8501. crews wait till dawn to search for the flight and 162 people on board. searchers fear the plane may be under water although they have located no physical signs of the aircraft. the flight disappeared sunday morning local time 40 minutes after departing indonesia en route to singapore. while it was traveling in the same general air as still missing malaysian air flight 370, air analysts say stark differences in the airlines aircraft weather, ground to air communications make this a substantially different search. katy tur is in singapore with the latest. >> reporter: once daylight hits but there is concern whether there be rain tomorrow and they are worried that might hamper the search effort. there was an unconfirmed spotting of debris earlier today, but it was pretty far from the last known location of the plane.

if we learned anything from mh 370, it's to take all of these initial reports of sightings with a grain of salt. in surabaya head of indonesian search and rescue team is preparing people for the worst. our evaluation of the coordinates we received suggests it's under water. our presumption now is that the aircraft is under sea. still, that's only an educated guess. teams in the air and at sea are scouring the air around belatung island near flight 8501's last known location. the island is halfway between surabaya and singapore. malaysia and singapore are assisting in the indonesian-led investigation. meanwhile, in indonesia, another day of waiting as relatives hope for a miracle. as the hours pass without answers, eerie similarities are being drawn between this flight and mh-370 which also abruptly

went off radar. unlike mh-370 which flew undetected for hours, air traffic control immediately noticed when this flight went missing after pilots requested to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid bad weather. m hf they have been combing the deepest and most deserted waters in the world. 8501 is likely in the java sea, which is shallow and heavily trafficked. airasia's pilot was very experienced with more than 20,000 hours in the cockpit. >> to help and support the next of kins of passengers and also of our crew to go through these very, very difficult times. >> reporter: now the ceo of airasia has flown down to indonesia. he is trying to comfort families give them as much information as he can.

a marked difference from what we saw after mh-370 when the malaysian government stalled, didn't know what to do with families, didn't tell them of the disappearance for quite some time. joy? >> nbc's katy tur in singapore. thank you. for more now on the weather conditions surrounding the missing airasia flight the weather channel's carl parker is in atlanta. >> joy, we want -- go ahead. well, we want to talk about what the pilots might have been facing as they were flying into that thunderstorm. we know the flight was at 32,000 feet and they requested to get up to 38,000. the thunderstorm in this case may have been as high as 50,000 feet. there's an awful lot going on in that towering cloud. for one thing, you've got very strong upward and downward motion. these velocities can easily be 60, 80 miles per hour. they're not as strong over water as they are over land. nonetheless, they can be very strong. that could have been part of the issue. another concern is hail. you don't see as much in the way

of hail-producing storms over the oceans as compared to land but certainly if there was any hail and is it got sucked into those jet turbines that could have been a problem. another concern is the presence of super cooled water droplets. they exist below freezing. they don't form ice unless they have condensation nuclei but when they attach themselves to something like an aircraft they can freeze and that may have affected the instrumentation. we know that happened with the air france plane that crashed over atlantic ocean, although airbus did take a number of steps to fix that since that happened. we don't know exactly what happened but we do know that tall thunderstorms pose very serious threats. joy, back to you. >> weather channel meteorologist carl parker, thank you. let's go now to some drama on the high seas. authorities say the evacuation of hundreds of passengers and staff off a ferry that caught fire in the add dree ataid dree attic

sea. 427 people were rescued, including 56 crew members. the italian coast guard says the captain was the last person to leave the ferry today. nbc's kier simmons is following the story from our london news room. >> reporter: we're hearing terrifying stories from those surviving passengers who are now arriving back on shore. one family for example, describing that their shoes were melting. the deck becoming boiling hot, they say, and saying in those initial hours yesterday, there was no sign of any crew. a father saying he had to find life jackets for his family for his children put them on the children themselves. there were no alarms. they weren't given any indication of what to do. they were faced with a difficult choice between that intense fire below deck and the smoke and going out on the top deck into freezing temperatures and at

sometimes 46 miles per hour winds. of course, they chose to get away from the fire. and then you had hundreds of passengers on board this ferry on the top deck waiting to be rescued. the rescue operation has been praised by the greek prime minister but it only got under way after some time. it involved, as can you see in this video, a number of helicopters air lifting passengers from that top deck. sometimes one by one, in those difficult and windy conditions. incredibly frightening. very, very difficult. and as you say, now they believe eight people have died. that number may rise though, joishgs as they potentially find more bodies. >> all right. nbc's kichlt er nbc. to the sony hacking scandal. today there are new questions about who was really behind the cyber attack on sony. as the studio's comedy "the interview "sets an all-time

record for the company in online sets. halle joins from us los angeles. how much did the movie bring in for sony over the holiday? >> 2 million downloads, people buying or renting "the interview" off about five different websites including itunes. it made $15 million online $2.8 million in theaters. that online figure is pretty good. they say it's a success for sony and sony says it's the best online showing for any of its movies ever. $2.8 million in theaters not bad playing in 380 independent theaters. given the number of theaters it played in, again analysts say that it's a decent -- it's not a blockbuster, but it's not a bust either. >> well, let's get to the hack attack that actually produced that dimunition in the number of theaters. a number of experts are

questioning whether it was really north korea behind that hack attack. >> reporter: a growing number of doubters, even though the u.s. government blames pyongyang. north korea denies it's behind the hack and some wonder if north korea is telling the truth, considering some signs point to other agents, other hackers coming into this. that said, the fbi has released a pretty long list of specific reasons why it believes north korea is behind the hack. for example, similarities in the code and algorithms to other attacks by north korea. so, at this point, the u.s. is saying pretty firm it was north korea's fault. again, pyongyang saying it wasn't us. >> the plot keeps thickening. halle jackson, thanks much. america's longest war is marking a major milestone. the u.s.-led coalition in afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on sunday with a ceremony in kabul. now a new mission is beginning dubbed "operation resolute

support." president obama marked the transition by issuing a statement. nbc news senior white house correspondent chris jansing is traveling with the president in hawaii. what did the president have to say? and happy monday. >> reporter: happy monday to you, joy. the president was outlining the reality and what the situation is on the ground and making a big point to thank the men and women and all the sacrifices 2300 american lives lost. let me read to you part of what that statement says. for more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in afghanistan. now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our got mission in afghanistan is ending and the longest war in american history is coming to a responsible conclusion. of course it's not over. there are still about 13,000 troops there. most of them are u.s. forces. some of them will actually be in

a combat role, although it will be a part of a major role there training and support for those afghan troops. there's a separate counterterrorism measure. also when i was talking to general barry mccaffrey yesterday, he said look we should not underestimate the sacrifice of those who are there to advise. he was wounded twice in vietnam as an adviser. so, the president acknowledging that afghanistan remains a very dangerous place. it's been three months since they elected a new president. they still don't have the cabinet in place. so there are still a lot of challenges going forward, joy. >> clearly. seemingly endless but a milestone, nonetheless. chris jansing in honolulu thank you very much. coming up, more on the search for missing airasia flight 8501 including a look at why so many planes have gone missing in that particular part of the world. plus, divided and defiant. we'll discuss the nypd's public dis of mayor bill de blasio and what it means for the city.

blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. we lost two peacemakers nine days ago. we lost two heroes. they were children of god for sure. we mourn detective rafael ramos and detective wenjian liu. they stood up for all that was good and right. they gave us hope by their presence among us and they will not be forgotten. they must not be forgotten. >> that was new york mayor bill de blasio earlier today presiding over a graduation ceremony for the newest class of new york city police officers. de blasio's relationship with the nypd and their union has been strained over comments the mayor made when he appeared to

sympathize with protesters who have been demanding more accountability when police have fatal encounters with civilians. and for saying he's told his own biracial son to be careful around officers. on saturday, police from new york and even from other cities who traveled to queens for the funeral of slain officer rafael ramos turned their back as a monitor showed the mayor speaking. william bratton, making the rounds on the sunday shows, called it very inappropriate. yesterday bratton said the riff between the mayor and police is unlikely to heal quickly. >> i think it's probably a riff that is going to go on for a while longer. however, we will be making efforts to sit down and talk with the union leaders, in particular, to deal with their issues. >> anne carney was at the funeral on saturday and mark claxton, director of black law enforcement alliance. i want to start off with you,

annie annie, you're new to the show and i want to thank you for being there. was the atmosphere inside of the church the same kind of dis-atmosphere toward de blasio outside? >> i was not inside. i was right outside. the police officers i saw did not see them turning their back. i was told by officials inside that it was polite. no one turned their back inside. pat lynch, the union back did not turn his back inside. did not organize this protest. but the police officers came across the country and spanned like half a mile out from the church, so it was farther out. i was told it was not planned. some officers turned their backs. others from across the country don't really know mayor de blasio followed suit to stand with their fellow law enforcement. >> i was watching the funeral on msnbc, on television, and one of the questions i had or things i immediately thought is what about the officers who decided not to turn around and how much social pressure peer pressure must there have been in that

crowd given the fact that there is that sense that you have to be blue before anything else? >> there wouldn't be that much peer pressure especially in that environment. we are talking about a sad and solemn occasion like a funeral. there's a lot of independent thought, even independent union leadership that exists in law enforcement. you have a segment that are strong union advocates and supporters. you have others who are just as dissatisfied with the unions as the unions are dissatisfied with city government. so there's a wide ranging feel and emotion that goes through these type of situations. >> that brings up a really good point because one of the things bill bratton talked on "meet the press" with chuck todd yesterday is the issues between the nypd and the mayor are more than about anything he specifically said about his son. >> exactly. >> let's play a little about what bratton had to say, commissioner bratton. >> the issues go far beyond race relations in this city.

they involve labor contracts. they involve a lot of history in this city that's really different from some of what's going on around the country as a whole. the recent eventses of the death of mr. gana in staten island a shooting in our public housing developments, the fact that the police departments were without a contract for a number of years, there's a whole series of local issues impacting our ability to move forward, but we will be making that effort. we have to make that effort. >> talk a little about the labor piece of this riff between the mayor and the unions. >> they don't have a contract yet. it's going to binding arbitration. so, there's sort of that pressure on the police union to fight the mayor here. and it goes back as you said the mayor made this comment about his son and he needs to be careful, but it's not just one offhand remark. a lot of the mayor's language has been supportive of the police. this goes back to the mayor stopping the appeal of the stop

and terrific lawsuit that showed the police -- that ruled the police were misusing stop and frisk. this goes to the law of having the inspector general have a police department. back to his campaign where he campaigned on police reform. there is a sense here that he is anti-police or he wants to change the police department. plus this contract issue. and then it all sort of came to a head now. but it's not -- i don't think he said anything anti-cop exactly, in the wake of the eric gaern grand jury. he's been staying very personal to talk about officer ramos. his remarks at the funeral, he talked about the man. he talked about his life. and i think it was a purposeful to keep it -- to not become the story. to not be political. to not make a grander statements about the state of police. >> and not everyone at the funeral did that because some people -- you know you could say got very political. i want to talk about that, mark

because there is the sense this police union f you look although some unions across the country, really demand almost total feelty and total abacense from the mayor. david firestone writes about bullying of the police force by mayors rudy giuliani was the most solistus of the police force but it comes down to not wanting to see reforms, not wanting to see changes in the way officers do what they do not wanting oversight. is that something you experienced within the department? >> absolutely. the police unions really insist on us against them and it's on full display now. if you take any position that is counter what they -- what the union feels should happen in the city, you're against them and they treat you as if you are an enemy. it has happened historically. this is not an anomaly, what's occurred with de blasio and the

union. this has happened historically most poignant in 1992 with david dinkins where the police had a riot on the steps of city hall police unions themselves. but this really is a furtherance and display of the us against them mentality which in large part has prevented law enforcement and this police department from moving forward and being progressive thinkers. they are resistant to change. anything that is slightly progressive, they oppose it. and they really dig their heels in. but this has much more to do with the ongoing contract negotiations as well as their own internal union elections, which are coming up shortly, than any comments that mayor de blasio made in regard to advising his son or any of the other protests. i find it fascinating that for a protest for this -- for them to be anti -reform protest, they showed a huge protest at the funeral of one of their

colleagues who was assassinated. it's shameful and hypocritical. >> on this issue of pat lynch, the elections coming up, how much of this issue is about him and how much of this issue is about having the first democratic mayor since david dinkens? >> well i think it is kind of unprecedented to see the cops doing this at a funeral. this is an unsustainable moment we've come to in terms of the tension. pat lynch is up for reelection. he needs to get re-elected. obviously, that's driving him. just to disagree with the point that was made, this is a problem for de blasio politically. it's stopping him from being able to talk about the rest of his agenda all the stories reviewing what he got done in the first year overshadowed by this completely. so, it's -- yeah he was booed today at the police graduation ceremony. his press office quickly put out something saying bloomberg was bood here. giuliani was booed here over contract negotiations.

but -- so they are kind of fighting this that this is unique. it is overshadowing talking about other things on his agenda. >> the at end of the day for the public, one of these two entities has to be in charge. it's either the mayor or the police. in a democracy it's probably got to be the mayor. let's thank annie carney as well as mark claxton. coming up thoughts and prayers are going out to the families of flight 8501's passengers and crew. we'll bring you the social media reaction to the minutesing airasia plane.

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relatives of my crew and our passengers. nothing is more important to us. meanwhile, you've been debating what defined america in five words. thousands are posting on the #americainfivewords and some are sending tweets like this. you don't love america, leave. this user tweeted, america in five words? yeah, we're still pretty racist. instead of debating race in america, this user snarked that america is a great idea with poor execution. and this rare nonpartisan tweet states imperfect but keeping the faith. speaking of faith, popular astro physicist neil degrasse tyson created a christmas firestorm with this tweet. on this day long ago a child was born who by age 30 would transform the world. happy birth day isaac newton, born december 25, 1642. that tweet on christmas day was retweeted 80,000 times. users debating the resulting accusation that tyson sent that

tweet to bash christians. but tyson explained on facebook in part if a person actually wanted to express anti-christian sentiment, my guess is that alerting people of isaac newton's birthday would appear nowhere on the list. speaking of facebook, many are expressing their negative sentiments about the year in review app. people are sharing selecting the worst moments for their year-end gallery. about that particular image, this user tweeted in iron y so my beloved ex-boyfriend's apartment caught fire which was sad but facebook made it worth it. a man complained to facebook because it featured the tragic passing of his daughter. he said for those who have lived through the death of loved ones or spent extended time in the hospital or were hit by divorce or losing a job or any one of a hundred crises, we might not want to look back at this past year. many of you agree.

facebook has since apologized and promises to improve the feature. you can join the conversation with fellow reiders on instagram, facebook twitter and msnbc.com. residents of baltimore are all atwitter about a strange object flying over the skies in maryland. ♪ >> it's called an air stat. my wife still calls it a blimp. ♪ >> there is a potential threat out there. >> anti-ship cruise missiles unmanned aircraft, swarming boats. >> doesn't have cameras. >> there are no cameras. >> it cannot depict people on the ground. >> we're not hovering over our neighbors and seeing what they're doing in their backyard. >> these blimps are a lot like this toy ba lon. they're unmanned and held in

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welcome back. we continue to follow the developments in the search for missing airasia flight 8501 where the state department has confirmed indonesia has asked the u.s. for assistance. families of those on board are preparing for the worst as search efforts prepare to resume for the second day. indonesian leading the search efforts fear the missing plane hey be under water, although no wreckage has been found yet. flight 8501 disappeared sunday about 40 minutes after it left indonesia en route to singapore. severe weather common to that area is one possible factor. while the search for a missing malaysian airliner may ring familiar to some analysts say this search effort is far different than the one for still missing malaysian air flight 370. here to shed light on what may have happened is commercial expert and former pilot, anthony

roman. let's start with that question everyone was first asking when they heard of this story. the differences, the similarities between flight 8501 and missing malaysian flight 370. >> really, joy, the only thing similar between the two incidents is that they both went down. that's about it. the weather during mh-370 was clear and benign for the entire route. the weather for asia airlines was as bad as it can possibly get. you know mh-370 made an intentional 180-degree turn. made another right turn another left turn and then proceeded six hours en route. where they were going, nobody knows. airasia disappeared three minutes after their last communication. they were approaching the squall line with level 5 thunderstorms. the pilot apparently made a decision, i'm not going through

there. he attempted a left-hand turn. he requested a higher altitude. the higher altitude was not granted. whether that's a factor in this presumed accident is a big question mark. >> and interesting. tell us a little about that area. we put the map up if we can put it back up again, is there something unique about that part of the world near the indian ocean, that region that makes it more dangerous to fly? >> that's a terrific question. yes, absolutely. it's called the inter-tropical convergence zone and also happens to be the monsoonal season. that really is a double whammy. the inter-tropical convergence zone is a band around the equator, around the circumference of the earth in which there is significant thunderstorm weather, almost every day. but during the monsoonal season they really grow these monster storms that are level 5.

to give you an example of how much energy they pack they go up to 50,000 60,000 feet and they have more energy than the atom bomb did in heiriroshima. this have 100 of my mile vertical winds. it's something pilots don't want to tangle with. >> is there something about kind of the way those storms move the way that they -- what they can do to a plane that could help investigators in any way to pinpoint where that plane might have gone down? anything that could give a clue? >> sure there is. three other aircraft traversed the exact same flight path of asian airlines and they did it safely. these storms can grow so rapidly from 30,000 feet to 50,000 feet in two minutes or less. so the pilot could have faced changing circumstances. made the decision to move left and climb. and that's where he ran into a problem. >> yeah. i mean as an experienced pilot, walk us through what that pilot and the co-pilot might have done

to try to save the airplane. what can you do if you're caught in what you're saying is an atom bomb strength storm? >> pilots recognized things were changing rapidly. that's my presumption, based on their request to climb to 38,000 feet and make a left-hand turn. those are the type of things we do when we're looking out of the front of the cockpit, we have a visual of the storm line we want to cross. and that storm line is suddenly evolving so rapidly, we know we can no longer make it safely across. so it could have been if they were in the clouds they looked on their radar, their radar started signaling them that there was extreme change. it was no longer safe to go through. it could have surrounded them suddenly. loads of things could have happened. what the pilots are going to do is aviate first. they're going to hit significant turbulence. what i mean by significant turbulence in that kind of storm, severe turbulence.

severe turbulence is defined as temporary loss of control of an aircraft. so things would have been flying around the cockpit, in the cabin. anyone who was not fastened down with their seat belts could have hit the top of the aircraft. it could have been a really terrible ride. so, pilots are trying to simply maintain control, hoping to traverse that extreme weather. in this case, it doesn't appear that they made it. >> well it's terrifying for most people but some people should remember flying is statistically quite safe. lastly, what could the u.s. possibly do? this country has now asked for assistance in trying to locate the aircraft. what could the u.s. potentially offer? >> the u.s. australia, great britain, canada, they have enormous technical resources with regard to accident investigation and accident search of grid patterns.

so, i think we can do an awful lot, perhaps, to shorten the timeline that it may take to find this aircraft. you know everyone is saying it's a reasonably small area. what we're talking about is 24,000 square miles. and a tiny aircraft. it's less than a pinprick in the java sea. we really have a lot of work cut out for us. >> when you think about that and think about how even greater and much more vast the indian ocean is with the mh-370. scary stuff. we appreciate your expertise. anthony roman appreciate it. three things for you to know on this monday. a tragic accident in new jersey has claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy. the child was crossing the street to attend a sleepover at a neighbor's house last night when he was struck and killed by a speeding police cruiser. officials say the cruiser was responding to a call at the time of the incident. members of the boy's family and a witness say the cruiser was speeding and did not have any of its police lights on at the time

of the accident. a spokesman for george h.w. bush says the former president will remain at a houston hospital for now, but that news of a possible discharge could come soon. doctors at houston methodist admitted the 90-year-old bush for observation after he was rushed to the hospital for shortness of breath last week. and the nfl's annual black monday tradition continues. today struggling teams handed pink slips to those not so surprising coaches and managers. new york jets' head coach rex ryan atlanta falcons' head coach mike smith, the chicago bears' ousted head coach marc trestman and gm phil emory and the san francisco 49ers officially parted ways with jim harbaugh, who reportedly will be the next coach at the university of michigan.

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official end to the u.s.-led combat mission in afghanistan. now a new mission is beginning aimed at helping the afghan government hold on to power. even as taliban units occupy territory increasingly close to the capital. colonel jack jacobs is a medal of honor recipient and msnbc analyst and tia covered the war in afghanistan. i want to start with you, colonel jack. thanks to both of you for being here. what does it mean colonel that the official war is over but we're still going to have substantial troops in harm's way? >> well in theory our actual combat troops, troops on the ground, actually fighting the taliban have left. in fact, we're going to have 10, 15, maybe even 20,000 people there acting as advisers. some people might think just being an adviser means you aren't going to be in harm's

way. i can tell you advisers spend lots of times with troops they're advising and they spend it in the field, often fighting against a hostile force. so the war -- our conventional troops have gone but advisers special operations special forces, and advisers are all still going to be in afghanistan, still be exposed to dangers as the mission continues. >> part of that mission is trying to bolster the government there and the new government of president ghani. how stable are those forces and will they be able to make it? >> i try to point at the new government as a success story we have seen in afghanistan. we saw a successful transition from president karzai's government to now president ghani's government. there is a lot of talk about the fact he hasn't been able to form a cabinet but that could be to make sure he takes his time to do this right.

right now we're seeing a power-sharing government between ghani as well as the other candidate, abdullah abdullah who is basically chief executive of the government as well. and the fact they were able to put their differences aside, the fact they could push forward and help afghanistan stand on its own two feet is a very good sign. with president ghani, we see a president willing to work with america, with the international community, something we saw fading away with president karzai. >> part of the issue of the u.s. still wanting to be involved with the government in afghanistan is pakistan. how much of our troop presence there is about propping up this government, which is more amenable to working with it but how much is remaining nearby as pakistan tries to get itself together? >> well, one of the interesting things that's happened recently is the tragedy of the massacre

at the school in pakistan has created moore than a little interest among the government and particularly the army in pakistan to close down the taliban's sanctuary in the northwestern provinces of pakistan. we'll get lots more assistance from the pakistanis now. and our being close to the pakistanis means we have to be close to pakistan as well. as a result, there will be a lot more interaction between pakistan on the one hand and americans inside afghanistan on the other to maybe close in on those taliban who are using the northwest of pakistan as a sanctuary. very important bestay close to them. >> staying on that, atia are we seeing more cooperation between the three countries in terms of pakistan and afghanistan being more willing to work with the u.s. and some success in trying to eeradicate what taliban remain

and willing to fight? >> we are seeing more of a cooperation. president ghani earlier this month went to pakistan to meet with the pakistani government there, to try to mend this relationship between the afghan and pakistani governments. the afghan government for some time now, particularly under president karzai, kept pointing the finger at pakistan as do much of the afghan people for the instability inside of afghanistan. but president ghani made his way to pakistan to talk to them about joining forces really into eradicating the terrorism they're seeing on both sides of the border now. many afghans have longed believe the sanctuary in pakistan has continued the war in afghanistan, creating the longest war for america as well. so they're hoping this new relationship -- will be more -- more cooperative and really trying to eradicate this

extremism and trying to bring the, quote/unquote, as they call it, the good taliban into the fold of the afghan government and trying to eradicate the quote/unquote, bad taliban. >> lastly, colonel jacks, obviously getting osama bin laden was a principle success for the united states in terms of the war in afghanistan. that, of course happening in pakistan. is there some metric by which we can judge whether or not this cost of so many years and so many lives was a military success? >> well there is a metric. that is that the war continues. by that standard the war -- our involvement there was not a success. at the end of the day what really happens to happen is the central government of afghanistan has to get control of its own territory and its own tribes and have an army that's capable of defending the country. until that you can't consider any effort there to have been a success. >> well o that rather grim note but very real note colonel jack

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with just awe few short days to go before 2014 is no more it's time to break out "the reid report" krystal ball. no, no wait not that crystal ball. that's my co-host krystal ball. i mean, this crystal ball. perfect. so what can we look forward to in 2015? well if you're rush limbaugh apparently not much. it means the sony data hack revealed more than just the unfortunate musings from sony executives about race and president obama. it showed one changing the face of james bond from these to this one. that british actor could potentially be 007 sent the right wing radio host into a

tizzy. bond is supposed to be scottish after all, and white. what if white characters were cast to play michelle obama and president obama? those are real people and james bond is not real. the handsome actor had this fun take on twitter but could it actually happen? my take is that season y fresh from capitalizing on the bizarre threats that briefly halted the release of the madcap comedy "the interview" which earned $15 million in limited release over the weekend might take the bait. there is a bond film in production starring daniel craig but it wouldn't surprise me if the sony folks make the next bond more obama than biden. sorry, rush. on the political front, here's literally the easiest prediction ever. there will be a clinton and/or a bush on the 2016 presidential ticket. after all, as "the washington

post" karen recently noted, there has only been one presidential election without a bush or a clinton since 1976. that's 38 years. the prediction may be dull but on the bush side of the ledger things could actually get interesting for jeb's state of florida, which is one of 22 red states still refusing to expand medicaid under the affordable care act. but could that change in 2015? as the gop dominated legislature might want to cut down the sunshine state's 700,000 uninsured to pad jeb's home state advantage. florida has already lost hundreds of millions of dollars in declining -- by declining obamacare. florida hospitals stand to lose more than $2 billion in federal funding for potential new benefits. that could give hillary, formally of hillary occasion a campaign plank in the clinton-friendly state. states like indiana, michigan and iowa are expanding medicaid using their own federally-approved versions of

obamacare. florida's newly re-elected governor supported doing the same in the past. expanding conch might not help eradicate jeb's brand problems like his repeatedly severed ties that profited from the aca, ties to lehman brothers his education reform ideas which happen to be exactly like president obama's education reform ideas, his occasional desire for immigration reform or his status as a died in the wool neogeocon. health care could become as important an issue for 2016 as shaken martin aniesymartinis are to bond james bond. that wraps it up for "the reid report." visit us online at it thereidreport.msnbc.com. "the cycle" is up next. first, brush roots then, blend through lengths. our most advanced system outside the salon. it's more than colour.

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answers as global teams search for missing airasia flight 8501. indonesian officials fear that plane is at the bottom of the sea. good afternoon i'm toure. as we come on the air, rescue teams are about to resume their search in the air and water near where the plane lost contact early sunday morning. there's a lot we still don't know, but we don the pilot requested a course change due to bad weather on that flight from indonesia to singapore. 40 minutes into the flight, all contact was lost stranger, there were no distress calls. 162 people were on board. some hope emerged this morning when an australian search plane spotted debris 700 miles from the last point of contact, according to the ap but no one can be certain that had anything to do with that missing flight. nbc's katy tur is in singapore following the very latest for us. >> reporter: hi there, toure. it's been two full days of searching in daylight and no sign of this plane. they have been searching around the