MELISSA HARRIS PERRY: We have a lot of news and politics to discuss this morning. But before we get to that, I am going to start with an apology. Last Sunday we invited a panel of comedians for a year in review program. It's what we call our look back in laughter. But in one of those segments we looked at a number of photos that caught our attentio

Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Guy Taylor and Paul Glastris.

JUDY WOODRUFF: But there's something else we saw -- both of you, we saw this week, first week of the new year. Marijuana is now legal, recreational use of marijuana, David, in a couple of states. In Colorado, we saw long lines of people waiting to buy their first legal marijuana. What does this -- what do you see about the future of this in

White House: In this week's address, President Obama says Congress should act to extend emergency unemployment insurance for more than one million Americans who have lost this vital economic lifeline while looking for a job. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hi, everybody, and Happy New Year. This is a time when we look ahead to all the possibili