a glorious -- thank you. >>> i'm andrea mitchell. breaking news. we are watching the senate where at any moment we are expecting a vote on the tax cut compromise. once that passes it moves to the house where approval is less certain. kelly o'donnell is live on the hill. where do we stand. you have gone through the procedural votes. the final vote is coming up. >> three attempts to make changes failed. the final vote is coming up. this would be a victory for republicans who negotiated this deal with the white house. a smatterring of republicans who don't like it because it adds to the deficit. there is a shared feeling it needs to be done to boost the economy and put paychecks in people's pockets next month who are out of work and keep the rates the same for workers at all levels. it is a big moment. the president has been trying to urge this along day by day. did so again this morning. the real question mark is in the house. a late night meeting, it does appear they will take it up tomorrow and they may try to put forth some kind of a change. the s

andrea mitchell's nbc's chief foreign correspondent, host of "andrea mitchell reports" and somebody who knew ambassador holbrooke very well many years of covering foreign policy. i know this came as something of a shock, frankly, a lot of people watching his health over this weekend thought that perhaps the worst was behind him. >> this was a very, very difficult, tragic so, a torn aorta doctors it will tell you is a difficult thing to survive when it is this serious. he had health problems and i know just how personally how he had refused to stop traveling and we all thought it was a blessing that he was at least at the state department, a block or two from the hospital, from the er when this happened. he was meeting with hillary clinton. if he had been on plane or pakistan to or afghanistan, he wouldn't have survived a minute but at this point, it was just too much, even for his great heart to survive. >> tellingly about his hard-charging personality, as i understand, wanted to car on the meeting after fell ill so many remembrances, admiral mike mullin said today, i had to be, quite h

>> part of andrea mitchell's powerful conversation with the vice president today. thanks. >>> we wanted to let you know the full interview will air tomorrow on andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. that's at 1:00 eastern time. >>> back to that tax deal. turns out the american people like it. that's one of the numbers we're learning in our new poll numbers. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd in d.c. with that. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i'm at the big board here. big end of the year poll where we test a lot of things. let's start with the news of the moment and that tax cut deal. overwhelming support. 59% support it, including 54% of democrats and 68% of republicans. it's why it did breeze through the senate and will likely get through the house. about the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, 70% approve of ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, even though it may not get done. there's still a negative tone in the public. 63% believe we're headed in the wrong track. this is the highest number of the obama presidency. guess what? it

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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in the aftermath of the election the vt is assuming a bigger role playing point man for president obama, negotiating deals with congress on domestic and foreign policies. after months of hearings, the senate began debating the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. the vice president delivered a heated message to republicans still trying to delay a vote until next year. >> i say let's do the nation's business. 67 senators voted to move forward on this, including john mccain and lindsay graham and the leading voices in the republican party. >> they say they haven't had enough time too study it. >> they haven't said that. >> senator kyl said that. >> senator kyl is opposed to the treaty. so is senator demint. do not stand in the way of the nation's best interest. let the senate vote. overwhelmingly the american people support the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the united states senate supports the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. it is clearly in our best interest. george schultz to colin powell thinks it is essential to pass this

nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more tonight for us. andrea? >> reporter: good evening. the u.s. condemned today's sentence as an abuse of power that could scare off russia's foreign investors. but at the same time, u.s. officials signaled it will not change president obama's efforts to warm up relations with moscow. once the richest man in russia, the former oil tycoon and his co-defendants listening from a glass cage in the courtroom. they were stunned to hear the harsh sentence. their family and supporters could not be silent. before leaving the court, his mother shouted at the judge, "may god damn you and your descendants." his lawyer pointed a finger at russia's prime minister himself, saying the pressure came from executive authorities headed by mr. putin. in fact, vladamir putin seemed to direct the judge's decision. telling his talk show two weeks ago, "a thief should stay in jail." while he built his oil empire with brutal tactics typical of russian tycoons, experts say his chief crime was challenging putin politically. >> he took on p

andrea mitchell reports on his life and legacy. >> thanks, p.j. >> reporter: widely considered one of the most gifted diplomats of his generation, richard holbrooke began his career as a foreign service officer in vietnam in 1963. a war that was a crucible, forcing relationships that would shape his career for decades. he rose to the white house under johnson, where he drafted a key war memo and wrote a chapter of the pentagon papers. often at the side of great figures like kissinger and presidential counselor clark clifford, he aspired to be a great man himself. his signature achievement, negotiating an end to the war in bosnia in 1995. that ended a religious and ethnic war that had raged, tearing europe apart, leading to ethnic cleansing against minority muslims, rapes and genocide. until he negotiated a peace treaty, signed in paris at the end of 1995. >> this is the best alternative to continued war. >> reporter: he served as ambassador to germany and to the united nations under bill clinton. a close adviser to john kerry, he aspired to become secretary of state had kerry become e

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and last night on the "rachel mad dough show" she shed light on why he is being remembered by president obama as a giant of american foreign policy. >> the fact is he took the thankless tasks. no one else would have taken this job but the bottom line was that only by combining afghanistan and pakistan did he think that you could pull all of the strands together and make some sort of a sense out of the policy and do it on a regional basis and there were a lot of bumps in the road. his greatest victory, his triumph which is a lasting one will be the bosnia accords. he single handedly with his brilliant team of chris hill and robert frazier who died -- holbrooke was in that motorcade that went off the road in sarejevo after holbrooke was unwilling to persuade milosevic to fly in and took that dangerous road and lost three gifted diplomats there but he and chris hill survived and the fact is no one else could have gone head to head to milosevic and stopped that war no no one had been able to bring to the end. >> "the rachel mad dough show" is on he

more from andrea mitchell. good morning. >> top white house officials say that the president was trying to send a message to libya and the decision to use military force against terrorism was a mildstone, a turning point in american foreign policy. chris: yeah. >> that is my younger sister, the brunette, my evil tn.wi chris: when we come back, why the commanders in the field are worried about gay soldiers serving openly. are there some unconvenient facts out there. and "scoops and predictions" reporters.otebooks of theseop we'll be back. chris: welcome back. repealing don't ask don't tell was an obama promise. this week the civilian commander robert gates says the military will get the job done. >> if the congress of the united states repeels this law, this is the will of the american people and you are the american military and we will do this and we will do it right. chris: but some of the uniformed military testified this week about their reservations. >> it is difficult for me as a member of the joint chief

>> andrea mitchell in washington with the latest round of leaks. andrea, thanks. >>> on capitol hill tonight, there was movement toward agreement on extending the bush era tax cuts, even though talks between democrats and republicans were tense and some harsh words were exchanged. it's a high-stakes game that will ultimately affect every american. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie watching it all tonight. savannah, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. some kind of deal to extend these bush era tax rates is all but certain, but a breakthrough not likely for a few days. and even though behind the scenes there seem to be quite a bit ol progress from the public's view, it looked like two sides still very much at war. >> can you tell us if there's a deal on tax cuts, sir? >> reporter: the president signaled tax cut talks were full steam ahead. >> i believe it will get resolved. that doesn't mean there may not be some posturing over the next several days. >> reporter: even as negotiators led by tim geithner met for the thir

>> andrea mitchell starting us off in washington. >>> wikileaks now spreads across the globe. and the man behind this whistleblower website, an australian named julian assange, is nowhere to be found. investigators believe he's on the run and hiding out from the outrage over what he's done. the international police agency interpol has issued a red alert for assange. they want to talk to him about some serious allegations. for that matter, a lot of people would like to talk to him right about now. our report from our senior investigative correspondent lisa myers. >> reporter: interpol's decision to put assange on its most wanted list quickly reverberate around the globe. [ speaking foreign languages ] >> reporter: the so-called red notice says he's wanted for sex crimes in sweden. prosecutors there want to question him about allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women, wikileaks volunteers. allegations assange denies and calls dirty tricks. essentially, interpol is asking countries to be on the lookout for assange. >> interpol is sending a message to these countries

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joe biden told andrea mitchell that is just not acceptable. >> what do you say to senate senator kyl and the others who are dragging their feet? >> get out of the way. there's too much at stake. too much at stake for america's national security, and don't tell me about christmas. i understand christmas. i have been a senator for a long time. i have been there many years where we go right up to christmas. there's ten days between now and christmas. i hope i don't get in the way of your christmas shopping, but, this is the nation's business. this is a national security at stake. act. act. >> you can see andrea's entire exclusive interview with vice president biden a little later today on "andrea mitchell reports" 1:00 eastern time right here on msnbc. >>> later this morning, the president officially unveils the administration's review of the afghanistan war effort. the headline, new strategy showing progress and troops still on track. the surge troops to start coming home next summer. live for us at the white house, athena jones, lay out how they're going to roll this out today. >> rep

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here is the vice president in an interview with my colleague, andrea mitchell. >> the s.t.a.r.t. treaty finally on the floor of the senate. >> yep. >> but not without one republican senator threatening to read every last word in that treaty and another senator, leading opponent senator kyl, saying it is disrespectful to the christmas holiday to be even bringing it up. what do you say to senator kyl and the others who are dragging their feet? >> get out of the way. there's too much at stake for america's national security. and don't tell me about christmas. i understand christmas. i have been a senator for a long time. i have been there many years where we go right up to christmas. there's ten days between now and christmas. i hope i don't get in the way of your christmas shopping but this is the nation's business. this is a national security at stake. act. act. >> well, he has had a good year, actually. vice president biden's full interview airs tomorrow at 1:00 eastern on "andrea mitchell reports" here on msnbc. "hardball" back after this. >>> we wake up every morning and you kn

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mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> eight republicans join with democrats to end the ban on gays and lesbians in the military. fell short of the 60 needed to overcome republican opposition, the fate of the new start treaty, nuclear arms treaty with russia, which will continue to be debated today in a rare sunday session. i sat down late friday with the president's point man in dealing with congress, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. >> welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be back. >> good to have you here. it's an important time. end of the week saw you and the president closing a very important deal. this compromise over an extension of the bush era tax cuts, a bill signing at the white house, striking and yet not a republican there, mitch mcconnell for the first time. so, a new era, perhaps in washington. the bottom line is the focus on getting people back to work. what does this deal mean to the end of that goal? >> two things. number one, ev

with us today, michael duffy, andrea mitchell, the "new york times" helene cooper and the "washington post" david ignatius. first up, it's a december to remember. the president cut what he called the best possible deal on taxes. jobless benefits, the works. he has shown disdain for those who are resisting his decision. >> take a tally. look at what i promised during the campaign. there is not a single thing that i said that i would not do that i not either done or tried to do. chris: michael, i hav'ten seen him like this, eyes wide open addressing his critics head on. >> pointing the finger in case you missed the point. the liberal part of the obama presidency is probably over. he is moving into a totally different phase here. he is doing it because he has to. unemployment numbers were rising again. his popularity was beginning to dip into the low 40's. he cuts this dramatic deal with republicans on a tax cut, he gets a much bigger second stimulus, bigger than the first stimulus with the democrats. chris: yes. >> he gets it at a time that is perfect if you're running for re-election w

up next, andrea mitchell reports. are house democrats warming up to a tax cut compromise? she will ask congressman tom larsen. >>> brian jones loves the holiday movie "a christmas story." after licensing the rights, he started selling versions of the film leg lamp and he used the profits to turn the cleveland house where the movie was filmed into a t 1200 test test test test. >>> pressure is

andrea mitchell talked with the vice president, who was in the senate for decades. he had a message for those worried about the calendar here. get out of the way. there's too much at stake for america's national security. and don't tell me about christmas. i understand christmas. i hope i don't get in the way of your christmas shopping, but this is the nation's business. this is a national security at stake act. >> and we don't know when they will vote on the start treaty. they would need 67 to ratify it. richard? >> kelly o'donnell. many watching around the world. including russia, iran and other places. thank you for the latest on the start treaty. while we watch the start treaty debate, senator majority leader harry reid warning there may not be time to take up the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy which does ban gays for serving openly. a new repeal measure was in the house yesterday, and it now appears there are enough votes in the senate for we peel. with one week before christmas, the senate also has to tackle a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the federal

. >> we heard biden talking to andrea mitchell about what a loss this is and something for all of us to pay close attention to as we watch this report. chuck todd, always good to have you with us here. thanks. >> so it's one thing to hear from civilian leaders, even the president, but to really understand what our troops are going through in afghanistan, you have to talk to someone who has actually lived through this firsthan firsthand. he wrote the book "war" which offers a lifting look at the day-to-day combat of soldiers in war. this is a great watch for everybody. it was named after sergeant juan ristrepo? >> that's right. he was killed in july '07. they named the outpost after him. >> what is the most surprising thing to someone like yourgs who then comes back? what can you tell us that we're not getting out of the white house? >> on the ground the reality is there are certain areas where the fighting is more intense than anyone anticipated in the past few years. there was a patrol that took 100% casualties during the time i spent in afghanistan. every guy killed or wounded. on

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andrea mitchell has more on holbrooke's storied career. >> nominated seven times for the nobel peace prize, richard holbrooke's crowning achievement was ending the war in bosnia. to the end he was striving to end another war in afghanistan. widely considered one of the most gifted diplomats of his generation, richard holbrooke was praised by president obama and hillary clinton monday night at a diplomatic reception, shortly before holbrooke lost his last battle. >> america is more secure and the world is a safer place because of the work of ambassador richard holbrooke. >> he's a fierce negotiator, i'm sure there are some shoulders here tonight that are still a little bit sore from his arm twisting. but he is a fiercer friend and an invaluable counselor. >> reporter: richard holbrooke began his career as a foreign service officer. he quickly rose to the white house under linden johnson where he drafted a key war memo and wrote a chapter of the pentagon papers. holbrooke accompanied henry kissinger to the peace talks in paris. holbrooke aspired to be a great man himself. his signature

you know, he spoke with andrea mitchell about this, and he was -- i mean, he really boiled it down and has the credibility to do so, given all the years he served in the senate. let's just run that quick before we go to politico. >> the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, finally on the floor of the senate, but not without one republican senator threatening to read every last word in that treaty, and another senator, the leading opponent senator kyl saying it is disrespectful to the christmas holiday to even be bringing it up. what do you say to senator kyl and the others who are dragging their feet. >> get out of the way. there's too much at stake for america's national security. and don't tell me about christmas. i understand christmas. i have been a senator for a long time. i have been there many years where we go right up to christmas. there's ten days between noi an christmas. i hope i don't get in the way of your christmas shopping, but, this is the nation's business. this is a national security at stake. act. act. >> all right. >> that pretty much boils it down. >> and the reaction of the vice p

. >> andrea mitchell, it's going to be great. >> terry garr? >> terry garr. >> and joe biden. >> can you say don rickels for the hour? >> an old friend, don rick les. >> i want more. do more. >> we're going to see you and savannah on "the daily rundown" after "morning joe." coming up, host of the last word, lawrence o'donnell. sign up for "morning joe" minutes newsletter go to joe.msnbc.com. what's around the corner is one of life's great questions. and while it can never be fully answered, it helps to have a financial partner like northern trust. by gaining a keen understanding of your financial needs, we're able to tailor a plan using a full suite... of sophisticated investment strategies and solutions. so whatever's around the corner can be faced with confidence. ♪ northern trust. look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. everyone's eating tacos outside bill's office. [ chuckles ] you think that is some information i would have liked to know? i like tacos. you invited eric? i thought eric gave you the creeps. [ phone buzzes ] oh. [ chuckles

nbc chief foreign correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. interpol calls it a red notice, the equivalent of the fbi's most wanted list. sweedish officials say it is serious, this as hillary clinton continues at a summit in kazakhstan. even in far long kazakhstan, hillary clinton faced questions about wikileaks. even in kazakhstan hillary clinton faced questions about wikileaks. >> and i particularly worry about the human rights activists, the religious leaders, the critics of governments who speak to members of our embassy about abuses in their own country. whose name may either be in a reporting cable or who may be identifiable because of the description of the person. >> reporter: in a bit of bad timing for clinton, as she travels this week, she'll be face to face with leaders slammed in the cable. germany's angela merkel, risk-averse and rarely creative. russia's dmitry medvedev, and more embarrassment, another cable from secretary clinton's office asked about the mental health of argentinar

i'm russ mitchell, cbs news. for. >> pelley: for two decades, a group of wild african elephants has been watched over, studied and protected by their own guardian angel, an extraordinary american scientist named andrea turkalo. andrea's own story is pretty amazing, but as bob simon discovered, not nearly as compelling as the insights into elephant behavior that her research has revealed, especially when it comes to the secret language of elephants. elephants communicate in a complicated, sophisticated language that scientists are trying to decipher and compile into the world's first elephant dictionary. when we heard that all of this is happening in one of the most magical places on earth, a remote clearing in central africa where forest elephants-- the rarest, most mysterious, and most threatened member of the species-- congregate, well, we simply had to go. >> simon: the sangha river flows through the congo basin, along the border between cameroon and the central african republic, in the second largest rain for