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joining us is the "nation" magazine's washington editor and msnbc contributor, chris hayes. mr. hayes. hello, mr. hayes. >> miss maddow, how are you? >> good, thank you. s.t.r.a.t. repeal of don't ask, don't tell. what do you think passes? >> well, you know, january 4th is the expiration date on the congress. harry reid seems to be quite serious about working through that. the new congress starts january 5th. up until the stroke of midnight on january 4th this congress is in session. harry reid wants to squeeze all the juice out of it as possible. what's going to pass? the tax cut deal i think. i don't think it's a sure thing. it's more likely to pass than not. not a sure thing. you're starting to hear rumblings from tea party types on the republican side of this about a backlash against the deal. it will be interesting to see how that plays out in the house. dadt repeal is right, right, right on the razor's edge as we saw. the dream act i think is probably short of the votes it needs to pass. at least it was a few weeks ago. i don't think anything changes in the interim. the

chris hayes, the washington editor of "the nation," thank you, chris. >>> if what the western nations are tig to do to julian assange is not evidence enough of how much of a nerve assange has hit, private bradley manning will be to you. the word used is torture, next >> okay, first you have two spoons. your finger in the middle of the spoons. >> got it. >> bang 'er back and forth. there you go. yeah. >> yeah, this is going really great. oh, this is actually not bad. >> how's that, eh? >> holy...spoons. >> introducing cisco umi. be together in high def on your tv. exclusively at best buy's magnolia stores. cisco. ready sensei. hey tough guy, that cold needs alka seltzer plus! it has the cold-fighting power of an effervescent packed in a liquid-gel for all over relief! hiyah! dude! >>> he is alleged to be the serviceman behind the wikileaks mother lode and his treatment in our name is alleged to be akin to torture. one of the man you've met here, his life-saving transplant reneged upon by the state of arizona. the bid to raise the money privately led by a 13-year-old, who will join us.

chris hayes, thank you, chris. the judge who just ruled against health care owns part of a strategy firm that worked against health care reform. this is the banana republic states of america? that doesn't prove it, nine to the right. >> go to the right, go to the right. >> whoa! >> whoa! >> what is that? >> man: well, that's a, uh... i don't know. >> whoa. >> can we call him blinky? >> woman: expert teaching. deeper learning. together, we are the human network. cisco. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> if nine guys explain it's the year 1895. that's next. the virginia judge who rules against health care reform has a conflict of

chris hayes, thank you, chris. the judge who just ruled against health care owns part of a strategy firm that worked against health care reform. this is the banana republic states of america? that doesn't prove it, nine bankers control and manipulate the derivatives market. nine guys. down. straight. go straight. no, to the right. to the right. >> go to the right, go to the right. >> whoa! >> whoa! >> what is that? >> man: well, that's a, uh... i don't know. >> whoa. >> can we call him blinky? >> woman: expert teaching. deeper learning. together, we are the human network. cisco. to save in insurance. >>> if nine guys explain it's the year 1895. that's next. the virginia judge who rules against health care reform has a conflict of interest so big, it will get him laughed out of the courtroom. howard dean joins us. he celebrates 10 years and which one went to court first? the war on christmas turns into the war on santa claus. we go to the battlefield. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the dia

. >>> let's turn now to the washington editor of "the nation" and msnbc contributor, chris hayes. tax cuts now and forever, i guess is the mantra? >> yeah, that's what's so interesting when you think about this as a bipartisan compromise, right? i mean, is -- tax cuts are the central core, he c existential e of the republican party. it's what they agree on all the time. if the founding document imposed republicanism. it's not surprising that republicans are getting behind a plan that involves a lot of tax cuts. that's exactly what they are -- that's exactly what they do. if you look at -- if you compare this, which people are calling stimulus 2.0 to the recovery act. that really was a consensus bipartisan type approach. it was half spending and half tax cuts. it got three total republican votes in both houses. that's the problem, the asymmetry there -- you can't find a bargaining partner on the other end for things like public investment. you can only find a bargaining partner on their ideological terms, which is tax cut. >> the democrats are going along dressing this up as middle

i'm chris hayes in for keith olbermann, you can read more of my work on msnbc.com. have a great night and a great weekend. >>> it's friday night but the workweek is not over yet on capitol hill. harry reid's diabolical plan to make republicans work before christmas. somebody's got to pass the bill to keep the lights on and the government's only funded right now through tuesday. >>> also don't ask, don't tell, could repeal finally happen this weekend? >>> unanimous consent, unanimous consent, all members of the senate actually agree on something, so why then did it take nearly ten months for them to say they agreed on the thing they all agreed to? ten months? >> i'm bobby jindal, governor of louisiana. >> the case study of bobby jindal's $20 million boondoggle. a drone, not a drudge, not a honeybee, but an unmanned vehicle, i think the rachel maddow show is the only show to have its own drone, which i will inexpertly federal ahead this hour. >>> all that and more starting right now on the rachel maddow show. >> hey, happy friday. are you familiar with the concept of

i'm chris hayes in for keith olbermann, this is friday december 17, 690 days until the 2012 presidential election. breaking one of his signature campaign promises, president barack obama did not kill the bush tax cuts for household income over a quarter million dollars today, but extended them for another two years. in return, he got a two-year extension of the bush middle class tax cuts which mr. obama had promised to make permanent and he got a one-year extension of unemployment insurance which will provide no benefits for any of the unemployed, those who have beeout longer than their state limits. so who won? today's -- the president hailed mcconnell's support and assured america that republicans care about creating jobs. >> there's some elements that members of my party don't like. there's some elements that republicans here today don't like. that's the nature of compromise. yielding on something each of us cares about to move forward on what all of us care about. and right now, what all of us care about is growing the american economy and creating jobs for the american people. >> he