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People who might say, we have, as a nation, become too politically correct, but theyre saying in this instance, it doesnt touch that. completely unnecessary and an event that truly honored great americans. >> i feel the same when i spoke to republican voters on the ground. they displayed some frustration in the presidents history and choice of using this time and this honorable ceremony to say something like that. the only thing i guess i could say to these voters is that the president is being ...

2017 begins to wind down. officially have the winner for the word of the year. dictionary.com decides it goes to complicit. made by in-house experts say the adjective was indicative of larger trends that went throughout the year. cited many newsworthy moments in 2017 that said facilitated the use of complicit. times when people called out in the face of wrong doing. >> can you spell it. its up on the screen. use it in a sentence. that would have been different. officials in bali expanding evac...

Dictionary.com, xenophobia. fun buzzal. its fun to say isnt it? i think it means to confuse. thumb puzzled him. i thumb puzzled all of america. >> you note aspattern with these dictionary picks. they all seem to be picking what? >> things that there -- >> give me some clues. >> this is a game show. >> what do you got? you got the post-truth. thats a dig, right. >> theyre all digs. digs at trump or trump supporters. >> why? why do you think the world of lexiconography are against trump? >> anythi...

He received the 2015 emma lazarus statue of liberty award. and he was addressed by his son nick who accompanied him and spoke eloquently on behalf of his father and former national security adviser, richard allen who worked for president reagan. ambassador loeb was given this award because he devoted his life to fostering public awareness to jewish society and promoting religious freedom and liberty in the country. hes chairman of the winston churchill foundation in the united states, it was a g...

Microaggression, brogrammer revenge porn and basic. these are the words of our lives. at least according to dictionary.com. today the website unveiled its newest word entries. among the most interesting, anec data. slacktivism. actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring minimal commitment or risk. and three separate gender definitions, including agender, bigender and gender fluid. some of the most interesting word entries were not the words themselves but the additions...

A wazzock. so for those of you who dont know, dictionary.com defines wazzock as a foolish or annoying person. toure, i ask you, is mitt romney a wazzock? >> is it a wazz-ack or a wazzock? i would put a longer oh on that. the rank and file, part of why the primary took so long. and the chattering class elite conservatives are not in love with him, are quick to sort of jump on his back from the rupert murdoch tweet to krauthammer, theyre constantly ready to criticize him because this is not a guy ...

we were always a business that had capital. >> when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. >> to me mitt romney takes from the poor and the middle class and gives to the rich. hes just the opposite of robinhood. >> today they drew a response from the romney campaign which used obama supporters to make its point including newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker. >> have you had enough of president obamas attacks on free enterprise? his own key supporters have. cory book...

people need to know what are m romney did in 1994. >> one day with had a job, next day we didnt. >> wed been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. we were always a business that had value. >> when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. >> to me mitt romney takes from the poor, the middle class, and gives to the rich. its just the opposite of robin hood. >> thats the latest of several such ads featuring workers who lost their jobs because of bain compan...

. they stand accused of plotting the dets of nearly 3,000 americans. khalid sheikh mohammed and four other suspects facing arraignment today in guantanamo bay. chris lawrence is there for us. it seems like these men are doing everything they can just to drag all of this out further. >> reporter: yeah, don. and the arraignment was just about over and there was another outburst in the courtroom, just literally a few minutes ago. we were watching the court proceedings. everything seemed...

Err@bill hemmer, because you asked. bya. no one escapes the story, patti ann, thats why is rings so true. patti ann: the justice department is blocking a texas law at that says you need a photo i.d. to vote. they say it is unfair to minorities. well have a debate on that. bill: grab your dictionary. dictionary.com. get ready be schooled by a 6-year-old. spelling bee whiz. >> my parents quiz me. i have a very good memory. >> were so proud of her. it was harder for us than for her. she was spellin...