senate democrats to the white house last night. we'll talk with one of them about how things went. plus a major cheating scandal hits the air force. 34 nuclear officers are involved, stripped of their authority to launch nukes. and a clue about what's happening to the only service member held captive by the enemy. is a new video proof. right now chris christie is already hitting the comback trail. >> now a polarizing -- >> particular eye rollings for governor christy, where is where, of course, most of these national races are fought out. >> how do you overcome the skepticism? be the winner. if you're no longer the winner, say why should we compromise for a guy that's losing?

>> he has a packed schedule over the next few days, and stopped this hour on the jersey shore. politico calls it his high-stakes weekend. "the washington post" calls it a comeback. let me bring in our company, molly ball, and nia-malika henderson. >> let's look at the governor's schedule, going to the jersey shore, then down to florida for fund-raisers, back in new jersey next week for the big inaugural address, and a party on ellis island. what do you think? >>. >> i think it's important that he not retreat into a bunker and remind people of what they might have liked about him.

that he was someone who seemed to be throwing himself into the afarce of so he's going to warrant to keep those connections going and not fade away to the background? >> almost 70% have not changed their minds about him. if you look at what people think about the scandal, 44% think he's mostly telling the truth. what do these numbers tell you? >> it's for the clear he has anything to come back from. >> of course we'll have more developments, they're likely to announce some subpoenas today of the top aides that christie had the disparages woirds about. but i do think it's great

whenever he is sort of surrounded by the backdrop of his office, when he gave the state of the address on tuesday, all the clapping and cheering, so when he is in no settings, i think it's a good thing for him. of course he'll be talking about sandy over the next couple days, as well down in florida, talking to big fund-raisers down there, democrats pointing out when he goes to florida, he's not having many public events, so they'll certainly make hay about that fact. >> something else we should point out, christie now trailing hillary clinton. they were virtually tied in december. now she's up by 13 points. we heard chuck todd say this in the opening, purely from a numbers per spect tiff, he doesn't look like a winner so many anymore. how significant is this, molly? >> not that significant, just because it's so long before any hypothetical election day with hypothetical candidates, but it

does mean something, right? i'm of the opinion that every poll means something, it just isn't necessarily about telling you about who will win. it's about voter shifting perceptions in the very early stage, when they're entertaining the notions. >> if that's the case, is this concern that perception becomes reality for him? that people didn't know him very well sort of be the impression, even if vague, that something is not quite right there? >> yeah, absolutely. i think all the impression are sort of cumulative. as nia ma wilika was saying -- that's i think we know how it stick toss him. >> nobody is buzzier still, and

we know her biggest liability might be benghazi. yesterday we saw this scathing bipartisan reports saying there were warnings, this could have been prevented, heavily criticized the state department, though her name was only mentioned once by republican committee members saying at the end of the day she was responsible for ensuring the safety of all americans serving in our diplomatic facilities. what does this report mean for hillary clinton? >> you know, benghazi is something that's been litigated for about a year and a half now, right? mitt romney talked about it during his campaign for the white house, and obviously republicans wanting to scrutinize this as well as democrats, and we've had a number of reports. this report i think exonerates hillary clinton in terms of the accusations that there was a cover-up, but it does appoint the finger directly at her and blames the state department for their not paying attention to some of these warnings about security. it's not clear whether or not

she knew about those warnings, but if she's the head of the state department, then all of that is her responsibility, but, you know, again not a ton that was new out of that. i think the "time" article is fascinating, because it essentially makes the case she's running for president already, do all the things she would need to do. this, so we'll have to see. >> nia-malika henderson, molly ball, thank you so much. it's being called the biggest cheating scandal in air force history. 34 officers are accused of cheating on a monthly proficiency test. the cheating was uncovered during a -- the justice department is considering new rules that would bar federal agents from profiling, singling out suspects based on religion, sexual orient

station,end are, civil rights groups say they have been particularly critical of the attention pedestrian to muslims, and democrats have pressured eric holder to make those changes. if you're flying out of colorado springs, you now have a place to get rid of your pot before boarding a flight. an amnesty box has been set up. even though marijuana is legal in colorado, you can't fly out of the state with it. violators could face a $2500 fine. a new video intercepted by government officials reveals unseen clues about the only known american prisoner of war. what do they see that we maybe can't? we'll have their analysis, coming up. we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪

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in the next hour, the president will announce another initiative. this one on education, after

saying several times recently if congress isn't going to get things done, he'll do what he can without them. the white house has hired away key insiders to try to improved relateses and smooth out troubled waters with congress, a strain even with democrats worried about the impact of the troubled roll-out of the new health care law, the irs and nsa controversies, and very opened and contentual debate. democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut was at that white house meeting with the president last night and joins us from capitol hill. senator, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> i've read a lot of things about this meeting. in one case it was described in a report as decidedly upbeat. tell us what you can about what went on and what you think the mood is. >> yeah, it was upbeat first he talked about the fact about what he thinks that the white house and congress should be focusing over the next year about getting

hands back into the hands of the middle class, why it's so important to extend unemployment benefits, why we'll be focusing on raising the minimum wage. today he'll be talking about lowering the price of college, but he also talked about the fact we have to be more positive, over all the hand wringing, it's working right now as the website is working. there's 7 to 10 million people who signed up for health care that didn't have it. there are the small victories we haven't talked about. for instance last night he mentioned something that nobody is really understand, the dropout rate in elementary and secondary education is dramatically falling. no one is talking about small victories like that, either. so i think he was encouraging us to take on big problems, not give up on legislation, but also be a little more positive about the fact that the economy is turning around, and the health care law is starting to work. >> he has called 2014 a year of action. some of the things you mentioned, increasing the

minimum wage, unemployment benefits, immigration reform and what he will be doing today, part of a broader push for education, but realistically given we're in an election year and the least productive consequencive, what's the likelihood that congress and the president become partners and get something done as opposed to doing what he's willing to do, which is sign executive orders and move ahead just as much as he can on these fronts? >> yeah, i mean, the conventional wisdom certainly is that congress shuts down in an election year, but politics are going to dictate to a certain extent that republicans do work with us on some things. they do not want to be sitting on the sidelines on the issue of the minimum wage, raising the minimum wage is supported by the vast skrort. i think john boehner gets that they can't stand on the sidelines of immigration reform. to go into 2014 with complete obs nens on immigration is bad

policy, of course, so bad politics. if it's not -- he has the ability to work with -- he can move with executive action to at least have federal contractors raise wages above minimum wage for low-income employees. so he's going to keep moving. i think politics will dictate will, at least on some issue join with democrats this year. >> i'm also curious about your take on the discussion on iran, furse sanctions. i know you've said previously you oppose new sanctions, though there are quite a few democratic colleagues who are considering them or would want them. the president's remarks were described as passionate. what would you say? do you think he won over any of those folks? >> i think the president made it extremely clear last night in what was his longer remarks and answers posed by senators that

it would be incredibly damages to these negotiations for the congress to step in and pass new sanctions. his strategy, our strategy of imposing tough sanctions on iran to bring them to the negotiating table has worked. why we would now scuttle that strategy when it is at its apex at the moment of truth is beyond me, and i think it's difficult for him to comprehend as well. i don't know whether he won over senators last night, but he certainly was passionate about this issue. again, remember, there are only about 16 offer 17 democrats who have signed on to that resolution, and i tend to think that the momentum is shifting in holding off on xwringing it before the senate floor. >> let's talk more about the relationship between democrats and the president. we talked about some insiders have been hired away by the white house to kind of serve as liaisons.

where do you think the white house has been -- maybe "failed" is too strong a word, but not as productive for reaching out. do you thinks these hires can help? >> i think they can help. i think it's overdone, occasionally the president's folks haven't done as much outreach as members of the senate or house would expect. it's our duty in the end to pass legislation with or without a president whose office is engaged on a daily basis, but i think these hires are good ones, and i think that you can already see in the last several months, especially with dennis mcdonough as taking over as a very activist chief of staff, that relationships are getting better. i think those are crocodile tears, an excuse for people who didn't want to pass bills, to blame it on the president that he's not being nice enough to members of congress. >> chris murphy -- as democrats

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slave" just going by the golden globes, maybe it's a race between "12 years a slave" and "american hustle" they split the two categories. that they share. i think "12 years a slave" is a movie that's held up strongly. it came out earlier, around november, got a lot of attention there, was overshadowed a bit, as big movies came out. i think people will take a second look at it. i think the academy did, and i think its chances are good. it's heart to predict now. >> we'll start to get a feel -- >> i'm usually wrong when i predict. >> amy addax, cate blanchett, sandra bullock, judi dench, meryl streep. a lot of people surprised no emma thompson. is there a front-runner here? >> i think probably cate

blanchett. i think that performance was talked about last summer when "blue jasmine" came out? >> i think amy adams is another possibility there. i mean, "american hustle" has done well. >> and amy adams plays so much against type on this. oscar voters love that. >> and it's a nuanced performance. i think her performance is the heart of that movie, her character is the one most unpredictable, who undergoes the most changes. so i think the performances are strong, but i think hers is, in a way, key to the movie. best actor, generally considered the toughest category, christian bale, bruce dern, leonardo, chiwetel. >> no michael be jordan, no forrest whitaker, it tells you what kind of year it was.

there are very strong made lead performances. this one -- >> sentimental fave has to be bruce dern. >> yes, i think so. i think leonardo dicaprio is a possibility. this one is hard to call, but again, you could have filled this category two or three times over, just with how many strong dominating performances there were. >> there are always articles about the -- you mentioned mandela. we talked about in indy called "fru "fruitvale station." oprah, many thought would get a supporting nomination. do you think this was a great year for movies, or do you think there were mistakes. >> not for me to second-guess. >> well, you have favorite. >> my favorite was "inside

element lewen davis" that didn't -- so obviously my taste diverges. but it was a strong year, and there were a lot of movies, and this list is always different every year, having to do with the calendar of releases. almost everything that has dominated these nominations came out in the last three months of 2013. so "the butler" for example, which looked very strong in august may have come out -- >> too soon? >> it's funny that voters should be unable to remember something that happened in june, july or august, but this seems to be the case. everything that came out in november and december and october has kind of stayed in there just dominating the field. including "gravity" all the way to "warm front of wall street. ". >> tony scott, come in when oscars are over. >> we'll see how wrong i was. >> we both were.

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bowe's behalf. they just continually stress that they miss their son. they're nevin giving up their hope and their dreams of their son coming home soon. >> colonel jack jacobs is a analyst and fred burton is the founding members of the hostage debriefing team, and designed to process and examine videos and pictures of hostages. the pentagon has not released it yet, the video we're going to show you is from a couple years ago, but among the details is that berg dahl looks frail and shaky, he references the recent death of mandela, it was found on a thumb drive that was somehow intercepted. what further clues might be revealed in a new video? >> there's a tremendous amount of forensic evidence that can be

uncovered in examining the individual i don't. looking at this from a standpoint of a proof of life, but there will be digital signatures as well as sound enhancement that can be done. the d.o.d. and cia will examine this from a medical perspective to try to look at the current photograph in comparison with previous photographs. they can actually break down the sound and listen for noises such as farm animals. it's a fascinating process. very different from certainly the vietnam era? >> without a doubt. i can recall when we didn't have that kind of capability when we first started getting the hostage videos out of beirut, but we quickly got them. another aspect is you can examine the content for the

context he's saying from a psycholinguistic analysis to try to put it in perspective that if you have the same kidnappers, the same author of whatever statement he is reading from. >> one of the things, and you know this well, colonel jacobs, you go in the military and the assumption is made no man gets left behind. what happens in a situation like this? >> media search on the ground and knit air, and if the air assets are nearby, they bring them in. but this particular case is complicated because of where it was. the province right on the border with pakistan and among the ruggedest of all of terrain in all of afghanistan, all cross-compartme cross-compartmented. >> so chances are he's over the border in afghanistan. >> i don't think there's many people that he's in afghanistan.

they think he's in the tribal region of pakistan in the northwest. >> there a most likely scenario here, fred? >> it's hard to say. it's been my experience that in many cases from debriefing hostages that have been held in the past, the initial kidnap team is not necessarily the same team that will have him for long-term captivity. the issue boils down to care and feeding of the hostage. it takes a tremendous amount of resources and operational security to be able to pull off this kind of event from the terrorists' perspective that hold him. it would only be speculation to try to determine thativities who in the military gets involved in a search like this, jack? i wonder from a purely civilian perspective, some people may say our troops are pulling out of afghanistan. does that mean our ability to follow up on intelligence is hurt? >> no, because he's probably not in afghanistan.

a good thing to look at is the raid on abbott abad. our focus is to gain human intelligence from which we can determine where he might be. the special operations of this part of the whole exercise will continue no matter how long we're in or out of afghanistan. >> we will continue to follow this. thank you so much, both of you. women made all the gains in last month's jobs report. the bureau of labor statistics report shows that the disappointing 74,000 net jobs added in december, 75,000 of them went to women. men actually saw their ranks dizzy pleated by 1,000. that's where the good news for women ends, because most jobs were gained in low-wage sectors -- retail, leash, hospitality. >> women do nearly two out of three minimum wage jobs.

all this week we've been examination the shriver report which details the financial struggles of millions of women, one in three living in or near poverty. joining mess is a member of the city council in eau claire, wisconsin, who contributed to the shriver report. good morning. >> good morning. you wrote an eisai aboessay that you wrote. >> i went through an unexpected divorce. while my ex-husband remained a very loving father to our daughter and paid child support and alimony and worked very hard, i did live under the poverty level with my daughter. the two of us had under $13,000 of income a year, and so that put us under the poverty level. i looked at this moment of time in my life as a cross roads of what do i do? do i get four jobs to make ends meet? at the time i didn't have a

college degree? or do i go back to school? i went back to school. during my first english class, i had to write a paper about taking a stand on an issue i cared about. i can't believe we put ourselves on the pity pot and we have to do something. i built a life for myself and also my daughter, in the event that i needed to take care of just the two of us. >> in fact, i think one of the fascinating things about this report is 75% of women living in poverty wish they had stayed in school longer. maria talked about this, getting an education is the single most important predictor. you're an example of what she's talking about, but i guess the big problem is not only is it not easy, but you have this period when you're going to school when the financial challenges are so huge. >> yeah, absolutely. and i think one of the best things that women can do, and i look back at my own life dr.

walsh from the university of chicago tall about resiliency. some of the keys are being connected, tap into the social capital, maintain a positive outlook, know that the future will get beiruter, stay connected, use the resources, and in the shriver report there's many essays talking about the social capital. i said people from the community that helped with the house, brought meals to me and having to work and raising my daughter. i wasn't able to do it if it weren't for a village of people, but now they're invested in somebody who has a degree who is now in the workforce and contributing taxpayer as well as a representative in my community. so you see the power of the social capital, the returns el very, very high, often poverty can be for a short-term time.

mine was about five years long. many times it's generational cycle. >> and you have to fight against misperceptions, one being that the poor don't work, don't want to work, and you write the experience of getting public assistance was humbling, eye opening. >> absolutely. >> and we've heard one of the arguments is that it gives the jobless the incentive not to get a job. what do you say? >> i say take a walk in my shoes. put the rhetoric on the shelf just for a bit and take a walk in people's shoes. anybody would be welcome to contact me and i would be glad to share that reality. the reality is women and men work hard. this is a safety net to help get out of that gens railingsal -- and we're going to put the rhetoric and start investing in people. the solution is not really going

to come from government, it's going to come from passionate and caring citizens, who say, how can i help you? do you need a hot meal? do you need a ride to school? can i take your child for the night while you do studying? it's not just one size policy fits all. so take the rhetoric, put it on the shelf, open your heart, be compassionate and invest in one another. for people who might be on the brink, ask for help, ask for people in the community who are caring. this world is a tough world, but there are so many kind and loving people, and good people who want to help one another. i am certain that's what's going to help us moving forward. >> eau claire city councilwoman catherine emanuel. thanks for coming on the program. >> thank you, chris. new information about the man who opened fire inside an indiana grocery store, killing a shopper and employee. police are expected to release the gunman's name at a conference expected to start

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mckeon announced he won't run again. >> i am announcing that i am not a candidate for congress this year. but i will continue to finish my term. >> congressman mckeon's announcement brings the total number to 16, 10 republicans, 6 democrats. three more are resigning, all of it making for an interesting battle for control. let me bring in former democratic senator from north dakota byron dorgan, and former republican congressman from new york, rick lazio. good morning. >> good morning. >> senator dorgan, is there any scenario at all where you see now that they can pull it off? >> i think so. november is a long way away, but

it is not surprising in january, when the calendar turns to january of an election year, you begin to see more announcements that people aren't running. i think, however, there's a different circumstance for people serving in the congress. when they ask the question how am i doing? there self-satisfaction here? less and less satisfaction i think for those who serve because they can't get things done. there's almost total gridlock. i'm not surprised we're seeing some more resignations they deals, because this congress doesn't worked, and people nourished by accomplishment are starving up there. >> congressman lazio, we know what gerrymandering has done to competitiveness. so except for the reddest and the bluest of districts, however, when you don't have an incumbency when somebody steps down, as we're seeing and

frankly an electorate that's generally disgusted, is that potential appear opening for the other party? >> it is an opening, but as you point out, reapportionment, in many ways has been a conspiracy by both sides of the aisle to protect incumbents, has led to fewer and fewer competitive seats. when i ran in 1992, i defeated an 18-year democratic incumbent, and then as a republican, i served for four terms. after i left, a democrat was elected. that district then was partly torn apart to help the republican adjacent district become more republican, and the democratic incumbent steve israel have a more -- so it's less competitive, and you see this polarization playing out, and the lack of face and accomplishment and debate and productivity is making most of

my friends, including probably buck mckeon that i got elected with, feel like, is it all worth it? for example, of the 72 bills that president obama signed last year, only 16 came from the senate. so it's not just a matter of comedy and debate. it's about centralization. more of those billings getting written by the majority leader harry reid, the committees not functioning properly, only four roll call amendments since july, republican amendments that have been allowed up for a vote. that's just not creating a happy environment. both sides abuse the system from time to time. >> let me go back to the first half of your discussion, which is about the idea that if, for example what appeared after you left, the district was split apart, it made each part of it stronger for that particular party. senator dorgan, a lot of people

are talking about what has happened to the blue dog collision. it had 54 members at one point. right now it only has 19. does this mean there's no room for moderates? and if you are a moderate candidates, what are your chances? >> it's true that moderates are largely disappearing. the lubrication of democracy has always been compromise. those people in the republican and democratic party that might feel strongly about an issue but decide i'm going to move forward and find a xm, at least move the ball forward some, i think this issue of redistricting and lack of competition in so many seats and so many states these days make it more difficult to find people willing to compromise. that means congress doesn't work. so you can't get legislation done. and satisfaction often doesn't

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citigroup has announced it's relacing all debit cards because of the target breach. jpmorgan chase, the nation's largest bank already announced it's reissuing 2 million cards as a precaution. we have the weekly look at who's hot and who's not according to social media? howard bragman, vice chairman of

reputation.com. good morning. >> good morning. >> target says it's providing a year's worth of credit monitoring. the ceo apologized. how are they doing on social media? >> surprisingly well. >> 60% positive which for a company that's affected 110 million people's credit is really good. exactly, as you said, they're doing the right thing. they apologize. they're offering credit monitoring, offering discounts to get people in the store. this week when neiman marcus got hacked, people started to understand it wasn't a target problem, but kind of the world we live in. they're doing surprisingly well on a lot of measures. >> it's been a rough couple weeks for governor chris christie and lawmakers there today expected to issue subpoenas, as they try to get answers on this scandal. what's going on on social media?

>> well, not surprisingly chris christie is wall down, depending on the filter you use. the ethical filter, 80% negative. what it's telling us is people aren't necessarily believing he didn't know about bridgegate, but it's a case of piling on. on top the bridgegate, we have the advertising quote/unquote scandal and investigation. he does have a national presence, but not in the way -- and social media is deaf th by 1,000 cuts. >> jimmy fallon had some fun. let me play a little clip. >> new jersey governor chris christie is still digging himself out of the scandal bridge-gate. some experts are now saying he could be impeached.

when he heard that, he said, um, peach. >> he takes over "the tonight show" next month. how is he doing? >> remember a few years ago the last time jay leno left, it was really ugly. >> yes. >> jimmy fallon, this time, people are loving it, testing very positive. he's had a lot of stuff that's gone viral, people on social media tend to like him. it's a very smooth passing of the torch. jimmy has the best launching pad in the world, which is nbc and the olympics. so i expect that a lot of people will tune in as long as jimmy keeps his soul and keeps what got him there in the first place, he'll be a big hit. >> howard bragman, always good to have you on. >> thanks, chris. that wraps up this hour. richard lui is up next. i'll talk live to the leader

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♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. tops our agenda this hour, chris christie moves ahead with the afarce of the state, white the state moves ahead on investigations of him. today he meets with victims of superstorm sandy. and "the washington post" frames it as the first of several events in what amounts to a comeback campaign being rolled out by christie staff. he's also hired outside attorneys. also today, a new state legislature queeconvenes for th

first time. two new committees to be granted subpoena power to continue investigating. subpoenas that could include the two christie staffers. there's a new poll, bringing a bit of in news for christie. the numbers show the scandal has done little to change people's pins of him, except maybe when it comes to the much ballyhooed 2016 matchup between christie and hillary clinton. he trails her by 13 points. >> chris christie is still being introduced to the public. this is the first, maybe second impression. that's why this is actually more damaging than i think we appreciate. straight to trenton, new jersey. michael isikoff is there, our nbc investigative correspondent. micha michael, what is the legislature doing today?