republican. 100% reported in arizona's second district, gabby giffords' former seat, though it had had been redriked, democratic congressman ron barber is trailing by about 400 votes but no call there. in arizona's 9th district, 125 vote there. in california, lungren is trailing by less than 200 votes. in florida's 18th district, 100% of the vote is in. republican congressman allen west is trailing. seems a little bit too much to overcome. 2,500 votes. he's demanding a recount. you do wonder what happens if the florida presidential has to go in that direction. i'll explain that in a few minutes. north carolina, district 7, 100% in. the democrat incumbent there is in the lead but it is only 500 votes. there will be a runoff in louisiana's third dwikt between two republicans. >>> two races still too close to call at this hour, in washington state, the governor's race is still undecided. we've been down the road here before with washington state. haven't we? the mail-in ballots. talk to us next week. we might have a winner there. then there's florida. we still haven't called in the presid

former congresswoman gabby giffords faced him for the fist time since the shooting. giffords looks toicly at loughner and held her husband's hand as mark kelly spoke firmly. you may have put a bullet through her head, but you haven't put a dent in her spirit. after today, after this moment, here and now, gabby and i are done thinking about you. the victims say this isn't closure but a step forward. >> i will never forget the horror of that day, the loss of my dear friend gabe zimmerman, the loss and wounding of so many good people. >> reporter: the courtroom was packed with victims and their families. shot in the face and leg, ron barber now fills giffords' seat in congress. i feel no hatred toward you, he says. now you must live with this burden and never again see the outside of a prison. the january th, 2011, congress on your corner shooting left a member of giffords' staff, a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl, and three others dead. suzy heilman brought the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor-green, to meet giffords. she told loughner, you turned a civics

. >>> in arizona the former aid to gabby giffords who won a special election seat earlier this year has pulled slightly ahead of his republican opponent. democrat incumbent ron barber says he believes he has the votes to win with absentee and provisional ballots still uncounted. >>> and in california long time republican congressman mary bono mack just conceded late last night losing her seat to her democratic challenger. >>> in his first post election weekly address, president obama emphasized his plan to extend middle class tax cuts and reduce the deficit. his measured tone today different from an emotional moment that came on the heels of an exhaustive campaign. here's the president thanking his campaign workers. >> because of you guys [ inaudible ] that what i'm doing is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of you. and what you just did -- [ cheers and applause ] >> joining me now, associate editor of the "washington post" and author of "barack obama the story." david, welcome. thanks for joining me. >> great to be with you, alex. >> i want to first up get your reac

there are enough votes to swing gabby gifford's old seat and conceivably that ann kirkpatrick is projected to win and sinema and it is nowhere near decided and nobody knows when it will be. they're also still counting ballots in florida. they have until saturday to report results to the secretary of state and have even longer to figure out what in the name of ponce de leon went so terribly wrong in florida this year. people ended up standing in line eight hours to cast a ballot. isn't there something wrong with that? official explanations range from long ballots that caused jams at the scanners, some precincts too big and some didn't have enough scanners and some power outages. my favorite explanation is in broward county where the election supervisor tells the "miami herald" all of us know when voters are interested in candidates and issues, we are going to have long lines. so the reason things went so wrong is because people wanted to vote? we are not prepared for that. that was the november surprise in florida that screwed up florida's election so badly. turns out people wanted to vote.

. >>> ron barber who filled the seat of gabby giffords is waiting for the state to tally more than 100,000 uncounted ballots to see if he returns to the house. >>> a tweet sent yesterday from the white house twitter account is a picture of president obama meeting with the u.s. women's gymnastics team in the oval office. pretty cool. >>> and last night nbc's "parks and recreation" featured vice president joe biden playing himself. we have a look behind the scenes as the vice president compares his job to situation comedy. >> now, i just want you to know i got to make two major speeches, meet a couple thousand people but it will be a hell of a lot easier than this for me. so thanks a lot. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> let's take a check at wall street on this friday morning. the dow closed at 12,542 after losing 28 points yesterday. the s&p was down 2. the nasdaq fell 9. overseas markets had a better day. the nikkei shot up 194. the hang seng gained 50. >>> wall street will be watching today's first face-to-face fiscal cliff meeting. and there is a lot at stake here.

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have you spoken to gabby giffords about her feelings about today? >> actually, i spoke with mark yesterday. i think today is going to be the first and last time that gabby will have an opportunity -- gabby and mark will have an opportunity to be in the same room as her attacker. it's an opportunity to close a chapter. it will be the last time she's there too. he'll go off -- he'll continue in prison where he belongs, and she's going to bring closure to this. they're doing great. she's back in tucson. they bought a new house. she's so happy to be home in her beloved hometown. this is an opportunity for closure and for this nightmare to really officially be behind her. >> america got to see her at the convention, and certainly she still has the hearts and prayers. >> she sure does. >> from the country for a full recovery. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, thank you so much for your time. we are keeping a close eye on the markets. not much movement today. we're seeing negative numbers down by 35 points on the dow jones. there was a recovery from

gabby gifford's former seat. the open sea in arizona nine uncalled. dan lun green is votes. the open seat in california 26. we don't know what will happen there. 100% are in . mary bono mack is behind. will she join her husband coming an congress. bilbray is behind with 100% reporting in california as we mentioned already, incumbent allen west is behind in florida 18 with all the votes counted. representative menechek is leading. that appears to be a couple thousand votes apart. ke mcintyre, will he be one of the few blue dogs that remains? he has a small lead. there will be a run-off for one house seat in louisian the third two republicans there. but if all those leads hold, nbc news is current ly projecting they could pick up eight seats in the house again. yes, we know all those 100%. mail ballots particularly out in the state of california so we'll see but ifíu all leads hold it'a net pickup of eight seats for the democrats in the house. there's a lot more to come on this special two-hour post-election edition of "the daily rundown." i'm basically going on no sleep so y

. >>> today former congresswoman gabby giffords is expected to come face to face with the man who tried to kill her. jared loughner will be sentenced in a deal that gives him life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty for the mass shooting that left six people dead almost two years ago. several victims, including giffords along with her husband, have said they will be at the hearing. three say they will speak before the judge. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. takin

husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords delivered a victim impact statement on his wife's behalf at the sent tenting hearing of jared loughner. while he tried to extinguish of the beauty of life he failed. kelly asked us to look in the mir somewhere question how he was able to spiral downward without earlier interventions. kelli was joined in the courtroom both staring at loughner. he killed 6, injuring 12 histories. >>> one of the clear voices has been olympia snowe. retiring because in part she says it is dysfunctional. joining me now, senator snowe. talk about the fiscal cliff, combination of deadlines created to avoid economic crisis and now it may have the opposite effect. what do you think needs to be done? you're going to be a key vote on this. >> well, most certainly the president and the congress and the leadership need to be working together immediately to determine the framework and the specifics to avoid the fiscal cliff of both the expiration of the tax cuts as well as the major automatic cuts. in other words we have to come up with options and al turn tibs how we ap

. >> "arizona republic," a dramatic scene yesterday gabby giffords and her husband came face to face with jared loughner. loughner has been sentenced to seven life terms in prison, ending his federal case. he can still be tried in arizona state court, but local authorities say this is unlikely. >> and from our parade of papers, "the richmond times dispatch," former dnc chairman terry mcauliffe announced he'll run for governor of virginia in 2013. mcauliffe may face former governor and current u.s. senator mark warner during the state's democratic primary. warner has not ruled out a return saying he's going to make that decision by thanksgiving. and on the cover of this week's "parade" magazine, how to throw the perfect holiday get-together with the cast of "the chew." we also have a quick update on the campaign to raise money for epilepsy research. as you know, david axelrod's mustache survived the "morning joe" election challenge. but with my mustache-growing endeavor hanging in the balance, we made a deal. david's putting his famous 40-year-old mustache back on the chopping block,

gabby giffords still has trouble walking. her astronaut husband, mark kelly, and gabby approached the podium slowly and kelly did the talking. he looked directly at loughner and the first thing he said, and if you pull up the graphic it's stunning. gabby would trade her own life to save any of those you savagely murdered that day. you may have put a bullet through her head, but you have not put a dent in her spirit or commitment. kelly also at one moment said to loughner, pay attention. he also talked about the physical damage that has come being as a result a loughner's attack on his wife. and he said if we could show that second quote. she struggles to deliver each and every sentence. gabby strugs to walk. her right arm is paralyzed. she is partially blind. you have decades upon decades to contemplate what you did. after today gabby and i are done thinking about you. so with that, the couple sat down. miss giffords left the courtroom briefly and then returned, and the proceedings are still under way, tamron. other victims,