of authority to do that. >> start the clock, the limited nuclear agreement with iran takes effect one week from today. will it buy enough time for negotiators to reach a more comprehensive deal? >> negotiates will be very difficult. but they are the best chance that we have to be able to resolve this critical national security issue peacefully and variably. >> finally -- and good as gold. i was listening for them to laugh. it was hollywood's biggest night, did tina and amy steal the show? >> matt dameon is here from behind the candle abra. on any other nature in any other room you would be a big deal. but tonight, don't take this the

wrong way, you're basically a garbage person. >> good monday, i'm peter alexander live in washington and for my friend andrea mitchell, a new week begins with a new set of problems for new jersey governor chris christie. state subpoenas and investigative committee and federal audit, more national headlines. joining me now for our daily fix is chris cillizza and live in trenton, new jersey, nbc's kelly o'donne o'donnell. kelly, today we learned there's going to be a special investigative committee solely focused on the bridge with subpoena power. you sat down with the assemlyman who will lead it, john wisniewski, how significant is this announcement and what can we expect? >> i just came from the announcement that they made and raced over here to be able to

tell you first, peter, what they've said is they created this super committee which means it is pulling together both members of both parties and they will have this special power but also hire outside counsel to pursue this investigation. as you know, legislative bodies have committees that have certain areas of jurisdiction and basically say these issues have become so significant and you are potentially so far reaching they need to create a separate way to pursue this. they also told us that because of the calendar of how they do business here, things will slow down a little bit. on thursday, the new assembly begins a new session and with that, they get new subpoena power. so the idea that lawmakers will call in for questioning some of the key figures, that won't happen immediately. they are saying subpoenas may be issued on thursday for some of the figures who have been prominent in this thus far, bridgets kelly, who was fired by the governor, former deputy

chief of staff bill stepien, who ran both of his campaigns and governor broke ties with them. they are tops on the list of potential subpoenas. what's significant about this, the lawmakers about this used phrases like abuse of power, wanting to get to the bottom of this and some of this leads right to the governor's office, although they were very careful to say they do not expect at this point to be able to talk about things like calling the governor himself or trying to get specific things from the governor personally. so this will take a while. but what's most significant is the resources they are devoting to it and they do not have that outside counsel named. so you can get the sense this will take a while but it will give us an idea of the enormity of what they think they can try to pursue. and they want to look at the culture of leadership in the executive branch here in trenton. >> peter? >> thank you for hustling to the camera with that news meeting. chris, the good news for chris christie is there's almost two full years until the iowa caucuses, plenty of time to

recover politically if this scandal doesn't grow. but new jersey and national democrats are really finally getting their chance to swing at the pinata in a way they wish they had done during last year's gubernatorial race. what is the rea impact on his future? >> you're exactly right. democrats both in new jersey and nationally had long said, look, this picture of chris christie that is being painted both to the national press but also to many voters in new jersey is not in fact who he is. he is on the bully side of the brash versus bully dynamic. he did a very good job of saying, i'm blunt spoken and tell it like it is. new jersey democrats said he's often gone over that line. this bridge scandal i think gets to not necessarily him yet, and may never get to him, but it gets to a culture in his office tha that is problematic. yes the election -- first votes

not cast until 2016 but run for president takes a lot of time and planning and money. every minute and a lost minutes between now and months from now he has to and his staff have to deal with this scandal is time that he's not beginning to lay the foundations for running for president. there are a lot of impacts that get beyond just what he knew and when he knew it. >> and chris, we want to go back to trenton where matt katz, who has been covering the christie administration for wnyc radio, we want to pose this question. we're also learning about a federal awed i wiudit into theo than the storm that is familiar around the country after hurricane sandy. it featured the governor and his family in these ads in an election year and sort of challenges what's been christie's greatest assets, s the handle of the storm's

aftermath. >> this contract was given to a firm for $2.2 million more than a competing form and the difference with the proposal is that they -- they featured the governor and his family in the ads on the beach. and this was -- in the midst of a re-election campaign obviously and his opponents accused him of politicizing the sandy money. now a federal investigation is opening into this but opening in the midst of what the governor is at in his lowest point in his political career. and the governor's office was quick to mention that today. it's very curious timing that the federal investigation from the obama administration would be opening now. that could give him a little credibility with his conservative base. here he is being attacked by obama folks at his lowest point and peculiar timing. >> i know you are sharing a camera in trenton. i want to ask you about what

michael isikoff was reporting, four of his cabinet members abruptly canceled meeting with the newly elected mayor of jersey city on the same day that his political aides said the mayor would not endorse christie for re-election. why this matters because it demonstrates how everybody is turning back the clock and revisiting their past dealings with the governor and everything is under new scrutiny. >> there is a hindsight going on now where people especially democrats who might have a story to tell are coming forward, although, in talking with people here, there's also some hesitation for local mayors who might have felt there were somehow mistreated or not respected sufficiently along the way to come forward. i've been told plainly, the governor is the governor and he is so powerful that people don't necessarily want to come right out and make these complaints now. but certainly there are conversations going on where people are evaluating requests

they made and appointments with the governor and things that would be ways to measure their access to the administration and questioning were they somehow affected by these tactics if in fact it went beyond the bridge, was it more a culture of how to deal with the people that the governor or governor's team was perhaps having a problem with. during the thursday news conference, this issue of the appointments with the jersey city mayor was brought up and from memory, i believe the governor said he didn't know the specifics but he had gotten along at times and not as well with others but had a working relationship. what can happen now, any grievance someone might have, legitimate, maybe not so legitimate or might be legitimate reasons why people didn't get what they wanted, will all be viewed through a new lens and that's politically challenging for the governor and may create opportunities for some democrats to get attention and look at issues and maybe change how things are done. that's one of the things that the super committee may look at is the culture of how the

executive branch is interacting in new jersey and do things need to be done differently legislatively if there are larger tent as cles that we have right now. >> kelly o'donnell, matt katz, chris cillizza, we'll see you again at the end of the broadcast. thanks to all three of you. we appreciate it. in other news making serious headlines today are the signs of progress from the governor of west virginia as some residents end more than four day stretch without clean drinking water there. >> the numbers we have today look good and we're finally at a point where the do not use order is being lifted in certain areas. >> a chemical spill late last week leaked toxins into the elk river near charleston impacting more than 300,000 residents. and joining us from charleston is nbc's luke russert. luke, if you can, give us a

sense of the timetable for this ban to be lifted for everybody affected? obviously they are going to be doing this in waves. what are people looking at in terms of that time frame? >> reporter: well, peter, nine counties were affected, over 300,000 west virginians and the way they want to alleviate the situation, stagger it so the system is not flushed at the same time. the area they really want to have become a green zone where i'm standing right now downtown charleston. this is one of the economic engine of the entire area. they would like this to be up and running because restaurants and hotels could be at full capacity and take in visitors and hospitality economy could be up and going. this is where they like to see a green area. i came from a local lunch place and they still do not have water. maybe by the end of the day today or tomorrow, it remains unknown. they have to see that chemical measured in the river once it gets 1 part per million, once it gets below that number they believe it to be safe.

i'll put this caveat in there. i interviewed the local health director yesterday and said this is an industrial chemical, the long term effects on human beings are not well known. 1 parts per million, over time we just don't know. that's a lot -- that's causing a lot of stress amongst west virginians. you talk to others and they say, look, chemical plants and coal plants, sort of the deal we made. they provide the jobs and it's something we live with. >> luke, i want to pose to you this. there's backlash with gary southern, the ceo of freedom industries after he dodged questions and then drank bottled water as 300,000 local residents were left without water. what are people saying there? what's the buzz in that community because of this? >> reporter: well, there's a lot of anger directed at freedom industries and a lot of questions that local residents have for local officials. namely, why was this chemical

not labeled hazardous when it's clearly gotten in the water and created a whole plethora of health problems and economic problems. why was it stored upstream close to a water treatment facility? that question has not been answered adequately for folks i've spoken to. on top of that, there had been no inspection in the tank which a local official described as antique since 1991. >> 23 years -- >> stthat's staggering. >> reporter: yes and also needed $1 million worth of repairs. when you put that all into context, there's a lot of questions as to whether there are adequate regulatory efforts here in west virginia for those types of chemicals but it's this very interesting dynamic. while you have people concerned, people are more concerned about those types of industries leaving. so it's this sort of fine, fine line to walk that government officials have to say we want to look into this and make sure it doesn't happen again.

we don't want to do anything too string ent that industries would leave our state. >> keeping a close eye on the situation there. we appreciate it. thanks very much. >> thanks a lot. be well. >> no second year slump for tina fey and amy poehler. they didn't waste any time skewering hollywood's biggest stars from film and tv. also pretty big night for poehler herself and fellow "saturday night live" alum, andy samberg, they took awards for best acting in a television comedy. little back rub to go with it. only one got to make out with a rock star. >> and the golden globe goes to -- amy poehler, "parks and recreation." >> bono's wife online four right now. the high drama came later for the two films now considered favorites nor the oscar's

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nuclear program beginning january 20th. in exchange, they will receive millions of dollars in sanctions relief but this is a six-month interim deal. the next step a more comprehensive agreement negotiations are expected to begin next month. john kerry on an overseas trip in paris spoke to the importance of the deal and challenges that lie ahead. >> while implementation of this plan of action is obviously an important step, we're very clear eyed about the even greater challenges that we face in negotiating a comprehensive agreement. negotiations will be very difficult. but they are the best chance that we have to be able to resolve this critical national security issue peacefully and durably. >> joining us now live in the studio, for the "washington post" and middle east diplomacy

analyst, dennis ross. you've been traveling around the globe with senator kerry discussing this very issue as well. ambassador, give us a sense, you were one of the point persons involved directly with iran in terms of this issue. how significant is this deal? what do we look at? what should we be focused on right now? >> we should see it for what it is. it stops the clock and creates a pause. it gets us providing some very limited sanctions relief to them in return for keeping a cap on where they are. the question is can we turn what is a pause into a deeper understanding with them? the essence of that is getting them to roll back the nuclear program in return for a rollback of sanctions. will they roll back and that's a fundamental challenge. when we hear the president or senator carr rkerry saying it's going to be complex, it's an

understatement. >> part of the deal he can veto any sanctions legislation in the next six months, president obama facing significant pushback at home on this very issue as well. >> the president has got two problems here. one, will iran do its part of the bargain. and you remember obama actually give this a 50/50 shot in remarks last month. he's not sold -- >> no illusions. >> that's problem one. problem two is congress and bipartisan majority nearly a veto proof one at this point in the senate is doing exactly what he's asking them not to do, which is ready a new package of sanctions. now, the backers of this sapgss regime say, they won't even take effect unless iran balks and the president's answer is because the sanctions policy has run its course, if we pass new ones, even if they don't take effect right away, it ruins our

credibility with not only with the iranians who threatened to walk away but also with the europeans a big part of this deal. >> dennis, understanding the complexity here, what are the obstacles and benchmarks over the next six months we should be watching for. >> one we have to see is are the iranians in fact going to be prepared to roll back their program? they have 20,000 centrifuges. if we don't want them to be a nuclear threshold state at the end of the negotiation, which is key to getting congress to roll back the legislation, then they are going to have to be prepared to turn 20,000 into 1,000 or have to be prepared not to have any new centrifuges. it's a question of quantity and quality of centrifuges. if they are not prepared to roll back the program, in the end like it or not, there will be more sanctions. >> and nuclear deal doesn't solve other issues that exist in that region in terms of our relationship with iran in terms of iran's dealings with bahrain, yemen and certainly in syria.

is there any reason for optimism that there should be in new cooperation going forward between these two on the issues? >> yes, but it's limited. so the administration has done a good job of walling off the nuclear issue from all of the rest of the very long list of issues with iran. but they have sort of tant talizing offered the idea, if this goes well, then all kinds of other things might be possible, starting with just a better baseline u.s./iranian relationship, that could have beneficial effects on all sorts of other things. they've tried really, really hard and the congressional opposition is part of the reason why, to keep this issue separate. look, let's just deal with the iranian thing on its merits, one thing at a time. >> i want to ask you with the backdrop of ariel sharon being buried in israel, to get a sense of what the u.s. does to reassure israel but also as i ask that to get your sense as someone who dealt closely with

him, how will history remember this man? >> there's a relationship between the two. the key for the israelis is going to be, is there going to be a rollback of the iranian nuclear program to the point it will not be in a position where it is a nuclear threshold state. if ariel sharon were to be alive. he would look at this as a threat to israel. i think how he will be remembered a leader as someone prepared to take big decisions and sometimes they turn out disastrous, for example the war in lebanon in 1982. sometimes those big decisioned turned out to be reflective of someone to do what was politically costly but do the right thing. he withdrew from gaza and prepared to leave his own party and create a new one because he was prepared also, a significant withdrawal on the west bank and knew his party wouldn't accept it. it wasn't going to let the flil constraints prevent him for

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goes after even people who pay for their own abortions on the exchanges, on the state exchanges. but to make things worse, it goes after the district of columbia in a special way. and then denies and then the chairman trent franks of arizona denies me the right to speak to that provision. >> chairwoman, we're going to hear from trent franks in a moment. it being an all male congressional panel, the idea flgts war on women, i imagine that's another issue that you had real concerns about. >> i do. i'm sitting there with a bunch of males who want to pass judgment on women all over the country and want to keep the district from spending its own local funds on abortion for low income women the way women in 17 states do who declare that the district of columbia for purposes of abortion shall be a part of the federal government. i mean, come on. that's kicking us in the gut.

we're not going to take it. now, this member didn't have the courtcy to allow me to testify on a bill that affects my district in egregious way. if he wants to start the war game this way, they lost the war last time and we have a new president to show for it -- >> i want to hear from congressman trent franks, the chair of the subcommittee, he was asked by msnbc.com about the all male panel. so take a listen. >> i don't think there's any greater war on women anywhere in the world than -- there's very few issues that are more important to the republican foundation than protecting innocent human life. if somehow now we should let that central pillar of who we are as a party crumble, we would simply go the way of the whigs.

>> we want your reaction to that congresswoman. >> yeah, i think he is -- he is relitigating the supreme court decision in roe versus wade, that's been done. today it's worth noting that supreme court turned down a bill from congressman trent franks' home state arizona, a bill that would bar abortions on women after 20 weeks. that doesn't mean -- that doesn't mean that that will be the final say but that's very good news for those of us who favor reproductive choice for women. that's from his state. when he first denied me the right to speak, it was for a 20-week only d.c. abortion bill. he then nationalized that bill and now we see the supreme court at least won't hear it from arizona. they are on a crusade that doesn't seem to be getting anywhere and i don't think the senate will take this up for at

all -- >> that's my question, congressman franks said there's an excellent chance the bill will make it to the floor. the chances in your eyes pretty limited? >> it will make it to the floor of the house, not the senate sfwl senate side it's done. >> takes two to tango. >> we appreciate your time and thanks for sharing those views with us today. >> my pleasure. >> well, it happened again for the second time in two months, an airplane has landed at the wrong airport. this time it was a south west airlines flight. it was supposed to go to branson airport in southwest, missouri. instead this plane carrying 112 passengers landed miles await with a much shorter runway. no injuries were reported and the passengers said it was definitely a rough landing. >> and then we hit the runway really hard and really fast. we stopped and then all of a sudden you just smelled like rubber, really strong.

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afghanistan. >> what i say in the book is that the president conceded a lot of opposition to the surge had been political. he never said that his opposition had been political. in fact, his opposition was consistent with his opposition to the war all along. >> joining me now is tom shanker, pentagon correspondent for "the new york times." right out of the gates, i want your sense of what some may perceive as a sort of roll back of his positions about these individuals, the president and others. you don't really see it that way. >> i don't think it's a rollback, it's a 600 page book, very detailed history of four and a half years of him serving as defense secretary. it's full of texture and nuance. those who want to pull out negative comments can find it. those who want to find positives, what gates is saying is read the whole book. take it as a whole. it's not a story that's binary yes or no. >> certainly he says he was much more even handed than the portrayal has provided most

americans view of right now. how much of a betrayal is it that he's publishing these criticisms right now? >> well, i think as a trained historian, he would say these issues are too important to wait two or five or seven years and put the debate out now is critical to helping this nation find the right path in national security. >> a point he reiterated saying this can't wait until 2017. i want to put up on the screen, part of the conversation from robert gates with npr on the issue of regrets and here's what he said. i think we all did a disservice to president obama because the debate on afghanistan became so devicive, the opportunities were missed and i fault myself for not reaching more to find common ground. at the end of the day and number of important respects, i don't think our positions were that far apart. it does seem like one place he holds his ground, is the relationship he had with the vice president. but it's the idea of the regrets

that may strike a lot of people. >> this book rises far above the traditional washington political memoir that's either written as a kiss and tell or polish a questionable legacy. this book is full of self-doubt and self-criticism on the part of the secretary, which is very unusual and as far as the afghan debate, what comes out in this book is that the government fell into tribes and political advisers to obama and security advisers and military and what gates says with great heart felt regret, he could have done more to span the bridges to perhaps link all of these different groups. >> also during the conversation, the issue of suicides in the military which has become such a significant topic. he said, it was one of the toughest decisions i made as secretary combat for 15 months and i knew what the costs of that would be for the troops and their families. and i think those costs were real. looking back, i have no statistics to prove it but i

believe the 15-month tours had to have had aggravated the post traut mattic stress problem and probably the suicide problem. >> what gates says throughout the book, his affection and respect for the troops was so deep it came perhaps to cloud his vision when it came to making cold hearted national security decisions, that's one of the reasons he decided to retire when he did. in the very final chapter, he notes he wants to be buried at section 60 in arlington which is reserved for iraq and afghan war dead because he wants to rest forever among the people he calls his heroes. >> beyond that solidarity with the troops, it's clear his legacy, besides his service to this country in so many administrations will be that special relationship that he feels to those troops whose service has been so strained over the wars. >> if you read the book, that comes out and the real bad guy in the book is not the white house or the pentagon bureaucracy, it's congress. the soldiers are the heroes and

congress is the enemy. >> tom shanker, we appreciate it. >> >> a scandal that erupted in the tabloids over the past month. the president's secret love. there's the translation, photos show president hollande arriving at the paris apartment and leaving in the morning. he has his helmet on both times. the president has had several secret ron day views with a well known actress there. now his long time girlfriend and womt considered the first lady has been hospitalized for rest and tests. hollande has threatened to sue the magazine and denies the charges but he'll be force to answer more questions. the case will be the focus in many parts of a planned news conference tomorrow. there's no word yet on whether

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this has become more than a transportation issue. it's now gone beyond that and i want to ensure we give all of the tools and resources to this committee to actually be able to leave no stone unturned to find out, what happened here cannot happen again and abuse of power like this is not something that we'll stand for. >> that was speaker elect vincent prieto, part of the special committee investigating the lane closure promises to leave no stone unturned, his language. a guarantee that will keep the christie administration under political pressure for at least the foreseeable future. >> the govern area's deputy

chief of staff bridget kelly gave the order to have these lanes closed. we need to not only speak with her but obtain documents from her, from her work in the governor's office and from her private e-mail account to understand why. clearly august 13th is when the order came out. we're going to have to look back before august, perhaps beginning of the year to see exactly what took place and what kind of communications transpired that gave bridget kelly the belief she could order this. >> richard cody formerly served as governor of the garden state. we appreciate your time. the special session -- >> my pleasure. >> as we reported is expected to renew subpoena power. what specifically will you be looking for? >> well, first of all, mr. wildstein was the most active participant in the outrageous activity and redacted a lot of

names from documents he handed over. who are these names? who are they connected with? and why did he do that? and then clearly there was a convergence of thought and activity between the political campaign for governor christie's re-election and the governor's office, which obviously is illegal. so clearly this was not done in a vacuum but in concert with this campaign committee. >> and we should also add. subpoenas aren't scheduled until thursday. governor christie we know met with governor sock lich who takes the governor at his word. do you agree? >> hopefully that's true but it's hard to believe knowing and understanding this was an issue since september. he was well aware in september and he didn't have any

conversations with any of his staff, any of his campaign staff about what's going on with this? were we involved in any such way? when it blows up and mr. baroni testifies and said it was some traffic study, there are no results and traffic studies nowadays are done by computers. at that point he should have been talking to baroni to say, why did you do this and did anybody tell you to do this if in fact he has nothing to do with it. there's a lot more to come out here and a lot more answers that the governor will have to deliver. >> senator, give us a sense, what's your experience been like in the past working with governor christie? >> well, not too many legislators work with governor christie. he doesn't interact with legislators. what i've seen and heard he can be very vin did tif.

if you don't go along with me, i'm going to get retribution from you -- >> he just won re-election but huge landslide margins, doesn't he have a broad coalition of support? >> well, let's talk about that. you're talking about he's involved with democratic power brokers not members of the legislature. they deliver him votes, simple as that. in my opinion those power brokers are still trying to interrupt this investigation without question. so there's a movement afoot, has been for a while to stop this whole thing and stop it cold. so this thing about bipartisanship, i don't buy it for one day. the word impeachment has recently been floated in connection to this scandal -- >> i think -- >> to your knowledge is that kind of behavior and actions we're learning of, does any of that warrant that type of

response? >> i think impeachment is a long ways from now. we have got to see this investigation unfold before we talk about that. it's very lastly, any of this disqualify him from a presidential run in your eyes? >> i think it very well could. i always said that what could get him in trouble is his personality and his vindictiveness. >> thank you for being with us. an attorney for alex rodriguez is taking one last swing today asking a federal court to block the season-long suspension handed down for the yankee slugger saturday. a-rod was suspended for his connection to a florida clinic that provided performance enhancing drugs to other major leaguers. last night on "60 minutes," the founder of that clinic claimed he personally injected a-rod with performance enhancing drugs. a-rod's attorney calls the claim unbelievable and the third baseman says he plans to attend

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which story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? tomorrow is a big day for governor christie. the state of the state address. the timing is perfect, isn't it? his first public comments since the news conference last week. how does he handle this elephant in the room to use "time" magazine's headline from a couple weeks back. >> first of all, it's a perfect example of when it rains it pours in politics. i would say that he almost certainly will not discuss anything involving this bridge scandal. my guess is if he does, it's at the front end of the speech. if he address it is at all, he wants to get it out of the way. he wants to make the case he's focusing on the people's work. he does not want to give the

impression that he's being distracted by all of this which of course he is as any of us would be. >> he's got a big trip down to florida that i think will give us a sense of the way his national campaign might go from here forward. >> so people forget he is the current chairman of the republican governors association. he's going to go down and campaign with rick scott. i would say two things. one, peter, a lot of stories will likely focus on christie and can he campaign for other people and two, being tied up back in the state as we expect he'll be at some level with all of the investigations going on means he can do less than he envisioned which another impact potentially on 2016. >> plenty more to talk about. thanks so much. that will do it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on facebook and twitter @mitchellreports. craig melvin next with "news nation."

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good monday to you. i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. "news nation" is following major developments in the bridge scandal involving governor chris christie. a new round of subpoenas is expected soon as new jersey lawmakers press for more answers into the closure of lanes on the george washington bridge. they will likely be demanding more documents from governor christie's former chief of staff and his spokesman and other aides named in documents last week. state democrats are also planning to convene a special session thursday to vote on extending their investigation. a new special investigative committee. earlier i talked to the democrat you can assemblyman leading that investigation. >> we will continue to follow this step by step. we know the governor's deputy chief of staff gave the order to have these lanes closed.

we need to not only speak with her, but obtain documents from her, from her work in the governor's office. nobody believes for a moment that she had the kind of power to do that or anyone believed she had the kind of authority to do that. who else was involved in making this decision? important questions the committee needs to get answers to. >> meanwhile, several democratic mayors now claim they may have also been punished by governor christie's administration for failing to endorse him. also today, a new federal probe into whether christie administration improperly spent hurricane sandy relief funds on an ad campaign featuring the governor and his family. new jersey democratic congressman says the department of housing and urban development is planning to audit $25 million in federal cash to the state spent to promote tourism, specifically the bidding process for the so-called stronger than the storm ads. the