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Americans, which is you work hard, you should be able to get ahead. that was the focus of the speech and i thought he did it well. >> well, fleischer, what did you speak about that? >> well, the tribute to the sergeant. the down side is i think thats the only thing people are going to remember of this speech. but it was a marvelous tribute. >> six years in, president bush and president obamas approval ratings about the same according to chuck todd. almost identical. and you do face that tune-out...

Serious courage on her third anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage. the former congresswoman went skydiving as she continues to take steps forward in her recovery. pretty amazing. giffords learned to walk and talk again after being shot in the head. said she feels stronger and wanted to do something she loved. today she will anchor savannah guthrie was invited to join giffords on the plane. >> youre such a superstar. >> thank you. >> thank you for inviting me it means a lot to me. >> thank ...

For her. >> thats a clip from the amazon web series, "alpha house," a comedy about four senators who live together in washington, d.c. anthony weiner will make a camo as himself on the season finale. im excited to see that. amazon will release this tomorrow and, of course, our very own tom brokaw and morning joe regular former rnc chairman michael steel also have cameos on the show. lets head over to the late nights. stephen colbert is tracking a medical breakthrough in nano technology. >> recen...

Bulb. so this right here, lets start with this. this is an led. >> this is also an led. leds are great because they use 80% less energy than an incandescent bulb. whats nice is they turn on instantly, full brightness. you get full brightness on them. and many of them are dimmable. and theyre also really very bright. the down side of them are not all of them emit light directionally. this one does. the ones we rate highly do. at this point, one of the biggest down sides of them is the cost. theyr...

She was pregnant at the time of her conviction. but was allowed to delay incarceration until her daughter vanessa was a year old. six weeks later, vanessa was allowed to join her. >> i just couldnt make it without my girl. its my first baby. im just so attached to her and i think its better to raise the child here. >> women have their own rooms. a large room all decorated for a child. wearing nonprison issued clothes. its a communal atmosphere. i think it was nellas time to cook for everybody. s...

Worse. its the rewriting of history. amazing to watch. >> any administration at the end of the year is not going to highlight their happy new year with down side. they will play up whatever minuscule finding of some positive. they will play it up. do you expect anything else? >> dick cheney didnt put a picture of oh his friend with buckshot in his face on his christmas card. i dont expect the president to put -- >> lower than that this. i dont think so. >> look t at the good stuff. the economy i...

While walmart and kohls are opening earlier than ever at 5:00 a.m. this morning. thats good for consumers and it could potentially deal a blow to retailers margins. many packages that were promised to arrive before christmas didnt show up. walmart and amazon had been promising those customers who didnt get their gifts in time for the holidays, gift certificates. many of use the gift certificates today. consumers will spend more than the value of the card and theyll also hope that theyll spend ea...

But im trying to tell you that there is a big down side to this libertine philosophy. its a public safety issue. its a public safety issue. last word. >> legal or illegal doesnt affect public safety. some people will still use the intoxicants -- >> some people, some people, but when they become commonplace, all right, when children can access them on every street corner, not just most, its going to get worse. >> banning alcohol killed many more people. murder rate went up, people got drunker bec...

Flu shot with the prevailing strains that are going around the world. its tough. we need a better flu shot for sure. we need one universal flu vaccine. theyre working on it. this is the best we have and its very useful. >> speaking of the best, some people think the nasal vaccine is better. they say get the nasal, its more effective. >> i like the nasal. ive interviewed some flu experts around the country to say the same thing. we think its more effective for the flu shot. for kids its a good th...

Run this ad? if i were that organization id run this on comedy central show. he said no war on christmas but there is a down side we asked the organization who paid for that ad. they would not. theyll stand up for belief system either this, is the problem. okay? theyre afraid. this organization to take on espn. so espn insultd them. told them youre not worthy because youre telling folks you believe in healing power of god you cant be on the program. then, this organization is too afraid to step ...