by one of the president's own supreme court nominees. coming up, our verdict on a rising power player sonia sotomayor. >> cool off a little bit. we'll get comic relief from one of the funniest guys out there. my curls are big today. here at the table right now in "the cycle." >> cycling now, the weather. our first big blast of winter is moving out to sea and in its wake some of the coldest temperatures since the 1990s and they sound nice about now. ari, let's talk about snow. new york city got more than half a foot. significant but not too terrible until you add in the wind gust and snow drifts. back in new england they are measure this stuff in feet, reminds me of the blizzard of

'78. if only we had a report on that. >> if you're 40 or over and you're from new england, you're still talking about this and telling people about this and still remember this. >> i still remember that. can't forget it. >> check out this fire truck from fox borough, the temperature there 5 degrees. here's a twitter picture from whdh of the crashing waves on the south shore. at the airports, thousands of flights have been canceled. my wife already missed two today. she's going off to l.a. there she is, i'm here with the kids -- >> she looks miserable. >> yeah, it could be days before things get back to normal as millions attempt to head home from the holidays. we've got it all covered for you right now. reporters have been spread out all throughout the northeast and we begin about richard liu in the bull's-eye in beantown. >> reporter: you know, tour'e, your wife heading also to a much

warmer part of this country. when you look at boston, massachusetts, it certainly was a center of the storm when the nor'easter came through. we're looking at temperatures when we first started reporting around 3:00 a.m. this morning. if you look at the pictures at that time overnight, it was around 2 degrees. we saw a windchill temperature of negative 21. but the amazing part about that snow was that it was light. what that meant in terms of accidents and delays this morning and because they had over 3,300 crew members in the street and working hour after hour, that when the sun rose as we are here today that meant they had very little to clean up. if you look down in front of me. this sidewalk here at boston harbor, for the most part, this is the way it looked even at 2:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. and right now. it was so dry they could clean

it up with base beiically broom. the wind is killer, this flag above me. you get a sense of the size, it's almost going vertical, not quite but when we were here oh, four hours ago, it was almost horizontal. people out and about now and getting to work and going to lunch and that has not stopped the boston strong folks. logan airport right behind me, i've been watching some flights take off. although they open at 8:00 a.m., we did not see or hear any flights take off and we've seen at least four or five within the last hour or two. so folks are back to normal, there's another one coming through. it will get warmer tomorrow and then colder again. for now, folks are moving around and skating as you can see behind me. back to you guys. >> enjoy that, richard, it looks unbelievably cold there.

let's go -- i like that. right to our own backyard msn msnbc's craig melvin is in central park. doesn't look like he's ice skating. >> can he ice skate? >> reporter: i can assure you it won't change and yes, he can ice skate. >> prove it. >> reporter: the snow and wind as you mentioned, they have disappeared. the cold temperatures have not. this is actually the warmest it's been all day here in central park. you can see here a balmy 20 degrees. that is of course before any sort of wind gusts. i can tell you four or five hours ago the scene completely different here. there were not a lot of people in central park. folks have returned and we've seen a number of dog walkers, some brave joggers as well and this is when we knew it was getting back to normal. one of the central park rick saws as i call them, three bucks

a minute for a ride in one of those things. folks taking advantage and lots of tourists out and about, stunned, flat out stunned at how cold it has been here in new york city over the past 24 hours. transportation of course the major story earlier today that still is the case to a certain extent. about four hours, one of the country's largest and busiest airports, jfk international was shut down. the airport opened at 10:30 but jfk, laguardia, and newark, three major airports, there's been a backlogged of canceled and delayed flights. we are told the lines at those airports are long and the people there are quite frustrated. the subway system in new york city, running fairly smoothly. the trains one or two minutes late. which is fairly the norm here. things getting back to normal. the roads for most part being plowed.

fairly aggressively we're told but it is going to take time for folks who live there to warm up. we're still in for bone chilling temperatures over the next 24 to 36 hours. >> craig, can you hold up the thermometer again. you said it was 20 degrees. >> reporter: that's 20 degrees. >> where can i get -- where can i get a flava flav thermometer like that. >> reporter: like that? i thought of you when we picked it up. $9.99. >> thank you, craig in the greatest park in the world. we'll cycle over to long island where andrew cuomo shut down 70 miles of expressway overnight. it was a bold move to prevent a repeat of last winter's storm when dozens were trapped for hours online. sara? >> reporter: good afternoon, ari. a completely different

experience this time around. first we want to show you what it looks like on long island. up to a foot of snow in some places and as the satellite truck operator says if you want to put a smile on a long islanders face, show them the expressway after being closed overnight for about eight hours, it is once again open and not only that, you can see the asphalt. it's not covered in the layers of snow and ice anymore. we've seen it go from completely closed this morning to a few brave or possibly foolish souls out there in the early morning hours. now to pretty steady traffic as people venture out. officials still warning people, if you don't have to go out, avoid it if possible. i did meet a couple of ladies who instead of deciding to drive home last night and risking icy roads got a hotel room and said we're not going to risk it. stay inside where it's warm and tomorrow we'll give it a second go when we have a chance to go on clear roads. like i said, anywhere from 5

inches to nearly a foot of snow in long island. they certainly took a bad hit from this storm. but signs that they are beginning to dig themselves out. ari, back to you. >> sarah, thank you so much. if you like frigid temperatures, i don't know who you are. we've got good news for you. rafael mir an da has the look ahead. >> go to the midwest over the next few days, but even in the northeast the snow is pulling away and cold is settling in. here's a look at the nor'easter into canada. clearing skies across the northeast but temperatures are dropping. we saw the 20 degrees on the thermometer in central park. that will head downhill fast and this is what it feels like right now in central park. a windchill of three degrees. look at the spots below zero. it gets even worse overnight tonight. windchill advisories in effect for suburbs of new york city and look what's happening in new england. feels like 20 below in bangor and 20 below in burlington, a

albany and boston feels like 2 degrees. nothing like what's coming across the midwest. let's look at the forecast starting tomorrow, sunshine and much better day to play outside in the snow across the northeast and the midwest is cold, snow in chicago and minneapolis. look what happens as we head into sunday, a bitder arctic blast begins to slide in. these are daytime high temperatures on monday here. 50 in boston. nice and mild there. 10 below is the warmest it gets in chicago on monday. 14 below is the high in minneapolis. overnight we're talking about windchills that could be as cold as 40, 50, even 60 degrees below zero. that's what it's going to be feel like across the northern portions of the midwest. windchill warnings are already in effect in anticipation of the bitter cold on monday and eases up a little on tuesday. boston, we go from 50s on monday to 16 from the high temperature.

the cold moderates a little bit. but frigid day for tuesday and better but still very cold, 1 below zero in minneapolis and chicago on tuesday. but that is a big improvement over monday. so slowly moderating as we head towards the middle of the week. really getting winter weary even though it's only january 3rd. we'll see how much longer the grip lasts across the nation. >> can you make it last less longer, please? speaking of snow, up next, another bombshell from snowden. see what we did there? building a secret quantum computer to break any code. they are on a mission and so are we. neither snow nor rain or cold will stop "the cycle" from rolling on first cycle of 2014. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen

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the justice department is firing back at sonia sotomayor asking her to stop blocking the contraception mandate. she granted a group of denver nuns a temporary exemption. but today brill li said the nun's church plan is already exempt. the nuns argue even signing that form violates their belief. she is also making headlines in another emergency circuit court

request, those fighting ban on same-sex marriage took the next step to stop the ban. she is deciding whether to rule herself in the circuit court or send it to her colleagues in the supreme court. she is becoming one of the high court's biggest power players. how is it playing out in the political world? dr. freedlanders is media editor at the daily beast. thank you for joining us. i want to start with sotomayor, this came out of nowhere, especially when you consider the fact all the nuns would have to do to get out of the birth control mandate is sign a form. it seems pretty over the top the stay on this one and for a justice that was appointed by the president, i think, took us all a little bit by surprise. on the other hand, as the focus moves to these birth control challenges in the courts this year with the affordable care act, it's very difficult to for

republicans who don't want to be seen as anti-birth control. >> i don't think democrats want to be seen on the other side of little sisters of the -- either. >> which is what they are being portrayed as right now. sotomayor is at the center of everything. the center of the times square at new year's eve as well. you know, this -- obamacare will not live and die on this. it is a technical matter as to whether or not an agent of health care administrator would be administrating the birth control pills or putting it in their plans. i don't think it's a central issue to the whole law. >> i want to talk about my home state of utah. in the news a lot lately, arguably the most conservative state in the country allowing gays to marry. you've been following this pretty closely. if the hold is rejected, the

question i have, what are the options for the state of utah and other states going through something similar? at what point will they have to say this is the law of the land, there's not much else we can do? >> if the hope continues, marriage will continue and gay marriage will continue in utah until it winds its way through the court. who knows when that could be. it could be a year from now if not longer. you're going to have gay married people in the state of utah. so that's going to be very hard to unwind that. >> another revelation from edward snowden, nsa is building a quantum computer that can unencrypt anything. look, a lot of people talking about edward snowden and "new york times" came out in favor of clem entcy for him. ambassador ginsburg was against

that. snowden's massive theft, she writes, justified by the degree of governmental intrusion that he unveiled. edward snowden told people of britain, he's still working for the nsa, it's just the nsa doesn't realize this. love this idea of an employee you can't get rid of. do you buy this concept that he is working for the nsa? >> it seems like he's at at will employee in reverse or something. i think if they haven't handed them the termination papers just yet, they are trying to find a way to get them to him. this computer is -- it seems like this machine that takes on the life of its own. one of the things that's surprised many people, the nsa will do what they have to do to get this information, i don't know if any law or human being can top sthem. >> how does a quantum computer work? i'm just kidding. >> okay.

>> if you know -- >> oh, god, no, i don't know. >> tour'e, i think snowden has a positive mental attitude. they try to fire you and no, i'm still working there. >> live in russia. >> the thing i want your thoughts on real quick before we go is the articles you've been writing about the tea party specifically, looking at the challenge in ohio. one of the interesting things is there isn't one litmus test for how people get picked for these clearly influential primaries in the gop. what do you make of that? >> they cover everything, abortion, spending, the foreign policy. there's one thread, it seems as if you're a washington establishment character and kind of person who is praised by mainstream republican and conservative organizations and editorial boards like the wall street journal, that invites a

challenge and takes people offer back home somehow. >> we have one more piece of business with you. we want to congratulate you in your up against the clock. >> the greatest day of my life. >> you'll also receive an appearance this coming week on msnbc's "the cycle". >> a world war 2 hero broke german code but convicted and then chemally castrated because he was what -- >> i don't want to lose points. >> david? >> gay. >> ends the round and game. david freelander from behind, congressman jefferies and craig melvin at 700. the game came down to that question. a dramatic victory.

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the news cycle begins with strong words from pope francis in response to the sex abuse scandal. the leader of the catholic church warnings if priests are trained properly they can become

little monsters and made that comment in a closed door meeting a few weeks ago. a journalist just now providing an account of that meeting. formula one auto racer schumaccer turned 41 today. he has been in a medically induced coma after being a skiing accident. former first lady bush will be in the hospital until the weekend. family members say mrs. bush is feeling great but doctors are being especially careful. >> checking wall street now and it is a mixed bags. the dow is up following thursday's triple digit losses and nasdaq is up marginally and s&p is down 30 minutes out from the close. >> that is your news and now to the spin. since the first of the year pot has been on sale in colorado for recreational use. people have been waiting in line

for hours just to get, some weed. it seems to be paying off. first day sales surpassed $1 million but not everyone is happy. skeptics say the legal pot use will lead to addiction and harm minors who smoke it and leave to more traffic accidents involving impaired driver. an op-ed piece, david brooks took on pot smoking, it is not something people admire and that sent m. me mentment is nothing new. take a look at this classic scene from platoon. >> escape from reality. >> yeah, i don't need this [ bleep ]. i am reality. >> times have changed though. it's become more socially acceptable to smoke. 20 states in fact and the district of columbia allow medical marijuana.

>> having a little party? have we forgotten the use of marijuana is illegal? >> i have glaucoma. >> i get nervous in crowds. >> herpes. >> tour'e, you get nervous in crowds. >> not my problem. not my issue. >> we wanted to look at the pop culture moments, not just because they are fun but because there is a big shift, the idea that anyone uses for any reason is to escape reality is a longstanding criticism of all kinds of drugs and david brooks column i want to read from, people are talking about it a lot today -- >> reading or mocking? >> i'll start with reading. >> then quickly move to the mocking. >> he says in healthy society government wants to suddenly tip the scale to self-governing citizenship to encourage the highest pleasures like enjoying arts -- >> or watching cycle. >> and discourage lesser

pleasures like being stoned. this is in "the new york times," it makes no sense. why is it avoiding pot would automatically make you enjoy the arts? there are a lot of people who would say that if nothing else, using pot could help you enjoy the arts. he never explains why that would be. his larger point, of course is one that focuses on prohibition rather than some measured use. and i think culturally that's where the laws matter. everyone understands addiction can be a problem with all kinds of stuff, drugs, alcohol. >> cheetos -- >> you brought it up. >> they are delicious. >> breaking, krystal, cheetos are delicious. >> that's the big question here

when you look at these laws. the law changes and the culture shifts with it and you get away from a really inaccurate pris many, you're either a drug act with these problems and can't enjoy nature and arts and be a responsible member of society, that's one extreme or you don't do anything ever. we've had prohibition economics politics in law in our society in alcohol. it was a failure and the prohibition politics of pot are also a failure. >> that's absolutely right that you can integrate a small amount of marijuana into your life without wrecking your mind or losing your life and marge -- >> how do you know? >> i do know that from personal experience. i'm not afraid or embarrassed to admit this. brooks has this argument you smoke weed it makes you dumber, right? i read his article. i feel that made me a little dumber too. he talks about we are nurturing

a moral ecology, i reject that amount, i know from personal experience, you can smoke and it can open you up to new perspectives. this is why creative people have been smoking marijuana for centuries. it's the idea it's the ruination of society or your life is completely baseless. this idea that you're either all in or all out is not necessary -- >> there's a lot of smart people lawyers and doctors and writers a use it a little bit as they use wine a little bit. >> that's how i took the article. when he said smoking all the time seemed likely to frag meant a person's deep center. i thought doing anything all the time -- i'm a big runner and that's considered healthy. if i ran all the time, that would fragment my center as well and might make me pretty in shape. but doing anything for consistently is bad for you. i'm not a pot smoker. i know it's a shock to all of you guys, but the problem i

have, i do think that smoking pot it less harmful physically and even emotionally on your body and mentally. i really have a hard time going into the liquor shop and buying three or five bottles wine and that's fine. and you see people that smoke one -- i don't know, a joint. >> yes, a joint. >> i don't know what you call it. but you did get it right. >> you go out and smoke -- >> hard time rationalizing those things. i don't see how that makes sense. >> i agree. >> i've got to say. i have a different take here. i read david brooks' article and that line you were talking about where he says legalizing weed, we're enhancing individual freedom but also nurturing a moral ee kolgs in which it is a bit harder to be the sort of person most of us want to be. i mean, i think that's true. i think we could make a like

david brooks law out of that quote. what other things make it a bit harder to be the sort of person most of us want to be, cheetos. >> maybe to twerking and legalizing twerking, are we making it a little harder to be the person we want to be. what about super sizing? legal super sizing of mcdonald's meals making it a little bit harder -- >> or watching too much tv. >> i think walmart is making us a little bit worse. so i think we should apply the david brooks rule to all sorts of phenomenon here. >> i think your complete ee advice race of the logic of this op-ed is useful. we usually require a higher standard for our laws than i don't know, that might not be a good idea. >> a guy that is supposed to be a free market conservative, how paternalistic is this? >> the times usually requires a

higher standard for their editorials. >> boom. >> at the bottom it read, paul krugman is off today. >> we are happy to have david on if he wants to make his case on the piece. >> absolutely. >> i'm sure he's coming. >> are we going to leave it there? >> is it called a joint? >> we're done here. >> or a jay. >> our facebook fans are also talking about the colorado recreational use laws, if they want to see is it extended, he predicts it will improve the economy. you can see how on track tony is about marijuana, stocks rising and money and leisure. don't forget, i've said this before, don't forget to like us on facebook. >> very important. >> up next, it is not just you, why american can't seem to keep its most popular new year's resolution. >> said this before. [ male announcer ] this is george.

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we're only three days into the new year, if you're one of the 45% of americans who made their new year's resolutions this year, i hope you are still keeping them. unfortunately that's not the case for most of us. only 8% of those who make resolutions see them through until the end of the year. that is according to a university of scranton study. routinely two of the most popular resolutions are to lose weight or to get healthy, which isn't actually surprising when you consider that one in three americans are obese. two in three are overweight or obese and all of us are thinking about how to be healthier. what gives? why does america get weird when it comes to food, diets and eating? we have a doctor in the house, debra cohen at the rand corporation and author of "a big fat crisis", the hidden forces behind the obesity epidemic. this is something we all care about and want to be healthier but something that's very hard for us to keep.

what's going on? >> well, one of the things is that we tend to think of obesity as an issue of an individual choice or personal failure. but if we continue to think of it like that, we're never going to change. the fact is that most people are already trying as hard as they can to control their weight but they are not being successful. you know what's missing from this conversation is the multibillion dollar food industry. because they are setting people up for obesity, for chronic diseases and for early death. >> doctor, i think that's absolutely right. it's difficult to thrust personal responsibility into it given the options a lot of people have. for example, a lot of people especially in working class communities live in what we call food deserts where it's very difficult to access healthy options and that ends up making you overweight or obese. a lot of people live in neighborhoods where the lettuce they have access too is so limp

it looks exhausted. they have imitation junk food and triple fried faux chicken made in someplace. it's almost tragic in that they don't have healthy options available to them. >> actually i setend to think t opposite. i think it is less about having access than being inundated with too much food. the food industry has turned our country into a food swamp. and really wherever we go, we're confronted with junk food. it's in hardware stores in book stores. it's in office buildings. you know, it's everywhere. and the problem is when we see tempting food it makes us feel hungry. and you know the other problem is if we go out to eat, we're generally served too many calories and served too much fat and sugar and that increases our risk of obesity and hard disease and diabetes. >> >> one of the things i like

about your book, you suggest some solutions. i'm wondering if there's reason for hope we're going to see movement in a positive direction, millennials tend to prefer life in a city and that tends to be more active than life in the suburbs and developers are taking note outside of urban courts in the way they are designing new developments. do you think those trends will help us trim the fat as a society? >> well, definitely being more active is helpful for -- good for our health. if we want to lose weight, we have to eat less. the focus should be on improving the food environment and establishing some kind of standards and regulations that protect people from being inundated with too much food. >> you have many people saying it comes down to personal responsibility. in large part i agree with, we ultimately make the decision what goes inside our body. at the same time you've been talking about this, you have the food industry out there, the

cheesecake factory that serves gigantic portions. how do you balance personal responsibility with just being given a whole bunch of food we can't resist? >> well, i think we have the wrong impression about this issue about personal responsibility because people are being influenced to eat too much in ways they actually don't have the capacity to recognize and it's very difficult to resist. and one of the things i like to point out is the fact that just how food is presented or arranged in a supermarket influences what we buy. so if they put something on the end of the aisle or at the cash register, we're two to five times more likely to buy that product than if it was put somewhere else, like the middle of the aisle or on the bottom shelf. people don't recognize that just having something thrust in their faces actually influences their decision to buy it. >> that's exactly right. >> we need to have some reasonable standards and regulations so that they don't

undermine people. >> that's exactly right. >> great book, thank you so much. >> up next, some funny for your snowy friday from a face that you might recognize. >> this dude goes off, derek jeter doesn't belong in the all-star game, he's old and washed up and out of shape and playing like garbage, injured all the time the fans voted him in because he's popular. that's the problem with the all-star game, they let the fans decide. and in that moment, without realizing it, he basically summed up the main complaint of democracy. that's what happens when you give people a voice. like sometimes when you let the fans decide, they decide they want to vote for the charismatic biracial guy. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here

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welcome wyatt. thank you for joining us on this snowy day. >> thank you for having me. >> no other place you would rather be? >> because you have hot drinks here -- >> we didn't give you one for some reason. >> no, you just gave me somebody somebody somebody's stale water. >> i was told there would be cocoa. so -- i'm not leaving until i get some cocoa. >> can we get him some cocoa, please. a lot of people know you from "the daily show" and it seems like in recent years, a lot of politicians made like really really easy for "daily show" folks when you think about rob ford and weiner. falling over themselves just to get on the show almost. it's weird. >> that's the weird part of it. on one level as a comedian you see and it's like, this is great. this is so -- this is rob ford. who could have asked for

something funnier? but then there's the other part of it, but no, your job is to be representative for the people, be that. why are you -- >> don't cheer for that. >> the bob filner one really hurt me. he was like a freedom writer -- >> great background. >> there's going to be an aspect, i remember as a kid watching the eyes on the prize documentaries and there's a sad moment where i was like, there's some 13-year-old that will have to see that now and as an addendum, so they all went off, john lewis did this and bob filner, let's not talk about him. >> at least rob ford is in canada -- >> he'll make his way down. he'll make his way down here. >> i imagine the comedians saying, give us more, give us more. i like your reaction of he should be serving the people. >> i think there's always going

to be something funny that happens whether it's just somebody's take on legislation or way it's covered. there's always going to be humor in it. when you see the sort of most ridiculous versions that it almost feels like it's, it's too easy, it's too like -- you don't really want that. you want to be able to comment as sort of your voice and perhaps your audience's voice and comment to that and what you're feeling. and seeing somebody -- seeing a mayor smoke crack while -- it's funny, it's funny, but it's kind of like -- >> so much more to him than -- >> true, he took it and went marion barry and took it to another level. >> 2013 was such a big year. gave you so much to work off. the government shutdown, miley cyrus twerking. what will you miss the most? >> i'll miss the music of 2013. i believe that's how it works.

you have to delete your ipod every new year, right? >> that's my understanding. >> start fresh. >> i don't know -- honestly, i don't know what i'll miss about 2013. like if i were >> here is your cocoa. >> >> well done. thank you. >> thank you. i want one of the fancy cups. >> sorry. my lipstick stained one. you can take one of toure's extras. >> absolutely. >> you really are a guest. >> whatever it takes. >> see? let's make sure it's good. >> green tea. dramatic moment. >> mmm, i taste the hibiscus. >> takes five minutes before you keel over dead. >> just got to -- >> mix it up? >> yeah. >> that's nice. >> what am i going to miss about 2013? being healthy. after whatever i just got.

yeah, whatever strain of influenza i just got. i just got some kid flu now. >> it won't be afinfluenza, we're inoculated against that. >> i love that. >> since the theme of this segment seems to be cheering for failure in politics and we can make fun of it, clay aiken, running for politics. which made me think, i wonder who wyatt would like to see run for congress as a comedian. >> as a comedian, for the sake of comedy? that's tough. that's tough. because it's such a strange, like -- i just want the person who is going to actually do the job. >> you're so nice. >> but also a part of me is like maybe we have too many congress people. like, let's just -- >> tone it back. >> let's trim it down. >> you've got to list -- >> to 200? >> because it does seem weird. you know, when people say oh, you know, how is judging the president or anything like that.

it's a hard job to judge when you consider, there's, like, 100 senators you have to get something through, and 500 congress -- there's all these people. >> >> so what you're saying, you would like to hand more power to people like louie gohmert? >> no, i'm saying monarchy. i'm saying, why not? let's give it a shot. >> do you think the president is doing a good job oh so so? >> honestly, i think it's one of those things where it's tough to tell inside of it. i think it's one of those things that's much easier to judge a few years later and you could say, oh, okay. you know, looking at everything he was able to implement in his time, was he effective, was he not? i think to sort of judge it today, it will change tomorrow. >> like have some patience, maybe? >> exactly. yes. >> something we struggle with. >> yeah, abbey. >> it's all on me. >> patience. geez. >> cheers to patience. >> cheers to patience. i like that. great having you. >> great having you all. no, this is mine now. i get everyone a drink.

i drink all the drinks. yeah. >> just daisy chain this stuff. >> blood runners. >> pour them all into one and drink that? >> when did this turn into some jackass? this is -- isn't there something -- >> i like that you're the one that started the trend, just saying. >> that was the problem of you guys inviting me on. >> thank you very much. up next, it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably the gop. there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex.

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that, if you could hear is a song about paradise lost, yearning for a time when straight white men were in complete control. a song that could be a theme song for many on the right. and yet recently, the right has had the gal to talk about diversity, tolerance. well, progressives are trying to open american life up for oppressed groups, blacks, latinos, women, gays. tolerance is not a blind acceptance for everything. we don't argue for tolerance of intolerance of say, phil robertson, because his views margin allize and exclude and suppress white male supremacy. the only inn tolerance is nin tolerance of intolerance. if we extend intolerance to those who are intolerant,

intolerance will be destroyed. they apparently believe separate white males are the truly oppressed ones in modern america, even though they remain the most powerful in society. soes ol professor michael kick he will in his book, "angry white men" writes, it's hard in all positions of power and privilege to wake up and find people like you in only 80% of those positions. equality sucks if you've grown so accustomed to inequality that it feels normal. the sense of white male victimization the right plays on leads to the need to defend intolerance like phil robertson's. but it's too easy to say governor jindal was right when he urged them to stop being the stupid party. because maybe deep down the right knows what it's actually doing. maybe they know that in american politics, the occult of victim hood is very seductive and this unrepenta unrepentant, "duck dynasty" patriarch is out of casting. known as straight white males whose way of life is under attack who are real men and yet

martyrs to who must band together to preserve in america that they say the left and the blacks and the women and the gays are destroying. as brian boyler rights today in salon, he reflects an american cultural subset the gop depends upon for its survival. his new status as a symbol of defiance, entrenchment against the supposed pc police as a man who cannot be defeated helps the duck commander brand and the gop brand and gives the right a symbol to cling to. and who needs to cling to guns and god when you've got phil? and at the 2016 gop convention on their final night, instead of clint eastwood, they'll call on phil. and as he walked to the podium, a breathing symbol of the embattled but undefeatable american white male who speaks his mind no matter what and can't be stopped, oh, man, the roars will be deafening. >> ari melber is up next. you're done here. i took your job. sorry. i'm not sorry. >> we appreciated having you,

though. >> see you later. >> wyatt is that like a #sorrynotsorry situation? >> absolutely. >> well, it's a you don't have a job anymore. you can put all the hash tags you want if it helps you sleep at night. you're out of work, my friend. hope you enjoy being over there, as long as that lasts. >> i do now. all right. >> no more mugs for you. >> goodbye. it is a good friday afternoon to everyone else and for the millions of americans, it is a snowy friday afternoon. and for the lawmakers of washington, well, something of a final snow day before it's back to work in 2014. >> if you do not need to travel today, please stay home. >> how bad does it get? >> house republicans will kick off the new year with their latest attempt to undercut the affordable care act. >> when they say repeal the law, they're taking health care away from people. >> we've got a couple million people who are going to have health insurance, just