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. ♪ [ male announcer ] build your own unique memories with persona beads.zales, the diamond store. >>> we're back with our breaking news. speaker boehner and the house republicans caving and agreeing to a deal on the payroll tax bill. boehner's fold comes after a nonstop assault from president obama. >> on tuesday we asked folks to tell us what would it be like to lose $40 out of your paycheck every week. richard from rhode island wrote to tell us that having an extra $40 in his check buys enough heating oil to keep his family warm for three nights. for others $40 means dinner out with a child who's home for christmas. a new pair of shoes, a tank of gas. a charitable donation. these are the things that are at stake for millions of americans. the people standing with me today can't afford any more games. they can't afford to lose $1,000 because of the some ridiculous washington standoff. >>> so what's the political fallout? joining me now nbc news political analyst ed ren democrat, former dnc chairman and pennsylvania governor. governor, thank you for joinin

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. ♪ [ male announcer ] build your own unique memories with persona beads.>>> daily flashback. this day in 1972, in one of the most controversial plays in nfl history, in the final seconds of the playoff game between the steelers and the raiders, pittsburgh's terry bradshaw heaved a pass that bounced off an oakland defender and into franco harris' arms. harris ran more than 40 yards for the winning touchdown. that catch was dubbed the immaculate reception. you're looking live at pictures here from capitol hill where we're expecting to hear from senate majority leader harry reid on the payroll tax extension deal any minute now. also, moments from now the house will take up their part of the two-month extension as long as no one opposes it on the house floor. on the trail, republican candidates weighed in on news of the deal. >> this is one more temporary gimmick. it is not a permanent solution. that's been the problem from the beginning. >> it wasn't so much it was a disagreement, it was who is going to get blamed. the president is getting blamed, but they we

. ♪ [ male announcer ] build your own unique memories with persona beads.nd store. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." many of her views seem to come out of space so what little surprise at a campaign stop michelle bachmann got a visit from a robot. take a look. >> do you support the gay rights? michelle bachmann, i will not rest until you support equal rights for human and robot gay people. not only are you a homophone, you are a homophone. >> get out of here! get out of here! >> i was programmed to do this. i can not help myself. i am gay. >> thanks. >> if you go back in there, you'll be facing some charges, okay? >> mission accomplished. >> let's turn to mike papantonio and liz winstead, co-creator of the daily show. liz is performing her year in review show here in minneapolis for tickets you want to go to broub paper tickets.com. mike, i got to say that the extreme views of the righties bring out extreme protest. do we more robots on the campaign trail? >> it wouldn't surprise me if that was her husband dressed up to bring excitement to the campaign. it

. ♪ [ male announcer ] build your own unique memories with persona beads.nd store. >>> welcome back, everybody. south carolina's primary is weeks away. there is increased focus on who can vote come january 21st on whether new laws keep people from the ballot box. joining us, adam beam, reporter for the newspaper, the state. good to have you on this morning. this week, a judge blocked portions of a new immigration law that would have called for state and local police to check for immigration documents at the polls. the judge's ruling, the constitution in immigration and nationality act have placed a policy making role regarding immigration in the hands of the national government. is the judge saying the state was exceeding its reach? >> that's exactly what the judge was saying. there were 20 sections to the law, most of them closely mirrored existing federal legislation. the idea was to give local police officers the ability to enforce that what up until now had been the jurisdiction of the federal government, but there were several sections of that law, abo

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. ♪ [ male announcer ] build your own unique memories with persona beads.>>> we're back. it's the end of the year, it's time for one of the segments i most look forward to as a movie buff and political buff. and a political buff, of course, the best movies of the year. three of my favorites tackle some big topics, race and ethnicity, in america's always a hot topic, money, and american culture. we all read books, actually. i'm joined by the film critic david edelstein, for "new york" magazine to talk about my picks. thank you, david. >> thank you. >> let's go to one of my favorites. it's the pivotal scene where emma stone's character, and it's the seed for the book, she's going to write what it's about being a black maid working for the nouveau reach riche white families during the civil rights fight. let's watch. >> i want to interview you about what it's like to work as a maid. i'd like to do a book of interviews about working for white families. to show what it's like to work for say elizabeth? >> you know what she'd do to me if she knew i was telling st

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