best chance for gold. one of the first big stories of the game, an olympian who will not be able to compete this year. we will hear from her about the early heartbreak. another new chapter in the chris christie chronicles. what did he know about the e-mail sent by his champ? and it is another blast of winter. will it turn into another juggernaut that hits the northeast? we will get the latest forecast. hey there. it is high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." the first medals have been awarded in the sochi winter games and given for a first-time event. the snowboard slope style event. sage kotsenburg was among the favorites. if you don't want to look because you don't want to have it be spoiled for you. meantime, team usa dominated over finland in the ice hockey tournament. even though finland put up a

really good fight, usa still won that match 3shgs-1. team usa bobsledder johnny quinn used had its training today but not how you might expect. after getting locked inside after bathroom at the olympic venue he had to break through the door tows cape. he later tweets this buzz word photo of what happened there. there you have it. at the opening ceremony, american skier heidi kloser, who tore her acl in practice thursday, bravely marched on crutches in the parade of nations and she says that it is something she just needed to do to send her team an inspirational message. >> made them feel happy and like -- just determined that they can do it and they are at the olympics. that's really what it is all about, being here and getting to compete and hopefully inspiring some people. i heard that a lot of people were inspired and i'm glad that i could do that. >> for more now on the sochi games, let's go to kevin tibbles who has the latest.

look at you. you are just -- you are just rubbing it in that you are there and we are not. that's what i see. >> reporter: no, i'm in the middle of a european discotheque behind me. i hope you can hear me okay. >> that's a great live shot. >> reporter: i managed to break out of my bathroom and dash across the olympic park just to get here in time, alex. >> i appreciate that. her let's talk about the reaction to last mitt's opening ceremony. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, i managed to be inside and i thought it was absolutely spectacular, you know. there's a lot of talk about the fact there are going to be empty seats in there and maybe it wasn't going to be the big draw that people had hoped it would be. i can tell you that the tickets were going for about half price prior to the beginning. there were more than 40,000 people inside the stadium last night. you know, russia is such a vast, such a unique and such a cultured nation that when they put on a show like the one last night that it was essentially a bit of a walk through the

country's history and including the communist era, they really pulled it off with dance and music and lights. i think that everyone went home pleased and i think it was a crowd pleaser by the time they left from the russian police choir that was a real hit to the jamaican bobsled team that came in after they found their mixing gear. there was a tremendous cheer that went up for them when they came in to the scene. the roof simply came off when team russia walked in. a vast massive group of athletes participating here in the host country. then the fireworks display that has been unrivalled by anybody. as far as i could say, it went on for a match hour. very loud and very brash. a little bit of controversy with regards to some of the people who were carrying the torch. other than that, people seem to be happy. >> yeah. the olympic ring, one ring not lighting up, that was something

else. let's pace it. that's a technical glitch and you would like for it not to have happened. >> as you can see, i have already forgotten about that. >> sorry. >> reporter: you know. if we cast our eyes back four years to vancouver, remember, when -- one of the legs of the olympic torch failed to go up. had has to be a glitch somewhere. if that's the glitch, then, you know, so be it. >> how about the awarding of medals? can we say -- you tell me. i'm going to put it on you. how's the medal count going? >> reporter: i think it is going sbl splendidly. >> i'm not sure how much we reveal. let's just say there is good news for the usa. anyway, with that -- >> reporter: i think america will be very happy. >> okay. good. thank you very much and we are happy with speaking with you, kevin tibbles from sochi. continue enjoying. i guess we are going -- we are going to give you a spoiler alert here. ready? turn away if you don't want to hear it. the first medals have been awarded. men's slope-style snowboarding.

here we go. otherwise take a look at all of this. you can watch the gold medal winning performance in primetime tonight of the 2014 olympics. i didn't have to say it. just read it. all eye were s were on the open ceremony. she told us it was an honor for irina shayk. >>s? n russia, 2014 is here. to be part of the parade, it was a pleasure for me. i was very emotional because i have to be elite and walk first. and all of the sportsmen were walking behind me. it was scary. >> overall let's take a look at the latest sochi olympic count. norway is on top with two gold, silver and a bronze medal. netherlands right behind them

with one of each. team usa has so par picked up one gold medal and as you trust sweden picking up a silver. dangerous road conditions in oregon leave something drivers spinning their wheels. >> roads are kind of bare and icy but nothing too bad. >> it has been sheer pandemonium around here. warmed up and glazed up. everybody that shouldn't be out here is out of here. >> dylan dreyer is here with our forecast. that was some slipping and sliding in oregon. >> looked like the suv was trying to pull the big tanker trucks. yeah. we did see a lot of snow in areas like portland and especially up into the mountains and we are also seeing a lot of rain in california. very much needed rain as you can see. central and northern california seeing heavy rain at this time. also the rain exiting the southeast and lighter snow in

and around chicago. it is very light in nature. that's going to move into the northeast through the day today. tomorrow night we could see an inch or two in areas like new york city. i want to talk about the pineapple express. it is nicknamed this because the moisture originates to the east of hawaii. it is this plume of moisture, this river of moisture, that just hits areas like california which is what they normally get this time of year. this will certainly help the drought conditions but we could use certainly a few more of those pineapple express tows get things under control. either way, we are going to see about three to four inches from is an plan and points north. we could also end up with feet of snow in the mountain ranges back through california which once it melts comes summertime that will certainly be much needed water they need out that way. closer to chicago we are going to see about 1 to 3 inches as it pushes eastward. by the time we go into sunday night and monday, that's when we could see a few more inches in areas like new york city and up into boston, too. with most of the snowfall about three inches or so around new

england. temperatures in the 20s and 30s in the northeast. and then tomorrow, we should stay in the 20s, 21 in chicago and 7 for a high in minneapolis tomorrow. >> okay. thank you so much for that. let's go to politics and new today, president obama's building on his call for a year of action focusing his weekly address on power key areas he says will expand economic opportunity and help more americans get into the middle class. >> number one, more new jobs. number two, training folks with the skills to fill those jobs. number three, guaranteeing every child access to a world class education. number four, making sure that hard work pays off. >> president obama signed the farm bill on provide during a visit to michigan state university hailing the legislation as a symbol of bipartisan cooperation. the bill provides benefits to farmers but also makes cuts to the food stamp program. a new report in politico says the memo from new jersey governor chris christie's office attacking former appoint he david wildstein was not seen

ahead of time by governor christie. sources tell politico the aides did not run that zokment by the governor before they sent it out. let's go to the white house and nbc's kristen welker standing by for us. a good day to you. we have the president signing this farm bill. even with democrats criticizing it has to come with cuts to food stamps. what is the president saying? >> reporter: the president is highlighting the fact that this bill represents a compromise. you will recall that lawmakers fought over the farm bill for the past two years of the main sticking point was really this issue of food stamps. republicans wanted to see cuts as big as $40 billion. democrats said that's a non-starter. the figure that they agreed upon, $8 billion in cuts over the next decade. if you break that down that's about $800 million or 1% of that program. the president also highlighted the fact that farmers are saying that this -- is basically a victory for them because it

increases crop insurance and scales back some subsidies that farmers thought that were unfair and president obama making the argument on friday that this is also going to be a boost to the economy. here is a little bit more of what he had to say. take a listen. >> despite its name, the farm bill is not just about helping farmers. secreta it is like a swiss army knife. >> the question is will this piece of bipartisan legislation the democrats and republicans will be able to work together on other big issues like immigration reform. john boehner poured cold water that immigration could get accomplished in 2014 and unemployment insurance, another big issue. a test vote on a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits for the 1.7 million americans

now who have lost it failed passage in the senate. so both of those issues still deeply divisive. still the farm bill, one big piece of bipartisan legislation, comes on the heels of another piece of bipartisan legislation. that budget deal that lawmakers were able to work out at the end of the year. >> we have two in that column let's take a look at another story topping the news. a wisconsin baby is doing well this morning after being allegedly kidnapped by his aunt. the baby was found at an iowa gas station a half mile away from where kristin smith was take glean custody. the federal kidnapping charges have been filed against smith who allegedly took the baby from the home of her half sister. utility crews are working around the clock to restore power to over 150,000 customers in pennsylvania and maryland. the winter storm covered the states with up to half an inch of ice on wednesday. the ice brought down the trees and the power lines across mid

atlantic region. some customers have been told they may have to wait several more days before power is restored to their area. a new wrinkle in the chris christie story. yet another matter -- another one he may not have been told by his staff. plus, bode miller, we are going tell you what he has done in practice runs so far and how it may translate when the real competition begins. that's not bode miller. that is our vice president. we are headed back live to the sochi games later this hour. it's our miss n at the family dinner project to support families in getting back to the table. one day we get this incredible call from cheerios saying "what about breakfast?" together we've created the family breakfast project to help families begin their day together over breakfast. together we've created the family breakfast project when jake and i first set out on we ate anything. but in time you realize the better you eat, the better you feel. these days we both eat smarter. and i give jake purina cat chow naturals. made with real chicken and salmon, it's high in protein like a cat's natural diet.

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new developments involving chris christie. a new politico article says, quote, christie's aides did not run the document which took the extraordinary step of highlighting incidents from wildstein's high school days before the governor before they

sent it out. according to people familiar with the matter. let me bring in white house support fore"the washington post" and staff writer for the hill newspaper, elise. with a welcome to you both. david, i will start with you. another brynncle here in the christie story. is it plausible that the governor did not know about that wildstein memo before it went out? >> it might be plausible but it doesn't make a lot of sense. the governor, after the initial allegations about the bridge closings came out, he had the long press conference, marathon press conference. he said he didn't know anything about the bridge closings ahead of time. he was disappointed in his staff and said he would pledge without it not happen again. you are getting a story that's basically says as they -- his aides went to attack david wide stein who himself said he had more evidence to tie christie to the direct knowledge of these bridge closings and they are trying to leak this memo that sort of cast doubt on david wildstein and now they are staying that after that memo started -- comes out and there's back firing going on with that, you know, people say it was too critical, too personal and it is unbecoming of the governor to do

that. they are saying, again, he did not know. this continues to raise the question of what is going on in there. christie says he cleaned house and will only keep the aides that he trusts and believes in. now you are getting some, you know, conflicting information about that. it continues the a problem for him. i don't think the -- that sort of explanation will be helpful to him if he keeps using it. >> let's say the governor did not know, should he start firing people around because the approach was panned in political circles? going after someone's high school record. >> panned even by christie's allies. you would think that at this point he would be making heads roll, particularly because that's his reputation. that's what he built his public credibility on is this idea that he is a tough negotiator and tough manager and he is not going to deal with my mismanagement from his staff. i think that we could see heads roll in the future but right now this just underscores christie's office is in chaos and this is going to be an issue ongoing, particularly with all of the

investigations that are still in progress and could yield more information down the line. >> let's talk about immigration. reform on that front seems to have stalled again. here is speaker boehner on thursday. >> will's widespread doubt whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. it is going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation million that changes. >> so -- the speaker was citing a lack of trust in the obama administration. but is that the only reason for this roadblock to immigration reform? >> no, it is not. certainly speaker john boehner came out last week with immigration principles that he believes the republican party could rally around. though were immediately attacked by conservative outside groups like freedom works and heritage action and these are grassroots organizations that have a lot of clout with primary voters, very conservative members of the republican base who they believe do not want immigration reform

right now. certainly not with what they would call amnesty or a path to citizenship which is support bid most of the public. this is a vocal minority that came out and slammed the house gop last week saying we don't want this now. particularly before an election that could see our side regain the senate. speaker john boehner is not just operating out of a mistrust for the president right now. he's using that line to cover up the fact that at this point they are listening to their right flank. >> i'm curious, david about the reaction from the white house. speaker boehner's comments. when he saying the white house can't be trusted tone force their laws, what's the white house saying. >> the white house is pushing back on that. they point out this is awkward for the white house because they are taking heat from immigration advocates who don't like the president's strong record on deportation. the white house -- this administration has deported undocumented more immigrants before and it more than the bush administration did in eight years. the white house is highlighting that. what's interesting from the white house message this week, when they were asked about

boehner's latest comments, they took a bit after measure -- more measured approach, dave carney did, in the briefing. what that signals is they are not panicking yet at the white house. two steps forward on immigration and one back when there is pushback. it is not clear whether that's the game he is playing or not. the pact that boehner is inching this forward and signaling to the base that, hey, i'm not moving too quickly, was the signal he needs to send there and that he can maybe have time p the white house does not put too much public pressure on him to gain more momentum for this and we could see in the coming weeks or months developmental legislation they could put poured in the spring and this test again, the feeling among the conservative caucus. i think that's what -- line right now the white house is taking. you will see them wrap up at certain points president's push on media and traveling and giving speech owes immigration. right now i think they are still giving boehner time david, elise good to see you both. thanks so much, as always.

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off the south australian coast. police warned swimmers to stay out of the water. a violent protest in rio de janeiro. let's go from there to sochi where the olympic games are well under way. so far it has been a good couple of days for american ski champ bode miller. he finished first in today's downhill training run. tearing through the course in two minutes and six seconds. for more , jimmy is joining me. i'm such a big fan. this is the a very fast time in today's training run. is bode miller considered the favorite? we are hoping. >> you know, i don't know that you can call him the favorite but he's certainly among the pave rats. there have been would training runs so far. bodey finished first and third and n the two training runs. it has been an uneven last

couple of years for miller. he was injured most of last year and out the last time he won a world cup race was actually more than two years ago. it was december of 2011. it was downhill in beaver creek. his times this week, as you mentioned, have been very, very fast. he is in good form. he has a lot of experience. he is 36 years old. this is his fifth olympic games. i think he mellowed and finally figured out exactly how this all works coming off of his first gold medal, four years ago. that was in the super combined and does, interestingly enough, include part of the competition is downhill. it is the super g and downhill together. he has some zbm credentials in the downhill. >> yes, for sure. you mentionted all those olympics he participated in. i didn't realize he was 36 years old. this is a brutal sport to still be doing it at this age of. >> 36. >> i don't think there are too many olympians in any sport who

have been in this many olympic games. you know, as i said, this is bodey's fifth. the downhill and particularly the downhill but alpine skiing is particularly -- grueling. i mean, because injuries generally in alpine are not very forgiving. we saw what happened to lindsey vonn. >> let's move on to the women's hockey team winning 3-1 against finland today. does this team have a chance for gold to avenge the tough loss for canada in 2010? >> without a doubt. i think that right now on form the u.s. is playing as well if not better, than anybody else. as a matter of fact, they have beaten canada the last four times they played. there's an old cliche in sports. these two teams don't like each other. that's the reality of the relationship between the canadian and american women's hockey team. the history of women's olympic hockey goes back to 1998. the americans won the gold medal

in nagano first time it was played. but the canadians won the gold medal in 2002 in salt lake city and as you mentioned, in vancouver in 2010, and both times they did it against the americans. the interesting thing here is the cade canadian team won 16 consecutive american hockey games. there's bad blood between the two teams. last time they played this was a fight which is very unusual in international hockey. these two teams are definitely the two favorites. >> also for women's hockey. but anyway, let's talk lo lo jones. when does she start competing with the women's bobsled team? >> i think that for lo lo jones i think you would have to say that the prospects are not particular particularly bright because she is in sled number lee. justine will be her driver. they only raced together three seasons.

the competition for lo lo is stiff and american audiences are so familiar with the from ustrition and the heartbreak that she has had in the olympic games. i think that it is going to be something of an uphill struggle for her. >> if you had to predict where the u.s. will likely strike gold, where will that be? you can that about sport or a particular person. >> i think that we want to start with the two names, davis and white. there arese the ice dancers. they are among the favorites. have you also got shaunie davis, speed skater, 1,000 meters. he is a would-time champion. and you also have sean white. halfpipes. davis and white. have you davis and white. you also have two alpine skiers.

ted liggetty. three out of the six giant slalom events in the world cup tour he won which is really -- you know, a result that's much, much better than certainly better than normal. but that would -- characterized as dom in an. on the women's side, michaela, 18 years old, she has done the same thing in the giant slam only as well. three out of six races won. i think those would be the favorites that i would be looking at. >> let's talk about apollo. always some sort of a lock in short-track speed skating for a medal. how is the u.s. short track speed skating team now without him competing? >> he is one of the all-time greats and is the winningest winter olympian. winningest american winter olympian. any time you take a credential like that off the team, it is obviously going to be a step down. j.r. selsky, who had that

injury, severed a piece in his leg, bleeding profusely on the ice, he has come back and is a really compelling story. i think a lot of people are looking at him as somebody, you know, who may have a very, very good chance to win gold here. >> that would be nice if we don't have a repeat of that accident. that was awful. ry that. >> it was. >> okay. jimmy roberts, so good to talk to you. thank you very much my time. sochi's saturday schedule was jam packed full of events with men's slope-style finals. ladies' cross-country skiathlon. men's 5,000 meter speed skating. ladies' freestyle skiing moguls and the men's 10 kilometer sprint buy ath all on the books for today. we will head back live to sochi for another report on the day's events and as well as a check on the medal count and my conversation with the brother-sister ice dancing duo. they are terrific kids. one week after a skating memo from new jersey governor chris christie's office criticized former port authority david wildstein, up named sources tell "politico" say the

memo was sent without the governor's approval. the mayor of fort lee says the christie administration has been courting for years and port authority perks for his endorsement in the 2013 election. joining me now, michael daly, special correspondent from "the daily beast." michael has been covering this story. thank you for joining us. let's talk about the "politico" article. the lines about wildstein's high school years and were snuck in. we have not immediately heard back from the christie administration but what is your take on this? >> you wonder what did he know. he didn't know about the traffic being and this memo. he didn't know wildstein in high school. what does christie know? i mean, it astonishes me that -- an aide would send out something like that without him knowing about it. particularly given the circumstances. i mean, the -- the letter that wildstein sent out was basically

saying that christie knew and christie lied. the letter was timed in such a way that christie the next morning had a super bowl public appearance in times square which is one appearance he couldn't duck. he had go there. it wasn't in front of reporters. you think reporters are bad. think of times square. he was getting booed. you would think he wanted to know every little thing about everything. >> this morning i spoke with brian murphy. he is a reporter for -- was a reporter for wildstein's politics nj.com and collaborate order msnbc's reporting but let's take a listen to part of this. >> it seems staff is blamed for everything that goes wrong. it is not entirely clear to me when -- not that you have to have a harry truman, the buck stops here line. but at some point we have to find out who is responsible for what is going on in this office. it is always unnamed staff. >> here we are with another unnamed staffer blamed for the

wildstein memo. we in the media are always skeptical. but how do you think tactic is playing with your average person? does that anecdote that you talked about in times square tell you? >> well, you know, that's new york. jersey, you probably would only get half as many boos. he could end up with much louder boos. to me the big news of the day regarding christie is that the mayor in fort lee saying these guys were courting him for a couple of years. one thing when all is broke, everybody said, well, where are the traffic -- where did 2 traffic idea come from? why do that? if you go to fort lee, right by -- right across the street from that entrance to the bridge is the site of a $1 billion development that's like -- the mayor's centerpiece of the mayor's ambitions that they tried for 50 years to develop something like that in fort lee. the one thing that you need to get that project to work is to have that access. right on to the bridge. at the time the traffic was closed down, they were in the midst of trying to line

financing for that project and the big anchor tenant for that project is a big one of the fancy movie theaters you go in and order your dinner and all that. if all of a sudden you told those people, you will have to wait in line with everyone else to get on the bridge. >> yeah. can we talk about the reaction from within? the same article which is quoting these you a none muss christie officials who complained their responses to the allegations never get as much press as the allegations that -- in other words, their side of the story doesn't get as much. is that a fair complaint? >> you know, i think that he caught a lot of breaks over the years. for them to complain about anything, is nuts. if you go back over his entire career, he's basically skated on a lot of things. the thing where he stood up to the teacher and talk to her. she was a school teacher towards the edge of retirement, on her lunch hour and went to a town hall meeting and he thought that she rolled her eyes at him and he went after her.

everybody made it look like he was a hero after that. there's a whole -- you can go back to his very first campaign commercial ever in his life. he sitting on the sofa with his wife, who is feeding his infant child. he's talking about his opponent. he saying the opponent is under investigation and it is absolutely not true. >> i want to take a look at your piece, michael, on the wildstein allegation that governor christie knew about the lane closures which he has denied. you, however, quote ad port authority official who called wildstein a christie groupie. how is that dynamic between them? i mean, how is in a affecting how all of this plays out? >> well, mine, i think most of us never leave high school. that's the reason a lot of guyps wouldn't go into politics because the girls walk past them in high school. i think wildstein -- he was the guy who kept the stats for the baseball team. christie is the guy out on the field, you know, being the star and there is david keeping the

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run. >> it is not immediately obvious. i think that a lot of my republican friends think jeb bush is a potentially strong candidate. even if his mommy doesn't want him to run for reasons i think are understandable. yet, zbheeg to make his own decision. he is a bona fide conservative who has been able to work with people across the aisle. that makes him -- obviously a big important swing state. he has -- >> big family. >> big family with plusses and minuses. it decreases when you run against clinton. not having dine ynasties is neu on both sides. he has a fire in his belly raised it himself. is his heart in it? can he go out and do this with joy in his heart i think is what he said. you really have to want it. >> with that description, does hillary clinton have the fire in her belly? is she a foregone conclusion for 2016? >> i don't think it is a foregone conclusion.

i think that she made a conscious decision to step back and not to make a decision when she left the state department a year ago and give herself time to imagine other options. right? now that said, she has done everything she needs to do to keep the door open. she's, you know, she left herself an option. there is an off ramp for her if she wants it. that said -- i think that -- every time that hillary clinton has had the chance to sort of pursue the institutional power that she believes can help effect big, important changes she has taken it when she left the white house the first time she could have created a foundation or done any number of things in the private sector and she chose to run for the senate and chose to run for president. she chose to serve president obama, secretary of state. she didn't have to do that. but she believes that big institutional power is the best way to effect change. i think one of the really great

ask interesting things about hillary clinton she grows and makes mistakes and learns from them. she becomes better. i think she is a much more formidable public figure than she was. she was formidable as first lady when i knew her and hi nothing but respect for her. >> when i look at you, what you did at such a young age, you were the first woman press secretary. the youngest, as well. >> second youngest actually. >> to whom? >> the nixon administration. >> hippest and coolest, we will say that for sure. >> that's a crazy remark. young and female. great combo. i'm grateful i was young enough not to know what i got into. i didn't have time to be terrified. one thing that led to another. i will always be grateful to plin giving me the chance to sit at the politics and be part of

something that i thought was really important and it changed my life. >> of course it change made life. i never could have -- i could never have written that script when i went to work for him. my job by -- just by definition put me on television and it made me somewhat a public figure. it created opportunities for me that -- it is crazy how that works. just because people see you on television they think you know stuff. >> come on. >> no. it also -- you know, it also exposes your plays. which we also learn from that experience. >> look, i talked with lisa can a put oh contemporary with then mrs. clinton. you know, she talks about how -- she had a gazillion beepers and cell phones and this, that and the other and just life was brutal. >> yeah. it was. i think that for that, i was young and single and childless. right? i don't know how people with

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brockovich. american legal clerk and environmental activist. erin's team is investigate thing chemical spill. i'm glad you are here to talk about this. the schools say they have followed all of the flushing protocols and in many cases gone beyond requirements in an effort to require student safety. making available hand sanitizer, boiling water. is this enough? >> well, it is going to have to be enough but the problem is that they -- should not be continuing to flush the system especially while school is in session. this chemical dissolves slowly in water. it is going to stay persistent in the system until the water company gets down and cleans out all 242 of their tanks. this is a problem that could persist another month, two, possibly six months. so we need to figure out a

different way to flush the system and not do it when school is in session. it is the licorice smell that seems to be making people sick, causing respiratory problems. you have a community that has every right to be concerned about the uncertainty of their water supply still one month after the spill occurred. >> let's talk about this licorice smell. is the smell an indicator or is the smell itself a problem? >> the smell is an indicator of the chemical. thank god for the smell. otherwise they may just be drinking a whole lot more of it. it is part of the chemical but it is the inhalation that when you smell the chemicals actually the chemical and that is what is making people sick. >> here's something that's concerning. the state, as you know, stopped giving out bottled water for a few days but then had to start it up again. why pass out bottled water if the tap water is supposedly safe

to drink? >> well, that's what everybody asks. what her sawing now and certainly what i have read and what i'm hearing back from the community is that they are not saying it is safe to drink the water but deem it appropriate. the whole thing is happening because somebody set a standard of one part per million. that would be safe. and -- that one part per million, as long as they are below it, they are saying that it is safe. now we are hearing that it is deemed appropriate. we have no idea -- this chemical is still persisting in the system at what level can and cannot harm a person. so they are being exposed to varying levels as long as they are -- below -- one ppm. they -- when appropriate. the system is not being flushed properly. they should not continue it the way it is. they shouldn't have turned the water system on. they should probablyly turn the system off. bring in the national guard. make sure these people have safe

water until we are certain. this is a total error of the water company and in many instances some of the agency. >> interestingly, a senate hearing, state senate hearing this week, state representatives expressed lots of frustration about all of the mixed messages from the health officials and authorities. here is part of what they are they were say. >> first off we hear it is one chemical. then we hear it is two chemicals. first we hear it is 7500 gallons. then we hear it is 10,000 gallons. one day we are told the water is safe. next day we hear that pregnant women should not drink it. it doesn't add up. either it is safe or it is not safe. >> i know you have been there. how are all of these mixed messages affecting the residents? they are trying to get their daily life and not get sick. >> it is -- it is starting to really affect them. they are so frustrated. i mean -- they come and report to me by the hundreds and thousands. they don't know who to turn. they don't know where to trust. they feel like -- simply are

saying that i can just drop down and cry. i don't know what to do. i'm scared. i'm not getting answers. it really is a very frustrating situation for them. they need to continue every single precaution necessary. we are going to have to keep pushing with the water company. you have got to stop flushing the system inappropriately and using those people as really guinea pigs because we are not going to know the long-term effect. the system, in our opinion, stop it and get in there and clean your tanks. there's 242 of them. this will persist in the supply for a long time. million it is safe and this one part per million has been issue because as long as it is below that, they are going to continue flush that system. listen, on pregnant women, elderly people, people with autoimmunes, children, we are not certain, nobody is, what level will truger them and cause a response.

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why is the investigation leading to an unwitting small business in pennsylvania? good day to all of you. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." couple of minutes past 1:00 p.m. here in the east and 10:00 a.m. in the west. here is what's happening now. the first gold, bronze and silver med always have been handing out in sochi. they have been given out for first time event, snowboard slope event. sage cot exceptburg was awarded the gold. team usa beat finland 3-1 in today's women's ice hockey tournament. did finland put up an excellent fight on that one, that's for sure. teechlt saumt bobsledder johnny quinn went to extreme measures to escape after getting locked inside after bathroom and olympic venue. he had to break right through that door and then later tweeted this photo of what happened. you can't make that up.

the schedule was packed today. among the events, the men's ten kilometer bobsled event, the women's 7.5 kilometer skiathlon and women's free style ski moguls. we are going to brian shactman. he is there with the latest on the events. i hear, brian, you were at the women's hockey match today. how was it when team usa beat finland? was it fun? >> reporter: very impressive. people have been asking about a vibe. are there a lot of empty seats? the place was 08% full. in terms of americans, family of the players. will were athletes of other sports there. a as a matter of factoring of fans. the finn fans were louder. any time they took the puck into tend that's loudest it got the entire game. finland is considered basically the third best team in the tournament with the united states and canada being the top would and the rivals for gold here. the finns have a goalie who is

one of the best goalies to ever play usa collegiate hockey. played in minnesota. she was fantastic. the u.s. just got the balance. it was good to get out the jitters. they skipped the opening ceremonies to focus on this. stone who coaches harvard said we are here to win gold and came out gates with a good victory. >> that's pretty zarned exciting and glad for that victory so they can move on and bring to it a usa-canada game in the finals is what we are looking forward to. let's talk about the olympic village and how things are there in your sochi experience so far. how has it been? >> reporter: i have to tell you, alex, all the stories in the media talking about, documented. they are rue. in terms of the village and this area in terms of the coastal cluster had is where the eye events are, security is -- great. all the events are very close to each other which is different than other winter olympics. go 45 points an hour to see those events. the hockey rings are right next

to each other. you can walk over to curling. in terms of that environment. the whoa tell space for us, we have been lucky, has been solid. the athletes -- the dutch speed skating team take their bikes to the speed skating oval and you see the athletes interspersed around here. it is a very comfortable environment. so -- so far security has made it feel that way. of course, everyone always has tonight the back of their minds. i haven't had any issues whatsoever. >> i'm glad. let's hope it stays that way. brian shactman good to see you. we will see you again throughout the games. turn away if you want to. we have a spoiler alert. the first medals have been given out in sochi for men's slope-style snowboarding. again, if you don't want to ruin the surprise here, it is time to turn away from your screen. otherwise, take a look. i'm not going to say it. there you go. i'm going to give a shout-out for team usa. an update on mowing it skier

heidi kloser. her olympic dream was cut short days before her competition when she wiped out during a practice run on thursday. she broke a leg. anne thompson has more on this. >> reporter: tonight in sochi it is the women's moguls finals. usa skier hannah carney will defend her gold medal. fellow americans, heather mcpea, eliza utrim will also compete. on the sidelines will be heidi kloser. she's ranked fourth in the world. but she severely injured her knee thursday in a training run. in a moment of true grit, kloser walked into the opening ceremony last night and with the u.s. team she was on crutches and followed by a wheelchair in case she gets tired. i spoke to kloser earlier today and said now that she can no longer compete she has a different role at these games. >> i heard that a lot of people were inspired and i'm glad that i could do that. i'm just so happy that i got to

come here and happy that i can be a part of the olympics. it has been a goal may whole life. hope reply i get to go to korea and actually ski there. >>. >> reporter: kloser will need stroyrnlg repair that damaged me and will have it back in the united states when she returns later this month. i'm anne thompson at the olympic mountain venues. now back to you. >> anne, thank you for that. we are go to return to sochi in a bit for a look at the americans to watch in the pursuit of olympic gold. we are going meet a u.s. olympic ice dancing duo, brother and sister. they are darling. today turkish authorities are speaking to the 45-year-old ukrainian man who tried to hijack plane to associate write. the alleged hijacker's plan was thwarted by the quick thinking of the crew that turned off the in-plight mapping system and landed in istanbul just as planned. with us now is duncan golastanwi with more on what we are learning of this story. who is this man, duncan? do we know anything about him and why he did this?

>> details are still remarkably sketchy as he is being questioned by police. this we think we know. the ukrainian man allegedly claimed he had a bomb onboard and tried to get the flight diverted to sochi. the crew tricks him into believing that was happening. instead the plane landed in istanbul, turkey. the governor of istanbul tells tuesday man was arrested after a struggle and no weapons were used. he was slight lay inju-- slight injured. they found no bomb. it was a hoax. he is now being questioned by the police. turkey's transport minister has said that they think it was an individual thing. so the man not necessarily linked to terrorist groups or a wider network. it is unclear whether the man was drunk or not. so what was his motivation for this alleged hijacking? according to a ukrainian security investigator, the man wanted to divert the plane to

sochi where president putin of sh russia was meeting the ukrainian president. he demanded the ukrainian hostages be freed. a reference to those arrested during the ongoing protests in the ukraine that we have been seeing on our screens for the last few months. this looks like it was an isolated incident. but, of course, it was happening as the winter games were opening in sochi with thousands of athletes and dignitaries and vips, pouring into the opening ceremony with security on high alert. after the bombings and threats in the buildup to the games, it seems unlikely that this would affect the level of security because of costs. the russians have already gone all out. their security. alex, back to you. >> okay. thank you, from london. we appreciate that. let's go to the weather now. a one-two punch of winter weather. oregon made for some treacherous driving conditions there. meantime, in sochi, russia, the weather looks not at all like what you would expect for the

winter games. dylan dreyer sheer with our forecast. what is the deal? would have the balmy winter games and palm trees there. >> 50 degrees is going to be the high temperature today. by next week we are looking at 60 degrees in parts of sochi. yes. it seems like new york city certainly is much more appropriate for the winter games with the colder temperatures. temps in the teens right now. we will top out in the 20s this afternoon. and we have some snow to talk about, too. not seeing any of that in sochi. in the mountains, though, that's where they are getting cold stuff. we are looking at lighter snow through chicago. it is very light in nature and not really going to accumulate all that much. quick one to three inches possible and then that will make its way into the northeast by the time we go into sunday. i want to show what you is going on in california. finally the pineapple express. it is this plume of moisture that originates down near hawaii. this is what california needs. it is going to produce perhaps as much as four up to to nine inches of rain in parts of

california. feet of snow possible in the mountain ranges and winds down by monday. then another one redevelops as we go into wednesday. as for the snowfall with that little system making its way through chicago, about one to three inches and then sunday night into monday morning, in the northeast, we could end up with a quick one to three in new york city. but two to four further north up into new england. temperatures, though, look chilly. 15 in minneapolis. 28 in boston. 57 in atlanta. behind a cold front. tomorrow, again, couple of lighter snow showers across the northeast. most of the accumulating snow would be up across new england. >> one to three. no big deal. >> we can handle that. >> thank you so much. dylan dreyer. amid new allegations in bridge-gate. republican investigator claim democrats are being kept out of the loop in the christie investigation. we will talk to her next. about . a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ]

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new allegations surfaced in the george washington bridge scandal. but this time they are against the legislators leading the investigation. the republican members of the special investigative committee sent let they are week to the committee's democratic co-chairs arguing that they have been kept out of decision making and have not been given equal access to evidence. joining me now is one of them. republican's new jersey assembly woman holly. welcome. thank you for being here. >> thank you, alex, for having me. >> it seems like common sense that everyone on the committee would have the equal access to all the evidence and to any meetings. have you union fellow republicans been kept out of the loop? >> initially we were. the process was very flawed for the first several weeks. starting with the inception of the way that the committee was actually formed. we vigorously argued on the floor of the assembly to have sort of an amendments in the initial resolution which would have mandated equal access which

would have mandated certain things that would have kept the process just, pa and fair. whatever suggestions we had made were dismissed. an affirmative representations were made that we would eventually have equal access and, unfortunately, for the first several weeks of the investigation, we were kept totally out of the loop. my information that the republicans on the committee received was solely through the press and through msnbc the record. >> and also, i do want to talk about "the star ledger" which is reporting the co-chair and loretta weinberg wrote a letter back to the committee saying all members will have the access to dojts. where does it stand now? >> i have to say that since the -- it wasn't just one let their we wrote. there were a series of several letters we did right. since those letters, the process has changed tremendously.

i'm pleased to say that the committee is now working the way the committee should be for something that's investigating -- an issue of this magnitude. we are receiving copies of the memorandums. we are having access to documents. i personally am scheduled to go in on monday and review all of the documents that have come in to date. >> i'm curious what you are looking for. >> right now, it is -- it is very difficult to even know what you are looking for. it is really putting together a lot of pieces of various puzzles. documents are coming in piece meal. we sent out a huge amount of subpoenas. most of which people have complying with. some asked for additional time. >> can i ask you specifically about bridget anne kelly? they refused to comply with the subpoenas, as i understand it. what kind of recourse do you have against them? >> that's what we will discuss in closed session on monday with our counsel. the problem that we have, i think, in general, the public

wants to know the why behind all of this. it is very possible that none of us will ever get that answer. bridget and stepien put through their attorneys legal arguments why they will not provide the documents, whether or not it be fourth amendment, fifth amendment. we as a committee, we have to discuss what, if anything, we do next. there is certain case law with respect to issues such as this. they do have some legitimate legal arguments with respect to the scope of what was requested. next step is probably going to be involvement of a judge. >> look, i'm curious. you are a republican. this is a republican governor. how much responsibility does chris christie bear given that this happened on his watch? regardless of what he knew and when he knew it and all of that which is yet to be -- officially figured out. how many does he bear responsibility? >> i think that he's been very clear in his public statements

that he does take responsibility because it was on his watch. these were people who were working for him. that being said, if people go rogue, what can you do other than what was done in firing them, in condemning the actions that were taken? i believe the governor when he -- has said that he had no knowledge of this. there are nuances of when you know something, did you know that there was traffic at the george washington bridge. i know a lot of the media is trying to parcel that out. but to stand up in front of people for two straight hours and unequivocally say "i knew nothing about this," i believe him. >> that means you also believe then that his staff, whom he clearly has trusted, vetted, hired, had them work for him, for quite some time now, he is

in his second term, that means his staff would not have told him of what was going on. you can't imagine that his staff would have said we have this big problem at the george washington bridge. tens of thousands of your constituents here in this state are suffering as a result of it. >>ing with respect to dash i mean, that's a pure speculative question. if people have done something wrong and had done it without his knowledge -- >> not even wrong. just the fact that this is happening. this is a big issue. >> with respect to the traffic itself? >> krektd. >> i mean, not letting the governor know about that. >> i can't speak as to what was going through their heads. that's part of what this investigation is about, trying to understand what a poetvation was and why people did what they did or didn't do. that is -- you know, ultimately none of us may ever have that answer. >> what about come monday, you are going to go look at these

documents. >> yes. >> what happens if you find a smoking gun? then what? >> if i find a smoking gun, i find a smoking gun. it doesn't change the way that we perceive doing this. this supposed to be non-political. we have a job to do. if somebody has done something wrong regardless of political affiliation, there have to be consequences. so it is -- it is something where -- look, if 1,208 documents have come insofar, and 1,206 of them are perfect tank to will -- perfect tank to day-to-day decisions, a majority if not -- most of the documents that we are going to be reviewing have nothing to do with what people are seeking to find an answer to. we may have already just seen whatever smoking gun-type

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conditioning company's system to maintain access to target's network. >> back it up for us laymen. how does a heating company get to target and millions of people's information being accessed. >> they are very sophisticated. the data they were using was designed just for target and just for this purpose this they did their studying and did when they did this. the company communicates with target for things like contracts and billing and things like that. so from there, it is still murky and get into the heating company system and by the -- work their way in and into -- make their way to the customer databasdata >> they are cooperating now with the secret service and target. they are trying to figure out what happened here. what does this tell you about the computer networks at big companies increasingly rely on? >> it is kind of scary.

i-mean, you would hope a huge company like this would have all the security systems in place. they say that they do and there is no -- there is no way new other big companies that work with this heating company were affected but it is still -- a little bit -- companies are looking at their security systems to beef them up now because if this can happen to target it can happen to any big retailer. >> certain there breach of being the subject of a hearinging on capitol hill this week where lawmakers zeroing in on the timeline of the attack. let's listen to this. >> how many days from the time you were told of the breach versus when you were able to send a notice out? >> from the -- time we found the breach, we found it on our system, power day. >> does that surprise you? >> it does. all we can go is on their explanation the first day was when they were refliging out this happened and making sure there was a problem and the next day they had to take make sure everything -- figure out make sure everything was locked down. finally they had to take a day

to figure out how they are going to tell everybody, tell the press p they want to make sure everybody had their information and facts straight. it is kind of surprising but it is -- pretty quick. >> they are not making changes. associated press poll. 58% saying they have deep worries about spending online but 37% plan on using cash for purchases and 41% checked their credit reports. these numbers add up for you? are you surprised by any of it? >> it seems pretty -- consumers see things this happening. that can't happen to me. really i urge everybody to keep checking those credit reports and keep all your things secret and secure. don't tell anybody your passwords. all that kind of stuff. keep checking on things. you never know. it can be in the next thing you know you are out a bunch of money. >> do you think we are through the worst of the breach? >> for this breach, yes. i think that's a -- lot of focus and attention on it now.

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history. he's been flying on these practice runs for the men's downhill which is tomorrow. he came in again for the second time. he is in the right frame of mind and he's grown up a lot. he doesn't have the greatest of seasons on the circuit but even the favorites here say he's the favorite because he's the best on this mountain. even last year when he came here he was extremely fast. he didn't give it his all today. he found the right line and some people expect him all of a sudden to be a favorite for goad. personally i can't get up to the mountain but i think it is a -- extremely compelling story if he medals and wins gold it is huge. >> right. this is his fifth olympics and he's 36 years old. he has been plagued with injury. i'm cure yushgs brian. barring some catastrophe and a wipeout on the mound, these practice runs, how much are they an indicator of medal standings when all ed and done? >> it is a great question. i think that even the guy who was previously considered the gold medal favorites he didn't

give it 100%, bodey says, you know what, i understand it is month indication. it can go horribly wrong. but he knows the course and they know he's fast on it. there was only one person who was within a second of him. i agree with your implication that you can't say, well, she going to win. if he runs a clean run at his best and most intense, he will definitely be in the top three. >> definitely going to be watching for that one. speaking of that, who are some of the other americans to watch? >> you know, i want to talk about would guys that are in totally different events. davis and white. shaunie davis in the 1,000 is trying to win gold the third time in that event. that would be history making. sean white is trying to do the same thing in a half pike and wants a three-peat and pulled out of the slope style event to focus on the halfpipe. so they could both get their deem. in terms of what happen it is snowboard is on tuesday. the 1,000 is on wednesday. those are huge events. you take a look at shaun white. there is a man that built a

multimillion dollar brand based on his snowboarding. he is in band now. he is an incredible skateboarder and has his own line of clothing. he wins triple gold, he won't have been to work too hard the rest of his life. >> there will be no stopping him from that. jones in bobsledding. now, she's not necessarily a contender for gold. right? because of her placement on the team. >> right. they have -- the u.s. has three really good teams. people tell me that lolo is maybe the second best team. the number one for the u.s. and the number one for canada really the gold favorites. but either -- number would sled in williams and former track star, number three sled for the u.s., or considered the third best sled, they are all good. whether -- probably not going to get gold but dash i think really the u.s. would be through the moon thrilled if they get two medals. i think they would be really happy with one. lolo's sled will be an wrought side chance for a bronze. have you the run the races. anything can happen.

>> nbc's brian shactman. we have to do this again. this was fun. >> it is fun. i will tell you one thing, women's bobsledding, we are talking about it. the fact that it is compelling event means bringing the track stars in as a -- is a eli good idea because it is bringing so much attention to a sport we would previously ignore. >> good point. brian, talk to you soon. thanks. an olympic ice dancing duo more than just teammates in addition to being skating partners, team saumt's -- team u.s.'s alex and maia shibutani. >> meeting other members of teechlt usa has been so exciting for us. >> you bet. alex, your sister, ten years together. all these competitions, how are the olympics different from the other ones you have been in? >> the simple answer is everything is bigger. you know, just -- the energy that is in the athletes'

village, all of the venues. is incredible. we walk medical the opening ceremonies last night. it exceeded both of our wildest dreams and expectations. there's just an amazing feeling that you get as you walk up the ramp to get into this stadium with all of your teammates. it is unlike anything i have ever experienced before. >> that's pretty remarkable. you guys are brother and sister. look, i love my brother, maia, but being together 24/7 the way you must have to be, do you ever get on each other's nerves? >> of course. we get along really well. we are a normal brother and sister team. we know how to push each other's buttons but having the love and support has been so helpful for us alex, do you think that helps your performance on the ice? do you guys have that kind of unspoken bond and you know each other so well that it really helps the performances? >> definitely. i mean, she is going to be my sister for the rest of may life. i have known her for the entire 19 years of her existence. so we trust each other.

it is a very natural bond we have. we are confident we go out and because we are able to be will with someone we love and trust and to be at the olympics with your sibling, there are seven siblings for the olympic team. we got a chance to talk to some of them already. it is something special. our parents are here as well. so we are so excited we get to experience this as a family. >> yes. maia with the ice dancing competition, what are your expectations? >> i think for us, we just want to go out there and skate two programs we can be proud of. in skating, there are no guarantees for anything. we want to control what we can. >> my big thanks to the sh shibsibs. that's one of their nicknames. we wish them 2 best of luck. you have no excuse to miss any event. for first time ever the event will be televised or streemd line on nbcolympics.com. the labor department reports

that the economy only added 113,000 new jobs. that's well below 180,000 analysts were expecting. president obama discussed his four-part agenda for economic opportunity. >> number one, more new jobs. number two, training folks with the skills to fill those jobs. number lee, guaranteeing every child access to a world class education. number four, making sure that hard work pays off with wages you can live on and savings you can retire on and health insurance that is there when you need it. >> joining me now, democratic congressman rush holt, member on the committee of education and work force. representative hoeplt, thanks f joining me. let's get your reaection to the january jobs report. >> it shows our economy is not operating the way it should. we are a wealthy country. we are a great country. we still have an excellent work force. we need to invest in americans.

course, part of that is the unemployment, long-term unemployment insurance benefits. that is a way of investing in people, to keep body and soul together, while they are looking for new jobs. >> which is going nowhere fast. >> i'm sorry? >> which is going nowhere fast. >> which is going nowhere fast. that's right. the -- it still can be done and should be done. it always has been done when there have been -- in chronic -- kind of chronic unemployment. we are seeing it now worse than ever. clearly, it needs to be done. it is a way of not just helping, you know, those individuals. it helps our entire economy. i don't know why my colleagues can't get that through their heads. >> will are a lot of people scratching their heads over that one. may i ask you about the president's four-part agenda

there he laid out? first of all, is there anything new in that? if not, is it because all of these things are not being done to the best of their ability yet? that's what we immediate to focus on. >> i'm really glad he state it as he stated it. it was clear and straightforward. no, no, not really. jobs and education and -- >> train. >> wages, training. those are things, of course, that we -- a vibrant economy and a humane society would always have. and we have always expire -- aspired to. he's right to state it and all of those things are within reach right now. on the health care that he brought up again, i'm glad he keeps after that, we have to push back against these people who say, well, you should be on your own for health care. month, you shouldn't be on your own for health care. will are things that we can do to help people get into the system. >> let's talk about immigration here because my colleague --

luke russert, he reported part of the reason for speaker boehner's halt on immigration is that he does not want to divide the party during the midterms. so does that make any significant legislation unlikely? >> you know, there are reports that speaker boehner is saying different things in public and private. i'm hopeful -- i'm hopeful that he actually is for some public reason that i don't get, he is saying that this can't pass the house. if the immigration bill came up to the house for a vote, this week, it would pass. in fact, evidently he's afraid it will pass which is why he is stalling it and saying i won't pass. i'm not sure why. you know, i spoke a moment about bringing people into the system in health care. the same is rue for immigration. we will be richer -- i mean, economically and culturally,

richer economy and society if we bring people fully into the system. that means a path to legalization. and to say otherwise, is to relegate people to -- well, second-class status. i always thought in america, we aspired not to have any second-class citizens. the immigration bill that came out of the senate is watered down enough. i hope that we don't have to water it down more to get it through the house. i'm still hopeful. one thing that i think we might do this year in congress. >> let me ask you to put your focus here on the garden state issues. you may have read this new interview with the fort lee mayor in which he allege it is christie administration courted his endorsement with gifts from the port authority like the shuttle buses, street repairs, fixing the potholes and the like. the officials that he is pointing the finger at declined to comment. are you hearing anything on

this? >> i certain dloynt know the details of those things. this -- you know the christie administration has been very -- what do they say, transactional? it really has been tit for tat. at times we have used the word bullying for governor christie. at times will cease to be real demands and real ultimatums. but also i think carrots and sticks. you know, of course, any administration likes to give favors to people that they find it easy to work with. but if they are doing it in violation of the public trust, by -- and to promote partisan political interests, rather than the public interest, which seems to have the case in the route changes and lane changes at george washington bridge at fort lee, this becomes an abuse of

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office attacking former ape point he david wildstein was not seen ahead of time by governor christie. sources telling politico christie's aides do not run the document before the governor before they sent it out. we reached out for comment from christie's office. rich, this memo was last weekend's story. isn't this the last thing the governor's i'm wants now to stir this up again? >> i'm not sure they did stir it up. number one. number two, look, i mean, it was -- like anything else when we were -- maybe -- not when you were in school but when i was in school, one of the things we would have in my weekly wre lly take a microscope and focus it on something and say what is this. it looked like a horrible monster. it was a piece of lint or something. that's what happens when you take these -- events like the christie situation and look at it under a microscope and looks like the most horrible monster but in -- in many case, as you were discussing with the congressman, a few minutes ago,

it is politics. this is what happens. it is not -- it is not surprising that the staff was sending out memos and doing things without telling the boss. i mean, that's -- that's why that's why it's deniabili deniability. >> i'm going to go to the opposite side of the spectrum. morse, what do you think about this? from republican to democrat. >> rich is from ohio so he has good blood in him. but at the end of the day, this is politics. no one would care about this if this was the governor of north dakota who wasn't running for president. they need to right the ship and get this behind them. but this memo was done for a purpose, to discredit the guy and create some distance from the boss. they need to get it off the front page and move on. >> i talked with brian murphy earlier who worked for david wildstein back in 2002. part of what he told me, it seems christie's staff is being blamed for everything, unnamed

sources. but we have to find out who's responsible. what do you make of that? >> i think sometimes when you look at it under a looking glass, sometimes it is a monster. when you look at administration that may or may not have diverted sandy funds away from the people who needed it, when you look at an administration who shut down bridge lanes and left people in traffic for four days, hurting the economy of new jersey, sometimes these issues really are important. would we be looking at this if this were the governor of north dakota and he wasn't running for election as president? maybe, maybe not. but we should be. >> we wouldn't be. >> but we should be. >> okay. >> but we wouldn't. >> but we should be. >> we have to go to -- up next, the billionaire's comment about one percenters. sie or get behind the wheel of the jeep grand cherokee with an available best-in-class 4x4 traction management system

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not talk about envy of the 1%. they should talk about emulating the 1%. the 1% work harder, the 1% are much bigger factors in all forms of our society. >> goldie, i'd like to get your reaction to what he said. >> at no time in american history has corporate america been more profitable, in the history of this entire republic. i don't bemoan anyone for making wealth, for inheriting or creating wealth. but to say the working people of this country don't work as hard, don't invest as much of themselves in their daily lives is unfortunate of him to say. >> rich, your thoughts, particularly how it plays into the battle focusing on income inequality? >> there's an old saying, a really good amateur will practice until they get it right. a professional will practice until they can't get it wrong. working harder generally does making a difference.

it was unfortunate the way he put it. but i think rather than putting ankle weights on the 1% in morris' world, putting ankle weights on the best nba players so they come down to the level of everybody else, figure out how to make everybody get better. i think education is at the bottom of all this. >> it's really at the basis of everything. i absolutely agree with you there. morris, your thoughts on this? >> we live in an aspirational society. at the end of the day, we all could work harder. but we shouldn't bemoan or belittle anyone in our station in life but focus on what we can do. at the end of the day, we all work hard. some are more successful as others but it doesn't mean we don't contribute as much to society. >> great chat, guys. thanks so much.

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