. >> kevin spacey got it and -- oh, robin wright did get one.ood, good. >> james spater was nominated for the black list, which is such a hot show. >> yeah, but it wasn't nominated for best drama and it should have been. >> who are these people, by the way? >> the foreign correspondents. >> press. >> press. i'm not sure they get black listed there. anyway, tom hanks and julia roberts and a bunch of people. meryl streep, they were nominated, too. golden globes air here january 12th on nbc. >> what are these drinks, do you know? >> pomegranate. or cranberry. >> cheers. >> kelly clarkson's special last night. >> she's incredible by herself. she's especially incredible when she sings with reba mcintyre and trisha yearwood. i want to take a look. ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ ♪ sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace ♪ >> i have chills right now. >> i'm trying to figure out who was -- kelly was hitting the high stuff. i think that was reba taking the melody, right? >> you know what's great about the three of them? >> what? >> all three o

robin wright stars. they make all available to stream at once. >>> now it's time to hash it out with us. >>> coming up, what is obama care doing to small businesses? business owners are telling congress. and they're going to tell you too, next. >>> let's all go off othe >>> okay. let's all go off the record for just a minute. check this out. a sculpture by artist shawn scully. you like it? you just bought something like it, and by you i mean the state department with your tax dollars, the cost? about a million dollars. why did you spend a million dollars on it? well, to decorate the u.s. embassy in london. they want to fancy up their london digs with your money, this $120,000 sculpture is hided to pakistan to decorate our embassy there. you may not like this art and think it's a waste of money, but you know what's rotten about this? it's when they bought it, right at the end of september, knowing that our government was days from running out of money to run itself. and what did president obama say during

i make a cameo appearance this season in an episode directed by robin wright who stood here in this roomecting me. we had a lot of fun shooting that scene back in september. but i can assure you, i have no idea what happens in season two any more than you do. finally, despite recent problems behind the background of santa claus, fox news isn't the only one weighing in on the war of christmas. jay leno weighed in on it last night. >> political correctness full swing this holiday season. seems an elementary school in frisco, texas, has banned christmas trees and renamed its christmas party the winter party. and listen to this. the kids can't even call santa's helpers elves anymore. it's going to be undocumented little people. times are changing. according to a new survey, 21% of us now say happy holidays. compared to 56% who say feliz navidad. >>> you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." this week michigan became the latest state to pass an extremely restrictive law barring insurance companies from offering coverage for abortions unless women choo

chief foreign affairs andrea mitchell, also eugene robinson, robin wright, elliott abrams, former policydviser to presidents reagan and george w. bush, and dr. peter starns, first time on the program. he's here because i spent more than a month with you listening to your great courses on the brief history of the world. it made me sound very smart in front of my kids, even though they weren't as interested. welcome. welcome, all of you. eugene robinson, as we think about the u.s. and the state of the world, it's still my big question. what is the big story in the u.s., about the u.s., that dominates 2014? >> well, number one, this continuing conflict between two visions of government which paralyzes our government, and in turn, paralyzes the world in that the u.s. is the center of the world economy and the world political system. more government, less government, big government, small government. this whole approach is -- this conflict is going to continue. that's one thing. other big stories, we saw, of course, our domestic surveillance, the snowden story, you've covered that in the last

i'm going to go with robin wright. that's the only show i've seen. >> best animated series.ic if a film comes out, it's better for them. >> that is a strategy because it means a lot of money for a lot of people. >> this is behind the scenes. >> that's good. that's the kind of stuff we would do. if we're going to do the awards show announcements, we need the teleprompter. >> there are a ton of people on twitter now anxiously awaiting. they're set to start the second half of the announcements coming up. >> it will be interesting to see which of the movies they suggest because the conventional wisdom in hollywood is the movie with george clooney and sandra bullock called "gravity" could walk away with a whole bunch of awards. >> or float away. >> because it is stunningly beautiful. >> right. and i go for beautiful. personally. here is the other thing, movie industry is under fire because there are so many people that have lost money. if you can't get a hit, people are getting wary about doing them. so a lot of people have millions upon millions on the line. think about a produc

robin wright.black in it, you're in. >> comedy series, a newcomer. "brooklyn nine-nine." that was nominated. i expected "arrested development" to make a big showing for netflix. and it did not get nominated. we have "the big bang theory." "girls" nominated again. "modern family." i know you're happy about that. i was disappointed that "veep" was not nominated. >> how is it not nominated? >> julia louis-dreyfus was nominated for actress. >> the series is so good. >> they learn new words. >> sure, jess. >> looking at the films now. "american hustle," "saving mr. banks." we've been talking about them on the show. we're in the comedy/drama zone. there's an incredible gray area now. >> exactly. >> from straight comedies or dramas. >> all of the potential nominees for best comedy, one of them were a comedy. we'll have them in a second. there's not one single -- among the nominees, "american hustle." that's kind of funny. "august: osage county." that's not -- terrific movies. it didn't get the nod. it's o

. >> kevin spacey got it and- oh, robin wright did get one.e these people, by the way? the foreign corrpoents. >> press. >> press. i'm not sure they get black listed there. anyway, tom hanks and julia roberts and a bunch ofpeople. meryl streep, they were nominated, too. golden globes air here january 12th on nbc. >> what are these drinks, do you know >> pomegranate. or cranberry. >> cheers. >> kelly clarkson's special last night. >> she'sncredible by herself. she's especially incredible when she ngs with ra mcintyre and trisha yearwood. i want to take a look. ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ ♪ sep in heavenly peace sleep i heavenly peace ♪ >> i have chis right now. i'm tryin to figur out who was -- kelly was hitng the high stf. i think at was reba taking the melody, right? >> you know what's gat about the three ofhem? >> what? >>ll three of those people are so nice, aren' ey? >> they're three othe nicest people, every single one. >> not a divaish thingbout any of them. >> kelly has beenaving a bit of difficulty with her pregnancy. she's been