some very clear lines and i'll try to stay within them. all right? thank you, everybody, god bless you. thank you. >> and that is the president of the united states on this martin luther king holiday and all across the country, there are going to be parades and remembrances remembrances, but this is one with a particular significance. doesn't sound like he knows exactly what he's going to be doing along with michelle and sasha, but i guess malia's there, sasha's off today. let me bring in jeff johnson. there's something very nice about seeing the first family there and they're going to do some work at that school. at that service project in the d.c. area, but how important do you think it is for him to sort of set that example, to make those comments? >> it's huge because for a long time, mlk day was really just a day off. >> which is what a lot of

holidays work into, right? >> and there were ceremonies and celebrations and there was a lot of music and dancing and speeches, but i think this push for service really speaks to the legacy of who he was. if he wanted a holiday for himself, which i doubt. but if he did, he would want us to do the work he did. >> and the president mentioned the controversy over the memorial there. and the quote is going to be changed. the one that is etched in stone right now reads i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness and the reason people didn't like that is because the full quote says if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice, for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness and all of the other shallow things will not matter. was it right to make that change? >> absolutely. it's historically accurate.

if you know that speech, which was phenomenal, you'd understand he talked about his death. his eulogy that he didn't want something to speak long and if he wanted people to remember him, it was not for his accolades or degrees. it was for the service he gave, so changing that is incredibly important. >> it's kind of amazing. i recently saw a play called "the mountain top," based in part on that speech. it's amazing how accurate his words are today. for good or bad because some of the messages still need to get through. >> they do and people forget king was not as revered in life as he was in death. that he was a very uncomfortable figure. even when we saw the looex of barack obama, i had some very uncomfortable feelings when people tried to make these connections between king and

president obama. in many cases, in part because the president spoke in a lot of places that connected him to king, but i don't think he ever intended for people to view him the way dr. martin luther king was viewed. there have been a lot of people disappointed because they thought they elected a grass roots activists when they actually elected a president and there have been many folks in the african-american community who should have been more like king instead of expecting president obama to be. >> point well taken. thank you. for my part, i'm curious to see what they're going to have the president do. thank you so much, jeff, for coming in. let's talk now about people who want the president's job because now, there are just five. nbc news confirming that one hour from now, jon huntsman will officially drop out and put his support behind mitt romney. he staked his claim on new hampshire, but even last week, he was still criticizing romney.

>> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> well, nbc's campaign -- is live in myrtle beach, south carolina and you've been with him for six months now. i suppose the obvious questions are why and why now? >> good morning, chris. well, he felt he was ahead of steam coming out of new hampshire. good for huntsman. basically, he got here to south carolina rather and figured out that even though he had a good infrastructure of people, he didn't have the structure, the v volunteers, the staff was very dissatisfied. not enough money. not even signs here. here's the problem here. it's an air war here. you've got to be on the air with advertisements. the super pac behind him supposed to be funded by his

father didn't make any major buys. >> thank you very much for that. now, huntsman dropping out isn't the only interesting twist in the race. huntsman is the latest establishment republican to back mitt romney, but over on the conservative christian side, a last minute, last ditch effort to organize behind one candidate are conservative leaders picking rick santorum. nicholas kristof with "the new york times," always good to see you. hasn't happened yet, but santorum is already knocking huntsman for his endorsement of mitt romney. >> moderates are backing moderates. the bottom line. it's no surprise there. >> is that where the fight is now? we've got the moderate wing of the party and conservative? >> i think the fight is over. i think the nominee is going to be mitt romney. rick santorum is going to make it interesting. time hasn't run out, but i think

it's hard to see how anybody wins the nomination other than romney. >> let me use a football analogy. do you think this is kind of a political hail mary? >> yes, it is and i don't think it's going to work. i have a lot of faith in in frad, the wisdom of crowds. they have an 80% chance that romney will be the nominee. >> when you look at the lot of exit and entrance polling and you hear republican, they're very concerned about electability. one thing they seem to be united on is that they want somebody who can beat barack obama and it seems to them that mitt romney is the most electable. there's a lot of conservative columns now and talk radio, too, about how they think he's a weak candidate against barack obama. that there's an enthusiasm problem, a flip-flopping problem, that bain can be a problem. is there some validity to that? >> the most electable candidate the republicans had was

huntsman, who is dropping out. he had a lot of things going for him, but one thing was that republicans didn't like him. i think it's a little bit the same with mitt romney. he, i think, actually has reasonably good chance among republicans to beat obama in the fall, but republicans are not in love with him and i think we're going to see the same kind of k accusations against him in the fall. >> stick there, we should say that the rick santorum endorsement came at this weekend meeting of more than 100 evangelical leader rs includiin richard land. it's good to see you. how you doing this morning? >> good morning. happy martin luther king day. >> to you as well. obviously, this is a big boost for santorum and now, he really likes his chances. let me play a clip from him

earlier today. >> we need to get this eventually down to a conservative alternative to mitt romney, so we feel once this field narrows and it's down to a two-person race, we have an excellent opportunity to win this race. >> but you know the criticism of the conservatives there this weekend. too late. what took you guys so long if you're really uncomfortable with mitt romney, why now? when really, we're closing in on possibly the closing moments of this campaign. is it too little too late? >> well, we'll see. i mean, first of all, it was more than most of us who gathered there thought could happen. we came to that meeting not thinking it was possible to get a strong consensus. now, i need to make it very clear that i don't endorse candidates, so i'm not endorsing santorum, but i encouraged those there to get behind a candidate and behind one candidate, whoever that was, and frankly, i think once we've done this now even though it is late, that if

indeed that candidate falls short, there will -- it will make us feel better about romney that we did give it our best shot. that we did get behind a candidate, that we were not divided among three candidates and if romney wins a contest against one social conservative, it will make it easier to unite around him in the fall. >> obviously, the problem for rick santorum is that he doesn't have the organization. nothing near what mitt romney has. and he say he brought in $3 million over the weekend, but nothing compare today what romney has. is there any beef behind this endorsement? >> we'll see. i think it will, but we'll see. i mean, i think social conservatives will feel better that they did finally unit around a strong consensus for one rather than diluting their support among three. >> and what is it, as best you can, what is it that you don't

like about mitt romney? >> well, you know, ironically, i think for most social conservatives, they would feel better about romney if he were more mormon. if his position on the life issue and marriage issue had always been what his church's position is, there would be far fewer doubts about him. but he did run to the left of ted kennedy when he was running for the senate and that gives people concerns about whether he's really going to be a social conservative when he's in the white house. if he makes it to the white house. >> let me repeat what you said and i understand you don't endorse a candidate, but you're politically savvy and in touch with a lot of people. realistical realistically, what are the chances romney doesn't get this nomination? >> i'd say that unless lightning strikes, he is very likely to get the nomination, but if you would have asked me that

question about barack obama in january of 2008, the estimates would have been that hillary clinton was the prohibitive and overwhelming favorite to get the democratic nomination and lightening struck and president obama won the nomination. >> richard land, it's good to see you. thank you so much for taking the time. nick is still with me. to his point that lightening does strike, that maybe it's very unlikely, i know romney's super pac is now running ads against santorum in south carolina. so, are they worried just a little bit? >> sure. they've got to be worried as time goes on. i think they just want to clear out the opposition so they can get ahead and run against obama. i think they want to stop the tax that were hurting romney, so you know, i think it's only a matter of time until we move on to the romney versus obama campaign. but sure, they're trying to expedite that process. >> obviously, that's what all

this is leading up to and as a matter of fact, there are a number of big fund-raisers coming up. i want to bring in democratic vat gist and form rer senior adviser to hillary clinton, kiki mcclain. good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> i looked at the numbers this morning. they are staggering. $68 million for the fourth quarter for obama and the dnc. mitt romney, 24 million in the same quarter and then the super pacs. you wonder though, given the despairty we're seeing, can anybody keep up? >> well, listen, you're talking about folks in a primary. i think both candidates, whoever the republican nominee is, will be well funded. the question is, how do they use it and can that money fix flaws in a candidate? i don't believe it can. you can have a solid and good, competitive candidate and support them with the resources you need to run a campaign or you can try to cover up the flaws and i think that's where the real challenge will come in the general election. >> let me make a counter

argument, that there isn't a candidate who doesn't have flaws and the other thing they can do even if their candidate has flaws, is beat down the other guy. obviously, the democrats are worried about these super pacs. they're spending huge amounts of money already. let me play for you what david axelrod said over the weekend. >> the other thing that worries me are these big super pacs that we see romney and others benefitting from. i think there's going to be a ton of money -- but not nearly of the scale on the republican side. >> what do you think about what david axelrod said? >> i think he's right. there will be huge pools and pockets o money. the question is, where do they come from. what we see in the primary ss that they're very effective because the windows with short. a week, two weeks between different event. iowa, new hampshire and does somebody have a chance to answer the challenges and attacks

against them. but what's important is recognizing how you use that money and one of the things that the democratic party and president obama's team have been smart and wise about is that even in the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary where there isn't a competitive fight, we've been taking time to organize and make sure people are invested and engaged with us. i think that will pay off in the end in a big way, but there's going to be a lot of money flowing out there and we see more coming in the republican window. >> nate silver pointed out interesting numbers. both the president and mitt romney's favorable tty ratings, about the same. 49. how important is the likability factor in this, do you think, nick? >> i think this is the battle of the injured. it's remarkable to have president down at 49%. normally, that would mean he would not have much of a chance of re-election.

but he's going against somebody with even lower ratings. meanwhile, the economy. i think eight leaders in europe have been ousted in the last two years because of the economy. it's a huge factor for obama. >> thanks to both of you and again, happy holiday. appreciate you coming on. >> thanks. ron paul meantime is railing against a lot of things, including waste, so why is he so cozy in first class? and stephen colbert on the offensive with his own faux political ads, but first, newt gingrich is down playing the events in texas, where we told you christian leaders voted to back santorum. >> no, i think the fact is if you look at the actual vote yesterday that we were close in the vote. the polls have shown that i am the strongest rival to romney in south carolina. >> and rick perry also down playing the vote, saying he is

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the captain of the costa concordia went off the approved route. human error is to blame for that terrifying accident that killed six people and developing right now, reuters now reporting rescuers are back in the water searching for the 16 people who are still missing and we will take you there live in just a few minutes. rick perry is defending the marines in this video. now, we're only showing you a still image of what appears to be service members urinating on taliban fighters in afghanistan. perry is a former air force pilot and told cnn this weekend, wars can change personal behavior. >> obviously, 18, 19-year-old

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>> we were dangling above the water with the lifeboats probably for about another hour. when we actually got into the water, we couldn't get away from the ship because it kept towing in. >> in the very end, kind of went over, before we jumped off, one of the crew members was telling us we need to stay on. obviously, we needed to get off right then. >> michelle kosinski is in italy and michelle, what do we know about what's going on with the rescue efforts, the people still trapped on that ship? >> we don't know exactly how many people could be on board. that's the big question and that's why rescuers over the last three days now have been trying to get close. they've been going under water. dangerous conditions. breaking windows to cabins to try to find people. they were able to rescue people alive. we saw two rescues saturday night. a honeymooning couple. so they were on there for 24

hours. the most recent rescue was yesterday afternoon. the ship's purser. doing all they can, but it's rough. >> you sort of figure if your marriage survived that, those poor people on their honeymoon. unbelievable. do they have a sense of how long this might take or -- i mean, how are they going about this? >> it's really complicated. they have a company coming in to try to get all the fuel out of the ship. there's 2,300 tons of it. they're really worried about an environmental disaster, too. the oil's now going to leak into these pristine waters. they don't know exactly how they're going to move the ship. the thing is enormous. and i think when you look at this pictures, you hear about it happening and you think, unimaginable. then you start seeing these pictures that are coming out and you see the scale of it. not only the physical scale, but the scale of the emotion and

fear on board. and now we find out was it an engine room explosion as maybe thought? no. was it electronic failure? no. it was human error. the company today gave a press conference and they say that the captain, for some reason, d defuated from the ship's course. he wasn't supposed to do that. he decided to get close to this island, they believe, so he could show the ship to tourists and that, they think, is what caused this disaster with 4,200 people on board. six people now confirmed dead. now, ships in this area do that periodically. locals have been talking about it and sometimes, you know, it's great for tourists. everybody cheers and wants to see the big ship, but people here have thought that it might be dangerous and in this case, unfortunately, it was extremely dangerous. it was tragic. >> truly. thank you so much. nbc's michelle kosinski in italy for us.

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forest. >> good to see you, congressman. good morning. so, rick santorum had won word for that ad. yuck. but i don't know, what do you think, these super pacs just getting warmed up? >> well, here's the problem with the super pacs. there's not a lot of accountability around them. there's not a lot of transparency, especially in realtime around how they're funded because of a quirk in s.e.c. reporting laws. instead of doing the quarterly filings, which make you have to disclose donors in advance of primaries, the groups can file monthly. well, that sounds like there might be disclosure, but if you file monthly, you don't have to do the disclosures right before the particular primaries, so the people who are paying for a lot of these ads in south carolina, we won't find out who they are until after the south carolina is several weeks over and the same trend would continue for the rest of the race. there's no limit on the amount of money that people can put

into these campaigns or into these ads and that will be the case in the fall. individuals, companies, labor unions, the sources of big money in american politics that have been regulated for about 35 years, in 2010, the supreme court through the flood gates opened and said you could spend as much you want when ever you want to elect the candidate of your choice without the kind of trans pirnsy we normally have. >> who gets hurt most by this? is it mitt romney, who is is target of most of these ads or is it even more to the benefit of barack obama? because as long as they're spending that money to go after mitt romney, it's money that his re-election doesn't have to spend. >> oh, i think it's very hard to war game in short-term. if you look at the the polls over the weekend in south carolina, romney's numbers have gone up, so he doesn't seem to have been hurt that much. there's no question that obama is being helped because of all the focus of these negative ads

are talking about republicans and not him. i'll give you an answer that i hope doesn't sound like a cliche. i think the american people are the ones that are going to get hurt long-term. whether you're a republican or democrat, you can't put this kind of money, if you're an average citizen, into politics. the unions can, the corporations can and they get to amplify, magnify their voice and frankly, until 2010, we thought there was a big enough problem that we had strict regulations in place to cap contributions and limit these independent expenditure committees we call super pacs. and now, it's more big money, less transparency. >> it's going to be interesting to see, too, when we get to the general election and probably mitt romney, whoever the republican is, we know there's going to be a will the of these super pac ads aimed at barack obama. tens of million of dollars worth of them, if not more. and so, what do you think his

strategy should be? we saw what happened to newt gingrich when he said i'm going to be the nice guy. he basically seemed to lose any chance he had of winning the nomination at that point. what is the president do about it? >> well, you can't unilaterally disarm in politics, gingrich found that out in iowa, but this is is problem. honestly, i was in congress in 2009 and 2010. i was part of a democratic majority and honestly, democrats pay a lot of lip service to fixing the citizens united ruling that allowed these super pacs to flourish, but it was never really a priority. democrats had the majority in the house and senate and a president who's willing to sign friendly legislation. that would have been the time to do something about this. it's a problem for the system. because the answer in the fall is going to be fight fire with fire. what you're going to have is more big money than we've ever seen in a presidential campaign

and i don't think that's going to make the process healthier than it's been. i think it will make it more polluted than it's been. >> and to that point, if you would, stay with us, xhong, but i want to bring in michael isakoff, who's been following mitt's money men and michael, you've been reportinging on a big fund-raiser here in new york. it's expected to rake in what, a million and and a half dollars for the romney campaign. >> it's interesting in the debate about bain capital and private equity because you look at the invite list, the event co-host for this big event in new york tomorrow, 24 co-hosts, those are essentially the bunglers who are packaging the cash, bringing in a lot of people to the event. 16 of them, two-thirds are private equity principles lawyers and lobbyists, all from this one industry that's been the core of that.

then you look at the names. steve schwartzman, blackstone group, which has done a lot of deals with bain capital. major romney fund-raiser. alex nevob of kkr, cold war kravitz. he also, by the way, is $100,000 donor to the romney super pac, so you take a list of these big campaign bungler, you match it up with a romney super pac donor, you see a lot of overlap and it shows the interconnection between the campaign and super pac. one more point. you asked about what do the obama people do about this. important to remember, the obama people have their own super pac. they're raising in these unlimited donations as well. they're going to be ready for those attack ads against romney using the same process. >> does it look it they will be

because there was some question about whether they were going to be able to keep up with the fund raising. >> we won't know until january 31st, which is a big day when we get the disclosures, from the super pacs. the issue would be obama's super pac is whether it has been able to collect as much cash as the romney suh p per pac, the gingrich super pac, we don't know. the word is that they're having trouble because obama does have a wall street problem. he hasn't been able to tap that constituency as well as he did in 2008. so we're all waiting to see january 31st for those numbers and also to see exactly who these big donors are that are bankrolling these ads. >> how big of a problem might that be for the president? obviously, he's a prolific fund-raiser. his campaign is going to raise a lot of money. the question is, with things like michael just said, that he doesn't seem to be bringing in the kind of wall street money that mitt romney is. if the romney super pacs way

outperform the obama super pacs, how big a problem is that? >> i would be very surprised. no, i'd be shocked if the obama re-election campaign did not have all the resources it needs to put what it wants in its super pacs and there in lies the problem. both sides now have access to all kinds of money. there's as much big money as there is on the left as there is the right. the problem is that one reason i think so many people feel disaffected with politics is the average person watching this program can't put those kinds of resources or even dream of putting those kinds of resources into politics. until 2010, the supreme court thought it was important to limit the amount of money that was put into politics by individuals. they respected free speech, but they knew that political speech was different enough to justify regulations because of the danger of corruption. the danger that money gets certain people in the door and

other people can't get put in the door. well, after citizens united, frankly, those concerns have been thrown out the window, but i put a lot of blame on congress. democrats and republicans can do something to fix this problem. even if you don't like citizens united, citizens united does nothing to disturb the disclosure rejeechl there. the problem is that for all reasons and loopholes, a lot of super pacs are are able to get around the disclosures because of when they file. congress could fission that and eight of the justices said we may be lifting the caps, we may be saying spend when you want, but we still think disclosure is important. there was an open invitation to congress in 2009 and 2010 to get tougher on disclosure so that people in south carolina know

who's paying for these ads now, not on january 30th. >> let's see. maybe depending on how this campaign plays out, maybe congress will have the will and find the way to make those changes. congress davis, thank you so much for coming in on a holiday. michael isakoff, always good to see you. we have new developments here. we just told you that the search is still on for survivors in the costa cruise ship accident, but now, a source says that the sinking could cost its insurance company up to $1 billion. that's the largest insurance lost from a single incident. it looks like new york city's mayor will be getting some goods from green bay including cheese curds and know capped root beer. he placed a friendly wager on yesterday's game with green bay mayor. the giants beat the champs in green bay, so the giants take on

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>> take farmville, the company's first big hit. players cultivate a farm with crops, livestock and homesteads. have you ever farmed anything in real life? have you ever owned a plot of land? was it a crop? >> i've never planted a crop. but i'd really like to. >> like every game in zynga's stable, farmville is free for anyone to play. 150 million people play zynga games every month and most don't play a penny. fewer than 3% of players ever pay for that special cow or snow covered castle, but those die hard players spent enough to push zynga's revenues to nearly $800 million last year. people are spending real dollars on something that's not real. they're spending real money on a virtual cow or a virtual crop. >> people spend money every day on movies, right, you can't take

them home with you. you can't wear them. they go away, right? you watch it. it's an entertainment experience. >> we were with mark when zynga has its ipo of 100 shares of stock to the public in mid december, but in the months since, the stock hasn't lived up to what some thought. it's been below its initial trading price, so we ask him about that tonight as well. what's the future for zynga? >> you can play with a whole bunch of people at the same time and the argument that i've heard is it's a way to stay connected with family and fraeiends. >> it's working for them, but lots of questions about what their future is and whether they're putting too much money in investment right now. >> you know what's going to happen when your son is in here today, grows up. he's not going to remember people would sit around and play

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kidney disease. and yes, there is still a miss america pageant and miss wisconsin traded in her cheese head for a crown. taking the title and $50,000. the 23-year-old used her father's jail time on mail fraud charges as part of her platform to help others. and betty white turns 90 tomorrow, so to help celebrate, nbc honors america's golden girl with a star studded special tonight. they'll take a walk down memory lane, starting with her first words on radio back in 1947. happy birthday, betty white. that wraps up this hour. jon huntsman's big announcement coming up in just a few minutes. thomas roberts will have it for you live. i hope you have a day off and are enjoying it. i'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ i give new generations better opportunities. ♪ i protect the lives that make up my community. ♪ i'm discovering ways to improve our quality of life.

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