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On this last show of 2013 we wanted to highlight some of our favorite political stories of the year. it was a year of activism more moral mondays in iffing income protesting the republican governments extreme agen ta to the dream defenders challenging the floridas stand your ground law and wendy davis standing up for reproductive rights in texas. when it came out for speaking for justice and equalt no someone spoke louder than kids including some brave and bright yucksters like madison kimry who...

And i cry sod hard when he told me that at the age of 10. >> now, lets be honest, when it comes to belief and wish fulfillment, most americans think asking congress for what they want is about as effective as asking santa claus. which is why im encouraged by these two young women and their extraordinary faith in democracy. so this week my letter goes out to them. dear carmen lima and jennifer martinez, its me, melissa. the first thing i lead like to say to you is im sorry, im sorry when you aske...

Live during weekend brunch. especially tough when that breakfast is being enjoyed by one of the most powerful men in the country and youre trying to get him to put down the saltshaker and pay attention to your serious concerns about immigration policy. but breakfast was no match for 13-year-old carmen lima and 16-year-old jennifer martinez. at 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning these two young women approached house speaker john boehner at his favorite breakfast spot on capitol hill to urge him to act ...

>> i am lucky enough that my parents have never been deported. i have never had my family separated in the sense that ice came to my house and took my mom and dad from me. but as far as close and personal, i have grown up with friends who are undocumented whose parents have been deported, and then theyre left to make ends meet for themselves. because this is their home. where else are they going to go? you know, this is -- as i said, this is their home. so as far as me seeing it personally, i ha...

Maybe he would like change his mind a little, maybe not completely drop to his knees and say yes, im going to go do it right now. but i hoped he would be honest with me. and now i feel betrayed. i feel like he lied to me. i felt like my story meant nothing to him. which is terrible. >> jennifer, you tried -- you and carmen were sort of trying to cross this empathetic gap, trying to let john boehner know what it is like to live in the uncertainty that so many of our fellow americans live in. do y...

Immigration. >> they passed the torch down to us until boehner says yes, because we know that boehner is going to have to say yes, because once politicians see interest and people rallying and people getting together and uniting that is when politicians have to say oh, well, we give up. >> carmen lima and jennifer martinez, thank you very much. >> now, the other thing that people have asked is will you get help? >> im not an addict of any sort. so im not quite sure why youre saying i need help. ...

Interest and people rallying and people getting together and uniting that is when politicians have to say oh, well, we give up. >> carmen lima and jennifer martinez, thank you very much. >> now, the other thing that people have asked is will you get help? >> im not an addict of any sort. so im not quite sure why youre saying i need help. >> there is news and reports tonight on our old friend, rob ford, the embattled crack-smoking mayor of toronto. today he appeared before the city council, and s...

Forward on immigration reform. >> the idea that were going to take up a 1300 page bill that no one had ever read, which is what the senate did is not going to happen. and frankly ill make clear we have no intention of ever going to conference on this senate bill. >> joining me now are those two young women who confronted house speaker john boehner on tape. joining me now, carmen lima, and jennifer martinez, a 16-year-old student whose parents are undocumented. she is an activist for "one america...