we had to say, no, we are not going to endorse sarah palin. and conservatives picked right up on this. these debates helped further the goals. invoking the feminine toughness frame to describe these woman captures the desire of conservative women's groups to both reinscribe traditional gender roles, while also supporting these liberated women for disrupting them. it also serves to make feminist look out of touch. and reasserts that feminists are not feminine. and these women are seen as super moms, which helps to promote traditional gender role values and also wanting more woman to be professional and politically active. i have termed this conservative supermom. as noted in the past, conservative women have chastised feminists for allegedly promoting the notion that women can have it all, seamlessly balancing child- rearing, holding a job in the paid workforce, and enjoying intimate relations with their partner. it is not really accurate that feminists have promoted that, but nonetheless, that is the rhetoric that comes from conservative women

the difference is sarah palin didn't walk off the stage. did stay there but i think she knew when that interview was going on that it wasn't going well. i certainly have worked for people who experienced what he experienced, the stage fright with a meltdown. >> let's talk about -- we're going to go right there with you. a lot of people assume you and sarah palin might not be on other people's christmas cards list. i'll ask you about george w. bush, a guy who has been nice and sweet to you, who you dearly love. your meeting, the first time i met him, jeb, brilliant guy but each can be prickley. >> serious. we call it serious. >> you're look i want him running my world but i might not invite him to thanksgiving dinner. but meet george w. and, man, the guy is warm and great and you're like i love this guy immediately. i remember watching an ann richards debate, tore her to shreds. he was great. get in george w. bush's head, the more formal it was, the worse it was. he was never michael bay but isn't it as weird as someone can be as good as geo

but sarah palin, for example, today said he should stop playing the race card.never seen him play it. your thoughts. >> but you know, sarah palin and those guys say those things because they want to stifle conversation, which i think is dangerous. and i really give the president so much credit for talking so candidly about this, because look, these issues have been out there since he became president. i think we've all been having these conversations in our various circles. and so for the president to put it on the table is very important. i completely agree with you. i also come from a mixed background. my mother is white and my father is black. and i do think it gives you a different perspective from both sides of the color line in terms of how people view both within your culture and sort of the other culture. and so i think the comment that he made was very insightful and very much the same way when he talked after the verdict in the trayvon martin case, where i thought he was so candid, and, again, was speaking from the heart and just speaking to the realit

today, you focus on a great irony that of all things, in retrospect, sarah palin and michele bachmann have become iconic figures of women who can do it all. in sarah palin's case, having five children, choosing to have a down's syndrome baby while she was governor of alaska, and becoming with her husband and her own parents, active grandparents, sheltering her pregnant unwed daughter, bristol, while running for vice president. palin can actually kill a moose, and she has an amazing ongoing presence as a media star. she may well in all fairness be in the running for super women superwoman of the past decade. but wait. it's the conservative women's movement, as you pointed out, that has classically blamed feminism for promulgating the idea that women can do it all. who is selling the idea now? what could phyllis schlafly have to say to sarah palin, since schlafly blames women's studies professors for failing to teach mothers to prioritize staying home over working? let me comment on this notion right away. and let's not just let it escape as a sign of progress. it is a mistaken stereoty

and national obsession watched by millions. >> tina fey and sarah palin was huge, huge on like sevenvels. tina got up there and basically through her performance said everything everybody was thinking. then you have amy to do hillary clinton is actually really hard. >> i love your outfit. >> why, thank you. >> i do want the earrings back. >> oh, okay. >> it also reminded us that comedy can be influential in politics. >> well, in that case, i'm just going to have to get back to you. >> their take on the 2008 election cements the strength of their partnership and solidifies their hollywood stuff. you it's amy's turn to depart "snl" for her own sitcom portraying absurd public official leslie in the fictional indiana on "parks and recreation." >> we have hiking and capture the flag and puppet show of the bill of rights set to "party in the usa." >> "parks and rec" initially fails, but they earn acclaim and a loyal legion of fans. >> it's a humane show. it's funny but never mean. a show that's unlike anything that's on television. >> what makes the magic, though, what makes it work? >> i

and a national obsession watched by millions. >> tina fey as sarah palin, that was -- it was huge. or eight different levels. tina got up there and basically through her performance said everything that everybody was thinking. then you have amy. to do hillary clinton is actually really hard. >> i love your outfit. but i do want the earrings back. >> oh, okay. >> it also reminded us that comedy can be influential in politics. >> well, in that case i'm just going to have to get back to ya. >> their take on the 2008 election cements the strength of their partnership and solidifies their hollywood stock. >> action. >> youth committee. >> now it's amy's turn to depart "snl" for her own sitcom to portray a publish official leslie knope. >> let's go over our schedule for this afternoon. we have hiking and then capture the flag then a puppet show about the bill of rights set to "party in the usa" by miley cyrus. >> like "30 rock," "parks & rec" initially struggles to find its audience. but over six seasons so far, the all-star ensemble earns critical acclaim and a loyal legion of fans. >>

obsession watched by millions. >> tina fey as sarah palin, it was huge.en or eight different levels. >> tina got up there and basically through the performance said everything that everybody was thinking. then you have amy, to do hillary clinton is actually really hard. >> i love your outfit. but i do want the earrings back. >> it also reminded us that comedy can be influential in politics. >> in that case, i'm just going to have to get back to you. >> their take on the 2008 elections cements the strength of their partnership and solidifies their hollywood stock. now it's amy's turn to depart "snl" for her own sitcom in "parks and recreation." >> let's go over our schedule for this afternoon. we have hiking and capture the flag and then a puppet show about the bill of rights set to party in the usa by miley cyrus. >> like "30 rock," it initially struggles to find its audience. but over six seasons so far, the all-star ensemble earns critical acclaim and a loyal legion of fans. >> it's funny but it's never mean. it's unlike anything on television. >> what

obsession watched by millions. >> tina fey as sarah palin, it was huge.en or eight different levels. >> tina got up there and basically through the performance said everything that everybody was thinking. then you have amy, to do hillary clinton is actually really hard. >> i love your outfit. but i do want the earrings back. >> it also reminded us that comedy can be influential in politics. >> in that case, i'm just going to have to get back to you. >> their take on the 2008 elections cements the strength of their partnership and solidifies their hollywood stock. now it's amy's turn to depart "snl" for her own sitcom in "parks and recreation." >> let's go over our schedule for this afternoon. we have hiking and capture the flag and then a puppet show about the bill of rights set to party in the usa by miley cyrus. >> like "30 rock," it initially struggles to find its audience. but over six seasons so far, the all-star ensemble earns critical acclaim and a loyal legion of fans. >> it's funny but it's never mean. it's unlike anything on television. >> what

. >> fox's contributor governor sarah palin joins us, welcome back, good to see. >> you that healthybiased, balanced coverage. >> thank you so much, sean. ♪ ♪ >> the news in the united states, that tension between the work of journalistses and messaging by political operative is his vanishing. >> i am pleas today announce that she has hey new job joining cbs news. >> reporter: now a baynowadays n the person that shaped the policy is shaping what news audiences are told. >> it's a huge trends and huge moneymaker from sox and sarah palin to the today show hiring jenna bush. the main thing is that these politicians have star power. in this day and age politicians are celebrities. >> carl rove is a fox news contributor. >> and for a news network, having somebody on their roster that is recognizable big name, is a huge win for them. >> the reason there is so much sort of cross pollination between politics and media is frankly these are things that people on both sides are trained to do. they are trained to go before cameras, they are trained to talk to strangers and talk in a very public

. >> and sarah palin takes on parents gone wild in america from super models taking babies on atv rides to used football coaches paraberating their litt players. >>> and the reverend franklin graham -- and joe theismann reviews the super bowl. a special edition of hannity starts right here, right now. >> as barack obama embarks on the sixth year of his presidency, hope and change seems to be looking a whole lot more like doom and gloom. before we bring in tonight's audience for their thoughts on where they stand on the president, some of the numbers that have ---for starters, when barack obama entered the white house back in january 2009, his approval rating had stood at a very healthy 68%. but today, the very same gallup poll shows only 39% of americans approve of how he's handling office. i can think of a few reasons all dealing with the president's failing policies and beginning with the fact that he's added more to this country's debt than pretty much all the presidenting before him combined. when he took office, the national death was 10$10.6 trillion and now it's $17.3 trillion fo

condoleezza, sarah palin, dana perino. >> sarah palin? >> sarah palin could beat hillary, i think.i crazy? >> no, she could not. >> in america today, right now? >> i think you did drink before the show based on that comment. >> i'm not trying to disparage her, but she couldn't win against her right now. >> you need a strong republican woman. >> you just need a strong republican with a good message and a position. i'm not going to speak of gender transplants, but i do think that it doesn't matter who -- i mean, what gender you are. >> at this point, it does. >> this is hillary clinton's world, and we're all just living in it. that will be for a while. however, it could be she will never get as good of press as she's getting right now. you could leave on a high note, and then imagine all of the pieces that the media could write about, how did we get it so wrong? what did we do? why didn't we make this happen? we didn't do the right thing by her in 2008, and then we screwed it up for 2016. >> can i make one comment in glo closing? she will have a primary opponent in the 2016 election.

sarah palin has a message for president obama.aying the race card she says after quoting from king's historic speech. she writes all who commit to ending racial divide no more playing the race card. palin didn't give a specific example but her comments followed an interview the president did over the weekend in which he said there is no doubt some folks dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. i am joined now by alice stewart and cnn political commentator mark hill. i am glad you guys are in different cities. alice, is the president playing the race card or stating the obvious? >> two more words on this. stop it. of course, he is playing the race card. the problem is especially on ml k day is look how far we have come. we have elected the first african-american president and re-elected him. the fact of the matter is people don't dislike him because he is a black president. it is because he is a blind president. it is not about the pigment of the skin but about the job-killing policies and the fact that 53%

speaks better english than sarah palin. she is for 32-years-old and very pretty and well spoken and the deputy transportation minister of israel and she held hearings against a simulation or jewish their relationships and has vowed to expel all legislators from that who fail to take these loyalty oaths and convert. they are the future of the israeli politics and it's because the of taken a different view on 1948 than the liberals who accepted but don't want to carry it any further. they also acknowledge that this happened. they believe it is an unfinished project that the ethnic purity is not consolidated. and they are a battle cry. the two words that really animate the politics are finished 48. we hear the cry in the tool letters issued by the state-funded rabbis who declare that it was not to rent to the jews inside of the proper and we hear it from the letter issued declaring that it is illegal under the jewish law for the women to date arab men or have relations with them and we see at. we see the finished 48 movement i

you are talking like sarah palin. >> you don't remember the media going to alaska. and fox and msnbc. >> of course, to report the story. >> we had this conversation years ago when it happened and you pointed out this was a witch hunt on the part of the mainstream media. >> have to wrap it up. it seems we could have you guys back every week and keep the audience listening. thank you very much. >> television broke away to deal with the breaking news of...justin bieber getting arrested? the fallout over nfl trash talking. this year, i'm trying the protein thing with real protein. [ female announcer ] try a yummy lean cuisi dish. with 13 grams oprotein for 10 ys, you'll feel great. i'm trying this too. maybe this. nope. not trying that. [ femalannouncer ] ditch the diet. go on a try-it with lean cuisin we've crafted our power bowls to help you power your day. [ femalannouncer ] ditch the diet. start with protein-packed egg whites and savory roasted turkey for breakfast. or power up your lunch with antibiotic-free chicken and our flavorful cilantro jalapeno hummus. power

sarah palin is coming out of alaska. >> maybe the only place that it might be colder right here in timeswe have got our entire fox family tonight to take you into the new year. i'm excited to be with you, elizabeth. >> i'm thrilled to be ringing in the new year with you, bill. this ball is about to drop. you realize it's 11,000 pounds. >> it's big. 9:00 we kick off. see you you around so:00 eastern. happy new year, everybody. see you. >>> welcome back to fox news. "our story." when greta van susteren's program moved three hours earlier to 7:00 p.m. she continued her ratings success as a number one show. her winning formula is simple. greta follows her curiosity to people and places in washington and around the world. >> i think the viewers get that. it goes out the to the camera that we enjoy our jobs. just a short time ago senator hatch went on the record. >> why do you live in washington? >> because this is where the action is. you see behind you the united states capitol. that's where the stories are. >> he needs to quit borrowing. >> if it doesn't work we are all this n trouble. >> i

sarah palin took to her facebook page to write, mr. president, in honor of martin luther king jr. ending any racial divide, no more placing the race card. your response to that. >> i know why she does this. so we talk about her. her greatest fear is she's irrelevant, which she is. as a columnist in the midwest who is white who writes about race, the hate mail is still steady. i know what's out there. i live in the heartland. i love my state. ignore sarah palin because she's contributing nothing to this national conversation. >> she's not throwing fuel on the fire in a debate. she obviously has following. she obviously gets exposure. aren't tweets like this inflammatory, that add to the racism? i'm asking the question. connie, your thoughts. >> i would say she's trying to, but i don't think she cares about is this issue. i think she cares about getting this attention. it's not a criticism of you, ed. i would love to hear what eugene thi thinks. >> connie, it is this automatic reaction. if president obama says anything about race, it is like almost hitting a program key. we have to

it comes only a month after martin bashir resigned after talking about sarah palin in a derogatory way. >> right. i think that's only the latest in these sort of controversial remarks made by msnbc host. you have seen a string of it. i think what happened with melissa harris-perry is a continuation of that and i think the biggest problem is that msnbc wasn't just supposed to be a liberal counterpart to fox news, a sort of place for the progressive base to go every day and every night, it was also supposed to be smarter. it was supposed to elevate discourse and idea that you were having these smart, well educated progressives coming forth and changing the conversation and lean forward and lean into the 21st century and so much of these remarks which have to do with going after someone's family, issues of race with martin bashir suggesting that sarah palin should be treated like a slave, all of these things are leaning backward and it's totally not what msnbc was supposed to be about originally. it's doing real severe damage to the brand. >> do you agree? >> i agree -- did you say sally?

>>> and what sarah palin is saying about the chris christie bridge scandal. >> due think that governortical future is over? >>> then, moment of impact. plane crash caught on video. the mad scramble as water rushes in. >>> and check

maybe sarah palin said she admired mussolini's abs. sadly, in america, once a radical ages, their past becomes part of some grand mosaic libelled as cool. it's as if aiding the enemy is no different than dating a beatle, but it is, and michelle's message seems to be, so what if you're a traitor? you look great. while it's important to make sound food choices, it's also important to make sound friend choices, or maybe just stick to saying, eat your vegetables. >>> andrea, let's go around the table. what did you make of the video? interesting, amateur, fun, perhaps? >> goofy. no, it was cute. this is her campaign. she's allowed to pick whatever campaign she wants. she's done a lot of good with it. the video, it was fun. where don't think i would watch it beyond the show. the comments about jane fonda, she did say she wants to look like jane fonda. >> that is true. >> which i give her some slack on that. jane fonda looks really, really good. she also says she wants to live like her. all you have to do is do a little research on ms. jane f

you got to see the spat between karl rove and sarah palin, an illustration of these growing divisions between the tea party wing and what we might call the establishment wing. in fact, it prompted this question. was the dispute illustrative of a larger civil war within the gop? not a term i am using, that is a term that a whole bunch of headlines have used. you pick up "the new york times," they described this as a civil war within the republican party. we think this is an interesting question because previous accounts of parties have long described republicans a bit differently. republicans if you go back to the 1980's, freeman did a study and talked about the culture of the two major parties and talked about how the republican party was one and had a culture of being closed, quiet, and consensual. if you look into the 1990's, another study describes the party as one that has a homogeneous membership. william mayer wrote a book, "the divided democrats," an important book and one we were thinking about when we were doing this research. even more recently, "the divided democrats" book,

. >> jon: i have a feeling sarah palin will win a lot of these bad boys.'ll be like the meryl streep of the wilmore awards. >> i don't get it. >> jon: like a talented person who wins a -- i mean the angela bass set. >> i get it. funny joafnlg that's good. [ laughter ] -- funny joke. that's good. now on to the major boundary breakers. next is the award for white people who think it's okay now for them to use the n word. and the winner is madonna. >> madonna posted a picture of her son rocco boxing and the caption was mama said knock you out #dis-n word. >> adopting a black kid isn't like getting a flu shot. it doesn't inknock late you from using the phrase disnigger. >> jon: if that's what she calls the white kid what does she call the adopted children from africa. >> i don't know dode niggas. >> jon: i did interrupt? >> time for a moment of silence for the races we lost this year. ♪ [laughter] >> jon: so that's where we are on the week of mlk's birthday? >> yes, that's where we are, jon. we've made great strides towards racial hormny but it's discouraging

they loved sarah palin, remember? sarah palin was a bully. i'm sorry? >> let's not generalize.to go to iowa where you and i know they really have distaste for any rough talk or hardball behavior. maybe in new hampshire, you tell me which states are going to like this personality, this thuggish personality. which state? south carolina? are they going to go for it? >> everywhere there where there are republican primary voters, where there are the kind of voters who booed the gay soldier, who cheered when somebody said what should we just let people die? those republican primary voters are in every state. and in every state they're going to like chris christie. this is not the disaster for him that people think it is. i don't think so. i think it's miley cyrus. it look like a scandal when she was twerking at the vma award, but it turns out that it just made her a bigger star. >> you're the only person that would make that comparison. >> all i saw was every network covering chris christie's state of the state speech. when did you ever see networks cover a governor's state of the st

she says they're part of a pattern and whether it's sarah palin or mitt romney, the grand old party betterssault for what it ills. noel says the left unhenninged and main stream media unbotherred and unbowed. how do they respond? >> it's going to continue and the republicans our side needs to not only continue to accept the apology but we need to back it up and have a little bit more of a spine, and say, what you did was, a., wrong, and explain why. especially in mitt romney's case, with harris per -- perry. he could have said i'm insulted and what you did is offlimites, family members, and are you saying something disparaging about interracial relationships? what how saying? >> he is just the latest, whether it's sarah palin or anyone republican and that becomes wildly exaggerated. >> we should remain taking the high road and accept the apologies, but use the platform to stick up for ourselves. nobody likes somebody that is a woos, and i think they're putting us in a position to say something about it, and i think it's -- >> nor not student of, don't get down on their level. if they're go

and sarah palin. and your pick for the best music video of the year. sure are bill hemmer. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we are live in times square to ring in 2014 together with you. >> that moment, as i mentioned, is less than two hours away. you can see we have been joined by a million of our closest friends here in the heart of new york city. about a billion more, they say, are watching the ball drop around the world. we believe some americans won't be watching tonight because about 11,000 babies will be born in the u.s. on new year's eve. we will give them a pass on this night. >> can you believe that, 11,000. that's right. later tonight, actually, supreme court justice sonia sotomeyer will push the button. it is so loud. >> confetti. >> i believe over a ton of confetti is falling on the crowd. they did a test earlier to make sure the confetti was appropriate and wouldn't cut anybody's eye is what i read. interesting, right? gr. >> your first time at times square. >> first time in times square. over a decade at new york city and this is my first time

on the holiday, sarah palin took to her facebook to celebrate the day.mer gop wrote to president obama asking him to stop playing the race card. no explanation on what she meant by that. that follows a quote from dr. king's i have a dream speech. >>> later this morning, can anonymous tips justify a police search? today the supreme court hears a case about how far cops can take the words of unnamed tipsters. it raises important questions about the fourth amendment which lays out ho to conduct legal searches and seizures. and that is your dish of scrambled politics. joining me for the first look at politics is "newsday" columnist and political analyst ellis heniken. >> i hope you don't put any anonymous tips in me. >> not yet. you don't have to worry yet. chris christie though, he's still worrying a little bit. we have another one. this time another mayor talking about possible political retribution. this time dealing with the allegations of withholding hurricane sandy relief funds. is there any merit to this? >> there is certainly political merit to it at

. ♪ do you know you are an inspiration ♪ ♪ you rock snl and a sarah palin impersonation ♪ ♪ you wrotes, too ♪ ♪ you were born in 1970 -- i mean 1982 ♪ >> all right. so that's a clip there of fallen doing his performance that he honored tina fey's mark twain prize for humor. no word if he plans to hop on the stage with u 2. >>> "saturday night live", the new cast member made her first appearance. she impersonated a prefamed rihanna in the barbados review of "blossom". >> before rihanna was an international star, here are the opening credits of blossom. ♪ don't know about the beat, it's anybody's game, and no reason for getting there ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> zamata is snl's first black cast member and she was well sprinkled throughout the show. >>> one of the best moments from snl came from a sketch on justin bieber's alleged involvement in this egging in his neighborhood. >> justin, why on earth would you throw eggs at your neighbor's house? >> it's like -- it's a tradition in canada. >> throwing eggs? >> i mean, no, like i thought my neighbor was a chicken, right, so i was just returning his kids.

think the way the press trashes gop women is one reason they do not run for office, like they did sarah palin" guest: jenny hayes and i have done a systematic media coverage study, focusing on the 20 10th congressional elections. we quoted more than -- on the 2010 congressional elections. we covered ash we uncovered no difference between male and female candidates. of coverage really is an anomaly, and it is not what most voters are exposed to regularly. host: 500,000 elective offices in this country, professor lawless. what percentage had women running for that position? guest: most of those offices are held at the local level, and we don't have brought systematic data. but there is nothing to suggest that the percentage of women running is very different than the percentage of women holding those positions because we know care as much as men, so they are winning at equal rates. caller: jennifer, you have quite an impressive knowledge on your subject here. my question is about hillary clinton. i am a little afraid that rush limbaugh is going to get hillary clinton elected. host: why do you s

>> sarah palin.ernor talking chris christie's bridgegate. >> you can't cover up in those positions. it bites you in the butt. >> plus "duck dynasty." >> amy couldn't be that stupid they were going let the guy go. >> and what she's saying about sunday's globe hosts as hollywood gets ready. >> what is happening in your house right now? >> bieber investigated by the cops. did justin just egg his neighbor's house? >> i see you! >> i have another one for you. >> come back over here you >> before sochi what was america's outspoken skater. could her bold stance compromise her safety? >> it's not my job to go into their country ask tell them how to run it, but i have a voice. >> and a hercules ab quiz. >> whose abs are these? >> chris hemsworth. >> why do i know this? this is really sad. >> the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7. it's "the insider" together with yahoo. >> ashley wagner, the media darling dreaming of olympic gold now in danger of not even make ing the u.s. team. we are on the ice as

the whole situation finally ended you had i would consider one of the tea party main say stays sarah palin coming out to be looking at key races in 2014 where they are looking to take on many established conservatives namely mitch mcconnell. and i think we are going to see major damage within the party in 2014. >> our topic this morning is based on eric ham's book "the gop civil war" we want to talk to republicans only. 202-538-3880. if you are a republican and live west of the mississippi or further out west, mountain and pacific zones and hawai acrobatics -- as well. what do ann colter and john boehner have in common? >> i believe they believe in the party and the direction of the party. but i think they have different ideas on moving forward. john boehner has to actual govern and appeal to an activist base within the party. but he has to think about the direction of the company at large in terms of how the country is moving forward. we are dealing with major issues right now. we are grappling with high unemployment. there are a number of issues that are coming to fruition namely the deb

he likes rachel matt on a personal level and sarah palin?e hired her as a fox news contributor because he wanted to give courteous to pass off the people that wanted her dead. hands starting a brand new history channel with bill o'reilly. joining us now the "a team." we talked on your broadcast this afternoon if it is great. john gibson, we are delighted to see you in that you have joined us. let's start with the unemployment insurance and the odd mix of emotions with the republican party about extendi unemployment benefits to people who have been long-term unemployed because of disastrous economic policy implemented by this administration. >> it is not their fault. of less they voted for obama [laughter] >> there are looking for a jobs most of them are. there are no jobs to had. the president tries to put a band-aid over it to keep them in the unemployed the checks but as charles crumb number says of the speci report, this is an indictment of the administration's economic policies. lou: new support republicans voting for the extension? >> i

but you had martin bashir with a violent attack on sarah palin. you had alec baldwin losing his job over an anti-gay slur. now melissa harris-perry. is there something in the culture there that tolerates this unacceptable language? >> well, i think you can get into a bubble and be surrounded by people who have contempt for other people who believe different things that are conservative and that could lead you to think this thing is okay. i am not, for my part, in support of people losing their jobs over this. i think bashir's apology was good, as well. you should be loud to say sometimes mistakes, say dumb things and offend people. >> as we all do from time to time. >> but i think the folks over at msnbc often spend a lot of time dealing the moral authority card and being morally superior about people right of center. when you make a mistake like this which is frankly the kind of thing they accuse the right of all the time, you should hang up the moral authority card for just a few weeks. >> another example, during the whole duck dynasty thing, er

when i see what happened to sarah palin and hillary clinton, they're under the microscope. she had a pretty good story before it got fudged. she had a pretty good story, why did she fudge it or lie as her opponents would say? >> to this day, she's not backing from this story and she says she's going to tell this again and again and that the greg abbott campaign has attacked her story. since minute one, their defense has been that it's all greg abbott's fault and they're attacking him. she obviously has augmented or amended her story so it can get a little bit more dramatic, and you're right, it was dramatic enough to begin with. but what she's doing now, if you look at her place hold never this race, she is building a political future that she could really screw up by attacking somebody in a wheelchair. it's one thing to run against this guy and run a tough campaign and lose in a state that still isn't purple. but she has a real future of being a star in the party. she could be a senator one day. at this point, there's a stand with rand hash tag for senator paul. but one of

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courteney cox, sarah palin and trisha yearwood all turning 50 this year. >> courtney love, elle mcpherson, terry hatcher. >> hank azaria. >> and blair underwood and rob lowe. >> that's a lot of folks. a big milestone. >> fermenting nicely in the wine world. >> they are fermenting. 50 is a little -- >> and hodawoman is not on that list, the most important one of all. >> 50 is funny. sometimes it is something kind of cool, hey, i'm 50, yea, then suddenly you start thinking about, did you feel that way when you turned -- >> 50 wasn't that so bad, but it is half a century. it is all how you look at it. 50 wasn't bad. i had cas when i turned 40. who cared. i was happy. you're that hormonal, you feel young. when you get to 60 when you're out of hormones, it -- you do feel different. 60 was hard. >> i like when joanne says -- our producer on the show says, look, hoda, the best years are behind you. >> that's wonderful. >> and there's more behind you too as the years go on. if you really want a dance party, all right, i'll give you a dance party. >> a funky dance party. okay, good. good news abou

alaska not only borders canada to its east, but as syrup -- as sarah palin reminds us, russia to its west. economic potential benefits as well as impact on energy prices, reduction, and the broader economy back home. the secretary of energy has said these issues are all worth re- examining. so we are really delighted that senator murkowski is here to have a conversation with us about these topics today. oilmericans consume less and produce more of it, it is time to revisit energy policy. but energy is not just about how we get and use fuel. it is also about the environmental consequences. senator murkowski is a terrific guest, one of the few senate republicans who has argued we need to take climate change seriously. on a day when many of us are wishing for more warming around here, we also look ahead to a coming january weekend this coming weekend where temperatures are predicted to be back in the 60's. understanding that the science is real but also emerging and hasving, the senator supported energy efficiency legislation and a greater understanding of the need to adapt to a warmer