>> well the me you what's strange about this. you can talk about having sex on a plane and going to the bathroom, but all three of you were uncomfortable with your weight and age. >> a buck 90, 42. >> 61 and 165. >> 240. >> 242, 42 years old. >> 138, 46. >> it's all muscle, mick a. you have to wrap up the show. good luck with that. >> what did we learn today? spanx for men. >> bracing for a blizzard. more than 100 million americans in two dozen states are under a winter storm warning as we speak. the first major storm of the new year promises ice, snow, and a big travel mess. a populous push for new york

city's new mayor with bill clinton by his side, bill deblasio confronts inequality. >> 36 governor's races and dozens of competitive contests in the u.s. house. it's thursday, january 2nd, happy new year. i'm in for chuck todd. we will bring you a new year's resolution for the passengers stranded in the antarctic and former first lady barbara bush who is hospitalized in texas. the winter storm that is expected to bring snow and bitter temperatures from iowa through new england. it started falling in chicago and the 600 flights were canceled with millions plunging into a deep freeze. bill joins us now with the storm

forecast. what is the latest? >> new information from the models and everything looks on track. the snowfall totals and the biggest question marks remain in the philadelphia and new york city areas, but we will get hit in the area as we go into tomorrow. let me take you through the morning. all right about two to four inches from binghamton. look how cold and snowy. it's rare to get a snowstorm with 1 degree temperatures. it's happening today. boston about 20 and an inch on the ground. as far as the totals will go, a lot of this as fallen. missouri, illinois and indiana. pittsburgh's snow is coming down and a lot of reports of bridges and overpasses that have frozen. a i lot of action is reported. careful driving. that's the mess that is heading in and snow in areas of pittsburgh. let me break down what i expect snowfall totals. much of the snow will fall in the overnight hours.

10:00 could be a foot of snow and it will be blowing and drifting. you will be traveling. lesser amounts, hartford and new york city. the travel issue will be the wind chills in the gusty winds. even down to d.c., wind chills will be near negative numbers if not negative. going back to work or school for some kids, the timing of the storm. tomorrow morning will be a mess. >> thanks, bill. obviously we will look for to you keep us updated. as bill mentioned, the northeast could get a powerful wal up. this could be the first big and early test from the brand-new mayor. let's check in with sarah who is live outside the city in manhattan. bill deblasio was sworn in on wednesday. a big storm headed his way. tell us what they are doing for preparation. >> they are working on trying it

get ahead of the storm because they know it's coming. right now the calm before the storm. salt spreaders on the road and more leaving every minute. try to get a jump-start on the winter road preps. we will see about 300 out on the road. staffed by about 4,000 workers on 12-hour shifts. residents are preparing buying shovels, food, and water. we are hearing about shortages at the stores and people taking this winter storm seriously. now officials are cautioning people to stay off the road and if you absolutely must be out, take a flashlight and food and water in your car. it goes without saying. dress warmly and coats and mid-ens and gloves. anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow expected and up to 16 in some areas. you will throw in the chilly winds and the brutal temperature drops. you have the perfect storm for

the first winter storm of 2014. back to you. >> thank you, sarah. nearly four years after president obama signed the affordable care act and a fierce fight and a roll out defined by mistakes and delays, millions of receiving insurance coverage under the law. >> this means a lot to people like us being self-employed and having access to a good health care plan. >> according to the obama administration, 2.1 million americans have signed up for the plan through the federal or state health insurance exchanges. that's short of the administration's 3.3 million person target, but it is a surge from numbers reported this past fall. the budget office estimates that the white house needs 7 million people to sign up by the end of march. no issue will go further to define his legacy than this one. the president's political organization known as organizing for action kicked off a pr push

with a new website featuring testimonials from americans who have enrolled in health care plans. some of the law's most popular provisions are in effect. they can no longer deny coverage based on preexisting conditions and no lifetime benefit limits or dollar caps on insurance claims. already the benefits have been overshadowed by an 11th hour supreme court injunction. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor catholic groups an exemption to part of the law that require employers to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception. the white house responded saying we defer to the department of justice on litigation matters, but remain confident that the final rule strikes the driver's license of providing women with free contraceptive coverage while preventing nonprofit organizations with religious objections to contraceptive

coverage from having to contract, pay or refer for such coverage. some republicans have is seized on that move. senator roy blunt called it a blatant violation of religious freedom, adding i applaud the move to block this onerous government overreach. nbc news editor do min coe is here with this morning's first read. we have got the law in full effect now finally four years later. this debate over providing contraception is now at the four which is not my guess what they want. that's talking about what they want on january 7th. >> this is a pretty narrow ruling to talk about this little sisters of the woor group from colorado to say that more clearly define what john profits can or cannot who are

religiously affiliated and whether or not they have to provide contraception services. i think the big thing here is it's another little thing that republicans will be able to point to and say this administration is pushing something that religious groups are against. any time you have that happening, it will become another headache for the administration. the supreme court is taking up other cases that could have broader implications where corporations who have secular, but religiously avowed people who run them saying they don't top the have to do this. >> hobby lobbying. let's talk about briefly, is this the danger, all of these -- not the missteps, but things like this. is this the danger of doing something comprehensive? >> this is why any time you see polling, whether or not -- this is the big picture. whether or not this law can be implemented could affect democrats for a generation on

whether or not the government can or should do big things like this and whether they are capable and competent and that's why the administration more so than the president's legacy. >> immigration is another thing about comprehensiveness. last thing. there have been a thing, the health care changes, no coverage denials for preexisting conditions and no annual benefit limits. the individual mandate health insurance tax. these are many of the things including preexisting conditions and no caps. they wanted to talk about it and in 2013, they spent a lot of time on defense and not offense. how do they switch that and they are not starting off on the best foot. how do they switch that? this is going to be one of the defining pieces of his legacy. >> no question. one of the pollsters said as goes health care so goes obama's legacy and his second term. they need to get this right.

the first two months of the health care website roll out impacted the numbers. the problem for republicans is going to be how do they talk about this? do they talk about full repeal and do they change the language? 2.1 million people may be below the expectations, but they had coverage that didn't previously. >> what's important on this, do they talk about repeal and most people who don't like the law don't think it should be repealed. what's the message there? it doesn't seem like it. >> if i knew that, they would be paying me a lot more to coach them. >> fair point. >> they look at that stuff and people are not as much in favor of full repeal as they are fixing the law. if republicans can say we want to fix this law, we can manage it and do it better than democrats, they it make themselves look like they can govern better than democrats and they would make democrats nervous. >> i want to hit on this.

a lot of people are interested in this. barbara bush, hospitalized. former first lady. president obama put out a statement and want to read a piece of it. michelle and i send best wishes to mrs. bush for a speedy recovery. barbara is blessed to have a loving supportive family and a vibrant spirit that will have her feeling better soon. this is a respiratory-related issue. >> she is the strength in that family. she is 88 years old and i remember seeing the picture of the president with mrs. bush at the library opening. they were joking around. she reminds me of my grandmother. just tough as nails and tells it straight. i think that's a big reason why a lot of people like her. >> george h.w. bush and jeb bush acknowledges she is the spine of that family. thank you and happy new year. >> you too. >> up next, will the new year

bring hope for mideast peace. john kerry's latest effort to bring stability to the volatile region. that's just one of the foreign policy challenges facing president obama in 2014 from afghanistan to syria to russia. the administration's foreign policy plate is full, but will americans's appetite for intervention keep getting smaller. first a look ahead at the politics planner. 10:00 a.m., marriages are being performed in chicago. the vacation chuck todd circled is the sugar bowl from alabama versus bob stoops' oklahoma. we will being back with more on "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... oh hey, neill, how are you? [ male announcer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing.

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>> we are following developing news out of israel. ariel sharon may be heading to the end of his life. his condition deteriorated and his vital organs including kidneys are failing. >> in this situation and this age and his condition, this critical malfunction of some of his internal organs are threatening his life. >> sharon is one of israel's most notable figures as a military general and political leader elected prime minister in 2001. he suffered a stroke in 2006 and has been in a coma ever since. the news about former prime minister sharon comes as john kerry arrives to kickoff another round of peace talks in tel aviv. both sides are taking issue with components of a new framework

that finds common ground with borders, refugees and control of jerusalem. it's one of a post of challenges for 2014 including several that may be beyond influence. one is a situation in afghanistan where hamid karzai refused to sign a deal that would keep a force beyond this year. that refusal is despite the administration's assistance that such a deal be done in 2014. he missed an end of the year deadline with weapons and the first in a series of steps that was supposed to release the stockpile and violence that claimed 130,000 lives. in iran, the obama administration can watch and wait to see if the leadership makes good on the promise to scale back the program in exchange for lessened sanctions. for more on all of this, let's bring in two people who are brighter than me.

bobby gauche who looks ahead to 2014, including a piece on winding down the war in afghanistan. the senior correspondent for the daily beast. let's talk broadly 50 and then in the weeds. broadly, how much is in the control of the united states? president obama and secretary of state john kerry? whether it's syria or iran or afghanistan. we have two missed deadlines and it's january 2nd. >> we have two big things going on. the the president should have a lot of leeway on foreign policy. it's time to set the legacy and close the loop on the projects going on for the next years. we see a diminishing of influence in the mideast. actors have taken before. the president is battling that trend. at the same time hoe is trying to push forth the very complex

and intractable issues. he has a big challenge ahead of him and perhaps the last chance to make a difference on the world stage. >> to the factors outside of the president's perview, i want to add the american public. i had our folks look this up. this was in the middle of the syria debate. the "wall street journal," 74% of people said we should do less and focus priorities. in five said promote democracy and freedom globally. that's a stark choice. still we should do less around the world. how does the president navigate a complex set of challenges in foreign policy with a public that seems uninterested? >> the challenge for any president is to articulate the foreign policy goals in a way

that a common person can understand. people from most countries feel that the letters should conse concentrate on the issues. the challenge and this president has not been able to meet this challenge which is to explain world events in a way that affects people directly. why does the united states need to keep involving itself in israel and spline? it's not about geopolitics, but something close to your pocket book. neither the president or john kerry has been able to do that. >> i want to go deeper into one that i'm fascinated with. karzai said at the end of the year, for him to sign a pack that he has not done so. maybe we should do anything until elections in the spring. what do we do here given the amount of aid in our involvement? president obama saying he was

winding the war down. what do we do? >> sometimes it takes as long to break up as you were in the relationship. this has been coming for a long time and the relationship between the obama administration and president karzai himself is terrible. for everybody, karzai will leave the stage in april the relationship for whoever comes next. a lot of these things will move forward. we will have a presence there for another years and whoever comes after will be in a position to sign that agreement. >> we are not expecting it to be signed before they live off of this. >> it's possible, but that was the demand and they backed off based on the fact that karzai is unpredictable and won't do it. >>. >> i want to talk about israel and palestine and john kerry in the open in tel aviv. he made ten trips since becoming secretary of state.

there seems to be skepticism about even the sort of contours of a deal. can you lay out where we are and is there a possibility -- there is a nine-month window that runs out in april. what chances of reaching some kind of accord are before that date some. >> they are not terrific. this is a familiar story with the mideast. you talked earlier in this hour about missed deadlines. this is the april deadline that the administration set itself. the outlines have been familiar to us for decades. it's a question of israel giving up territory that it currently holds and the palestine is giving up claim to territories that israel held for a substantial amount of time. it's about the palestinians recognizing the state of israel.

there is a certain exhaustion when it comes to israel and palestine and it's remarkable that john kerry decided for hes legacy that would be where he would stake it. i know it's that if you can thread that needle, the rewards in terms of middle east peace and international diplomacy are enormous, but it's hard to see where it goes. it's hard because kerry has not articulated anything new. he is trying to bring people back to the table to discuss what they want and already disagreed about it without showing it. that's the frustration that all of us who have been following the story for decades feel and that's what the people in palestine feel as well. >> from new york, thank you both for your time. up next, pop lift push for the

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nationally. the clintons, remember them 124 they played out in a ceremony as former president bill clinton swore in the new mayor and embraced his progressive ideals. hill reclinton called herself "pleased and proud " to see the mayor in office. the eeagerness is a latest sign that my wonderful colleague in the "washington post," clinton as always is thinking about tomorrow. can the party successfully wield populism in the new legislative fight ahead. we will get the test on monday when harry reid brings a three-month extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed to the floor. let's bring in the gaggle. we rolled deep at "the washington post." cnbc contributor who will start with "the washington post" next week, the host of background and

covering state politics and policy for "the washington post" blog. gov beat. if you haven't checked it out, you need to. i feel like i'm in the newsroom. let's start with you. bill deblasio was hillary clinton's campaign manager. it's not crazy that the clintons are involved in this. let's talk about the clintons and bill deblasio. they clearly represented two strains of the democratic party, correct? >> it's very true. when you look at hillary clinton when she left the department, she has been turning to the left. her speech for american progress, she kept using the word progressive. she is styling herself and the clintons's appearance continues to signal their move to the left. >> sorry there danger here? deblasio is quite clearly several ticks more liberal than

hillary clinton in terms of policy. is there danger for her in embracing deblasio as publicly as she has? >> there is. deblasio has not really done anything yet. what if he is not a good mayor? they are riding deblasio's coat tails. it's an interesting play. i think this is right. she is looking to people who could be in the field in 2016 should she run. people like elizabeth warren, a boutique progressive and more of a favorite among the far, far left. >> she remembers the last election in the primary. we shall see. i want to read this. i thought it was fascinating. it's called the resurgent. when politicians can ignore the questions by the left, they are

pushed to focus on the right and the concerns about big government, the result is in moderate and practical policy. the left has largely been dormant since the obama election. fair or unfair? >> fair because in every white house when you have got a president of your party, it masks the turmoil that happens naturally in either political party. i remember after the 2006 elections and the end of george w. bush's term, you started to see anger on the republican right that had been bubbling for a long time over expansion and medicate benefits. >> creating new government. >> that was what we saw. we saw that when bush was a lame duck. we are starting to see the same in the democratic party. there is a fight with centrists. hillary clinton is fighting the last battle. she got nipped from the left in

2008 and protecting that again. now we have this resurgent progressive population. ben smith was talking about deblasio has done something obama did do. he will stick with the base. >> i would urge people. they have not read deblasio's speech. they need it. it needs an embrace and not an attempt to run away from it. i believe that no one knows house republicans better than you including the people who were elected members of congress. let's talk about this. the administration will make a push for minimum wage. you have unemployment insurance extension going to come to the floor. where do the house and senate republicans position on this. in theory this is an issue that could put their momentum from the struggle to obamacare in jeopardy. >> when you look at paul ryan's

activity, going into communities and the inner city communities and trying to work with people in civil society and social issues and education. they will focus on the issues and not state taxes, but the individual and how civil society can help. that's the plan and it's not a new program. >> i want to jump to you. this is a poll here. minimum wage increased to $10.10 an hour. all voters, 62% favor and democrats and republicans are the only one less than the majority favor it. jonathan pointed out that the last time the idea of raising minimum wage, republicans decided not to fight it and approve it with concessions. >> i don't think so, but this is not the white house's idea to get behind minimum wage. this is something that democrats

in state legislatures have been pushing for a long time. the arkansas democratic party has been trying to get it on the ballot for a long time and they will have that in 2014. south dakota democrats are doing the same. this is the way that the democrats can draw the contrast between themselves as the party of the working class and republicans as the party of the big business and 47% business owners. >> i will start with you. one of the things is it's a way to counter the base energy for obamacare. okay. we are taking a deep dive into brother who is ran washington a half century ago. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills.

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>> breaking news out of beirut, lebanon. an explosion struck the southern

part of the city, a hezbollah stronghold. images show extensive damage. we have a report that the bombing happened in a neighborhood and many more casualties are expected. we will keep track of this and bring you more developments as soon as we get them. in a striking editorial this morning, the "new york times" calls on president obama to offer nsa leaker clemency or a plea bargain deal in exchange for returning to the united states. the editorial board writes he may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done a great service. in retrospect, he was clearly justified in believing that the only way to blow the whistle on this intelligence gathering was to expose it to the public. snowden's release of classified information reignited the debate overus of power and the public's right to know. that debate is nothing new. chuck todd talked to the author of a new book for his brother,

alan. >> it's a cold war spy story with a pair of brothers with remarkable influence whose since the u.s. is still paying for. as the nation debates the uses of power and the republican party's internationalist and isolationist wings are locked in a fight to shape that party's future, the story of the dulles brothers is a look back at the early and aggressive uses of covert action in the cold war. john foster dulles who serveed from 1953 to 1959 in the are now administration was a calvinist. they ran the cia from that period of time was known as a womanizer and a passion for espionage. the two rows from the corporate law firm to the center of power. the roots of upheaval across three continents. eisenhower would not approve roll back campaigns against

established communist regimes. instead of brothers turned their attention to leaders in asia, africa and latin america. launching violent campaigns. some of them covert against a series of leaders they called the six monsters. iran's mohamed and guatemala. vietnam, indonesia, the congo and of course cuba's fidel castro. two of the six were self-proclaimed communists and the rest were nationalist leaders fighting over control over their own country's natural resources. for the first time, the cia acknowledged the role in overthrowing him back in 1953. steven kinser is the author. in reviewing your book to prepare for this seg am, you know what we did in the 50s had

repercussions to today, but wow. >> it's a fascinating story and although my book is a biography of the brothers, it's also an effort to ask a larger question. why does the united states behave the way it does in the world? why have we gotten into so much trouble. we have a tendance tow look at the problems as if they are self-generated as if they pop up. in fact the history of the dulles brothers in the 1950s showed they launched a secret world war. the theater of operations changed from iran to guatemala to vietnam. much of that war was fought secretly so we didn't see it. we can now see in the dulles brothers the roots of many of today's crisis. >> what is amazing is most americans don't realize the history that is taught to

children in these regions where we did this. it's all factual history and it helps create the confrontational ways and awkward relationships that the united states has today. >> the united states has a great story to tell. it never ceases to amaze me when i travel for all our sins, we are greatly admired. we are not selling our story. the image we give to the world is the image that the dulles brothers promoted. a snarling red lining and threatening sanctioning image. this doesn't reflect whey think many americans feel, but the dulles brothers to me reflects forces that helped create america and american foreign policy. i cite three forces that created them. i think they are important. they also created us. the first is this idea of american exceptionalism that the u.s. had providencial mission

and can do what other nations should not be allowed to do. they are destined to spread influence. the second is the missionary. we know there is bad out there, but it's not good enough to hope bad fates away. you have to go out and crush it. the third is corporate power. the dulles brothers spent decades before they came into the high offices working for this remarkable law firm that specialized in pressuring small countries to do what big american countries wanted them to do. the belief in american exceptionalism and the instinct and the belief in corporate power shaped not only the dulles brothers, but our approach to the world for much of the time they have been alive. >> in today's world, the idea that our chief diplomat and our chief intelligence officer would be brothers would seem a potential conflict of interest, one would make the job of

secretary of state nearly impossible. >> it's a very dangerous combination. since they had grown up so intimately and saw the world, they knew what had to be done and therefore never consulted anyone else. one of the odd things i came up with as you refer to as i was researching the book, although the two brothers, john foster and alan dulles were ideologically and politically twins, their personalities and private lives, they were totally different. foster dulles was arrogant and socially awkward and alan was a seducer and everybody loved him. this was important because alan dulles was not only chief of the invisible government, but the ambassador of the invisible government to the visible government. i think all those georgetown cocktail parties where he

sparkled made people think we don't know what the cia is, but he's a wonderful guy and it must be fine. >> the idea that the dulles brothers were able to do all of this in the eisenhower administration, it feeds that narrative to the idea that eisenhower is the hands off president. >> you are right. this is one of the questions about the dulles brothers. did they manipulate eisenhower and bam boozele him and do things mind his back. the answer is no. it comes out clearly as a strong supporter of covert action. he would have seen it play an important in world war ii. he would have seen action as a kind of a peace project. you don't have to send americans into action to die. third, one misjudgment that eisenhower and the dulles brothers made that we need to pay attention to today, they had no concept of what we now call

pull back. it never occurred to them that their interventions would have huge and terrible repercussions decades and a generation later. >> it is the modern version of the debate around the drone wars today and what about the repercussion of these unmanned drop operations that take place in countries like yemen and pakistan and things like that. the book is the brothers. john foster dulles and alan dulles. thank you very much. >> up next, the end of a long ordeal at the end of the world. first, the white house soup of the day is chipotle beef. it's not broccoli cheddar, but it's not bad. we'll be right back. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel.

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if anything big gets done on capitol hill, immigration reform is the best bet. the issue may not be between democrats and republicans, but rather within the republican party. gop leads are say immigration has to get done, but the base disagrees. let's bring back our gaggle, bob costa. i want to start with you. >> yes. john boehner seems to be indicating he hired beck toe work for mccain on immigration stuff. is it possible, dare i say? >> it sounded the same note over these last months that he wants to see something done.

he doesn't want a big bill. hiring rebecca talent and essentially telling the tea party to jump in a lake, that was also, i think, a good sign in terms of where he wants to be in 2014 in terms of immigration reform. >> bob costa on nia's point, the unbound john boehner at the end of last year, telling the tea party jump in a lake, paraphrasing, will that continue? >> i think john boehner wants to get something done on immigration. look for piecemeal bills and probably a republican version of the dream act. he doesn't have the politicala capital to pass more than that. >> john boehner, i know he's filed for reelection, but do you think he ultimately seeks reelection and does that impact how far he's willing to push among conservatives? >> i think he will seek reelection and until it's clear that he won't be speaker, he will run for the speakership. look, i've been bearish on immigration reform since the beginning and i don't think something will happen unless they're able to conference with

the senate democrats. that's not something the house republicans want to do. >> bob costa, shameless plug. >> to my dad, who joined me to watch the show. >> the new football team. i know we came up short against texas a & m, but we had a good run. the coach should have been "time's" person of the year. >> he my colleague was out in denver and he had a much better new year's day, and he covered the new beginning of sales on marijuana and it's up on our piece. >> i would urge people read gulf beat, one of our new blog which is is great. my shameless plug is if you like this, then you'll love tomorrow when i host. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next on msnbc, it's chris jansing & company.

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