alex wagner? >> the best political move of the year i think was not one that was seen widely but was, i think, the most important. the two young women, 13 years old and 15 years old who were dreamers and came up to speaker john boehner in his dining routine while he was eating breakfa breakfast, one of whom's father had been deported and said speaker boehner, when are you going to take up comprehensive immigration reform and he said i'm going to do it. they put him on the spot and held him accountable. >> crystal? >> i'm a big fan of harry reed finally deciding that we needed to change the rules of the filibuster so that nominees could get through and actually be confirmed and maybe do the work of government as they are meant to do. he is someone who really came around on this issue. originally in the president's administration he was very much opposed to filibuster reform and there was just so much obstruction time and time again that he had to do something, and i think it was a great move. >> ca

thanks, alex wagner, sometimes right. >> chris matthews a national treasure. >> u.n.ity council, had translation like -- people would be furious. i have to ask expert sports journalist you, who wins tour de france first, sam or star. >> money on starr. >> you know what, i'm going to pay sam to ride for me. >> according to jerusalem post, ben smith is the 28th most important vow in the world. >> thanks for mentioning that on the air. >> you're welcome. it's a big title. >> action wrapping up on this show. i forgot we had to end it. >> check please. >> thanks to my rockets panel. >> ezra klein thank you for the wisdom on financial services industry and symbiotic skill of expressing in that fashion. >> you're blanking welcome, alex. >> before we let you go, standing in the place you're most comfortable, a high school cafeteria. i had to -- >> what? >> i'm sorry. it's not that i don't love you. >> alex, alex, i ate a refectory not a cafeteria to remind you. >> to quote michael steele, ho ho hey. it's the end of the year. anybody final thoughts favorite moments of the year

i'm joey reid in for alex wagner. a new reports in "new york times" proves no evidence on an attack on a pair of u.s. compounds in benghazi. an anti-islamic video did inspire events that led to the death of four americans including ambassador chris stevens. the months long organization said no evidence of al qaeda or terrorist groups had any role in the assault. contrary to the assertions of many republican lawmakers, the attack was fueled in part by anger over an american made video denigrating islam. david kirkpatrick spoke out on "meet the press." >> no chance this was an al qaeda attack if by al qaeda you mean the organization founded by osama bin laden. >> the "times" conclusion al qaeda was not involved was met with dismissal by republican lawmakers appearing on the sunday shows. >> there is a group that was involved that claims an affiliation with al qaeda. >> do they have differences of opinion with al qaeda core? yes. do they have affiliations with al qaeda core? definitely. >> this morning republican peter k

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"now" with alex wagner up next. >> hello, thomas.too. >>> we're live in washington with a look at new task force findings on nsa and president obama's holiday homework. we will discuss the future of privacy and surveillance state with deedee myers, eugene robinson, katy kay and josh green. plus there's a new sheriff in the white house. is john podesta the man for the job of reviving president obama's second term agenda. "the new york times" mark leibovich joins us for a look at john mccain's ongoing metamorphosis and what it important tends for the grand old party. all that when "now" starts right after this. helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. homework to take care of. it's thursday december 19th and this is "now" live from washington, d.c. >>> tw

. >> good evening, i am alex wagner in for lawrence o'donnell. it's on. get the popcorn. and get ready for ted cruz versus john boehner round two. today speaker boehner went to bat for the paul ryan patty murray budget deal to replace the sequester. >> i came here to fight for a smaller, less costly, more accountable federal government. and, this budget agreement takes giant steps in right direction. why conservatives wouldn't vote for this, or criticize the bill, is, is, beyond any -- any recognition. >> before boehner said that and house republicans want to vote. ted cruz release aid list of reasons explaining why he would not vote for it. the new budget deal moves in the wrong direction. it spend more. taxes more. and allows continued funding for obama care. i cannot support it. as final debate on the bill was taking place, in fact, right around time that boehner himself was defending the deal on the house floor -- >> i urge all of my colleagues to vote for this budget. >> ted cruz tweeted this. understanding the budget deal in two words. what followed was a link to th

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i'm joy reid in for alex wagner. congress may agree on something, very, very small. the house will vote on a two-year budget agreement that is expected to pass with bipartisan support. the plan does little to eliminate status quo eliminating job killing sequester cuts but allowing long-term unemployment benefits to expire for more than a million americans. that has not stopped the internal feud from escalating into an all-out and very public verbal war. just after house speaker john boehner accused conservative groups of using the american people for their own goals yesterday, the top staffer on the right wing republican study committee was fired for sharing sensitive conversations between members and outside advocacy groups. a who's who of right wing agitators, heritage action, tea party patriots wasted no time firing back issuing a joint statement saying it is clear conservative movement under attack on capitol hill today. boehner doubled down or tripled down in a press conference just moments ago. >> when groups come out and criticizes an agreement that they have

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i'm joy reid in for alex wagner. congress may agree on something, very, very small.t is expected to pass with bipartisan support. the plan does little to eliminate status quo eliminating job killing sequester cuts but allowing long-term unemployment benefits to expire for more than a million americans. that has not stopped the internal feud from escalating into an all-out and very publi

earlier today on msnbc, the city's outgoing democratic mayor told my colleague, alex wagner, everything problem in detroit, but all of us come to the table, understanding that all of us are going to have to participate in some element of pain to fix the problem. not going to be easy. now the hard work starts. >> detroit's unelected state-appointed emergency manager, kevin orr, will be leading the negotiations with the city's creditors and unions. the city claims it's roughly $18 billion in debt, which includes about $3.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. although that latter number is in dispute. in addition to unfunded health care and other liabilities. meanwhile, overseas, president -- vice president joe biden, arrives in beijing this evening. as tensions grow between china and japan over the ownership of two islands barely more than a pile of rocks as the "new york times" puts it. japan controls the islands. however, last week china claimed them as part of a new air defense identification zone. while in japan, as part of a six-day tour of asia, biden warned the chinese governm

." >>> i'm joy reid in for alex wagner., the war on drugs may finally be receding. in a rare use of constitutional clemency powers, yesterday president obama commuted the sentences of eight federal inmates, all of whom have been in prison for 15 years for nonviolent crack cocaine offenses. in a long history of america's constitutional system, the right to punish the guilty has traditionally been given to judges and juries. during the anti-crime frenzy known as the war on drugs, the power was taken away. instead of judges and juries with sentences lawmakers made it for trifl trivial offenses, a policy responsible for the 500% increase in the number of inmates over the last three decades and egregious racial disparities. throughout his presidency president obama has made several attempts to curb abuses on manned taker minimum sentencing. february 2010, signed fair sentencing act, reduced disparity between crack and powder cocaine but does not apply retroactively. so for an estimated 8800 federal inmates that remain in prison

the outgoing detroit mayor will join alex wagner next hour right here on msnbc. he announced that he will not be running for re-election. >>> well, a full court press. at 2:30 this afternoon, the president goes all in with a december pr push to promote healthcare.gov and congressional underachievers. congress is about to go down as the least productive in our history. those are the topics for our agenda panel. suzy khimm is a national correspondent for msnbc, ron reagan is an msnbc analyst and steve benen is a contributor and producer for the rachel maddow show. i like this. suzy, the administration is feeling certainly confident enough to sell now to the public. is this going to be enough to combat the perception issues and the problems that they had initially with the rollout? >> so basically the obama administration is transitioning from this period in which it's trying to get the technical side of things to working to actually selling the law itself, which at this point is still a major task. the law is definitely going to disrupt health insurance in both pos