here's your host and the host of "politicsnation" the reverend al sharpton. >> welcome back. xt revvie is near and dear to my heart. the alfred c. sharpton blueberry pie lifetime achievement award. as 2012 draws to a close, we look around and ask ourselves who has the most blueberry pie on his face? there was plenty to go around this year, but there was only one man who could walk away with the revvie. >> do you believe ohio is settling? >> no, i don't. >> i think this is premature. i don't know what the outcome is going to be. but you should -- we got to be careful about calling things when we have 991 votes separating the two candidates. >> yes, yes. karl rove for predicting mitt romney would win the election with 279 electoral votes. for losing $400 million in campaign cash. and of course for his manic meltdown on election night. you walk away with the alfred c. sharpeton blueberry pie lifetime achievement award. congratulations, karl. and enjoy your pie. we'll be right back. >>> the revvies will be right back with predictions. plus awards for the best and worst political p

. >>> reverend al sharpton teams up on a cold case. plus, turning on your faucet only to find flammable water. details coming up next. >>> well, it's a yearly favorite. video of the water skiing squirrel. twiggy will be performing at the boat show in den very this weekend and word has it she'll be sporting a denver broncos life jacket. she and her owner travel all over the world promoting water and boat safety. here's other news making news in america. in western pennsylvania police believe a squabble between two students ballooned into a pair of two full-square brawls with 70 people. authorities can tipped off by a youtube video that shows students and adults throwing blows. >>> and in ohio, a combustible water supply has turned one home into a recipe for disaster. the family discovered elevated levels of methane and chloride in the tap water after a lit candle caused the kitchen sink. investigators are stunned. >>> also until ohio, surveillance cameras in a gas station caught a vicious beating. a robber battered an owner before getti

al sharpton teams up with tyler perry on a cold case. >>> and turning on your faucet only to find flammable water. denails next. >>> we couldn't help ourselves. it is a yearly favorite. video of the water skiing squirrel. twiggy will be performing at the boat show in den very this weekend and word has it she'll be sporting a denver broncos life jacket. she and her owner travel all over the world promoting water and boat safety. >>> stories making news across america. l.a. police are on the hunt for two armed robbers after they held mall employees hostage for several hours. s.w.a.t. team members executed a raid on the nordstrom rack store. 14 employees were found safe in a back room but the gunmen were gone. in ohio xuftable water supplies turned one home in a recipe for das per. the family discovered elevated levels of methane and chloride in the tap water after a lit candle caused the kitchen sink to flame up with the combustible mix. investigators are sturmd since there are no signs of water contamination in neighbors homes. >>> al sharpton and ben gelis are calling on the fbi to find a m

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the reverend al sharpton. just want to remind everybody about the second amendment issues here with that and, the phrasing, well regulated militia being necessary for a supreme court toif a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. in '08 the supreme court upheld that ruling by saying we have a reasonable relationship to the efficiency of a well regulated militia. scalia acknowledging this pro-gun interpretation only protecting the arms that are used in a militia. ed, i get back to my point, don't we need to establish what type of guns fall into the second amendment to be sold to a free society before we decide that there needs to be legislation and gun control? it's not about taking people's guns away. shouldn't it be about establishing what kind of guns we're allowed to have? >> you can go down the road of manufacturing. you can't limit what kind of firearms can be manufactured in the country. i think mr. scalia is one part of the equation, but he is not the total equa

>> no, al sharpton shut up for once. the guy from the islamic whatever, shut up. everybody just shut up. they are just trying to make money. i don't care. i am so tired of the feaux fictitious running up to a mic stand. what i want is an action figure of amarosa or bill. i want an action figure of bill. what would be his kryptonite? i am not sure. >> you use bill and amarosa in the same sentence. they are interchangeable. >> i want to see them fighting. >> we have similar hair. >> i am begging you, please address this topic without saying anything offensive. >> all righty, i will give it a whirl. >> somebody look up the word whirl. what does that mean? >> oh my god. in 1880 it meant -- >> i don't see any problem with it. the film itself i guess spike lee was giving it slack also. it seems to be empowering. i don't think it is historically accurate. it is a movie but as far as action figures go i would rather have the zed and gimp play set. a lot more fun. blowtorch and ply yes, sirs sold separately. >> i have less of a problem with this than the old anna tom mickl

probably only going to be able to get it online, but al sharpton has a boycott going on.f people are upset about the action figure. >> and we should mention that al sharpton has a show on msnbc. >> yes. >>> he may have promised no more, but psy is out with a new version, we're going to get to hear it during the super bowl? >> my gosh, yes. he said he would never do it again, retire gangnam style. it's 2013. just yesterday or tuesday, he recorded a commercial for a net company. in it he's going to don pill tausche i don't pistachio-colored suit, and it's going to be all over our tv. the video has gone viral. we'll see displays all over the supermarks. oh, joy, aren't we excited? >> thanks for putting that back in our head. >> at least he says he's going to change the words. >> strike while the iron is hot. thank you, georgia. >>> speaking of heat. it's really heating up out there. georgia -- veronica. >> if you thought today was mild, wait until the weekend. it will feel like april around here. take a look at the current temperatures across the area. we're at 534 degrees,

and action figures from "jango unchained" is from civil rights leaders and also al sharpton. and why is president obama nominating nothing but white males to the cabinet positions? the war on women continues straight ahead. greg? >> thanks, andy. >> you disgust me, greg. i was going to tell you why. >> why? >> it was only about maybe a month ago you were mocking me mercilessly for wearing a v neck sweater with a collar outside of it. >> really? >> yes. >> this is what happens when you leave your stuff at my place. >> you are just a little filth bucket. >> i am curious, you mentioned john cook. is that the john cook who lives in prospect heights? >> it might be. i'm not sure. jay in brooklyn -- >> in brooklyn? i think so. >> we can get his address. >> i don't know, maybe so. see you later, jerk. let's welcome my first guest. i am here are harris falkner, that's her name. and if hilarity were a gift card i would plow him at the olive garden. he is the co-host of the opie and anthony show. and in maine she considered a tackle box. it is bill schulz. and she knows hot stocks like

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead? a day of history on gun safety. and an ugly reaction from the right wing. today, president obama proposed the boldest, most sweeping changes in gun laws since the assassinations of martin luther king and robert kennedy. 23 executive actions now signed and are called for a new law that would include universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-can pa -- high-capacity ammunitions. it's a chance for all americans to come together. already, we're hearing the same old hysterical voices on the right. senator marco rubio saying the president is abusing his power. the governor of mississippi claiming the president is anti-constitutional and vowing to pass a state law overriding the white house. rush limbaugh, accusing the president of using kids as human shields. but the lowest of the low was that video put out by the nra. dragging the president's children into the debate. >> are the president's kids more important than you

al sharpton ran in 2004 along with former senator.t like black folks ran behind their cam paint although president obama was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. you can't assume that african-american voters are going jump behind anybody who's running. david dinkins, first black mayor of new york. still the first black mayer. lee brown, first black mayor of houston. he estill the first black mayor. you have examples of what you had first and you did not have successors follow them for a variety of reasons. >> a variety of reasons and certainly it would depend on president obama being a two-term president. nobody's going to elect a democrat if his term is a disaster but we're not talking carol moseley braun or al sharpton. we're talking about people with star power and qualifications. what president obama showed is all else being equal -- >> they're very obamaesque both of them. >> let me remind you. she was a former senator. it's not enough to say just because you're black you're going to automatically get the same kind of support

if a knife used in an attack, god forbid and follow al sharpton and ban knifes in america. psycho tropic drug use, video movies and video games, if america wants to prevent future tragedies, many things we can do. my advice, if we protect, for example, our money, our politicians, our hollywood stars, they have armed security. maybe it's time that our children get the same armed security. maybe retired police officers and then we're not going to have to take away the rights of law abiding citizens and that, my friends, is how we go about saving america. and joining me now to debate this important top, republican congressman tom cotton of arkansas and democratic congressman of california. gentlemen, welcome to "hannity". >> hi, sean. >> thanks for having me on for the first time. >> sean: welcome aboard. two young congressmen. glad you're here. congressman, do you support gun control? i support gun safety measures, i grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters and i went hunting with my dad as a kid and you know, deep respect for the second amendment and the culture of our

joining us is the host of "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton. thank you for taking time out of your new year's eve. and i'm sure that this is a subject of great interest to you. >> no, it is a very much -- of a concern to me. and one of the things that i'm very happy about if this deal is voted in, is that people that are depending on unemployment insurance will be spared. i think that people must remember that there were hundreds of thousands of people that depend on unemployment insurance, that are looking at this with very deep concern because it comes out of their hide, and many of them are surviving on this. i think it also deals with the students. it deals in eitc. there are things that the conservatives get in terms of the estate tax. but let's not forget those that had to really deal with whether or not they will be able to sustain themselves if we went over the cliff, and there was no solution yet. it is almost like the ham and egg sandwich. some people that would only drop an egg are complaining when the -- the pig that would have lost

reverend al sharpton and king's son, martin luther king the third went to the ceremony. the civil rights legend is honored with a national holiday monday. the president plans to pay tribute to king by using a bible owned by the civil rights leader as he takes the public oathth of office. stay with fox 5 for all the latest on the inauguration from ceremonies to the parade. we have everything you need to know if you are heading downtown. it's on air or online at myfoxdc.com. we will be on the air tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. >>> coming up, getting ready for the inaugural parade. the floats are lining up. we got a preview coming up.  >>> several floats are preparing to make their debut down pennsylvania avenue. lauren demarco has more. >> reporter: the floats have arrived. they will stay on c street overnight until they are ready to make their debut along pennsylvania avenue. four of the eight official inaugural parade floats represent the states where the president and vice president were born as well as where they served as lawmakers. >> we have the our people are future flo

i use as my instant model the reverend al sharpton. >> exactly. >> who changed his eating hackett habitshat. >> al, tell me that the hell you lived through trying to make that happen and the resources that you had to use, trying to make that happen. tell me this was not easy and you snapped your fingers and said, i'm just going to be disciplined. >> nobody said that. >> i'm just going to be personally responsible. >> it's very difficult, but as you said, i think it's a bigger problem. i think that we live by our appetites rather than put a real health consciousness in our young people. i think that we live by habits. and i think that -- you know, i agree with you that we need to really deal with those that have been the ones that have helped get us here. but i also agree with tom. and i know people at coke and have worked with them on other issues, that there's going to have to be a meeting ground where everybody can come together and deal with a broader change of mind, even though we've got to look at people skeptically. >> you know, mika, what's my favorite coke? coke zero. or diet cok

big day on monday, i will anchor our coverage here at 10:00, with chris matthews, the reverend al sharpton, our coverage starting at 10:00, and vice president joe biden will are sworn in, at 11:55, president obama will be sworn in by chief justice john roberts, and the president will deliver his second inaugural address. there will be the singing of the national anthem, then by a person named beyonce who you may have heard of. there will be the signing ceremony, and of course, the parade. there is a lot going on. it is a big day. we're going to be covering all of it starting at 10:00 eastern on monday, and then monday night i will be here for something we call "the rachel maddow" show, it is a big day, take your vitamins and get a good night's sleep. that does it for us, we'll see you again on monday morning at 10:00.night's sleep. that does it for us, "hardball" is up next. >> hey, lance, tell us something we don't know. >>> good night, i'm in for chris matthews, it's not like we didn't see this coming for a long time. lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international her

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there is a reason why al sharpton is not president. i like al sharpton. but that's to be understood. he is a president of the united states of america. that requires a lot more than just one group. >> first term is over. into the second term here on the full court press. happy inauguration day. >> this is "the bill press show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: thirty-three minutes after the hour, a big, big day in our nation's capitol and around the country as president obama takes the oath of office for his second term and, also, as ce

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, change your can't believe in. at this hour, republicans are gathering in charlotte, north carolina for the meeting. it's the party's first big meeting since barack wiped the floor with them in november's election. the committee is calling from a republican renewal. a time for change. to build new relationships, to compete in every state in every region. hmm. sounds bold, even promising. so who are the republicans turning to? turning to lead their bold, new plan. >> the ayes have it. priebus is elected chairman. >> huh? huh? that's how they started? with reince priebus, the same guy who helped get them into the mess? but, okay, let's give them a chance with their bold, new plan. what's at the top of the to do list? >> we've got to stop being the stupid party. and i'm serious. it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. it's no secret that we had a number of people that damaged the brain with offensive comments. >> stop being the stupid party. okay.

martin luther king iii, and al sharpton and vincent gray will be on hand for the ceremony that beginshundreds marched and rallied to keep king's dream alive in washington, and they gathered for the peace and freedom walk. besides honoring his legacy, speakers brought up d.c. voting rights in congress. >>> once again, president obama is using the holiday to spread his message of helping others. the first family urged people to give back to their communities with the national day of service yesterday. the president and first lady helped spruce up an elementary school. president obama told the crowd to follow dr. king's advice and help others every chance they get. fplt i am always reminded everybody wants to be first, and everybody wants to be a drum major, but if you are going to be a drum major, be a drum major for service, be a drum major for justice and be a drum major for looking out for other people. >> the national day of service also brought out plenty of celebrities, from former first daughter clinton and other actors led a helping hand. >>> last night, first lady michelle obam

reverend al sharpton is calling for a national boycott on the dolls based on quentin tarantino's oscar-nominatedie. reverend sharpton said selling the dog -- dolls is offensive to them. >>> and he is the man behind one of this year's best picture nominations. at 6, the former cia agent turned rider and inspiration for argo. the pitch they waiting for. tomorrow, they make their way to the west wing. >> and this may look like a doctor's office, but it's one of the new medical marijuana dispenseries. we'll take you on a tour coming up.  . >>> jerry sandusky emerged from prison to attend a hearing today. the lawyers argued that he deserves's new trial because the defense didn't have enough time to prepare. he is serving a 30 to 60-year sentence and he was convicted last year of 45 counts of child sex abuse and he maintains his innocence. >>> new details surrounding the chicago lottery winner who died of cyanide poisoning. they show the wife is battling the estates. her husband died last july days before he was to collect the winnings. his wife is not a suspect and repeate

politics nation with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, michael. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, i'll second that. we're just three days away from history. president obama will be sworn in for the second time on the steps of the capital. and he looks pretty happy about it. take a look at his official second term portrait released today. that's a man who won a decisive election. who's proud of his accomplishment. yes, he's older than the man who appeared in that 2009 picture. but with his new grey hairs comes real progress. he inherited a country on the verge of economic collapse. and he responded by signing a sweeping stimulus. the action was just beginning while the country was reeling from the abuses of wall street, he passed the far reaching financial reform in history. and then a defining moment. despite criticism, he decided to give auto makers a loan. a loan that would pay huge dividends. this picture would go down in the annals of american history. the president's gutsy call to carry out the bin laden mission that changed th

and reverend al sharpton and vincent gray will be on hand for that ceremony. it begins at noon.orrow we will be up early to bring you live inauguration coverage. wake up with a special edition of "news4 today" starting at 4:00 a.m., and we will have more news and your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes, but for now back to "viewpoint." >>> welcome back to "viewpoint." i am talking with john mccarthy, montana montgomery county states attorney, and glenn ivy, a former state attorney. and while mass shootings like newtown and aurora get the big headlines, isn't it true that shootings with plain handguns far out number the assault weapons, and people say why push the assault gun bans when they are not really the issue. >> it's critical to address the problem all the way across the board. you have major mass killings that focus the public's attention and washington's attention and the like, and every day you have homicides every day unfortunately, and homicides are going down, and it's a major problem in the united states, especially when you care us to other equally developed count

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, president obama won. this president has no time to waste and he's using it to push for change on gun control, on immigration, on climate change, on ending the ban on women serving in combat. he's got a full agenda. and it was on full display today. remember all of that bluster from governor romney about undoing wall street reform, letting consumers fend for themselves? yeah, not going to happen. today, the president nominated hits to both the sec and the consumer protection bureau. the message? we're moving forward. anyone guess where we'll be if the other side were in charge? >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that: he can't do that to himself. >> that chair, that chair was the sill bomb of everything wrong with the gop. an embarrassment on the biggest stage. the gop literally became a joke. wonder where that chair is today? here it is, the clint eastwood chair. it's been given a place of honor in the rnc cha

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight from miami. tonight's lead? the gop in crisis. republican ryan is at a record low. but here comes their big solution. are you ready? more of the same. more blocking, more stalling, more getting nothing done. but the answer is staring them right in the face. chris christie is the republican everyone is talking about. his approval rating is certain. over 70% approval. even after publically embracing president obama. wow, he actually lived to tell about it. the cover of "time" magazine simply calls him the boss. >> and, today, he made it clear what works. >> we're getting things done and we're compromise where we need to. it's not a dirty word. >> compromise is not a dirty word. pretty simple, right? but speaker boehner and republicans in congress just don't get it. boehner is vowing to stop direct talks with president obama in the future. and let me introduce you to this fella that he's got with him now. he's tom cotton. a newbie congres

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, here comes the freakout. the president invites president building a plan of action on guns. it's going to be big. it will have the full force of the obama white house behind it and it's coming as soon as tuesday. the right wing knows what they're heading into. they know they have a fight on their hands, which is why we're now hearing this kind of garbage. >> to preserve and keep this great republican republic, we may have to shed blood every couple hundred years. we may have to shed blood every couple hundred years to preserve our basic freedoms. >> wow. shed blood to stop gun safety. i don't think so. we're not going to let the forces of violence and extremism get in the way of this debate. not this time. >> i'm telling you, if that happens, it's going to spark a civil war and i'll be glad to fire the first shot. i am not letting this country be ruled by a dictator. if it goes one inch further, i'm going to start killing people. >> i mean, this is vile. this is ugly

dick gregory al sharpton, jesse jackson, jamie foxx. another breathe wreath laying is planned today at the memorial at 1:00 p.m. >>> and there is a lot straight ahe. we are just getting started with our special coverage of inauguration day 2013. >> stick with us. when we come right back, we'll check in with our wisdom martin who is on the national month as crowds continue to gather there. we'll show you what you can or cannot have with you when you come downtown today. stay with us. fox 5 morning news just getting started. started. started. go, go, go, go! bye sweetie. honey what are you doing? we gotta go! it's dress-like-a-president day, i'm supposed to be martin van buren. who? martin van buren! google? martin van buren. ♪ >>> welcome back. if you are up this early on this inauguration day, it is the martin luther king holiday, chances are you are getting ready to head on down downtown today to take in some of the inaug>> you can bet that you wi not be alone. you will be joined by thousands of your closest friends and already folks a

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you fr tuning in. tonight's lead show down over defense. today, the president officially nominated his choice for defense secretary. vietnam veteran and former gop senator chuck hagel of nebraska. already, republicans are signaling a major fight over his nomination. they apparently think the president should have the right to pick his own team, even though hagel has all the qualifications for the job. >> chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. this day, chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. chuck hagel's leadership of our military would be historic. he would be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. one of the few secretary who is have been wounded in war. and the first vietnam veteran to lead the department. in chuck hagel, our troops see a decorated combat veteran of character and strength. they see one of their own. >> hagel was twice awarded the purple heart, a two-term senator who served on

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris: and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the vice president will see you now. today, at the white house, we've got the latest evidence the obama team is serious about changing the way we handle guns in this country. ahead of today's key meeting, the nra vice president -- ahead of today's meeting with the nra, vice president biden assured the country, action is on its way. >> there's got to be some common ground here to not solve any problem, but to diminish the probability of what we've seen in these mass shootings. >> there's a real tight window to do this. i've committed to him. i could have these recommendations to him by tuesday. >> recommendations hit the president's desk in five days. now is the time to get this done. the vice president recalled the recent tragedy as the driver for change. >> in all of my years involved in munitions, there has nothing that has peeked the consciousness of the american people, there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image people hav

. >> funny hair, al sharpton. what else? what else? he's a comedian. comedian. >> don king? tell us? >> it was "seinfeld." >> what hair? >> there was a guy, hair. >> it's a tie, that was a wash. >> they get a present because it was so bad. >> nobody gets it. nobody gets it. >> come back and see us tomorrow. we have a lot coming up tomorrow.

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the obama doctrine. erasing the mistakes of the bush presidency. today, the president's nominee for defense secretary chuck hagel testified in his confirmation hearings on capitol hill. hagel was in the spotlight, but it was bush's war in iraq that was really on trial. conservativ conservative conservatives despise hegel, but they despise him because of the iraq war. they fear hegel because he's a warrior, a vietnam vet with two purple hearts who knows how war should be fought and should not be fought and how war should be the last resort. >> in my 12 years in the senate, my one guiding principle on every security decision i've made and every vote i cast was always this, simply this. is our policy worthy of our troops and their families and the sacrifices that we asked them to make. >>> i saw it from the bottom. i saw what happens. i saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. >> hagel seen the suffering, the horror of

. >> funny hair, al sharpton. what else? what else? he's a comedian. comedian. >> don king? tell us? >> it was "seinfeld." >> what hair? >> there was a guy, hair. >> it's a tie, that was a wash. >> they get a present because it was so bad. >> nobody gets it. nobody gets it. >> come back and see us tomorrow. we have a lot coming up tomorrow. ed cherene is going to perform for us, ambush makeover. >> it's going to be fun. have a great day, everybody. >> that was awful, awful. rossi. >> why am i being in the book when i am the boss. i am the pit boss. jeff: we're talking about little people. dogs. >> he's the one that never betrayed me. jeff: a violent past. plus, cesar milan. >> it's not the breed. it's the owner. jeff: troubled times for a difference. it's a dog day! hello, hello! roll it! all right. a little about me. i'm recently married. i work with my wife on this show. and i'm learning how to be a dad to two amazing kids in a blended family. i'm hosting a talk show 'cause there's a lot to talk about. this is the adventure. [ applause ] welcome to the show. thank you for

. >> al sharpton is another guy. he wanders the hall around here.ou enjoy doing. >> he's your favorite. >> it is my favorite, because he's colorful, powerful. i played all these colorful, powerful dudes. you can see, i got nothing, you know, i'm, like, bland compared to the guys i play. >> show us a little sharpton. what does he do that's unique? >> he is utterly himself, very unique to just be yourself, you know. how does he go -- you know -- i grew up here in brooklyn, and i would come home from school and my mother would make blueberry pie. i would sneak some of the pie. she would say, you sneak pie. i said, no, i didn't sneak pie, but i would have blueberry all over my face. that's how i feel about republicans. they say, oh, no, we didn't wreck the economy. but they got blueberry all over their face. they were the ones eating the pie! >> that was so good. we love you. the garden of laughs comedy event, this saturday, january 26th at madison square garden. the best, the best. >> and the smooth sounds of aaron neville. live performance from his ne

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans get ready to crumble. for weeks they've been threatening to shut down the government and drive us into default, threatening to hold the economy hostage by demanding massive cuts to the safety net. the ransom? an ax to medicare, medicaid, and social security. they want to shred and destroy programs americans need to survive. but the president is standing up to the bullies. and he's already winning. he's already winning this fight just like he won the election. just like he won the debate over raising taxes on the rich. and the american people are behind him. a new poll shows 52% approve of the president's handling of the fiscal cliff deal that raised taxes on the wealthy just 31% support speaker boehner. 57% say president obama got more of what he wanted. just 20% say that about the gop. republicans may not be good at a lot of things, but i do think they can read the poll numbers. they know their approach isn't working which

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, secretary clinton standing strong. republicans in congress showed their true colors today when the secretary of state testified about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. she was serious. she spoke from the heart and stood aground when republicans tried to score some cheap political points, like during this heated exchange with gop senator ron johnson who accused her of not knowing enough about the attack. >> that was a piece of information that could have been easily, easily obtained. >> well, but, senator, again. senator, i, you know, when you're in these positions, the last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process going on. >> i realize that. i realize that's a good excuse -- >> well, no, it's a fact. >> we were misled that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that. and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact. and the american people could have known that within days and t