tonight from world famous rockefeller center, the fourth annual revvie awards. please give a warm welcome to the master of ceremonies the reverend al sharpton. >> what a year it's been. so many highs, so many lows. rising stars and falling stars. we'll cover it all tonight. it's been a big year so let's kick things off in a big way. >> it's that magical time of the season. where reviewing the year

provides us a reason. providing awards from politics nation for tonight's celebration. hey, rev! >> hey, guys let's do this. ♪ it's the revvies ♪ ♪ reveling in old news ♪ ♪ so many thing we could not have foreseen ♪ ♪ what the heck happened in 2014 ♪ ♪ the gop took over congress stealthfully ♪ ♪ with obama giving more healthfully ♪ ♪ ebola broke out and ellen took a selfie and the web freaked out ♪ ♪ it's the revvies ♪ ♪ the annual revvies ♪ ♪ drone strikes keep on happening ♪ ♪ guantanamo still open ♪ ♪ we're back in iraq to stop the isis attack ♪ ♪ but we'll pull out soon we're

hoping ♪ ♪ obama's immigration bill spreads tidings of good news ♪ ♪ obama's fighting still ♪ ♪ with bills from congress they're predicting panaceas ♪ ♪ since finally they'll get to pass all their great ideas ♪ ♪ and ♪ ♪ don't forget ♪ ♪ and tax breaks for the rich ♪ ♪ so the 2016 we've got to find someone new ♪ ♪ to the commander in chief ♪ ♪ the question is who ♪ ♪ jeb bush ♪ ♪ chris christie ♪ ♪ hillary clinton? ♪ is she running? you can tell us ♪ >> chris christie got caught in a traffic jam ♪ ♪ and elizabeth warren is taking

on big banks ♪ ♪ she's more than they can handle mean? kim kardashian showed off her buns ♪ ♪ in colorado you can smoke pot just for fun ♪ ♪ the glaciers are melting ♪ ♪ the end has begun ♪ ♪ the ice bucket challenge for everyone ♪ ♪ from christie to clinton ♪ ♪ the rev is ready and willing ♪ ♪ and soon he will pick out the winners ♪ ♪ the rev is a warning the revvies tonight ♪ ♪ >> tonight from world famous rockefeller center in new york city it's politics nation's fourth annual revvie awards. please give a warm welcome to your master of ceremonies, the reverend al sharpton. >> thank you, thank you, good evening. i'm thrilled to bring you the revvie awards. one of my favorite nights of the

year. let's get right to our distinguished panel. joining us, michael steel, maria, abby huntsman and angela. wow, everybody looks great tonight. >> so do you. >> got blueberry pie here. we'll see who wears it. >> now, no one in the panel wears it. i do kind of spread the pie. let's get started with the lights camera action revvie and it goes to president obama for promising a year of action and delivering. from the booming economy to executive action on immigration, he's been able to drive the political agenda as a second term president. maria, what do you think? >> i think that actually is going to be it is president obama. he is not only done immigration reform he's talking about the minimum wage in a very important way and he is also making

certain we're still talking about neutrality when folks back away from that. >> immigration, the fact that this holiday season you'll have 5 million people that can rest easy because they can celebrate christmas because they're not in fear of deportation is beyond huge. >> abby most second term presidents after the mid-term and having a devastating mid-term are considered irrelevant. he's been anything but irrelevant. even as a republican you have to concede that. >> it has been a very busy year for president obama. what i will say about immigration, it is something the majority of the country, even republicans, support. i think by putting forward the executive action there are a lot of questions about how he did it. i don't think a lot of people question what he did. what it does do is it reminds republicans that they have to find their voice on this debate. especially from 2016. they have to figure out where they stand on this and the fact that they can't avoid it.

this is the future of our country. i think if anything it ignites a really important debate that has been needed to be had for a very long time. >> and he was threatened. he'd better not deal with it. >> he went full board. no doubt about it. >> i don't know. i don't know if he's driving the agenda but we do know he's driving republicans nuts. >> wow this is going to be a great christmas. a big part of the calculus for this white house. i will take your point that the president driving the gentle he also drove it for the democrats in the senate and around the country. so how that has played itself out certainly short term there have been some downside to that with the loss of the senate. the president is clearly in the drimp's seat on a number of issues. and come february on the immigration issue, where the money runs out and the republican senate and house have to deal with this, the president will be in a stronger position.

>> he's been consequential. when you look at not only the immigration and certainly the economy. look at the gas prices going down. look at the success of the affordable care act. look howl he stepped in and dealt with this whole question of criminal justice, policing which is a big issue this year. >> i think that all of that is right. and i think even going into next year, we can anticipate through department of justice and otherwise taking on voting rights once again. he's been tremendous in spite of again, we talk about this all the time. the most inactive congress in history. the fact that he's been able to accomplish so much and really push the buck with executive actions, through memoranduma or through executive orders is huge. the president has action pleasured a great deal relative to immigration reform and he's asked them. if you don't like what i've done, and you want to sue all over the country, that's fine. just pass the bill.

i think he continues to challenge and push back even though they continue to try and dismantle his legacy. we saw that. >> who else has had a lights camera action year? >> you know in a strange sort of quirky way, mitch mcconnell. who has, i think, very carefully at least in the short term done something that john boehner was not able to do. take control of the senate. i think that played itself out. in the campaigns that he was involved in this past year. the messaging coming out of the november election. i think mcconnell will be a very interesting player to watch next year. he gets along much better with the president than boehner has. and talk about driving the republican nuts, that will be one of those issues for house republicans. >> it is hard to think of lights camera action, and mcconnell.

be who else is a winner? >> he had a big win. when i think back on the last year, the person that continues to come to my mind pope france it is. we talk so much in this country over the past year about inequality, about gay rights and he is someone that has been able to speak in a way with such compassion about something is so simple about just love. loving everybody. so when i think back on the year, he is someone that stands out to me. that pushed the envelope on so many issues. i think we're lucky to have that voice, to be honest. >> and he has a big trip planned in 2015. >> that and he just helped broker the whole deal between united states and cuba behind the scenes. >> and the president just went for normalizing, just at the end. big, big news. he ends on a big note with cuba. >> it's nice. >> who is the winner here? >> so contrary to what mr. steele has said i would have to say harry reid.

particularly just in this week alone has killed with it the nominations, with tax extenders. he's demonstrated how you go out with a bang. that's not what we saw through whole year. mitch mcconnell has yet to be tried and tested. he won the election but it is different when you have to deal with ted cruz all the time in the majority. >> that i think he dropped the mic on ted cruz. he basically. a week from now i'll be senate majority leader and walked off the stage. so in answer to a question -- >> that was a big moment. that was theatrical. that was there. >> again it fits that idea of why he was one of the top winners, along with the president. i think when you look at how he crafted that. it wasn't just about his election in kentucky. it was bls the elections around the country that would give him the majority. >> it was also with this devastating defeat. wipeout, how the president just

came back in, just dusted jay-z style and let's go back to the mat. you had to give him that. and a lot of the winners and losers were defind by that. >> they really were. >> i think it will be a very interesting point. i think it will be more active next year. >> we're going to the mat. we're taking these tuxes off. now let's go to the biggest loser of the year. maria, who had the worst year? >> i think chris christie hands down. all of a sudden he was seen as someone that was moderate in new jersey who is going after the teachers establishment but at the same time he was able to divide the latino community and then scandal came and he wasn't playing fairly. he was causing distress in a way that all of a sudden made not only national headlines but

international headlines. then people said i don't know if we can trust him as the reins of the presidency. >> that you see him as a loser. >> yes. >> contrary to that point i think harry reid was the lose they are year. i'll tell you why. >> he lost the gavel. >> he lost the gavel and that's an important thing. when you are at the white house, you don't lose ground you gain it. this was a whimper. democrats see him as much more of a loser than even republicans do in terms of the political agenda and how this whole thing played out for them over the course of the year. >> and i think, so my loser was going to be, senate democrats. i don't think that we can place all of the blame at the feet of harry reid. >> he doesn't run the individual campaigns. it was their strategy to run away from the president when we have one of the best economies ever. it was their strategy to say, we have to separate from obamacare. >> they endsed up running away.

>> they're back at home. i think the most egregious example of these was when mary than andrew came back and said we're doing keystone. >> big loser. >> i agree. chris christie a really bad year for him. when you hear the name you think someone that is just angry. even if he is not tied to anything, he was someone that i was a fan of. when i think of the biggest loser, i have to say eric kantor. no one was even talking about him. everyone thought he would win. he went down. he is totally off the stage. >> i was going to ask you who you are talking about. >> he was a loser, he ran away from immigration. because it was an open primary. you had roughly 60,000 latinos and asian voters in virginia that had he touched immigration, would have gotten off their couches and gone to the ballot box. >> i think it suppose the egos in politics where you don't connect with your constituency. the day of the election he

wasn't even where he was supposed to be talking to the voters. that's a huge problem. >> at $3 million a pop, i think as he winner. >> let me break in here. we're just getting started. a big night. more revvies on the way. before we take break, let's see what's happening out on the red carpet. >> a beautiful night at rockefeller central and some attendees are still trickling in. here comes elizabeth warren. a lot of people are following her tonight. jeb bush is on his way in. how far will he go? and look, there's president obama. growl, bear growl! and there's congressman michael grimm. let's listen in. i guess we won't ask the congressman. take your seats, everybody.

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we'll return to the revvies in a moment. first a word about the segment you're about to watch. this program was taped prior to the tragedy here in new york city. the execution of police officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. these were two men doing important work out in the neighborhood protecting our community. it goes without saying that questions about the relationship between police and minority communities must never be

settled with violence. never. so tonight i ask you to keep these officers and their loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. we now return to the revvies. welcome back to the fourth annual revvie awards. here's your host reverend al sharpton. >> we're back with more revvies. in 2014 civil rights moved back to the top of the national agenda. let's focus now on the social justice issue that dominated the year. policing in america. we saw a teenager shot dead on the streets of ferguson, a father killed by a chokehold in new york, a 12-year-old boy gunned down in cleveland and many more. but we've also seen tens of thousands speaking out and marching for justice. angela have these tragedies moved the country to a tipping

point in 2014? >> i certainly think so. i certainly think so. i keep hearing, you know john lewis and so many others talk about how this reminds them of the '60s and the civil rights movement and what had to change. the one thing that really struck me the other day was in an op ed mr. lewis wrote. he talked about how in the '60s, if there was a dead teenager laying in the streets, we would have been moved to action. i think that was his way of saying, i see you protesting i see you marching but don't forget we have to keep moving. now we have members of congress and the president who can take action to address this. >> and they're on it michael steele. i think that when you see even people on the right that have spoken out about criminal justice, mandatory and extended sentencing, and spoke out about the chokehold case. george bush. >> i think there's -- yeah george bush rand paul have been some important voices from the republican side of the field

on this issue. i would like to hear more. >> so would i. >> and i tell you, this was a space we were once very comfortable in. and it was not foreign to us as a party, a national party, to speak about injustices hike this. now we've moved away and we're afraid of it. so i'm hoping you see a rand paul working with senate democrats on minimum sentencing legislation, that's a step in the right direction. so all those folks out there looking at the fergusons and new york and saying well you know they're different but. there is no but here. they're not even different. it is part of the same narrative we've seen played out in this country. race is still an issue. obama's election didn't change it. a future black president won't change it. we have to deal with the black and white of america before we deal with the red, white and blue. >> this last year it has been brought to the surface. you look at the people marching

the streets. in new york city the majority of young people. >> and white. >> i think if somebody has been in a long time young people we've always had some. i think you've seen a reenergizing now. but i think the diversity is something we hadn't seen. and in an era that was called post racial. it shows that white america in large measure is saying no we're not beyond this. which i think was different here. >> and i think there are a lot of americans including myself did not realize how bad it is in some places around this country. eric garner for me was so emotional. i could barely get through it. the ruling broke right before our show the cycle. i could barely get through that hour. you watch that video. you see how it played out. and you saw nothing come of it. and that caused so many people to be angry. and i think if eric garner cannot create some sort of change in this country, i don't

know what will. i think this was a big year of bringing the issues to the surface and seeing this next generation come up and demanding more. >> i remember in mid december i held a big rally in washington. and half the rally, whites larks tinos, something, we've held a lot of rallies through the years. something that says not only do we get it but we'll stand up about it. >> you invited him to speak up. what i was fascinated by people were coming together. wasn't just about the injustice happening under the watch of the police departments across the country. it was also it is also socioeconomic. and i think that the reason we're seeing this you first saw in it 2006, the immigration marches. then you saw occupy wall street. you can argue that the tea party movement has a lot to do with the middle class feeling disenfranchised and then you know a lot of americans saying yes, it's police brutality.

we feel disenfranchised from the system. what was martin loorthuther king talking about on the stems of the lincoln memorial? jobs and equality. >> it is the capitol hill staffers walking out. it is athletes putting on shirts. people like me that are traditional marchers kids dying in. that was the '60s. martin luther king it was different things and different people what we have learned and i think it is important to reiterate that for younger generations. everyone has a role to play and all of those roles bund yandlely important. we should talk about the brown folks saying even though we're not fully out of the shadows, we're standing with you. >> i do think one person in the government has stood out on this. and the justice award goes to attorney general eric holder. what impact has the attorney

general had on this issue? >> my gosh. it's been an important impact. i think on a number of levels. he has certainly in terms of the civil rights agenda brought it to the table in a way unlike any other attorney general has. a lot of that is the sim boast it is between him and the be president. two black men at the top of government. all the noise on the right and even some from the left for not prosecuting or following up with certain things. notwithstanding. i think the attorney general has sort of set that bar from his very first speech. and this goes to i think, one of the issues i have about what we see with ferguson and garner and so forth. we've marched, we move we get excited, we get angry, we respond. to what end? to what purpose? >> i think it goes back to his speech. >> he's been so consistent. what he said from day one. he has fought for until the last day. >> and the reason i think that he is important is when you and

i saw him to go ferguson. something a city attorney general doesn't do this is before we had a lot of the activities that followed. i think he sent a real signal. when you understand something that i will never forget. one of the days of my high of i will always remember. when i sat in the this baptist church in alabama as we meet every year to commemorate the sell ma march, i was too young to be at the original one. when i got older we would go every year. and i would watch george wallace' daughter who was governor, who blocked two students going to the university of alabama because they were black. and she introduced attorney general eric holder to be speaker that day and said my father blocked two black students. one of them was the sister of your wife attorney general. now you're the attorney general. your wife is the first black attorney general's wife.

and my father who blocked her sister from the university of alabama. i'm his daughter and i'm introducing you as attorney general. i knew change could happen in america. stay tuned. we have more revvies coming up. >> we'll be back with more from the revvies. first, 2014 was all about fighting for fairness and a breakout year for senator elizabeth warren. >> this is a democracy and the american people didn't elect to us stand up for citigroup. they elected to us stand up for all the people. >> will warren walk away with a revvie tonight for her passionate performance in 2014? also ahead, hillary clinton, ted cruz and who will bring home the year's blueberry pie award? stick around to find out.

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this year it goes to speaker john babber. >> are you kidding me? >> no. not kidding at all. actually speaker boehner gets award for leading the 113th congress, the least productive in history, for filing a bogus lawsuit against the president, and making taxpayers pay for it. and for pointing yet another committee on the phony benghazi scandal. what do you say to that? i'll take rain check from that smooch, mr. speaker. the speaker walks away with the year's alfred c. sharpton blueberry pie lifetime achievement award. congratulations and i hope this award leaves him singing a happy tune. >> what a wonderful day. >> the tweets are rolling in. who will walking away with the

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welcome back. it was a year full have stories outside of politics that had us talking and tweeting. from the ebola virus coming to america, to the nfl domestic violence scandal, to that missing malaysia airlines plane. the plane was here then it wasn't. i mean how fascinated were you with the story? >> i'm still fascinated by it. we have no idea where this plane is. no idea. i think at some point they'll find one little piece and then it will dominate the airways for another few week and we'll know nothing again.

it is such a tragic story. >> hundreds of people. and they don't have answers. they dome know wham to their families. >> i feel so bad for their families. i cannot imagine what it is like to lose a loved one with no closure. i know we've seen that in other circumstances but that is very, very tough. >> michael, with all of our modern technology and abilities, how do we lose a whole plane and can't find it? at the end of the year? >> well yeah. that's one of the thing that is so frustrating. we do have all the technology and ability and capacity to go out and find things and we can't. a lot of smart people believe it is somewhere in the indian ocean. well, the indian ocean is a very deep place. >> it's humbling. >> it reminds us of who we are. >> we have all this technology in the world and realize we don't know exactly. >> that's what we do as a society. we don't have answers. we come up with these crazy

stories. it had to have been an alien that jumped on the plane. >> that was my favorite. >> i think it is important at the end of the year that we remember what we don't remember. because a lot of time we rush past things. one of the disadvantages of this technological high-tech age is that we end up forgetting what we want to forget. and the 24-hour cycle. wait a minute. there are some things even at the end of the year that is important. >> those families have not forgotten. >> they're still waiting. >> what other stories stuck with you and struck you this year? >> so on a lighter note but not that light. donald sterling. this year for me that was huge. not only the way in which the nba commissioner addressed the scandal, the fact that he had a lot to say and about magic johnson? like one of the biggest heroes that you interviewed on a special last year? who does that? for me because i'm from seattle, i'm glad that at least

a seattleite got something out of with it the clippers. >> well michael, from a civil rights point of view i was part of the group that helped. >> you were. your voice was there. and the complement to that one is the nfl for me. having an alcoholic father who was abusive, that video was, of ray rice was very hard and very personal for a lot of people. and i think, you know in the terms of the big know of the story, it really reflects how much we still need to do to educate young men, to educate the public. >> and women, too. and women, too. because they are as much a victim as they are in some cases enabling some of this stuff. so giving them strength -- >> and denial. >> to give them the stuff -- >> the saddest part is the young

football players and say that seem to be fine. >> but there are some happy moments. we can't forget national feel good moment. year. team usa, remember the world cup over the summer. the goalie tim howard broke records and almost broke the internet himself. the #tim howard that could save. the titanic or jaws or jay-z in that elevator with his sister-in-law. michael, did you ever have the world cup fever? >> a little bit. stop and watch. it was big. it was big. >> it was big with tim howard. >> i was one of those people that tweeted out. i said tim howard should be our president. >> no you didn't. >> i tweeted that out. >> you saw the republican bench. you 19 democrat bench. >> no. >> you know, for the world cup,

i was in colombia at the time and colombians for the very first time were excited about something. because thomas came out and talked about a country that has seen over 50 years have conflict all of a sudden they felt pride. and it unified the country. >> the world cup -- >> it's time now for our viewers choice. the award picked by you. our social media family from the biggest story of the year. in fifth place, you voted for the ebola outbreak. in fourth place, the tragic death of robin williams. third, the rise of isis. second president obama's executive action on immigration, and number one, the eric garner and michael brown protests without a doubt, one of the most important issues of 2014. thanks to everybody who voted

online. we have a lot more revvie awards to come. >> we'll be right back the spotlight award and a look ahead to 2015. but first, earlier this evening, we awarded the 2014 ice, ice, baby revvie and the nominees were -- >> i am ready for the ice. [ screaming ] >> hey, buddy, how are you doing? >> it is cold. >> and the revvie went to ethel kennedy, still cool at 86 years young. we'll be right back with more of the revvies and some special appearances by hillary clinton, rand paul and kim kardashian. let's keep it pg kim. the revvies is a family show.

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did she take a wrong turn on the way to the grammys? >> our next category is sure to be a hot button topic. the spotlight award for the person who you think will lead the way in 2015. who gets this one in your book? >> this will surprise you. the one person that i think will continue to rise not that i agree with him on anything is ted cruise. cruz. i think what he is doing -- he's not dumb. he knows exactly what he's doing. if you think about the primaries, you can and attest to. this anyone who watched it closely will say his strategy now bigger separating himself from everyone else, to say i have been your guy all along. i have fought for you. in the primary system, that will be gold. >> i see michael steele nervously smiling. >> i just have a straight face

on. >> right there. >> i think abby is right in her analysis there. but i think the person to watch in '15 is rand paul. i said before and i'll repeat is probably the most dangerous man in politics for both democrats and republicans and i think because he has the appeal on both sides, particularly with the millennials, it is a message that works and it resonates so watch it. >> something else he is only opened up one satellite office. where is it? silicon valley. he is starting to cultivate the libertarian underbelly that no one likes to talk about. they will bring big bucks to him. >> and he goes i mean i had breakfast with him. i had a good two-hour conversation. >> and a picture. >> we both that instagramed it. it is very interesting on some

critical issues. he has stood up in terms of racial disparities and criminal justice that are shocking. and i disagreed with most of what he stands for. he will go there. >> i think that's absolutely right. the one thing that i would say about rand paul and since you brought brilliance into the conversation -- >> she thinks everyone who went to harvard is brilliant. >> he is very strategic. and i'm not going to assign brilliance yet but i will say rand paul is very strategic. i cannot get with ted cruz because of the protest politics. and you asked this question earlier. into what end. we never know. it looks like more star power so i think it will outshine his ability to last. i would say elizabeth warren to the same point about rand paul. she is revving up no pun intended, i had revving up. who have gets spotlight award as we go into 2015? >> that it the president has

found his role. i think he will continue. you have immigration reform minimum wage that he's talking about reforming police practices. there's still a lot left on the agenda. and he has used least of everyone executive actions and orders. >> what do you think about elizabeth warren? >> i was going to say as a republican, she really impresses me. if you listen to elizabeth warren, she is someone that i look to as what a politician should be. she is authentic, she is smart, she believes everything she is saying and she is speaking to the issues that so many feel passionate about. if you're a republican going again her in the debate stage, i wouldn't want to be against her. even if you're hillary clinton, i would be very nervous. >> maria? >> i think it will be interesting. is elizabeth warren is silent horse like president obama was during it and is she going to upset, unfortunately, hillary clinton. i still think that the biggest

winners will be the american people. and i say that because of all these different protests. you are seeing policy change. no one has talked about the minimum wage. this past mid-term election captured the hearts of republicans and democrats. >> it affects everybody. >> it is interesting. no one mentioned hillary clinton other than in passing. >> yeah. isn't that. >> i can't with these responses. >> you know actually, in a way, i feel a little bit bad for hillary. she has been put in the position where she has to defend against right and the left. she has to have a message about what she's going to do as president of the united states tomorrow. she has taken an approach that says let this thing evolve and play itself out. she know what's on her left flank. she is very much aware of it. she also knows what's on the other side of the aisle, too.

now, look. the rollout did not go as planned. but i think i give her a little more credit than a lot of folks in the world of politics tend to do. she still has the gravitas to step on the stage and elizabeth warren will give deference to that. >> stay tuned. we have our final revvies coming up. we'll talk more about hillary coming up. >> we'll be back with predictions for next year. who will make the biggest impact in washington?

welcome back. a chance to go out on a limb and make predictions for next year. your 2015 prediction? >> fids. the president just opened up cuba changed florida. i say that because there's a huge generational divide among voting bloc and right now, what you're seeing is that a lot of them are young and they don't really believe there should be an embargo. >> a big difference in the

generations. >> what you'll see, now you can have a telecommunications in a 42 that you can travel to cuba. you have an embassy there. it is setting the stage for the democrats when it come to 2016. >> your prediction? >> mine is that the president and the entire administration will gain an tremendous amount of strength. i think he is going into the fight of his life with the senate and house majority led by the gop. mcconnell has said his first order of business is the key stone pipeline. they'll work on repealing obamacare again. that means the president will have to double down on his legacy. >> two things. i think kim kardashian is going to diminish. >> do you mean in stature? both. >> i'm just checking. >> there is nothing more for her to show the world of i think that will diminish. the other big one is marriage equality. this year has been huge and i

think next year we'll see that expand. i grew up in the state of utah. the most conservative state and they now allow gay marriage and that is a huge step. i think it will only move from here. >> i think the president has an opportunity with veterans. the fact with the funding for suicide for veterans. predictions? >> the economy will remain a very soft spot for this president unless the administration learns better how to tell its story. where it has had successes in the past. there are some aspects of the economy. you have 15 million people looking for work, who have been unemployed going back to 200 aext that's an undercurrent that will have to be addressed. it will be the real test for not just the administration and for presidential want beas. >> i think in 2015 we'll see a gradual stabilizing of the economy and continue to see

jobs. i think we're going to see this president remain relevant and i think we'll see some breakthroughs in how we are policed in this country for the first time we'll see some tangible results. well, that's all we have time for tonight. michael can't wait to get out of that tux and angela is ready to hit the afterparty. thanks a lot. happy holidays to everyone. and here is to more great debates in 2015. good night, everybody! >> you've been watching the 2014 revvie awards brought to you by polynation politics nation and reverend al sharpton. ♪ ♪ kim kardashian showed off her buns ♪ ♪ in colorado you can smoke pot just for fun ♪ the ice bucket challenge for

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