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On this last show of 2013 we wanted to highlight some of our favorite political stories of the year. it was a year of activism more moral mondays in iffing income protesting the republican government's extreme agen ta to the dream defenders challenging the florida's stand your ground law and wendy davis standing up for reproductive rights in texas. when it came out for speaking for justice and equalt no someone spoke louder than kids including some brave and bright yucksters like madison kimry who took on north carolina's governor over voting reegts jennifer martinez and carmen lima who talked...

And i cry sod hard when he told me that at the age of 10. >> now, let's be honest, when it comes to belief and wish fulfillment, most americans think asking congress for what they want is about as effective as asking santa claus. which is why i'm encouraged by these two young women and their extraordinary faith in democracy. so this week my letter goes out to them. dear carmen lima and jennifer martinez, it's me, melissa. the first thing i lead like to say to you is i'm sorry, i'm sorry when you asked the speaker what he'd do about immigration reform, he told you this. >> well, i'm trying to f...

Live during weekend brunch. especially tough when that breakfast is being enjoyed by one of the most powerful men in the country and you're trying to get him to put down the saltshaker and pay attention to your serious concerns about immigration policy. but breakfast was no match for 13-year-old carmen lima and 16-year-old jennifer martinez. at 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning these two young women approached house speaker john boehner at his favorite breakfast spot on capitol hill to urge him to act on immigration reform. both of the girls are the children of undocumented immigrants and told the s...

>> i am lucky enough that my parents have never been deported. i have never had my family separated in the sense that ice came to my house and took my mom and dad from me. but as far as close and personal, i have grown up with friends who are undocumented whose parents have been deported, and then they're left to make ends meet for themselves. because this is their home. where else are they going to go? you know, this is -- as i said, this is their home. so as far as me seeing it personally, i have seen it through friends. the lives of friends, through the lives of my contemporaries at school....

Maybe he would like change his mind a little, maybe not completely drop to his knees and say yes, i'm going to go do it right now. but i hoped he would be honest with me. and now i feel betrayed. i feel like he lied to me. i felt like my story meant nothing to him. which is terrible. >> jennifer, you tried -- you and carmen were sort of trying to cross this empathetic gap, trying to let john boehner know what it is like to live in the uncertainty that so many of our fellow americans live in. do you think there is any way of getting it true to politicians? >> i think it is possible. at the end ...