thank you, chris hayes. we appreciate it.up with you tomorrow morning on "on up" and i will be on next. up next, another msnbc doku mystery. have a good one. see you tomorrow.

chris hayes hosts "up with chris hayes" on saturday and sunday mornings on msnbc. thank you for being here. >> thanks a lot, rachel. >> frank rich will be joining us straight ahead. stay with us. >>> precisely seven weeks. there are certain things that go for seven weeks and then they come to an end. one of those things is the gestation period of the cutest little cuddly most adorable little creature on the whole entire planet. that would be a baby red fox. red foxes are amazing. do you know their hearing is so good they can locate a mouse squeaking in the grass from an entire football field away? yeah. from red fox mating to baby red fox being born, that's about seven weeks. something else that exists for about seven weeks, your average worker bee. they're the ones that make the honey and generally do the stinging. but it's a quick, superproductive life for these guys. seven weeks, and then sayonara. one other thing that lasts about seven weeks in our world, which has nothing at all to do with the animal kingdom, one other thing that lasts seven weeks is the bubbl

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the great and good chris hayes for all his boyish charm is himself a father. ris and his wife, kate shaw, have a beautiful new baby girl named ryan shaw hayes. she was born happy and healthy, right on time, as expected. look at her! on monday morning. this is just to say mazel tov. i have to tell you, we tried to get you a blackwater onesie for her, but -- and, in fact, we bid on one on ebay, but we got screwed on ebay, and it never arrived. we hope you know how we meant it, though. chris hayes is the host of what i think is the single best news program on television, on cable or on any network. that is his show "up with chris hayes" which is weekend mornings here on msnbc. i think it is the best new show anywhere including this one. that chris hayes is also a new dad and that is the best new thing in the world today.

is host of msnbc's "up with chris hayes.":00 and sunday mornings at 8:00. chris, thanks for joining us. roger, i want chris to start with this one. let's take a look at this one. mitt romney probably that he was on friendly turf with a fox interview, but when challenged, we see his barely contained frustration at having to answer a question from bret baird. watch his body language here. react to this, chris. >> do you think a mandate, mandating people to buy insurance is the right tool? >> brett, i don't know how many hundred times i've said this too -- this is an unusual interview. all right, let's do it again! >> chris, i've never seen a candidate re-cross his legs in the middle of an interview with great frustration. >> it was an interesting physiological response, because he was clearly trying to contain just barely suppressed rage in that moment. what i thought was interesting about it was, a, it was a question, if you hired a 19-year-old to do a little bit of research or tee up a question to mitt romney, it was one of t

i'm chris hayes and this is a special edition of "up with chris hayes." a look back at 2011. a year filled with memories, highlights and gop frontrunners. we are going to look at the serious and urn serious today. we have an entire panel of comedians coming up later this hour for one thing. i want to start off with my story of the year. just over a year ago, on december 17th, a young man by the name of mohammed bu zazi set out on the streets of the provincial capital in tunisia to sell fruits from his wheelbarrow. he bought the fruit for $200 u.s. he found himself harassed by local police who said he did not have a proper vendor's permit before confiscating his wares and the scales he used to weigh the fright. distraught, he went to the governor's office to complain and after being turned away, i bought a can of gasoline and stood in the middle of traffic and cried, how do you expect me to make a living, before setting himself on fire? imprisoned by despair, he could not have possibly known how widely the fire he sparked would burn. just a month later, the man who had ruled t

congresswoman edwards, chris hayes, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >>> catch "up with chris hayes" saturdays and sundays right here on msnbc. >>> let me say this. next surf is christmas. some of us celebrate christmas as a religious holiday. i'm a minister. i believe in christianity. i believe the script further said that the day of the original christmas was a day that joseph and mary couldn't get room in the inn to have their child. how do you sit christian right in the congress and not hear about homeless children and then go home and celebrate christ on the day they didn't have room in the inn for him? think about it. do you have room in your inn for homeless children? or are you just posing, like you believe in a story and celebrating your insensitivity? it's time for the christian right to meet the right christians. >>> ahead, the panda bears were out in force last night, saying anything to pander to the right. >>> plus we reported the great news about the scott walker recall, but not here comes the big money to prop up walker? >>> why is rush limbaugh blasting the repu

the great and good chris hayes for all his boyish charm is himself a father. ime, as expected. look at her! on monday morning. this is just to say -9 mazel tov. i have to tell you, we tried to get you a blackwater onesie for her, but -- and, in fact, we bid on one on ebay, but we got screwed on ebay, and it never arrived. we hope you know how we meant it, though. chris hayes is the host of what i think is the single best news program on television, on cable or on any network. that is his show "up with chris hayes" which is weekend mornings here on

. >>> from new york, i am chris hayes. this is the sunday edition of "up." and there's a deal that could pave the way of tougher enforcement of greenhouse gas emissions if the biggest polluters agree to it. >>> the attacks newt gingrich faced from his rivals virtually made it official. we will have highlights in a moment, but joining me today we have the columnist for "the daley," and a contributor to "the times" magazine, and my great pleasure to welcome the ceo of the advocacy group, green for all, and now a columnist at the "natural review," glad to have you all here. >>> it was held at the yun university in iowa. i tweeted earlier in the week that it sort of felt all week like the entire political press was standing in a school yard around newt gingrich and romney saying fight, fight, fight. romney put out an ad critical of newt gingrich, and it was a highly anticipated conflict that was heading into this debate. the moment that stood out for me was the one where this exchange was most intense, where mitt romney had the chance to take a shot at newt ging

on that same topic, chris hayes is up with an naacp president ben jealous on tomorrow's day of actiontern. that does it for us at "now." i'll see you back next week at noon eastern. until then you can follow us on twitter @now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is up next mod three weeks to iowa. the republican candidates try to derail newt's surge to the top. but the strategy comes with big risks. and a window of opportunity for team obama. we'll talk to iowa's republican party chair matt strawn and former doppler party chairman governor ed rendell mod the european debt crisis. what will a new deal mean for the u.s. economy?" andrea mitchell reports" is next on msnbc. ♪ imagine me and you, i do ♪ i think about you day and night ♪ ♪ it's only right ♪ to think about the girl you love ♪ ♪ and hold her tight ♪ so happy together [ male announcer ] when life changes, so can your insurances needs. use travelers free guide to better coverage to stay prepared. is your auto and home insurance keeping up with you? contact your local travelers agent, or call 800-my-coverage. ♪♪ ♪ if you're like

i'm chris hayes in for rachel. we'll see tomorrow night. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with picking up the pace. republican presidential candidates are working their way across iowa at a fast and furious pace. packing in as much last-minute campaigning as they can before caucus tuesday. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the candidates are battling awayen o the ground and stepping up the air war. >> good to see you. >> reporter: the gop presidential candidates are making their closing arguments in iowa. >> they'll do anything to any other country that we don't want them to do to us and that would solve a lot of our problems. >> reporter: ron paul is the wild card, polling second, but with the well-organized army of supporters. and that makes him a target. >> ron paul would be dangerous as a president of the united states. >> one of the people running for president thinks it's okay for iran to have a nuclear we, i don't. >> reporter

up with chris hayes is next. >>> good morning in fork new york. i'm chris hayes. a police raid shut down occupy boston after ten weeks tearing down tents and haul willing off at least ten people. across russia, the largest nationwide rally against vladmir putin alleging voter fraud in last sunday's elections. i am joined by buddy roamer, former governor of louisiana, esther arm ma, playwright, currently host of wake up call on wbai and ben jealous, president and ceo of the naach. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> this past week, a new focus for "occupy wall street" as the 99% message continues to reverberate through our political system up to and through the president of the united states. the movement is branching out into new modes of direct action. on tuesday, they occupied launch occupy our homes. demonstrators set out to reclaim foreclosed houses an turn them over to homeless and other needy families. they took over a house in brooklyn for closed in 2008 by countrywide, now ba bank of america. protesters turned it over to pash sha glasgow who with her

i am chris hayes. the red cross says the death toll in the philippines reached 521 will still missing. and sad news, a column of 100 vehicles crossed iraqi -- >>> i want to bring in our guests today. a policy analyst and director of middle east progress, and one of the writers on policy. john mcorder, friend of the program, and a returning guest, and returning again, mrs. msnbc contributor, karen hunter former of the york daily news. glad to have you back. it feels in a weird way the iraq war has ended a number of times and there have been a bunch of different milestones, but overnight it ended, the iraq war ended. but after nine years, the u.s. military has, quote, officially ended the war in iraq. the paperwork was signed for the handover of camp adder. and soldiers rolled up the military flag to signal the end of official service in iraq. and president obama gave a speech to the soldiers at ft. bragg where he had this to say. >> it's harder to end a war than to begin one. all the fighting, and all t

i am chris hayes.ith the senator for budget and policy priorities, and by boss at the change national magazine, and we're supposed to -- we have a great guest who is head of the firefighters union in wisconsin. we just finished a fantastic interview, and i want to debrief what we heard. he articulated the best case i have heard for the affordable health care act. >> he also hears an extraordinary decent and humane, a man that knows the field better than anybody. to me it suggests a few things, one the dysfunction of the system, the republicans who would holed up the confirmation, and he became a pinata for the affordable care act. as the former head of the agency ran under bush said you could not get gandhi through the -- >> he was a polarizing figure. >> what he spoke for me is so important. and essentially, he is saying, health care is a human right, it's a human right and it's a disgrace and ashame that this country does not have it. >> and my question to you, why haven't you guys pushed that more?

i'm chris hayes. today is new year's eve. it is already 2012 in samoa. happy 2012, samoa. in syria, at least 35 people have been killed by security forces opening fire as protesters tried to rally in eye shot of visiting observers from the arab league. i am joined by joe sestak of pennsylvania, who commanded an aircraft carrier battle group in the run-up in the iraq war and rose to three-star admiral serving as the white house director ofef heading the anti- unit. zainab shelby, her father served as sa dad's personal phi lot. phyllis bennett , matt a armla iraq from 2007 to 2009 and author of a book, kaboom. >>> today is the last day of the legal framework where u.s. forces were permitted to operate in iraq. few mainstream media paid much attention to the troop's departure or the milestone that today represents. it will not be remembered and there will be no kiss in times square. no one, perhaps rick perry, seems interested in holding a parade. even the movies about iraq go unseen. the staff and i spent the day deciding whether we should dedicate the show to the war in ira

i'm chris hayes with jerry nather from new york. michelle goldberg of "newsweek."d amy goodman on. we were talking about climate change. a spirited climate debate ensued during the break. we turn our attention to republicans who have met a tax cut they don't love. the payroll tax cut extension set to expire on december 31st. what is it about this tax cut? president obama is for it. the prerogative tax cut. the real stimulative effect. and today the bill to cut the taxes lower, which would have been paid for was denied an up or down vote despite the backing of a majority of the majority of senators, not enough to overcome the republican filibuster. and by cutting salaries and jobs of sfral workers, also failed with the majority of republicans voting against their own plan. still republicans seem to understand the political cost of imposing the tax cut. and so they are trying to get giveaways in order to turn chicken extrament. i'm paraphrasing. what's so interesting about this, and josh, i want you to respond to this. i'm going to play sound from obama in a second.

i'm chris hayes. the last american military bases and prisoners in iraq have been handed over to iraqi officials as part of the u.s. withdrawal there. today, the three-month anniversary of both this show and occupy wall street started on the same day, the occupy movement is planning to occupy a square owned by a nearby church that has supported occupy wall street but protesters may not camp on its property. >>> news out of washington. we have asked one of our recurring guests, congressman jerry gnatter to join us for our discuss. we have sticking around for the entire program, heather boucher, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers and josh barrow, a contributor and fellow at the manhattan institute. congress had a lot to take quar of before their holiday break. on friday, they passed a trillion dollar spending bill that will fund the government through next december. they agreed to a payroll tax extension for 160 million americans and unemployment insurance and funds it th

. >>> "up with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good morning from new york. >>> george mcgovern was airlifted to a hospital after he hit his head. no word on herman cain. there are strong indications he will drop out of the race. the campaign telling nbc he has not made a decision. more on that in a moment. i will be joining msnbc's live coverage of cain's announcement at noon eastern time. finally, the week's big, big, big story, which i'm going to try not to talk about too much today. on monday, my wife gave birth to our first child, our daughter, ryan elizabeth, seen here, looking devastatingly adorable in matching pacifier and cute beanie top. mom and baby are doing great. i am now a dad and i could not be more excited. i am attempted to call in and override my staff's diligent work in creating an accident show and do two hours of how cute my daughter is. right now, i am joined by congressman gerald mat thur, heather mcgee, director of the think tank, demost. michelle goldberg, senior contributing writer for news week and the daley beast and joining us, josh borrow, contributor

we got an all-star cast of folks joining us to look back, including chris hayes and john heilman and jim cooper and jared bernstein. it will be a terrific show. perhaps most important of all, we have got graphs. lots of them. graphs will help us see what happened this year. rather than just what felt like it happened or seemed to happen. we begin with the campaign. here's the [ primary in one graph. you are seeing the poll numbers for all eight candidates in iowa over the last year. that is a mess. that is chaos. graphs are supposed to bring order and show patterns. this looks like one of the children's games you have to follow-through the tangle of the lines to the other side. they were in highlights when you went to the dentist. in fact that is exactly what you need to do with the graph. on the left you will see the green line that begins high. that was mitt romney a year ago. he had about 20% and number one in iowa. do you follow that green line and track it through that tangle for most of the year. he held right about there at 20 to 25% in the polls. for most of the year, that is

and sitting in for rachel, chris hayes. good to have you with us tonight. >> i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour. rachel has a well deserved night off. there are only five days to go until the iowa caucuses. only 100 hours or so remaining until voting actually begins in the much anticipated republican presidential nominating contest. so tonight we begin with iowa ó4ki3 today in the run-up to tuesday's caucuses. at a town hall in cedar rapids someone asked rick perry about a landmark supreme court case, a case that was very important to texas, the state where perry is of course governor. in lawrence v. texas the supreme court struck down the anti-sodomy law in texas and 13 other states. this happened in 2003, when perry was in fact serving as governor of texas.ç >> his question is how do i -- how do i defend my criticism of limited government in the lawrence v. texas. listen, here's -- here's the issue that i have. i don't dislike government. i just want government to work. i wish i could tell you i knew every supreme court case. i don't.

that chris hayes is also a new dad and that is the best new thing in the world today. i realize i'm a sap, but come on. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow night. now it is time for "the lance word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> tonight, two exclusive interviews. first, a reporter who was in the room today in new hampshire as herman cain answered questions about his 13-year relationship with ginger white. and second, ginger white. >> herman cain is in new hampshire today. to finally have that meeting with the new hampshire union leaders editorial board. >> obviously, they brought up the question of the reassessment. >> herman cain has a date night with gloria cain. >> i've talked to my wife many times since monday. >> he may face tougher questions when he heads home and has a different meeting this weekend with gloria. >> i have not talked with her face to face. >> i hope he's bringing a lot of flowers and chocolate. >> a million dollars, but the american people are going to raise some cain in 2012. >> i think we need newt gingr