is team america. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> okay, yes, tre parkerver and over again but they are brilliant so they get a pass. this reporter, we're talking about not so much. matt isn't quite done making his point. >> a teacher wants to teach. why else would you take a [ bleep ] salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really love to do it? >> she messed with matt damon and she is facing the dragon. people can debate all day about ed policy. that's the cool way to say education policy, which i just learned from matt damon. good teachers are highly educated and should be compensated appropriately. stand by, though. stand by. a cameraman is about to mess with matt damon. >> 10% of teachers are bad. >> where did you get that number? >> 10% people in any profession should be doing something else. >> okay. maybe you're a [ bleep ] cameraman. >> he doesn't need special effects or stunt doubles or hair. his words are his nunchuks. don't miss with his mom either. can we see that again? >> 10% of teachers are bad. >> where did you get that num

team america. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> okay. parker and matt stone messed with him over and over again so they get a pass. this reporter, we're talking not so much. matt's not quite done making his point. >> a teacher wants to teach. i mean, why else would you take a [ bleep ] salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really loved to do it? >> she messed with matt damon and she is facing the dragon. people can debate all night about ed policy. good teachers are highly dedicated and should be compensated aprop ately. stand by, though. a cameraman is about to mess with matt damon. >> where did you get that number? >> i don't know. >> well, okay. but i think maybe you're a [ bleep ] cameraman. >> matt damon doesn't need any special effects or hair even. his word are numb chucks. don't mess with matt damon's mom either. can we see that again? >> where did you get that number? >> go matt damon's mama. i h

is team america. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt damon. >> okay, yes, tre parker messed with mattter, we're talking about not so much. matt isn't quite done making his point. >> a teacher wants to teach. why else would you take a [ bleep ] [ bleep ] salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really loved to do it? >> she messed with matt damon and she is facing the dragon. people can debate all day about ed policy. that's the cool way to say education policy, which i just learned from matt damon. good teachers are highly educated and should be compensated appropriately. stand by. a cameraman is about to mess with matt damon. >> the teachers are bad. 10% of people maybe can think of something else. >> okay. maybe you're a [ bleep ] cameraman. >> he doesn't need special effects or stunt doubles or hair. his words are his nunchuks. don't miss with his mom either. >> where did you get that number? >> go matt damon's mom. i loved how she jumped in there. where did you get that number? she's a great teacher and mom and proud of her son. he's a good actor and he has great ta

and matt, when they heard your name -- it's true, matt. how much do we love matt damon? feel the love, matt. coming into you. >> we're going to go talk to the sexiest family man alive in a little while. >> and both matts sporting the same haircut. >> in a tribute to me. >> very nice. a little bit later on, mark bitman will be here to help us have a great holiday party with some fantastic appetites. >> he's always great. i always learn something listening to him. in the meantime, let's go inside. >> natalie is at the news desk with the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. today, disgraced former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is preparing to go to trial on child sex abuse charges. tuesday in a surprise decision, sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing where some of his accusers were set to testify against him. earlier today, sandusky's attorney says his client does not want to cut a deal with prosecutors. >> there's never been any discussions about plea bargains on either side of this case. and i don't anticipate there will be, ann. any sor

so please visit matt and welcome matt and matt, we're delighted to have you. >> story to steal the title. [applause] >> let's just begin and let's jump in. what we'll do is we'll have a conversation and then we'll open it up to questions and nomi, let's hear about plaque tuesday. >> well, thank you for that introduction. thank you, nancy, for that lovely introduction. thank the strand. thank demos, thank the lower east side tentment where i spend a lot of time and doing a lot of research. thank you grandfather for two years before the time that this book took place starting in just bookstore because a lot has happened and it's wonderful to gather here tonight for that. obviously, a lot going on in the world with respect to and particularly in new york, on wall street and so forth with respect to what is an uprising amongst people who are just sick of the way things are economically and want it to actually be different, not to have talk about how it might be different but to actually live differently. and we are i'm sure going to talk about that a lot tonight. but what i want to do first

but mattes continues to report on suleiman. and after his third story, mattes says he gets a frightening phone call. >> in the middle of the night, i'm going to come get you. you're an insect. you better retract. >> mattes says threatening late-night calls to his personal cell phone become regular and frequent. >> all of the threats were directed at my reporting. all of the threats were directed at shutting me down. >> the now notorious mauling starts while mattes is interviewing this man, b.k. phillips, for a fourth story about a pair of previous run-ins with suleiman. >> this is our house. >> phillips lives next door to one of suleiman's buildings and he says, first, they have a neighborly squabble. and on a second occasion, as phillips walks through his neighborhood back to his home on a sunday afternoon, he says suleiman crosses the line. >> suleiman shows up out of nowhere, screeched up in his car, kicked open his car door, ran out and literally was posturing like i'm going to kick your butt, i'm going to beat your ass and

the numbers are catastrophic, as matt described.hortage of ideas. there's not a shortage of capital. we know how to do this in a way that is not budget busting. we need tax reform to help it happen, for sure. we need trade policy reform to also help it happen. what we don't seem to have is political will. and when you had senator tom coburn, a conservative republican from oklahoma on your show earlier, that wonderful balance that the senator spoke about, which is what we're trying to impress as well, this cannot be any longer a partisan issue. it's an american political issue for republicans and democrats alike, and what matt and his colleagues tomorrow, and i'll try to help as well, we're going to start by exciting tomorrow some of the younger workers who are feeling the pinch like their older friends and grandparents, as matt described. but it's sort of a womb-to-tomb process right now, that we have to go through as a nation. we have to help the young entry-level worker, as matt articulated so well, dylan, and with we have to help

it is matt mccall. founder and president, don't know what it means, but it is impressive. and this christmas he will hang a stocking on his steam grate. it is my repulsive sidekick, bill schulz. and he is a prince with a pen and a super hero in sin daw location. he has eight fingers and he is fox news contributor and sin tau dated columnist, cal thomas. and he is suffering hyper tension over janet robinson's pension. >> according to the local times report, quote, the biggest rival may be old newt. i empathize with the big butser ball. truly pinch's biggest liability is old pinch. old pinch used to assign op-eds. regularly smoked jazz cigarettes and never hired the blacks. but the roaring twenties sure did roar. greg? >> those were good times? >> great times if you were white. the other half of me didn't have such a great time. >> well, there you go. >> there i do go. >> congratulationses on it is pension. >> thank you very much. you might say we put the pen in pension. >> all right. >> right all. >> okay. >> kay-o. >> all right. is the thrilla from wasilla worth than godzi

here's ann. >>> matt, thanks. to the miraculous recovery of a texas woman who accidentally walked into a plane's still spinning propeller. natalie's here with the latest on this story. hey, natalie. >> good morning, ann. it's been a little over a week after that accident and it is still touch-and-go for the 23-year-old model, but new details are emerging that suggest lauren scruggs is well on the road to recovery. >> wanted to let you know that we are starting a pumpkin carving contest on "lolo" magazine. >> reporter: just ten days after the propeller accident that left her critically injured, aspiring model and fashionista lauren scruggs is showing remarkable signs of recovery. on monday, her family posted a new blog entry online with hopeful news, saying "praise the lord, lauren's pain is much more manageable today!" "she has been eating some of her favorite foods today, sweet potatoes and hard boiled eggs!" and probably the most encouraging news yet, her deeply religious parents write, "lauren was able to walk

i learned that trick from matt lauer. make you nervnervous, don'? >> yes you do. look, there's chocolate cake to serve with this. >> oh, no, you're not changing the subject. ♪ now, now, now, come on ♪ now, now, now, come on ♪ you know you make me feel like i'm the only girl in the world ♪ ♪ today i don't want to do anything, i just want to lay in my bed ♪ ♪ you traveling around town with the girl i love and forget you ♪ ♪ just the change in my pocket wasn't enough, as i forget you and forget her, too ♪ ♪ tonight is the night, girl, tonight is the night ♪ ♪ oh, ooh, tonight is the night ♪ >> they closed off 49th street, our biggest concert crowd ever. >> this presented problems when ann pulled in this morning and her motorcade they had to move some of these people out of the way. ♪ i'll tell you if it's snowing ♪ oh it's definitely snowing ♪ ♪ or the wind is blowing ♪ if the wind is blowing ♪ all i want to do is have some fun ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, ann curry. ♪ they say brandi, such a novel round, she serves them whi

we'll be joined by matt. tim, you do the same. college is one thing, the nfl, something else entirely. how recent heisman winners are buried on the big stage. plus, david shaw joins us from stanford next. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? ♪ [ male announcer ] the new united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. >>> raiders and dolphins and orlando mcclain. he was active despite his recent arrest. he connected. best with a 12 yard touchdown. dolphins at the half, it's reggie bush time. bush, a hundred yards rushing. raiders fall. skbl well, hugh jackson's bully was out bullied sunday in miami. >> back to the drawing board we go. i mean, we

and matt, it's there. we have another reminder why we probably need to take our energy into our own hands. >> yeah, it's energy security, which makes the national security in my mind. you look at iran right now. going into 2012. that's one of my big, you know, things that could blow up in this economy because if that straits of hormuz gets closed. $100 oil is cheap. we're paying 4 to $5 for gasoline and would close down this economy. look where we're getting our oil. out of the top seven, four of them, to put it nicely. have you ever looked at the pipelines, they're running everywhere, what's one more going to do. >> we've got a zillion already. >> dagen. >> i'm perplexed by how the president can turn his back on a pipeline project that even the teamsters and the pipe fitters have gotten by. >> and that explains the pecking order. environmentalists first and foremost, unions and teamsters. >> 20,000 jobs would be created immediately, and putting in pipeline in place another one, 118,000 spin-off jobs and t

matt, you were someone who was on the front lines of that.was your experience, i guess, emotionally, psychologically, subjectively of being in the position of the power, the person with the gun, essentially, in that environment? >> yeah, i love they'rizing, but when you're there, you lose yourself in the action and you do the best you can with what you got. we truly became a jack of all trades, masters of none. one minute going on a raid, kicking down doors look for an insurgent and the next minute flipping a switch and realizing there's no insurgents here, it's all women and everybody put down your rifles, take off your helmet and try to turn on a little boyish charm because, yeah, you got the wrong house. >> impossible. >> it happens. it's terrible. you know, 20 young americans, all of whom under 26, just trying to dot best you can -- >> who showed up at the house, presumably in the middle of the night. and keyed occupy adrenaline, thinking that on the other side of the door there might be guns, bombs, might be anything. the door comes down

. >> that's right, matt. the newest alleged victims to come forward, two young men who claim they were abused starting when they were just 10 and 12 years old. one of them says his alleged molestation began in 2005. that is two years after an initial grand jury investigation into sandusky. we'll get the latest in a live report coming up straight ahead. >> the first votes are set to be cast in the republican primary season a couple weeks from now and the race is heating up with former vice president dan quayle's endorsement of mitt romney. this morning vice president quayle is in our studio. he is going to tell us why he made that decision. >> nice to have him in our studio. also coming up this morning we have very important information for women in the fight against breast cancer. this morning there is a report that two drugs tested in patients with advanced breast cancer may show some promise and there is also another study just released that is highlighting environmental factors that increase a woman's chan

we have matt bigler on the phone now with the very latest. and matt what can you see and what have you found out [ signal breakup ] >> reporter: where this is happening is blocked off by police tape what we found out is there is a subject barricaded inside an apartment here at this apartment complex just after capital expressway. apparently around 2:00 this morning, he started making noises. neighbors complained. police responded. when police responded, the subject brandished a machete and barricaded himself inside his apartment. that's pretty much where we are now. police have responded with more officers. in fact, they are calling more officers to the scene. they also have crisis intervention officers talking to this guy. i talked to one of the neighbors and he described his neighbor, this person we're talking about, as somewhat crazy. he said that he believes that brett favre is coming back and that he was trying to convince the officers that that was happening and they were trying to tell him that that was not happening. anyway, it's clea

and that's the love story matt plays in the movie. >> rose: take a look. this is an excerpt where benjamin talks to his kids. here it is. >> it's a zoo! >> well, yeah. look, these animals need somebody to rescue them >> animal need to be rescued? dad, my friends and my whole life is here! man, you got expelled, all right? what am i going to do? wham am i supposed to do? am i going to home school you? >> no. >> right, so what did we talk about? a new place. a new start. >> this is what you want. it's not what i want. >> what? >> the zoo. i'm moving to a zoo. >> we bought a zoo! >> yes, we did. we did buy a zoo. it needs some work. >> rose: just tell me about the scene, both of you. how you saw the scene, what was interesting about the scene. >> it's the father starting an adventure th usually would belong to the kids. so the father is saying yes, we bought a zoo! what's wrong with that? >> totally logical choice. >> rose: doesn'tven want to zoo. >> we shoot the scene where the kids said idn't you tell me sometimes zoos are a prison for the animals?" "well,

it is matt lauer's 54th, i'll say it again, 54th birthday.t. >> thanks to the people in australia and all of the other places for chiming in on the celebration. can i mention something to our dear friend meredith vieira, lebron james, tiger woods. >> someone from hawaii felt like he had to send his own special message so let's roll it. ♪ happy birthday to you, matt ♪ happy birthday to you matt, what do you think about that ♪ ♪ happy birthday to matthew ♪ happy birthday to oo oooo you ♪ >> thank you, steven. >> happy birthday matt. >> i felt bad the other day and when i saw what you had in your office -- >> that was probably 48 years ago. >> yeah. >> 47 years ago. >> you didn't really catch a big one. >> but back when i was that little that was a big fish. it's not so great today. >> well, happy birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you >> thanks so steven tyler, i really appreciate that. >> beautiful. >> i got candles. >> network cut back, we couldn't afford all the candles that needed to be on my cake. >> thank you, everybody, and meredith if you're

meet mateo. >> stand by matt for one second. >> that's al. >> our mini matt. >> good morning, i'm annbig smile, little smile. big smile. >> reporter: and then there's cute kayla. well, she had the pleasure of being cast as yours truly. but for some of our tiny "today" stars, the choice wasn't always so clear. >> amy or natalie. >> everyone thinks you look like natalie morales. >> reporter: it turns out she wasn't amy or natalie. in the end, ella was cast as sa vapa. the "today" show gang was almost complete as tricia and her toddlewood team took over studio 1a hoping to recreate some of our most memorable moments. mini savannah said she did her research by watching her on tv. >> do you remember what she did on tv? >> she helped someone cook. >> uh-huh. >> and she talked to someone and that's what i really want to do next year. >> reporter: but this year she was ready for her closeup, so she climbed on to our set. >> who do you like working with better, chuck todd or al roker? >> al roker. >> really? how come? >> well, he's a good friend of mine. >> no, i know, because i'm friends with

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. >> it's good to have you back from a week in iraq. safe trip home? >> very safe. i leave iraq really impressed with all those men and women in uniform. it's always sobering to go, but they're all coming home as of december 31st. >> nice to say that after a long time. >>> meanwhile i came back to a lot of breaking news because now with less than a month to go before the first votes in the republican primary season, there's a new marist poll released on sunday and it shows that newt gingrich is leading in iowa and his lead is very likely to continue to grow when you factor in voters who were supporting herman cain before he suspended his campaign over the weekend. >> we understand today gingrich will meet with donald trump who's become a big voice in the republican race and a man who may still be flirting with a run of his own. gingrich is the only candidate to sign up for trump's debate in iowa coming up on december 27th. two candidates have already said no way

wishing you all a very happy and healthy new year, matt? optimistic. i was worried aied at the begin because the cup was half empty, but you turned around. the fact that bond is coming out next year, that's huge. there was worry that what's hisç name, daniel craig, wasn't going to do another one. >> a fascinating fact about bond, he is actually -- james bond, the character, is ian fleming based him on my grandfather, my mother's father. >> is that right? >> yes, he served under ian fleming during the world, as naval intelligence, and my grandfather, yes, is one of the men james bond is based upon. >> that is a fantastic fact. >> very cool claim to fame. >> quickly on the tech thing, one thing i worry about, every year, there's so many new generations of stuff coming out, we have to get a new gadget and feel ours is obsolete every year. is that a worry we should have? >> if it's an american company, such as apple, maybe you should

now back to matt and savannah.od days since that one bad one syst. >> she certainly has. >> let's get a check of the weather with al. >> thank you very much. she's erin and she's 30. where are you from? >> knoxville, tennessee. >> wbir. >> that's right! >> good to see you. let's see what's going on. my wife worked there. eau claire, wisconsin, sunny and cold, 32 degrees. plenty of sunshine. we have rain and snow back through the eastern great lakes. low pressure spinning in the southwest bringing storms and rain. air stagnation in the pacific northwest. snowshowers through the western plains. we have rain in texas. unusual for this time of year. they will pick up two to four inches and the sunshine up and down the east coast. you're 30! what's your name? >> erin! >> kiss me -- mwa! happy birthday. >> we don't expect any rain today but there should be a front coming through. front coming through. >>> look, some sort of bear, animal thing there. i'm not sure what they are. but they're cute. matt? >> al, thanks. when

as a full-time student, matt was still covered by his parents' family plan. but weeks after he graduated, matt lost that insurance and faced monthly drug bills of nearly $1,000 and costly physician visits. so, he tried to find individual coverage. >> we looked at some of the individual health insurance policies, but most of them were either astronomically expensive or did not cover pre-existing conditions. >> narrator: matt realized he needed a job with good health insurance immediately, so he put his career dreams on hold and went to work for menards. its comprehensive health plan covers everything, and costs matt only about $200 a month. >> ...finished choices. >> narrator: matt has found lifesaving health care by temporarily trading in his dreams. >> a little bit of a fancy finish there. >> narrator: but for now, he's locked in his job. and even this job, which six months ago looked secure, seems less so in a global recession. >> there are people who stay in jobs-- we still have job lock. there are people who stay in marriages-- a friend of mine called tha

matt over to you. >> thanks. while we're on the subject of weather a lot of weather watchers are asking where's the snow? in fact, records are being set for just how little snow there's been so far this year. nbc's mike taibbi is in lake tahoe, california. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. how are you? last year was unbelievable for a lot of resorts in ski country across the u.s. here in squaw valley in fact the season began in november and extended through the spring and into july. it was a year of record snowfalls and revenues. this year the other side of the coin. at california's squaw valley resort it's been a brutal start. only 5 of 170 trails have any snow at all. >> we're making the best of it with the two runs we've got. >> reporter: while there is skating and dining, as much man made snow as they can produce for the kids and the die hards, the ceo says a large part of his work force isn't working yet. >> a thousand people aren't working right now. >> yeah. they're seasonal and part-ti

matt strawn, i'm going to start with you. we keep hearing about how many undecided republicans there are in the state. my question is, why is that? they've had a year or more to get to know these candidates. what's going on? >> i think first and foremost iowa republicans aren't making this decision in a vacuum. we understand what four more years of barack obama's policies mean to america so we understand what is at stake and we understand the decision we make on january 3 extends far beyond the borders of just our state here in the midwest. we want to make sure we get the decision right. we want to i guess really take that final measure of each of these candidates as they come to the state. there's been no question the retail aspect hasn't pen as robust. many iowa activists are just getting that opportunity now in the closing week to look a candidate in the eye and ask them that tough question that the iowa caucus process is known for. i'm sure at the end of the day iowa caucus goers will do what they always do. once they've

. >> matt austin from our affiliate are wfff. the national office of sigma phi epsilon said it and the university could decide later to reopen the chapter. >>> from a rape survey to allegations of hazing. the scandal of hazing at florida a&m and we'll talk to an attorney for a student whose injuries were so severe she had to be hospitalized. >>> a report on the violence in syria is next. also, the hazing scandal. one student says she was hazed, giving up her scholarship and going home. >>> overseas now, egypt's revolution isn't over and a new standoff between protestors and police turned bloody. officers battled with batons and guns, at least ten people have been killed since friday. a fire at a cairo library destroyed 200-year-old manuscripts consider ared irreplaceable. egypt's interim prime minister blaips protestors for raarson. they want him out of office. >>> leon panetta became the first secretary of defense to visit libya. he didn't try to sugar-coat the challenges. he said the transition to democracy will be hard and it

good morning to you, matt. >> it was pretty civil, cordial. they're trying to create a lasting impression in iowa for people to talk about over the next 18 days. are you in agreement with some month who say this was a good night for mitt romney? >> i am. all of the candidates touched on feel-good issues for iowa, conservative voters, social issues getting play last night. romney made the calculation he was not going to attach gingrich because gingrich is a good counter-puncher. he learned that in the last debate, kept his fire trained on president obama, talked about himself more. had to fend off tough questions from moderators but all in all it was a good night. >> as chuck pointed out in his piece, on the one hand they're being civil and friendly but all running ads in iowa and elsewhere that are anything but. >> absolutely. they don't always engage each other as hard on the stage as they do with those tv ads. make no mistake, mitt romney is relying now on some of his rivals like a michele bachmann, rick sant

a bit of an interesting fact, matt. tonighting will be the first time that the bishop at the cathedral will perform the service. that will be the first time for her tonight here at the cathedral. back to you, matt. >> ken, thanks very much. >>> metro says it will operate on a regular weekend schedule this weekend and next weekend. that means trains will run until 3:00 a.m. sunday morning and again on new year's eve. on monday, trains will operate on a holiday schedule from 7:00 a.m. until midnight. buses will run on a sunday schedule. >>> coming up on 9 news now, the best sounds for family and friends this christmas eve as soldiers finally return home. >>> and why those last-minute shoppers may find the best deals of the holiday season. stay tuned. we'll be right back. >>> santa and his helpers are heading out this evening. it is a chilly one indeed. we have a light breeze, clear skies and cool temperatures. i'll let you know how cool it will get early tomorrow morning and also whether we'll keep sunshine for christmas

matt. >> ken, stay safe, have fun.ll see you back here at 11:00. >>> if you do go out tonight and find you've had too much to drunk, the regional washington alcohol program is offering partygoers a free ride home. the sober ride service runs between 10:00 p.m. tonight and 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. it covers the cost of a cab ride up to $30. >>> we'll be right back with weather after this break. alright everybody, get your heads up. now when i was in the military, i learned that if you stand together, you can stand up to anything! no matter where i was deployed, i always knew that somebody had my back! you boys are your own band of brothers! you have each other! just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! 3 1/2 million members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> special keith sending best wishes and happy christmas and kwanza all that good stuff to my family out in maryland, my brother, sister-in-law, all my siblings. love you guys, see you soon. >>> olga

matt? >> pete williams in washington, pete, thank you very much. >>> let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. tamron mall is in for natalie over at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. >>> iran's threat to close the world's most important oil route may be easier said than done. according to analysts, one-sixth of the world's oil passes through the strait of hormuz. while iran could disrupt traffic for some time it's unlikely tehran would be able to close it down. an attempt could turn its few remaining allies against it. >>> a russian nuclear sub ma reap caught fire burning through the night with an unknown number of crew members still on board. officials say there has been no radiation leak from the fire which began on the wooden scaffolding when the sub was this dry dock. >>> president obama paid his respect at the memorial for the victims of the 1941 attacks on pearl harbor in hawaii. the president and the first lady laid a wreath at the "uss arizona

. >> and i'm matt lauer. want to take you for a live look at courthouse where jerry sandusky was supposed to be hearing directly from his accusers in court for the first time. instead, his attorney is answering questions from reporters outside. >> that's right, matt. as we just mentioned, just as the hearing was getting underway, he waived his right to have it. the case is moving closer to trial with his next court appearance on january 11th. we'll get a live report from the court and talk about what happened this morning with our legal team. >> also ahead, lauren skrugs was nearly killed when she walked into a plane's i spinning propeller. her recovery has taken another encouraging turn. we're going to hear from our her father coming up. >>> and we have a wealth of topics to discuss. everything from quarterback tim tebow wearing his religion on his sleeve to a new survey on what people are willing to do to lose weight. you might be surprised by what most of us would not give up. . >> let's begin with the sur

i'm matt miller, in today for dylan ratigan. the big story is jobs. and you and i know it will be the big story from now until election day next november. that means the politicizing of the jobs issue is set to reach new logic-defying heights. we're in for another year of posturing and tinkering at the edges instead of solutions. the democrats say the new unemployment rate shows we're on the right track. while republicans say the 120,000 jobs added last month is so meager, it will take a decade for us to get real job growth. not to mention that the real unemployment rate is stagnant at 18%. as dylan would say, let the pro wrestling begin. give a listen. >> despite some strong headwinds this year, the american economy has now created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that's nearly 3 million new jobs in all. >> more than 300,000 americans left the labor force last month. that means they stopped looking for work. and i think we should all be concerned about that. >> i hate to sound like a broken record. we can create an almost u