Jan. 5: Lame Duck Watch: Rachel Maddow explains why one outgoing Bush administration official decided to spend almost $300,000 on a new office bathroom at the Interior Department.(MSNBC)

Jan. 5: While Obama was meeting on Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill, a handful of major appointments were announced. These appointments seem to be a real change from the Bush administration. Rachel Maddow is joined by NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.(MSNBC)

Jan. 5: Rachel Maddow talks about the latest in the Middle East with chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel.(MSNBC)

Jan. 5: Roland Burris is in Washington, ready to take his place as the new junior Senator from Illinois. Will Democrats let him serve? Burris talks to Rachel Maddow about his day on Capitol Hill.(MSNBC)

Jan. 5: NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss talks about the hype surrounding the Obama family's arrival in Washington, D.C. just weeks before the Inauguration.(Countdown)