ka katie. we are not talking about taking away normal unemployment benefits for people who lose their job. what we re saying is in the fifth year of economic recovery, we shouldn t be providing people with twoears of benefits. that s what s at stake here. it s whether we re going to continue to provide up to 99 weeks of benefits. most americans say that s way too much and what the economic evidence shows very clearly, kalt katie, the longer you extend these benefits, the longer people stay unemployed because you re basically paying them not to work. exactly. thank you for all of your expertise. coming up, she always tells it how it is and this year is no exception. the best of judge jeanine s opening statements is next. and vote on our justice insta poll. we want to know what do you think was the worst political scandal of 2013? send your facebook and twitter responses to us @judgejeanine.