>> you know, not just the blood spatter, but the fingerprints. and then, you know, the dna off the sweater. all of those things that kind of pointed back toward george pointed back toward george hansen. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com happening now, high alert for flights to the olympics. airlines taking new measures in the wake of new, credible terror threats, all this with the opening ceremony just hours away. we are live. historic snowstorms crippling communities across the country, from portland to dallas to philadelphia. millions digging out again this morning, but the worst may not be over. chad myers is here to explain this all. the end of an era. while you were sleeping, jay leno's dramatic good-bye to "the tonight show." and this time, he's not coming back, probably.

>> good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans for you this friday morning. >> and i'm john berman. great to see you this day. it is february 7th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's start with the winter olympics and a new warning this morning from homeland security in this country over a possible terror attack, just hours before the opening ceremonies. the tsa now banning all liquids, gels and powders from carry-ons for flights from the u.s. to russia. there are fears terrorists could be using them to smuggle explosives. nick paton walsh live in sochi this morning. what are you hearing this morning? what's the security situation there? >> reporter: well, i just tried to go into one of the olympic venues. when you go into one of the cordons, they're actually stopping people bringing in liquids, unless you have a special accreditation pass. i saw one man having to drink his bottle right there on the spot, so clearly concerns securitywise, but what's the impact on attendance here?

we've been around the venues. not a lot of international tourists we're seeing. still early at this stage, but we are only hours away from the opening ceremony. but here's the interesting part. we've spoken to one american tour operator who says, look, the majority of their clients have been family members for american athletes. they've actually got quite a small number of american fans. this tour operator saying, actually, he's got nearly 1,000 tickets that were allocated for american fans that he simply hasn't been able to sell, $200,000 worth, he's saying. so, a real sense, perhaps that maybe the security threats have dampened attendance here. i spoke to one u.s. official with the olympic contingency here, and she confirmed, look, we're not expecting many american fans. and one fan we spoke to who came here said you could even still buy opening ceremony tickets for 600 bucks online. that's only about six hours away now. so, a sense, perhaps, that maybe there aren't the attendance figures people were hoping to see? the official numbers are still 80% of tickets are sold. and of course, the u.s. embassy

just told me they're expecting 10,000 to 15,000 americans to show up here. are they visible just yet? no. that could be because we're still in the opening stages. there's no sign, no confirmation of a lack of attendance at this point, but the signals we're getting suggest that maybe these constant security background checks have had an effect on the american desire to be here. christine? >> sometimes when americans go to the olympics, they take other trips through the country, they look to find out more about the country, not just where the olympics are, but around, traveling around, and that's something that they're really not being encouraged to do at this point. just a few hours away from the opening ceremonies. how are things looking? is sochi ready? this thing's going to begin in a matter of hours. >> reporter: yeah, it's ready, absolutely. i mean, we went through, we saw everything in order. we did see, though, interestingly enough, a collection of russians who were pretty angry. they bought tickets online some for the opening ceremony. they weren't able to actually get them given to them by ticket dispenser because it wasn't

going to be open until actually around about now. they've been curing for a bit, a bit of anger there. so, there are definitely flaws in the machine, but the one thing i think has surprised people is the lack of bustle. you expect something like this to see the streets filled, you expect to feel that sense of kind of crowd momentum building. it may just be because it's early days, but it is interesting to hear american tour operators saying they've got 1,000 tickets they haven't been able to shift or sell to people to come here. christine? >> nick paton walsh, we'll be talking to you many times in the coming days. thanks, nick. >> so, this isn't going to help. as the world awaits the opening ceremony in sochi, an embarrassing phone-tapping scandal threatening the relationship between the u.s. and russia. the white house is hinting it was the russians who bugged a phone conversation between two u.s. diplomats in kiev in ukraine and posted it online. listen to state department official victoria nuland and jeffrey pyatt, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, discussing the european union's relationship with ukraine's pro-moscow government.

>> so, that would be great, i think, to help glue this thing and have the un help glue it, and you know, [ bleep ] the eu. >> exactly, and i think we've got to do something to make it stick together, because you can be pretty sure that if it does start to gain altitude, the russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it. >> obviously, this call was intercepted and recorded by somebody. the state department is calling the release of the bugged call a new russian low. it's not directly accusing the russians of recording it, however, and the u.s. state department is not disputing its authenticity. this morning, yet another sign immigration reform is not likely to get done in congress any time soon. a week after republicans rolled out their plans, house speaker john boehner now says it is unlikely, unlikely he can get any reform bill through his caucus. that as many conservatives in his own party balked at the idea, but boehner blamed democrats and the white house.

>> there is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes. >> we have the republicans always talking about doing something about the deficit. immigration reform is $1 trillion to the good. they outlined a principle of immigration. well, i guess today they decided they have no principle as it relates to immigration. >> several republicans have said it would be tough to get reform done in an election year, but democrats say they will keep pressing, perhaps once tempers cool a bit. happening today in michigan, president obama is set to sign the new trillion-dollar farm and food stamp bill approved earlier this week in congress. the president will visit michigan state university for the ceremony and to talk about agricultural programs. the bill will cut direct payments to farmers but increase crop insurance. it will also cut food stamps by about $90 a month for

recipients, on average. okay, so, no closer to immigration reform. this morning we're no closer to unemployment benefits extended for more than a million americans. a senate vote came up one shy of the 60 needed to break a republican filibuster. the big snag, how do you pay for it? critics say there wasn't an offsetting spending cut to minimize the impact on the federal deficit. the two sides also squabbling over how many amendments to the deal republicans would be allowed to offer. this means no extended jobless benefits still for those more than a million people who have lost them. this morning the pentagon is reportedly set to ask congress for billions more to pay for missile defense. reuters say the plan includes $1 billion for a new homeland defense radar in alaska and $500 million to work on a missile interceptor system. the pentagon already spent billions on a ground missile system that's only had limited success in tests. a vote of confidence for iran. the obama administration waving sanctions on iran's state tv temporarily, and it's doing so

as the u.s., iran and five other world powers get ready to hold talks this month on a final nuclear agreement. the u.s. sanction islamic republic of iran broadcasting last year, saying it blocked foreign channels and distorted its programming. twitter making plans today to possibly sue the obama administration over just what it can disclose about government surveillance requests. this days after other tech companies agreed to a deal that restricts how much they can say about those inquiries. twitter's legal chief has posted online that the deal is not transparent enough and its users deserve to know more about what the government is asking for. asian markets ending the week stronger. japan regaining some of the huge losses from earlier this week. the nikkei up 2%, hang seng up, gains in london as well, very minor gains this hour in london. yesterday, that's what the dow looked like at the closing bell yesterday. biggest gain of the year for the most closely watched batches of stocks here in the u.s. the dow and the s&p. buying here continues this morning. futures are higher. first look at the jobs situation

for 2014 is out later this morning. john, this is the big friday report. it happens once a month. economists surveyed by cnn money expect the jobless rate steady at 6.7%. if so, that will be the lowest jobless rate in five years. two things could be a drag on this number. how in the world will all this severe weather play out and what does that mean for the number of people in the workforce and how many hours people were working? some concern now that long-term unemployment benefits are no longer available. you might have had more than a million people simply drop out of the labor market, john. dropping out of the labor market once those unemployment checks were done. that could distort this number as well. >> you know, i think there is more mystery surrounding the number this month than we have seen -- >> yeah. >> -- at any time i can remember, which is why you have to watch christine romans' coverage all morning. you will not know what happens until she tells you. nine minutes after the hour right now. in portland, oregon, this morning, officials have one message -- stay home! that as the city is hit by one of the biggest snowstorms it has seen in years.

bad accidents everywhere, like a 28-car pileup across the river in washington state. up to 9 inches already on the ground, another foot could fall today. and this weekend, even more snow could be coming on top of that. near dallas, some school districts closed today after snow fell again on north texas and temperatures plunged, meaning icy, slippery roads, cancellations at dfw airport, one of the nation's busiest air hubs. and near philadelphia, hundreds of thousands of customers are waking up in the dark again. >> whoa! >> this morning still without power after wednesday's snow and ice storm. the power company is promising most of them should be back on by tonight. so, chad myers, how's it looking for them? track the forecast for us. what are we expecting today? >> you know, they're still in the 20s right now. and if you don't have power, all of a sudden, 20 degrees outside gets inside your house pretty quickly. this is the region we're talking about. that's where it got hit so hard with the ice, and a lot of power lines are still down here, a lot of trees are still down as well. but better than albany.

albany, new york, right now -- this is not a windchill. that's the air temperature. it's 1 below there in your valley. 29 in atlanta, cold for them, 17 in nashville and 20 in memphis. not as cold as this, though. this is just an ugly color. i don't even like this color. 3 below zero in minneapolis. that's, again, not windchill, air temperature, zero milwaukee and 1 below in chicago. this is the mess out west. there are feet of snow going to come down in the rockies. i guess northern rockies. that's some good news for skiers, but that also means this storm is going to head our way, going to head to the northeast, going to spread some snow, not the 2 feet. that was possible, though. the storms are not going to combine. it was the cold air here, warm and moist air here. they're just going to miss each other, slide on by, so we don't get that major snow event. 2 to 4 inches, not 2 to 4 feet. i can handle that. there will be higher amounts, some spots 4 to 6 inches, but so far, so good. that's sunday into monday. >> all right, chad. thank you for that. >> we'll take it, chad. thank you. he doesn't like the color of the map. >> pink very offensive to chad

myers in the morning. >> some people called it the aesthetics meetology department. jay leno says good-bye to "the tonight show" last night. he came full circle. his first guest 22 years ago was billy crystal and he was his last. they featured a song from "the sound of music," including performances by celebrities including oprah. leno choked up with his final good-bye, calling the experience the greatest 22 years of his life. a tender finish for the late-night ratings king. >> i am the luckiest guy in the world. i got to meet presidents, astronauts, movie stars. it's just been incredible. i got to work with lighting people who made me look better than i really am. i got to work with audio people who made me sound better than i really do. and i got to work with all kinds

of talented people who make me look a lot smarter than i really am. >> he is the hardest working man in show business. >> he really is. >> he works so -- i mean, i think he works like six or seven days a week, right? >> i've never seen him get emotional, at all, and he's been through a lot. >> he couldn't resist one last dig at the network, saying in his final monologue, "i don't like good-byes. nbc does." >> he will make a joke out of anything. congratulations, jay leno. amazing, amazing stuff, from landover, massachusetts, by the way. coming up for us, philip seymour hoffman, as people say good-bye to the world-famous actor, we're learning new information about the people arrested in his death investigation. and could justin bieber soon be arrested again? >> no. >> the third time in a month. the new charges he might be facing, next. the new guy is loaded with protein! i'll believe it when i -- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part

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city, a private funeral for actor philip seymour hoffman, a day after his family and friends remember the 46-year-old academy award-winner at a wake. he died, of course, over the weekend of an apparent drug overdose. three people have been charged in connection with those drugs, two of them, 21-year-olds max rosenblum and juliana luchkiw, are now out of jail. a judge releasing them as they await further court action. a third man, 57-year-old robert vineberg, is facing a felony drug possession charge. a law enforcement official tells cnn that vineberg had hoffman's phone number in his cell phone and says police found what they believe to be heroin in vineberg's apartment. this morning in jacksonville, three teens are expected to take the stand in the case of michael dunn. he's accused of opening fire on their car in a parking lot, killing their 17-year-old friend, jordan davis. dunn says these young men threatened him after he asked them to turn down their music, and he claims they pulled a gun. prosecutors insist the only one

who threatened anyone was dunn. >> michael david dunn does not pointed a semiautomatic pistol at four unarmed kids from a distance much closer than you and i and then drove off. he didn't call the police. he went to his hotel with his girlfriend. >> he just had somebody threaten his life, display a weapon, try to exit a vehicle and say [ bleep ] going down now [ bleep ]. and for the first time in his life, he has to use a firearm to defend himself. >> police say there's no evidence there was any gun in that suv with those young men. the defense is expected to argue the teens disposed of it before police got there. possible trouble today for a very public face in the republican party. cathy mcmorris rodgers, the

washington state congresswoman who delivered the republican response to the state of the union, the office of congressional ethics has now recommended the house ethics committee conduct a full investigation into whether mcmorris rodgers improperly used campaign funds. no news yet whether that probe will move forward. chris christie back in new jersey today, a day after visiting texas for a republican fund-raising trip. the meetings were closed to the media, so we don't know what he said to potential donors about the scandals in his administration, but we do know two prominent republicans stayed away. governor rick perry and attorney general greg abbott. perry's spokesman said perry was pleased to have christie in his state. in california, energy officials are asking residents to conserve gas and electricity until 10:00 tonight. this coming after bitter cold in the midwest and east caused a natural gas shortage at plants in california. residents are asked to turn off lights, turn down heaters, conserve water. the energy alert is voluntary. new video this morning is

leading to big questions in california. a firefighter handcuffed. you're seeing the video there. taken away by a police officer. and this happened at the scene of a highway rollover. police telling this firefighter, jacob gregoire, to move his truck from the fast lane. firefighters say it was parked behind an ambulance for safety reasons. the firefighter detained by police for 30 minutes before being released, at the scene of an accident! the california highway patrol is investigating. >> got to believe that's going to lead to some serious tension there. all right, 20 minutes after the hour. and new developments this morning for justin bieber, and it could land him in jail. the l.a. county sheriff's office has now formally turned over its report in the egg-throwing attack on bieber's neighbor's house. and reportedly, they are asking prosecutors to charge bieber with a felony. it could be a week or longer before any decision is made. that as we are seeing new video of mr. bieber's arrest in florida last month for allegedly driving under the influence. you can see miami beach police

patting the pop artist down. they say he was cooperative. justin bieber news for today. could be three arrests and counting. >> does he have lawyers in every one of these states, in two different countries? >> two countries. >> you know, his legal team -- wow, used to be producers who made money off bieber. now it's lawyers. >> it's the industry. the bieber industry is branching out now into the legal field. >> i guess so. coming up, the olympic games have begun and it's already a disaster for the u.s. figure skating team. could they be out before the opening ceremonies even begin? our andy scholes here to explain in this morning's "bleacher report." the conversation about her mortgage didn't start here. it began on her vacation in europe

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the olympics are upon us! the opening ceremony actually in just a few hours. you, my friends, will not get to see them until tonight, thank you, tape delay. nevertheless, the sporting events are up and running. the team figure skating is one of the new events this year. team usa got off to an awful, awful start to the competition. >> andy scholes joins us now with more in the morning's "bleacher report." hey, andy. >> good morning, you guys. a lot of people excited for this new event. in team figure skating, men and women team up in singles and pairs and all their scores are added up to give the team one accumulative score. after the men's and pairs' short programs, team usa have dug themselves a bit of a hole. jeremy abbott fell during his performance. he ended up finishing seventh. the team of marissa castelli and

simon didn't finish as well. five teams make it to sunday's final. another new event this olympics is the slopestyle competition. jamie anderson, she's got eight x games medals in the event. she pulled off some pretty awesome jumps in round one, advancing all the way to the finals. her teammate, karly shorr, also was impressive. she will join anderson in sunday's final. elsewhere, hannah kearney looking to become the first freestyle skier to win two olympic gold medals. she dominated the qualifying round of the ladies' moguls competition. kearney is in first place heading into saturday's final round, and there is a good chance, guys, that she's the first american to win gold at the sochi games. and there are no events today. everyone getting ready for the opening ceremony, which, as you said, john, is in just a few hours, but we won't get to see it until later tonight. >> and nick paton walsh tells us there are still tickets available to open ceremonies. it is not sold out yet, which is interesting.

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growing terror threats at the olympics. opening ceremonies just hours away. the new, drastic measures now being taken, including here in the u.s., to keep sochi safe.

we're live. spy games straight out of the cold war. a u.s. diplomat's phone is bugged, her private conversation recorded. it's posted online. this morning, accusations of new, damaging russian spying on the u.s. "the tonight show" torch has been passed. jay leno signing off for the last time overnight. his tearful good-bye, ahead. did you cry? >> i have to say, amazing and dramatic. there's no crying in tv, so you know, i didn't cry, but he did. you've got to see it. it's really stunning. welcome back to "early start." >> you've laid out a challenge for me to get you to cry to tv. i'm christine romans. >> we're hours away from the opening ceremonies in sochi. already the olympic games plagued by terror warnings increasing as we speak. the tsa banning all liquids, all gels, all powders from carry-ons for flights from the u.s. to russia. there are fears they could be used to set off a bomb. our nick paton walsh is live in

sochi this morning. nick, give us a sense of the situation on the ground there, just hours away from the huge anticipated opening ceremony. >> reporter: six hours out at this point, john, and what we are seeing today around the olympic venues is a lot of security, not a lot of bustle, though, of international visitors, fans really coming in. early day still, but it's not packed. and we tried to go through some of the olympic venues. they won't let large quantities of liquid in unless you're a properly accredited journalist like we are. i saw one man having to drink his bottle of pop in front of us. but barack obama today doing his best to calm nerves. >> i think the russians have an enormous stake, obviously, in preventing any kind of terrorist act or violence at these venues, and they have put a lot of resources into it. we're in constant communications with them, both at the law enforcement level, at the

military level, at the intelligence level. >> reporter: now, what is all this having as an impact on attendance here? now, americans, perhaps, aren't coming in the numbers expected as fans. i spoke to one tour operator who said we'd normally expect more fans and family members of athletes coming, but instead, it's the other way around. they have 250 family members of athletes and only 50 fans. and also, he said 1,000 tickets they had allocated to them to sell to american visitors who now aren't coming. so, a sign there, one story, not the full picture, but one story that perhaps the security threats had an impact on attendance. i spoke to a member of the u.s. olympic delegation. they said as far as they understand, they're expecting actually more family members than fans turning up. i spoke to a fan, actually, a rare sight of an american tourist here, just relaxing, and they said you can still buy a ticket for the opening ceremony right now, only less than six hours away now, for $600. perhaps things aren't selling as

fast, maybe, to foreigners as expected. john? >> i hope those seats are filled. this should be a wonderful night for the athletes, and i hope they get to enjoy it. nick paton walsh in sochi, thanks very much. meanwhile, an embarrassing phone surveillance scandal is chilling relations between the u.s. and russia. the white house is implying the russians tapped a phone call between two u.s. diplomats in kiev and posted it online. we're going to play you part of the tape. listen as a state department official, victoria newmauland, jeffrey pyatt, ambassador to ukraine, talk about the u.s. stance on ukraine's pro-moscow government. >> so, that would be great, i think, to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it, and you know, [ bleep ] the eu. >> exactly. and i think we've got to do something to make it stick together, because you can be pretty sure that if it does start to gain altitude, the russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it. >> the state department is not

disputing the authenticity of the recording. they're calling the release of the tape a new low for the russians. victoria nuland has apologized to eu officials. >> the state department has to be seething over this. this is not the kind of cooperation you want to see just before the olympics, when security and so many other concerns are looming over everything. >> then there's the other question of why was that not a private conversation? >> a secure phone? >> why was that not a secure phone with such obviously very important discussions happening? i don't know. all right, president obama heads to michigan state university today where he's set to sign the new trillion-dollar farm and food stamp bill, approved earlier this week in congress. this bill will cut direct payments to farmers but increase crop insurance. it will cut food stamps for food stamp recipients in this country by about $90 a month. this morning, no deal to restore unemployment benefits to the more than 1 million americans who have stopped receiving checks. a senate vote came up one vote shy of the 60 needed to break a republican filibuster. the two sides squabbling now

over how to pay for it. they've been squabbling for a while over this. and also, how many amendments republicans can offer to this bill. tgif for global stock markets. remember how ugly monday was? investors hoping that's a thing of the past. asian markets ended the week higher. japan's nikkei up 2%, a nice turn-around following earlier losses of 7% this week. that is a big move for the week. hong kong and london higher, u.s. futures are higher as well after the biggest gains of the year for the dow and s&p thursday. but things can change if the monthly jobs report doesn't meet expectations. economists surveyed by cnn money think unemployment held steady at 6.7% for the first month of the year. they think 178,000 jobs were created. we had a number yesterday, a weekly number that showed fewer than expected americans filed for jobless benefits last week. that was one reason why the market was higher yesterday, but you know what? january's bitter-cold weather may have taken its toll on this report. that's due out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. you know, i've been saying, i

don't really trust this market this week. i mean, i don't think anybody should sit back, say oh, the worst is behind us. we've got a lot to get to and a lot of people are saying this market needs a full-on correction. >> big mystery and it's big news when it happens. she's so excited, she's dropping stuff right now. been watching all morning. christine will bring you that jobs report when it breaks. hugely important to the entire economy. 37 minutes after the hour. this morning, portland, oregon, is in the middle of something it's not seen in years, heavy, intense snow! and it keeps on piling up. it's caused some really bad accidents, like this 28-car pileup across the river in washington state. there's already 9 inches of snow on the ground in the portland area, another foot could fall by the end of today, and there could be even more snow coming saturday. officials telling residents stay home, if you can, do not drive. avoid the roads, folks. snow also a problem near dallas. that's right, dallas, as in texas, where the roads are icy this morning. about an inch of snow fell on thursday. some school districts are closed today. airlines are trying to get back

on track at dfw airport, one of the nation's busiest. officials near philadelphia are promising the power should be back on by tonight for the some 300,000 customers still in the dark after wednesday's snow and ice storm took down trees, power lines throughout the philadelphia suburbs, really causing huge problems down there. chad myers keeping an eye on that and the forecast for this morning, for the weekend. he's watching it all. chad? >> you know, you talk about portland and how ugly the snow was, and really, it's difficult to drive it, but the people of the west need the snow and need the rain. >> yeah, they do, they do. >> we'll get to that in a bit. it is cold across the northeast. 1 below in albany. these are not windchills. 19 in state college this morning. cold down south, 18 nashville, 29 in atlanta, and that's cold for there. look at this ugly map, nasty colors. 6 below bismarck, 4 below fargo, 3 below in minneapolis. i wish that was the windchill fact yorks but that's literally what the air feels like. there is an awful lot of snow coming down in higher elevations. it has been very dry out west.

i've talked to the california growers out there, and they said if we don't get some rain, we're not going to be able to have crops. we're going to have to water the almonds and the pistachios and all the big things that we can't afford to lose, like trees, but there may not be anything for us to grow because there may not be any water. finally, we're seeing some water there, finally up into parts of the northeast and parts of california, we're going to see a little bit of rain. not enough to break this drought, but at least a little bit. the cold still in the northeast. i know we talk about this big storm that's possibly coming? it's just -- i just don't see it developing. 2 to 4 inches, not 2 to 4 feet, and that's actually a good thing. >> yeah. that's a good thing to me. i had to shovel the stuff! >> shoveling yesterday was really hard. >> very, very heavy snow. >> most of america wants to kiss chad myers right now, at least the northeast does. >> most of america always wants to kiss chad myers. handsome man. all right, what a good-bye last night for jay leno. "the tonight show" host said good-bye again. this time, he says it's for good. no jokes, though, about that, because his final show was

really emotional. his first guest 22 years ago, billy crystal, was his last guest last night. the farewell featured this song from "the sound of music," performed by a number of celebrities, including oprah winfrey. let's listen for just a second. ♪ so long, farewell, you really raised the bar ♪ >> oprah can sing, too, folks. jay leno choked up as he said his final goodnight, calling the experience the greatest 22 years of his life. [ cheers and applause ] >> i am the luckiest guy in the world. i got to meet presidents, astronauts, movie stars. it's just been incredible. i got to work with lighting people who made me look better than i really am. i got to work with audio people who made me sound better than i really do. and i got to work with producers and writers and just all kinds of talented people who make me look a lot smarter than i really

am. >> and did that guy work hard. we should all work as hard as jay leno. loved telling jokes, will tell jokes 24 hours a day if he could. he also could not resist one last dig at his network, saying in his final monologue, "i don't like good-byes. nbc does." >> thanks. that was -- i mean, thank you to him for all of those years. all right, coming up, 2014 is supposed to be a year of action on a lot of things, including immigration reform. new signs today that congress may be deadlocked. the latest developments when we come back. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that won't trap me in a rate. that's correct. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too.

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all right, this morning, it looks like any hopes for immigration reform may be falling apart in congress. the hopes for some kind of legal status for the millions and millions of undocumented workers in the united states right now. this is a big-ticket item on the agenda for 2014, but now house speaker john boehner says he

does not think that he can pass a bill. he does not think he can get enough republican votes, and he's blaming the white house for that. take a listen. >> widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes. >> all right, cnn editor paul steinhauser, political editor, joins us from washington right now. and paul, explain the politics of this to me, because the house leadership unveiled their sort of roadmap to immigration reform just a week ago. there was hope amongst the leadership in the house and people for immigration reform, that that could mean something gets through. now a very hasty retreat from the speaker. what's going on here? >> sounds like we've heard this before, right? and you said it right there, leadership. maybe the rank and file doesn't feel the same way. i guess, john and christine, here's where it stands. house speaker john boehner truly feels that some immigration reform would be good for the economy, and he also wants to

help his party, the republican party, try to appeal better to latino voters, which would help the gop in 2016 as they try to win back the white house, but this is 2014. we've got the midterm elections coming up in november, and there's a lot of pushback from conservative lawmakers. they're in districts with small latino populations and they're in districts where their base is very much against any kind of pathway towards citizenship, and that's why there's a lot of pushback. i think boehner was hearing from a lot of his fellow lawmakers let's wait on this until after the midterms are over. what do americans think? well, guess what? we have brand new poll numbers. let's take a look. i've got them right here, right now. we asked the question, what do you think about allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the u.s. and eventually apply for citizenship, which is in the senate bill that passed last year? well, that number there's pretty obvious. 81% favor that. and here's one other number to make the point. take a look at this. the main focus for u.s. immigration policy. look at the change. back in 2011, more people said border security is more important. now that is swapped.

more people saying legal status for immigrants should be the main focus of u.s. immigration policy. so, what americans want and what the republican leadership is doing are two separate things, you could say. >> feels like in 2005 they were a lot closer to getting something and it blew up, and they're not anywhere near where they were in 2005 on getting some kind of consensus on what to do for immigration reform. let me switch quickly to the vice president. joe biden is knop known for his unpredictable or maybe frank comments. i want you to listen to something he said yesterday when talking about infrastructure investment in this country. he was at laguardia talking about laguardia airport. listen. >> if i blindfolded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in hong kong and said, "where do you think you are?" say this must be america. it's a modern airport. if i took him blindfolded and took him to the laguardia airport in new york, you must think i must be in some third world country. i'm not joking!

>> not joking. is he going to take it back? >> you know what? the funny thing is, any of us who have flown through laguardia airport, especially the central terminal, which is very old, i think we would agree with the vice president. and listen, this is joe biden being joe biden. he says it like it is, off-the-cuff comments. is it going to hurt him? no. the story is definitely doing well online and on tv. >> he should not be blindfolding anyone. i'm just going to go out on a limb there. >> former treasury secretary larry summers recently used jfk as an example, we need more infrastructure investment. >> there you go. >> we should be borrowing money at 3% and investing in the future, not screaming and yelling about long-term deficits. we need investment now. it's a common democratic theme. coming up on "new day," kate bolduan joins us now. >> good morning, guys. speaking of joe biden, i actually joked with him after that event about the laguardia comment. i'll tell you about that a little later. i said you're going to take some heat from some new yorkers on that one, joe. so, we'll have a "new day"

exclusive for you this morning. i was able to speak with vice president joe biden yesterday. we talked about a lot of stuff. we talked about jobs, immigration reform clearly in the headlines, washington gridlock, midterm elections, and you want to hear what he has to say about 2016. he's asked us over and over again, but i have not heard him go this far before. he is fired up and you're going to want to hear that. we're going to have that in a "new day" exclusive coming up at the top of the hour. then of course, this. you guys were talking about it and we have to as well. jay leno's giving his long good-bye after 22 years hosting "the tonight show." we'll bring you the star-studded highlights and his final words as he signed off. plus, we're going to talk to his longtime former band leader, kevin eubanks, as well as his former head writer for 20 years, talk to them about what they think is next for the funny man and let them reflect on a long career that they had with him as well. >> you know, jay leno come on "early start," do occasional commentary, tell some jokes with us. >> that's a great idea. >> kate, thanks.

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all right, good friday morning. welcome back to "early start." it's "money time." markets around the world are higher this morning and we're waiting for this big, important jobs report. it could change the direction of everything. asian and european markets are up, u.s. futures are up. big rally ahead of the 8:30 eastern number on jobs. big question, how many jobs were created and how many jobseekers have simply given up? economists polled by cnn money expect the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%. that's the lowest level in five years, but the reason it's so low is really because so many people have been leaving the labor market. you still have about a third of the working-age population not working, and that's a problem. 178,000 jobs likely created in the month. job creation in december, remember it was a really disappointing 74,000, blamed on the weather? harsh winter weather might be to

blame today as well. incredibly important, that 8:30 report. and i can tell you, members of both parties are sharpening their pencils with their press releases before it's out. >> crucial report. who is covering it for us? >> i am. >> what time? >> 8:30 a.m. eastern on "new day." >> don't miss it. a crucial report on the economy and a the odds are higher that there will be an attack in this game than there have been in the previous games in our memories. >> ready or not, the olympics begin just hours from now. the anticipation of what will happen mixed with the anxiety about safety as the tsa puts new restrictions on what travelers can fly into russia with. "new day" exclusive.

vice president joe biden one on one. and his strongest response yet on whether he plans to run for president. what a good-bye. truly memorable. a good-bye from jay leno overnight. we have all of the must-see moments. your "new day" starts right now. i want a quote from johnny carson. he said i bid you all a heart felt -- >> he gave a nod to who he says is the greatest but truly the end of an era. jay leno right there showing why we all loved him so much. we're going to give you a lot of what happened last night. good morning all to you. it's a happy friday,