as we begin the new year, there's a lot of talk about the future. "the washington post" is looking beyond the buzz of hillary clinton as bid no 2016, suggesting that kirsten gillibrand is someone to keep an eye on. she may by the junior senator from new york, but she proved in 2013 she is one to watch in 2014 and beyond. "new york times," "new yorker" "time" all ended 2013 putting the spotlight on kirsten gillibra gillibrand. a mother who often by getting in her colleagues' faces, lately that's been legislation on what had been a taboo subject, sexual assault in the military. >> one common theme in all these

profiles is that you are relentless. is that fair? >> i work very hard, and i think you have to work hard. i this when you're fighting for someone who's been raped and reported that rape, he or she was told it's your own fault or told i'm not going to do anything, or told if you report this, your career is over. i have to do something about that. i feel it's my moral obligation to fight for that man or woman in the military. >> reporter: she also fights on the political battlefield, prodding female candidates to run for congress in 2014, then there's the woman she wants to run for president in 2016 -- hillary clinton. >> reporter: is she running? i certainly hope so. >> i think she would be an incredible commander xh chief. i think she has the experience and the gravitas. >> reporter: you hope so, but do you think so? >> i think so. -- he has a whole host of people ready to work hard for her,

including me, to get that campaign built from every state in the country. i personally asked her toll run. i personally told her she can count on me. i want this campaign to be more about how she is as a person, a mother, a wife, a daughter. we love our presidents, we want to get to know them. i think if she opens up on a more personal side, not only will people flock to her. >> have you told her that? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: what did she say. >> she likes the idea. >> reporter: is she comfortable with it? >> i think the first female candidate to be strong -- it's all about i'm knowledgeable enough, i'm tough enough. no one doubts any of those things about her. >> reporter: wa about kirsten gillibrand? >> i don't aspire to that, but i do love serving the state of new york. we're joined by kate bennett from "the washingtonian" and ryan liza, the washington

correspondent for "the new york yorker" and monica hise, thank you all for coming. monica, you wrote in "the washington post" today that kirsten gillibrand is somebody to watch in 2020. >> we did in our annual in and out list. you know, there are the obvious comparisons that he took over hillary's seats, she's a new york senator, but also in our minds hillary has been running for 12 years. i don't think it's too soon to talk about who might be running. gillibrand has had a breakout year. i think we'll be watching her not only in 2014, but 2015, 2016, 2017. >> and can kate bennett, who is your political star? >> i'm curious about chris christie still. he doesn't pertain to the party lines, and that's refreshing. you never know what he's going

to say. he has a future, too, socially middle of the road, doesn't ant do what his party wants him to do. >> and he's not afraid to tell him that. we'll see if that plays in iowa. ryan, you have a fascinating person to look at. he's on my radar, i cover the senate, but -- >> i'm not goods to disagree with kate, who has brass knuckles here. ron wyden, a senator, taking over the senate financial committee, a very important committee, and he's also been rabble-rouse i rabble-rousi rabble-rousing. and will be a thorn in obama's side if he doesn't endorse some of those reforms. >> as the new year begins, we all try to look ahead to see who is coming up. it's not just hollywood thing,

but a washington thing. but there are names of people like ron wyden, who have been in the political sphere for years and years and years, who is going to have a big role, and might be a thorn in the president's side. >> and he has been in the past when they were trying to pass health care reform. he was one of the few democrat holdouts at the end. there are always they people in the senate that just come along. like rand paul, ted cruz were sort of the breakout voices, you know, i think like cory booker, we'll start to hear more about him, and some people you can't quite predict yet. >> monica, i just want to go back to kirsten gillibrand. as we were talking, i couldn't help thinking but -- that assumes that hillary clinton would either run and not win in 2016 or run and win and not run

for reelection. we're assuming a lot here, but let's just go with it [ laughter ] >> let's go with a real formula. >> or we're just going to start talking about her now and what happens in 2016 happens, but i think that this year people started talking about hillary's candidacy in earnest but even the slogan that people are using, ready for hillary, it sounds resigned, not excited. but i think that gillibrand is someone who's actually causing excitement and passion. it's not a sense of resignation, but a sense of forward-looking, and people feel strongly about liking her, which is a pleasant change. >> well, and one other woman i would add to that list, but might be right there with gillibrand in -- is elizabeth warren, who is exciting a lot of liberal democrats. >> i wanted to discuss, your work in washington also focus on

women and women's issues. one thing that struck me is how she is privately encouraging hillary clinton to run as a woman. >> yeah. >> to run as a mother, as a senator, to run the way she didn't run before, maybe it was generational, maybe it was, as she said, she was the first really serious female candidate. how much do you think that will play, especially frankly with female voters, women. >> i think it's important. there's sort of a sisterhood happening. i think, you know, there's sort of a go team spirit, and i think that will affect this decision. they seems to like her. again it's like we feel that she's coming, it's a known thing. with gillibrand it could be something new and different. >> but this sort of sentiment that i captured, i think there's something serious that hillary clinton has to worried about, that if she's already peaked, can she mount this one last challenge for president, or has

sheen around too long? that's a serious thing. they do want what's next, what's in. >> obviously that is what she had to content with, what was her fatal flaw in 2008. >> as politics being like celebrity culture, people tire of personalities. we're going to talk a lot more about the year ahead in pop culture, like with miley cyrus stay hot or not, and kathy griffin could not spend the night on cnn without mentions "the situation room." we'll have some of shah next, that's right, you guessed it, in "the situation room." [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room

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i usually cover congress in the stories like the government shutdown and fights over legislation, but hey, it's new year's day. like many americans, i have the luxury of thinking about things a lot less serious about tv trends and, yes, even twerking. soak it in, america. it's a brand-new year. 2014 is off and running, leaving 2013 in the dust. as you awake from your new year's slumber, allow us to present a helpful cheat seat of what's out with the old and what's in with the new. that's right, out 2014, in, 20-14. admit it, people, it just sounds better. in music, twerking those blurred lines with miley cyrus and robin

thicke. in, timber with pitbull and kesha. out -- >> you are barking mad. >> reporter: waiting in line for the cream-filled hybrids. in -- vegetables. we're getting pudgy. let's resolve to slim it down. speaking of greens, in medicine, out getting a bog us script for medical marijuana. in -- getting it legally for recreational use in colorado and washington state. in technology -- out digital overload and burying your face in a device. in -- looking up, having an actual human interaction. in, religion. out -- retiring as a pope. pope benedict xiv called it quits and retired. pope francis continue toss write his only script at the vatican. this year he'll led to

jerusalem, maybe even asia. in politics, out -- politicians sending selfies, pretty much ever. in -- a little less conversation and a little more action. i'm looking at you washington. in tv, out -- breaking bad. it ran its course in 2013. it's over, people. let it go. in -- >> this is cnn. >> "the situation room" with wolf blitzer, happening now. we're still here, america, and we won't let you down. we're back with kate bennett from "the washingtonian" political commentator ryan liza, and monica hesse from "the washington post." monica, you did an official in and out list that was in today's "the washington post," a very long list. i want to capture a few. out -- beyonce in -- beyonce. we'll talk about that in a second. out -- cyndi lauper. in-stevie nix. out -- brussels sprouds.

in -- cauliflower. we'll dissecond this in is ached. we had fun with our own list, but yours is scientific. how do you do it? >> it's pathetically serious, insanely serious. the lith is a 37-year-old tradition at the post. my colleague and i took it over five years ago. we spend days poring over magazines, we poll critics, look at democratic trends in neighborhoods. we really find every way we can to justify every item on the list. even though it looks like a lark, it's scientific as a 200 word in/ow list at the end of the year can be. >> let's dissect this. how did beyonce be in and out? >> she's one of the people that continually surprises you. we were ready to call her out. she had kind of an odd year last

year, starting with the lip lip-syncing. she almost transcends ins and outs. >> ryan, i'm going to press you -- you. >> you really have me on the wrong segment. >> brussels sprouts, are you fine with those being out? >> i actually made bringsles sprouts for christmas dinner. >> that's so 2013. >> even as i was cooking then, i realized next year would be about a different vegetable. what's the -- i'm not catching any scientific basis for that. c'mon. >> on menus more. >> you're speaking them in gratins, flambed.

>> cauliflower steaks has finally replaced the portabello mushroom. >> that sounds disgusting. let's talk about television, because we're obsessed with television heerp. one thing i have been obsessed with is the real housewives of all the states, particularly i like new jersey and beverly hills, but i have to say, i'm sorry, andy cohen if you're watching on bravo, i think they have jumped the shark. i want to love them. kate, are they out? >> i think you might be out, though jump the shark, that's like 2010. >> i know. there's only so much success and red wine and fist fights. >> and tables but thrown. >> they're trying to revamp the cast. maybe that will bring some life to it. it's still sort of fund and salacious and gossipy, but yeah, it's a form blah getting old. >> you're a big fan, i'm sure,

ryan. >> huge. the number of subcultures left in society to put on tv, we're sort of reaching the limit, right? >> no, no, there is no limit. >> i'm still waiting for something that does the mid western lutheran casserole subculture really let's turn to music. we heard a little in the piece. the number one song right now is timber with pit bull and kesha. can we hear it? what will be hot in 2014? that not it. this is it. it's catchy. i don't want to sing along to it. you had someone on your list, that australian pop singer. betty who. yeah. there are some new name coming

around and she is like '80s. she is retro. a little bit retro but so fun and infectious and i feel like every year you want someone like that. someone who will make you sing along like she did. there are people my age, we're hitting our 40s. someone from our youth. so why stevie nix? >> she was part of kinky boots. >> yeah. >> stevie is the aging '70s pop star on the third season of american horror story which is huge. like every year is a ben affleck year or a matt damon year, every year is a stevie nix year. let's talk about the selfie.

we have to talk about that in 2013. we're all guilty of it. president obama did it, unfortunately, at the memorial service. there you go. for nelson mandela. there you go. that's anderson cooper and me during the government shutdown looking a little tired at the capitol. selfie cannot go away. >> what could replace it? people promoting themselves, taking pictures on social media, that's not going away. that's only going to accelerate will. >> i think when we say selfie, we're talking about a specific pose, duck limbs shot. i feel like and you anderson cooper taking a shot of yourself during the shutdown, that's a self portrait. that's an elevated selfie. thank you for elevating it but i'm not so sure. i find a lot of people with that mirror shot. you know you're in your car. >> or the bathroom selfie in the pajamas. >> i have to -- you and i are friends. full disclosure. and one of the thing i wanted

you to do was bring on your iphone case holder. oh, my gosh. don't mess with kate bennett. >> this is a brass knuckles, you can hold it like an alexander mcqueen. >> but that brings me to the question of digital detox. it is the in thing. arianna huffington sort of famously had a response on her e-mail saying i'm not checking my e-mail this holiday week. what do you think? >> i think it is in. i had a friend who went to a dinner party. there was a bowl at the front door and the host asked everyone to put their iphones in there and said please focus on ourselves, our guests and it worked. peel had a good time. >> yes or no. >> just don't respond to things as quick will and people will realize that you're one of those people who don't respond right away. it works for me. >> yes, in theory.

>> thanks for coming in. now to more serious stories, other stories into the situation room. at least 14 people have been hospitalized, six critically after an explosion at a minneapolis apartment building. the fire chief said not everyone has been accounted for but that below zero temperatures made rescuing victims especially tough. the cause of the fire is not yet known. and it is a sad day for television fans. actor james avery, best known as uncle phil on the hit sitcom died from complications from heart surgery. a short time ago i spoke about his passing with his fresh prince co-star who made the lovable butler jeffrey. >> he was a wonderful man. the gentle giants. erudite, gentle, a true wonderful friend. he has touched my life so well.

and i will never forget i him. >> james avery was 68 years old. we're hoping your new years eve celebration was safe and fun and joyous, but nobody had more fun on new years eve than our own anderson cooper and kathy griffin high above times square. it is and not a party until anderson cooper ends up in handcuffs. check this out. >> i want to ten evening by saying i love you and i'm glad you're here. but i want this -- >> this is like an intervention. i know you get shy about these things but i think it is very brave to use tonight to announce your endorsele for future president ted cruz. >> kathy griffin who, you were convinced he was trying to convince you for a while or was that oprah? i believed ryan sea crest and oprah were in a coven trying to kill me.

>> and most important to me, no touching, no simulations if you know what i mean. simulations. >> i'm be going to simulate. i'm not going to do it. >> people asked if i would lick you tonight. like miley cyrus. that was a genuine question. continuing hurt little boy who lives inside the model body. he is 5 years old, mommy is missing, she is at studio 54. his soup is cold and all he wants is love. so he is reading every single tweet. i scroll through mine. next, next, next, to go kathy griffin dogt and buy tickets. there is one tear like demi moore in ghost he's doing pottery and that little boy never grew up. he has suspenders, he is having high tea. somebody just love it. just love him for who he is. he is just a model. he is an underwear mod that he will became a newsman by mistake. get me rick sanchez. rick, if you're watching, come

on back. you're welcome. >> you are funny. you make me laugh. >> i think we can stop. >> did that girl with the crown just say that? so she said the watermelon has a micro. >> a what? >> a micro. what haven't you done yet? >> well, i haven't climbed big mountains. >> you can climb anderson cooper right now. if you know what i'm saying. >> i wanted to be amish. >> you know squha whatever? >> you drop these bombs on me and you have the nerve to ago like i'm the one unpredictable. >> what do you mean? >> i thought it would be so, i had sustain movie witness and i thought it looked so nice. you dome have to worry about what you're wearing. black and white every day. >> here's the deal. you're a vander built. it won't change -- your mom used

to live in the store. >> i'm a cooper. >> witness. i handcuffed myself to anderson cooper. i did it! >> this is truly my worst nightmare. >> we're together forever. if i can't have you no, one can. >> i will gnaw off my hand. >> now, after watching kathy griffin and anderson cooper last night, i had an observation. i think they're kind of obsessed with wolf blitzer. they started talking about the top stories on cnn and then it took off from there. >> here's what you love on cnn. weed and heaven. do you actually watch the show? i actually watch the show. >> of course i watch the channel. in do you see dana bash in the sit room? >> i've never been in the situation room. you've never tried to change the channel to mtv? >> what do you mean? >> you should go to the situation room, grab the remote from wolf and put on lifetime or something fun.

>> i informing my wolf blitzer tunic. >> you have a wolf blitzer tunic? >> there is a group call, what are they? madmen? >> that's a show. >> they wrote a song about wolf blitzer. >> who hasn't? >> they have a tunic with his face. >> maybe they get him more than you do. i think as he living legend. i've seen him do the dougie, et cetera. why don't you have a room for your show. instead of 360. why don't you do a spin on your show? if you're going to do it, go for it. try not to puke and do it in the news. >> you're spit balling. >> i'm spit balling. >> throwing them out. how many more cards have you got? the clock is ticking. >> that's it for us. a very him a new year to all of you. the cnn special all the best, all the worst, 2013 begins right now.

>> we fumbled the rollout on this health care law. >> from an electric car that went zoom to a falling star that went boom. from miley gone mad to canadians gone crazy. >> the stress is largely of my own making. 2013 was a bumpy road. and for the next hour we'll take a wild ride through year with our guests from mtv and sirius xm, the one and only miss america, nina, chef and restaurant you're, mark. the record holding jeopardy champion and author of, because i said so, ken jennings. from cnn's cross