shatner was definitely our first choice.uld be. >> well, i think he also, if it hasn't occurred to you, he may provide you with the euphemism. in the way of a title if you want to go this direction, from one tweet guy to another. shatner my dad says. it's sort of -- all right, it wasn't that good an idea. justin halpern, things my dad says, it is not things. great thanks and good luck and thanks for making the twitter world that much more exciting for the rest of us. >> thanks for having me. >> good luck with the book. >>> that is "countdown" for the 2,560th day since the previous president declared mission accomplished in iraq.

shatner was definitely our first choice.bit as awesome as i hoped he would be. >> well, i think he also, if it hasn't occurred to you, he may provide you with the euphemism. in the way of a title if you want to go this direction, from one tweet guy to another. shatner my dad says. it's sort of -- all right, it wasn't that good an idea. justin halpern, things my dad says, it is not things. great thanks and good luck and thanks for making the twitter world that much more exciting for the rest of us. >> thanks for having me. >> good luck with the book. >> that is "countdown" for the 2,560th day since the previous president declared mission accomplished in iraq. now from new orleans, ladies and gentlemen here is rachel maddow. good evening, rachel. >>> good evening, keith. thank you for that. thanks for staying with us for the next hour. i am in new orleans on the banks of the mississippi river which flows from here to the gulf where the story remains the oil spill gushing uncontrolled into the gulf of mexico. there is a ton of