james franco is a self-proclaimed selfie ofiperso.controversial video. ♪ >> the president took time out to mark the year of the selfie. twitter devotes a day to it, hash tag selfie saturday. face book and instagram may be contributing to self involved oversharers. >> a super close up of my eye, now a selfie looking cute. >> when you're sending out photos of yourself the message is look at me, admire me. >> one study looked at college students over time and found that narcissistic traits has been rising but is posting selfies to blame? ask any ninth grader and they will tell you they take hundreds of selfies every year. teen girls are five times more likely than boys to share se selfies. >> who has more photos, more friends. >> who has more likes? >> exactly. >> i didn't see you there. >> with instagram trending towards video and facebook gobbling up vines, videos are all the rage. if you can get yourself noticed in a stadium, you, too, can go viral. these girls were fined 1500 bucks. >> i think it's the truth. the eyes are the window

>>> and year of the selfie. memorable images from what became one of the 2013's hottest trends. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the death toll is now 16 in the deadly bombing of a busy train station in russia today. an attack that tonight has security concerns reverberating across that country now just 39 days before russia hosts the 2014 winter olympics. officials say a lone suicide bomber detonated inside the entrance of the rail station in the city of volgograd, formerly known as stalin grad. it's just 400 miles northeast of sochi, and tonight security experts are raising concerns the attack could be part of a broader terror campaign aimed at disrupting the olympics themselves. we begin our coverage with nbc's jim meseda in moscow. jim? >> reporter: hi, lester. well, the suicide bomber struck at that strain station just as it was at its busiest, full of russians going home for their new year's holidays. the moment the bomber set o

avoid thatg to question and get into the history of the selfie. did cavemen do selfies?ck figure on the wall, is that not a selfie? i'm going to say that is the first selfie. >> some selfies are worth quite a bit of money. >> budget talks. vote in theave a senate. it is important. obama is meeting with tech executives. look to see how much blowback there is on privacy. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." >> senate republicans will support a compromise. the federal open market committee begin two days of meetings and will focus on this morning's inflation report. brady orare not thomas peyton manning, the rest of the nfl lays three seasons and they are done. the money runs out. good morning, everyone, this is "bloomberg surveillance." it is tuesday, december 17. joining me is scarlet fu and denver broncos fan michael mckee. we need a morning brief. >> the broncos look good this weekend and they are playing the worst team in the league. >> is that the jets or the giants. wax unfortunately, it is used in. mark carney who is sitting in the catbird seat. he came over to fi

come on in and take a selfie. >> you guys get a selfie with the president. >> you seen up for obama care>> really. what do you like about obama care? >> you got yourself a picture with the president. >> you sign up for obama care? >> no, i have insurance. >> are you keeping your doctor? >> yes. >> that's what you think. >> that's not captain america. i am captain america. so you signed up for obama care? >> absolutely. >> all right. we'll take a self authority ie. >> you tock your selfie with the president? >> yes, di. >> are you signing up for obama care. >> no. you told me you did. check this out. deleted. >> mr. president, we received word from the secret service that michelle wants you in the white house right now. >> in that case i have to go. before i do. i would get a selfieshg e. it is a selfie for you. have you signed for obama care? . mauz mrauz >> i doubt cookie monster will need obama care. joining me is the editor of la.comand communing're communication director for california. thank you for being here. >> and we'll start with the controversy over the selfie photo. ella, did

we have more on the rise of the selfie. >> i don't have a problem with the selfie.atural human instinct to capture yourself in the way that you would like to be remembered. this is how artists use to survive. the walls of the met are hung with selfies. it's possible that having a camera in your pocket all the time has perverted a natural human instinct and turned it into unbearable human issa system, but if we are going to indict ourselves for that, we have to remember the role of the selfie. twitter makes you post one when you sign up. if you do not have one on facebook, it will remind you. instagram is the house that selfies built. these are not clubs. they are companies, and they need you to selfie to make money. my facebook profile picture is me walking away from the camera with a child on my shoulders. these are just selfie ways to imply that i'm too cool for selfies, but nobody gets out of here alive. you cannot be part of twitter or facebook or instagram without making some kind of decision of what you would like the world to think you want to be known as. is

i didn't know what a selfie was. once i figured it out. childish gambino. we will be right back with tom hanks! ed lg mego ken e 's >> jimmy: welcome back. her new cookbook looks just like this. it is called "week in a day" five dishes. the one and only, rachel ray is here with us. and then a young man who -- accomplishes whatever he sets his mind on. this is his new album because the internet had just came out today. childish gambino from the sony outdoor theater. tomorrow night, ryan seacrest. bradley whitford. music from matt miller. thursday, music from jeff campbell. join us then. our first guest needs no introduction. a multiple oscar, golden globe winning actor, brings walt disney to life in "saving mr. banks" opens december 20th. please welcome tom hanks. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for coming. so, you know, i got a name for guys like you. >> jimmy: what is it? >> guys that don't signal when they change lines. i'm behind you. you slide over without a signal. i say, hey, thanks for the signal, [ bleep ]. like, like

let's take a selfie. >> did you get your selfie with the president? >> yes. >> did you sign up for obamacare? >> yes. >> what do you like about obamacare? >> why are you laughing at your friend? >> because he's lying. >> did you get your selfie with the president? >> yes, i did. >> did you sign up for obamacare? >> no, i have insurance already. >> are you going to keep yoyour -- your doctor. >> yes. >> that's what you think. >> that's not captain america, i'm captain america. >> have you signed up for obamacare? >> absolutely. >> let's take our selfie. >> you just took your selfie with the president? >> yes. >> are you going to sign up for obamacare. >> no. >> wait, you told me you already did. but check this out -- deleted. >> the president just received word from the secret service that michelle wants you back at the white house now. >> in that case i have to go. but before i do, i've always wanted to get a selfie with cookie monster. come on up. and a selfie for you. all right. and have you signed up for obamacare? >> no, i haven't. >> i doubt cook

norman rockwell painted a selfie of him painting a selfie.ossible that having a camera in your pocket at all times has turned you into a narcissist, but we have to remember the role of the selfie industry. twitter makes you post a selfie when you sign up. if you do not have one on facebook, it will remind you. instagram is the house that selfies built. the selfie that is my twitter icon was taken of me at a wedding. my facebook profile is me walking away from the camera with a child. these are just selfie ways to suggest that i am too cool for selfies. you cannot be a part of twitter or facebook without the decision projecting how you want to be seen. video,am done with this i am definitely going to put this on facebook to see what my friends from high school say. currencyssism is the that keeps this protected, but the rise of the selfie has nothing to do with the decline in humility. it is just a business strategy, and it is working. >> brendan is here with us. >> what are you doing? >> sorry. >> you accept that we are a selfie culture. >> t

no escaping the selfie. who can we blame for the rise of the selfie?kardashian. >> i do not have a problem. it is an instinct to carry yourself in a way you would like to be remembered before history does it for you. norman rockwell painting a selfie. inis possible have a camera your pocket has perverted this natural instinct and turned into unbearable narcissism. it is possible. we have to remember the role of the self he -- selfie. have one ont facebook, it will remind you until you selfie your cell. these are not social clubs. they need you to selfie so they can make money. this was taken at my wedding. ais is me walking away from photo. these are ways to imply i am too cool for selfies. twitterot be a part of or facebook or instagram to make a decision of what you would like to world to think you will like to be remembered as. silicon valley is a random by ies.randa by -- ran by self after this, i am going to put it on facebook. currency.sism is the i do not think the rise has anything to do with a decline in humility. it's a business strategy and

president selfie.is a metaphor for everything being about barack obama. when nelson mandela died the white house tweeted out a picture of the president in mandela's cell. when rosa parks died the white house tweeted out a picture of the president in an empty bus. it's always about him. president selfie. it's a great piece by john cass. >> it kills you that he's president. >> it does. >> we have to have a selfie for controversy about barack obama. i don't know what the far left website is but it doesn't represent the left. i do, as you know. there is no racism here among people who are critical. but there is nothing to be critical of. we agree on this, mike. it was a celebration. it wasn't a funeral. it was a celebration of nelson mandela's life. george w. bush took a picture with bono that's on instagram. >> at a time where the president faces charges of being narcissistic and everything having to always be about him. >> charges by who? by you? >> i'm the only one. i don't speak for everybody in conser

they used to paint selfies for rich people. the walls of the net are hung with selfies.ural about wanting to render yourself or take a picture of yourself. i think what we are annoying is that, again coming back to social media, instagram in particular is run on selfies. these are companies who want to make it as easy as possible for you to selfie yourself. facebook, if you don't have an icon in there, they tell you every time you login that you don't have a picture. twitter does the same. it is not that we are morally unsound and unbearably versus a stick. i think we are at the mercy ash unbearably narcissistic -- it is not that we are morally unsound -- unbearably presses cystic >> it is james franco's fall. is this just a flash in the pan? maybe the 2014 version of the selfie. >> there are certain kinds of tolerance and intolerance around it new technology. do you remember when we had cell phones and people didn't know you are not supposed to be talking on your cell phone all the time? we solved it with basic social code -- you are not supposed to use your cell phone

. -- there is no escaping the selfie. >> i don't have a problem with the selfie.a natural and human instinct to capture yourself in a way that history will not for you. the walls of the met are hung with selfies. norman rockwell -- it's possible having a camera in your pocket all the time has perverted this human instinct and turned it into unbearable narcissism. but if we are going to indict yourself for that, we have to remember the role of the selfie industry. twitter makes you post one when you sign-up. you don't on facebook, it will remind you until you have one on the page. instagram is the house that selfies built. these are not individuals, they are companies. the one that is my twitter icon was taken from a wedding and i obscured my face. one is me walking away with a child on my shoulders. this is a way to imply i'm too cool for selfies. but nobody gets out of here alive. you can be a part of it without making some kind of decision about what you want the world to think you would like to be seen as. is that even grammatical? silicon valley is run on self

ways to just selfie imply that i am too cool.ou cannot be a part of twitter or facebook without making some kind of a decision about what you want the world to think you like to be seen as. is that even grammatical? these companies cannot keep me and everyone else selfiing all the time. when i am done with this video, i will definitely put it on facebook to see what my friends from high school site. our narcissism is this currency that keep sheryl sandberg happy. i do not think the rise of it has anything to do with the klein of insanity. it is working. here is one business strategy that has worked for decades until the iron rest got involved. taking you inside the swiss think fault. five nfl coaches joining america's unemployed. we will go through the cut list coming up in sports. >> it is 26 minutes past the hour. getting you caught up on the markets. they are trading today, even if volume is so low you almost cannot measure it. the s&p 500 gaining .2%. the nasdaq up for. following the record holiday season. citigroup raising t

selfie.l mediafrom expert randy zuckerberg. and the target security breach causing a lot of concern that consumers. short list of companies that are poised to benefit in the new year. ♪ talking about it even before the president made it a household name, and the word is not going away. selfie is webster cost is webster's dictionary word of the year. >> i do not have a problem with the selfie. it is a way to capture your self before history does it for you. this is the way that history used to survive. norman rockwell painted a selfie of him making a selfie. if we are going to indict ourselves, we have to remember the role of the selfie in industry. twitter makes you post a selfie when you sign up. if you do not have one on facebook, it will remind you. instagram is the house that selfies built. the selfie that is my twitter icon was taken at a photo booth at a wedding. my profile picture is me walking away from the camera with a child on my camera. these are just ways to imply that i am too c

why you should not hate on the selfie. before we had to break, across the atlantic some new year's parties are kicking off. biking style. 45,000 took to the streets of scotland for a torchlight procession kicking off new year celebration. torches lit up the roofs led by vikings, and drums. a fireworks finale also. ? >> 2013 was a guest -- rough year for washington, but i guess it is kind of like that every year. the nsa spying scandal, the government shutdown. might even be a year that both parties want to forget. even president obama is moving forward. >> president 13 -- 2013 could the break year through for america. we all know there is a lot more we will have to do to restore opportunity and brought base growth for every american. that will require action. >> i think we are all ready for action from congress. get companies hiring. leave money in the pockets of people who earned it. there are a bunch of tax breaks that expire tomorrow. >> you have the individual issues. two hundred $40 right now. that will drop to $130 a

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rockwellll -- norman painted a selfie of him painting a selfie. your pocket has taken a human instinct and turned it into unbearable narcissism. we have to remember the role of the selfie industry. twitter makes you post a selfie when you sign up. if you do not have a selfie on facebook tom might it will remind you until you have selfied yourself on the page. these are not social clubs. they are companies. a need you you toie -- they need selfie so they can make money. my facebook profile picture is me walking away from the camera with a child on my soldiers. these are ways to imply that i am too cool for selfies. -- my facebook rockwell picture is me walking away from the camera with a child on my soldiers. get oute is no way to alive. silicon valley -- they cannot every day.fieing when i get finished with this video, i will definitely put it on facebook. our narcissism is the currency. i do not think the rise of the selfie has anything to do with the declining utility. it is a business strategy. and it is working. >> and now it is time for a spe

before i do i always wanted to get a selfie. i will be back. get a selfie for you. all right. have you signed up for obamacare? >> >> i doubt cookie monster is going to need obamacare. joining me is editor of law.com and dana rohbocker kara set meyer. thank you both. >> thank you for having us. >> we will start with the controversy over the selfie photo that was taken at the memorial for nelson mandela. do you think the president might have taken the dignity of the presidency down a notch by being over there photographed hamming it up with the other folks? >> i don't think he was hamming it up. governor you live in that world. you are sitting next to the dutch prime minister. this isn't a selfy. we know this was her picture, right? she asked you governor can i take a picture with you? what are you going to say? no. you were just talking about politeness. all obama did in this situation was be polite to the prime minister of holland. >> it was denmark. >> i took note of michelle's response. were you a little taken a back? >> you need to have respect for the office. >> this is i

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what did you make the selfie? >> the selfie, i got a lot of respect now for michelle obama. the look on her face was like, you self-absorbed jackasses. i am going to pay attention to what is going on right now. of course it is her vows. her voice. >> i sound just like her. >> doing push ups she sounds pretty manly. >> terrible sexist joke there. >> i thought it was funny. as the female of the group, i thought it was funny. >> i like you a lot, but i hate the guy to my left. >> are selfies beneath world leaders or does it make them just like us? when i saw that i thought, isn't that adorable? >> first of all let's get this out of the way. it wasn't a selfie. in the dictionary it is a photo taken of one's self. if there is somebody in the picture besides you it is not a selfie. >> you could call it a frenzie and there are other words. this wasn't a funeral. there were people dancing outside. i don't think this is big deal to anyone besides michelle. i want to say to president obama if he is watching, i hope the couch in the oval office is a better place to put your legs up tha

president selfie. it's a great piece. >> just kills you he's president we have to have a selfie to have a controversy about barack obama? that does not represent the left. i do. as you well know. but you know that is not what it's about. there is no racism here. there is nothing to be critical of. he was a, it was a celebration. it wasn't a funeral. it was a celebration of nelson mandela's life. george w. bush took a picture with bono. there is no controversy. >> but where the president base faiss charges of being everything having to always be him >> charges by whom? >> by you. >> iement only one? come on. >> yes. >> i don't speak for everybody in conservativeland but a lot of americans say it's always about him. and john cash wrote it's president selfie. >> why. y the person who said this was on a rival cable network. talking about how you're racist if you're critical. if you don't like him, you're a racist. if you criticize the first lady you're a sexist racist. >> i don't agree with using the r wor

. >> the history of selfies. they have been around for a long, lopping time. >> a seismic change in policy from the food and drug administration, one called unpress dated, one that impacts farms and people around the country. the agency is used to phase out poultry and milk. i'll talk to a medical doctor about what this means. >> first today's decision. >> giving antibiotics to live took has been common practice on american farms for decades. consider that in 2011, 30,000 pounds. drug was sold for meat and poultry production. it was used to keep stock healthy and for animals to grow faster. there's a risk in people. new recystent strains of bacteria were allowed to einvolve, sickening millions of americans, killing 23,000 people. that is driving the f.d.a. to phase out antibiotics for food production. in a statement the f.d.a. says: the faze out would happen. after that it was be illegal to use antibiotics. others say the guidelines, which have voluntary, will not do enough to keep people safe. >> i'm concerned t

frankly, i actually wish he hadn't have sake taken the selfie at the funeral.that was a little bit awkward. >> i was like where are we on the selfie? i think this was maybe not appropriate. >> it was not the appropriate time for a selfie. but why are we trying to get inside the head of michelle obama? >> the entire event t theatrics of it. you have this stadium, the last time that americans have seen it was during the world cup. it feels like the sound of 60,000 people, is exuberant and joyous when the president is introduced. people are thinking this is a funeral in which we are dower and this was a big celebration of one of the most celebrated individuals on the plaechbt who passed away after a long and tremendous life. >> absolutely, i think we all should rejoice he got 95 years. i can't think of something that was not more important to me personally that nelson mandela should get 95 on this earth after spending 27 as a freedom fighter. >> and there was a long time that it looked like he wasn't going to get # 5. >> one thing that was really stirring to me in

. >> how did this turn into a selfie? and what about the pundits on the left and the right exploiting mandela's memory. one year of the anniversary of the horrible school shooting, was that the right call? >>> john boehner unloads on the conservative grums that blasted his budget deal and the media can't get enough. are they promoting a republican civil war? >>> plus, the reporter who barely escaped jail for refusing to reveal her confidential sources. i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. >>> we begin our coverage in south africa. fox news correspondent greg palcon is there. take us on the ground. what has it been like? has it been challenging to capture the emotion surrounding mandela's passing? >> howard, this is one of those stories that is quite unbelievable. just about everybody you talk to can speak to you and speak intelligently and articulately. we've been here about eight days and talked to dozens of south africans. there is mourning for the man, but celebration for the life. we talked to one young lady and s

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so the critics are saying who takes a selfie at a funeral? a memorial service and they say it was disrespectful. david? >> it was. and i mean, whether you're a head of state, megyn, cameron, danish prime minister and president obama, better places to do this. this is going to get picked up. i've been worried about what michelle says with the danish pastry next to him. >> he looks unhappy. >> apparently she's unhappy and sat between them. i think he might be chilly. >> might have been rude for the danish prime minister saying let's pose. what is he supposed to say? >> supposed to say, i've been racking my brain when it is ever okay for the leader of the free world to take a selfie? the answer is, never. save merriment for irish. he's at a memorial for another leader. this makes no sense. i agree michelle obama probably gave him a piece of her mind when he got home. >> critics saying it shows he wasn't that moved, taking it seriously enough. that it was a breech of decoreum. >> people have no idea how south africans celebrate and honor their he

and a selfie from one of the most infamous evil-doers in cinematic history.e'll have details and you can get involved with the twitter question. >>> but we begin with the new york trail derailment. this morning, investigators are turning their attention to the engineer as new revelations of just how fast the train was going when it derailed. the onboard data recorder revealed the train was going 82 miles per hour when it took that fateful curve. it should have been traveling at just 30 miles per hour. engine power was cut back just six seconds before the crash, and the brakes were applied just moments later, but the engineer telling investigators they didn't work. it's important to note here, they had worked at the nine stops before the crash. investigators also looking at the engineer's cell phone. it's believed the driver of that deadly crash in spain last january was on his cell phone when that accident occurred. the death toll in the bronx stands at four. dozens have been treated for broken bones, lacerations and severe spinal cord injuries. meanwhile, ou

this is a selfie we took with adam parkey. >> that is a selfie of the selfie. to take any flak for the selfie. unlike the president did with his. the european leaders have tried to laugh off the criticism, but this faux pas got us thinking on the program. with new social media as part of is professional lives, cory tweeting as i speak. >> and i supposed to be paying attention to the show? >> to help us sort this out is randi zuckerberg. she is the ceo and author of "dot complicated." are you surprised at how much flak the president and prime minister's got for this photo? >> on some hand i am a bit surprised, on the other hand, i am not. of thefie is the word year. it is a global phenomenon and it is really taking off in every aspect of our lives. our incessant desire to autobiographical he portrayed -- autobiographically or tray every aspect of our lives. every aspect of our lives. there was this great presentation where it was said that if you are over the age of 30, using the camera is in the back of the phone but if you are under the age of 30, you know the

fit woman is taking a lot of heat over this selfy. you are watching "world news now." >>> we have shown you before how hospital bills really do add up even when the tests and procedures can be found at a fraction of the cost. >> abc news is trying to find out why, and what we've discovered is pretty outrageous. rebecca jarvis has more. >> i'm outraged at the cost of medical care. >> reporter: outpouring of frustration. >> $52,000. >> 23,000. >> reporter: hundreds of you sending stories of outrageous hospital bills. >> bills keep coming. >> crazy. >> everybody says something ought to be done. what can be done? >> reporter: kathy mindheart has her own story. she understands business because she runs one out of her home in northern california, but what she can't understand are the two bills she received after some blood work. >> it was outrageous. >> reporter: what was outrageous about it? >> the cost difference. >> reporter: the same test performed within a couple hundred feet of each other. first she came to quest diagnostics and went

people there take selfies as well. i caved in. i'll show you m my selfy. >> isn't she cute. pinpinch those cheeks. you're not embarrassed that you did it. >> yeah, did i it. >> you totally did it embrace the moment. that's cool stuff ines thank you. >> super bowl xlviii is still weeks away but the potential for snow in the northeast has a lot of people worried. there is an answer if it snows in new jersey they'll just melt it. was it a dry run. >> reporter: it was sort of a dry one. it was a wet dry run. basically super bowl fans all around the country. this is the first super bowl ever my goodness me what wil wil happen if it snows. it will be canceled. well, they hit back and said don't mess with us, the rest of the country. there is going to be a super bowl whether it snows or not. >> we do get an awful lot of the white stuff in new jersey i, and here's the problem. metlife stadium has no roof. which means that there is a chance that fans could be freezing in the stands or worse, game could be postponed. but wait, this is new york and new jersey. the first time two states

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. >> president obama posing for a three-way selfy with two other world leaders. our panel weighs in on this photo op, causing a lot of controversy just ahead. >>> and breaking news, trouble for democrats from the white house on down, president obama's approval rating dropping to its lowest rating ever in the national polling, look at this. 38% now say they improve of the job he is doing. 57% disapprove. that is nearly a complete reversal of the numbers president obama enjoyed back in 2009. and it gets worse here for democrats, if the election were held today, others say they would vote for republican news charge of the house and senate. and the spread is even larger when you talk to independents. 50% say they would rather see republicans in charge of congress, 35% say they would go with the democrats. how about that? wow, chris stirewalt is host of "power play." chris, the thing that is so striking about it, we talked many times about how on the generic ballot, the republicans have been disadvantaged for many months. and now what a reversal to see in the overall,

. >>> and an exhibition literally goes viral with selfy art.that and "real money" at the top of the hour. >> reporter: the beginning and the end of the fed's stimulus program. what does it mean what you pay for mortgages and car loans. and why it pays to think twice before making a claim after a fender-bender. all that and more on real money. so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> the american medical association today raised the threshold for high blood pressure. doctors are now advised not to prescribe medication to patients with blood pressure below 150/90. studies found no benefits starting treatments that means fewer people will be taking medication for high blood pressure. >>> an art exhibit in new york is attracting thousands of people a day. attendees are waiting hours to take selfies and posting them online. maria has more on that. >> reporter: they're called the infinity rooms and they're down

would you take a selfie? >> here they are. they totally look like they're in love. >> they look so happy to be together. >> it wouldn't be a stewart edge youtube video if there want some kissing. >> the guy's a master at that. >> it's been quite a year. stuart, good work, buddy. has this been a whirl wind for you? each of your videos gets to be super popular. >> it's been a crazy journey. i used to clean port-a-potties before i did youtube. a lot of people don't know that. >> do you think there's one video that puts you on the map? >> the mistletoe kissing prank, hi nine subscribers before that and that one went viral. that one got me on the map but then i think people were kind of like, okay, so one hit. but then the next video that helped me take off again was the magic kissing card trick. they were like okay, maybe this guy knows what he's doing and recently the pink shirt kissing prank kind of took off again. >> we were really, really impressed with the pink shirt kissing prank. we had a dedate bathe on our show about how

. >> get selfies. i do understand that it's a little too much to have everybody -- you want a webcam following him around? >> come on, mika, they shut off access. they got their guy in there taking pictures. so you bring up this -- >> i'm not grumpy. >> you bring up the selfie thing. if you are at the celebration of somebody tease life, right, and you have, as a governor and you have somebody from another state saying hey let's take a selfie, everybody is celebrating and they go like this. would you push them away or sit there and smile? >> sit there and smile. >> what's the big thing about the selfie. >> we're wasting time discussing this. >> we're not wasting time. people are freaking out online. you brought it up. >> i'll take the blame. >> about what? >> that he took a selfie. >> you're so grumpy today. look. >> the hand. great picture. >> what's the big deal? >> it's a celebration. >> celebration of his life. i don't think the criticism is necessary and people are trying to critique human nature.

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. >> president obama joining the british and danish prime ministers in a selfie. >> how does this turn into such a circus? what about the pundits on the left and the trying to score partisan points? many news outlets staying away from newtown during the one-year anniversary of the horrifying shooting there. is that the right call? speaker boehner unloads on the conservative groups that blasted the deal. the media could not get enough. >> the reporter who barely escaped jail for refusing to reveal we confidential services. this this is "media buzz." we begin coverage in south africa where nelson mandela's funeral was underway after ten daze of intensive media college. fox news correspondent is there, greg palkot. is it challenging to find people to interview or capturing the emotions? >> this is one of those stories that is quite unbelievable. everybody you talk to can speak to you and speak intelligently and articulately. we have been here eight days. we talked to dozens of south africans. though are good at breaking down the dichotomy of the week, there is mourning for the man but cel

, 2013, year of it. >> huge years for selfies.sted now in taking a photo than being in a photo we took. this, of course, was probably the selfie of the year, featuring a pope. this guy was in st. peter's and the guy wandered by, asked him to pose and there you go. they are sort of crowding him out of the photo a little. >> we know it's francis. obviously a lot of smiling faces there that were excited to run into the pope. how very modern of him. >> it's a example of the kind of pope he's going to be. >> fromtime magazine, happy holidays to you. thank you. >> see you back tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern time. we'll talk live with congressman charlie rangel. this afternoon he's making an announcement about his political future. we'll ask him about that. don't go anywhere. "now" with alex wagner up next. >> hello, thomas. happy holidays to you. >> you, too. >>> we're live in washington with a look at new task force findings on nsa and president obama's holiday homework. we will discuss the future of privacy and surveillance state with de

it makes them -- we do selfies and they do selfie they were singing and dancing so it might be a differentuure over there. >> you're being genius. >> it was inappropriate. thank you very much indeed. when we come back. what brought eva longoria and howard buffet together. they are here in a prime time exclusive. that's coming up next. >> that's who we are, a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity, where hard work can lead to ccess no matter where you start. as i travel the country for the president, i see americans as every background figing to succeed. their optimistic, ambitious, hard working but they want t know their hard work will pay off. >> ev longoria at the democratic nvention. closest to her heart is education and working with howard buffet. howard's new hope is "40 chances." eva is honoring howard here in new york and they both have joined me today. how are you both? >> great, great to see you. >> no offense, howd, but this is kind of beauty in the beast and i'm not looking at you with the word beauty in my mind. >> that's not the first time i heard that. >> what brought