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. >> it looks like some retailers are getting more cooperation than they got a few weeks ago. here's chris clackum with the story. >> retailers braced for an onslaught of last 46-minute christmas shomers this weekend. last weekend a major winter storm kept most of the country in the deep freeze. pr >> if you are last minute, get a gift certificate. >> the national retail section grew 3.3% over last year. >> consumers look like they are willing to splurge. that means splurging on discretionary items. >> last year was a little rough. this year it seems like -- they will continue right up until christmas next weekend. starting tuesday morning at 6:00, toys r us stores will stay open for 88 straight hours until 10:00 p.m. christmas eve. >> we know a lot of our customers have procrastinated. >> it is procraft nation retailers can live with. 1-3 shoppers is said to be only halfway through their christmas shopping. chris clackum, nbc news. >> while you are getting last-minute shopping done, local police are making your safety a top priority. this as police continue their search for an armed robbe

cooper's innocence. we spoke to nicklas chris who wrote a column about the case. >> nicklas, you wrote a great piece describinghe case? >> in 1983, you had a horrific murder of a family, four people murdered and their son left with his throat slashed. >> he survived. >> he survived and he immediately identified, he said three white people had done it, but immediately, the police discovered that only 125 yards away, there was a black man, kevin cooper who had escaped from a low security correction facility and was hiding out there at the time, more or less at the time of those killings. they immediately focused their attention on him and arrested him. then what the judges in this case suggest, there is a lot of evidence for it, is that once they were convinced of his guilt, they began to plant evidence to confirm that. maybe more important, they also ignored evidence that another group of three people were involved. >> look, i want to point out, you're handling this case pro bono. >> yes. >> i read that the dissent, five judges, ninth circuit, a senior prominent u.s. federal circuit, five judges said this is an

chris matthews. welcome toll show. with us today, michael duffy, andrea mitchell, the "new york times" helene cooper and the "washington post" david ignatius. first up, it's a december to remember. the president cut what he called the best possible deal on taxes. jobless benefits, the works. he has shown disdain for those who are resisting his decision. >> take a tally. look at what i promised during the campaign. there is not a single thing that i said that i would not do that i not either done or tried to do. chris: michael, i hav'ten seen him like this, eyes wide open addressing his critics head on. >> pointing the finger in case you missed the point. the liberal part of the obama presidency is probably over. he is moving into a totally different phase here. he is doing it because he has to. unemployment numbers were rising again. his popularity was beginning to dip into the low 40's. he cuts this dramatic deal with republicans on a tax cut, he gets a much bigger second stimulus, bigger than the first stimulus with the democrats. chris: yes. >> he gets it at a time that is perfect if you're running for re-election w

>>> the report calls for greater cooperation from pakistan in tracking down insurgents operating from safe havens along the afghan border. pentagon correspondent chrisjoins us from islamabad. when it comes to rooting out terrorists, the report says the relationship has been uneven. what does that mean? >> reporter: that's a clean, easy way of saying the u.s. hasn't gotten everything from pakistan that it wanted. the minister say, quote, we will do more whenever we can, but we have to look at our own interests first. what are those interests? some u.s. intelligence officials say there are still elements of pakistan security forces who are sympathetic to the militants along the border. even putting that aside, you have a pakistani army tied up with flood relief. suv elements of the government that still believe that india is the primary threat and resources need to be devoted to the eastern side. pakistan has put about 10,000 troops on that border with afghanistan. that's more troops than the united states has in afternoon. they've also taken some very -- some pakistani officials feel like they already are doing a lot, and they have the feeling that t

america he's affiliated with the national council cooperatives, the council of california is an important member for stereo firms. sitting next to dan is chris waldrop colavita richter of the food policy institute federation of america and association of nearly 300 onprofit consumer organizations that seeks to advance consumer interest through research advocacy and education. chris overseas the reseah analysis and immediate of reach for all food policy activities at the institute s e have a broad cross-section of folks and the way this is going to operate, i'm going to open with a question and turn it to general holder and then we will sort of go back and forth. to get the audience just a sense of this, we know that consumers demand, and this is a question i am going t pose to all of the panels today we know the consumer demand is changed over the years and in some cases consumers are spending a significant amount of their food dollars away from home and restaurant, purchasing more prepared meals at supermarkets, and the retail market appears to be concentrated to the processing retailing side and that may very well be a reflection of these

he's affiliated with the national council cooperatives, the council of california is an important member for stereo firms. sitting next to dan is chris waldrop colavita richter of the food policy institute federation of america and association of nearly 300 nonprofit consumer organizations that seeks to advance consumer interest through research advocacy and education. chris overseas the research analysis and immediate of reach for all food policy activities at the institute so we have a broad cross-section of folks and the way this is going to operate, i'm going to open with a question and turn it to general holder and then we will sort of go back and forth. to get the audience just a sense of this, we know that consumers demand, and this is a question i am going to pose to all of the panels today we know the consumer demand is changed over the years and in some cases consumers are spending a significant amount of their food dollars away from home and restaurant, purchasing more prepared meals at supermarkets, and the retail market appears to be concentrated to the processing retailing side and that may very well be a reflection of

chris edwards from the cato institute. you were a senior economist with the joint economic committee in the served as a consultant and manager at price waterhouse coopersd an economist at the tax foundation. our next call comes from johnny in south carolina. thank you for waiting. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i have a couple of questions. when was the last time you bought something made in america? i ask that to get to another point. guest: it is remarkable how every time you buy something from a walmart, a lot of stuff seemed to be made abroad. that is not necessarily a problem except that i know we have a lot of policies in the united states that unfortunately scare's out investment and pushes it investment offshore. for example, we have one of the highest corporate income taxes in the world. our big companies, caterpillar, dupont, intel -- it tinkers them to set up their manufacturing abroad. we need to reform the corporate income tax. that is the kind of change we need to make to bring manufacturing back to america. caller: you would agree then that our biggest problem is jobs and people paying taxes guest: absolutely critical arco bouquet. it

cooperation in europe and our state department. the progress that's been made over the years could not have happened without the leadership of senator ben cardin, congressman chris smith and the late congressman tom lantos. one of the highlights of my brother was the passage of the global antisemitism bill which created a special envoy at the state department to monitor and combat global antisemitism. these are just a few examples of great bipartisan work going on in the senate, but much of the time this is blurred because of the media's addiction to conflict. even though i don't agree with the bipartisan resolution on extending the bush tax cuts, i compliment the president and leaders in congress for sitting down and working together to find a compromise. one of my frustrations after working so hard to find common ground on significant issues over the past 12 years has been it doesn't happen often enough. the american people know that even when members of a family get along, it's difficult to get things done, so they most certainly know that when we are laser focused on fighting, politicking and messaging, their concerns and plight are forgotten and nothing con

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