and can alert you to an unusual charge instantly. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. it's the end of the year show. only the good things. >> that's what we're all about. >> we're never about good things. we reserve it for good things. i think we can put together -- i think we have enough. i know we have enough. it's a question of whether we have enough actually good ones that still stand up to the test

of time and all that. do we have a whole show worth of best new things that are freaking the best new things in the world that ought to be on for the end of the year show? >> yes. >> easily. i've got one. we have about 44 minutes of program, 16 minutes of commercial. just play this. >> you would like one more. >> i personally do, yes. >> what is it? >> but he's gay. but he's gay. which has so much unexpected excellence. but he's gay. you could win with that alone. but there's more. >> it's the most newsy. >> but he's gay. and then there's just secret hidden surprises. we should have t-shirts.

but he's gay. but it turns out there's an even better catch phrase. >> best new thing to the world today house republicans left for williamsburg, virginia to go to their annual retreat. a three-day event called the 2013 congress of tomorrow, which is a little weird right. as opposed to the 2013 congress of last month. speeches and strategy sessions and politico reports this year there will be two motivation al speakers for house republicans. one, a man who used to tour as a comedian with garth brooks. the other is this man who you see on your screen. the first blind climber to climb mt. everest. blind guy climbing mt. everest.

remember one of the most awesome news bloopers of all time. >> right after the break, we'll interview eric, who climbed the highest mountain in the world. mt. everest. but he's gay. excuse me. he's blind. >> he's gay. i mean blind. an albuquerque news anchor, a gajillion people got to enjoy that. that is the same ga-blind mountain climber. the best thing is that eric, who was the first blind person to climb everest and who is the most famous blind athlete in the world and who is not gay, he has demonstrated nothing but the best attitude about this blooper since he first heard it happening as it was happening.

this is reportedly the video of him listening to that tease during the broadcast as he waited for the interview. as you can tell it's bad quality video. he's dying laughing as he hears the anchor hear what the anchor said. he runs the video of that blooper when he makes that motivational speaking. a couple of years after the blooper happened, the anchor moved to a dallas station and the new station staged a reunion. years later she finally got to explain why she said what she said. >> right before the story we had done extensive coverage of the story of a woman who was gay. gay was in the head. we came out to the tease for you. and i was so excited and, boom, it happened. and you were so gracious. we did the interview. we never talked about it and we moved on. and i'm sorry.

>> no, please. i should be thanking you. it's the greatest thing ever. >> the guy who thinks so is motivating all the members of congress right now as we speak, which is the best new thing in the world today. and be careful. gay is in the head. >> day was in the head. >> gay was in the head. >> gay was in the head. >> it actually makes for a better t-shirt. >> gay was in the head. i say that's the best -- that's my favorite best new thing. >> all right. what else. who else has one. >> that doesn't top the fire breathing dragon. detroit is going bankrupt. and art is going to be sold. >> that was of all the best new things in the world, that was the most visually stunning. the motor city, the great city

of detroit has produced lots of great cars, lots of great art, lots of great music over the years. now the great city of detroit has produced this. behold the light dragon. this is the brain child of two artists, ryan doyle and a hong kong artist named teddy lowe. the light dragon is made entirely of salvaged metal, rubber and lights. it weighs 17,000 pounds. because it is a dragon, naturally it can breathe fire. no, really. it can shoot a 20-foot burst of flame through its dragon nostrils. the city of detroit is going through a bit of a rough

stretch. the city filed for bankruptcy in july. they have been under the control of an emergency manager who makes all the decisions regarding the city's finances. that has rendered local democracy essentially dead in democracy. one of the things that emergency manager did in the city recently is hired christie's auction house to appraise the holdings. it is one of the greatest art museums. it has a collection of rembrandts, diego rivera. it is owned by the people of detroit. it is municipal owned. it belongs to detroit and its people. when the emergency manager announced he was having the entire place appraised to find out its cash value in case he was going to sell it off, detroit started fighting back. part of the way they have been fighting back is with art.

that is where the fire breathing dragon comes back in. the l.e.d. lit dragon rolled through the city of detroit, pulled up to the front lawn of the detroit institute of the arts and left a simple message for detroit's emergency manager about how the city feels about its art museum. watch this. save the art. if you're going to try to send a message to the powers that be, that is the one way to do it. set your metal sign on fire with flames you shoot out of your dragon nostrils. they made their escape shortly after setting their protest sign

alight. however you have been making your political case, however you have been trying to convey your political feelings, you need to know there are dude in detroit getting their political points apart with 60-foot dragons that breathe fire and have a deejay booth on the back. the bar has officially been raised, america. step it up. >> good. detroit belongs -- detroit made it. good. >> they are trying to save the art from the detroit art institute. and christie's is going to get 500 million for it. >> 500 to 800 million. they are putting, oh, that would put a big dent in our debt. but it will also get rid of the

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>> you have the best -- >> i think i have the best best new thing in the world. i can only describe it with two words. thingfor the mabinga. >> this was the best political -- it's not even political. this was the best -- yes. this is it. best new thing in the world today. republican congressman of michigan. yesterday was his job to preside over the house. had to take his turn as speaker pro tem. >> june 17th, 2013, i hereby appoint kerry to act as speaker on this day, signed john a. boehner. >> at this point kerry is in charge of the house. freshman guy. scary. but not a terribly big deal. if one of your colleagues wants

to speak, you have to speak into the microphone. that is where things went a little haywire. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american somolia. >> i'm sorry. who? what now? >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia. >> american samolia. if you google american samolia you can get a little help to what he was thinking. american s-a-m- -- the dropdown menu helps. oh, he went american snamo psam.

there's a girl scout cookie. but thing things got a lot worse. he had to say not the next person to speak was samoa but the next person to speak has a name. it is not an easy name to say but it's not impossible. >> the chair recognizes the chair from american samolia. mr. thing. >> mr. faloemavaega. how do you get from these letters on a piece of paper in

front of you to -- >> mr. thing fellowbinga. it's a tough day with the new president pro tem. if you are mr. faleomavaega. he never heard the word samoa and destroys your name, faleomavaega. what do you do? you react with total class. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia. mr. thing -- falomavaega. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

it's american samoa. >> he stands up for his place from where he's from. get samoa right. you are the best natured man in congress and that act of restraint on your part is the best new thing in the world. >> so the guy's name is what? >> he can't say samoa. he just says i'm kerry. >> the guy's name is hard to pronounce but not samoa. >> you said it perfectly. it's because of this thing, which i kept on my desk the whole time. it is a pronouncer. and faleomavaega. >> in case you want to refer to it in the actual text. after this.

after we put him on the show in this way, we were shouting him out. he then went to be the champion of the washington redskins dropping their name as a racist insult. he has been leading the charge on that in a way that made it more of an issue for the country than it ever has been. he's not only eni faleomavaega but he is very effective. >> i'll mail that card. >> that's an excellent idea. i have to go. this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ well, did you know that just one sheet of bounce outdoor fresh gives you more freshness than two sheets of the leading national store brand?

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best new thing in the world. who has a favorite? >> as a former band geek, i know there are a lot of us here. i definitely see you. >> there's no "former." >> i have to say my favorite best new thing in the world is when we had to go out and rent a trombone to use on the set because there was a video posted about a trombonist. >> didn't i have to play the trombone? >> i think you attempted it, beautifully. >> wouldn't you like to be a senior producer? >> okay. this might not work. best new thing in the world. there are all kinds of extreme

sports videos all over the internet. they have the camera on them so you can feel like it's you hurling down the ski slope or catching a wave or whatever. the reason they are out there is because cameras have gotten small and cheap. like the go pro. you can stick it on a helmet or skateboard while you do something involving velocity. when people felt they could go fast with a go pro, people started using them to do things other than just to go fast. for example, somebody came up with the idea to attach one of these to a hula hoop. it makes you bar of just looking at it. but now one excellent american, one american musician may have discovered the single most awesome use yet of a go pro camera. this is a trombone, which is an

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penguins and they were -- >> the state media in turkey was like, nothing to see here. >> totally, penguins! so, like, there was this turkish game show host and he basically figured out a way to bring up the government crackdown 70 times in his show and it was like totally awesome. like, i don't speak turkish, but i could totally understand it. >> and he devised it as part of the game and it blew everybody's mind. >> he'd ask questions, and the answers would be words against the government. >> it was awesome. it was awesome even in turkish. that's right. >> in turkey, there's a tv game show that's called "the word game." it's kind of like "wheel of fortune," or maybe closer to "password." did you ever see "password." that was on for a zillion years about a zillion years ago. i'm an old person. any way, in this turkish version of "password," the host gives the contestants a clue and based on the clue, they have to guest what the secret word is. on monday night, the host of "the word game" in turkey decided to use the game show to

subvert the censorship in his country. he made the whole game, the whole game show, about the thing that nobody is allowed to talk about on tv. for example, one clue to the contestants was, democracy breather. democracy breather? i'm stumped. but the contestant was not stumped. >> gas mask! >> democracy breather, as the government has been tear gassing the protesters, right? how about this one? a person who concentrates all political power. that's the clue. hmm! [ speaking foreign language ] >> dictator! dictator.

the next person was the social network site that has been described as a curse. answer? [ speaking foreign language ] twitter! the turkish prime minister had called twitter a menace to society. in a single one-hour episode of "the word game" in turkey, the host brought up the anti-government protest that no one's allowed to mention 70 different times. he put in police and violence and silence and resistance and censorship. according to "the new york times" lead blog, which picked up on some of the translated coverage of this hero game show host, the last two clues were pretty direct messages to the government. the second-to-last clue was "to voluntarily give up a position." the answer was, resign. and the last clue was, "the act that makes a person bigger by asking to be forgiven for wrong actions." the answer, of course, to that was apologize. the host has not been back on tv

for a live show since doing this on monday night, so we do not know what his act of bravery will cost him. whether or not the host ever knew that bravery would be part of what was needed from him at his host has a game show host, he has show what had he's got what it takes. best new thing in the world. >> that was serious -- it was great and serious, though. do we know what happened to him? >> we do have an update. thanks to twitter, he is back in the hosting chair. >> really? >> yeah. >> wow. >> that's cool. >> in america, he'd have gone to hollywood and pitched subversive password. >> or he would have gone into rehab. >> those two are not mutually exclusive. this is america. >> well, what else? >> i think i've got a contender, a real contender. and it involves a 5-year-old boy named miles scott. >> oh! >> who you may know as miles

scott, but the city of san francisco knows as batkid! >> the cool thing about this one is that it was a cool thing about this kid, a cool thing about the city of san francisco, and when it happened, it became a national cause. america came together around one thing. we can't stand each other on everything from fried chicken preferences to politics and everything in between, but when it comes to batkid, we're all on the same page. >> this is miles, he's 5. he's been battling leukemia for more than half his life. his leukemia is currently in remission, which is a good thing. when the make-a-wish people asked him what his wish was, he said he wanted to be a superhero, batman! or maybe batkid. but i probably do not have to tell you any of this, because if you own a computer machine or any sort of device that hooks you up to social media, this is what it looked like this afternoon if you set your tweet deck for hashtag sf bat kid. don't stare, you will go blind. all the interest overwhelmed the make-a-wish website. look at what they had to post. we're sorry, we're currently

experiencing technical difficulties due to the interest in the batkid wish. please check back. that's the virtual kid's response. in the real world, thousands, literally thousands of people brought their actual, physical bodies to the streets of san francisco today, transforming san francisco for a few hours today into gotham city. and miles, costumed as batkid, as the caped crusader's mini me, well, he knew he was going to spend the day in character, but he did not know how elaborate it would get. his experience started with a breaking news bulletin and a televised appeal from san francisco's actual police chief. >> gotham city needs you, batman. this is police chief greg sir, only hoping you can hear my voice. it's critical that you call me right now. we have a damsel in distress. but that's just the beginning, batman, just tip of the iceberg. you have to call me!

it's urgent. please, caped crusader, we need you! and bring the batkid. >> and he wasn't kidding. miles, in costume, got to ride in a batmobile. he helped rescue a woman tied to a bomb on the cable car tracks. he foiled a bank robbery, resulting in the arrest of the riddler, oh, yeah! but his work was still not done. while miles was eating lunch, crowds of volunteers called on him to rescue the san francisco giants' mascot, lou seal, who had been kidnapped by the penguin. miles heard the call, freed the seal, and, yes, yes, helped nab the penguin. resulting in the most awesome fake indictment for both supervillains, published from the u.s. district court, gotham division. and then for his superheroism, miles was awarded the key to the city. he also got congratulations from the white house, president obama even vined him his presidential thanks. >> way to go, miles!

way to save gotham! way to go, miles, way to save gotham. way to go, miles, way to save gotham. >> basically, the entire city of san francisco went nuts today. and so did everyone who could not be there in person, but who cheered it all on, online. and here is why this is the best new thing in the world. aside from the first and most obvious reason, which is that a key who has had to fight for his life is getting something he really wanted. another reason that this is great, is that the truth is, when people are faced with awful things, with the specter of awful things, including sickness and death, even in children, the seeming inevitability of darkness and destruction, you know what people want to do? they want to help. and when there's not just a desire to help, but there is a specific thing that you really can do and it really might help, people do it. people help. they go out on the streets and they do what they can. and that impulse, that humane impulse, basically engulfed a major u.s. city this afternoon, and that is the best new thing in the world today. oh, my god, is it. >> and that's a tv host trying

really hard not to cry while telling a story. that's the thing. it's like, yeah, i cry at sad stories, so does everybody, i cry at the national anthem like everybody does. stories about people being good. oh, god! >> and since that happened, there has since been a development, that a mystery donor, somewhere in the city of san francisco, has put up a billboard by the bay bridge that says, "thanks for saving the city, batkid." >> oh! we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good.

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all right. best new thing in the world. who else has a nomination? kent? >> these are cute, these are funny. we did a story from russia that's going to have geopolitical ramifications for the next decade, to decades. >> russia? >> russia. >> i don't remember a russia. >> there's a dog that looks like vladimir putin. >> oh, my god! >> okay! >> we're just forgetting that? we're not doing that? dog looks like vladimir putin, okay? >> and you think you've got the story. run with it! >> i am tempted to say that the best new thing in the world today is this moment of inexplicability which happened on cnn just a little while ago this evening. >> does it pay well? do you get a free lancer rate?

>> i hope i get a chance to go over to russia and do a face-to-face interview with pravda and while i'm there, get a chance to talk to vladimir and maybe take my shirt off and do some things together. >> you can arm wrestle or something. senator mccain, thanks for being on. >> it's tempting to call that the best new thing in the world today, if only for mr. cooper keeping his exposure as mr. mccain says he wants to take off his shirt with vladimir putin and do things together. mr. cooper holding it together for that is an excellent, excellent thing. but behold the best new thing in the world today. why the long face? this dog was reportedly a stray found on the streets of kiev in

the former soviet republican of ukraine. the dog's picture was posted by a ukrainian newspaper this week under a tag called oddties. trust me. as to why this picture of ukrainian street dog is considered an oddity, does he look at all familiar? thank you, google translate, yes. found a dog, like a putin. seriously, it's true. the dog is a dead ringer for russian president, vladimir putin. it's amazing. even more so when you lay the pictures on top of each other. the resemblance is uncanny. like putin's face is coming out of the dog. the internet, of course, exploded over this today. it was basically my whole morning. all kinds of speculation about what is so putinesque about this dog. is this the eyes with the same expression, gaze upon me, for i am a badass? is it the bridge of the nose? i think on their own, neither of those things would be enough. the real reason this dog is so putinesquea is because the dog is shirtless. and a magnificent watch the wind

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all right. well, i feel like -- it makes me feel good, looking back at the year at all of the best new things that we did and the ones you liked in particular. it makes me feel like, there was more good news than i remember. but i'm surprised that nobody brought up the actual best, best new thing in the world. i mean, it was -- and it was a long time ago, it was sort of towards the beginning of the year, so maybe you don't remember, but it was clearly the best one. it was around valentine's day and on the occasion of valentine's day, one of the presidential libraries decided to release some of the handwritten love letters from one of our previous presidents

to his adoring wife who became the first lady. it was very sweet. but like all great best new things, the thing that seems like it's best on the surface is actually kind of beside the point. and the actual best new thing in the world is the single greatest recording ever made of an american president saying anything ever. and it's lbj and i fell apart on television. i could not keep it together. and almost could not toss to the lawrence o'donnell show at the end of it. this is the best one. this is the best one. >> best new thing in the world. okay, tomorrow is valentine's day. if you are in a relationship, do not forget. do something nice. if you are not in a relationship, i hope that valentine's day does not bum you out and that you have a really good day, however you want it to go. but on the occasion of valentine's day this year, one of america's presidential libraries is going to make that president's love letters to the woman who would become his first lady available for public viewing.

now, some of those letters have been made public before. a few of them, in fact, were even performed, out loud, back in the '70s by actors. kirk douglas and helen hayes. watch this. >> my dear bird, this morning, i'm ambitious, proud, energetic and very madly in love with you. i want to see people. i want to walk through the throngs. i want to do things with a drive. if i had a box i would almost make a speech this minute. plans, ideas, hopes. i'm bubbling over with them. >> lyndon, please tell me as soon as you can what the deal is. i'm afraid it's politics. oh, i know i any business, not any proprietary interest, but i would hate for you to go into politics.

>> isn't that awesome? after they first met it took two and a half months and 100 love letters between them before lady bird agreed to marry lyndon bain es johnson. particularly we do not think of this specific that way. we think of lbj as deliberately crass. he made people converse with him while he sat on a toilet. the most famous presidential recording was of him making an incredible phone call from the white house to order himself some pants from a man in texas. you have heard the recording of lbj ordering his pants over the phone, haven't you? oh, please tell me you have heard this recording. >> i want a couple, maybe three

of the light brown almost a powder color like a powder on a lady's face. and then some green and maybe another blue or black. i need about six pairs to wear around in the evening when i come in from work. and i need about a half a inch too tight in the waist. do you recall the exact size so we can get it right. >> you know, i don't know. you all guessed at some. wouldn't you have the measurements there? >> we'll find it for you. >> now the pockets when you sit down in the chair, the knife and the money comes out. so i need at least another inch in the pockets. now, another thing, the crouch, down where your nuts hang, they're a little too tight. so give me an inch that i can let out there because they cut me.

these are the best i have had anywhere in the united states. but when i gain a little weight they cut me under there. so, believe me, you never do have much margin there. see if you can can't leave me an inch from where the zipper ends -- belches -- back to my bum hole so i let it out if i need to. >> i have never seen it laid out with pictures of him. and the subtitler who had to write in there burps. i'm sorry. we may be getting lbj's love letters released in time for valentine's day. but for valentine's eve the rachel maddow show gives you lbj

ordering pants. this is how you know that i love you. best new thing in the world. oh, my god. >> he's not like trying to be crass. he's just calling the pants guy explaining his particular preference from the white house phone for all eternity. >> nuts and bum holes. you would think those two words would make a return to the american language. >> i didn't know we could say those things on tv. >> we can't. but he's the president of the united states. >> well, here's to lbj.

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