join forces with him. this is such a mistake for our party. >> despite an assault from gingrich and perry and hard-core support for ron paul, romney makes it two in a row. if conservatives can't group hug around an anybody but mitt candidate, is it mitt all the way? explosive intrigue. an iranian nuclear scientist is the murdered after a magnetic car bomb is placed on his car. new reaction from the white house and the state department on who is responsible. plus it, we'll be live in tehran. and another big decision from the supreme court today. why the justices ruled a church employee who claims she's disabled can't sue for being fired. the decision is being called historic. >> people have tried to paint me since the day barack announced that i'm some angry black woman. >> the first lady's first interview since a new tell-all book claims to reveal friction between her and the president's team. and why this tv is being

called the hottest tech item of the year. hi there, everyone. i'm tamron hall. we're following the down and dirty in south carolina. after failing to slow down mitt romney in any way is, newt gingrich is once again promising to land some devastating blows to romney's campaign. today he kicked off a so-called defining speech in south carolina. >> this primary is the crossroads for this country. we have to nominate someone capable of standing up and telling the truth against barack obama because you're not going to beat a billion dollar machine of dishonesty with somebody who's inarticulate or confused or doesn't quite know what they stand for. >> the latest newt threat comes as he finished near the bottom in new hampshire, the only candidate who offered up anything close to a surprise last night was ron paul who was

still far behind mitt but did get 25%. back in south carolina, romney may have a tough time. 3555% voters would be dissatisfied if romney was nominated. 42% would be satisfied. michael smerconish is a talk show host and msnbc contributor, a.b. stoddard is a columnist from the hill. you see that number from the folks in new hampshire who did not support mitt romney, a lot of them would not be happy to see him get the nomination. what does that tell you? >> tells me there's going to be a turnout issue come the general election on the gop side of the aisle if mitt romney continues forward and captures the nomination. passion plays a big role when it comes to turnout and passion is going to be lacking on that side of the aisle. >> and a.b., i want to show some of the numbers regarding what people wanted most in new hampshire from a candidate.

56% whose priority is that the candidate beat president obama went to mitt romney. you see the number there. we're highlighting 56% say this. i'm intrigued by that because you look at arguments and the debates going on, but reality is you have a core group of republicans who say that is their priority, not the fiscal situation, not taxes, not spending. it is that number to beat the prosecute ez. >> that's what i find whenever i've spoken to voters who are supporting another candidate who don't want romney about be the nominee. when i press them what will you do if rick perry can't make it, if newt gingrich can't make it. they say they vote for mitt romney over barack obama and they would get in the car and go to the polls. what you'll see if romney is the nominee after a long drawn out battle with obama is republicans is united to beat barack obama. that is the thing they have in common in a very divided party even though they're very

factionallized now. i really don't believe all this talk about how he is going to drive passion down and it's going to affect turnout. i think what you see in republicans of every stripe is this passion to defeat the president and mitt romney will have a tough time in the nominating process. should he be the nominee, i think he's going to be okay. >> michael, this question was asked regarding idealology. in new hampshire the republicans at the primary, 21% consider themselves very conservative. 32% somewhat conservative, 47% described themselves as moderate or liberal. with that said, we're talking about south carolina. that is a different breed of conservative. how does romney get traction with those folks? >> well, i don't know that he necessarily needs to get traction because what has happened in iowa and what has happened in new hampshire and i have every reason to believe, based on the speeches that i watched last night, it will happen again in south carolina. they're all going there, is that these conservatives will continue to duke it out and divide that hard-core base vote.

i'm convinced that if any one of them, whether it was newt gingrich, rick santorum or ron paul were standing on that is taken one-on-one opposite mitt romney, they could defeat him, but so long as each one of them is in the race and continuing to pull from the same score constituency, they allow romney to siphon off whatever moderates are left in the party and capture the vote. that's what's going to happen. >> a.b., let me play what mitt romney said this morning on the today show with matt lauer. matt talked about this notion we can't talk about the disparity, the income disparity in this country without it being phrased as envy or some kind of ominous threat from the president and the white house of wanting to take money away from the wealthiest americans. let me play what he said. >> i think it's about envy. i think it's about class warfare. i think when you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing america based on 99% versus 1%, you've opened up a whole new wave of approach in this country which is entirely

inconsistent with the concept of one nation under god. >> so a. b., we've had a week where bain capital has been one of the lead stories. you have this clip and romney's people are quick to say it was taken out of context. we still have him on tape saying i like firing people. he will not tell it the public how much money he's made. he won't release tax returns. he believes there's no way to talk about the income disparity in this country without it being something of envy for people. >> tamron, as you know, this is the democrats couldn't be happier about the bain attacking that newt gingrich is launching in south carolina on the air. they are ready for this battle with mitt romney should he become the nominee in the general election about income disparity. however, in the republican primary, mitt romney is finding a lot of defenders. rick santorum refuses to jump on the bain wagon within rick perry and gingrich. he says he too is a capitalist and he doesn't see his bain

record as a liability for romney. you can really see this division, the influential senator from south carolina, jim demint who has refused to endorse mitt romney though he did in '08 said last night on a radio show that he was really surprised to see how the others who could have had an advantage in south carolina over mitt romney crossed the line by criticizing the free market system. they will come under increasing scrutiny by small government pro free market conservatives in the days to come for attacking his record at bain and whatever he's saying on the today show, that works well in a republican primary. >> that makes perfect sense. michael, last word. if mitt romney pulls out another win in south carolina, is this thing done? >> yes, it is. and to go back to your last question, i totally disagree. i believe they are doing mitt romney a favor if they litigate the bain issue now. baip is the elephant in the room. why not defeat it now if you're mitt romney, address it head-on so come the fall, people's

reaction will be we've heard this all before. what else have you got? >> he hasn't come up with an answer, at least that satisfies a lot of people. so we'll see if he learns how to deal with it before the general election, if he gets the nomination. thank you, a.b. and michael. and to developing news at the supreme court, a controversial and history ruling that pits freedom of religion against protecting workers from discrimination. the high court made a surprise and unprecedented ruling today that a teacher fired for her disability cannot sue because it would interfere with the school's religious freedom. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins us. help us understand what the justices were thinking here. >> historic because the court has never answered this question before. it's been clear you can't sue churches in some circumstances if the catholic church decides to lay off an archbishop for purely religious thing that, person can't sue. today the supreme court made it much broader. this case involved a woman who was teaching at a lutheran

school in michigan. she did teach some religion classes and did lead prayer. she had a disease, she got laid off. she said you can't fire me. i'm protected by the americans with disabilities act and today the supreme court said no, she cannot sue. the. the church is protected by religious freedom. the government should not be in second-guessing the decisions churches make when it comes to the employment of people who are involved in imparting the church's religious message. let me quote from the decision. it was surprisingly unanimous by chief justice john roberts, writing for his colleagues on the court. he said the interests of society in the enforcement of employment discrimination statutes is undoubtedly important, but so too is the interest of religious groups in choosing who will preach their beliefs, teach their faith and carry out their mission." as you say, this was a unanimous decision but the court's liberals joined the conservatives here in reaching this decision. what does it mean? it means anybody that works for

a church in a church itself, a synagogue or a religious school who is in any way involved in transmitting the message of faith, that person basically is shutout of filing any kind of employment discrimination lawsuit, whether it's over age, race, sex, any of those issues. they can't sue. soap it's in that sense a very important decision. >> all right. a big decision as you explained it. thank you very much. another big story, the state department and the white house are condemning today's apparent assassination of an iranian nuclear scientist. now, iran says two people on a motorcycle drove up and attached a magnetic bomb to the car of the scientist killing him and his bodyguard. iran blames the u.s. and israel for the bombing. in the past hour, secretary of state hillary clinton has denied that allegation. >> i want to categorically deneunited states involvement in

any kind of act of violence inside iran. >> nbc news tehran bureau chief ali aruzzi joins us live. what are you hearing out of tehran as far as the allegations being pointed at the u.s. and israel? >> tehran is certainly not going to buy the words of secretary clinton. tehran is squarely laying the blame on israel and the united states. they say this is part of a widening plan, operation by the west aimed at crippling iran's nuclear program. the man in question, moss ta fassero shan was a director at the facility in natanz, a key place. iran is saying this is no coincidence somebody of this importance was killed this had morning in a james bond-style attack where two motorcyclists attached magnetic bombs to his car and got away in a very security-filled country. so iran certainly is not buying the line that u.s. and israel

are not involved in this. they clearly feel that this is purely u.s. and israeli involvement. and we have to see now if iran will respond in kind to these attacks because they feel they're under intense pressure here. tamron. >> nbc news tehran bureau chief ali aruzi, thank you. >> that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since you know, the day barack announced that i'm some angry black woman. >> first lady michelle obama responds to the author of an explosive new book who alleges tension between the first lady and the president's closest aides. plus, outrage over mississippi governor haley barboileley barb act before leaving office. he pardoned nearly 200 criminals including a convicted murderer on the final day on the job. the reaction not good for him. and what's a greedy bastard? tweet us your answer.

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>> welcome back to "news nation." just hour ago, president obama finished hosting a jobs forum at the white house. it included business executives and members of the president's cabinet. the white house says the chief aim of the forum will be to get companies to hire more workers anton bring back jobs that have been sent overseas. the president said he is planning new incentives.

>> in the next few weeks, we're also going to put forward new tax proposals that reward companies that choose to bring jobs home and invest in the america. and we're going to eliminate tax breaks for companies that are moving jobs overseas. >> president is about to leave apparently now for chicago. he'll be attending three campaign fund-raisers in his hometo hometown. meantime is, the job market will continue to improve this year accord to a new forecast by moody's analysts. many economists expect the rate to fall slowly. the moody's forecast predicts monthly job creation of 130,000. that's in line with the last year's pace. moody's forecasts the biggest job gains in three categories, professional, business services, education, and health care and leisure hospitality. texas is again projected to be the top in the nation in total job growth with more than 200,000. joining me now the host of msnbc's dylan rhadigan. he's also if you have not heard

out with a brand-new book, it is called "greedy bastalds." >> the bottom line is the three categories, professional business services education and health care. what do you think here? why are these the business sectors or the sectors that will see growth? >> let's say you have professional and business services. set that aside for a second because that is vague. have you health and education. the good news about the fact that there's a forecast for more jobs in health and education is a job is not simply somebody where you pay somebody money so that they have money. so there's a mistaken interpretation in this country that jobs, we'll give them some money. a job is something that solves a problem. fortunately for us, we've got a lot of problems. and every time you see a problem, what you should be looking at is that looks like a job to me. the fact of the matter i'm enencouraged to hear there is a

forecast that we have growth in health and education because two of our biggest problems are health and education. i can't speak to the details of what those specific things are. we have to reframe the way we think what a job is. it's not something where i give you money, not something where i give -- tell somebody else to give you money. >> what is a job? >> a job is something you do to help solve a problem that has value for other people, provide health care, provide energy efficiency, provide educational services, provide investment, provide high level communication and entertainment services. whatever it might be. but the fact of the matter is we seem to have lost our mind as to what a job is where we think if we print some money or do things it will get people and we'll have a job. that's good for politicians and businesses in the short term because everybody gets a little less freaked out that particular year. it's time to start thinking about what a job really is. every time you see a problem, think that's a job. >> okay. well, that is a way to create a new business, a small business,

in fact. many people do just that. they see a problem, come up with a solution and end up being very, very rich. one person who did that was mitt romney's father. he created the clam box for the big macs >> he saw a problem and solved it. his son went in the office direction. while his father was an innovator and inventor and experimenter and was successful in it. >> i said mitt romney. i meant jon huntsman. >> we're both wrong snooping mitt romney's father had his own success, as well. >> jon huntsman's fathers represents what we aspire to as capitalism in america, solve a problem, we'll get you paid. mitt romney represents everything wrong with american capitalism with the use of other people's money to purchase assets to basically destroy them so he can enrich himself. we have to start making a distinction between capitalists that make like jon huntsman's father or steve jobs or people like that and capitalists who take like mitt romney and others who use the leverage system to get money but they're not

actually creating value. >> we asked people before the break, what's a greedy bastard. some people said venture capitalists. . how do you define greedy bas tarred? >> it's very simply a behavior. it's not an identity. so the any human being is capable of exhibiting greedy bastard behavior at any given time. we have to get better at spotting greedy bastard and punishing each other. whoever it is, whatever it might be and greedy bastard is the behavior of me getting money from you without creating value for you. i use deception. i don't use shared visibility. iot use integrity. i don't give you choice, right? i basically manipulate you into giving me money supposed to creating value for you. >> or manipulating the system. >> or the system. >> that's right. >> we all could be be greedy bastards. i don't think everybody can. one person tweeted bernie

madoff. not everyone would do that. >> but again, but what about the guy who is completely healthy collecting three workman's comp checks. >> okay. that's not everyone. >> but my point is, everybody is capable of greedy bastard behavior. the difference is with the 1%, it's one thing if a guy takes a workman's comp check. he can't do that much damage. he can't do that much daniel but if mitt romney or any of the 1 percenters exhibit greedy bastard behavior, the difference is not that the behavior is any worse. it's that they're attached to so much power when they exhibit it, they're remarkably destructive to our country. so the we have punish the behavior in the most powerful, the most aggressively because behavior when the powerful people do it is so much more dangerous. >> that brings me to my finally question. what would the punishment be? the issue of income disparity, the issue of haves and have nots, a certain class being

exploited through slavery, through the on thetification of women in the workplace and paying us less, whatever it is, these things have been a constant fiber not just in this country but in the world. people talk a lot about china and how successful it is. when you look at the population of china and those people. >> talk to the guys at fox con. >> who can't turn on a light switch outside of beijing. this notion that it just exists here it ridiculous. but nonetheless, what would be the correction? >> the only reason i'm so optimistic, just to reinforce your point, in addition to what exists now, rich people nem government have been screwing over poor people for as long as there have been rich people in government. talk to the pharaohs and egyptians. london in the 1830s. >> fast forward me to the solution. >> the only thing that's different now is for the first time in the history of the world, we have the ability to get the first thing in the greedy bastards which is global visibility because for the first time in the history of the world, we have a global communications net that we're already seeing happen.

so you and i are more aware of the state of the chinese slaves at fox con. you and i are more aware of what's going on in the middle east and if we collectively as a planet, the 99% of the earth, forget america, decide to integrate, which is happening naturally anyway, that we will be in a position to make it more and more difficult for the greedy bastards because like vampires they can't handle the smoin. so when you put visibility on what they are doing and show how they're doing it, it becomes remarkably more different. the pharaohs and the samurai didn't have to fight the internet. they didn't even have the internet when they did the civil rights movement. we have it in 2012 and people are using it around the world and it is the only reason i'm so optimistic. i think we're about to be able to solve one of the most destructive problems in mankind. >> you have your website greedy

bastards.com. you can watch dylan ratigan's show 4:00 p.m. as he attempts to lead the revolution. >> well, it's happening with or without us. >> it's happening. speaking of what's happening, manufacturing is key to getting people back to work. technology is a big part of that. coming up, we'll get a live report from one of the biggest techie events of the year. it is the consumer electronics show in las vegas. plus, the main suspect in natalee holloway's disappearance pleads guilty to murdering a young peruvian woman. we'll tell you the latest on joran van der sloot's court appearance today. and why is the mayor of pittsburgh tebowing? he's the mayor of pittsburgh. come on. get off your knees. but first in today's money minute, here's a look at how the markets are doing today.

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convicted criminals on his final day in office. the at least one of them a murderer, another a rapist. first lady responds. mrs. obama fires back at allegations in a new book that says there was friction between her and the president's closest aides. plus, today's news nation gut check. do you agree with the supreme court's decision that for bids a woman to sue the lutheran school that fired her? well, the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway has now confessed to hurding a peruvian student in 2010. in court today, the dutch citizen apologized for killing 21-year-old stephany flores. van der sloot told the court he wanted to plead guilt from the first moment to confess sincerely. we're joined live from lima pur ru. what's next for joran van der sloot? >> tamron, the victim's family

ste stefhany's family was not in court today. protesters were shouting outside holding posters. joran van der sloot seemed more poised than he did last week when he requested for time to think about the accusations against him. this time when it was time to submit his employee he pled guilty and in broken spanish, he said he regretted killing stephany flores who died five years to the day nat let disappeared in aruba. the evidence against him is overwhelming. as of now he faces up to 30 years in prison. by pleading guilty today, he's entitled to a reduction of that innocence. the law in peru requires him to serve only a third of that. he'll likely walk in seven to nine years. what's more is that his attorney throughout the proceedings today asked judges before they dictate a sentence, please consider that his client was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder

at the time of the crime seming from what he calls constant accusations that followed him for five years after natalee holloway disappeared. there is more 0 this case. we'll follow up and let you know what happened on friday when sentencing takes place. what's true is that he will walk in as little as seven 0 nine, maybe ten at the most years. back to you, tamron. >> thank you. police in colorado say they are keeping a close eye on the ex-husband of a woman who was injured when a package bomb exploded in her vehicle. lafayette police have named michael britain a person of interest in the bombing that sent allison stone and her husband to the hospital on saturday. the stone found a paper bag with their names onton sit ong their front porch. a short time later, the package blew up. clint van zandt is a former fbi profiler, now an nbc analyst. clint, this ex-husband has not been charged. i want to make that clear. police would like to talk to him and he's refusing to cooperate. what else do you know? >> for years, tamron, we hear

the story of a woman scorned. right now authorities are trying to figure out if this could be a case of a man scorned. here we have this couple that were in what.describe as a very volatile divorce they were involved in. the ex-wife, the woman who was seriously injured, had taken out a retraining order against her former husband because of alleged abuse of herself and their children. she eventually got a divorce. 11 months ago, she won a $121,000 settlement against her former husband. and realize, tamron, this is someone who's an engineering professor who is described as somebody who likes to tinker, who likes to build things with his hands. the question is, did he build a bomb and write her name on it, leave it behind her car that she would pick up, take into the car. it would blow up literally blowing her clothes off of her inside this vehicle while she

now fights for her life. >> again, he's not been charged but looking at michael brittain's background here, there are some incidents certainly that are part of the conversation now. >> well, there are. and notwithstanding the incidents that he had with his ex-wife, the volatility of that. there is also retraining order that at least one other woman took out against him. so do we have someone who has anger management issues against women, against his children, who has this significant financial order against him and now has he acted out in this way? as you say, we don't know right now, but when you look at means, motive, opportunity, what investigators look at for every crime, this current person of interest seems like somebody authorities should take a hard look. >> they say they are doing so. thank you, clint. what a story. thank you. and families of crime victims are outraged today after outgoing mississippi governor

haley barbour issued complete pampbds for more than 200 prisoners. the state records show they include more than two dozen people whose crimes include murder, manslaughter or homicide. the records show barbour pardoned four convicted murderers who worked at the governor's mansion as inmate trustees. they were all serving life sentences. mississippi state university political science professor marty wise man joins us on the phone. thank you for your time. >> good to be here into talk to us about this outrage here. is it valid? >> well, you know, mississippi is a state of small towns, friends and family. everybody knows somebody who knows somebody else. and the fact that 200 convicted felons are going to be returned to these small communities does have raise the ire of a number of mississippi citizens. it's surprising a conservative republican governor and conservative republican law and order type state would do this

on the way out the door. barbour is immensely popular in the state, and used a whole lot of his builtup political capital in doing this. i think it's a clear signal that he probably is planning to be finished with electoral politics. >> he's not made any comments regarding these pardons. but it is interesting, as you point out, that he is a popular governor. he's a conservative governor. even thought about at one time getting in the race to run for president. and you've got one guy was convicted of killing a man during a robbery in '94, another person was sentenced to life in the 1992 for murder. one individual was denied parole. just before he received this pardon from the governor. who would it be the motivation here? as i understand it, some of his supporters are saying this is part of a mississippi tradition. >> well, it is a mississippi tradition to the extent that governors throughout history have had a few select pardons as they left office. i think the sheer numbers

involved here is what has raised a number of eyebrows and also the violent crimes associated here. >> is there anything that can be done especially for the family members of the victims? when you think about it again, murderers allowed to get out of there. one guy the parole board didn't think was good enough to get out. >> right. that the certainly raises a lot of concern. and you know, the fact that it is 200 critical mass of concern will be raised among the victims' families that are definitely voicing their concern about it. >> professor wiseman, thanks so much for your time. i'm sure they'll be more reactions and words from the governor on this. >> thank you. up next, why is this being called the most revolutionary television of all time? we'll get a live from the consumer electronics show in vegas. we'll be right back. get in the ! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies?

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coming up at the top of the hour, hello south carolina. the next hurdle between mitt and the republican nomination. so how will the millionaire more mon play in a state with a tough economy and an evangelical base. plus is, new details about the nuclear scientist assassinated in iran. now back to the hardest working woman in show business. >> thank you. developing news we're following right now, the first lady's effort to help military veterans and their families. we have some live pictures from virginia commonwealth hospital independent richmond. that is where the first lady is expected to announce that more than 100 mektd schools have actually agreed to invest more money in programs teaching students how to treat veterans with ptsd and other brain injuries. and as we wait on the first lady to start the event, we're joined by john salts, chairman of vote vets.org. thank you for your time again. >> thanks, tamron. >> as i've pointed out, you're just back home from iraq and the

work and support that you offer to other vets even while yourself being in that war zone for so long is incredible. what do you make of the first lady's efforts here? according to defense department, the estimated nearly 213,000 military personnel suffered traumatic brain injuries in iraq and afghanistan since 2000. >> i think it's great. it's great she's taken this issue on. i watched her speech at ft. bragg a couple weeks ago when she spoke to introduce the president when the last brigade came home. her command of the issues are tremendous. the brain injury issues and post traumatic stress disorder are wounds of this war. in prior wars, we're only losing one in eight. troops that get wounded have higher rates of ptsd. roadside bombs in iraq is, rocket attacks, a lot of people are hurt in the head where they get wounded. it's very important to understand you know, the brain and the science behind these things because we have many more troops that have been wounded

are now being saved. even, you know, this tis the one-year anniversary of good-bye getting shots. some of the things the doctors cited was the advancement we've learned from the is wounds of troops coming back interest afghanistan and iran with brain injuries. >> this is said to be a long-term issue for the nation. do you believe that the nation really gets it? obviously having the first lady on the frontlines, if you will, exposing the problems and getting help for those vets is crucial. do you think every day americans, the people who you talk to who i'm sure ask you what was it like, do you think they get it. >> we used to say we're the 1% because we're like the 1% whose actually gone in the wars. you know, i've deployed twice to iraq, just home three weeks ago. do they get it? it's very hard. the smallest percentage ever in the history of a war in our country's, you know, since the

revolutionary war was served. do they get it the? i don't know. but to have the first lady out there is a huge benefit. this is an administration making a commitment moving forward to veterans, looking 20 years down the road and it's starting right now. the street nam generation who came back certainly helped me a tremendous apartment. when i came home in 2003 the first time, they really fought very -- for a very long time to have ptsd acknowledged. it's hard. look, it's hard for me, any social situation i'm in right now, it's complicated. everything's different. it's hard. just in the clinic in iraq where i was stationed in taji, the new person running the clinic before we left is why does everybody want ambien? there's a lot of issues we face. to have the first lady on the front lines is an honor for people who have come back that they're taking such a role in this issue. >> john, i love that you and the guys and women over there say you're the 1% because you're the best%, as far as i'm concerned. you're the best. thank you very much, john. see you soon. well, thin is in. that's one of the major themes

at this year's annual consumer electronic show in las vegas. organizers expect more than 140,000 people to attend ces over the fours of the four-day event and walk through nearly 2 million square feet of booths, exhibits looking for the latest batch of things that they'll try to market for us to buy from slim laptops, the list goes on and on. paul who canman is founder of the new simple.com. he joins me now from the floor of ces. thank you for your time. if. >> thanks for having me. >> we were out there last year with you. it is an incredible event. and you've put a few things in order which include this lgtv that's supposed to be, as i understand it, the best television we've ever seen. why? >> in my opinion, lg display makes it. it's 55 inches, which is not unusual. there are lots of large televisions out there. what it's made of and how it makes images is organic led. an organic material, a very, very thin layer can be placed on

the screen and get even brighter colors than anything you've seen. the thinness is part of it. thin is in. if you look on its side, it is 4 millimeters wide. four millimeters. that's basically narrower than a pencil. the whole thing weighs about 16 pounds. image quality and, of course, how it looks. >> is this television for sale yet or will this be in the coming year? >> this coming year will be for sale. a lot of the things you see here are barely able to turn on. this thing -- this is a magnificent here, i would say a magnificent achievement in terms of manufacturing because it's hard to do. it's something you can get soon. >> another thing on your list is a blu-ray player. why would that be hot when they're at best buy and everywhere else for sale? what's so special about this one. >> thin is in again. this is a blu-ray player right here. you're probably used to something about this wide. it's from panasonic called the bbto. panasonic makes it. it allows you access to the web.

it's thin and gives you web connection to your television. >> what is the c gate go the flex satellite? >> that's nothing less than a family saver. if you go on a long trip with your kids, it's not just haired drive that stores stuff, it has a wi-fi france mitter in it. up to three kids can watch up to three different movies stored on it in the car. >> that is a family lifesaver. this motorola moto active, what's that. >> another trend. wearable technology. it's the world's first gps fitness tracker with a smart music player. what that means is it finds out what kind of music you like to listen to when you're working out. it monitors wirelessly your heart rate and other functions and tells you when you're doing well. it also records all that information and knows when you're working out well and plays the music you find best when you're working out. you can even transmit to a wireless head set. >> the and the products and items are pretty cool to talk about, but there was an article just out saying that the practice record for this huge

consumer show is not very good, for example, they point out that the 3-d televisions were very hyped at the electronic show, didn't do well according to the article. they also point to the mini tablets that the ipad so dominated the market that others were not able to really get traction even though they were hyped at ces. is that the case? is this the future that will help manufacturing and help i guess tech companies maybe even hire or do we just see things that are cool to talk about there? >> no, it's a great question. the short answer is that is ces in is in the end all about taking chances. people are i can pmaking enormo gambles. now ford is the official car of consumer electronics show. that was a big gamble paid off. some things don't. tablets and about d have been underwhelming. some things explode. that's one of them. one other product i have to say, all this stuff gets dirty with the touch screens. this is a company low tech, from a company called taddy cloth.

you wipe the touch screens, it gets rid of all the germs and oils. it shines things up and makes things beautiful and clean. >> i love that you just showed that. we were on with my colleague dylan rhadigan. he says what is a job that someone who has seen a problem and finds a solution and can contribute to our economy through that solution, we all know about the dirty screens and so there's someone saw a problem and came up with a solution there. pretty cool, paul, thank you. today's "news nation" gut check is up next. we want to hear your thoughts on today's historic supreme court decision. we'll give you the details. you tell us how you feel. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. ♪ imagine zero pollutants in our environment. or zero dependency on foreign oil.

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before we go, there are a few things we want you to know today. let's roll it. first lady michelle obama is challenging claims in a new book. she had a tense relationship with white house aids she tells cbs she's not red jodi kantor's book and she is one of her

husband's biggest confidantes. she says she does not have a tense relationship with rahm emanuel and tired of the way some people try to portray her. >> it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and you know, but that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since, you know, the day ba ram announced that i'm some angry black woman. >> how do you deal with that? that image. >> i just try to be me. >> and time now for the "news nation" gut check. the supreme court ruled today on i oo ground breaking case ta hjs employees cannot sue for employment discrimination based on a case out of michigan after a woman tried to sue her employer, a lutheran church after she was fired for complaining of discrimination under the americans with disabilities act. the court ruled unanimously she has a religious employee could not sue because the lutheran church or school is shielded from such laws as the americans

with disabilities act. what does your gut tell you? do you agree with that decision that religious employees or religious organizations cannot sue for employment disscrim nation in go to facebook.com/news nation to cast your vote. i'm tamron hall. in about three minutes from now, we'll start my very first live web chat with new viewers. logon to newsnation.msnbc.com. martin bashir is up next. ♪ you and me and the big old tree ♪ ♪ side by side, one, two, three ♪ ♪ count the birds in the big old tree ♪ ♪ la la la [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. ♪ ♪ you and me and the big old tree side by side ♪ but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust.

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