pictures on nbc "nightly news" and here on msnb last night as he wroed along with the last combat brigade. richard, terrific reporting. >> thank you very much. and i'm glad we gave time to really experience this moment, which has been so important for american families, for the troops themselves. we are here in kuwait, those strikers behind me were among those last strikers that crossed from iraq and are now here in kuwait. the soldiers themselves are just waiting to go home. they know they took part in something historic and they feel that they have achieved a great deal and are proud of what they have done. on a windless morning, already near 100 degrees before sunrise, the 30-ton strikers cross into kuwait. 440 soldiers in 68 stryker the last american combat troops leave iraq. >> good job, guys. good job. good job. >> reporter: just two american soldiers greet them as they cross the border an understated arrival. although the soldiers have been driving all night, some cheer. >> we're going home! >> reporter: or light cigars. we accompanied the strikers out of iraq, code name the last p

stern time, "andrea mitchell reports right here on msnb >>> the cros gathered on the west lawn of the.spitol for the annual capitol fourth ncert. d.c. cros re treated to performaes from arena franklin and barry manilow. 1 milln spectators in new york city and new jersey linin up on both sides of the hudson river to watch the macy's fireworks spectacular. wi more than 22 tons ofyro chniques themacy'sisplay is e country's largest. >>> a barge used in the macy's fireworks dispy caught fire. rescue cruise extinguied the flames. the use is under investigation. >>> president obama parts for russia ts evening and when we fz he could be in for a re reserved greeting. mick viqueira joins us live washington. the president wants to reset relations with russia. how does he intend to do that? >> reporter:here are problems that theresident has to ercome. firs there's a mind-set this administration and the president lieve is on the part of the russians who, think th because america might be strng that russ necessarily has to be weak and vice versa anded al adversarl relationsp they'll try ercome. the

want to go straight out now to msnb miguel, he's live in anchorage. miguel, good morning. >> thomas, good morning. with survivors brought to local hospitals, the shift of the investigation is now focused on how and why that plane went down. investigators tell us it could take days, if not weeks, though, for them to reach the crash site because it is so remote and so very isolated. shrouded in fog, we are seeing the 1957 otter plane that carried all nine people aboard for the first time, although it slam under to the ground with tremendous force, the plane remains mostly in tact. as you know, five passengers including former senator ted stevens are among the dead and close friend sean o'keefe and his teenage son. the wreckage was first spotted late monday, some three plus hours after it took off bound for a fishing expedition. the amphibious ape went down south of dillingham. a group of responders responded but because of bad weather they had to wait 12 hours overnight for survivors to arrive the next morning. we spoke to am of those rescuers just a sh

. >>> you've heard it said, msnb krr c, the place for politics. and a rough week for democrats.e at home to ensure national voters he's fighting hard for their jobs. joined live by chris matthews, host of "hardball" on msnbc. >> it's saturday morning, isn't it? >> yes, it is. we have every expectation you will be brilliant as always. here we go this is just a snapshot of america. the microcosm of america. >> they don't like the way things are being done in this country. they don't like the elite, whether in boston or washington. a guy in a truck, driving around, acting like a regular person -- he is a regular person, was more attractive than the democratic establishment running boston and running washington and they got the message. i think president obama's a politician. the people around him like axelrod and gibbs know what's going on. the people are turning on the people in power. you better look like you're on the side of the public, not on the side of the government. >> what does president obama need to do? >> he said i wish i could spend more time in a diner. get on the si

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i'm alex sweand welcome to msnb sunday. police have finally caught the crafty teenaged fugitive known as the barefoot bandit. they followed him in a boat, and they made the arrest. colton harris moore has been on the run since escaping from a washington state halfway house back in 2008, but the case heated up last week when the police say the 19-year-old crash landed a stolen plane near the bahamas. now the cops have finally cat up with him. msnbc confirms he was arrested at 3:00 this morning. let's bring in pat brown, author of "the profiler," good morning to you. >> i'm smiling. >> you are. it's been a tough week. a week ago he crashed his plane right near the bahamas. he was arrested in the bahamas. he's being taken to nassau right now. you sort of predicted that the cops would finally catch up with him. why? >> he made a big mistake. he got really fancy. he envisions himself as a clever little thief like on television. that's where his mistake came in. before he was running around the united states and doing small crime

it's contessa on msnb. >>> "the washington post" is reporting the karzai government andlp taliban.nbc's mike viqueira joins us from the white house. mike, give me a sense of the meetings happening today between the government and the taliban. >> reporter: well, it's very interesting. two reports, one in "the washington post," one in "the wall street journal." the first time since 2008 when those saudi-sponsored talks broke down between the karzai and afghanistan. they are talking -- the administration, we asked robert gibbs about that today. they're aware these negotiations are going on. there are pre conditions as far as the american side is concerned with talks with the taliban, many in agreement with the taliban, specifically that the taliban renounce al qaeda and renounce violence in afghanistan and also operate under the rules of afghan law. the second report in "the wall street journal" relate and very interesting as well, contessa, says the report sent up to congress about pakistan and their cooperation with the fight on terrorism, this report says that pakistan is not engag

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. >>> i'm chris jansing live from msnb world headquarters in new york and the baseball world has been rocked. george steinbrenner, the lo long-time owner of the new york yankees has died after a massive heart attack. this statement just in from the yankees. they say he was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. he took a great, but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again. i'm joined on the phone now by filmmaker ken burns. good to see you. thanks very much. a lot of times when you see statements at a time like this, but calling steinbrenner a visionary is no exaggeration, is it? >> not at all. his influence in the game of baseball has been central and, obviously, we extend our deeper condolences to the family but this is really the passing of an age. this is an utterly american character. we've seen his type stride across our stage in many of our eras but last 30, 40 years of baseball can be, in some ways, considered steinbrenner here. this is an american born on the fourth of july that is really almost better suited to running a football team than a baseball

joining us from the newsroom, msnb contributor, jonathan capehart, you have got mike murphy saying amateur night at the apollo, others saying not so fast. sounds like almost like an afghanistan strategy if they had intelligence saying it was a good shot here but what's going on with this team? i mean, it seems that so much is left to the popularity of the president and his popularity, as a result is taking a hit. >> look, the negotiations, the back room dealmaking, if you want to call it that, in terms of figuring out who is going to get the 2016 olympic games a messy affair, as we have seen, learned in the aftermath, the united states olympic committee isn't exactly held in high regard. you have to question the intelligence, i don't think we should criticize the president for trying to -- to try to bring jobs and, you know, another international event to the united states. >> which is what we are looking at, jonathan. not just about the olympics it is about handling the jobs and getting the message out, health care and what we watched happened in the month of august, the argument get away

. >> i'm joined now livey msnb politicalanalyst pat buchanan and democratic strategistrris green. greato have you bo. >> good morning, alex. >> pat, w is the esident comingut against a sond stimulus? >> well, i think h realizes that he' in tub politicall on the issuef spending. th deficit. and economic issues like that. andfrankly, i n't think he could get a stimulus package through, and i think probably there's a real backlash to it among e public given the enormous bats of wall stree and the banks and general motors and aig and all the rest. the president's got a real problem here, alex. the stimulus package was rrly crafted. only 10% of the money is out the door in the first six months. that's not a stimulupackage. and now you've got the unemployment is continuing to ri. the president isight when he says it's a lag indicator. th problem is, the lead indicars, like the stock maet in the last month, are inting down again. hmm, yeah. morris, i'm cious, do any democratnt a secd stimulus package? is this gop strategy? >> absolutely not. there's no political will and the americaneopl

i'm thomas roberts live from msnb world headquarters in new york. we get right to it in california. gay marriage advocates are celebrating while opponents are vowing to appeal a federal judge's ruling. chief u.s. district judge has overturned the law. they are praising the landmark ruling. >> quality is something that our nation has always been about. this decision today brings paul and i and so many others like us closer to that equality, too. >> our family is just as loving, just as real and just as valid as everyone else's. >> the case against proposition 8 was argued by attorneys david boies and ted olsen who faced off against each other in bush versus gore back in 2000. >> this is not a republican or democratic issue. not a conservative, not a liberal issue. it's a human rights, it's a civil rights issue. this was a great victory for our gays and lesbians and the children that they raise. >> but opponents of same-sex marriage are vowing to appeal the case. >> the judge has dealt a terrible blow to natural marriage, the voters' rights, the constitution and this republic we call

nbc mike at the white house and for analysis we have msnb analyst ed schultz and ari fleisch fleischerlet me start with you, mike, i'm wondering at the white house right now, what is going on in there? >> anything sort of ritual suicide as suggested by the congressman from new orleans there. you saw the pictures, chris, very interesting. normally guests who come for appointments enter through a door that are not visibly seen by cameras. coming into the white house and being called on the carpet and some have called it the walk of shame after being excoriated by the president on national television last night accusing them of being reckless saying they're going to pay every penny of the recovery, the cleanup and of staunching that flow and the gusher at the gulf of mexico and yesterday also taken to task by lawmakers, we saw that. not a good week for bp. tops on the agenda today forming this fund out of which all the people who have a claim against bp whether it's small businessmen in the gulf of mexico or people who have lost their jobs, lost business. they, the president says he's goi

joining our conversation now doug wilder and msnb political adviser pat buchanan. governor wilder, as you are watching barack obama, you think he's getting a little bit of his mojo back? >> chris, it's good to be with you. the big problem that the democrats have and the president, i think, understands it, getting his mojo back to get him elected is one thing. getting his mojo back for transference is something different. and don't moind sind saying tha people were put back or put down by joe biden saying to people, stop whining. you don't have a job, stop whining. you don't have a mortgage, stop whining. things aren't good for you, stop whining. i think it will be much better for the president to deliver this kind of message to say this. i recognize that i have not done all the things that i could have done and would have liked to have done. i could and eating a lot of food. it's amazing. >> so you car how heavy you are, no matter how long you've been overweight, you are not genetically doomed to be fat. this plan will work for anyone who does it. no matter how muc

. >>> welcome back to "its's the economy" on msnb. a showdown on the hill, the oversight committee tracking the $787 billion in stimulus cash. >> the top republican on the committee on oversight is leading the charge on recovery.gov. >> to characterize, he may have been a little overzealous in saying real, identifiable, direct and in fact, it is just a damn estimate, isn't it? >> it's what the recipients reported. >> cnbc's brian schactman joins us with more on this brian this is getting a little bit contention. >> more from representative issi in a second. give you the scene set, part of the recovery act, the government accountability office has to submit bimonthly reports on how this is going. the most recent report focused squarely on the white house claim that 647,000 jobs created or saved through the recovery act, contracts, grants, loans, you name it the report and ensuing testimony basically confirmed the criticism here is a sample, unbelievable stuff. the gao found 9,000 recipients of nearly $1 billion reported no jobs saved o

. >>> good wednesday morning, i'm chris jansing live from msnb world headquarters in new york. so, the tea party could be a big spoiler for republicans. they thought they were going to be able to cash in big for the midterms in november, but quite a few surprises overnight. the biggest upset, the race for vice president joe biden's old seat in delaware. the tea party favorite christine o'donnell beat out long-time congressman mike castle who had never lost a race. don't ever underestimate the power of we, the people. >> the tea party prevailed in new york state, too. carl paladino who beat out congressman rick lassio. norah o'donnell is breaking down the winners and losers. all right, certainly wasn't dull last night. let's start in delaware. so, you've got, you've got this christine o'donnell who, for a lot of people, it seemed, came out of no where. she beat a guy who had all the experience, had quite a bit of money, what happened there? >> well, now you have the republican hopes of winning joe biden's seat shattered. i mean, she is not the republican's dream candidate. she i

all that and more this hour on msnb >>> good afteron, everyone. i'm taon hall live in new york. hey ther david. >>hey, tamron. i'm david shuster live in washington. the big picture, michael jackson's moth has lost control of her son's multimillion dlar estate. cath reason jatherine jackson ta los angeles judge toelay his decisionbut the judg rejte her request today ruling in far of the king of pos wishes. the judge backed jackson's attorney john braa and music executive hn mcclain both named in jackson's 2002 will. there was another hearing set for august 3rd where ktherine jackson could stillbeamed permanent admistrator. meanwhile, jackson ns have been arriving at dodger stadium all dayo claim their coveted ticketto tomorrow's memoal service. more than 1.6 milli people registered for tickets, d only 8,750 mes were ch. nbc's michelle kosiki join us live. i suppose a lot of fans aren't so concerned about t custody batt, but where do things stand asar a jackn's millionsnd which direction is this headed? >> reporter: well, you said the right word millions. that's why this is soou a

. >> jonathan kapart is an msnb contributor, but as far as grayson, if the democrats said it was wrong for joe wilson to say you lie on the house floor, shouldn't they also be condemning congressman grayson for suggesting a republican plan is to die quickly? >> no. these are two different things. joe wilson shouted at the president of the united states during a joint session of congress, which is a clear violation of house rules. representative grayson was speaking on the house floor to his colleagues sure, used hyperbolic language about policies but not a personal insult to anyone in the room. hey, if he has to apologize for die quickly who ever came one death panels and drop dead and pull the plug on grandma has to apologize too, this is ridiculous. >> what are the republicans doing? think that videotape doesn't exist? people wouldn't pull up some of the hyperbolic statements? >> i think they are trying to take attention of the short attention spans of people, the day and age of twitter, news cycle every 140 characters, people trying to forget. >> people, jonathan, folks getting exha

. >> jose diaz-balart is an anchor for telemundo, maria san msnb contributor and juan jose gut you'reree of you. thanks for joining us. jose, i will begin with you. what will telemundo be doing over the next nine days? >> alex, we have been doing it for some weeks and the months now, as a matter of fact, a campaign ongoing and called your vote is your future. we haven't been waiting for people and organizations like you just showed saying don't vote to get our community involved in the importance of voting. on my sunday morning show, i interabsolute president of that organization to get a better picture of exactly what they were thinking when they put out that ad. >> only 30 minutes from now sure you can stay for the rest of this one? >> yeah. well -- >> just sit tight. maria, as we head into october, the polls showed a lack of enthusiasm among hispanic voters. pew research found 50% of hispanic voters say they plan to go to the polls, compared to 70% of all registered voters that get out and vote. what do you say is behind enthuse why gap? >> i think the latino vote will be the octob

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. >>> coming up in 30 minutes msnb environment and science expert jeff will join me in what happened to the oil-soaked pelicans after they are rescued and cleaned. >>> now to the change of command in afghanistan, general david petraeus will have a swift confirmation by the senate as he is now positioned to lead the war effort in afghanistan. petraeus was, of course, named by president obama yesterday to replace general stanley mcchrystal following mcchrystal's comments in a "rolling stone" article. petraeus' hearing is set for next tuesday and some are predicting he will have the fastest confirmation in history. the big question is, could it affect u.s. strategy in afgha afghanistan and could it begin withdrawing u.s. troops in july. we're joined now by jim mi miklaszewski and i believe it was senator mccain who believes this is the swiftest confirmation hearing in american history. >> it should be a seamless transition as centcom director and putting together this strategy and the president at his words yesterday in the rose garden, it would not change the strategy and that's what t