i lost my livelihood. >> reporter: and for john kelly, the madoff scandal isn't history yet. you just can't close the door on this thing. >> not yet. i'm trying. i need someone to open up a door before i can close that one and i've got to get that door open. >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: the cbs evening news continues after a break. >> mitchell: richard hole look, president obama's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, is in critical condition tonight at a washington hospital following surgery for a torn aorta. the 69-year-old holbrook became ill at the state department yesterday. he helped broker the 1995 accord that ended the balkan's war. police say there was a car bomb in stockholm, sweden today. security police reportedly received e-mails 10 minute earlier protesting sweden's presence in afghanistan and drawings of mohammed by a swedish artist. a group of dallas fourth graders greeted troopsa they return from afghanistan today. still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, the first electric cars arrive on the scenes today. . even eye dro

john kelly, associate professor in psychiatry, massachusetts general hospital, harvard medical school, boston, massachusetts. lureen mcneil, director, bureau of recovery services, new york state office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, new york, new york. carlos hardy, director of public affairs, baltimore substance abuse systems, incorporated, baltimore, maryland. john, what role does language play in forming public opinion on addiction and mental health issues? i think language plays a critical role in the way that, after all, it's the, it conveys the meaning of, of what we're trying to express. and so i think it plays a very important role and we should think carefully about the terms that we use because of that. so, why does some language impede the understanding, lureen, of, of our field and the way we refer to people? well i think particularly now that we have this new recovery framework, people are holding on to the old language. and the new language really holds the fullness of the framework, it really shows the validity of the framework, it shows the reality of reco

he got heated when i asked him about republican senator john kyle's comment, which kelly just reported on. >> do not let -- 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. it's clearly in our national interest. every former defense secretary, secretary of state on the republican party from george schultz to colin powell thinks it's essential we pass this treaty. 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've been a senator for a long time. i've 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 national security at stake. act, act. >> reporter: and right there at the united nations where wikileaks cables say that the u.s. spied on other diplomats, the vice president said he does not think there's been any substantive damage, just embarrassment. brian?

kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. thank you very much. now let me go to my partner in the morning. savannah guthrie at the white house. savannah, i heard robert gibbs in the briefing. they don't seem that worried about the outcome of today. what does today mean for the rest of the week, not just with the house, but they've got a few other things they would like the senate to deal with. >> absolutely. we heard robert gibbs say the president will stay as long as congress is in town, the president will be in town. as you know, he's planning to take a family vacation after congress goes out, but they very much still hope that something can happen on that new start treaty, the arms control deal with russia. if they could get that through, that would be huge for the president. there are a couple other items hanging out there. including this budget bill that has to get done. frankly if you just look at the math and the calendar, you know that pretty much takes up the senate's whole week. so unclear if they'll be able to get it done, but they are obviously still hoping that start will happ

kelly, thank you very much. and, of course, if you have any thoughts on what's happening on the senate floor or what's going on in the house, or just anything, you can join the news nation. we want you to do it. e-mail me at news nation at msnbc.com. you can tweet me at twitter.com/tamronhall or go on facebook at facebook.com/tamron ha hall. and tomorrow we hope to get this guest in with us. it was supposed to be a news nation gut check. an alabama teenager is suing for the right to play basketball, he wants to wear braids, this is a picture of the young man, 14-year-old blaze taylor, and filed a suit against the auburn school system. his coach won't allow him to play on the team unless he gets rid of those braids. we hope to talk with blaze's mother and the family's attorney on what their goal is here. hope to have it for you. in the meantime, thank you for joining us, we have a lot of breaking news. i'm tamron hall. you can catch news nation weekdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. thomas robert

>> it's possible john may contest elizabeth's will. >>> oprah's new video diary from australia. >> kelly ripa confined to crutches.

. >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. massachusetts democratic senator john kerry is also on capitol hill this morning. and he joins us now. senator, it's nice to see you, good morning. good morning, senator kerry, how are you? >> i'm great, matt, nice to see you. >> you too. let's talk about this tax cut deal that was voted on in the house last night. so much talk about compromise, who wins, who loses. ? your gut, is this the best deal that you could have gotten? >> as for who wins, i think the american people win for the short-term. i think it will depend on what the congress is capable of doing next year. we're running behind every country in the world that's industrialized or industrializing. we have an enormous challenge to get our deficit under control and create jobs. if all we do is this tax bill and we don't invest in america and begin to make long-term plans as to how to deal with the structural deficit, we're in trouble. so this is step one. >> you talk about the deficit and jobs, i mean this is going to cost $

. >> john boehner is calling in. he's calling obama socialist for the remarks. >> larry: regis philbin, the co-host of "regis and kelly lee." donald trump hosts "the apprentice" and suze orman, soon to be appearing on ask to pra's all-stars. we welcome them back to "larry king live" for one last time. hey, regis, thanks so much for doing this. you've been one of my favorite guests. >> well, same goes for me. my feelings about you, larry. you know, what i really love about you is the fact so many people don't know that you sing and you also sing all of those great old songs that you only learned years and years ago growing up in new york city with no tv. only radio. only disk jockeys, only great songs and great singers in those days and i really have enjoyed -- one day we were on a -- trump listen to this. one day we were on a plane coming back from notre dame, larry an i. i hear larry singing a dear old song and so we began doing it. but i got one for you tonight, larry. okay? >> larry: go. >> totally unrehearsed. >>

. >> you know, kelly, it was a heated moment, it seemed, down on the floor of the senate. you had this odd moment between mark kirk and john mccain, and that seemed to really upset some other democratic senators. >> well, for us watching it here, you could hear the rumble of ooh around among the reporters when it happened. and for a viewer, it may not stand out as much. but what mark kirk did, republican from illinois, he, in fact, took the seat that once belongeded to the president. he is new to the senate. he interrupted john mccain who was talking. and sort of did an end zone dance, if you will, and that, despite all of the fighting here, is not typically seen. so here's a little bit of what went on. >> as the most jr. member, for those who are not understanding what just happened, did we just win? it seems that change has come to the senate tonight with the death of this $1.1 trillion plan. >> they want the american people to think that omnibus 2010, that all those pages sitting there, were done by democrats. they weren't done by democrats. those pages were done by dem

kelly@foxnews.com. >>> well, an illinois teacher -- speaking of unions -- demanded time off and didn't get it. and now the department of justice is involved. in three minutes we'll show you how a three-week break became a federal case. >>> plus, the first lady says that childhood obesity has become a national security issue, but what price are we looking at to fix that problem? >>> and a teary john boehner getting the ladies at the view all fired up in the wake of his "60 minutes" interview. they say he's got emotional problems. really? get the hankies for a fair and balanced debate, ten minutes away. >> i've spent my whole life chasing the american dream. [applause] >> usa! usa! usa! [ sneezes ] you're up next. yeah. aww...that oj needs alka-seltzer plus. fast powder packs are a taste-free fizz-free way to transform your drink into a powerl cold fighter! there's a cold front moving in, but relief is on the way. into a powerl cold fighter! naturally colorful vegetables are often a good source of vitamin

. >> hey, everyone i'm megyn kelly. a spending bill with $8 billion of earmarks including 10 million bucks for a tribute to a dead congressman. what could these lawmakers be thinking? monica crowley reacts. plus john stossel is here on how your tax dollars are going to fund alpaca farms. i say alpaca farms. found taken of youth in a pill? major trials coming next year on a drug they say makes 80-year-olds as healthy as 20-year-old's. doesn't make them feel as healthy but makes them healthy. dr. siegel explains. she forecasts the weather for "abc news.". her outlook. a national face arrested for making a false rape charge. hear why she did it in kelly's court at the top of the hour. jon: a fox news alert. the senate is now voting on the president's tax cut compromise. the other big story on capitol hill is that 2000-page spending bill that got dumped on senators desks. boy, that has some republicans fuming. rich edson from the fox business network joins us from washington. all right, 2000 pages, phil, what's in it? >> he