reid wilson from politico from the hot line "national journal" will be along as well as tom perriello from the center of american progress and the question is president obama moving fast enough on gun control? but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. you may find more mcdonald's restaurants open on christmas day this year but those workers giving you your big mac and fries will not be getting a dime extra for working on the big holiday. raw story is reporting mcdonald's is encouraging franchisees to help with final year-end sales push but they will not pay employees overtime. they're only asking their workers to voluntary sign up for those shifts. >> bill: this is absolutely crazy! i mean i think it's bad enough that mcdonald's is open but i

tom perriello from the center of american progress action fund on how democrats can deal with republicans who can't deal with reality. rubio and ryan reload with a new message for the middle class. >> both parties tend to divide americans into our voters and their voters. >> but there is no escaping their own policies. >> we're going to a majority of takers versus makers in america. >> dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz responds tonight. plus, senator barbara boxer on her new plan for national polling place standards. and a new poll shows half of all republicans think the defunct group a.c.o.r.n. stole the election from president obama. >> that's an eye opener. >> i wonder where they ever got that idea? >> you just have to wait and see what happens. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. here is are the latest. republicans are at a stalemate with the white house for debt negotiations. republicans really only have two options now, bad and worse. "the new york times" is the latest outlet to report on senior republican leaders who are ready to strike a deal. they w

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tom perriello will be in studio with us in the next segment. here we're visiting now with ellen ratner who is head of talk radio news. a service that provides news cut-ins for talk radio hosts all around the country. and also she's the founder of goats for the old goat. that's what we've been talking about this morning. you can join. this is a great thing you can do and provide a goat for some of the poor people in south sudan and it is $60. >> you get your photo with your goat which i personally take when i go there every 12 weeks. >> bill: if you go to the web site, goats for the old goat. dan, you've got it up on your computer. you can see these are villagers with -- >> they're returning slaves. you can name your goat. you can specify who it's for. i take the little pieces of white paper over. we do the whole thing. it is a very hands on operation. >> bill: there's the person who provided this particular goat. this is john cheng. >> you know the recipient. you get a picture of the goat. you know where the goat goes. >> bill: you go to goats

tom perriello former member of congress. you reported on this yesterday. now with the center for american progress. people thought he might run again. >> apparently he really considered running and yesterday he decided not to do it. he decided not to do it and he endorsed terry mcauliffe and said i'm going to stand with him. there was some thought from people on the left, tom perriello is with cap. he's a liberal member of congress. there was some thought that after two presidential elections where the state had gone blue, there was a chance for sort of the left wing of the party to nominate somebody pretty liberal and win the governorship that way and i guess that didn't work out in perriello's math, didn't fit. >> bill: i gotta tell you, you talk about a clear choice between terry mcauliffe former head of the dnc, good friend of mine. good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge

former democratic congressman tom perriello announced he will not run for virginia governor in 2013 disappointing some on the progressive left. in his statement perriello said he doesn't feel called to serve an elected office right now and he backed former democratic national chirm terry mckaaulicas bid. he is expected to face the attorney general next november in what could be one of the most expensive, knock down, drag out fights for governor in virginia's history. >>> south dakota democratic senator tim johnson said yesterday he is not sure he'll seek re-election in 2014. last week after former republican governor mike rounds announced his senate bid johnson put out a statement that asserted his plans to run but johnson himself walked back the comments yesterday saying it is far too soon to comment. also seemed to hint it is coming. he'll make his final decision by the end of the year. decisions almost two years in advance almost always close in retirement. >>> the markets lose a little ground at the start despite a jump in jobless claims. a little better than expected. planned layoffs went up