richard, dan richard, and go over the plan and review it. >> uh-huh. >> now, i'll be happy to have mr. richard call on you and sit down with you and review in detail what the plan is. is if he does that, will you withdraw your language? >> when you can show me that this project is fully funded and we have a private investor -- >> we're not going to get it fully funded as long as there's language in bills that says we can't have any money. how do we fully fund it? >> mr. lahood, i've been hearing this story for many years now. when it first came up in front of the state senate, it was if you'll just support this, we will have a private investor before it goes to the ballot. we just need to be able to show that the legislature supports it. there was no private investor. but then they said, wait a minute, if we just pass it, if the voters pass it, then we're going to have a private investor for sure, because we'll show that the state is obligating these funds, and we're going to be ready to go. there's still no private investor. wait a minute, if we just get the stimulus dollars, we will

dan richard and go over the plan and review it. i would be happy to have mr. iraq -- mr. richard sit down with you and review what the plan is. if he does that, would you withdraw your language? >> when you can jammeh this project is fully funded and we have a private investor -- when you can show me this product is fully funded and we have a private investor. i have been hearing this story for many years. in the first came up in thought of the state senate, it was if he does support this, we will have a private investor before it goes to the ballot. we does have to show the legislation supports it. there was no private investor. then they said wait a minute, if we -- if the voters pass it, then we will have a private investor for sure because people short -- show the state is found in the private investor. still no private investor. then they said if he does get the stimulus dollars, we will definitely have a private investor. and it became a $98 billion project that would take an extra decade. debbie said egregious have the two numbers, a private investor welcome. i kee

i would also be happy to have dan richard explain the high speed rail plan to you. >> thank you.ld back. >> i caution some of the terminal city -- terminology. i saw some of the proposals. them slow i freeze this blo speed trains to know where. i got a number of letters from illinois same that they were somewhere. >> that only are you forthright about everything, but your passion for high-speed rail is so evident. i want to know that there are plenty members that stair that and not just for where we live up for a network that would eventually run across this country. i think that you are right. you have to start with a vision and then begin to build on that. we have talked an awful lot about a bottom up approach for what states want the what states define for their own need versus the federal government. in the discussion about high speed rail, it seems to be quite the reverse. when the applications came in from the state to the department, did you all have to twist arms to get applications? >> absolutely not. when florida decided not to except $2.3 billion, we put out a notice f

is it the great pathos pull abdications seen from richard ii with dan note as richard handing over the crown to henrik iv played by james lockhart? maybe. the best shakespearean analog is julius caesar. with the dictator, mortgage finance cut down in the capital, henry paulson this time playing brutus, i am thinking of the great scene where mark antony stands over and addresses the murdered body of caesar. this time we have mark antony played by bob hagerty standing over and addressing the fallen fannie, oh mighty fannie, do you live solo? that is enough indulging myself. your indulgence. we are about to hear from the author of this excellent book. after bob's presentation we have ten minute comments and i will introduce at that point and we will follow that with discussion, including your questions at 6:00 and adjourn for reception. and a book signing an informal discussion at that point. and in the wall street journal, and does work as reporter and bureau chief for the wall street journal, and the international herald tribune in hong kong, london, brussels, paris, atlanta, served as

dan has a few answers. >> anthony writes i'm so happy to hear richard engel is safe. my best wishes to the nbc news team in syria.

dan has a few answers. >> anthony writes i'm so happy to hear richard engel is safe. my best wishes to the nbc news team in syria. >> i have to admit, my wife has a little crush on him. she's relieved as well. >> you have another one? >> we were looking at the new elf on a shelf before my son wakes up. >> you can't on the top of the toilet for their kids to see. i don't know how that's going to work out. all right, dan. have a great one. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> since 1994, there have been 70, and these are just school shootings, there have been 70 episodes of school shootings in the united states, since 1994, after the brady bill was passed. president obama was in connecticut last night speaking to a high school gymnasium as part of a memorial service. he said some things. no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevalent every senseless act of violence in our society but that can't be an excuse for inaction. >> right there, i feel better. that can't be excuse for inactions. that means he is committed and going on the recognize, some kind of ac

dan, first overtime game for the skins. credit a number of other rookies stepping up big time. >> reporter: carol, everybody saw this coming, right? richardd, kirk cousins. >> we didn't know this. >> reporter: we knew they were going to chip in and be a big part of this win. kirk cousins to come in there and do what he did, is amazing. he was perfect. not only did he throw the touchdown pass to pierre but the play is qb draw double pile. nobody saw kirk cousins coming in to run that two-point conversion. he was cool as a cucumber and here is cousins after the game. >> i'm going to try to make something happen, try to do my best rg3, if you will, and pierre ended up coming off his route and breaking away and breaking open, and he was wide open. all i had to do was put it in his arms. >> it seemed destined for something. when you have a common goal, you really vying for that next man up type philosophy. that's when you start thinking your team is destined to do something special and we've been on a roll. >> wouldn't it be ironic if it's the other rookie quarterback who helps you get in the playoffs. >> i had faith. he did those kind of thin

dan malloy, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> let me turn now to senator richard blumenthal and also -- senator-elect and congressmanis murphy here with us. senator blumenthal, you spent last of the 48 hours here. >> i spent a good part of the last two days in this community and i must, first of all, give me thanks to the governor for his strength and determination but also to the community which has really come together and demonstrated a kind of fiber and faith that is remarkable. i spent time in this community before and always been impressed by the real links and bonds, the people you know and the ambulance and fire department are largely volunteer, so that many of the heroic stories here are about volunteers coming forward and trying to deal with this searing, almost unbearable pain that so many feel knowing the families, knowing the victims and, of course, as a parent myself, four children, i can really have some sense of what they are going through. >> and, congressman, this is in your district. you've been representing it for many years and i've seen this in the last couple of days. this is a community that

richard plublumentha the u.s. democrat, giving regular updates, stand until solidarity with the law enforcement officers and governor danalloy, who has also been giving regular updates to the media and has been meeting personally with these families, particularly the most poignant moment i heard of today. that was the governor of this state addressing these families and for the first time letting these families know anyone who has not been reunited with your children, at this point there will be no more children reunited with families. it had to be said this way i can only imagine because those positive identifications have not been made. this is an overwhelming forensic task that is going on as we speak in the schools. in the school. if you can imagine for a moment the teams that are going into that school to identify every one of those 18 little bodies. 18 of those children died where they were in that school. their bodies remain there. two additional children were raced to the hospital. they were hoping they could save them but they died in the hospital. six of the adults were also killed on the scene. and every sing

dan harris. happy december 1st. this girl is extraordinary. so precocious. wait until you hear from her. >>> johnny depp said that his captain jack sparrow, was inspired by keith richardsu can see him, with a hat on. now, he has a highly unusual musical partner. we'll tell you who that is, when ginger fills in on the "pop news" desk. >>> and if you love the show, "family guy," you're going to love this. se seth macfarlane has big plans for the family. >>> we're going to start with a strange trial. the woman accused of befriending and murdering a lottery winner, had to have a doctor with her in court on friday. what's going on here? abc's mark greenblatt is on the story. good morning, sir. >> reporter: good morning. this is the trial that gets stranger every day. first, the murder suspect was almost thrown out of court. then, sex with the detective who was hot on her trail. >> she told me she could get a free room at the hard rock casino. and she performed sexual acts on me. >> reporter: the detective dropped the biggest bombshell, that moore offered him sex. >> i told her, if she kept lying, i was going to get angry. she said i wasn't going to get angry. that i was goi