Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) talks about political wins and compromises in the newly reached fiscal cliff deal. Oil spill expert Rob Steiner weighs in on the Shell drilling rig that ran aground in Alaska and the possibility of spilled oil. Lauren Brown Jarvis from Jack and Jill Politics digs into media and audience responses to “Django Unchained.” Attorney Rossana Mitchell talks about the hotel in Chino Hill, Calif., that reportedly allows Asian women to give birth there so that their children have U.S. citizenship. Plus, TYT delivers the premiere Elbow from the Sky for 2013. Who earned the first spot in the middle of the ring?
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Cenk awards President Obama his first-ever Elbow of the Day
Cenk Uygur awards the Elbow of the Day to President Obama for the first time, in anticipation of cuts to Medicare and/or Social Security and additional compromises during the final debt negotiations in February. watch video
‘Django Unchained’ proves ‘the slave never wins’
Cenk Uygur talks to Lauren Brown Jarvis of Jack and Jill Politics about the film “Django Unchained” and the ongoing controversy about its realism and use of the n-word. watch video
Rep. Pete DeFazio: Biden is ‘out of touch’ on debt deal and ‘tea party dominance’
In the wake of the last-minute deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, Cenk Uygur talks to Rep. Pete DeFazio, D-Ore., about the lobbying that Vice President Joe Biden did to help the deal pass. watch video
From the show: How the ‘fiscal cliff’ deal helps the rich and hurts the middle class
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