are you trivia buffs yourself? >> most of us. trivia is universal, a global thing. marketplace that has been created in the mobile space. charles: you didn't have to become fishermen, like was threatened a couple days ago when you reneged on all of those bonds. stuart: we won't ask about that. the capital of the iceland is -- >> reykjavik. pretty good. charles: i have final jeopardy for the last six shows. stuart: i am the king of trivial pursuit. the best of luck to you. thank you very much. check the big board. charles, good news on retail sales sending the market down, you know what i am going to say. good sales and retail sales means the fed will not print so much in the future. that is why the dow is down. will you contest that? charles: a little bit that we had a horrible number on initial jobless claims up 68,000. the market was up initially, now it is down. it happens periodically. and two weeks later an all-time high. stuart: i call that a waffle on thursday morning. quiz up, still here by the way. during the commercial break, as all sorts of trivia. charle

how are you at trivia, martin? >> depends on what trivia. >> jimmy: he seems pretty confident.e. remember this -- it's very easy, martin. just answer correctly and your friend doesn't have to get his chest waxed. simple enough, right? >> right. >> jimmy: let's look at tonight's categories. we've got sri lankan prime ministers. [ laughter ] swedish architecture of the 18th century. [ laughter ] did somebody say neopharmaphobia? [ laughter ] now you'll notice that neopharmaphobia is in quotes. [ laughter ] 978 b.c. [ laughter ] other lesser known sri lankan prime ministers. and of course potpourri. [ laughter ] feel good about these categories? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. >> jimmy: you do. yeah, absolutely, i can tell. uh, now as for rules of the game, i will choose the categories for you. [ laughter ] let's start with sri lankan prime ministers. ready? here we go. born in 1911, this united national party founder is the only ceylonese politician to serve three nonconsecutive terms as the nation's prime minister. ssh, audience. no helping. [ laughter ] >> all riding on you martin got

it is the biggest trivia game in the world. will tell you why after the break. >> if you like trivial pursuit, how about quizup? usersa game that allows to challenge each other from the music of lady gaga to the james bond franchise. thor fridriksson is the chief thattive of the company makes the game. you are a bit of a veteran when it comes to creating apps, what quizup different? >> we had been working on it for two years. for that, we made apps for preschool children, the differences kind of huge but that is not too unusual. we start out by doing something that we think is a good idea. wen we got an idea of how could really do an amazing social trivia game that would connect people all around the world together and that is what we're doing now now, it is quite different. >> give us an example of how quizup works. >> we figured out that trivia in its essence is an amazingly social thing. people want to compete against other people. to do that.place you can choose from a huge topics and then you can compete in real time again

it is the biggest trivia game in the world.l tell you why after the break. ♪ >> if you like trivial pursuit, how about quizup? it is a game that allows users to challenge each other from the music of lady gaga to the james bond franchise. thor fridriksson is the chief executive of the company that makes the game. you are a bit of a veteran when it comes to creating apps, what makes quizup different? >> we had been working on it for two years. before that, we made apps for preschool children, the differences kind of huge but that is not too unusual. we start out by doing something that we think is a good idea. then we got an idea of how we could really do an amazing social trivia game that would connect people all around the world together and that is what we're doing now now, it is quite different. >> give us an example of how quizup works. >> we figured out that trivia in its essence is an amazingly social thing. people want to compete against other people. quizup is a place to do that. you can choose from a huge variety of to

send us your trivia suggestions to dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we will be right back with more from our great gaggle: [ male announcer ] marie callender's knows that your favorite dutch apple pie starts with a golden flaky crust, wedges of fresh fuji apples, and a brown sugar streusel on top. so she made her dutch apple pie just like that. marie callender's. it's time to savor. . >>> we're going to bring back our gaggle one more time. ben white, ari melber and kelly ann conway. it is the deadline for folks to sign up for health care if they want coverage by january 1st. how important is this deadline reality sti realistically and also for the obama administration. >> this is very important, this is the law. we are a nation of laws. we are moving into the period where the debate has to end and people have to follow the law. there have been some exceptions made. republicans have to find a way to respect the law of the land which is people have an obligation, most people, to get health care coverage. >> kelly, do republicans need to in 2014 shift th

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. >> because it is trivia, and it appeals broadly. categories get added every day by the company and users. >> how do you know which ideas to back each year? hard atve looked really the mobile space, the gaming specter in -- sector in particular. this was driven by the team in particular, and then off-line really active, and taking that a movie online, and the social fabric that we built might really feel like it has. >> as a venture capitalist, honey make money on this kind of app? >> the most important thing for any game is to make the game itself compelling so that people want to invite their friends, i want to challenge it, we start playing. to activeement leads usage. once you have that high level of a -- engagement about what kind of monetization models can you lay on it? crushthings like candy fors higher purchasing better models. you could run the anchorman trivia challenge cap or segment. >> borderline getting into this area of sponsored content that is going to be big over the next year. >> people interact so much with their

>> because i told him earlier today. >> oh, stop. >> i did do a trivia thing. raised the next year to a grand 30 cents an hour. economists would like to study stuff on a desert island, but it's not a desert island. there's effects on productivity from the minimum wage, effect on wages. >> but this much they agree on. a 10% increase in the minimum wage, some say, could lead to a reduction in teenage employment from between 1% to 3%. that really depends on -- >> there's another study, robert, that it keeps them in school longer. and as a result of that, they end up being more productive. >> not a bad thing, right? >> smarter workers. because of the fact that if they go out, they're not going to be employed at the minimum wage level. >> i'm seeing a cnbc investigations piece materialize before our eyes. >> certainly another segment tomorrow. >> absolutely. >> robert may wind up bald at the end of the process if he tries to understand the impacts of minimum wage. >> thanks, guys, very much. >>> dominic chu is back with the "market flash." >> speaking of fast food,

>> nice little bit of trivia. >> i asked her where she's from. she said da bronx. okay.uminate this year's rockefeller christmas tree? 10,000, 25,000, 30,000 or 45,000? >> the correct answer is 30,000. [ buzzer ] >> no, but she thought it was right, boy. >> it says on the sign. >> really? >> yes. >> that's called confidence. the correct answer actually 45,000 l.e.d. lights. >> by the numbers this year, 5,000 miles of string lights, 80th year, be 76-feet tall and how many gallons of water? >> that was rude. 90. >> yes. 90. >> what i said last time on this program. >> from gainesville, florida, and he has a message. >> go, gators. >> in the famous poem "a visit from st. nicholas" also known as "twas the night before christmas" how does st. nick manage to ascend the chimney? is it sprinkles magic dust, spins, or puts his finger on his nose and nods. >> "d." >> who did that? who did the "d"? oh! santa saw you do that. >> i think there's somebody back there googling. the answer is "d," puts his finger to his nose and nods. >> indeed. here's how it goes. spoke not a word. went

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connell: learning a lot from you with trivia inside home alone. before we get to no. doing a survey around here and a lot of people agree with you which may be good news, number 2 is die hard. >> i love die hard. the christmas movie takes place on christmas eve, one of the greatest action movies of all time, back in the 60s frank sinatra made a movie called the detective based on a book, that was turned into a sequel which dog art is based on so contractually frank sinatra had to be offered the role in die hard at the age of 73. he turned the roll down and other actors were offered the role but bruce willis took the role when shooting a tv show called moonlighting and now we have bruce willis, that is number 2. number one is something people agree with in the production meeting. everyone across the board, kevin has this right. can't even remember you saw it. what is number one? >> love actually. i watch it every christmas day. ten interconnected love stories, great cast, liam neeson, hugh grant, and nominated for academy award this year, so many great actors in this f

. >>> trivia, george w.ent to mark world aids day by draping that giant aids red ribbon on the north portico of the white house. it was 2007 when that happened. congratulations to today's winner, silver alert bill. there you go, only on twitter. send your trivia suggestions to daily rundown@msnbc.com. we'll be right back. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that won't trap me in a rate. that's correct. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too. oh that sounds nice. don't feel trapped with the ally raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ ♪ >>> time for my monday takeaway. in the shadow campaign that is hillary for president, every day a headline emerges about something mrs. clinton is working to fix from her past failed presidential bid. over the weekend, we had this one. it was this "new york times" piece on how she is

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but first, some celebrity trivia. according to bing trends, who's the most searched celebrity of 2013? madonna, kim kardashian, rihanna, beyonce or taylor swift. the answer when "early today" continues. >>> before the break we asked you who's the most searched celebrity of 2013 according to bing trends? the answer queen b herself who knocked kim kardashian out of the top spot. rounding out the top five, rihanna, taylor swift and madonna. >>> monday night football saints at seahawks. drew brees, bad night for him. early the ball knocked out of his hand. seattle returns it for the touchdown. it was a great night for seattle's russell wilson. he threw 310 yards. three touchdowns for a 34-7 win. seattle the first to clinch a spot in the nfc playoffs. and a new stadium noise record. 137 decibels. >>> denver broncos head coach john fox is back after heart surgery saying this is the best he felt in 20 years. his team won 3 out of 4 games. tops the afc west division, that may be why he feels better. not sure if he will coach

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let's move over to trivia.u earlier when 1973 was the last time congress could legally say merry christmas or any holiday greeting in the mail. yesterday they relaxed that rule. that was 40 years ago. congratulations to today's winner. josh, you know a lot about congress. send your trivia suggestions to daily run down@msnbc.com. we'll be right back with more of the thursday gaggle. look at the 30 rock tree. wonderful special last night on nbc. bring the kids. bring the family. ♪ hey, that's the last crescent! oh, did you want it? yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half. that's not half! guys, i have more. thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents? for all those who sleep for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, now there's a solution. sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. it's only at a sleep number store, where

this is humira at work. >>> trivia time. who represents levittown, off considered america's first mass-produced suburb was located. some of you might have thought it was middletown and muncy, indiana. congratulations to jordan sudduth. send your suggestions to dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we'll be right back with my takeaway. ♪ love... in the nation, what's precious to you is precious to us. ♪ love is strange so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ you're talking to the guy who hasn't approved a new stapler purchase in three years. but then i saw the new windows tablet, with a real keyboard, usb port, and full office. it's a tablet that works for work. plus, it's got apps and games, for after hours, of course. compared to an ipad -- way more value. these tablets are such a steal; i couldn't find a reason not to buy them. ♪ honestly, i wanna see you be brave ♪ >>> time now for my tuesday takeaway. yesterday the treasury department announce

egyptian police arrested more han 250 muslim brotherhood trivias alone. there were few demonstrations for the prayers in support of the brotherhood. these peaceful marches held signs protesting the government's crackdown. under the new law, local supporters of the brotherhood, even members which just participate in rallies risk up to five years in jail. >> it doesn't matter if they imprison us or kill us, whether they put us in jail for five years or 10. it doesn't make a difference at all. they imprisoned and killed us even before they declared the brotherhood of terrorist group. so it doesn't make a difference. we don't recognize this government as legitimate to begin with. >> the muslim brotherhood called for more protests in what it's naming a week of rough. saturday, the bombing of two buildings being set on fire. >> the leader of sudan's rebel uprising says that formal negotiations are necessary before he can accept the government's proposed cease-fire. he made the comment in an interview with the bbc after the government said it had agree to an imm

and time now for our trivia answer.ontains approximately 49 million bubbles. how anybody knows that -- >> that's ridiculous. >> i don't know. >> i'm sorry. that's ridiculous. not verifiable at all. >> who came up with that? that's not possible. >> depends on the size of the bottle. exactly. same number, fewer bubbles? i don't know. >> scrubbing bubbles. >>> fast forward to this year where we've seen a bull run for booze stock, beer especially. first dom chu isn't messing around. he's getting into the hard stuff. we're talking liquor stocks down. >> yeah, liquor before beer this time around, guys. at least when it comes to what we're talking about today because it's the holiday season. how about a libation or two especial for investors in those liquor stocks. not the beer stocks. check out diageo, one of the biggest liquor companies in the world, j&b, smirnoff, captain morgan, up 7% year to date. so a healthy return but maybe not as fantastic as some other stocks. here's another one for you. a big name. jim beam. beam, t

being able to compete against other people all around the world in realtime in all these different triviashe moment. however, i believe you've got an android app in january as well. how are you making money off of this? >> we're not really making that much money right now. it's kind of like what do you really want to do to start with is we really want to make a good user experience. to have people all around the world compete in what they are good at and to meet other people. >> yeah, but you also want to make money, as much as you want people to play it. >> yeah. what we're doing is basically building up our user base. there are many potentials here. we have all these different subjects and topics. we're going to be looking at that. the only thing we have to be careful about, like many other companies, is we don't want to ruin the experience. >> you often hear how android's killing it, right? that they are the fastest growing operating system. everybody in the world now has an android phone. and yet you chose to come out on the iphone first. how come? >> well, to be absolutely honest, we

. >>> trivia time, only one u.s.nawa, japan, in the last 40 years and it was in 2000. president bill clinton became the first american president to visit the island since the u.s. returned okinawa to japan in 1972. no president has been there since. congratulations to today's winner, peter wesley. so send your trivia suggestions to dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we'll let fleetwood mac take us to break. ♪ yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone ♪ is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. >>> time for my tuesday takeaway. with 750,000 visitors to the site yesterday without a crash and the obama administration now confident that the website is functioning, at least for consumers the way it was intended to, not necessarily yet for the health insurance companies, the republican repeal movement ma

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now we'll take you into trivia. oakland's warmest december day. any guesses on what that could be?> oakland's warmest september day? >> talking about record setting heat. pick a number. >> 78. >> very close. 75 degrees back on december 7th of 1979. we'll get close possibly to some all-time record setting warmth as we head throughout next week. >> thanks so much, jeff. you're on fire with your forecast. >> i need to recalibrate just a bit. few degrees off. >>> coming up next at 5:00, the city of oakland pays out a record settlement. while an occupy demonstrator is receiving the money. >>> investors have a new place to buy facebook price. the jump in price that had stockholders smiling. >>> a big accomplishment for facebook tonight. the social networking giant was just promoted into the s&p 500 index and it's now ranked the 30th most valuable company on that index. facebook zoomed 4% higher tonight in after-hours trading. >>> b.a.r.t. and two biggest unions are heading back to the bargaining table. two sides will sit down with a federal mediator tomorrow morning at b.a.r.t. headquart

>> by the way, here's a bit of trivia for you.unique design of the guggenheim's building was the creation of the visionary architect frank lloyd wright, so i guess you can say that the kids who got their work exhibited there all had the "wright" stuff. >> it's been a pastime in school yards and city streets for years. now, in some schools, it's being recognized as an official sport. >> it's an activity we're used to seeing on the sidewalk. >> every girl jumps rope at some point. [ whistle blows ] >> but not every girl jumps like this. these are stan's pepper steppers. the world-champion double-dutch team is showing new york public schools how it's done. >> listen out for the whistle. katie, get ready to go in. [ whistle blows ] >> new york is the first school district to introduce double dutch as an official sport. >> anybody can learn it. it just takes time to get to a certain level of double dutch. >> competition-level double dutch is scored on a point system. there are three components. the first is compulsory. that means there

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straight from "miracle on 34th street," macy'sssistanta is here to help with spirited trivia. >> ho,you've been good. >> sort of. kathie lee's across the street ready it hand out $100 to toes who get the answers right. to those who don't, they get a kathie lee c.d. [ applause ] >> ho, ho. >> you ready, santa? >> i'm ready if you are. >> look at this adorable lady from texas. in what country is it customary for children to leave shoe by the fireplace to be filled with gifts by father christmas? the united states, china, france, denmark? >> i will say denmark. [ buzzer ] >> no. she want this -- >> santa, the correct answer is -- >> it's where they call me pere noel, fran. [ speaking french ] >> okay. all right then. let's go back across the street. >> darling girl from tennessee. approximately how many letters does the u.s. postal service handle each year that are addressed to santa in the north pole? 250,000? 500,000? 750,000? over a? will. >> over a million. [ bell ] >> that's right. [ applause ] >> santa, you get over a million requests? >> over a million letters. over 500,000 come

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. >> a little trivia there. >> how about that? michelle obama, barack obama, nancy pelosi, lance armstrong, mother teresa, prince william, greenspan, and nelson mandela. barbara will pick a winner again this year. >> and kim -- whatever her name is. >> kimye. >>> a disturbing new poll shows americans don't trust each other very much anymore. we'll try to figure out why when "the five" returns and greg will be cheerful. >> not true. >>> one of the nutty things that makes america great is we're >>> one of the many things that makes america great, for the most part, we're friendly people. easy to get along' with, trusting and trustworthy. according to a new ap poll, surprisingly one-third of americans say people cannot be trusted -- can be trusted as opposed to 72. and almost half of the country felt that way. record high say you can't be too careful in dealing with others. it's interesting, too, this is when the crime rates are down, which i think would be one thing that contributed to this, crime rates are down all over the country

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trivia of 12,000 individuals who served in congress, 662 have served in both chambers.ot that answer. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ female announcer: female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators and closeout inventory. the year end clearance sale is on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> my minele takeaway 2013. writing a book about politics, and the second decade of the 21st century, we'd borrow a phrase entitled chapter for 2013 as simply "embrace the suck" a phrase recently used by house democratic leader nancy pelosi during the budget deal. a perfectly sums up this year in politicians the successes were small, and they were overshadowed by the negative, sometimes petty. the budget deal went through. at least we didn't shut down

here is one more trivia question, how many different ways can you get the fox news channel?the future. >> faster and cheaper. >> bring it on. >> we are in the age of innovation. >> when everybody goes to a global market it flur rishs. >> want to go to mars? >> mars 1 invites you to join us. >> is this a good idea? >> plastic guns you could make in your own home. >> this ought to be stopped. >> politicians are also threatened by money they can't control. >> mid coin is the first decentralized digital currency. >> will technology prevail? >> we are talking about something that could change life as we know it. >> innovation, that

>> and we are getting our first look inside the cracked capitol >>> the long time host of nbc 4s trivia game, "itis academic" mac mcgarry was laid to rest today. the funeral at our lady of mercy church. donate to his scholarship fund in his honor. to tell you how to do that, we invite you to www.nbcwashington.com. >> i'll miss mac. >>> one of the most recognizable structures in our city will soon have a brand-new look. >> here is a live look at the capitol right now. the dome will soon be covered in scaffolding. >> architects say the dome has cracks and rust damage. tom sherwood is live on the national mall with details about the repair plan and reaction to the capitol's makeover. tom? >> reporter: pat and wendy, you know the capitol dome looks solid as a rock. looks can be deceiving, and expensive to fix. for months, the washington monument has been draped in scaffolding, which is now only coming down after extensive earthquake restoration work. now, it's the capitol dome's turn. it's about to be wrapped in scaffolding for a 2 year restoration project. >> as we commence this restoratio

. >> my trivia question is over this month -- never mind. malaysia. amazon plans to take on the costcos and sam clubs of the world with a new business called pantry. ama stone wants to get its hand on all aspects of consumer life. let's bring in senior research analyst. nice to talk to you about something other than apple. i'm sure you're happy about that. >> delighted to hear that. >> every time amazon makes a move it's news? is it meaningful? >> it. if you look at the consumer package which is what the pantry initiative is. amazon's current revenue next year is supposed to be at 90 billion. this on the magnitude. markets bigger. as you look at that, you look at their fresh initiatives around groceries which is in 2 1/2 cities speaks to this idea that amazon is looking for big markets to go after and cpg is one of them. they want more and more of that wallet share. >> to what degree will it help keep shipping costs down if they can coerce you into putting everything in one box. you can put groceries in the same box, christmas presents, goods. is that

. >> little trivia right there. >> now you got kim kardashian. what a comparison. >> j.k.ng, nancy pelosi. laura bush. karl rove. hillary clinton. lance armstrong. mother theresa. very good choice. prince williams. the royals. and nelson mandela. barbara will pick a winner again this year. good choice. >> -- whatever her name is. >> kim-ye. >>> coming up, a disturbing new poll shows americans don't trust each other very much anymore. okay: . >>> one of the nutty things that makes america great is we're for the most part friendly people. easy to get along with and trust worthy. that may be eroding. according to a poll, surprisingly one-third of americans say most people can be trusted as opposed to '72 when almost half the country felt that way. a record high say you can't be too careful in dealing with others. this is when the crime rates are down all over. there's got to be a reason for this. what do you think, eric? >> i don't know that the crime rate's high. i think violent crime is down. the thefts and the bernie madoff things and those types. i don't trust liberals. i

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i love hearing trivia like that. that's so fun. lot in new york. i went to go see the killers the other night. i went to go see pharell -- >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah, courtney love. >> jimmy: they were all here in new york? >> they were all here. >> jimmy: no one called me. very interesting. [ laughter ] >> ha-ha. >> jimmy: i know, how sad. >> let's hang out. >> jimmy: i will do anything. i'm really fun to hang out with. no, i mean, like, when you were here, did you get to see any legendary shows in the city or anything? >> when i grew up, yeah, i used to love going to concerts when i was a kid. i was obsessed with concerts. >> jimmy: really? my parents let me go to one concert. >> which one? >> jimmy: weird al yankovic. [ laughter ] the greatest show ever. he puts on a great concert. we are kind of the same, dude. >> yeah, i think so. >> jimmy: we are like twins. >> we gotta hang out. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, we gotta. i will take you to the the best weird al show ever. what shows did you see? >> i mean, i was crazy as a kid,

. >> trivia. >> it could help toughen you up.a mess there for drivers but for ski resorts, it's been fantastic. ♪ let it snow let it snow ♪ >> it's been a while since we have been blessed with such great snow. we hope to have an early snow because it gets in people's mind to come out and enjoy it and so we are grateful. >> people who are happy about this is indra petersons who has been watching this storm for a while now. >> if i can go snowboarding, i'm happy. people are happy. a lot more snow is headed our way. let's talk about the temperatures first this morning. new york, 24 degrees. below freezing. but they are not the only ones. minneapolis, chicago, cincinnati waking up in the teens and the southeast atlanta below freezing at 30. i think we know by now, it's cold. the other story we have been watching the last several days the lake-effect snow and looking for more of that today. the focus switches to the next system and dropping out of montana. today and through tonight you'll see the wintry mix starting to kick up again.

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it is trivia. but what is not trivial is not the politics. it just couldn't be that the anti-establishment house may rally around this partly because paul ryan has such credibility with his own caucus and send it over to the senate where mitch mcconnell, from the republican establishment, votes against it, because as you said, the sequester is his baby. he got it into the budget control act of 2011, he's running on that in part against some tea party challengers in kentucky so you could have the establishment in the sense of resisting the house. >> mark, liberals are not happy that the deal does not include an extension of benefits for unemployed workers between 26 weeks. it comes to an end december 28th. >> right. what we understand is that speaker boehner is open to the idea of having a separate bill that would extend those unemployment benefits. >> after the new year. >> after the new year. and that that would be the way democrats could get an extension. a lot of them said they didn't want to vote for this deal unless they had an extension

passing to note, matt mcgary, tv quiz master of its academic spent 50 years challenging teens with trivianic show. he's died at 87. with his deep voice and signature glasses he became a household staple on saturday morning television for many in washington. former contestants on the show and imitators around the country included hillary clinton, former "washington post" chairman donald graham and senator chuck schumer. mac's questions were ernest, what mythological figure has the whole world on his shoulders. the answer, atlas. macmcgarry, you'll be missed. >> thank you students and teachers. come on up here. come on. >>> which story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. we have our nbc chief correspondent richard engel live in south africa, the site of nelson mandela's funeral coming up this week. richard, what are the arrangements for this funeral? one of the reasons the heads of state, most of them were not coming, the more than 100 who attended tuesday's event was because there's one road into this very remote area. >> this is a very remote area, it's the rural village where nelso

trivia should be between them and chat and we have to conform to the ground for a second job. people phone. they are listed on that fourth day she said. to the new in town so about that. the people he informed. due to time. fairly high up people who were up either chad emotional with inge and j we set up motion from militias from sudan this is a term used to that truly awful some people not conform to go in and about the job. to be the tool to use them to something new to them by forcing them to him people whom. mostly it does not come loose from his impulses and beyond that. i love and adore you. he and his team so does with them some people in the mood today. when senator the power. on a trip to the order what are your people telling you that. this weekend as people from the civil society. tp has it has been that sounds about the story about the involvement of tv and at the tv and content in the city center african crisis. remember that at the beginning and end sick and are doing to listen to the assembly time. centro african civil society organizations were invited to come

>> ted cruz taps some movie trivia to criticize democrats. >> as they say in "spinal tap". >> ours goesu can see, the numbers all go to 11. 11, 11, 11. >> and the nasty partisan politics from this administration really does go to 11. >> does that mean it's louder? is it any louder? >> well, it's one louder, isn't it. >> the number two trender. precrime fighters. >> we arrest individuals who have broken no law. >> but they will. >> texas cops are getting warrants before kriemts are even committed. >> i have a warrant in my pocket that says murder. >> a texas court ruling lets cops play psychic. >> police obtain a search warrant based on a prediction of a certain crime. >> don't you really want to know? >> i'm placing you under arrest for the murder of sarah marks. >> and today's top trender, duck and cover. >> i think things go crazy redneck up in here. >> and a "duck dynasty" star put on indefinite hiatus. >> in an article in gq, phil robertson called homosexuality sinful. >> what a weanie. >> fill was very graphic and frank in describing that point of view. >> conservatives shoot down

the newspapers and news magazines that were joined in studio by l a review of news for the office trivia make this a row. it's huge and i see everybody. of course the whole question of the round is of the topeka for most of the weekly magazines and starts out with the economist here has headlined a mocking the middle east the promise of balls on the red and teal if you could set up that magazine from page you can see is actually a keyhole now it's on carrying the basic about the whole look is offering a glimpse into the middle east lake. it dismisses outright israel's fears that tehran will not honor its agreement. it's as if the round does make it out for a bomb. the will can find out soon enough to take action. one of the quakes in the mud. the economist reports is that because the fantasy into a notch in the mall sanctions a halt to negotiations which have to choose a better deal than the one whistle. and that's the deal was hammered out in geneva by hello pounds and iran. the vessel for the top story for time magazine to quote here it is time obama as he ran a gamble and you can see

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