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THE TOP TEN MOMENTS OF 2013.
>>> IT WAS THE YEAR OF LIVING
ANGRILY.
>> SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.
>> DO YOU STAND FOR YOUR
COUNTRY?
OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN?
>> THIS PLACE IS A MESS.
>> I RESOUNDINGLY REJECT THAT
ALLEGATIONING
>> WHITE HOT RHETORIC, ICY COLD
RELATIONSHIPS.
>> I BA RAM HUSSEIN OBAMA.
>> THAT SAID, 2013 STARTED AS
INAUGURAL YEARS OFTEN DO.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> NICELY ENOUGH.
>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS WE ARE
MADE FOR THIS MOMENT AND WE WILL
SEIZE IT.
>> HE WAS A POPULAR PRESIDENT
WITH AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA,
REVAMPING THE TAX CODE,
REFORMING SCHOOLS, BETTER JOB
TRAINING AND NEW ENERGY POLICY
AND IMPROVE THE VOTING PROCESS,
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND GUN
CONTROL.
NONE OF IT HAS HAPPENED.
TURNS OUT, JANUARY WAS THE
KINDEST MONTH.
THE PRESIDENT ENDS THE YEAR WITH
AN APPROVAL RATING THAT HAS GONE
SOUTH AND FOCUSED ON SAVING THE
HEALTH CARE REFORM HE WON IN THE
FIRST TERM.
>> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS A
YOUNG INVINCIBLE.
AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THIS OFFICE,
PEOPLE DON'T CALL ME THAT
ANYMORE.
>> ANOTHER YEAR LIKE THIS AND
THEY WILL CALL HIM LAME DUCK.
PAUL CRUZ AND RUBIO, SONS OF THE
TEA PARTY, KNIVIES ON THE BLOCK,
2016 RISING.
THIS SON OF CUBAN IMMIGRANTS
CATAPULTED TO STAR STATUS
PUSHING HIS RELUCTANT PARTY
TOWARD IMMIGRATION REFORM.
>> I WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE IT TO
DEMOCRATS ALONE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO FIX IT.
>> LIBERTARIAN AT HEART,
REPUBLICAN BY PARTY, RAND PAUL
BLOCKED A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON THE
ADMINISTRATION'S USE OF DRONES
>> I WILL SPEAK UNTIL I CAN NO
LONGER SPEAK.
>> AND A ONE OFF POLITICIAN FROM
THE LONE STAR STATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TED CRUZ STAGED AN OVERNIGHT
FAUX FILL BUSTER TO MAKE THE
CASE AGAINST OBAMACARE.
FILLING TIME WITH A BEDTIME
STORY FOR HIS KIDS.
>> I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND
HAM, I DO NOT LIKE THEM SAM I
AM.
>> WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY.
>> IN A MOMENT ALL HIS OWN,
ANOTHER OF THE 2016S RISING, NEW
JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE
WINS A LANDSLIDE RE-ELECTION AND
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S OPENING A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
>> I KNOW THAT IF WE CAN DO
THISSING IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY,
MAYBE THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. SHOULD TUNE IN THEIR TVs
RIGHT NOW.
SEE HOW IT'S DONE.
>> ALSO IN A LEGAL ALL HER OWN,
THE FORMER FIRST LADY, FORMER
SENATOR, FORM ARE SECRETARY OF
STATE LEFT WASHINGTON FOR, HMM,
SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT NOT WITHOUT A FEW CHOICE
WORDS.
>> THE FACT IS, WE HAD FOUR DEAD
AMERICANS.
WAS IT BECAUSE OF A PROTEST OR
WAS IT BECAUSE OF GUYS OUT FOR A
WALK ONE NIGHT WHO DECIDED THEY
WOULD GO KILL AMERICANS.
WHAT DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT
DOES IT MAKE?
>> HILLARY CLINTON'S BENGHAZI
MOMENT.
IF SHE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT,
EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO MAKE IT A
TV AD MOMENT.
>> I NOW DECLARE YOU SPOUSES FOR
LIFE.
>> NUMBER FIVE, BROUGHT TO YOU
BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
LESS A 2013 MOMENT THAN A PAGE
IN HISTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS.
UNDER THE COVER OF BORING,
SENATE DEMOCRATS BLEW UP THE
STATUS QUO WITH THE FIRST MAJOR
RULES CHANGE IN MORE THAN THREE
DECADES, BANNING FILIBUSTERS FOR
ALL PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES EXCEPT
THE SUPREME COURT AND SENDING
REPUBLICANS INTO ORBIT.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE
RAW POWER, THE RAW POWER AT PLAY
HERE.
>> THE CHANGE WILL ESSENTIALLY
GIVE ANY PRESIDENT WITH A SENATE
MAJORITY THE POWER TO RESHAPE
THE LEAN OF FEDERAL COURTS.
THIS 2013 MOMENT ANOTHER ONE FOR
THE AGES.
COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE.
>> FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS
MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
>> THE MOMENTS THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
WORK LEFT UNDONE, MEGAPROBLEMS
UNADDRESSED -- GRIDLOCK.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRAFFIC
ANYMORE.
>> SENATE STANDS ADJOURNED.
>> THE FIRST GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN.
17 YEARS AND PEOPLE READ THAT
VOTERS LARGELY BLAMED
REPUBLICANS.
PRODUCING THE DEMOCRATIC TALKING
POINT OF THE 2014 ELECTION.
REPUBLICANS AS OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
>> IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN WAY,
WE'RE GOING TO SHUT GOVERNMENT
DOWN.
YOU AND THAT ATTITUDE ARE A
LUXURY THIS COUNTRY CANNOT
AFFORD.
>> BY YEAR'S END, REPUBLICANS
HAD A COUNTER POINT, THE
PRESIDENT'S AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,
OBAMACARE GOT OFF TO A TROUBLED
START WITH THE WEBSITE FROM
HELL.
>> IF YOU LIKE YOUR HEALTH CARE
PLAN.
>> AND HIS BROKEN YOU CAN KEEP
YOUR INSURANCE PROMISE.
>> WHEN WE GET TO JANUARY 1st,
IT WILL BE CLEAR THAT MORE
AMERICANS WILL HAVE LOST THEIR
HEALTH INSURANCE THAN WILL SIGN
UP UNDER THE NEW OBAMACARE
POLICIES.
>> Reporter: AS IT HAPPENS, THE
FINAL MOMENTS OF 2013 WITH THE
TEE UP FOR THE POLITICS OF 2014.