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I need a lawyer. knolls your ordinary holiday greeting, but this is "legal view." today we're looking ahead at what may be the top legal stories for 2014. joining us with their predictions, famed attorney and harvard law professor alan dershowitz, the author of "taking the stand." and with me also is danny cevelos. i said to get your prediction on the big stories. >> think national security. it will be a make years. the nsa is coming until -- snowing is making a speech from england following the queen's

Of 2012 winning re-election could not end up getting a majority of the vote. so that benefits republicans. this was a short-term winner for republicans. the question is in the long term is this still a story we're talking about? i think that remains to be seen. >> that is the critical question. all right, mark murray, as always, thank you so much. >> thanks, kristen. well, the white house is also likely keeping an eye on the latest comments from nsa leaker edward snowden. the american exile responsible for the biggest security breach in u.s. history may be treating himself to something of a ...

That's the fight ahead in 2014. joining me now are joan walsh and ryan grim. thanks to both of you for being with me tonight. >> thank you. >> pleasure, reverend. >> joan, you wrote an article today called the gop's sad scrooge agenda. will republicans pay for letting long-term unemployment benefits lapse? only if democrats play tough. what to democrats need to do on this issue? >> i was saddened to see this not become a bigger fight during the budget battle, but they didn't think they had the votes. so we've sadly moved onto january. there are people sitting down to christmas dinner trying to...

Ensure things go smoothly down the road n a letter sent to the white house yesterday, seven democratic senators called for a permanent ceo to oversee the website come 2014. joining me now, msnbc contributor and democratic strategist, jimmy williams, and republican strategist hogan gidley. hi, guys. >> hello. >> the white house is insisting it's going to be on track to fix this website by december, which means three more working days if you don't count tomorrow. republicans see the health care law as the gift that keeps on giving, but there's a new poll that finds most americans are actually ...

Ongoing. meanwhile, senate republicans met with president obama this morning and offered a deal that would include a reopening of the government and a debt limit extension until january. a repeal or delay of the obama care medical device tax, income verification for obama care insurance exchanges and greater flexibility for government departments. >> the president listened carefully. he said that some of the elements were issues we could work on, but he certainly did not endorse it. it was a good exchange, but it was an inconclusive exchange. >> senate democrats prefer a deal that would extent...