain breeze. jeff, with a lot of kind of typical establishment republicans saying this is getting to be a little dicey. can dooberstein, former reagan

white house chief of staff said it is an animal house. it is a food fight. honestly the republican debates have become a reality show. people have to be perceived as being a leader of the free world. to his point, is this all to the benefit of mitt romney because he looks like the adult on stage. >> i think it is to newt gingrich but he is the only one that is better. he is incredibly skilled at taking the debates and using them to his advantage, putting things on the table that nobody ever thought of. agenda 2011 that really bothers conservatives. i do have to give props to herman cain. he reminds me of the black knight in the holy grail. his arms and legs are cut off and he's like put me in there. i'm ready to fight. a certain kind of bravado. i was collecting my thoughts. >> i'm looking for my car keys.

they are here somewhere. i think to draw kbrobeyond thata mistake. i really think the huge beneficiary are in fact the non-romneys. the non-establishing people who are trying to argue i'm in the a politician, i'm an outsider. cain and perry have demonstrated lapses that have freaked out the base and then the one guy who seems to know what he's talking about. >> there is a lot of cay haos o the republican side, fred. i'm sure you're grinning inwardly or out wardly about that. >> both. >> yeah, both. there was a bloomberg poll out in new hampshire. mitt romney 50. barack obama, 40. lead in a state we know is going to be a swing state. how concerning is that as a democrat? you look at the chaoschaos, and stay front runer is still

beating barack obama in the swing state. >> this is two or three of the states where mitt romney could be the favorite so he's got a little bit of an advantage with new hampshire. i don't think it is more concerning than the other broader national poll results. the economy, the presence approval, the tight horse race on a lot of national polls. i think that's part and parcel what's going on. is it concerning? yes. can he make it up? yes. trivia submarine.

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let's bring back our panel. we ended on romney versus obama. but, ruth, there's always more to say about newt and you have more to say about newt gingrich. >> jeff made the point that newt has been the beneficiary of the flubs so far. he comes off as a substantive, serious person, to which i say, yes. but as more attention is paid to him, his problem is not lack of knowledge. it's lack of discipline. and he's apt to say something that will get him in trouble.

and even if he doesn't, the stories about his background and in particular the stories about the massive amount of money, $1.6 million that he was paid by freddie mac are going to be particularly problematic. which gets us back to romney/obama. >> i would say this is someone with a 40-year record in public life and lots of statements that could be picked through. but we were struck -- we're always monitoring the twitter universe.ç you tweeted yesterday, doing "the daily rundown" on msnbc tomorrow a.m., see if i can link the iowa caucuses to the nba lockout, go. >> i can't. i was suggesting that much of the analysis or what passes for analysis in politics strikes me, if i may channel gingrich as stunningly strange.

the fundamental point is this -- these polls that eat up the cable news, you want to talk about get a life. on "saturday night live" years ago it was said, in a recent poll, 80% of americans said if the presidential election were held today, they would really be surprised. and that's a template. this indicates not much. and i think we even know mathematically -- this is your field. you take presidential polls a year out. and you're not learning very much, at least in my view. but sharks have to swim, bats have to fly -- >> a blogger's got to blog. i do want to mention duke basketball, john bailey, former producer on this show, duke graduate. yes, mike krzyzewski broke the

record. but my wife is a field hockey coach. pat summit still has the wins lead, over 1,000. shameless plug?ç >> my partner peter hart wrote a brilliant memo based off an nbc poll we did last week and the focus groups he did in cincinnati with swing voters. to go to jeff's point, beyond the numbers, obama, romney and cain. >> as a woman who once brought her knitting as a shameless plug, i have a wonky plug. if you want to understand the serious, legitimate, constitutional debate about the constitutionality of the individual mandate, look at vuj lawrence silverman's opinion. they skipped the the stuff about the anti-conjunction act. read about the constitution. they spell it out.

judge silverman is very conservative. >> jeff? >> i will be at the smithsonian giving a talk about my widely praised book. >> very shameless. >> i'm wildly praising it. thank you all. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll see you right back here tomorrow. coming up next on msnbc is "jansing & co." and then at 11:00, it's thomas roberts. and andrea mitchell is the 1:00 p.m. have a great day. small businesses in austin, texas, are thinking local. maintenance arnold runsç greenling which distributes baked goods. they're championing the buy local movement and helping the

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