Greg Gutfeld on global warming alarmists stuck in ice during experiment.

MATT LEE, ASSOCIATED PRESS: Without relitigating the decisions that were made in the last term or over the past couple years, can you just address the suggestion in one of the earlier questions that the United States abandoned Iraq? MARIE HARF, STATE DEPARTMENT: Well, I would fundamentally disagree with it. Just because we don’t have troops on

CHUCK TODD: We've been obviously a lot focused on the president, a rough year. No doubt he is ending on a low. The Republican party had put all this emphasis on sort of -- particularly the RNC -- 'Hey, we've got some issues as a party. We've got to figure out some things having to do with the suburbs.' Having to do with the demographic changes. Hav

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Here is why the history is crucial. The reason that al-Maliki does not listen to Obama -- no matter what he says about reconciling with the Sunnis -- is because America has no leverage. America evacuated. Obama decided we were going to liquidate our presence. We were supposed to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement and to lea

SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): I think the new GOP needs to be a bigger party. We have to talk about more than just taxes and regulation and balanced budgets. We don't give up on this because that is the core of what we believe, but we also need to talk about the Bill of Rights more. We talk about individuals, we talk about the right to privacy. And I thin

RUSH: So the latest NFL controversy is undercover cops making sure that Philadelphia fans don't beat up Saints fans, if there are any. Just don't engage in general mayhem and the undercover cops are gonna be wearing Saints garb to attract the hooligans in Philadelphia, attacking them. You know, it borders on... This is the place, the former gove

DR. BEN CARSON: I think medical use of marijuana in compassionate cases certainly has been proven to be useful. But recognize that marijuana is what’s known as a gateway drug. It tends to be a starter drug for people who move onto heavier duty drugs – sometimes legal, sometimes illegal – and I don’t think this is something that we really wa

JOE SCARBOROUGH: I don't get it. I don't get the legalization thing. I don't want to get too much into it. I mean, seriously. It just makes you dumb. Pot just makes you dumb. I hung around a lot of guys that smoked a lot of pot and never once did I say, 'Hey man, I tell you what, that looks like something I want to do.' Never smoked it. Everybody t

O'Reilly picks apart the recent New York Times article claiming that al-Qaeda played no part in the 2012 Benghazi consulate attack.

Politico's John Harris on the Arkansas Senate race between incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D) and Congressman Tom Cotton (R).

JAKE TAPPER: Joining me now is Glenn Greenwald, investigative journalist for First Look Media. He broke scoop after scoop on the NSA using information Snowden gave to him. Also with me here in studio Ruth Marcus, columnist for "The Washington Post" who just wrote a piece calling Snowden a -- quote -- "insufferable whistle-blower." Ruth, I'm goin

CHRIS HAYES: As a winter storm bears down on much of the country this evening, we begin with some very good news from the coldest place on earth. This incredible rescue today of 52 scientists, journalists and tourists, all part of a month-long research trip to study changes in Antarctica's environment over the last hundred years, including what

Rachel Maddow reports on recent oil disasters in North Dakota and how accountability is sacrificed for fear of discouraging energy industry investment.

Bret Baier hosts the Special Report panel discussing how Obamacare will continue to develop in 2014.

Chris Hayes talks with White House Advisor Phil Schiliro about taking Obamacare one day at a time.