we did it all here. will old man weather be the 12th man. the seahawks aren't the only ones that get to use that refers. i'm krystal ball. the dow is on a roller coaster. we're along for the ride. i'm ari melber, we have the twists and turns as one of the rockiest months in a long time comes to a close. as we turn on toure tv. i'll take the cycle for $500, alex. as you know, msnbc is the place for politics. it says so right up there, but we start with omaha! >> omaha! >> omaha! it's almost time to snap the ball and get started for the super bowl that i think is really going to be super. it's the league's best defense

squaring off against the league's best offense. watching some good football will be a relief after the torturous run-up which has been about many things, one of them, the weather. our friends at the weather channel promise sunday will be perfect for sunday, 40 degrees, not a lot of wind. the overanalyze of seattle corner back richard sherman, let's take what is hopefully one last look at the interview that started it all. >> final play, take me through it. >> i'm the best corner in the game. when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree, that's the result you're going to get! don't you ever talk about me. >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. don't you open your mouth about the best. i'll shut it for you real quick. >> back over to you. >> that was obviously the wrong video. seriously, as the nation debated whether sherman was a thug, sherman questioned what people

mean when they say thug. a congressman and a pop star behaved in thuggish behavior, but no one called them thugs. both teams have classy qbs. the game isn't about sherman against the quiet and confident royal family, the mannings from new orleans. we get started with nbc's ron mott pregaming on sewell bowl boulevard. we're all here for the fun of the game. we're seeing already there's a scare this afternoon for the stadium and in manhattan. what's the latest? >> reporter: a lot of security here on what they're calling super bowl boulevard. here is what's happening in regard to these pack sajs that were sent. six locations in new jersey, one here in manhattan. the fbi is telling us that the one package delivered in manhattan was addressed to the office of former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. the authorities are saying there isn't anything to indicate that the substances they're

evaluating are harmful in any way, but obviously taking this threat very seriously. there are a hundred agencies from local, state and federal agencies working detail here for super bowl weekend. obviously this is a region of a lot of people. obviously 18 million people and a lot of these folks will be here in times square over the weekend. they want to make sure everyone can enjoy this opportunity here safely. over here you can see police have a command station set up on 41st street. so they are prepared to ramp up security here in times square. right now people are allowed to walk about freely. there are no bag checks or anything of that sort. police have made it very clear that if there are any threats that are realized in this area, they have all these barriers and they will absolutely shut this down and allow people to come in after they've been searched. searching at the game, at the stadium itself is going to be pretty intense. the tailgating that we nfl fans love, that is pretty much out of the pocket for this particular super bowl. you cannot bring in any bags. all your personal effects must come in those airline-size

packages, the plastic pouches. you bring anything else in there, you're going to have to probably throw it away or not watch the game. security is going to be very tight. obviously the organizers of this game want everyone to enjoy the experience this weekend. obviously they have to take the threats like they saw today very seriously. >> ron mott, thanks. will the weather make the news this weekend? here is metlife stadium just a week out from the super bowl. organizers calling this digout a dry run for what could come or what could have come this sunday. it looks like that's not going to be the case. our favorite weather man raffi miranda has the only weather that matters. >> the forecast isn't very exciting. that's the thing. the weather is not going to be a very big deal as we're heading to the game. will there be a blizzard? it's a nice quiet forecast heading into the weekend. good news for the fans there. here is a look at saturday's

weather. the warmup continues in the east. right now 45 degrees for you high on saturday. it gets even better for super bowl sunday. we're looking at a high temperature that could see 50 degrees in new york city on bul bowl sunday. some clouds, maybe a couple of showers. overall very mild and quiet pattern as we're heading to super bowl sunday. the winds will be light as well. out of the northwest around five to 15 miles per hour. we're talking about windchills of around 30 to 35 degrees. kickoff temperature, 42 degrees. in the end, this is probably not going to be the coldest outdoor super bowl. that was back at super bowl vi in tulane stadium in new orleans where it was 49 degrees at kickoff. this new york super bowl, oddly enough, is going to be not the coldest outdoor super bowl. new orleans is going to have us beat because it's going to be nice and mild heading into the weekend. enjoy that 42 degrees. the game may be good, but weather will not be a big part of the game with the quiet conditions and balmy 40s. we were ready for anything with this forecast. it looks like we're getting

lucky here. >> raffi, that is the best forecast i've heard all week. we're going to have him back because he tells tus weather we want to hear. our pregame coverage takes us to bristol, connecticut where my man michael smith and my homey jamelle hill are on the set of their show "numbers never lie." welcome back. >> thanks for having us. >> what does the richard sherman affair that we've been living through the last two weeks tell you about where we are in america right now? michael, you go first? >> ooh, loaded question. >> right out of the gate. >> as richard sherman astutely pointed out on his twitter account, it was sadly ironic that it blew up on the weekend of dr. king's holiday. it goes to show we still have an awfully long way to go when it comes to judging by one's appearance. i said this on this show and the his and hers podcast that we

dorks i think in 2014 america remains very much uncomfortable, intimidated, if not frightened -- not all of america, some americans, of loud, aggressive, african-americans. my mamma raised me -- african-american men in particular, excuse me. my mamma raised me, it's not what you said, it's how you say it. had richard sherman said the exact same things a little lower -- >> used his church voice. >> to add to that he had dreadlocks. i'm glad he showed who he really is in the ensuing weeks. >> i'll keep it simpler than that. i think it shows we got too much time between the conference title games and the super bowl. that two-week layoff, things carry over. thankfully richard sherman, he carried our week. >> two weeks really. >> you're exactly right. it shows we're definitely hungry for story lines around the super bowl. >> michael, to your point which was very well said, i didn't actually watch the interview or the game.

i just read the transcript and i couldn't understand why people were having such a strong reaction to it. and even after i watched the tape, i didn't totally get it. i think it speaks to what you're saying. i wanted to ask about one of the stories that was overshadowed, the story about peyton manning. everyone knows how well sourced i am in the nfl world. they were saying after his injury, he really wasn't sure that he was going to be able to play. he really was in a place where he wasn't sure how this year was going to go. it's a pretty amazing comeback story. >> when you think about the significance of the injury, we're talking about four neck surgeries. a lot of players would not have survived that, and particularly now, he's playing -- he even admits that the feeling isn't necessarily all the way back in his arm and for him to not only come back and play throughout the season, he had a record setting season where 55 touchdowns. it's really a remarkable story and it makes all the sense in the world why "sports

illustrated" chose him as their sportsman of the year. >> i they'll lie manning talked about when he first started throwing the ball with him in the back yard, he didn't think he would be able to throw again. richard sherman joked this week about ducks. imagine what it was like coming off neck surgery. with the brilliance he's displayed, part of his legacy is what is a miraculous comeback. >> speaking of injuries, it's hard to talk about football without talking about head injuries, lives that have been changed forever because they've spent so many years being tackled. we know injuries, it's all too common these days. to think 20, 30 years from now that a player playing in the super bowl might not even remember playing in this game. does that change the way you think about football today? >> i'm sorry. can you repeat the question. >> does that change the way you think about football, everything we've learned about brain injuries? >> oh, there's no question about it. i played high school football

for a couple years and i obviously love the game. it did a lot for me in my development as an adolescent. i have a young son who is 5 years old. i'm very much reluctant to allow him to play, especially at a young age. one of the trends is letting guys play basketball and they grow up to be tight ends. if he wants to play football, i won't stop him. yeah, the more we know, the scarier it gets. we talked about this earlier jamelle, we did a poll, espn, 85% of players said they would play in the super bowl with a concussion. we have a lot of players ignoring the long-term damage possibilities in favor of the short-term gain. >> we should also mention statistically concussions are down 13% this season from last year. i think at this point with all the education, all the awareness, and for that matter, a lot of the training at the youth levels on how to tackle. >> heads up. >> heads-up programs, that's changed the way coaches on the lower levels look at concussions

and head injuries. i would like to think that 20 years from now we may be at a far more advanced level in terms of how we deal with those injuries as opposed to where we are right now. >> that was the backdrop that came up on the subject of health care at the nfl press conference today. take a listen. >> roger, we play one of america's most dangerous and most lucrative games, but still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops for it. why doesn't the nfl offer free health care for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury? >> we're all proud of the efforts that we made. we will continue to make more efforts and do a better job, particularly with our former players in providing them opportunities and to give them the proper health care. >> that was a question there from vernon davis. what do you think of that exchange? >> i think vernon davis, a, is correct. part of the reason why the

nfl -- one of the tenets of the concussion lawsuit is from a health care standpoint how they dealt with some of those former players. if you want to take it down to the college level, we see the players at northwestern, they're organizing trying to create a union. one of their big issues, they want the ncaa to address is health care, because i think there's this presumption that the nfl provides health care, maybe not for life, but the guys are pretty well taken care of. we've seen, once players leave the game, that that definitely isn't the case. >> speaking of those former players, one of the things that, at least my understanding of the settlement which is still being held up right now as the judge decides whether or not it's sufficient is that you have a lot of former players who are so desperate right now for anything -- when you think about in the grand scheme of things, the amount of money the nfl is making, $765 million for the number of players suffering post career is not a lot of money when you break it down. one of the reasons why it was

kind of eyebrow raising, if you will, when it came to the settlement agreement is, that's it? they need a lot more. >> quickly, guys, who is going to win and why? >> oh, man. well, denver i think they'll win 28-24. i think this will be a tight game. in the end offense and peyton manning will prevail. >> as much as i think peyton for the reasons we talked about earlier deserves a storybook ending, i'm going to go with seattle. i think the defense is too tough. i'm going seattle 23-17. >> all right. love both you guys. michael is right, jamelle is wrong. you do a fantastic program. "numbers never lie" on espn 2. i love that show. who is the president rooting for? i'm betting it will be a diplomatic response. it's a football friday, the last day of january, ari. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea.

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president obama is the first social media president, and last hour he added another google plus hangout to his credentials. if you're mott sure exactly what that is, a google plus hangout is an online video forum where anyone can interact with the host, in this case president obama, right from your computer. it is then live streamed around the world. today the president answered questions from participants from all around the country on topics ranging from immigration and the economy to net neutrality and the ukraine protests and then things lightened up a bit. >> you, my friend, are looking particularly distinguished. how are you?

how is life treating you? are you happy? >> that's a great question. >> is everything good with you man? >> we should have that beer because i think it would be -- this might take a longer answer. i am pretty happy. my wife at least still thinks i'm pretty cute even with the gray hair. >> ha is great. steve grobe moderated to day's event, google plus partnerships. thanks for being here. >> good to be here. >> how did you think it went today. >> a lot of fun. a unique format for the president to talk to a lot of people in a short time span. it's a unique personal experience. as a social media moment, it's very personal, face-to-face, looking at the person you're talking with, not at their gmail address or twitter handle or profile picture. you're talking with them. it ends up feeling like a tabletop conversation with a bunch of americans talking about the country. i thought it was a lot of fun.

>> it really reaches the young people, many of whom probably don't watch the state of the union or listen to him speak on c-span. if you think about social media, 90% of americans ages 18 to 34 use social media. it's a smart thing to do especially when you look at our most recent polling. it was 61% among young people in november 2012, now down to 47%. how would this sort of event help him reach out to the young people that have sort of lost hope in the president? >> i think we saw by the response of folks who wanted to participate in the hangout, questions came from all over the place. we saw thousands of questions submitted on google plus and youtube for the president. there's certainly a lot of response from people who wanted to ask them questions. we had inside of the hangout a minimum wage worker at popeye's in milwaukee asking about the minimum wage. we had a woman actually who is blind, degenerative glaucoma asking about unemployment and

disability and some of the challenges there. we felt like not only just young people, but a broad cross section of americans were able to have the conversation. that's what makes this a special format. >> you used to be a journalist at "the boston globe," one of america's greatest newspapers. can you talk about if some of the questions are fundamentally different than what journalists would ask? >> that's a great question. up with of the things we see is that journalists who ask the president questions are always asking about things that are generally in the news cycle that are topical for most of those in the press. when you bring people into the conversation, sometimes they ask things that just matter to them, and they're very personal for them. so there's a story behind each question. we had a woman in kentucky ask a health care question that was motivated by her son's experience trying to find coverage in kentucky. we had an internet professor on the west coast asking about net neutrality, not something discussed at that time but

something folks on the web care about. when you have that one shot to ask a question, you make it personal and make it unique to you. it's different from the white house press corps and others. they're always asking questions and it's their job to keep the president on his toes for regular folks. they have one chance to ask and it's fun to watch him engage with them in that way. >> you're putting it really diplomatically. a lot of folks around the country would say the white house press corps' priority set sometimes seems narrower than what is happening to people's lives, to the constituents. that's why having an unfiltered town hall type format is great. walk us through the filter which does exist? as i understand it you're picking these questions you're not pre screening with the white house. walk us through how you pick the questions. you have a very powerful role here in deciding what's inbounds to question the president?

>> you bet. i think it's really important to us in these conversations that the president nor anyone at the white house knows what the questions are going to be so that it's a really honest and open conversation. we spend a lot of time al google looking over the questions submitted. how is that question doing on social? is it getting a lot of attention there? are we covering a diverse set of issues, genders an ethnic groups. a lot goes into it. at the end of the day we're trying to create a good conversation. while people come into the conversation with questions they have, when there's moments in these questions for a back and forth, for a dialogue, i think it's more exciting. >> i think that's right. it's not just about exactly the question asked. steve grove, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me guys. now to a market alert. investors cannot wait for january to be over. stocks continue their roler coaster ride today, down triple digits at this hour. those losses were about double

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as big raffi told us before, warming up slightly for super bowl sunday. it's been down right freezing in the big apple. when we asked krystal and abby if they wanted to go to the super bowl street party, they politely declined. instead we sent a couple rock star producers who have rivalling loyalties to get in on the action. >> i'm tracy and i'm a freezing seattle seahawks fan. >> i'm chris. i'm rooting for the broncos. we're at super bowl boulevard.

>> talking to people about the big game and who is going to take it which will be the seahawks. >> broncos. >> go broncos! >> let's go seahawks! >> a lot of good bronco fans here. a a lot of good ones. >> who are you rooting for this sunday? >> jets. >> oh, sad. >> got the route for peyton manning. >> always root for a manning sfwl seahawks in the house! >> are you going to the super bowl? >> yes, i am. >> got good seats? >> good enough to be in the stadium. >> who would win in a fight, a gigantic horse or a stupid bird? >> bird. >> he said stupid bird. >> name two players for the seahawks? >> there's a guy that just walked by that said the bird would win. actually he said the bird would win because he's from england.

>> broncos here? >> broncos! >> seahawks, seahawks, seahawks! >> bronco colors. are you rooting for the broncos on sunday? we got a family rivalry going on. >> are you going to take that? >> we packed our 12th flag, 12th man from seattle. >> broncos all the way! >> seahawks fan. >> seahawks or broncos for the super bowl? >> what's that? >> oh, i love that report. we all love tracy and chris. so glad to see them out there working hard. >> a way better job than we would have done. >> i spoke to them after the package. they said their faces were frozen. they were working hard. super cold that night. >> tracy is right, michael is right. the seahawks are going to win. it's a more balanced team.

a great defense and a great offense. you can't shut peyton manning down. seahawks have the number one scoring defense. their defense scores more points than anyone else in the league. when you talk about getting some takeaways, talk about having a better running attack on the seahawks side, they don't have a better quarterback, but more mobility in terms of russell wilson, can run a 20, 30, 40 yard gain and peyton manning is not running out of the pocket at all. that's not happening. i like the seahawks, more dynamic team. love the broncos but the seahawks are going to win. >> i disagree. i'm going for the broncos. i say 27-20 broncos. i think the offense is so good. we'll see. we were talking about this in the makeup room. the spectacle of the super bowl and what it has evolved to be. my dad would have watched baseball, for example. now you think about the half-time show. the number one sporting event that people watch in the year in terms of money and commercials.

it's fascinating. i'm excited for the half-time show. it's the anniversary, ten-year anniversary of the nip slip. remember that janet jackson scenario. >> i think we all remember where we were when that happened. some people noticed it and some did not. this year we have bruno mars. he just walked away with the grammy and the red hot chili peppe peppers. i'm excited for the half-time show. >> coming from the super educated place of never having watched either of these teams this season, i'll agree with abby. i think it would be cool for peyton to win this year. i have something much more important to report on, which is this little swag pack we've got here. this is an nfl warming kit that everybody that goes to the game is going to get, nice cozy seat, you sit on it. >> i thought it was a pizza. >> you've got tissues, a nice hat. ari, that would look good on you i think. some ear muffs, abby.

nice little hand warmer situation. all kinds of good stuff in here. i don't know what that is. >> that's a radio. >> it's a radio so you can listen. >> these are warm. >> this is great stuff. every fan that goes is going to stay warm and be super stylish while watching the game. >> there's something hard right there. >> you're talking like you can't hear yourself. a little loud. >> ari, i've been dieing to know who you think is going to win. you have skin in the game. ? >> i do have skin in the game. i like all the stuff here. i think this seahawks have the edge here. i think they're a strong team because they're from seattle. i'm going to say they're going to win 40-love. >> that's a big prediction. boys against the girls it sounds like on "the cycle." >> a shutout of peyton manning. that might happen.

wow. it's interesting that we agree and the ladies agree. there should be a bet. there should be a meaningful thing. >> let's post this on our facebook page. >> let's just bet on it. what should we bet? >> is that illegal? >> i don't think it's illegal krystal. >> we'll talk about this off air. >> our facebook fans are making their facebook predictions. helen bennett says broncos all the way. she's wrong, but with six exclamation points, still wrong. robert mccloud predicts a come-from-behind win. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. let us know what you think about the game. up next, another epic showdown. gop versus gop. democrat versus democrat. does that make harry reid and john boehner the quarterbacks? wouldn't obama with the quarterback of the democrats? my mother and my grandmother are very old fashioned.

i think we both are clean freaks. i used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] i've mastered the art of foot cleaning. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. [ carmel ] that drives me nuts. it gives me anxiety just thinking about how crazy they get. [ doorbell rings ] [ daughter ] oh, wow. [ carmel ] swiffer wetjet. you guys should try this. it's so easy. oh, my. [ gasps ] i just washed this floor. if i didn't see it i wouldn't believe it. [ carmel ] it did my heart good to see you cleaning. [ regina ] yeah, your generation has all the good stuff. [ daughter ] oh, yeah.

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welcome back. the house republican retreat this week, and next webbing's senate democrats retreat are highlighting fault lines. for republicans, the issue is immigration. for democrats, a fight over the president's so-called free trade proposals. we have a staff correspondent at national journal. we'll get to that infighting in a moment. first, i want to play for you some brand new statements from president obama on something that has really be deviled him, the nsa issue, this is specifically a discussion with cnn's jake tapper about inaccurate statements made by jim clapper. here we go. >> i think that jim clapper himself would acknowledge and has acknowledged that he should have been more careful about how he responded. his concern was that he had a

classified program that he couldn't talk about and he was in an open hearing in which he was asked, he was prompted to disclose a program, so he felt he was caught between a rock and a hard place. >> so you understand what he did? >> subsequently i think he's acknowledged that he could have handled it better. >> he could have handled it a lot better because he told congress things that weren't true that he knew to be untrue at the time. i want to get your thoughts on this. my view is, on the one hand, the president is being fairly slis us to and people can make mistakes and corporate in their job. on the other hand, if you have a classified program you can't discuss, you should tell congress, i can't get into that in open session. that is the usual response. i was a little surprised to hear the president echo the nsa party line here and the intelligence party chief's line which makes it acceptable to lie to congress. >> what director clapper said

was not the full truth. if he were to dismiss him as house republicans are calling him to do led by darrell issa, they don't want him to be in charge of the nsa reforms that the president has laid out, it would really raise the level of scandal to something that is a fireable offense. the president is saying that he doesn't believe that the director did anything that rose to that level and he could have just handled it better. that being said, in the hearing, if he did say that's something of a classified nature, i would imagine that would raise all sorts of alarms and questions at that point in time and a lot of people would have started digging around then. >> that is the problem, right? given the honest answer would have been a problem. that's what they were trying to get away from, crystal. that's my whole concern about the whole issue. >> turning to some of the democratic infighting we've been talking about. the president pushing for fast

track which would allow him to push forward more easily the quote, unquote, trance pacific partnership. a lot of democrats concerned it would exacerbate inequality. we usually have controversy over the trade deals. harry reid came out and said, about fast track, everyone knows how i feel about this. everyone would be well advised not to push this right now. it looks like the democrats in the house and the senate are ready to stand firm against the presidents in these deals. >> as you mentioned at the top. senate democrats are going to be convening together next weekend. president obama will be there. it will be really interesting to see what comes out of that meeting. if the president is going to push democrats really hard on this. this is a point of contention and that house speaker john boehner just the other day was saying the president needs to lead and push his caucus, push the democratic caucus to get behind him on this. >> let's talk immigration.

we know house republicans had their retreat over the last two days. it seems like there's still some real division over where they want to go in terms of immigration. we do know timing it probably won't be until after the primaries, probably sometime in june. the question now is, if it ends up being a legalization or nothing, are democrats going to be in a real bind at that point? brian wrote an interesting pois about this in salon today. he writes, would actual immigrants and their citizen children prefer no bill at all that at least let's them live and work freely in the u.s. will this put democrats in a really difficult place? >> what was interesting when you saw the draft of principles presented, looking at house democratic leadership and seeing their reaction to it, minor leader nancy pelosi didn't sound that -- didn't poo poo the draft. she said, you know, we're

looking forward to working with republicans and we'll see if there's common ground. another note, the draft principles don't necessarily foreclose the opportunity for citizenship at one point in time. perhaps if you get a green card then in the future you can qualify. so that's going to be the big question, the big question among democrats is what tactic and strategy are they going to use? is getting a reform bill better than nothing at all? >> you're right. it's going to be a difficult situation for democrats. i, for one, will be furious if the democrats agree to a situation that does not lead to a pathway to citizenship for these 11 million folks. let's talk about the democratic retreat that's coming up and one issue i hope they take to heart and push for the rest of the year is minimum wage. it's a winner for dems, it's good policies. really nothing really posits dems as fighting for the little guy and republicans as fighting for the wealthy quite like this pattal over minimum wage. >> it was interesting, i have a

piece up today on national journal's website. i was talking with a number of senate republicans yesterday because senate democrats are also trying to message around women's issue being the minimum wage. a number of senate republicans say, look, we know we don't do a great job, messaging towards women or messaging on jobs and the economy. we believe our message is best policy. really it's going to be on the republicans to figure out how they can push their message forward. one of the favorite talking pous of speaker john boehner is, look, the house has passed dozen of job bills. we're waiting for harry reid to take them up. it's a tough message for republicans to counter, but they believe their policy is right in this case. >> that's the case. is it a winning issue? i want to look at a winning issue you struck on last week. >> 300 points for casey at the wire. the final score, 1200 for casey.

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>> that's what i love about this commercial. you watch from the beginning and you're like, nothing is happening. this is a winner. >> i think this is probably the spot you eel see. there are a couple others that are great. so far this is the fan favorite. it has a huge viral following already on youtube and it's pretty bizarre, but at the end -- >> amazingly bizarre. >> kia has a great one, trying to move into the luxury sector. they have to ask people to break away from their expectations so they use the matrix to suggest breaking away from what you really know. play a little bit of that. >> the world of luxury has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. >> we just want to get our car. >> take the blue key and go back to the luxury you know. you take the red key and you'll never look at luxury the same

again. >> i think that's brilliant. it's using the matrix in a smart way to get you to rethink about the brand. >> i think this is having a celebrity has become a huge trend in the super bowl and having him in this ad is a win certainly for kia. it's a very good ad. there are lots of car ads this year. this is one of the better ones for sure. >> james, one i was shocked to actually lock was go daddy. let's take a look. ♪ >> good morning. it's a butte yous day, a wondrous day, the flowers bloom and the animals play. it's a butte yous -- >> go daddy normally does these really sexy salacious ads,

they're highlighting women business. >> they've tried to rehabilitate their image from sleaze to something more sophisticated. this is shardly sophisticated but to rehabilitate their image. >> i think this ad will do pretty well. >> then there's ellen's sort of fairy tale. look at this. >> once, there was a girl who was hungry for the perfect music to dance to. mamas was too slow. the teenager's music. then she used beats music. i feel like dancing to pop music. hello. and they also danced happily ever after. introducing the beats music family plan. hit play. >> ellen likes to dance. >> yeah, i think this is a

really fun, bright ad. it has a great celebrity in it that will capture people quickly. beats is an ascending brand. i think this will do reasonably well in the game going forward for sure. >> cannot wait for sunday. thank you for your time. now some food for super bowl thought. it might be too late for us to worry about the cost of food at the super bowl parties. here's the money line. guacmole up 5 to 10%. beer up 1 to 5%. desserts plus 10 to 15%. chicken breasts are down 10 to 15%. chicken wings down 1 to 5%. if it's a pot luck party you are

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and your question is what president is on the $100 bill? >> um. >> the question is moot. the last four years of the reagan administration, very few people got to see $100 bill. >> nthank you, steve. we're about to have a fair and exciting game. let's meet our contestants. >> i'm ari from seattle. >> i'm abby from utah. >> i'm krystal ball. >> tell them what they're playing for. >> money. lots of the green stuff.

cash. a big huge payday. >> all right. let's have a look at our categories. economy, inequality, why we must raise the minimum wage, poverty. >> how much money are we playing for here? >> it doesn't matter. the question is moot. among the world's rich nations america is tied for last in class mobility. no matter how much you make from this game show, you'd still be in the same class your parented birthed you into. half of the wealth is into the gold plated bank accounts of the richest 1%. the world's richest 85 people have as much of the world's poorest 3.5 billion. this extreme level of inequality

is a huge risk to human progress. >> your question, what is on the $100 bill? >> i know this. >> sorry. the question is moot. nowada adays few people get to a $100 bill. the 1% of the 1% contributed more than 40% of all campaign donations. that's why government is so responsive to their needs. they use their money to gain political influence. inequality doesn't just happen. the 1% make it happen. we may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrateed in the hands of the few, but we can't have both.

it's your turn, krystal. >> are we ever going to get to answer any of these questions? >> the question is moot. journalism has been gutted, decimating the ranks of those who could do the work that unveil the impacts of inequal y inequality. okay. our time is up. >> wait, so who gets the money? >> i get the money. >> why? >> the question is moot. none of you answered a question correctly. >> we never had a chance to answer. >> now you see the rigged game. those who think they're playing the game are forever trying and never really getting a shot to win. that's it for "the cycle." maybe next week alex wagner will be a contestant. we shall see. a bombshell revelation from

export authority official david wildste wildste wildstein. he says he has proof that governor chris christie knew about the plans to close those lanes while they were happening. the lawyer for wildstein says the closures were the christie administration's order and claims they have evidence of governor christie, quote, having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed. we're reaching out to the governor's office and we have not independently confirmed this. joining us for the latest. if it is confirmed, a stunning development in the chris christie saga. do you have any updates you can give us at the moment? >> clearly so. we h