my last chapter is called the north rises again where i tell the story of duvall patrick elected andelected the massachusetts and ice tell the story of northerners as barack obama's support. if you look at the voting stats how white southerners voted for and against barack and against barack obama and white northerners voted for and against barack obama i think you can find hope for the north they are. whether you can find hope for the nation is. >> host: one last hopeful note to be continued. [laughter] ..

no word on when governor duval patrick will make a decision. >>> dozens turned out for an open castingall for the new rocky spinoff movie. potential background players showed off their skills at south philadelphia high school today. the film is called creed and it stars sylvester stallone. he's reprising his role of rocky balboa. production will begin january 26. it runs through the end of march here in the philadelphia area. >>> now the count do you to christmas is on. shoppers out in full force this weekends. gloucester township police officers they took some deserving children shopping today. "eyewitness news" at the target on berlin cross keys road. this is all part of the department's heroes and helpers program. afterward the kids met with santa claus at the nearby chick-fil-a where they had lunch. my favorite place. >>> and santa claus aka the philly phanatic made an appearance at citizens bank park today. "eyewitness news" at the majestic can clubhouse store. young fans lined up for their chance to take a holiday picture with the phanatic and also to get a new cop pea of his chi

. >>> on the democratic side, outgoing massachusetts governor duval patrick is blaming the losses onresident obama. he said the president, quote, wasn't very good about delivering a clear, concise message. >> election day was a good day for republicans. a bad day for democrats who don't stand for anything. when democrats stand for something, or grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe, we win. >> patrick told "meet the press" he thinks hillary clinton would be a great candidate. >>> there are growing calls this morning for republican congressional staffer to resign. elizabeth lauten has taken a dig on the first daughters on facebook. she works for steven fincher of tennessee. she criticized how the daughters carried themselves last week. she said, quote, try dressing like you deserve respect, not at a bar. brian stelter talks about why the story has received so much attention. >> reporter: i think the story has gained traction because historically, the first daughters and sons of presidents have for lack of a better word have been off limits. they consider scrutinize the adul

duvall patrick said that he will not run for president in 2016.e appeared on nbc's "meet the press." >> he has been an extraordinary public servant, and would be a terrific candidate for president. but i think that the narrative that it is inevitable is off putting to regular voters. i don't mean that as a criticism of her. i think that people read inevitability as entitlement, and people want and ought to want their candidates to sweat for the job. >> finally on capitol hill a house republican staffer is out of a job after criticizing's president obama's daughters. several media organizations noticed that sasha and malia seemed exasperated and board while their father spoke at the turkey pardon. they're teenagers and it's a turkey pardon. >>> some took it further. on facebook, quote: >> man. >> well, that created a firestorm. after considering prayer for several hours and talking to her parents she apologized for her comments and today she confirmed that she resigned. there is no pardon for for her. >> you're supposed to count to ten before you h

you're on with governor duvall patrick. >> governor, this is barack obama, formerly of somerville. come on. >> i've got a few complaints about service in and around the neighborhood. but i've moved down south since that time. >> you're kidding, mr. president? >> i want to check in with the governor. >> who is this impersonator. you're very good. >> i want to find out how it is that you got massachusetts so strong and moving in the right direction? >>> up next, a very fond farewell to "the colbert report." that's why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. bottoms up, america. see you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. hit him with a hard count,ine. see if they'll tip their hand. the nfl trusts duracell quantum to their game day communication. they're blitzing up the gut! get out of the pocket! hut! duracell quantum. lasts up to 35% longer than the competition. >> my guest tonight is show of msnbc's "the last word." please welco

you're on with governor duvall patrick. >> governor, this is barack obama, formerly of somerville. come on. >> i've got a few complaints about service in and around the neighborhood. but i've moved down south since that time. >> you're kidding, mr. president? >> i want to check in with the governor. >> who is this impersonator. you're very good. >> i want to find out how it is that you got massachusetts so strong and moving in the right direction? >>> up next, a very fond farewell to "the colbert report." ♪ [ woman ] i will embrace change... everything life throws my way. except for frown lines. those i'm throwing back. [ female announcer ] olay total effects. nourishing vitamins, and seven beautiful benefits in one. for younger-looking skin. so while your life may be ever-changing... ♪ ...your beautiful skin will stay beautiful. total effects from olay. your best beautiful. >> my guest tonight is show of msnbc's "the last word." please welcome lawrence o'donnell! lawrence, nice to see you. thank you so much for coming on. >> good to be here. >> wow are we going to miss that guy. t

the governor of massachusetts duvall patrick spoke to candy crowley on state of the union to talk aboutt officials are do to listen to protesters and how the protesters are conducting themselves when they take to the streets. >> we went to great lengths to try to connect with the organizers to the extent they were organized to get a sense of what they needed so that we could accommodate the protest and respect their right, and they weren't interested in engagement because part of the point was to be disruptive. i think it does beg some questions what is it we're trying to accomplish beyond disruption? >> and certainly we have seen some protesters trying to be disruptive. the vast majority of them certainly remain peaceful. really just walking and chanting. western in boston 2,000 to 3,000 people mamped. they left the state capitol, and there were two dozen arrests in that march. most of those arrests were for disorderly conduct. >> these are from coast-to-coast. oakland continues to be sort of a hotspot. >> we certainly all had our eyes on oakland because that's where we've seen some of

for black politicians like ed brooke, like shirley chisholm and later on like david dinkins and duvall patricknd even like barack obama obama. white voters would say i'm colorblind when i go to the polls. i will just pick the plot -- best candidate and they probably chose african-american candidates. at the same time they said i'm also colorblind when it comes to redistricting students so i'm not going to look at the reason that context leaping in an segregated school system or neighborhood. >> host: that is where i kind of lost you. i never saw ed brooke and david dinkins in the same way. david bank and the reason why he got elected in new york city was not the reason why ed brooke got elected in massachusetts. new york city was completely different situation in terms of racial tensions and racial progress. it was trying to calm those tensions and like others, i won't name names, but like others it was a situation where an individual was incompetent or unable to do the kinds of things he promised or wanted to do for all kinds of reasons. so you had david dinkins who was thrown out of office b

martha: duval patrick says he thinks the inevitabilityty of hillary clinton is a turnoff to voters.hat brought plea back to president obama's statement. i am not sure hilly is associated with a new car smell. >> there are two things lining up here with the democratic process. it's so rail to have a non-incumbent in such a powerful position going into a nomination battle. this presumptive nominee is out of step and out of spirit with the drift of the democratic party to the left in a more populist direction and she is establishment connected to big money. it's a mismatch. martha: are they hoping there will be someone else they can get behind? >> clearly the president made it clear by word and deed he would not be disafound it someone else other than elizabeth warren ran for president and rich is correct. there is a huge sentence mayor case an unfair society and we need fund amount at redistribution of income which is not the position bill clinton or hillary clinton have taken. politics abhors a vacuum when there is an ideological or political vacuum someone else steps in. elizabeth w

look, would he love, would he and some of his people love to see duval patrick or michael bennet?hink he views any third term for a democrat as vindication for him, whether it's hillary clinton or joe biden. i'll say this, as loyal as joe biden is to him is as loyal as he is to joe biden. his staff isn't always as loyal. maybe carter mondal would be the only other one in our lifetimes or our era that there's a real preside president/vice president bond. >> that it ends up here. >> it ends up being a very, very tight knit deal. >> very interesting. chuck todd the book is "the stranger." thanks for joining us. >> thanks, steve. >>> if it's sunday, it's chuck todd. even on "up." that was a fun discussion. >>> we talked about elizabeth warren, the question, is she going to run for president? coming up, we'll head over to the big board to show why a warren candidacy might be a longer shot than you might guess these days. we'll run the numbers for you right after this. (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, to

that is exactly what democratic governor duval patrick was getting after comments on "meet the press.o regular voters. >> so challenge democratic party -- >> i don't think that's a criticism of her. i think people read that as entitlement entitlement. american people want their can'ts to sweat for the job, to make the case. >> so american people want their candidates to sweat for the job. she'll be speaking hillary, to the league of conservation voters in new york. what is next? pushing some other democrats into the race? you think that kind of thing will prompt others to say, you know, might as well run in the primaries? >> i think this inevitability question was a problem for hillary in 2008 when then senator barack obama was running against her. i think what we saw there is he has a point. voters want their candidates to shake hands and make a case for why their candidacy matters. hillary clinton need to go out and make the case for why she's running for president. not just she's the only democrat who's been making voters excited. leading in the making a case why she's the future o

>> which is what duval patrick brought up. get together, have a movement and a goal rather than just speaking up. get something going. >> right. he said we need to bridge. not separate. we'll keep posting on all of that. we'll turn to heather who has all the headlines this morning. >> good morning to you and to everyone at home. we start with this fox news alert. an hour long hostage crisis we've been following for you in belgium all morning long, it appears to be over. cameras capturing the moment a suspect surrendered to police. you can see it right there. it all started when four armed men stormed an apartment, taking one person hostage. at least three people are in custody. the drama playing out on a busy street in the city of ghent, west of brussels. police sealing off a wide perimeter on the heels of the hostage situation in sydney. the stand justify initially sparked fears of a terror connection, but police source now says they believe the incident was drug related. >>> happening overnight, three alabama inmates who bro

he is till the government for a few more weeks, duval patrick saying the president here has an interestingnce. >> i think he wants to go, by the way, that's not because i know that, i just sense that knowing the man, i think also the president is in a really tough place trying to be and having been elected to serve as president of the whole country and having higher expectations on issues related to race. >> what do we expect from the president? do you expect anything quickly? or is this more meet, think, plan and have the reaction? >> if you look at the way the white house has been taking to ferguson over the last weeks or so, say this is a larger issue of the way law enforcement interacts with communities of color, the distrust that can exist there. let's not focus on this one town, let's focus on the broader issue. i think one of the tricky things is he takes this 30,000 view of this, you maybe look as though you are not addressing this example where we have a problem happening right now in this community. >> things are still raw, so there are changes, does the president show up and bri