paul ryan -- paul ryan and i are about the same age. these are different kinds of republicans.d of talking to people of color, not afraid of some of these things, some of their parents and grandparents were. this is what i'm saying. democrats have to be careful. barack obama supporting a democrat in 2016 does not mean that democrat's going to get black and latino votes. these democrats are going to have to have solid programs that appeal to these constituencies and fundamental relationships and not be dependent upon the president to carry that water for them. we saw it in 2010. it didn't work. probably won't work again unless these democrats have their own ideas. >> but, david, the democrat in 2016 or even the democrats in the midterm in 2014, i agree, can't depend on the president to deliver votes from latinos or african-americans. but the republicans not being able to expand can only help a candidate win that without having to do much of anything. >> and they're not going to be able to expend in the next two years. it's interesting that tonight these speeches, and i think mar

ryan is here to promote dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest and probably to take allind of crazy, for those you watch "two and a half men" angus t. jones played the half man, jake on the show. he made a video for a religious group in which he denounces his own show. >> jake from "two and a half men" means nothing. he is nonexistent character. he's -- if you watch "two and a half men" please stop watching it. i'm on "two and a half men," i don't want to be on it. please stop filling your head with filth. please. it's -- you know, people say it's just entertainment. the fact that it's entertainment, it's -- do some research on the effects of television and your brain and i promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television and especially with what you watch on television. it's bad news. >> jimmy: how uncomfortable is the guy sitting next to him? [ laughter ] what happens to the actors on this show? what is about jon cryer that makes them go nuts? he's the common denominator, right? [ applause ] thank you. he might be right, though about television. t

inside the school and two minutes later, the scene was secured and the gunman was identified 11:28, ryan lanza. we are told a dozen law officials are searching his home to see what is inside of the home dealing with ryan lanza. we found out through c nn that lanza had two weapons on his body and some kind of armor that was found and the school is being searched. let's go with more information about this and let's go to rob in the newsroom. rob. >> the tragedy is still under folding from sandy hook elementary school. less than an hour ago, the students are secured and no danger to the public. several news agencies, the associated press are reporting 27 people killed. the gunman is dead, ryan lanza, we are learning within the hour he is 24 years old and his mother works at the school and among the dead. lanza was dressed in black and may have had a 222 caliber rifle. >> the shooter is deceased. there's a great deal of work to be undertaken immediately upon locating the shooter and there's a great deal of search warrant activity and law enforcement activity in and out of state. >> parents w

because during the campaign, and even before that, paul ryan was the author of the romney/ryan budgetwhich increased taxes on the middle class to pay for $250,000 in tax breaks for the average person making more than $1 million. marco rubio went to 70 different cities in support of mitt romney and paul ryan's candidacy for president and vice president of the united states. he embraced the romney/ryan budget, repeatedly. he cast votes for it. he has embraced ending medicare as we know it. he has a record, they both do, of doing everything they could to ensure that the wealthiest, most fortunate americans have the wind at their backs and can do even better, and have done nothing to help the middle class. >> i find it interesting -- >> look, just because you say the words "middle class" -- sorry, go ahead. >> i find it very interesting that here's paul ryan out there talking about the middle class and now we've got to be concerned about all americans, but he's not stepping up right now saying, in the house, we could take this vote to help 98% of americans and move it forward. >> that's r

>> i did speak to friends of ryan. there was a lot of confusion and the internet start tod publish ryan pictures and they called him the killer. at that very moment i talked to some of his friends by text and phone and they told me, i poke to three of his friends and they had spoken to him briefly on book book chat or by phone and he was in fact at work and not the killer . it was physically impossible for him to be in newtown while he was at work and talking on the phone to his friends. >> but you know. >> yes? >> do you know if his friends, did any of ryan's friend ever met adam? >> not the ones that i spoke to. they knew he had a brother and that is about the extent of their knowledge. they had brief conversations with him today as you can imagine it was a crazy day for him so they just had a few minutes and they knew he had a brother but none of them seemed to know adam. >> did they know anything about adam, did ryan ever peek about adam or describe unusual or not unusual or a relationship with him or anything? >>

>> i did speak to friends of ryan. >> reporter: i did speak to friends of ryan. the internet started publishing ryan's picture and a lot of news outlets started kill -- calling him the killer. i was talking to his friends, some by text, some by phone -- i spoke to three of his friends and they all told me they this spoken to him, briefly on facebook chat or by phone and that he was, in fact, at work and not the killer. it was physically impossible to have been in newtown, while he was at work, talking on the phone to his friends. [overlapping dialogue] >> reporter: yes? >> do you know -- did any of ryan's friends -- have they ever met adam? >> reporter: not the ones that i spoke. to they knew he had a brother and that is about the extent of their knowledge. they also had very brief conversations with him today because, as you can imagine, it was a very crazy day for him, so they just had a few minutes. they knew had a brother. but none of them seemed to know adam. >> greta: did they know anything about adam? did ryan ever speak about adam or describe anything usu

. >>> and paul ryan. any leader who the rebels, shall we say, within the republican conference could have, is now aligned with wehner completely. strengths his hand. he's the sole negotiate, whatever he gets from president obama will be the rule of law. and i think what's really emboldened boehner, ironically, mitt romney's loss. it's this idea that john boehner's survived, he's the one who came through. we were able to keep the house. he does get a lot of credit for that among house republican circles, they were able to keep the house. people think -- >> he raised something like 100 million dollars. >> he's the kingmaker. i suspect that, from folks that i've talked to, eric cantor will not be a thorn in boehner's side. eric cantor realizes he has time, niece his 40s, he wants to be the first jewish speaker of the house. sit back, relax, you know what? if boehner becomes unpopular you don't have to lead a charge against him. you can say, well, that's too bad, john, you don't have the support. but he doesn

it seemed as though ryan's parents were divorced, but few people were sure about that. in fact, i can say that they are divorced. the dad, peter lanza, lives not far from the scene in connecticut. we're told he's still talking with f.b.i. agents, but not suspected of having any role in what played out today. bill? >> hair i thank you for that. we'll be in touch later this hour. harris faulkner report not guilty new york. average class size in this school district for kids in kindergarten, 17. the last serious crime reported in this town? two years ago. 2010. much more ahead. massacre at sandy hook, including all this developing information about the suspect and certainly about the victims tonight. a live look outside saint rose church in newtown where members of this community are gathering for a memorial service, just getting underway to remember the innocent victims. plus a visibly shaken president obama addressing the nation a few hours ago. we will share that with you as well, coming up tonight on the fox report this holiday, share everything. share "not even close.

>> i did speak to friends of ryan.here was a lot of confusion and the internet start tod publish ryan pictures and they called him the killer. at that very moment i talked to some of his friends by text and phone and they told me, i poke to three of his friends and they had spoken to him briefly on book book chat or by phone and he was in fact at work and not the killer . it was physically impossible for him to be in newtown while he was at work and talking on the phone to his friends. >> but you know. >> yes? >> do you know if his friends, did any of ryan's friend ever met adam? >> not the ones that i spoke to. they knew he had a brother and that is about the extent of their knowledge. they had brief conversations with him today as you can imagine it was a crazy day for him so they just had a few minutes and they knew he had a brother but none of them seemed to know adam. >> did they know anything about adam, did ryan ever peek about adam or describe unusual or not unusual or a relationship with him or anything? >> th

initially people identified the shooter as 24-year-old ryan lanza. that is adam's brother.y, adam may have been carrying ryan's i.d. and that's why there was confusion initially. we're told that the shooter was adam. his brother is now being questioned by authorities in hoboken, new jersey. we're told adam's mother was killed and a body was found inside the parent's home in newtown, connecticut. it's unclear who that body is. there were reports that the father had been killed but we can't confirm that. a swat team went to the house to execute a search warrant. they went through the door and then they immediately backed out because of concerns about possible boobbytrap. they sent in a robot and the robot identified a body inside the house. crime scene ongoing, and investigation is ongoing. they're still continuing to try to recover the fred that home. still at that school, neil, because the bodies are inside. a lot has to be processed, photographs, diagrams made before they begin removing bodies from the school. >> neil: if you could hang on, we are getting word from the whi

ryan lanza, 24 years old. we are also told some time before his father found dead in hoboken, new jersey. the school, sandy hook elementary school, that school is where his mother is a schoolteacher. we're also told that lanza focused most of his gun fire on one classroom. we do not know whether that was the classroom of his mother. but again, father found dead in hoboken. law enforcement executing a number of search warrants but we do know that his mother was a teacher at newtown -- sandy hook elementary in newtown. ryan lanza, 24 years old. now officials saying that the gunman's mother, a teacher at the connecticut school found dead at the school. this information just coming in to nbc news. law enforcement -- this is according to pete williams, justice correspondent, now confirming that the gunman's mother was found dead at the school. earlier law enforcement accounts, earlier law enforcement accounts that a parent was found shot at home apparently not correct at this point. according to our justice corresp

>> ryan. it is ryan. i don't know whether you said brian, but ryan lanza with an r, exactly in his 20s. we're still trying to find out more information, get confirmed information about what connection he may have if any to the school, and we do know that would be standard operating procedure, that police would be actively searching his home for any clues as to what may have allegedly led him to this. we do know, according to another source, that at least two weapons were recovered from his body, which was discovered in a classroom. we do not know whether he took his own life or whether he was shot by police or in some other way. those two weapons described to me as a glock and a six haur and we don't know the caliber of weapons, but we heard multiple shots were fired. eyewitnesses talk about that as well. and they are still conducting searches throughout the school. you heard authorities say they're satisfied that there are no other victims inside that school. we do not know the numbers of those wounded.

ryan lanza, 24, we don't know a whole lot about him. we believe he's is custody but not, not apparently the shooter as had been reported for a long time today. ashley? >> it will be devastating for that family undoubtedly. john berman live in hoe boke 10 for us. obviously as this started to transpire alarm bells went off throughout the district here. the entire school district went into lockdown. the reaction was swift and the actions of teachers throughout this district were serious. renee burn is one of these teachers, she's a kindergarten teachers' aide, holly elementary school, and she knew some of the teachers at sandy hook elementary as well. her school was in lockdown a couple of hours following the shooting. renee, thank you for talking to us. take me inside your school and tell me how this day unfolded for you and when you ultimately found out why you were in lockdown. >> it started out as a normal day. we had our hol lay party scheduled for our kindergarten class which was scheduled to start about 10:15. and about 9:45, we hea

host: why did he choose congressman paul ryan? guest: to a certain extent he was pressured into doing it by the mainstream republican establishment. i can tell you from the perspective of chicago, i was ridiculed a lot when i reported this, but they were really worried about tim pawlenty and they felt they could deliver some of those midwestern states in a way to ryan did not. ryan did not deliver his home state or even come close. towards the tail end of the campaign, he was not much of a presence. host: the announcement came at 9:00 in the morning, the last day of the olympics. why the timing? why not wait until the following week? if you're going to select congressman ryan, run on the rhine and budget. guest: they wanted to get it in before then but there was the massacre at the sikh temple. i don't know exactly what the study on why they did not wait, but i think romney saw a lot of himself in ryan. serious, cares about policy and ideas. i think he saw him as someone who could be a respectable running mate to help him politica

he was a mentor to paul ryan.the award last year, the first year this foundation gave out the award. rubio got it this year. >> ryan and rubio talked about as potential contenders for 2016. and they even joked about it. >> they did. right off the bat. in both their speeches both guys got it out of the way. here's what they said. >> as you may know, marco is joining an elite group of past recipients fors this past award. two of us so far. i'll see you at the reunion dinner. table for two. know any good diners in new hampshire or iowa. >> paul, thank you for your invitation for lunch in iowa or new hampshire, but i will not stand by and watch the people of south carolina ignored. >> i don't have to tell you this, you're from iowa, iowa and new hampshire and south carolina traditionally lead off the presidential primary and caucus calendar. listen, it will be a lot of talk about these guys, in the spotlig spotlight, but 2016 a long way away. >> marco rubios has already been to iowa. >> already. >> one of the most rep

>> that's a question for congressman ryan.et, his perspective, one way to help people and the economy is to ensure the country is on sound financial fiscal footing. the way he wants to go about it would devastate the very people he says he wants to help reach the middle class and achieve the american dream. >> dana, let's listen to some more of what paul ryan said last night. here he is. >> both parties tend to divide americans into our voters and their voters. let's be really clear. republicans must steer far clear of that trap.ç we must speak to aspirations and anxieties of every american. >> dana, paul ryan now says we shouldn't be dividing people but wasn't it he who said, before too long, we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers? is that not dividing america? >> well, it's all well and good to say let's steer clear of that dr trap once he's fallen to the bottom of the hole. i was up on the hill and saw paul ryan and the others there. i think for all the rhetoric, i think they a

>> i believe ryan seacrest is so devious he's using you to get it me. believe you're a messed-up star chamber and all i am is an innocent little dainty flower, trying to make people laugh and trying to make america better. >> yeah, how long have you been fixated on ryan seacrest? why would he be trying to kill you? >> because ryan knows that i have something he can never have. it's called talent. it's called quick-wittedness. it's called soul. >> is this going to be an awkward dinner when we eat with him the night before? >> i think he seems like a very nice guy. >> that's what they used to say about the devil. >> no one said that about the devil. >> i bring out the devil is part of the parlor conversation. >> do you know that dorothy parker is buried in a dress that my mom gave her? >> that sounds like -- heaven to me. don't act like that's nothing. we're going get to the bottom of all of your personal issues, they are many and they are varied. >> i'm practicing not talking when you're talking, it's throwing you that i'm not talking nonstop. you don't

i've always liked rex ryan. i'm done with rex ryan. i mean he has taken this ship down.t a guys that led the nfl in turnovers over the past couple -- what other team would start sanchez in the nfl? >> nobody. be in would certainly pay him $8 million. tim tebow can get a job somewhere else. and greg mcelroy, you know -- he's got a future. last week sanchez tanked for three quarters. they bring in the third stringer. he wins the game. and now they're putting him inactive. i'm serious, rex ryan looks like he wants to be fired. >> exactly. >> this is the worst coaching i've seen. >> this analysis is credible. you guys would know something about trying to get fired. to the nba now. >> it never works. i keep trying to get fired. >> i know. kobe bryant joint wilt chamberlain and michael jordan as a player in the history to score 30,000 points. at 34 years and 104 days old, to be exact. bryant is the youngest player to reach the milestone. michael jordan didn't join the 30,000 point club until he was nearly 39 years old. >> and finally, espn sources confirm the rumor that free a

for not much longer you see mr ryan is conveniently decided to jump ship yep next month the start of mortgage banking position at wells fargo so why is this a big deal well you have to dig a little deeper for that one see mr ryan has a pretty hefty resume that just screams conflict of interest first off his current position since two thousand and nine has been senior adviser to the secretary for housing and urban development last year he worked as a commissioner for the agency working on high risk f.h.a. loan resolutions but before that he was a physical in point for twenty six years at freddie mac. you remember them the government backed entity that had any bailed out by our tax dollars in two thousand and nine to help repay defaulted mortgages back in march mr ryan was a key player in the twenty five billion dollar mortgage for closer settlement between the country's five largest lenders including wells fargo now wells fargo is facing a lawsuit filed in october over f h a backed loans good thing mr ryan will be there for the rescue is the company's senior vice president sold for gr

i'm so struck seeing paul ryan at the jack kemp dinner. idol i idolize rand and jack kemp. jack kemp saying, of course, we don't forget about anyone or leave anyone behind, and ian rand says you leave behind anyone that can't fend for themselves. >> i think it's paul ryan trying now for at least a year to leave rand behind, and he's said -- he's tried to back away from all that. i think when you listen to both ryan and rubio today, this isn't like st. paul getting blinded by a new truth. these guys are practical politicians who saw the damage the 47% did and are changing their rhetoric. most of those speeches were standard conservatism. i think the fact they change the rhetoric is a really big deal. since ronald reagan it's been liberals that adjusted to conservative ideas. the beginning of that was bill clinton saying the era of big government is over. i think this is the first time in three decades where conservatives have been pushed or forced by theç reality of politics and an election results to aadjust their ideas to the other side'

ryan lanza was his name.re was some initial confusion with the shooter being identified as a 20-year-old. we do know according to officials that ryan lanza has a 20-year-old brother. that may have been where some of the confusion came from. also, interesting to note as we note that, there were reports that police were questioning a second person in detection with the shootings that they allegedly found in the woods behind the school. all of this, obviously, in its early stages. police are confirming just now the shooter died inside the school. they have also confirmed that both the mother and father of ryan lanza have been found dead in their homes. the father in new jersey, the mother here in newtown, connecticut. she worked at the school but police obviously are still working through at the who of leads. >> the shooter is deceased inside the building. there is a great deal of work that will be undertaken immediately upon locating the shooter. there is a great deal of search warrant activity and law enforcem

hot if we can only find ryan -- if we can only find ryan. there he is. there he is.t. come on. [laughter] >> ryan, pictures last forever. now, here's the switch. lead us in a countdown starting with five. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> yay! >> good job. [band playing o christmas tree] >> thank you so much speaker boehner. thank you, ryan. thank you, everyone, for joining speaker boehner. the colorado congressional congressional delegation and the united states air force band and for all of us of this year's lighting of the u.s. capitol tree. i wish you a merry christmas and a good night. [cheers and applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ >> explore the history and literary culture of new york's capital city, albany this weekend on c-span2. next, a ceremony marking the attack on pearl harbor. after that, a forum on modern- day slavery and trafficking. been a program on the state of u.s. health. >> on "newsmakers digest the new chairman of the democratic governors' association fro

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one is, i think my answer is choosing paul ryan to be the vice presidential nominee.cause a, it never gave him the list that anything thought it would be. he effectively neutered mitt romney, whether it was the stuff with todd akin, or the ryan budget, nowhere to run away from it. >> alex and i were on the same wavelength, picking paul ryan, not only for those reasons, but mitt romney went on to lose wisconsin badly. there were questions after paul ryan's debate performance against joe biden of whether he was really ready to step on the stage and be the number two. and i think a lot of people who thought about going with mitt romney, not only were they uncomfortable with how far to the right he was, how extreme his positions on social security and medicare, but they also just felt like he was not quite ready for prime time. so i think it was a very bad strategic move for them. >> steve, the worst move? >> let me come at it from a strategic move. >> we always do that. >> it is the booze talking, i don't know. from the standpoint of voters who -- you know, i think to ma

one is, i think my answer is choosing paul ryan to be the vice presidential nominee.t because a, it never gave him the lift that anybody thought it would. he effectively neutered mitt romney, whether it was the stuff with todd aken, or the ryan budget, there was no way to run away from it. >> alex and i were on the same wavelength, picking paul ryan was the worst move, and not only for those reasons, but mitt romney went on to lose wisconsin badly. there were questions after paul ryan's debate performance against joe biden of whether he was really ready to step on the stage and be the number two. and i think a lot of people who were thinking about maybe going with romney, not only were they uncomfortable with how far to the right he was, how extreme his positions on social security and medicare, but they also just felt like he was not quite ready for prime time. so i think it was a very bad strategic move for them. >> steve, the worst move? >> let me come at it from a slightly different angle. >> you always do. you don't have to preface that. >> from the standpoint of

i think if you're looking at paul ryan, one thing you hear from folks in the ryan camp, is that he wask about poverty and a new war on poverty during the romney campaign. but he didn't have much of an opportunity because the romney folks were so risk-averse. and that's something he's going to talk about tonight. whereas marco rubio is someone who comes from a scrappy, lower middle class background who wants to talk about upward mobility for all americans. that's a theme he's going to build out over the next two years and it's a theme exactly what republicans need to talk about. the problem is, these guys are the music, it's not clear they have the lyrics. it's not clear they have the policy substance yet that's really going to make this message resonate. they are young and they have a lot of really solid ideas. and they have the right broad message. but the question is, are they going to have the right policies, as well. >> james, do you think these are the two -- these two are the future right now? i know it's early and it's hard to tell. but i mean, a lot of the republican parties re

chris: helene. >> paul ryan. it takes a lot of chutzpah to say two hours.unning at that. but that's a really -- chris: that's 13 miles an hour if you do the math. >> that's amazingly fast. >> i like ryan. he was on the campaign trail insisting that after obama became president obama had closed a plant, a g.m. plant. and people said, was actually closed in december. george bush was president. he kept saying it. now, that really takes something. >> i'm going to go with an italian but not that italian. silvio berlusconi. convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison decides this is the perfect platform to run for prime minister again. chris: that's how he got there in the first place prorblee. that's chutzpah. next category, the hard to -- hardest to figure out, nominees for 2012 mysteries. what president obama was thinking in that first debate and a muge mystery predicting -- and a huge mystery predicting the plot and david petraeus, his mystery and the email she fired off to the woman in florida who is a big friend of all the generals. or is t

his firm got $40,000 from ryan's congressional campaign this fall. fox didn't see it as a conflict. they let luntz run a focus group on ryan's debate. >> let's do this. i want to do a phrase first to describe paul ryan's performance tonight. let's start in the back. shawn began this by talking about biden's interrupting and occasional laughing. did you guys see that? was it obvious to you? >> i will tell you what is obvious, his agenda. wonder why he's praising the ad. >> there's an ad that we tested a week ago. it's one of the best ads of the week ago. >> it's no surprise fox guest pushing agenda but now we have a contributor getting paid from a candidate and the conflicts of interests are all over the place. this is a political outfit that affects what happens inside the party. joining me now is aaron bola are rte. senior fellow and joe madison, nationally syndicated radio host for the power. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> eric, secretly receiving money, be you reported that story. what is your reaction? >> media matters br

ryan: 30 second. mr. gingrey: i believe that the health act will improve health care delivery in this country. this is the type of commonsense market-based reform that our health care system requires. mr. speaker, i fully support h.r. 6684, and more specifically, the immense benefits that the health act will not only have on the federal budget but on the health of our nation. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. let's talk a little bit about what this republican package will and will not do with respect to health issues. first of all, while their bill would replace much of the sequester, they leave in place the 2% across-the-board medicare cut -- let me say that again. despite all the talk we're hearing today on the floor with the efforts to replace these across-the-board cuts, they leave them in place for medicare which will hit providers and have an impact on the medicare system. second, with

abc's ryan owens brings us inside the booming business of being cheap. >> reporter: they're opening their doors faster than new starbucks. >> i like it because it's cheaper. >> reporter: there are now more dollar stores in the united states than drugstores. >> since the prices are so good, it's like why not? >> you can get more stuff for cheaper. >> reporter: a $56 billion industry. >> i think we can double the size of our chain within this country. >> reporter: each pin on this map represents one family dollar store. howard levine is the ceo of that chain. >> tons of growth here. this is probably a thousand-store state. >> reporter: right now he oversees an empire of how many stores? >> right around 7,550. >> reporter: are you sensitive to the charge that you're the ceo of one of the cheap stores? cheap is bad? >> no, somebody called me cheap, i take that as a compliment. that means we're looking for value, we don't overpay for stuff. >> reporter: cheap is working. three dollar chains, family dollar, dollar general, and dollar tree are fortune 500 companies. another chain, 99 cents only,

back to you. >>> is it true that ryan had not spoken with adam in two years,?>> well, sean i can tell you we heard the reports, buwe have not been able to confirm. >>> tharching you. and in the after math of today's tragedy there were reports earlier this year the sandy hook elementary school implemented safety procedures and so what happened and what else can schools do to prevent incidents from happening in the future? joining me is director of safe havens international. i was peeking to friends of mine that are in the educational world and they are very clear, this school went above and beyond to get boo school, you had to be identified, and then buzzed in. and it seems like in this case. they were doing everything right, what would be the next step? >>> sure, thanks for having me on. and want express condolences to the community and family. i am hearing a number of indications of good things that were in place in the school. busecurity is only strong as your weakest link. you buzz them and screen them, we are commonlied to test security and can breach secur

we also have ryan grimm. yeah, you. there you are. >>> it looks like they're pointing -- >> and politicians, and so what we're sealing is -- for deficit reduction. and spend seg cuts off their shoulders, and make it inevitable, saying, you know what? it didn't just happen to them. they pass the sequester, which contained severe, rapid definite at this time reduction. it was almost inevitable, almost the moment they passed the sequester. >> to you, ryan, i was alluding to how both sides are saying different things. two members of the house said this last hour. we had one democrat and one republican. take a listen. >> i think there's still a chance to get something done. that's what happened in the budget deal, i think that's what will happen again. >> it seems like they could even say what will happen. at this point i'm going to side with pollsters saying it won't happen. boehner is at his weakest point ever. to push something through. doing that would weaken him even further. he still needs to be elected speaker on janu

and before ryan was part of hide he spent twenty six years at freddie mac. the housing and the human if that was taken over by the government to prevent its collapse in two thousand and eight when ryan moved to the agency. well why it while ryan takes his cushy new job at wells fargo taking his close government connections with him almost fourteen point nine million homeowners still owe more on their mortgage than their house is a worth. and from the revolving door in washington deplaned a money game here in d.c. it's been said that politicians long ago sold out the american people for campaign cash well this next story just proves that point they hell newspaper reports that nearly a dozen newly elected members of congress have already set up super pacs but keep in mind these ten people have not yet even been sworn into office that will happen next month but they already have super pacs in place to raise money. in the past super pacs have normally been used by senior members of congress to influence and build alliances many super pacs donate to other lawmake

paul ryan is pumped and ready to go. what's with the hat there, fella? and what's an awards show without this guy? he survived a really rough year and he's looking just great tonight. the evening is about to get started. so take a seat before clint eastwood yells at it. sit back and enjoy the show. now, without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your master of ceremonies and the host of "politics nation" u the reverend, al sharpton. >> good evening. i'm al sharpton, host of "politics nation." it's a big night. and we're going to be giving out awards for the high and low points of politics in 2012. to do that, we have a star studded cast of judges. jonathan kapart. victoria difrancesco soto. crystal ball and richard wolf. all looking very elegant this evening, i might say. let's get right to it. let's go right to the first category. let's get started with the best performer in the thriller award. richard, who made the best political move of the year. >> can i be the simon cowell of this panel? okay, here we go. best political move. i am t