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Comedy central tweet that 2014 marks the final year of truthiness. thats colberts trademark phrase. one fan piling high his cartons of colbert signature ice cream ben & jerrys americone dream in preparation for the finale. that fan joining lawmakers and celebrities in playing tribute to a man who became one of the best known political comedians of the last decade. >> what do i do now? now, folks, if this is your first time tuning into "the colbert report" i have some terrible news. [ laughter ] ...

Much and i feel bad for all the human rights dissidents that are suffering today and will be suffering tomorrow and still have no freedom. we did not help the cuban people get freer today by this deal. >> now, opponents of the presidents plan say theyll do everything they can to block this new policy and they do have a few options. we want to show you some of them. first they could move to defund a new u.s. embassy in cuba. they could block the nomination of a u.s. ambassador to the country and ...

Get freer today by this deal. >> opponents say they will do everything they can to block it. they have a few options here. first they could move to defund a new u.s. embassy in havana. or they could block the nomination of a u.s. ambassador to cuba. and since president obama does not have the authority to lift the current bearing on cuba, congressional opponents could simply keep it in place which would limit the effectiveness of the presidents plan. >> congressional reaction mixed, but reaction...

Having those two things going for you. >> absolutely not. >> you have the senate and the house behind you. >> look at that tan. >> jeremy, does the speaker have a new confidence coming in to the new year? >> does. he has tremendous amount of confidence. you talk to his aides and they say they have rarely seen him this upbeat about what he can accomplish and i think thats in large part because of the type of majority he will have. the last few years his conference has been very divided because he...

In gaza, not a lot of upbeat talk about any possibility of the fighting coming to an end in the immediate future. wolf in. >> yeah, ive chicagoed with my sources in the prime ministers office here in jerusalem. and theyre suggesting that these reports may be very, very premature as well. the israeli military operation clearly continuing. and on the ground where are you in gaza, ben, there seems to be no end in sight at least right now. right? >> no, and at this very moment, outside our window, i...

>> you grew up in a democratic family and you know this tradition of the democrats being the upbeat, forward-looking party. the president is able to cheer the country and inspire it. bring confidence. president roos vel adapted the upbeat song "happy days are here again." imagine that. in 1932. played for him again in 1936. lets listen to that. ♪ happy days are here again ♪ the skies above are clear again let us sing a song of cheer again happy days are here again ♪ >> it gets more upbeat ...

Court to observe. >> being there was just crazy. i tried to stay a little upbeat around john, even though it was such a bad time for him, but it was just -- it was hard. he got 14 years. being johns friend, i dont want to see him do 14 years. does he deserve it? i dont know. what am i going to get? it was just that much more scarier. i dont know to what degree theyre holding me accountable. i dont know what the judge is thinking. since prosecutors found antonucci to be the ringleader, murillo wo...

Substantial job gains. thats according to the labor department. unemployment held steady at 6.3%, the lowest rate in more than five years. investors seemed happy about this news on wall street today. lets take a look at the dow now. 16,903. its been a healthy day. were closing in on 17,000 it would appear. gerri willis joins us now, host of "the willis report" on the fox business network. the markets seem to like this. >> the markets seem to like it, editorial writers seem to like it. you should...

And lead counterterrorism missions. thats a third of what is there now. the goal is to keep afghanistan from slipping back into the control of the taliban. the president met with top military commanders at bagram. he said he is upbeat about the reports on the progress of training afghan soldiers. later he said he is optimistic about an agreement to keep a limited military presence in the country. >> with that bilateral security agreement, assume can it is signed, we can plan for a limited milita...

Disgusting hate it represents. >> are you confident, upbeat, worried? give me an analysis of this deal that seems to be emerging in geneva right now. how confident are you that it will really de-escalate all those tensions? >> well, i think im, you know, im confident that the recipe there is one that can be one step toward de-escalation. the handover of buildings, the disarming of illegally armed groups, you know, thats an important step forward, and obviously, the discussion in geneva today und...