big-time party. clayton, you all right. so we want to say you cash in the new year you look back at some of your favorite moments, faces, celebrity mug shot photos. infamous faces. pizza rat was one of my favorites. want to say good-bye to some of the most famous faces and some of the most talked about moments from 2015 like this first one. rachel, the former spokane naacp president who pretended to be black. bye. happy 15 minutes. toy yeah graham is the second one, she was the mom praised for hitting her son taking part in, you remember this video, prominent video, smacking it to her son for taking part in the baltimore riots. a lot of people lauding her for taking control in a situation off the rails. do you believe that was in april? remember kim davis? the kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses over her religious beliefs.
dolezal when she said i m not black. she was trying to build on that band wagon and said as a white person i wasn t getting my fair share. i sued and wasn t recognized. if i go under cover maybe then i have a shot. i think it started this race conversation that our country desperately needs. my pick for 15 minutes of fame, kim davis who did a little more than 15 minutes in jail in order to be convinced to get out of the way of issuing same-sex marriage licenses in kentucky. i think her time is completely up in that situation. we take another quick break. much more still ahead on the last word holiday party. up next, the rising star award.
delta shows he and allies have now spent about $20 million in tv ads during this race. that s more than twice as much as any other candidate or outside group. mike huckabee is being sued by one of the members of the band survivor for playing eye of the tiger at the jail release of kim davis. she s the kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses. and jimmy fallon says it s starting to look like the holidays at the capitol. capitol christmas tree is set to arrive in washington, d.c. this week. all the way from alaska. wow. that s right. the tree will only be at the capitol for about a month and a half. which actually makes it the hardest-working member of congress. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. okay, let s bring in syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning to you. good morning, shannon. let s backtrack a little bit. i want to talk about the house here getting ready to vote on this bill aimed at stepping up the backgrou
overnight a russian car go plane with 18 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff in south sudan. 15 passengers were killed, while three others, including a baby, survived the crash. the cause may have been engine failure. kentucky clerk kim davis filed an appeal asking the court to dismiss rulings that landed her in jail. in september she was found in contempt of court for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. the attorneys called the court s original order a rush to judgment that trampled on her religious rights. and the wife of late comedian robin williams was on good morning america describing the day before robin williams took his own life. it was a perfect day. we just did what we loved to do together. and i know now that he gave me that perfect day. he gave us that perfect day. he planned it.
the volcano is spreading a cloud of ash in the direction of the popular tourist spot posing a danger for all aircraft. hundreds of flights now have been canceled. a kentucky court clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses is appealing. attorneys for kim davis want four rulings reversed including the origin junction for her to issue same-sex marriage licenses and the order holding her in contempt of court. davis, of course, is the clerk in rowan county, kentucky. she spent several days in jail for refusing to follow the law. the wife of the late comedian robin williams is speaking out for the first time since his death. susan williams was on good morning america describing the day before robin williams took his life. it was the perfect day. we just did what we loved to do together. and i know now that he gave me that perfect day. he gave us that perfect day. he planned it. in hindsight, he knew what he was doing. susan williams says that