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richard lui, 2011, at least looking like there are some good signs. >> some reasons to smile here, chris, when we look at some of the indicators right now. if you're an optimist, i want to give you some reasons to cheer here. yesterday's job's report showing that 3,000 fewer people applied for benefits last week, that's really good to see and the

instead boldly saying, we are here. >> richard lui is here now.g comments from the scientist and you also got to see quite a few photographs that he took, right? >> dr. hecker along the way in his last seven visits have snapped some pictures. basically what he is asking in one way sanctions have been happening in recent times, but are they working? let me show you this picture first. this was of a tower that was being built over the course of 20 years. 2009 he and he comes back in 2010, look at that. done over the last year. we can zoom in closer to see some of the work that was not done and then it was done over the course of one year. another picture for you, 2009. on the left-hand side i want to show you this, chris. this phone booths, not superman type but phone booths and they have cell phones. not a big deal. what a critic will ask, are sanctions working because they're still able to develop their nuclear functionality and the enrichment process as well as their own economy. in fact, a u.n. report that said that international trade of some $

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richard lui is here with what all of this could mean for all of you folks who are job hunting.>> it's been tough so far as we know, chris. when we looked through the 200-page survey, what you all want to hear is this. there will be an addition of 3 million jobs by their estimate and that is opposite of last year. just look at the data as it's changed over that time period. here's who's expecting to do the hiring next year. on the stuff in the rooms that we walk by we never look into. rooms like this. technicians, engineers, support staff, research and development and technology spending in the next 12 months will be up nearly 5%. now, other places that some of those 3 million jobs might come from consulting analysts and others. folks that sit in desk, come on in and help businesses all around the country. also part of these jobs, the energy sector. they'll get more jobs. oil, electric and gas and you can see this one. the survey told me earlier that they see retail and whole sale jobs going up when we go into those jobs and go shopping, all those folks mean that they will have

richard lui, you have a couple tools for us, i understand. >> that's right.tart counting our chicks here, chris. we want to look at a couple tools to help you understand how much you might save. first tool comes from "washington post." two ways really here to see how you fair with the tax cut. on the left-hand side of this "washington post" tool they give you the different income ranges and on the right side it shows you what you can save. the circles, the big ones show more money and the small ones show less. if you take $2.7 million or more the people in this tax bracket they save $20,000 and at the bottom $20,000 or less roughly speaking that is about $300 in savings. the big percentage winners are right in this brown area, about 2.6% savings there and about a 3.4% there. so, bottom line is, if you make more percentage wise, you're not saving as much. if you make less, you have a higher percentage savings. if you want more detail, i have this other detail on you from "washington post" you can click on here and say you're married and let's say you have one

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richard lui tracking the ups and downs and what maybe we can expect next year. >> we have been looking through some of our statements and, man, my retirement fund has taken a beaten and the job outlook has been painful, as well. but hold on a second, some real reasons for a little cheer. for strong bones, i take calcium. but my doctor told me that most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. citracal. >>> this was the scene this morning, julian assange outside the estate where he is under a kind of house arrest vowing more wikileaks revelations but there is another person at the center of this who is still under lock and key. u.s. private manning stole those war documents and gave them to assange and wikileaks. manning has been in a military jail since may. glen greenwald writ. he is being held in inhumane conditions and you even used the word torture, what is your argument? >> well, for seven months now manning has been held in solentary confinem

where budgeted monies should go. >> richard lui, we have a lot to talk about. let's bring in our company. hillary clinton supporter, reuters washington correspondent john decker and msnbc political analyst pat buchanan. john, let me start with you in terms of this budget bill and earmarks. what are you hearing? what is going to happen? >> looks like republicans will vote and block against this bill, despite what richard just said. there are a number of republicans who have earmarks included in this bill, including the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. he has an earmark in this bill. despite that, democrats who controlled the senate right now during this lame duck senate are also going to vote in unison. not what many democrats like in the aftermath of the election but this is going to fund the government for the next two months and i might add one thing, chris, that is house speaker nancy pelosi says she will support this bill despite the fact there are no earmarks in the house version of the bill. >> mitch mcconnell, pat, as you just heard john say, he's

richard lui has been looking into exactly what duke was doing in the days before all of this happenedard? >> chris, we're learning much more about clay duke. he led a very difficult life, as you were talking about today. he was an ex-con who filed for bankruptcy while he was in pr prison and while he was released he got psychiatric help and got medication. this year a judge then relieved duke of his probation obligations after duke told him he and his wife were out of wife. his wife talks here about duke's effort to bounce back. >> he had changed. he had been on medication. he had not been a problem to anyone. his records through prison and through his probation, through everything from being off. he was trying to make it, trying to get a second chance. >> and also trying to get $500 or $600 a month in medical insurance. duke suing the social security administration that's what he was trying to do, losing his appeal for that there, chris, at least five times. as a result, his lawyer said he could not afford the medicine for the bipolar disorder he was diagnosed with and then a week ag

richard lui has a look at what's next on "news nation." next hour, drama on capitol hill. there's been a setback on the house floor for president obama's tax cut compromise. and then free on bail. julian assange says it's great to feel the fresh air of london after spending a week behind bars. we'll tell you where he's going next. a live report from london. and plus, reviewing the war. president obama says the u.s. is on track to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan next summer. but he warns of one area where progress has not come along fast enough. the "news nation" is moments away. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. also available in small, easy-to-swallow petites. citracal.  missing something? now you get a cleanser

i'm richard lui in for tamron hall on this friday. "news nation" is following developing news on the tax cut bill. in just over an hour president obama is expected to sign into law the controversial tax cut compromise he made with republicans. >> on this vote, the yays are 277. the nays are 148. the motion is adopted. >> and with that the house voted to pass the $800 billion bill late last night. although it's a victory for if president, it also is the breaking of a political campaign promise as well. let's go live to chuck todd in washington, d.c. we're waiting for the president to sign this. will he see this alliance with boehner and mcconnell again? >> reporter: we'll see. you'll see the i license more between the president and mitch mcconnell. that's what is interesting about today's bill signing. who is going to be there, and who is not going to be there? basically of the four big leaders on capitol hill, the only one that will be there is mitch mcconnell. republican senator leader. no john boehner. no nancy pelosi. no harry reid

we're going to go back inside, richard lui from msnbc is with us.ing to you, lester. good morning to all of you. we begin in north carolina where elizabeth edwards will be laid to rest today. the wife of the former presidential candidate lost her battle with breast cancer earlier this week. nbc's michelle kosinski is live in raleigh with more on that. good morning to you, michelle. >> reporter: good morning, richard. elizabeth edwards' funeral will be held here in the same church where she grieved the loss of a teenage son in a car accident years ago. more than 1,000 people are expected to attend, including senator john kerry. the service will be public, followed by a private burial. elizabeth's 28-year-old daughter cate, an attorney like her mother, will deliver one of three eulogies. elizabeth's husband john, from whom she was separated for the last year, is not expected to speak. friends say that he's in a lot of pain right now and despite everything that happened, loved elizabeth very much. richard? >> all right, nbc's michelle kosinski, thank y

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