i'm richard lui for you.orts, with each day that passes tsh passes, it seems a likelihood to the nba lockout seems more and more remote. here is fred roggin. >>> good morning. while the nba was canceling games through december 15th, history was being made in college hoops. number six duke beat michigan state 74-69. with that coach mike krzyzewki became the winningest coach. picking up win 903 to beat bobby knight. knight was his coach and part of the broadcasting team. the two shared a special moment embracing on the sideline. memorable night at madison square garden as coach k. picked up 903 and counting. >>> kentucky showed everyone why they're ranked second in the country giving number 11 kansas more than they could handle. game tied at the half and then wildcats jumped all over the jayhawks. built a 17-point lead and didn't look back. they cruise 75-65. >>> another great match-up, number three, ohio state, eighth ranked florida. the gators have never beaten a top three team on the road. it wasn't going to

richard lui breaks it down this election season.ming up at 10:30. >>> time now to put your political smarts to the test. unemployment is 9% and no incumbent president has won re-election with such a high figure thins 1940. so what's the highest unemployment rate that a modern president has ever had to win the jous the answer in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ mama said there'd be days like this ♪ ♪ "there'll be days like this," mama said ♪ [ male announcer ] the toughest job on the planet just got a little easier. with one touch technology and even an air scrubber. the nissan quest. innovation for family. innovation for all. get up to $3,050 total savings on the 2011 nissan quest. ♪ >>> and we're back now with the answer to our trivia question. what's the highest unemployment rate a modern president has ever come to win back the white house? the answer -- 7.2%. in 1984, ronald reagan won re-election in a landslide. 525 electoral votes to walter mondale's 13. it worth noting unemployment was falling at the time of rreagana re-election. >>> bill c

want to go down to richard lui at msnbc headquarters to take a look at the battleground map. e there? >> expect to hear it's the economy, stupid, a lot in the coming months. why? issues such as unemployment at 7.8% at the start of president obama's tenure. now all the way through four to 2011, we're looking at 9%. that's close to 14 million people who don't have jobs. and can vote. all potential voters and the people they talk to as well, they can vote. now the negative halo effect also could affect those around foreclosed homes. another issue about the economy. there are more than 200,000 foreclosed homes at the moment. the neighbors of these foreclosed homes feel the pain, too, as it takes down the value of their number one asset. they could vote their wallet, too. here's three toss-up states you were alluding to to watch where it's tough to say whether they'll go democrat or republican and where local economic conditions could hurt the president come voting day. florida, where unemployment is right now at 10.6%. above the national average. it did drop a hair last month. mor

>>> good morning to you, i'm richard lui in for chris jans g jansing. we start with a revealing discussion with accused penn state child predator jerry sandusky, speaking for the first time since being released on bail, this as close to ten more alleged victims are coming forward. the "new york times" saying police are now working to confirm the new allegations leveled against the former assistant coach n an exclusive no-holds-barred questioning with nbc's bob costas on "rock center" sandusky denies attacking eight boys. a note for you, this is not for children. >> i'm innocent of those charges. >> inspect? completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect? >> well, i could say that, you know, i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg, without intent of sexual contact but -- so if you look at it that way, there are things that -- that wouldn't -- would be accurate. >> nbc's michelle franzen joins us live from state college, pennsylvania. michell

i'm richard lui in today for chris jansing.ss after hearing his interview on nbc's "rock center". >> my client was revictimized as he watched mr. sandusky make his

i'm richard lui today. two months to the day, the occupy wall street protests began. organizers are calling for a major day of action. that includes flash mobs, student strikes and rallies. in new york, police have made some arrests. demonstrators say they are planning a series of actions from the streets to the sub waughs and it culminates with a rally scheduled near city hall. in dallas, people arrested up to 20 protesters as they cleared an encampment in a city park this morning and police in san francisco began arresting protesters who stormed into a downtown bank of america and just refused to leave and then in boston, a judge has ordered0 the city not to remove protesters or their tents from a downtown encampment without court approval. back to new york city, mara schiavocampo at zuccotti park. the plan was there was supposed to be a large turnout, big impact. what are you seeing? >> things are pretty quiet here at zuccotti park because the action is taking place at wall street. this morning, protesters started a big march to wall street to mark this two-month

i'm richard lui in for chris jansing. we start with the penn state board of trustees di

i'm richard lui.70% of people surveyed for a new poll had no confidence the super committee would reach a deal to cut the deficit. one reporter told "the new york

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richard lui is here with a closer look. >> yes, president obama hopes the unemployed will not take itin the polls come november. there are examples of where they might have, though. george h.w. bush faced a recession and unemployment was 7.4%. he almost by almost 6% in popular vote. in 1980, jimmy carter beared the brunt of the energy crisis, unemployment was 7.5% when he lost. gerald ford's reelection losing efforts saw 7.8% during growing inflation, the exception to the above 6% rule, though? ronald reagan. >> the economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. they will not go away in days, weeks or months, but they will go away. >> but they did not during his reelection. unemployment was 7.2%, but reagan was convincingly reelected by over 18% there. so if you include the depression as some say we should when we have this discussion about unemployment rates, given the great recession we're going through right now, roosevelt was reelected twice with unemployment moving in on 17%. a jobless threshold on reelectability may not be the best measure. logical logically, it

richard lui behind the numbers for us, thank you. >> sidebar now.on four years ago to cut down on the number of political junkettes paid for by outside interests. how well has it worked? "usa today" investigation says the number of trips is up 75% since last year, and the value of those trips, more than $3 million. also today, rick perry has apparently confused political satire and actual reporting. in a speech last week he referenced a quote from a member of toronto's occupy wall street movement. a protester said that the demonstrations were difficult because protesters have to work the same long hours that bankers do. the quote was not only made up, the article in the toronto "globe and mail" was labeled satire. and a tax cut for mustaches? the american mustache institute says anyone with a mustache should be given a $250 tax cut. the reason, the mustache men spend a lot of money every making those hairy cat plarz stand at attention apparently. steven colbert has found the silver lining in the herman cain controversy. >> of course, when you're top

richard lui has our super tuesday breakdown on that. what a difference four years can make a.some states and very close in other. today nbc's political unit pointing to 11 states as toss-ups right now. which way they will go? fuf tough sow say now. colorado, florida, iowa, michigan, nevada, new mexico, north carolina, ohio and pennsylvania as well as wisconsin. now, they represent 147 electoral votes, and both sides need a big chnk of this to win in 2012. history may help us understand the future. in 2008 they all went obama. all of these states, with some really close votes, as you can see here. these are the popular vote totals from the last election. north carolina, look at that. just 1% margin. a "usa today"/gallup poll showed a group of these swing states in a dead heat today. colorado first. the president visited not too long ago and nominated there in 2008, but romney leads the president in fund-raising in this state. a trend found in our swing states as well. then florida. tight for obama in 2008. the hispanic vote as we both well know here, tohomas, could e a challeng

msnbc's richard lui is here with the latest. >> it has been a week and a half of haze for the cain campaign. four women accusing the gop presidential candidate during that time. the first accuser is now revealing her identity. she came forward yesterday resisting public exposure initially. she worked with cain at the national restaurant association in the 1990s. she accused cain of "inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances." a settlement with the restaurant association was made in 1999 and she reportedly received $45,000. she also made claims at her next job of unfair treatment and accused a manager of circulating a sexually charged e-mail according to the "associated press." the second accuser also unnamed worked at the restaurant association, as well. she was the second woman that "politico" first reported on. reportedly she'd like out of her confidentiality agreement so she can tell her side of the story. the "new york times" says the incident happened after a heavy night of drinking at a company outing and that a settlement of $35,000 was made in that. the third accuser's name is a

. >> well, msnbc's richard lui has been looking into the numbers.losures up 7%, things are getting worse. >> and not good numbers. good morning. all you have to do is really look down the street, and odds are you can still see at least one house in foreclosure on your street. and compared to last month, here's the data. it is worse. this is september all on the right-hand side. this last dot right here. this is a rise of 7% between these two points right here. according to realty track. now, the reason according to what we understand right now, the reason, as we look at this, a year ago right about here, when you look at this data point here, this is where banks started to handle foreclosures. and there was a question about whether they were doing it properly. so the rules have now been cleared, and numbers now could go down as low as that point or maybe even as high as this. since those rules have changed. five states make up over half of the foreclosures. california, as you can see over here, 24%. that's a big number. second of all, you've also go

i'm richard lui in today for chris jansing. good day to you. president obama is where we start. he is engaging his 2012 rivals me says herman cain and michele bachmann are just plain wrong for saying they would be willing to use the controversial interrogation technique used as waterboarding. joining us live from honolulu, hawaii, where the president spent the weekend. first off, aloha to you. now, the president has said in the past -- >> aloha. >> aloha. -- said in the past that he wasn't going to make a comment on the gop field until everyone is voted off the island. seems as though he is engaging. why not? >> reporter: rich chart, it's impossible to know exactly what the president was think when he decided to engage his republican rivals last night. remember, this is a policy that he banned in 2009. it's possible that for the president, this issue is a case closed and he wanted to put the fine point on it. it certainly remains a political lightning rod though. that's for sure. let's just listen to what the president had to say. >> waterboarding is torture. it's contrary to am

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i'm richard lieui. lui.front-runner newt gingrich and his views on immigration, saying he would not deport illegal immigrants who have been in the country for years and years. >> i don't think we're going to separate you from your family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out. the party that says it's the party of the family