press." breaking news, iran and the u.s. and world pow earls agree on a date to halt nuclear program. the effort begins in just days. will it be successful? we are live with the details. good sunday afternoon. you are watching msnbc. also today, republicans break their silence on the scandals of chris christie. >> not one single link to chris christie has been found. >> this is a story that's still developing and we should reserve judgment. >> he was in campaign mode at the time during campaign mode you miss a lot of things. >> it's hard for democrats to turn this into an issue. the question is whether the facts are going to turn it into an issue. >> personnel is policy. and the people that you hire are

the policy that is are implemented. >> all this as governor christie prepares to try to divert the negative attention to the state of the union this week. america in disrepair. the country's infrastructure is earning a dismal grade. how can we rebuild what's crumble? manicure monday. a scientist with a hashtag to defie stereotypes. plus this. >> people wear outfits and then get drunk and talk. >> yes. >> and going for the gold, tonight tv and film stars gather for the 71st golden globe awards. we start with that breaking news on iran, though. the u.s. and other world powers agreed on a date for implementing an interim deal to curb the nuclear plan of iran set to start on january 20th.

christkris kristen welker is live at the white house. how significant is this? >> reporter: it's significant because it's the first move in over a decade. really. president obama calls it an important step forward but some lawmakers feel that the deal doesn't go far enough. here's what it actually does. it calls on iran to halt its nuclear program. for example, it has to stop producing 20% enriched uranium. that's just below weapons grade throughout the course of this deal. in exchange, the united states and six world powers will scale back about $7 billion worth of sanctions that iran has been facing. that will kick in over time by the way. that's $7 billion does not kick in initially. some senators believe that there should be more sanctions imposed against iran. here's what president obama had to say today in a statement, quote, unprecedented sanctions and tough diplomacy helped to bring iran to the negotiating

table and i'm gradeful to partners in congress who share our goal. imposing additional sanctions now only risk derailing the efforts to resolve this issue peacefully and i'll veto any legislation enacting new sanctions during the negotiation. that last sentence, melissa, is key. right now, a majority of u.s. senators support a bill that would impose new sanctions against iran if it breaks any part of this deal. and the administration has said, if that legislation were to move forward, it could derail this deal that is going to go into effect on january 20th but a lot of lawmakers including a lot of democrats disagree and they want to hold the threat of sanctions and new sanctions over iran so that's where the debate stands and certainly significant progress today in terms of moving forward with that deal. >> it is an interim deal lasting six months. what happens if the sides do not meet the six-month deadline?

>> reporter: it's a responsibility question. the administration has said that it does hold out the option of imposing new sanctions or even stiffer sanctions if it feels as though iran hasn't adhered to any of the terms of this agreement. if they can't reach a deal in six months, the negotiations could potentially continue but certainly that is the goal to reach a broader agreement and the administration says, look, this is a test to see how serious iran actually is about scaling back its nuclear program. and of course, those six other world powers also on board trying to get iran to do so. so there's a big question mark as this deal takes effect. about how serious iran actually is. one of the key pieces of the deal, though, melissa, calls on inspectors to actually be able to go into iran and to view its nuclear program. to get a sense of what actually

exists there and how serious they are about scaling it back and closely following the terms of the agreement. that's a key piece of the deal. the administration says. a key part of enforcing it. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: thanks. meanwhile today, new details emerging about the apparent political payback scheme that could destroy the future political career of chris christie. the democrat in charge of the panel investigating the lane closures says he believes laws were broken and he says if the governor was directly involved it could be an impeachable offense. bring in the brain trust. angela wry, perry bacon, and susan delpersio. the new jersey lawmaker leading the investigation this morning discussed the probe further. let's listen to that. >> when you use the george washington bridge, for what the

e-mail showed to be a political payback, that amounts to using public property for a private purpose or for a political purpose, and that's not legal. and so, that constitutes a crime. >> well, they don't have proof of this at this point. christie has knowledge or authorized the traffic jam so really they have to wait for whatever this investigation reveals. >> there's no question about it. i think rudy giuliani said earlier today that, you know, if chris christie knows a lot more about this it could endanger his political future but he may be able to get through it okay if he's telling the truth. i still think it does put substantial questions on the table about his management and whether or not he's adequately managing his team. for people to be inside kind of his cabinet and his inner circle and to have so much to do with this, it does seem kind of strange that he would not know about this whatsoever. an given the fact that he is a former prosecutor, it is kind of

jarring to me that there was no internal investigation launched whatsoever. so i wonder what else does he know that he is not sharing, that's certainly a question to be answered in the next coming days and months. >> perry, they want to renew a subpoena powers for the committee investigating this scandal this week. if it is renewed what is the next step going to be? >> the next step's going to be a lot of questions of what exactly the governor knew and didn't launch an internal investigation and overall any e-mails where he's on them. those are the key questions is we don't know the question is what involvement did chris christie himself have in any of this? right now we don't have a great sense of that. he gave a press conference in the week spent an hour saying he was surprised by this, too. if that's true, that's important and if that's not true that's what the investigation could show and change the political prospects for 2016, as well. >> crisis management specialist judy smith the inspiration for

"scandal" gave the governor high marks for the initial handling of this. >> i think the press conference he did a great job. he set the message narrative at the top. he apologized. took responsibility. he made some swift actions. and i like the fact that he was able to make sure that he apologized to the mayor and he did all of those things in one day. >> so he obviously has the state of the state address this week. i misspoke earlier saying state of the union. i want to correct that. >> he has to hope it's yikly resolved, that the feds decide if they conduct an investigation or not, the drip, drip, drip is almost more painful than that two-hour press conference and looking forward he has 2014 to really prove himself at the rga. he's got to keep his focus on there, keep the state running and nothing else can come out

about this. getting caught up along the line and i don't think he will. he's a former prosecutor. i don't think this is going to -- he is going to get caught up in anything else at this point. >> we mentioned the state of the state coming up this week. do you think he'll address it there? >> he will have to. he has an aggressive agenda with tax cutting proposals but he will be remiss if he doesn't address it at the top and move on and then keep it on the focus of the state going forward. >> perry, you wrote and i want to read it out loud. at first glance this controversy has broader implications for the gop. a few potential republican presidential candidates had proven they could win swing voters, women or minorities even in a state race the way that christie has. perhaps the party's strongest candidate now has attached himself to a controversy that will be easy for most voters to understand. so how can christie and the gop get past this? >> what i was looking at is if you thought right now before last week i would say chris christie probably the

frontrunner of the republican nomination, the person a lot of republicans feel like can win, can unify the country and the party. so it's important for the republican party looking forward he is not involved in any way. this is a very important person for the party, a person they feel like can win a national election against hillary clinton and so that's what he's got to figure out. how do i get past this? my sense is as long as he's not directly involved, he can get past this but that's a question to learn over this next year and investigation next year about this and what we have to learn. >> so angela, same time christie has support of republicans and key early 2016 states. at least for now a report of nbc's casey hunt speaking to voters in iowa and north carolina says this. numerous early-state operatives establishment figures and party chairs show even though there's skittishness in private there's readiness in public to rally

behind christie. are there places where bridging the scandal could help chris christie somehow? >> i can't see an instance where it helps. susan mentions if it ends quickly, that helps. but since you brought in judy smith, inspiration of "scandal," i'll say this. cover-ups in real life do not work. this is not tv show. this cannot be something where chris christie continues to pile more and more layers on top of this and tries get away from this, particularly if it, again, demonstrates it is not just the inner circle, he may have had some additional knowledge. needs to come out pretty quickly here or he'll be in some real trouble and how i grew up in the church, older church mothers used to say your sin will find out. that is indeed the case here, as well. >> this is a big deal here in the northeast. if you live in new york, new jersey or connecticut, you are very aware of the politics. how does it affect the rest of the country, really? >> not as much as it affects all of us.

we probably saw a good part of the two-hour press conference and people around the country saw the big headlines and say perhaps this was an issue. look how he handled it and that's going to be the question they're going to see. again, unless there's other details that change the narrative. i think around the country, he'll be just fine. >> all right. angela, perry, and susan, thanks to all of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. topping the sunday headlines, body of former israeli prime minister aerial sharon is lying in state at israel's parliament. thousands of israelis are paying tribute. a state funeral is set for tomorrow. vice president biden will lead the u.s. delegation. sharon died yesterday at 85. former secretary of defense bob gates is speaking out about his controversial memoir "duty," the first person in history to hold the top job at the pentagon

you should two preside under two presidents from two different parties. >> president bush did that with the troops. when i was secretary. dy not see president obama do that. and i said, as i write in the book, it was this absence of passion, this absence of a conviction of the importance of success that disturbed me. >> gates also weighed in on two of his former colleagues who may be considering presidential runs in 2014. former secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden. >> do you think she'd make a good president? >> actually, i think she would. >> and how about vice president biden? there's some talk he might run. >> well, i suppose to be even handed i have to say i suppose he would. >> waiting for water. frustration is growing on day four without safe water for thousands in west virginia. this as reports say officials

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massive protests, arrests and people singing church hymns. that's the sights and scenes last year in north carolina. hundreds of people at the state capital every monday in the legislative session rallying against the republican-controlled legislature. their issues are a new election reform bill that includes voter

i.d.s, cuts to unemployment benefits and health care fupding. more than 900 people were arrested over the course of the summer. this movement is heading to georgia with a first protests starting tomorrow. north carolina naacp president reverend barber is head of the rallies and joins me. >> how are you doing today? >> well. thank you. are you surprised beyond your state? was that your plan? >> well, no. we are not really surprised because there is a deep longing in the hearts and souls of americans to restore public policy to the deepest moral and constitutional values. people know deep in their heart that policy that is hurt the sick, the children, the poor constitutionally inconsistent and morally indefensively and economically insane. we have movements led anti-races, anti-poverty, deeply

moral, deeply constitution rooted in changing the agendas taking on states. understanding to change america you have to change the states and think southern states and then thirdly there's a deep longing far new language, not limited by republican and democrat and liberal versus conservative. but a language rooted in when's right and wrong and moral and immoral and that challenges extremism at its core. >> north carolina state government as you know is controlled by republicans so is georgia. so are many of the legislatures in the south. how effective are protests like these in states like this? >> it's powerful because what happens is this kind of deeply moral, deeply constitutional protest, first of all, it awakens hope in people and consciousness and draws people in regardless of power. 16%, 17% of the people. people of all different colors and creeds and parties come

together. when you tap into our deepest values, when you show people that, for instance, in georgia, if you cut medicaid which is one of the things they'll be protesting tomorrow, you're talking about 2 million people without insurance. 20% of the politician. 25% of those between 18 and 64. you are talking about hurting people. you're talking about people dying. 2,800 people may die for every 500,000 people denied medicaid. talking at that level, not limited to party and color and class but that level, it tends to draw people in and when their consciousness is awoken, people when they rise up they make extraordinary changes in this country and we see that happening. >> civil rights movement had its roots in southern churches originally. does this faith-based approach still work in our current political environment? >> well, i think it does. but it's also not just limited to the church. what you see in the moral monday

movement is social physics. it happens when extremism goes so far, you have an opposite reaction. people begin to push back because they understand how deeply hurtful it is to all people. there's something in the american spirit that says you don't kick people when they're down and beat people when they're already hurting. that's contrary to us as america and beginning to revive that and reclaim the value and what we're saying in the movement, we have to reclaim the values we talk about in the bible, like, you know, woe unto those that rob the people their rights or the general -- promoting the general welfare. we have to reclaim or renounce them. >> all right. >> there's been -- we have found a hunger to take on extreme right that's limited to abortion and prayer in the school rather than budgets, schools, education, health care, the real thing that is really matter. >> north carolina naacp

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for the 2014 season. major league baseball ruled that rodriguez cannot play at all this year due to the involvement in the bio genesis performance enhancing drug scandal but a loophole could allow him to report. the yankees say they respect the league's decision. the right to hunt a rhino sold last night for $350,000 in dallas. all of the proceeds from the auction goes to a fund to help conserve that endangered rhino. in colorado, marijuana is now legal, thieves are stilling the mile marker so often that the state transportation department changed it to 419.99. apparently because 420 is code for smoking marijuana. ♪

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the baby out of the dish pan. >> we will have to turn people away because we can't make the food. we can't offer them anything. >> i got like one botd l of water left. i have to come here like every day. >> this place is usually bustling. a lot of food going out. not today. >> how long will this last and how are people coping? joining me is west virginia secretary of state gnatny tenant. thank you for being here today. we heard residents talking about how they're affected and sounds miserable. is there any end in sight? >> miserable is a good word and frustrating. it's been four frustrating days where you can't use water. you can turn it on and not able to use it. so residents aren't able to use it. our small businesses and businesses are closed because we're not able to use the water. the workers who work there are not able to make an income because we're not able to use the water. so you can see that it is very

frustrating and we're hopeful there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. i know that there is testing that is continuously going on to check that water and the chemical in the water. >> well, of course, it means no showering, no cooking. obviously, no drinking it. so how are people really holding up? >> well, west virginians are very resourceful and we're very hospitable, not only to guests who might come in but to each other, as well. when the worst hits west virginia, the best in west virginians come out. that's what you see. i have been on the water lines for a couple of days. whether they waited in line to get the jugs filled up or with our firefighters and police officers handing out so we're being patient. we have that drinking water. it's the other aspect of being able to have sanitary needs taken care of and being able to clean up but we are very resourceful in this situation.

>> the west virginia gazette mail write that is freedom industries, the company responsible for the chemical leak, filed a form with the state emergency response officials in february as they're mandated to do stating the chemical in house but the paper writes the same agencies and public officials, though, said they know little about the chemical involved. they're all acting a bit surprised that this mystery substance is stockpiled so close to a crucial water intake and shocked that something like this could have happened. when's to believe believed and if they knew, why wasn't there a plan in place that the possibility like this could happen? >> those are all great questions and what is also frustrating about this. that now we are in day four. first and foremost, we'll take care of the citizens of west virginia affected. the health and our safety and the needs being met first. and then, as you just stated there's serious questions. so serious, you know, the anger that you can see while it's been

orderly, we deserve the answers. you're exactly right. when did this happen? how could this have happened? who's responsible for it? this is what we're going to find out. but first and foremost, it's those national guard members, the emergency personnel, our firefighters and police officers that that i've been with to applaud first, take care of west virginia first and then get the questions answered. >> natalie tennant, thank you very much. >> thank you. the water crisis is one more sign that the nation's infrastructure is vulnerable. this week, president obama called for an assessment of the nation's energy facilities and ability to meet demands. it's part of an aging infrastructure with the deteriorating bridges, roads, airports, dams and railroads. how bad is it? the american society of 2013 gives the country's physical plant a "d plus." ray la hood, former secretary of transportation under president obama and the cochair of

building america's future, a coalition founded by former new york mayor michael blaoomberg. thank you for being with us today and i want to ask you how bad this is. >> well, at one time we were number one in infrastructure. number one in our ability to build the hoover dam, the golden gate bridge, the interstate system, the best freight system in america and now 16th, melissa. and we're way, way down in our ability to do what we have to do because we have not made the investments in roads, bridges, the investments in our transit systems which are now all 50 years old. we are in very bad shape and i think the way to describe it better than any other way is that america's one big pothole. >> wow. well, where are we most vulnerab vulnerable? >> i think the roads and bridges. i think they're in a state of disrepair. i think our 50-year-old transit

systems around the country, every one needs new cars, new infrastructure. we have not made the investments and it's not for a lack of leadership from president obama. during the last four and a half years, we put forth some pretty big, bold plans. the problem really is how to pay for all of these things. the highway trust fund over many, many decades really helped build america's infrastructure and now it's really diminished because people are driving less and more fuel efficient cars and the highway trust fund will be out of money by the end of september this year and congress needs to step up and find a way to replenish that and find the money to do all of the things we need to do in america. >> actually, i want to ask you more about that. we looked into the statistics and they're overwhelming to be honest with you. here's a few. more than 4 million miles of roads in the u.s.

117,000 miles of railroad tracks. 600,000 bridges and commercial waterways. so where will that money come from to make necessary improvements and concept at this point of how much it would all cost? >> billions of dollars. billions of dollars that need to come from the federal government. some can come from state government. some can come from local government. but the local and state governments simply don't have the resource. this is a federal responsibility. always has been. and always should be. >> what does your group do then? >> well, we do is what we're doing this afternoon with you, melissa. highlighting the problem, but also, talking about the solution. part of the solution is raising the gas tax. which's not been raised since 1993. and this is always been a bipartisan solution. president ragan raised it when he was president. president clinton raised it when he was president and now we need for this congress to step up,

big, bold solutions and part of that solution has to be raising the gas tax and indexing it to provide the resource that is are necessary to get america back to being number one. when we fix our roads and bridges and fix our infrastructure, we put friends and neighbors to work doing the work and we become number one again in infrastructure. >> i want to switch the subject a bit here. as a former secretary of transportation, i want to ask you to weigh in on the situation involving the george washington bridge which, as you know, is a major part of the northeast transportation system. lanes were closed in september causing a massive traffic jam. allegedly for political purposes. it's a growing scandal for new jersey's governor chris christie's administration. what are your thoughts on this? >> well, my thought is that first of all, i have worked with governor christie during the last four and a half years on a number of transportation issues. not the least of which is the sandy funding after the

hurricane and, you know, i believe the governor is somebody who pays very close attention to a lot of details in his state, particularly coming to transportation. he knows the details of these things. and obviously, i like others will take him at his word. i do think that this story has many other it rations to be investigated and looked into and but the thing is, you cannot impede the kind of transportation the way it was impeded by these new jersey officials. this is wrong. and i think bridge-gate has many other lives and see how it all plays out. >> do you think the governor knew? >> i take the governor at his word that he didn't know but that's why you have investigations. that's why you have grand juries. that's why you really like the

idea that people are going to really dig into this. but for the moment, i take the governor at his word and i would also say that anybody that knows governor christie knows that he gets into the details particularly when it comes to transportation in his state. >> i want to also ask you about one more thing. you were one of two republicans in president obama's cabinet. the former of course is former defense secretary bob gates. what do you think about the timing and the nature of the secretary's new tell-all book called "duty"? >> i think first of all everybody should know that bob gates is somebody who represents the best when it comes to public service. he has devoted his life to the american people, to america and to our military. nobody can ever besmirk his record and nor should they. the timing of the book leaves a lot to be desired but look at. when you write a book, and

you're a former cabinet secretary, these kiss and tell books can come back to bite you and it's unfortunate for secretary gates, unfortunate for the president, but he's somebody who all of us in the cabinet look to as a real distinguished member of president obama's cabinet. >> former transportation secretary ray la hood thank you for joining us and obviously good luck with your project. >> thank you. >> thank you. time now to flash back to this time in 2010 when a catastrophic earthquake hit haiti. here's nbc nightly news reporting from haiti the next day. >> 2 million people within 10 miles of the epicenter yesterday. when the 7.0 quake struck just before 5:00 p.m. the quake lasted a minute. the intensity so strong within seconds a cloud of dust covered the city.

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and why did you choose this particular avenue to try to break them? >> right. exactly. there's a lot of scientists on twitter and doing the same thing everybody else is doing on twitter. we talk to each other. we gossip about the latest scientific findings. we tweet pictures of experiments and reach out to each other and this was yet another way to reach out. >> so, while we're talking over the break, you said at first it was just you and now it's had a huge response, right? >> yeah. i found it by accident. i was tweeting the autocomplete with manicure monday and saw pictures of girls and young women showing what they think makes their hands look great and fun and i said this is what makes my hands look great and fun and how i like to have fun. i asked the other scientists i know on twitter and we got together and it turned out to be a great thing. >> why should more girls be involved science? >> i have thought about that a lot. i've been professor for 18 years believe it or not and i've

devoted my life to this and science is good work and meaningful work and brings you close to people and it makes you part of something that's bigger than you are. >> so when's the barrier for girls do you think? >> i think it's the messages we give them. i think it's vital to give girls the message early on that what your hands can do is more important than how they look. and that's what we're trying to do. >> we reached out to "seventeen" magazine for a response. they have not responded to us but we wonder if you have gotten feedback. >> no, exactly. these are -- a lot of images don't have manicures or folks worried about the nails but they're doing and it looks great. >> well thank you so much for coming on with us. professor hope jahren. very good luck with all of your efforts. >> thank you. i'm grateful to be here. >> do you have a big idea making a difference? tweet us with #what's the big idea. or you can e-mail us.

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the 71st golden globe awards kicked off tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. what is more fun than guessing which of our favorites will win? we have just the expert to do that with. joining me here on our very own red carpet, if you can believe that, the entertainment editor at nbc latino and chris witherspoon, entertainment editor at thegrio.com. thank you for coming out here today. >> this is our super bowl. >> i can tell you're excited.

we want to start with something going on there. apparently it is getting flooded. >> i saw that. someone tweeted out a photo. >> that is the red carpet right there. i wonder what they're going to do about it. you can't have the ladies in their dresses walking across that. >> no, the show must go on. they'll find a way to overcome this. >> and maybe we'll get some new trends as a result in women's wear. who knows. >> i'm sure they'll be creative. so let's get to our movies. where do you want to start? >> best drama? >> i have to ask you both. you can decide to answer in whatever order. what you think will win and who you think should win. >> i think we can agree "12 years a slave" is a critic's choice for best drama. we can agree to disagree. >> it debuted at toronto film festival in september. when it first was debuted, it was hailed as the front winner for the oscars. it's an amazing film.

it really pulls you out of your seat. it's a gripping story. it's based on a true story, which the hollywood foreign press always loves. >> that being said, my personal favorite pick for could win is "gravity." it was one of the year's highest grossing films. this is an american story. this is an american tale, beautiful cinematography. you have sandra bullock, george clooney. this is the people's choice. it did win big at the people's choice awards earlier this week. >> so let's move on to our next category, which is the best movie actor in a drama. >> from "12 years a slave." >> it's like his break-out year in hollywood. he really rises in this story. it's so close to him. >> i have to congratulate you rattling off those names. >> i was really involved with

the film. he's amazing in person. he's humble. he's new to hollywood. >> i was going to say, the hollywood foreign press association really prides itself on recognizing up and coming talent. i do think he could be the one to watch out for tonight. >> but tom hanks, i'll be surprised if he wins. >> that's true. >> "captain phillips," that's right. how about best actress? a drama? >> i have to say amy adams. >> i think there's a sister hood there. >> that's for a comedy. for a drama, i think kate blanchett for "blue valentine." it's kind of an independent film that didn't get that much exposure. she blew it out of the water. >> so let's move through our categories. in the golden globes, there are so many. we have to kind of pick and choose. so let's go to musical and comedy. which movie do you think? >> i think "american hustle"

could very well win. it is one of those classic films they really adore. it has the period costumes. bradley cooper with a perm, who can resist that? and the writing is brilliant. >> i think whoever did his hair should get an award. >> for real. ic get a lesson or two. >> and that cast is really cohesive. they've all worked with david l. russell before. he directed "the fighter," "silver linings playbook." it's like a big reunion onset. the chemistry really translates on screen. >> and there was so much dialogue. ai mamy adams had to go back an forth in that perfect british accent. sometimes within a moment, she goes from this british accent to her american accent and makes it so believe. >> that deserves an award in itself. >> and she does it all in those v-neck jump suits. she looks amazing. >> it was the '70s after all. best movie actor in a musical or comedy. >> i think for actual actor -- who do you think?

>> i really love leo in "wolf of wall street." of course, he really shines under martin scorcese. there's something really exciting and sexy and raw about his performance, which for me makes it a winner. >> i love him in that role too. i wouldn't give that film the best award. but leo shines in that role. it's great. it's typical leo. he gives you -- he's given us great films the last three years. we loved him in "django unchained." >> it doesn't matter what he's done. i want to see him up there accepting his award looking sexy. >> the truth comes out. >> what can i say? i've been a fan forever. >> and best actress in comedy or music. >> i think meryl streep. >> i saw it the other day. >> the film is not the best, but there's a few scenes that meryl streep steals the show.

she's incredible. when she comes out, she deserves an award. >> all eyes on her. >> i want to talk quickly about tv. we don't have much time. it's basically "breaking bad" and "breaking bad." >> i think the american public -- i mean, we want to sea "breaking bad" win. it was one of the hottest dramas of the year. it's all about ratings. >> bryan cranston has never won a golden globe in five seasons. >> and wasn't there a controversial with the emmys? >> he's won in the past, but not this past year for the series finale. but he deserves it. >> there's an upset last year as well because "homeland" took the award. this year it's "breaking bad" or bust. >> well, unfortunately, we have to go. thank you very much for that energetic segment. be sure to watch the golden globe awards tonight at 8:00 eastern on nbc. and thank you for watching this sunday afternoon. we'll be back next weekend at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. first, "disrupt" with karen finney. have a great evening. need a spoon, dear?

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