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Video: Palin makes late night punchlines

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:46 GMT

Nov. 20: Countdown guest host Lawrence O’Donnell talks about the Palin media blitz as seen through the eyes of late night TV. (Countdown)

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Video: Palin angers fans

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:06:57 GMT

Nov. 20: Democratic strategist Chris Hayes talks about the 100 Sarah Palin fans in Noblesville, Indiana who were denied access to the former Alaska governor with no explanation. (Countdown)

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Video: Filling the Oprah void

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:34 GMT

Nov. 20: After nearly a quarter century, Oprah Winfrey announced her syndicated talk show will end in 2011. Then what? Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter discusses. (Countdown)

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Video: Watering down reform

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:37:39 GMT

Nov. 20: Conservative Democrats yet to get on board with health reform claim they are concerned about the cost, except, it has been discovered, when the money goes to them. Former CIGNA Vice President Wendell Potter discusses. (Countdown)

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Video: Battling for reform

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:28:48 GMT

Nov. 20: The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson talks about how Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., can secure a win on Saturday’s health reform vote. (Countdown)

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Video: Health reform faces Senate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:26:01 GMT

Nov. 20: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., discusses whether the Democrats can reach the 60 votes they need on Saturday just to begin debate on health reform. (Countdown)

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Video: What does Sarah Palin read?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:57 GMT

Nov. 19: CQPolitics.com’s Craig Crawford talks about the answer Sarah Palin finally gave to Katie Couric’s question, one year and 51 days after it was asked. (Countdown)

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Video: Beck forgets attacks on Obama supporters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:58:55 GMT

Nov. 19: Fox News’ Glenn Beck expressed his unhappiness with msnbc’s Norah O’Donnell correcting a young girl about Sarah Palin’s support of the bailout bill, claiming young Obama supporters were never attacked during the campaign. Countdown’s Keith Olbermann points out how wrong Beck is (again). (Countdown)

Video: Glenn Beck, fear-monger-in-chief?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:55:04 GMT

Nov. 19: Blogger Arianna Huffington discusses the pitfalls of too many people believing the extreme conspiracy theories that have become Glenn Beck's stock in trade. (Countdown)

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Video: Is marriage illegal in Texas?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:41:44 GMT

Nov. 19: Barbara Ann Radnofsky, the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Texas, discovered a clause in the 2005 amendment to the Texas constitution that might mean all marriage is illegal in Texas. (Countdown)

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Video: Humans can live as hamsters, too

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:40:53 GMT

Nov. 19: For $150 a night, guests can stay at the hamster hotel in Nantes, France where rooms come equipped with a bed of hay, an exercise wheel and a strict hamster dress code. (Countdown)

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Video: How do insurance companies fare in reform?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:35:38 GMT

Nov. 19: The new Senate bill does more for Americans than most observers predicted, but is anyone looking out for the insurance and pharmaceutical companies? Former CIGNA Vice President Wendell Potter discusses. (Countdown)

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Video: Weiner on the view from the House

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:24:37 GMT

Nov. 19: Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., describes the view from the House of the Senate health reform process. (Countdown)

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Video: Republicans aim to kill reform

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:23:31 GMT

Nov. 19: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talks about the Republicans' attempt to forestall and otherwise filibuster the health reform bill to death. (Countdown)

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Video: Palin/Beck in 2012?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:13:46 GMT

Nov. 18: When asked if Glenn Beck, could possibly become her vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin praised the Fox News host. Msnbc political analyst Richard Wolffe discusses. (Countdown)

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Video: Assessing Palin's possibilities

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:09:26 GMT

Nov. 18: Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com, talks about Sarah Palin’s chances for winning a presidential bid in 2012. (Countdown)

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Video: Holder immune to Republican fear tactics

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:49:15 GMT

Nov. 18: George Washington University Prof. Jonathan Turley discusses the relatively unusual legal situation of trying 9/11 suspects in New York City. (Countdown)

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Video: Health fairs demonstrate need for reform

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:43:43 GMT

Nov. 18: Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, D-Ark., previews Saturday’s health fair and what message it sends to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who may fall short of committing to a public option in the reform bill. (Countdown)

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Video: Will the Senate bill unite Democrats?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:07 GMT

Nov. 18: The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein talks about whether Harry Reid can unite Democrats to get health care to the floor for debate. (Countdown)

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Video: Health reform enters final stages?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:27:30 GMT

Nov. 18: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks about the Senate health reform bill passing another hurdle and how long until a final product is passed. (Countdown)

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Video: ‘Tea-bagger’ enters popular lexicon

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:10:27 GMT

Nov. 17: Msnbc’s political analyst Richard Wolffe discusses the news that the Oxford University Press chose “tea-baggers” as the runner-up for the 2009 Word of the Year. (Countdown)

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Video: Beck stands up to O’Reilly's venom

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:05:47 GMT

Nov. 17: Watch in Worst Persons in the World as Glenn Beck tells Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that his suggestion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi be thrown into the Boston Harbor by tea-partiers was unnecessary. (Countdown)

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Video: Politics in Prejean's future?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:53:53 GMT

Nov. 17: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, says former Miss California Carrie Prejean would make a good candidate for public office but her sex tape is “going to be an impediment.” (Countdown)

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Video: Thief leaves picture behind

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:53:11 GMT

Nov. 17: A criminal in Altamone Springs, Florida stole eight digital cameras, stopping at one point to take a picture of himself. The thief then left that camera and his picture behind. (Countdown)

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Video: Will Palin's spotlight ever fade?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:47:58 GMT

Nov. 17: Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis discusses whether Sarah Palin’s memoirs and publicity tour will irreparably hurt her political career. (Countdown)

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Video: Palin’s story – a work of fiction?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:34:47 GMT

Nov. 17: Countdown’s Keith Olbermann fact checks some of the claims made by former partial-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin in her new book and corresponding promotional interviews. (Countdown)

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Video: Reform continues to divide Congress

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:29:03 GMT

Nov. 17: The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson talks about the expectation that new disagreements over the Senate health reform bill will delay a final product further. (Countdown)

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Video: Last stand for a public option

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:28:17 GMT

Nov. 17: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expresses his concerns that a public option may not fully be included in the Senate health reform bill. (Countdown)

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Video: McCain camp reacts to Palin claims

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:14:27 GMT

Nov. 16: CQPolitics.com’s Craig Crawford talks about Sen. John McCain asking his former aides not to do interviews rebutting Sarah Palin’s charges in her memoirs and whether they will start to disregard this request to defend themselves. (Countdown)

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Video: Convict Hasan without a trial?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:03:05 GMT

Nov. 16: Watch in Worst Persons in the World as William Kristol talks about the Fort Hood shootings and demands the conviction and execution of alleged gunman Army Major Nidal Hasan. (Countdown)

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Video: Fact-checking Sarah Palin

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:56:00 GMT

Nov. 16: Countdown’s Keith Olbermann offers his analysis of Sarah Palin’s interview with Oprah Winfrey as well as some newly released details from her memoirs slamming the McCain campaign. (Countdown)

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Video: Giuliani disagrees with himself on Sept. 11 trial

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:41:24 GMT

Nov. 16: Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter talks about the GOP opposition to holding the September 11 trials in New York City as well as the hypocrisy of some of those positions. (Countdown)

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Video: Health reform’s human stories

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:43 GMT

Nov. 16: Countdown’s Keith Olbermann reads an account by producer Rich Stockwell of the free health clinic held in New Orleans over the weekend, in which over 1,000 people attended. (Countdown)

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Video: The health debate continues…

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:29:57 GMT

Nov. 16: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks about the Republicans delay tactics to prevent health reform from being passed before the new year. (Countdown)

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Video: World not ending

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:11:57 GMT

Nov. 13: Dr. Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist and author of the best-seller: "Physics of the Impossible" explains to Countdown guest host Lawrence O'Donnell why the fears that the world will end on December 21, 2012 makes for a better thriller movie than actual science. (Countdown)

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Video: NASA project yields exciting results

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:06:57 GMT

Nov. 13: NBC's Tom Costello reports on the discovery by NASA of water on the moon. (Countdown)

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Video: Palin the pugnacious

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:59:20 GMT

Nov. 13: MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe discusses the political waves already being made by Sarah Palin's new book and corresponding publicity tour. (Countdown)

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Video: Comeuppance for 'balloon boy' parents

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:42:22 GMT

Nov. 13: NBC's Leanne Gregg reports from Fort Collins, Colorado on the latest details in the prosecution of the parents who lied to authorities about their son flying away in a home-made weather balloon. (Countdown)

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Video: Filling the gap in U.S. health care

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:40:30 GMT

Nov. 13: Nicole Lamoreaux, executive director of the National Association of Free Clinics, and Dr. Corey Hebert, a volunteer at Saturday's free health-care fair in New Orleans talk about the state of medical care in America and why health reform is so necessary. (Countdown)

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Video: 9/11 trial, healing or reopened wound?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:24:59 GMT

Nov. 13: Kristen Breitweiser, whose husband Ronald was killed in New York on September 11th, talks with Countdown guest host Lawrence O'Donnell about how 9/11 families are reacting to the news that alleged plotters of the attack will be put on trial in New York City just blocks from where the attacks took place. (Countdown)

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