. ♪ ♪ opossum.>>> good morning. welcome to a special holiday edition of "morning joe." how are you all doing today? feeling good? happy holidays. it's so fantastic. >> the whole specter of the christmas album. >> it's incredible. >> it's absolutely unbelievable. in fact we got it playing at home right now. it's not a merry christmas for phil. the next 40 or so won't be. >> no. >> but man, have you heard phil specter's christmas album? >> mike barnacle, brian shactman, john heileman.

. >> in north carolina a live opossum is lowered down to the ground. >> that sounds mean for that opossum. hopefully he makes it down. >> the time is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. coming up a store clerk refuses to lose his shirt when a robber pulls the gun in his face. >> there's a healthy reason to toast another glass of bubbly. @g >> an investigation is underway. the plane landed on debris when the road washed up from the storm. it caused substantial damage to the landing gear. the pilot said they were given no warning of the storm as they were preparing to land. >> look at this, caught on camera a would be robber loses his gun and his shirt on a roadway. he flashed a gun and demanded cash but the worker refused. that is when the robber jumped the counter and began to fight with the worker off camera after some time he emerges but without his gun or his shirt. he ran away without getting any cash. he's still on the lose: >> businesses might be hit the hardest in 2014 because of a tax burden. >> diane mass is heed do i joins us with that. >> 2014 will be a year of tough decisions f

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