senator jim demint has met his waterloo. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> one republican senator said, i'm quoting him now, if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. think about that. >> jim demint is cutting and running. john boehner is in a box. grover norquist near oblivion. karl rove benched on fox news. and the real action of barack obama has sent the republican party into total disarray. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and eugene robinson on the latest republican fiasco. >>> plus, congressman chris van hollen on john boehner's latest concession on the fiscal cliff. michael eric dyson and donna gentile-o'donnell on the political fallout. howard dean on chris christie's big decision on the obama care exchange. and apple's ceo breaks big news to nbc's brian williams. >> next year, we will do one of our existing mac lines in the united states. >> tonight, a story of economic patriotism in an era of bain capital with e.j. dionne. good to have you wit

. >> if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. >> guess what, it wasn't the president's waterlook but today he announced that he's leaving the senate to run a conservative think tank. and just like that, gone is is a man who represented all of the obstruction, the man who defined gridlock and was the face of ugliness in the tea party movement. the night of the president's inauguration, he met with other republicans to plot against the president. he threatened to single handedly shut down the senate in 2010 and stood strong with congressman todd akin after his legitimate rape comments. today's announcement is another line in the tea party obit. it's another nail in the tea party coffin. a movement that vowed to change washington. >> the tea party movement is alive and well. >> it's going to continue to redefine the political landscape in 2012. >> this november we're going to take back the senate and fortify the house. be aware, washington. tea party patriots are alive and well. >> didn't exactly work out that way

it's not a waterloo.d i agree, i have to think of something better to call it, too. it means if you're the recognized representative of these teachers at my school, the labor union has the obligation to bargain a contract for everyone. and in michigan, you could then charge people who didn't want to belong to a union, you could charge them a fee for a service you were required to give them. >> so the law says you have to bargain for everyone. >> exactly. >> the union has to by law bargain for everyone but then, in states in which it didn't pass, cannot essentially assess the fee of providing that representation to everyone? >> it's the right of a nonunion member to get free union. >> a free ride? that's the best place to be is to be someone in a union shop with a union, paying people to bargain on your behalf and getting you higher wages, but not have to pay for it. that's the ideal situation. >> so how does this break a union or cause it to diminish the union? in my school almost everybody belonged to th

forget that it was jim demint in 2009 who said that if we stop him on health care, this will be his waterlool break him. he faid to do that. he has been a very partisan guy his whole time in the senate. >> he was one of the senators to vote against the international treaty for disabilities, with bob worldwide on the floor of the senate i don't understand that. -- with bob dole might on th floor of the senate's. i don't understand that. >> it was a un thing.. >> nina is right. the totally fabricated specter of u.n. helicopters coming to home schooling parents and takiking their children away from themem. thesguys live in absolute terror of a primary challenge to eight republicans supported the equivalent of a bill supppported by y it george bush and backed by mr. republican himself, bob dole, who for 67 years has walked around with one arm 2.5 inches shorter and limb from his injuries from wod war ii. >> i don't think i've ever seen a larger ratio of enthusiasm and passion to substance in an issue in my life. these u.n. treaties are not worth the paper they're written onon. we have a u.n. tre

take a look at this video from waterloo, nebraska. strong winds blew through the area, bringing in blizzard-like conditions and these power lines just weren't strong enough to take the force of the wind and the weight of the snow and ice. it looks like doc brown from back to the future is conducting an experiment with the way that is sounding and looking. these are basically the power lines giving way. they aren't able to take the force of the wind and the weight of the snow and ice. could you imagine living -- in this area where it's that cold outside and then the power goes out? meaning you don't have any heat. >>> thousands of people across the midwest have had to deal with power outages due to the storm. it's -- a spectacular light though, but i imagine it's very dangerous, too, to be so close. >>> officers in jupiter, florida, were called to this scene and when they got there, it was a green cadillac engulfed in flames. some people were already there, the officers walk up. it turns out that inside the burning car are three people

this is sparks flying after the winder storm knocking out power in waterloo. tens of thousands in the state are without electricity. a photographer said he shot the video after pulling over to check out why this sky was lighting up. not the sky, it's the power lines. and today, two hearings. one happening right now focusing on what happened back on september 11 of this year when the four americans were killed in benghazi, libya. a report just out yesterday said the state department as a whole broke down because of systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies. senator john kerry and chairman of the relations committee pointed his finger at congress. >> congress has the power. we use it for any number of things. it's our responsibility and for years we asked our state department to operate with increasingly lesser resources to conduct essential missions. >> no doubt senator kerry's words and the weight here since he is the front runner to take over the post since secretary of state took over for hillary clinton when she leaves. she was supposed t

forget that it was demint who said in 2000 and that if we stop him on health care, this will be his waterloo, we will break him. he failed to do that. he has been a very partisan die for the whole time he has been in the senate -- partisan guy for the whole time he has. been in. >> demint was one of the guys against the treaty for disabilities, even with bob dole in the senate. >> it was a un.n thing. >> nina is right -- the fabricated hopes helicopters coming in to home schooling parents and yanking their children away from them -- these guys live in terror of our primary challenge. 8 republicans dared to support the equivalent of eight treaty is supported by george bush and supported by mr. republican himself, bob dole, who limps from the wounds he sustained from world war ii. >> i don't think i have ever seen a larger ratio of enthusiasm and passion to substance in an issue in my life. these treaties are not worth the paper they're written on. we have a u.n. treaty on chemical weapons, we have a u.n. treaty on nukes, we have a u.n. treaty on everything. this makes no difference. >> why ca

turns out that was his waterloo.d to single-handedly shut down the senate. remember that? >> sure. >> stephanie: used a failed terrorist plot to attack unions. he said the administration is intent on unionizing so union bosses will [ inaudible ] collective bargaining. he was willing -- is willing to cause, quote unquote serious obstructions in the economy. he was asked on fox news despite not raising the debt ceiling would cause serious problems, he said i'm willing to do that in order to get serious cuts to social security and medicare. bye-bye [ applause ] >> stephanie: senator lindsay graham. >> i met with jim demint this morning, and to say i was stunned is an understatement. he has always been a friend somebody i could count on. we have really enjoyed our time together. >> wait a minute go back. >> stephanie: once again, another stunned moment for me! vapors. >> we had some wonderful times together. >> something tells me that lindsay graham has clutched some pearls before. >> as god as my witness i will never go

(narrator) the napoleonic war ended in 1815 at waterloo. duke of wellington had called the battle "a damn close run-thing." the fragility of civilization intrigued turner throughout his career. the decline of the carthaginian empire depicts the crushing penalty rome inflicted on the carthaginians. the architecture is elegant but the messy dockside suggests the end of a defeated imperial power. the women of vanquished carthage are bidding farewell to their men as they sail towards rome, human spoils of war bound for slavery or death. in 1818, turner was 43. in the twenty years that britain had been at war, he had become a public figure, his reputation based on art and enterprise. the new classes made wealthy by the industrial revolution were eager to buy his works. and he was favored with patronage from landed gentry like walter fawkes, who invited him to stay at his yorkshire estate. one morning at breakfast fawkes asked him to make a drawing that would convey the huge size of a man-of-war. fawkes' grand niece recorded how it was done. (rea

check out these amazing pictures from waterloo, nebraska. transformers are blowing, power lines snapped. 38,000 customers without power in the omaha area. back on interstate 35 near ft. dodge, iowa, blinding snow caused this 35-car pileup. two people are dead because of that. there could be another foot of snow on the way to parts of the midwest. meteorologist karen maginnis joins us with the latest. what are you hearing right now, karen? >> the form is moving rapidly through the great lakes. it's ushered in snowfall in places like chicago and northern illinois that have not seen snow for 290 days. that is a record. this imagery coming out of williamsburg, iowa, you may see two people kind of sliding on the ice as they are being blown across a layer of ice on the roadway by 60 mile-an-hour winds and then in ames, iowa, kevin says the visibility was down to about 100 feet and it's the heaviest snowfall they've seen so far this season but also the heaviest snowfall that they've seen since 2009. middleton, wisconsin, most snow since 2009. what

spectacular fashion, it would have blown up your presidency by all estimates, would have been your waterloops your watergate consumed with hearings and inquiries. how trick did the specter of jimmy carter, desert one hang in the air here? >> i thought of it. i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency where you really do put politics aside. certainly we thought about the fact that if there was a failure here, it would have disastrous consequences for me politically. we knew the examples of the carter presidency, and we understood what happened there. but i tell you, the only thing that i was thinking about throughout this entire enterprise was, i really want to get those guys back home safe. >> as they watched the attack play out from the situation room, they could see the blackhawk pilot had managed a kind of controlled crash landing, but still that helicopter was the first casualty of the mission and later learned it wasn't just any helicopter. when the first pictures of the wreckage emerged hours later, aviation websites went wild. this it turns out was the stealth version

driving is his waterloo. i said hit the brake, not eat the cake. >> very funny. >> very, very funny. >> erin burnett "outfront" >> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, just 25 days until the fiscal cliff and a new idea is born. it comes from an unexpected source. howard dean, does the former vermont's governor's plan add up? plus, a sailor charged with espionage and the war on drugs. we lost it. sir richard branson is "outfront." let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a bright idea. brought to us by the liberal former governor of vermont, howard dean. a man who brought us the scream heard around the world when reran for president. dean says let's face it, america, tacks need to go up for everyone. now, this might not be what you expect from someone like howard dean. it's certainly not the president's position or the position of most americans. another new poll out today shows that most people like the p

. >>> now to john boehner's waterloo on the so-called fiscal cliff. the speaker's plan "b" going bust last night in a staggering loss of leadership and leverage for the gop. there goes the speaker leaving for ohio after wasting most of the last week trying to pass a one-sided plan to raise rates only on earnings over $1 million. boehner could not even get that passed his conservative caucus. this morning the speaker faced challenging questions. >> what went wrong? >> are you giving up on your conference? are you quitting? >> in light of what happened last night, if you're not concerned, shouldn't you be? >> no, i'm not. merry christmas, everyone. thank you. >> merry christmas, indeed. let's get right to our panel now. one of those tough questioners, nbc's luke russert on capitol hill and in philadelphia lehigh university professor james peterson, contributor for thegrio.com. luke, if i might start with you. you asked what next on this deal? boehner said, quote, god only knows. you may not have a direct line to the almighty, but what the heck is next o

driving is his waterloo. jeannie moos, cnn. i said hit the brake, not het the cake. >> reporter: new york. >> new meaning there for rough ride. corny, i know. i'm sorry. stop yelling in my ear. i'm don lemon. who's black in america begins right now. >>> why is your hair so good? why is your skin so light? i'll get questions like are you hiss pan snik are you mixed? >> why wouldn't i think i was black? >> a lot of people off the black think i'm black. i'm dominican. >> just because you're black doesn't mean your african-american. i used to identify as caribbean-american. >> i'm african. >> am i? >> i'm part native-american. it's always been weird trying to figure out who i am. >> air-tran, italian, irish, arab. >> black and white for a lot of my life. black is something i rejected. >> black. black. black. >> you must have been told well you're not really black. >> black is big enough to hold every shade. >> i am a black woman and these are my black daughters who happen to have a white father. >> i'm black. it's never been a ques

. >> if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. >> but demint had no significant legislative impact or victories regularly bucking the republican establishment, supporting senate candidates close to his own view of conservatism with, of course, mixed success. >> i've been criticized by some of my republican colleagues for saying i'd rather have 30 republicans in the senate who believe in the principles of freedom than 60 who don't believe in anything. >> he was an early supporter of florida senator marco rubio. now the gop star, incoming senator cruz who tells mike lee all on the demint list. while 15 won primaries just seven are united states senators today. many party leaders, in fact, blame demint for high-profile senate losses in indiana, delaware, colorado and nevada and in a statement made yesterday minority leader mitch mcconnell said this. i thank senator demint for his uncompromising service to south carolina and our country in the united states senate. service. he probably wishes he was a little less compromising. that's how you can tell the ones secretly happy he w

demint is the one who said if we're able to stop obama on the affordable care act, it will be his waterlooill break him. the idea for an individual mandate which is the centerpiece of the affordable care act was birthed at the heritage foundation. >> right. but i think jim demint can kind of shape the heritage foundation to his political will. and the fact that he is able to go to the heritage foundation actually says a lot about where the two parties are on the spectrum. you could never imagine a democratic senator the equivalent of demint. you know, you couldn't imagine somebody like bernie sanders, for instance. you couldn't imagine him going to run the center for progress there is too much daylight between the establishment in washington and the kind of left wing of the democratic party. whereas there is no daylight between the far right in the senate and the washington establishment, the heritage foundation, these type of folks. so what jim demint going here does, it continues to strengthen that infrastructure. and he is on the action side. he is on the election side. so he is going t

there was no waterloo. he is somewhat scarred national live now as far as being legislatively inept because he can't work with anybody over on the left or in the center. he is so ideologically bent, i think the heritage foundation is going to be a good home for him and could be a good come back for conservatives because they're in disarray right now. >> you can watch "the ed show" every night at 8:00 p.m. the front page of "the huffington post," "tax me, please please." the seattle times says "license to marry, it's official," more than 200 lbg koups celebrati-- celebrating as they became the first in washington to get same-sex marriage licenses. >> and salon.com getting a little silly and salacious with the world's worst online daters. it looks at the often inappropriate self-portraits that men post on online dating sites. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations thr

driving is his waterloo. jeanne moos, cnn. >> i said, hit the brake, not eat the cake. >>> we are on "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> breaking news. the president holds a last-minute press conference and calls on the senate to act on the fiscal cliff. but with four days to go, will his push make a difference? >>> plus, politicians promised that the newtown shooting would change our national debate on guns. are those just empty promises? >>> we count down the top five political rivalries. who won, who lost, what it means for 2013. let's go "outfront." >>> breaking news. the president makes an 11th hour announcement tonight putting the pressure squarely on the senate so broker a deal on the fiscal cliff. >> senators reid and mcconnell are working on such an agreement as we speak. but if an agreement isn't reached in time between senator reid and senator mcconnell, then i will urge senator reid to bring to the floor a basic package for an up or down vote, one that protects the middle class from an i

. >> the guy was in waterloo. i made one joke about it.s out that the blackberry types now are as bad as some of the -- >> and the appleoonians, the iomegans. it was a $140 stock. so these are the people that buy like 100 shares when it drops. and if they perceive anything, they go on this concerted thing. i looked at twitter and there was this one guy who aggregated all of his friends and he has a crackberry. and then they bombard it with -- you know, and thurston was fine. remember when he first came would be he said he wasn't going to change anything. so even though i said i'm not going to switch to an iphone, they don't take that part. they take the reference that i've said that he was coming from waterloo where no pole leeann's last -- but i sense the same type of nastiness as in the past. as they cling to -- i don't know. whatever. >> not very smart. to write in and then they've got to hear about it. i'm going back to the iphone now. are you? >> yeah. forget it. i'm not going to get a blackberry 10 now. in sports news, the baltimore

in waterloo iowa page the snows fell. >> delivery a lot of snow blowers. >> picturesque and wisconsinor building a snowman a challenge for those clearing rose. >> the snow is wet and there's a lot moisture content. a lot of build up on the front of a blouse and hard for the snow. >> storm conditions have caused havoc on many roadways. it has left residents without power in the midwest. inside airports trouble as are facing a slight delays and cancellations. >> in the south a possible tornadoes touching down in mobile alabama damaged cars at this dealership. strong winds on trees are bringing wwinter with some extreme weather. >> iran through spence am andre >> kron fours jackie sissel is at the richmond san rafeal bridge keep an eye on conditions. we saw the rain coming our way now let us see what it is like out there in the morning jacket. it looks when it. >> it is windy. it is dry. the roadway is dry. i live in the bottle and i got up this morning the road was wet there was no rain but the wind right now at the richmond san rafael bridge. >> i saw a chp officer drive across the bri

driving is his waterloo. jeanne moos, cnn. i said hit the brake, not eat the cake. new york. >> too funny. thanks for starting your morning with us. we've got much more ahead on "cnn saturday morning" which saturday right now. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. victor blackwell is off today. it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 out west. thanks for starting your day with us. we start with syria and a plan for dealing with the country's chemical weapons. president obama has threatened action if chemical weapons are used, and now we have learned that the pentagon is updating military options for the president. we'll have more on the president's red line and the military options in about ten minutes. >>> belize will have to wait a little longer to question former internet mogul john mcafee about his neighbor's murder. a judge in guatemala says mcafee can remain in the country until his immigration case is heard in court. well, that could take another month. mac afee is recovering after be a apparent collapse. he had been on the run for weeks but insists he has nothin

i just think you're -- i mean you're at rim, and you're in waterloo and you don't even care.n waterloo that doesn't even occur to you that this isn't going to work but the blackberry 10. and the first time you were on, remember i think we were at $7 and then got all the way back to $14. you're brave. thank you. i appreciate it. and john, thank you for getting up early. are you in california, john? >> oh, yeah. >> thank you. you're doing -- you're doing god's work for us. thank you, john. coming up the final trading day before the weekend. will washington rise above the rhetoric and get a deal done? find out how traders are feeling about the fiscal cliff and beyond. here's the futures right now. they haven't gotten much worse. >>> till to come on "squawk box," a little holiday cheer from cee lo green. >> what do you want for christmas? >> for christmas? ♪ all i need is love >> musician, producer, and star of "the voice" talks up his new holiday album and gets "squawk" into the spirit of the season. ♪ make me crazy ♪ does that make me crazy she knows the potential for making or

in howard county, waterloo at washington boulevard. on 95 north of o'donnell street. be aware of that and that will cause a delay through the morning commute. westbound on the beltway is still pretty jammed up. this is our camera north of the security boulevard. there is a lot of traffic out there. >> good morning, everyone. it is a little better than yesterday as far as visibility. temperatures are in the low 50's and it will be a mild day. we are watching a little disturbance coming out of the mountains that could hold together and get as a passing sprinkle today but it is only 20% chance. a mixture of clouds and sunshine and breezy and mild with a high near 56. nice day tomorrow, sunshine, 52, clouds on thursday, with a chance of rain, and it gets cold over the weekend. >> thank you for joining us. we're back with another update at 8:56. >>> 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, the 18th of december, 2012. christmas one week away. our toy drive going strong. even stronger. because yes, that is -- hark -- seth rogen. >> did you just say

in waterloo, iowa, shovels and snowplows are back in use after more than eight inches of snow fell.fter a lackluster season a year ago. >> been delivering a lot of snow blowers, a lot of equipment has been breaking. we have been fixing equipment for people to get snow removed. >> reporter: picturesque in wisconsin, good for building snowmen but a challenge for crews clearing snow. >> the snow is really wet. a lot of buildup on the front of the plows and very hard for the snow to scour off the plows. >> reporter: storm conditions have caused havoc on a lot of roadways and left thousands of residents without power in the midwest. inside airports, anxious travelers facing flight delays and cancellations. >> we're in for it. yeah, i think it will be -- hopefully if it says what it is right now, we'll just be a little late. >> reporter: in the south a possible tornado touching dwoun in mobile, alabama, damaging cars at this dealership, and in tennessee strong winds knocked trees onto roofs ushering in winter with some extreme weather promising to bring more troubles as christmas travel g

where we're expecting the blizzard warnings to continue today with a foot of snow from green bay to waterloo down toward des moines. chicago seeing rain now and at about 7:00 tonight it will turn over to snow and then this storm picks up in intensity, believe it or not, around chicago, the snow about two to four inches but it's the 50-mile-per-hour winds that will be the biggest threat. this is tonight, the snow moves out of chicago. tomorrow morning, carol, believe it or not, it's a rain maker for new york, philadelphia and washington, but then that moves out by tomorrow afternoon. >> just so i make it home to see mom. >> you'll get there. >> i hope so. thanks, alexandra. >>> two state department officials employees of hillary clinton are testifying right now before the house and senate committees after that blistering report on exactly what went wrong in benghazi, the committee headed by thomas pickering and admiral mike mullen. admiral mullen had this to say. >> while we did not find that any individual u.s. government employee engaged in willful misconduct or knowingly ignored his or her

he said health care would be the president's waterloo. yes.midterm defeat, a tsunami of republicans coming in and taking back the house of representatives. but after that, the president emerging victorious. he's going on to the heritage foundation. came to washington to do good. he's going to end up doing well over there. >> su susan, the supreme court taking up the issue of gay marriage. the majority of americans support this. what about the republican party? >> it will probably take longer than it should, unfortunately. but this is alleges a generational thing. i think that's where we've seen the increase in support of marriage equality is from the younger generation. it's almost a no-brainer. so if the republican party wants to start expanding and reaching younger voters, then they really have to at least understand that there is a point of view there that they have to understand and respect. >> okay. morris, your burning question after a break. substitution. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those

but why is the top marginal rate the waterloo?k because that -- that's a sort of keystone indicator, i guess, of how progressive your tax system is. and it's pretty low now. you know compare it to the clinton era rates, which is kind of all we're talking about, right? going back to the clinton era rate of 39% -- >> is it about fairness? or is it about lessening the deficit? because it doesn't really do a whole lot for the debt or deficit over ten years. >> well, it's about fairness, but it's also about what are the better options? given that the wealthy are really skating by these days. and so how do you collect more revenue from them? and all the various ideas about, well, you cap this deduction, and cap that deduction. there are not only political constituencies that will fight tooth and claw on every deducti deduction, there are some reasons, fairly good reasons why you would want to think twice. you know, are you going to go after home mortgage deduction at a time when the housing industry is trying to get its feet? are you go