. ♪ hallelujah >> jon: that's it just two? do we have any -- >> almost a hallelujah moment here.not the grand bargain many were hoping for. >> jon: i knew it. so the hallelujah for this moment is not of the handle variety or of the -- handel variety or the leonard cohen variety. the melan collie one -- mel -- then the donkey was beside himself. [ laughter ] anyway, my point is this: the budget compromise is that kind of melancholy hal -- hallelujah is good. >> it's a breath of fresh air. not used to using that c word compromise. >> jon: i country believe those (bleep) c-worded. [ laughter ] -- yes, i can't believe those (bleep) c-worded. i hope my mother isn't watching. how did this deal go down. >> republican paul ryan and patty murray announce they had reached a deal tuesday after two months of negotiations. >> jon: oh, my god. these two members of congress are visual analogs for how the two sides cannot see eye to eye. they are a life-size bar graph of the fiscal distance between the parties. that's -- [laughter] and -- and quite frankly -- [ applause ] -- if i may be so bold,

good morning. >> "hallelujah" is ubiquitous today.fare for years. >> it's a ballad that's become an anthem. a songly leonard cohen that you almost never heard. >> "lal lhallelujah" is a song really tormented him. he talks about being in a hotel room in new york city banging his head on the floor because he couldn't figure out where the song was. wrote 75 or 8 o ver0e verses fo. the idea for this song was taking the biblical idea of giving praise and making it something that isn't strictly a religious concept. juxtapose more physical and sexual images. ♪ >> yohen recorded the song for an album "various positions" in 1984 which is labelled columbia records rejected. >> the album comes out on a small label and nobody notices "l "hallelujah." it's completely off the radar. >> then in 1991, john cale of the velvet underground stripped down the song to its modern version. but perhaps the most celebrated version is by the late jeff buckley who turned it into an ode to love. on his first and only album in 1994. >> when you're listening to jef

♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ ♪ ♪ hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah figure out what jesus really looked like has preoccupied christians for centuries. and legions of artists have stayed busy trying to supply the answer. ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth ♪ >> but the difficulty in trying to flesh out the image of jesus is that his contemporaries considered his message, not his looks, all-important. also, judaism forbids the worship of images and idols, especially of someone claiming to be god. of course, that did not stop christians from imagining how jesus looked. ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth ♪ >> he was first depicted as a triumphant sun god, like apollo. since then, jesus has been re-imagined by every generation and movies have never tired of portraying him, from "jesus christ superstar" to the brooding artist in "jesus of montreal" to the smiling buddy christ of the film "dogma." ♪ hallelujah >> jesus is not, as far as i can tell historically, the blonde, blue-eyed max von sydow version or even jeffrey hunter who we get from the movi

. ♪ hallelujah >> jon: that's it just two? do we have any -- >> almost a hallelujah moment here.t. so the hallelujah for this moment is not of the handle variety or of the -- handel variety or the leonard cohen variety. the melan collie one -- m

♪ glory glory hallelujah ♪ glory glory hallelujah as we go marching on ♪ >> beautiful.nderful. i can't wait to see it at the national gallery. thank you all. to see this exhibit and play, you can see it saturday the seventh at 1:30 and 3:00 at the national gallery. it is now 11 time 52. it will be an important time to keep the date. you will want to know what happened. storm team 4's amelia seggal will be back with what we can expect this weekend. . >>> at the news 4 live desk, we are learning that president and mrs. obama will travel to south africa next week for the memorial events for nelson mandela. the first major events for wednesday. we don't have the exact schedule yet, but set for wednesday at the 90,000 seat stadium there. the president will go there and stay for the funeral service on sunday as well in south africa. that's the latest from the live desk. >> we will also learn more about plans to honor nelson mandela here in the u.s. we expect him to talk about 90 minutes from now. you see his statement live on nbcwashington.com. the committee that deciding whe

we caught up with trace on his latest tour. ♪ hallelujah hallelujah ♪ >> trace, just wrapping up theted to do. that was the vision i had for the christmas record i wanted to make years ago. and finally got around to doing it. >> what about for your fans who maybe, you know, coming to the show or buying the cd and expecting a little bit of that honky honk. why are they going to like it? >> i hope they do. i love this record. >> how can you not like it? >> musically this smoeft beautiful project i've ever been a part of in my career. i can say that because i didn't produce the record, i didn't play on the record, but some very, very talented musicians did. and had some genius producers put it together. i'm just fortunate to be the guy singing on it. ♪ star of wonder star of night ♪ ♪ star of royal beauty bright ♪ >> wanted to ask you about your christmas traditions. what have you done as a child you're going to continue on as you're raising your five girls. >> i talk about this in the christmas show. little anecdote about when i was a kid and my granddaddy would go in the woods and nev

last time. ♪ hallelujah >> it's been a pleasure bringing it to the kids who come to see it.done putting it together. one more thing is up next. up n. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. up. college is hard. down. those books are heavy. my sport is football, but my passion is education. so every year, i take promising high-schoolers on a college tour... you're getting it. lights there, darks there. to show them that higher education means a brighter future. [bullhorn whoops] [laughter] my name is nnamdi asomugha. i don't just wear the shirt, i live it. announcer: you can be a reader, tutor or mentor, too. take the pledge at liveunited.org/volunteer. do you wear this? >>> it is time for one more thing. dana, kick it off. >> did you know that 62% of homeowners in america have a pet. and that over 53% of them are going to buy their pet a gift.

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night ♪ shepherds quake ♪ at the sight ♪ glory streams from heaven afar ♪ ♪ heavenly hosts sings hallelujahrist the savior is born ♪ ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ son of god ♪ love heuer light ♪ radiant beams from thy holy face ♪ ♪ with the dawn of redeeming grace ♪ ♪ jesus, lord at thy birth ♪ jesus, lord at thy birth ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ all is calm ♪ all is calm all is bright. ♪ round yon virgin mother and child ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace ♪ ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ . >> stephen: that's our show, everybody. merry christmas captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> december 18, 2013. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome! to "the daily show." my name is still jon stewart. the guests tonight, you couldn't have tuned in on a better night. a lot of shows say, we've got will ferrell on the show. that's tremend

the last time. ♪ hallelujah >> thanks to our producers. >> that's great.>> hold on. we have a present for you. expensive, right, all the electricity? >> you notice my neighbor next to me? talking about jewish people. they're jewish, so they leave for december and i plug into their outlets. >> oh, my gosh. you just blew up the segment. >> i enjoyed it and i will miss -- >> do the neighbors like you, bob? >> no. because once that thing lights, everybody starts driving down from out of the neighborhood and they can't park their cars. >> there you go. all right, one more thing is up next. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you reize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. on the table by not choosing the rit medicare d plan. no one could hav left this mu

we caught up with him on his latest tour. >> hallelujah hallelujah ♪ earth to heavenly ties. >> tracears ago ago, finally got around to doing it. >> what about your fans who maybe come into the show, buying a cd and expecting a little bit of that honkey tonk what can they expect? >> well, i hope they like it. musically, it is the best project of my career, i can say it because i didn't produce it and create it. but very talented producers did. i am just fortunate to be the guy singing on it. >> oh star of night ♪ star with royal beauty bright ♪ >> we wanted to ask you too, about your christmas traditions. what have you done as a child, your traditions that you will carry on? >> i talked about when i was a kid, and my grand daddy always went in the woods. he never bought a christmas tree, which is one of the things i loved about him. he would go find this small tree and cut it. my mother had five sisters and brothers, and kids, and you couldn't really see the tree. but it was that bringing together of the family like that, that i have continued on. >> so you still go out and get a smal

it is raining men, hallelujah, it is raining men! >> belly up to the buffet. >> folks, there is some good news out there, appeals to women in 2014, republicans are trying something new, anything. >> according to the politico, john boehner'sed to aides held a seminar to discuss how lawmakers should talk to female constituents and it only makes sense that one of our two major political parties would need lessons on how to talk to the majority of the human race. and the republican seminar -- this republican seminar had some great advice on connecting with the ladies. >> the gop is teaching its male candidates not to use phrases like todd aiken did legitimate rape, so they are saying this is how you should talk to women, to have women's forum, in terms of kind of women's issues, talk about your family, things like that. >> all. >> they should come talk to me because i am an expert on women, i watched a pilates class one i even tried jane fonda's poopy yogurt. not bad. it was not bad. i mean you could barely taste the poop. >> so, gop rep

(cheers and applause) ♪ hallelujah (cheers and applause) >> stephen: nation, if you know your bible i'mure you're a familiar with the parable of how ernest saved christmas. i don't know why the vat cant is dragging its feet on making this man a saint. in fact, saving christmas is something of a christmas tradition but this year christmas is returning the favor because last week a christmas tree saved a family from a bullet. (laughter) >> a family's house was hit by a stray bullet during a drive-by shooting. one family says things could have been a whole lot worse if it weren't for where the christmas tree was. >> well i was sitting on my couch right there and i heard six, eight loud pops. if the tree wasn't here we would have had the couch right underneath the windows. >> stephen: what an inspiring act of courage. (laughter) by silently volunteering to be put where the couch had been the tree placed itself in the line of fire and when the shooting began, the tree didn't hesitate to not move. (laughter) you know, folks, it was just a month away from retiring. now, authorities say the tre

plus -- [ ♪ hallelujah >> president obama the divine?thought he would be, i shouldn't say this at christmas time but the next messiah. >> the in stream media doing an aboutface admitting it was blded by the aura of the man in the white house. the broken lies leading to this broken relationship. how love lost could mean freedom lost in 2014. duck for

. ♪ hallelujah sure, there's tons of talk about how a deal in washington means the fed won't be thatelpful anymore. i think "the fugitive" has more to do with the selloff than potential taper which we may learn about at next week's fed meeting. the last scheduled big, bad event before the end of the year. i'm not denying there will be selling when the fed doesn't buy as many bonds as they're buying now. rates are creeping up already. the gop's newfound first-do-no-harm attitude is more helpful to the bulls than the fed's wavering is to the stock market. in other words, if they stop the papering, it's pernicious, but if they don't the market will definitely go higher. please, let's not forget "mad money's" recent drill-down of retail is showing the consumer is spending far more than the broader numbers the media talks about would indicate. that's indeed bullish. the tremendous ceo of home depot told us last night, the strong holiday season the company is having. a housing shortage, higher home prices, going to home depot to invest more in your home. these are long term trends. they're

"hallelujah", steve in florida, steve!n about ingram microand they reinvented themselves, oh, i don't know, five, six times. they have a lot of new management. i just want to know, i know the street's got a positive outlook on them. >> if you like ingram then you have to love@net. i always thought it was a poor second color for adnet and you're right, they have reinvented themselves, but avt is better. i can get raj in new york? >> i big queens, new york booia. >> i'll give you a skillman street boo-yah, all right? >> thanks for taking my call and the investor education you provide. my mom and i have been watching you since you were on kudlow & cramer back in the day. >> thank you. >> i'm seeing more and more use of medical records in outpatient and in-patient settings. >> i like cerner. i have to tell you when athena health reported and they guided down and the stock dropped 15 points and then came back what that told me is they would report a good number. i think certainier is a good buy. i would stick with it. and athen

toys. >> what a top-hatted lobster has to do with all this is anybody's guess. >> how about a "hallelujahsure, there's an almost evangelical fervor about this work philosophy: no stick, all carrots. and believe it or not, all this prodding, praising, peddling, cajoling, and psychobabble is worth $50 billion a year in business. that's $50 billion. ain't america great? where else you find free back rubs for the deserving worker bee? what's wrong with a happy workplace and taking your time to grow up? could this be that everything is being delayed so that adolescence ends at 30, say, and middle age starts at 60, say? >> you can hope that's the case. but while we're having this delayed adolescence, are we getting behind as an economy and as a workforce because we're just all playing computer games at work while we wait to grow up? >> for all the complaining, dorsey and healy believe their generation will transform the office into a much more efficient, flexible, and, yes, nicer place to be. >> thank you. have a good one. >> but until then, a message to bosses everywhere: just don't forget the

plus -- [ ♪ hallelujah >> president obama the divine?> we thought he would be, i shouldn't say this at christmas time but the next messiah. >> the in stream media doing an aboutface admitting it was blded by the aura of the man in the white house. the broken lies leading to this broken relationship. how love lost could mean freedom lost in 2014. duck for cover. "cashin' in" starts now. hi, everyone. i'mric bolling. the crew this week wayne rogers, jonatn hoenig, michelle fields and richard fowler. welcome, everybody. we have the lowdown on the "duck dynasty" dustup in a moment. but fst, i know you are tired of hearing it but you have tohear it one more time. >> if you like your healthcare planyou will be able to keep yo healthcare plan. period. >> call the lie of the yer. "washiton post" giving it four big pinocchios. now we see the president taking three of the top ten spots on that pinocio list. michelle, the media love affair is over. what do you think about that? good for taxpayers? >> really good for the taxpayers. now the big gover

halleluj hallelujah, this is "way too early." >> good morning, everybody. brian shactman here.e in common? they may not than good for you. we'll have details on that in a few minutes. we begin with a major meeting of the minds today at the white house. the nation's biggest tech companies will sit down with president obama to discuss the nsa's widespread practice of data collection. a who's who of sill con valley, apple's ceo tim cook and marissa meyer and eric schmitt among others will be there and, of course, many of their companies also collect user data. wonder what thsc

halleluj hallelujah, this is "way too early." >> good morning, everybody. brian shactman here. i have health news for you. what do vitamins and antibacterial soap have in common? they may not than good for you. we'll have details on that in a few minutes. we begin with a major meeting of the minds today at the white house. the nation's biggest tech companies will sit down with president obama to discuss the nsa's widespread practice of data collection. a who's who of sill con valley, apple's ceo tim cook and marissa meyer and eric schmitt among others will be there and, of course, many of their companies also collect user data. wonder what the discussion will be like for that. the immediameeting comes a day the judge ruled the nsa's bulk collecting of telephone meta data calling the practice almost orwe orwellian. the judge concluded this is likely a violation of the right against unreasonable search and seizure outlined in the fourth amendment. the nsa can keep gathering data for now while the department of justice appeals. "the new york times" editorial page already calling i

night shepherds quake at the sight ♪ ♪ glorious beings from heaven above ♪ ♪ heavenly host sings hallelujahthe savior is born ♪ >>> he was supposed to be translating in sign at nelson mandela's memorial service. instead, he was flapping his arms in meaningless repetitive gestures and shuffling around faking it so badly that even if you didn't know sign language, you knew he was either an imposter or a nut job. hello. welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight. jantjie, the supposed sign interpreter who was within inches of president obama, failed to sign a

night shepherds quake at the sight ♪ ♪ glorious beings from heaven above ♪ ♪ heavenly host sings hallelujahthe savior is born ♪ us. >> media buzz with howard kurtz starts right now. >>> the ten-day media celebration of nelson mandela's life, we'll have a live report with south africa. >>> next, the american media distracted by this historic event by what can only be called the side show. >> shaking hands, shaking hands, shaking hands, president obama and the british and danish prime ministers with an impromptu selfie. >> how did this turn into a selfie? and what about the pundits on the left and the right exploiting mandela's memory. one year of the an

hallelujah. .. in fact, we were visiting just last night a friend who has a little dog named duke. every time i visit these friends before, all duke was sleeping on his cushing. sleeping, not meditating, sleeping. just fat and lazy. and then, duke's people put him on a diet. the entire time we saw duke last evening amid duke was bouncing all over the place. bright eyes, happy, full of themselves. and that is the way it can be without. but anyway, in this particular peacetime same something else. the most important thing humanity can do is to believe in itself. and i do believe this is true. i think we are in such danger of not believing in ourselves because we gone so far. we've lost so much of what we thought was good, what with how it's possible, what we thought was right. the most important thing humanity can do is to believe in itself that we can grow, that we can change and that we can rouse ourselves to gratitude. gratitude is what makes this wealthy. i respect in her linnet to be on my plan matter recovers. gratitude to the only planet. until i was a teenager, i had no exper

holy night ♪ shepherds quake at the sight ♪ glory streams from heaven afar ♪ ♪ heavenly hosts sing hallelujahe savior is ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the year began with a victory lap. >> republicans said they would never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest americans. obviously, the agreement would raise them permanently. >> it's ending in frustration and apologies. >> nobody's more frustrated than i am. >> what's behind the obama breakdown? >> there's no question we can fix this. >> the stories you haven't heard. >> i'll go to obamacare, right? >> this hour, fox news reporting "behind the obama breakdown." from washington, d.c., here's bret baier. >> who'd have thunk it? a tech-savvy team obama struggling to get a website up and running. conservatives going for defense cuts, confounding democrats. washington w

. ♪ ♪ singing glory hallelujah ♪ father lifted me >> the first meeting i ever went to was in octoberrything was beautiful. black and white together. the songs that we sang and the things that we did. >> you saw every walk of life, every color in the rainbow, dressed in every color in the rainbow. just dancing it up to good gospel. black gospel music. ♪ singing glory hallelujah father lifted me ♪ >> just broke down all those barriers. >> people came because they either wanted to make a dramatic change in their lives or a dramatic change in the world, make the world better. >> i'm a vietnam vet. i had a lot of anger left over from vietnam. i wanted to change the country. i wanted to be part of the solution. when i walked into peoples temple i literally felt like i was home. i had known those people forever. that's how i felt. i didn't know anything about the temple. i didn't know anything about jones. i didn't know anything about the politics. i just knew that those people reflected me. they were my brothers and sisters. it was the most alive place that i had ever been in. >> i had $20

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. ♪ sing hallelujah ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ sleep in heavenly peace >> the students at the elementary island new york never sang the lyrics christ the savior is born. >> it is sigh p lent night. it is offensive. if you are going to remove words to not offend other religions, what about the religion that that song belongs to which is christianity. >> good point. the school board eventually apologized and is taking steps to ensure this does not happen again. >> santa and his helpers spread issing joy and cheer throuo ver special children. it all went down at jfk airport i was there to see all of the excitement. take a look. >> christmas came early as kris kringle left his reindeer behind as caught a 767 jet to greet 4,000 children with special needs for a community mayor's event last week. it is called operation santa claus. >> who are you going to see today? >> santa. santa is coming. >> i came to see santa. >> santa claus is coming to town. >> the most important feature is the arrival of santa claus. he is in the window of a delta airline jet. when he exits the airplane the children g