kbr is the new york times stilln pushing the videod and what e impact could this have on hilary clinton's 2016 white house run.f all the heated reaction and on bob's nonsense coming up on the five. don't go away. coming up, bob's reaction. don't go away. >>> the new york times published a story about the deadly attacks in benghazi last year. the times said al qaeda was not that an american-madehe video mocking islam led to the attack, that filled four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. the report was on tv yesterday. >> this was not a street protest or a copy cat of what happened in cairo. that was an unarmed street protest. this is a group of armed men inspired by a video who deliberately attacked a compound, motivated in large part by the video. >> but house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers is not buying that and insists that al qaeda terrorists and not the video are to blame. >> there was one group that everybody said was involved, and they say it is an independent radical islamic group but doesn't have links to al qaeda. >> i dispute that and i think the intelli

>> i think it is strange for democrats to correlate hilary clinton as their candidate.ock for her own parties nomination. >> jetta pinned a column and said look at her record and what she has done. as the first lady her only major accomplishment was a failed health care scheme. what historic legislation did she shepherd as secretary of the state? she travelled a million miles. >> i think hilary clinton does have large broad scale support. she went through the entire term of secretary of state and represented the united states abroad good. i think people will look at her record and be there to support her. >> there is a column in the new york times. she is the washington entrenched ruling class and that could hurt her. >> there is a lot of holiday elitist who helped sink her campaign in 2008 and i don't think they will come around to her. they may. but it is true. what did she do? did she leave the middle east in the better state? people would say no. i think her signature accomplishments have to be standing by her husband while he treated the white house like it was can

and contrary to hilary clinton's only accountability review board came up with. have people on the intelligence committee saying that is not true. i don't think it is an accurate protr truth. >> greg talked about the video as a non-event in libya. when will that be clarified? >> 21 days after the attack i visited with the general and people there on the ground. the video was never mentioned because it wasn't a factor. it didn't come up one time. so trying to prove a negative. the reality is if you look at the sustained attack and the fact they had rprpgs in a coordinated fashion this went on for hours and hours and was successful in the mind of the terrorist groups. it didn't create a spontaneous attack in benghazi. >> happy new year to you and your family as well in utah. >> we will switch gears now. the holiday spirit is more than just a the festive red cups at starbucks. coffee drinkers in connecticut are paying it forward by buying drinks for customers behind them. >> it is something i have heard about. and everybody who i see being interviewed feels good abo

it was supported by the congress including hilary clinton, john kerry, and rockefeller. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be regime changed and that was signed by president clinton president of the united states at the time. the idea that has become a theme against president bush it seems to me is a. unfortunate. and a narrative has been made in the media which isn't the case. in iraq, what is going to happen? i don't know. we know that saddam hassan is bad. he used chemical weapons on his own people/his neighbors. we know he killed hundreds of thousands of people. the mass graves in that country were heartbreaking to see. we know the country has ethnic issues still. they have elected a prime minister, president and a par parliment. it is a tough part of the world? you bet. is it going to be an easy road? no way. it is going to be tough. but we had slaves in the 1800s and killed 600,000 americans in a bloody war. women didn't vote until the 1900s. it is bumpy road for almost every country. how it comes out, i don't know. i know th

. >> in a debate with hilary clinton, jerry brown is not beholden to anyone. >> lord knows all of the unions and other financial backers will put whatever muffins -- money he wants in a presidential account. >> brown is 75 and has yet to announce whether he will seek reelection as governor, but here's the big hint, he's been raising money for a possible campaign. >>> well, if you luke at the bay bridge tonight, it looks the same, but looks can be deceiving. andria borba shows us why it is actually now much safer. >> well, you know, after months of driving other over that bray bridge and wondering is it going to sur vief an earthquake, it is permanently repaired. the newest earn span of the bay bridge has what caltrans is calling a permanent fix. >> this was a unique complex problem that demanded a unique complex solution. >> the opening of $6.7 billion span was thrown into a tail spin of state hearings and earthquake concerns this spring when 32 of 96 galvanized steel rods showed hydrogen damage brittle to the point of snapping. became the quick temporary fix to get drivers on the new

president bill clinton, hilary and chelsea are there.y're close friends of him and president jimmy carter, they served on a world organization that promotes peace together, the elder group. now i'm being told that sky news is broadcasting this in the uk.. and we're going to check in with them to see what their coverage looks like. >> johannesburg, there were serious wars between the anc and the freedom party. it was everywhere. for us to see where we're at today, it's a miracle. i agree with the world. but at the center of this miracle was one man who was a leader of the african national congress. who also did everything that he did and guided by the articulation of the anc. >> he was a policy man, wasn't he? >> through and through. >> he saw himself as a party man. >> he saw himself as a party man and, in fact, because i was on the anc during madiba's term, this is my second term in this job. madiba was -- no matter how much he believed on an issue on the table, no matter his viewpoint but he would be guided by the viewpoint of the coel

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. >> hilary clinton was your first ever winner in 1993. if she wins the presidency in 2016, that will be by my calculations 23 years after you first spotted her abilities. >> i have interviewed hillary clinton in the course of the ten most fascinating people three times. i've interviewed bill clinton three times. i've interviewed sarah palin three times. they have been on again and again. hillary clinton, we might be talking about the next president of the united states. this is a woman who has the ability to change and to grow. i'm -- i think that in so many ways, this is -- i was going to say i think she's terrific but that sounds too easy. i think to watch what has happened with her from the good days and the difficult days in the white house, and i interviewed her when her whole -- her whole health care plan went, you know, way down, and to see how she's grown and what she's accomplished, i think it's quite wonderful to see, and she may very well be the first female president of the united states. no small thing. >> two other names on

remember this, hilary clinton, health care, she's more tied to him than she probably would like to bet this point. >> kevin, let's talk about about christie, with suburban voters, doesn't do as well as women voters. we're laughingly far away from this election but do numbers like this help shape the republican party, help build fire walls against the tea party wing? >> what is interesting is the contrast with christie's numbers versus those with congress and many members of congress who are republicans. the reason christie is doing well is for all the reasons that i think members of congress are being judged harshly. washington d.c. seems to be a place with no accountability. seems like a place full of nonsense and partisanship. christie has done very well. he's built a national profile for himself because he's somebody who seems like he's no nonsense. he seems like somebody who puts politics aside and instead is focused on how government can be more accountable to the voters. so i think that's the reason that he's doing very well, and i think it sends a message to a lot of republican

if you went out on the street and asked what does hilary clinton stand for politically?uld they say? i'm not exactly sure. >> rescue. >> and -- let me tell you what i think chris christie stands for right now after winning his election. he stands for a republican who can bring others, who can bring groups beyond the base into the tent. the republican who can win -- >> a uniter, not a divider. >> something like that that is a >> i'm just saying you have to take the next step, to do what. currently, there is very little out there. >> and listen -- >> let david go ahead. >> i think you're absolutely right that the republican party has to be a party of ideas again. it just sort of had one basic idea of cut government and taxes. that's it. that's the answer to almost everything. they have to come up with a much more constructive view, what do you do about jobs? how do you get growth going again? what do you do about the equality and the environment? chris christie has been trying to get legislation passed and has actually been a reformer on education and been fairly darn succ

look for the obama administration to throw hilary clinton under the bus so they can pennpin benghaziill affect her in 2016. >> ebony, i will bring you in to close it out. >> i don't think the obama administration is going to through her under the bus, but i think she is going to have to be more accountable for that before she can put the attack behind her. she needs to explain some of her commentary. i will say john kerry is putting himself in an interesting stuff and should be in the conversation for potential democratic nominee. >> what has he done? >> he has done a lot. >> we have to wrap it up. >> let's go over to my friend who is standing by on what is happening now. >> we will bring you highlights and information on obamacare and a new report suggesting insurance companies might not be able to give you coverage on 2014. and could 2014 be the year things turn around for obama? and another benefit of moderate drinking according to a new steady. >> a bear proving he can not be stopped from getting what he wants and no matter what you do it will keep coming back for bear necessitie

more people have lost health care than signed up for hilary clint clinton -- health care -- i think ita strong message. >> the insurance companies and federal companies are getting together and they will receive payments based on estimates for what they believe the insurance companies should make. what does that mean? >> i think that means the white house is working with the big insurance companies to pay whatever money they can. look how much money he spent on a website. some people have estimates of a billion dollars t. it is amazing the waste that is going on. look at the patient-relationship with the doctor. that is where i would start. start looking after the patient and put americans first and politics aside. >> we are not repealing it as long as i am president. the words of president obama yesterday. >> from one anchor man to another. ron burgundy interviewing peyton manning. >> you are one of the great quarterbacks playing the game today. you have had a lot of success and done it with without a mustache. you look like a baby lamb out there. >> i never had much of a desire to gr

clinton. >> i'm going to go a little bit outside of politics but stay in this building. kate mckenin to who is is a "saturday night live" player who played kathleen sabilias in that hilariousably play hillary clinton because "saturday night live" has a specific place in the culture. it very much solidifies a sort of the image that politicians have. you saw that tina fey played sarah palin. will ferrell played bush in the same way. i think kate is fantastic. she's got such a great future in this rebuilding year of snl, she is very much a part of the forefront. >> we're going to roll the names of -- we're going to roll the credits of people who work on this show and make it happen. a lot of people think i do it by myself and it's not true. i'm going to prove it to you by rolling credits. josh? >> chris christie. he's just doing something so opposite from what the rest of the party is doing. pl republicans are running towards their base, alienating the senter and losing elects. chris christie found a way to attract independent voters, a large chunk of democrats. it's a blueprint for the rest of the party that can make republicans come back if they're willing to listen to him

when it looks like he can't win re-election, they flirt with the notion that hilary is on the ticket they reach out to bill clinton bring him in. giving him that slot at the convention was incredible. right? a guy who he was at war with four years ago gets the marquise slot. >> couldn't finish 18 holes. >> he gets a slot and does -- he does this rambling explanatory thing. >> many people involved in the debate prep said what you're saying. bill clinton got in his head. >> coming up next he's a voice behind grew and "despicable ii" and what it was like to say good-bye to "the office." that's next on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ i seen your picture ♪ your name in lights above it ♪ >> i have accept ad new job. >> really? >> yes. i have been recruited by a top secret agency to go under cover and save the world. >> you're going to be a spy? >> that's right, baby. grew is back in the game with gadgets and weapons and cool car. the whole deal. >> awesome. >> your really going to save the world? >> yes. yes, i am. >>> you haven't seen that? >> i'm going to see this. >> you got to see the first one. the little ones are great. >> min

going to see emerge on the republican/democratic side the names clinton and bush and there's going to be a backlash. everybody thinks that hilarya lock. i'm not so sure. >> joe, at a time when the country is hungry for fundamental change, nothing says more than change than clinton-bush. >> we'll talk about it. still ahead who is up and who is down as we get ready to change the calendar for the new year. we'll break down the winners and losers of 2013 next. you're watching "morning joe." "stubborn love" by the lumineers did you get my email? i did. so what did you think of the house? did you see the school ratings? oh, you're right. hey babe, i got to go. bye daddy! have a good day at school, ok? ...but what about when my parents visit? ok. i just love this one... and it's next to a park. i love it. i love it too. here's our new house... daddy! you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. ♪ >>> welcome back to "morning joe." this morning our roundtable evaluates whose stock rose and whose tumbled in 2013. who helped their case and who couldn't get out of their own way. >> mike barnacle

hilarious to anyone who knows the history of the cia. but they really did believe that the cia had been melted down to, basically, a debased society under the clinton administration. and they felt that the military's covert unit would be the best weapon that the u.s. could use in a discreet global secret war. and so they injected jsoc with steroids. and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectively a global hunting organization. and they weren't hunting deer, they were hunting people. and they did their own interrogation. they have their own secret prisons. it was a whole parallel apparatus to what the cia had traditionally had sovereign realm other. >> host: how did you get involved in this line of work? >> guest: purely by accident. i went to university thinking i wanted to be a middle schoolteacher. and i discovered very soon after i got to the university what it meant to be on academic probation. i was a terrible student. so if i'm a horrible student, i don't know how i'm going to teach the youth of america to do anything. [laughter] it's not that i was screwing around and out partyi

clinton. compare and contrast? >> not a chance am i going there. [ laughter ] here's what i'll say, both hilary and joe would make outstandingdents and possess the qualities that are needed to be outstanding presidents. i think joe biden will go down in history as one of the best vice presidents ever. hilary i think will go down in history as one of the finest secretary of states we've had and helped transition us away from a deep hole we were in when i first came into office around the world. >> that's the only answer he could have given to that question? >> he gave it well. even pushed he said i'm not touching that one. he cannot weigh in on this one and i suspect he will get right up to the next election and where there ever to be an contest that's unimaginable between joe biden and hillary clinton in the nominating process i can't imagine barack obama weighing in on that one. in the larger context joe biden is doing hillary clinton a favor by having his name out there. the idea he can keep this as a race or contest the better it is for her if she decides to run to have joe biden suggesting at this stage anyway that he's

clinton who they fear will run for president in 2016." he also goes on to say that he hasn't figured out who they're going to be endorsing in 2016 and calls it hilarioushat these accusations are evenng made. >> mr. rosenthal's column has to be one of the most crazy, hysterical pieces i have ever seen in print or the internet anywhere. he goes to great lengths to deny that there's any political connection to the story, but then as you just saw, goes on to attack republicans for some reason instead of defending the integrity of the story, which has come under attack by congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats. let's hear and watch what representative gowdy, republican of south carolina, had to say about the "new york times" and their reporting and how he deskrubgts -- deconstructs. >> i want to congratulate "the new york times." it only took 15 months to figure out how to spell benghazi. the video was translated into arabic in early september of twert. early september of 2012 is when that video was translated into arabic. what explains the violence in benghazi prior to the video being translated and released. with resp

hilarious to anyone who knows the history of the cia. but they really did believe that the cia had been melted down to, basically, a debased society under the clinton administration. and they felt that the military's covert unit would be the best weapon that the u.s. could use in a discreet global secret war. and so they injected jsoc with steroids. and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectively a global hunting organization. and they weren't hunting deer, they were hunting people. and they did their own interrogation. they have their own secret prisons. it was a whole parallel apparatus to what the cia had traditionally had sovereign realm other. >> host: how did you get involved in this line of work? >> guest: purely by accident. i went to university thinking i wanted to be a middle schoolteacher. and i discovered very soon after i got to the university what it meant to be on academic probation. i was a terrible student. so if i'm a horrible student, i don't know how i'm going to teach the youth of america to do anything. [laughter] it's not that i was screwing around and out partyi