>> a little rusty from the new year. "morning joe" will be back this coming monday. we thank you for being with us this morning for all of the day's news on "msnbc live." a lot happening. let's get to it. officials hope improved weather conditions will help recovery efforts for flight 8501. at this hour the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency says the focus is on underwater detection. ships are using high tech equipment to search the java sea. several planes are also searching the area. meanwhile, at least ten bodies have been recovered so far. more than 150 people remain missing. funerals have begun after the first victim was identified. more than 100 people gathered in the rain for the elementary

school teacher's funeral. she was traveling with her husband, daughter, and mother-in-law all on vacation. let's go live to surabaya indonesia. we understand more victims were identified overnight. is that right? >> reporter: that's right. three more victims were identified overnight including a young flight attendant. and an 11-year-old indonesian boy and 22-year-old indonesian man. they are three more individuals identified. the fourth identified yesterday. as you mentioned before she was laid to rest by her family last evening. searchers ships are still onsite today but they are having trouble with the weather once again. high winds, heavy rains, 13-foot seas. they managed to recover some debris, however. they found an emergency fly from

the plane and part of a wing flap. the assumptions is that most of the bodies are in the fuselage so they are focused on finding the main body of wreckage but the weather is against them again today. >> how is the weather impacting the search so far? >> reporter: you have very heavy thunderstorms that roll through. seas at 13 feet. as high as 13 feet. it just makes it very difficult to get any sort of stability out there on the water so that you can deploy some of the high tech equipment and listen for the pings from the black boxes. also makes it very difficult for planes to fly and get any sort of eye on the sea with these thunderstorms rolling through. this is expected to continue for the next couple of days. >> is there any word on the black boxes? have they been able to find them or when do they expect to find them? >> reporter: they were hoping to use some of these hydrophones

today. there is a team on site with sophisticated equipment to drop into the water. they used it to help locate other aircraft. it was part of the team that looked for the black boxes from the air france flight 447 a few years back. the question is when can you actually use this equipment? the weather once again is really hampering their search efforts. so far there's been no sign no pings from black boxes at all. they're hoping optimistic that they can find them within a week but again the weather has to cooperate as well. >> thank you, kelly. time to bring in the founder and ceo of the risk investigation company roman and associates. anthony roman is here. an faa licensed commercial pilot and former flight instructor. anthony, thanks so much for being with us this morning. let's start this morning with that stall theory that investigators are talking about and that morbid term related to

it. >> coffin corner is what we'll examine this morning. fundamentally what it means is that the cruise speed and the stall speed differential at very high altitude at which this particular aircraft is flying is very, very small. this is why most aircraft at 37,000 feet 33,000 feet are flown in an automated fashion. in severe turbulence that stall speed can inadvertently be exceeded. we know that airasia was in an area of moderate to severe turbulence. the question is did they suffer a high altitude stall or did they suffer a power outage of some type and glide 100 miles, which would be the proper glide speed from 33,000 feet to a landing that the passengers could survive. there are several things that are going to give us the

answers. naturally the black boxes will help. other things include the structure of the aircraft examining the power plan the damage to the structure and autopsies of the victims will let us know whether or not they suffered extreme trauma suggesting a high impact crash with the ocean or whether or not they drown or suffered some other nontraumatic death. >> certainly all of the things they're considering as this investigation is going along based on what they gather now in collecting that debris. a source close to the investigation says it's possible the plane made a steep climb before it crashed. what do you take away from that as far as significance? >> there's two possibilities. one, extreme turbulence near level four and level five thunderstorms. there are 100 plus-mile-an-hour updrafts and downdrafts. one possibility is that the aircraft was caught in one of

those updrafts and made that climb inadvertently. the other is suggested by the pilot's request for an increase in altitude to 38,000 feet. perhaps he exercised his emergency authority when the air traffic controller denied the climb and began making the climb in an attempt to save the aircraft. >> with all of our coverage from mh-370 a lot of attention paid and clock ticking to get the black boxes and flight recorders. that was 31 days then. is it the same battery life for this plane? why is the time of essence in searching for the flight recorders? >> the flight recorders are the holy grail of the accident investigation. they will tell us all of the perimeters of the pilots' actions and we'll have the voice of the pilots during the course of the emergency. so it is critical we find them and, yes, we're about 23 24

days away from losing those signals. they have the possibility of continuing to signal for up to 35, 38 days. that cannot be certain. >> hopefully they'll make progress in finding that well before that. that's the hope. anthony roman, thank you for your perspective. we'll check back in throughout the morning here on "msnbc live." mario cuomo has died at the age of 82. his death comes on the same day his son, andrew was sworn into a second term in the same office he once held. nbc new york's david ushery has more on the life of a liberal giant. >> mario cuomo was born in queens. son of immigrants who came through ellis island to start a new life in america. his parents ran a grocery store and earned his bachelor and law

degree from st. john's university before starting his career as a legal assistant for the new york state court of appeals. cuomo entered private practice in 1958. cuomo was elected lieutenant governor in 1978 and declared his candidacy for governor in 1982. he once again faced ed koch in a primary but walked away victorious. he went on to win the general election. >> we won because people and the passion of belief are still more important than money. >> cuomo was catapulted into the national spotlight delivering a speech to the democratic national convention. >> there's despair, mr. president, in the faces that you don't see, in the places that

you don't visit in your shining city. >> reporter: the address launched him into a short list of front runners in '88 and '92. >> italian stallion at the moment. an old fashioned eded with the roots of the democratic party. >> reporter: he even kept a plane idling on the tarmac hours before the filing deadline while he debated whether to run or stay in new york to deal with the state's fiscal problems. >> it's my responsibility as governor to deal with this extraordinarily severe problem. were it not, i would travel to new hampshire today and file my name as a candidate in the presidential primary. that was my hope and i prepared for it. >> reporter: cuomo ran in 1994 in a nasty race that centered on a weakened economy and heated debate over the death penalty.

george pataki defeated cuomo. >> we have enormous power here. we have a fantastic future potentially. i have made mistakes as governor but i'm as proud as i can be of what we accomplished together. >> reporter: cuomo reentered private practice in 1995 and to this day remained a visible force in new york politics appearing by andrew's side during his own political career. >> chris smith, we heard in that piece, you called 1988 his peak. why do you think he didn't run for president that year? >> in '88, he was still on the rise. he felt he had a lot more to do still as governor. he also you know sized up the political odds and didn't think

he had much of a chance to actually win if he ran for president. in '92 when the white house was open he would have had a much better shot but his declining fortunes in new york state and enormous self-doubt and ambivalence stopped him once again. it made it a whole lot easier for bill clinton to ultimately win the democratic nomination and become president. >> in his 1992 convention speech, the governor touched on a number of themes that are still in play today. how did he define modern liberal ideology? >> you're right on top of it. a debate that still goes on today in democratic politics. nationally and in new york state. how much should government be looking out for the poor the weak. cuomo based much of his career on compassion for those folks. something that flowed out of his

catholic faith and his intellectual beliefs. he was a staunch opponent of the death penalty. he was a proponent of expanding the social safety net. in a paradox he became governor not long before two recessions hit the country and the state and he ended up pairing back a lot of those social programs in new york in order to close deficits. he remained whenever possible someone who believed in public education, who believed in the power of government to lift up the weak among us. and that's still something that we see going back and forth. clinton was elected very much as a centrist and ultimately declared he would end welfare as we know it. that flew in the face of what cuomo and others to the left in progressive politics believe in. >> when you look back at his impact, what would you say his

mark has been on both new york state and new york city? >> well a couple of things. you know he elevated the rhetorical standards beyond anything anyone in modern life has reached. since then his legacy locally is you know flesh and blood. the governor of the state of new york andrew cuomo who was sworn in for a second term yesterday as his father was leaving us, you know has governed in some ways in opposition to what his father did as governor. he's been more focused on practical accomplishments but yesterday put social justice, closing the income inequality gap, things you would have heard mario cuomo talk about 30 years ago, andrew cuomo put at the top of his list yesterday. >> he's been sworn in for a second term. what's the top of andrew cuomo's agenda in albany?

>> he's talked long and hard about one of the most difficult problems eternal problems in new york state reviving the upstate economy. he's also in a very smart sort of opportunistic way given protests over the police in the streets here in new york over the past month or so andrew cuomo talked a great deal about the loss of faith in the criminal justice system particularly among minorities. how exactly he improves that is harder to see. and he's talked about all of these things as national problems. national issues, which is very interesting considering that we've got a presidential election coming up in a little more than a year. you know hillary clinton presumed to be the democratic nominee but another cuomo keeping the door open as best as he can for any possibility that he might move onto the national

stage. >> new york magazine's chris smith, thank you for joining us and our condolences out to the cuomo family and the state of new york. the latest on the u.s. led assault on islamic militants. nearly 30 air strikes in iraq and syria closed out 2014. as "the wall street journal" reports, the battle against isis will see a new focus in 2015. a top priority will be a ground offensive by iraqi forces to regain control of mosul, the second largest city in iraq. there are fierce clashes near baghdad as u.s. troops train and advise members of iraq's army because of the fighting u.s. soldiers are now traveling at night by helicopter to keep a low profile. the police chief of a georgia city is on administrative leave after shooting his wife in what he claims was an accident. officials came to the home

around 4:00 a.m. new year's day after he called 911. his wife margaret was air lifteded to a nearby hospital who was shot by her husband's service weapon in her bedroom listed in critical condition. he's been at the helm of peach tree city police department as chief since august. he's not been detained or charged and officials say he's being fully cooperative with the state investigation. two west virginia police officers are recovering after being ambushed and shot during a traffic stop yesterday afternoon. the louisburg police officer pulled over a driver of a suv. while they were stopped, a red chevy truck pulled up and shot at the officers wounding them. the driver of the second truck was hit and taken into custody. the driver of the white suv took off hiding before turning himself in. there's more to this story. the two men claimed to be father and son and when police searched the back of the red chevy truck,

they found two bodies of people police are calling victims in north carolina. time now to get a check of our weather. new yorkers are used to the cold weather but the west are dealing with it and not so well. >> if you watched the rose parade yesterday, they were cold. southern california is cold again this morning. we're headed in the right direction. many on the east coast from frigid new year's eve and new year's day to a wet weekend ahead unfortunately. looks more rainy than anything else unless you are in northern new england where we'll deal with snow and ice coming your way. let me get to the maps here and show you where it's cold. indianapolis on the frigid side. 60% of the lower 48 is below freezing. over the holiday we had about 90% of the country below freezing. we're soaked this morning. it's a rainy friday. it's going to be a rainy saturday. tennessee, alabama, mississippi, into georgia. atlanta has showers now

beginning in atlanta. even the little rock area. we're going to get drenched. this rain and this storm is going to head up to the great lakes bringing warm air and rain into areas like ohio where they are celebrating from last night and indiana, kentucky and through pittsburgh. we have to watch out for that football game in pittsburgh on saturday. there could be some wet weather involved with that game. as far as snow goes the upcoming weekend, heaviest snows northern minnesota today and tomorrow and then saturday night and sunday morning in areas of northern new england and maine. again, there's not a lot of snow out there. hasn't been that snowy of a winter. the one problem we'll have be careful around oklahoma city wichita falls. freezing drizzle and freezing rain today into tomorrow and you're under an ice storm warning and that means power outages are possible if we get enough ice on the tree limbs. notice mild air on the east coast. no problems there. travel trouble today maybe atlanta in and out with airports with the rain. also tomorrow with thunderstorms and then by the time we get into sunday, the middle of the

country clears out but the east coast, look at d.c. is 64 degrees on sunday. unfortunately it will be rainy too. a filed first weekend of 2015 but it will be wet. >> we'll follow that. bill karins, thank you for that update. murders in new york city have dropped to an impropbable law but now challenges from city hall. a major upset in college football sets the stage for the first playoff national championship game. first, an unlikely pairing. kanye west and paul mccartney team up for a new song. was it a match made in musical heaven? we'll be right back. prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

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welcome back everyone. let's look at the morning papers. >> we'll get started here this morning and headlines making news this morning from nbcnews.com. the fbi is stepping in to assist with the investigation of 43 missing college students in mexico. at the request of the mexican government here u.s. scientists are analyzing dna evidence. corrupt officers are accused of

turning students over to a drug gang but now one prominent investigative journalist believes federal mexican authorities may have been involved. the body of one student has been identified since the disappearance in september there. the irish examiner with u2 set to begin its 19-city tour in may it's unclear what role bono will play. in an extensive message to fans on the band's website, bono says he's unable to move physically and as i write this it's not clear i will ever play guitar again. he'll have to concentrate hard to be ready for the tour and that the website post is "all the communication i can manage for the first half of 2015 beyond muttering and singing to myself." tickets for the upcoming tour are already sold out. and from press enterprise new data suggests 2014 may have been the warmest year since record keeping began in 1880 and to blame, greenhouse gases. federal scientists also say

temperatures of oceans are rising around the world with many reaching record breaking numbers last year. the earth also saw its warmest october and warmest ten-month stretch from january to october in recent recorded history. if you said last year wasn't so bad, that's your scientific reason right there. >> from "usa today," a report from cdc indicates e cigarette use is on the rise despite health concerns. use doubled among adults. students also show that teens are taking to vaping at rapid levels with more than a quarter million young adults who never smoked before using the devices. they are not regulated by the fda but the agency proposed doing so in the future. from time.com, what do you think of this. rapper kanye west and paul mccartney collaborated and released a new song just before the clock struck midnight. the new track called "only one"

which is what kanye actually means features west on vocals and you won't hear mccartney sing because he's on keyboard. it's a tribute written to west's mother. now that he has an expanded family, we know the wife and of course their daughter northwest. take a listen to that. ♪ i talked to god about you ♪ ♪ he said he sent you an angel look at all that he gave you ♪ ♪ you know i never left you because every road that leads to heaven is right beside you ♪ >> the song is available on itunes and can be streamed on west's website. it was pretty good. >> i like it. it's two musical giants. can't go wrong. >> do you love the fact how i skipped over the wife's name so that we won't mention the name of the wife. >> is that your goal for the new

year? see how long you can go without having to be forced. >> you don't have to mention her. everybody knows her. >> time now for sports. >> how much college football did you guys watch yesterday? >> i watched the ohio state game. >> sleep was important to me. >> that's why i'm rusty this morning. i stayed up late last night watching it. >> that's probably why joe's not here because of the outcome of that game. let me get into it. if you are like me and you love new year's day, i remember as a kid there would be 20 games on. you have to plan it out. then new year's day football got ruined. thank you for bringing it back to its glory and all because of the college football playoff system. let's get into it. let's start with top ranked alabama and number four ohio state. this is the sugar bowl. buckeyes were down 21-6. did not look good early in this game. they take the lead in the third quarter. jones is a third string quarterback. that's the 47-yard touchdown. jump to the fourth. ohio state up 34-28. this one looked like it put the

game away. elliott had a great game. 85-yard touchdown run. alabama is not done. they come back with a score. this brings it down to a one touchdown game. ohio state stopped on the next possession. three and out. alabama gets the ball back. they need seven points. touchdown to tie the game. only seconds left in the game. here's the final play. >> maybe the last play. simms deep. hail mary. not answered. intercepted. ohio state is going to win it. >> i don't think they have gone to sleep yet in ohio. ho state wins it in the upset, 42-35. they head to the national championship game. what was your reaction? >> a big party in our house. >> did you think they could do it? >> absolutely. i had confidence. of course. >> you were sleeping. i could ask you how many rem

cycles you got. >> let's get to the other game. oregon against undefeated number two florida state. this is the granddaddy of them all. the rose bowl. florida state was sloppy. they would love to play this one again. they were no match for that up tempo offense of the ducks. if you turned it off and back on later, what happened? five unanswered touchdowns. the ducks ended florida state's 29-game unbeaten streak. they lose in the semis 59-20. oregon will meet ohio state in the national title game on january 12th. not that we would ever gamble because we would never do shady things but oregon is a one touchdown favorite. this is like a basketball over/under. total number of points scored in the game. it's 74. that means vegas thinks this game will be like 40-30.

it's going to be a high scoring affair. let's go to number eight michigan state. this is fifth ranked baylor. baylor thinks they should have been in the semifinals. they were up by 20 points. 35-41. michigan state has amazing fourth quarter comeback. connor cook. ten-yard go ahead score. they came back from 20 down in the final quarter to win it. michigan state wins 42-41. if you haven't seen it yet, this was actually the play of the game. maybe the play of the day. this man was moving at 390, 6'7". catches the pass. and there was no way anybody was getting in his way. congratulations. what a memory that is for him. they did lose the game but i'm sure he'll save that ball for a long time. missouri and minnesota, the citrus bowl. big a day on the ground for the tigers. murphy rushed for 159 yards.

this 78-yard scamper. missouri goes onto beat minnesota 33-17 and finally number 18 auburn and number 19 wisconsin in the outback bowl. this is wisconsin running back melvin gordon. remember that name. he ran for 251 yards. the second most yards anyone rushed for in college football only one with more yards in a season was barry sanders a long time ago. that one comes down to that. auburn in overtime hits the upright on the 45-yard field goal attempt. wisconsin goes onto win. you're a big ten guy. it was a good day for the big ten. >> great day for the big ten. how exciting to have playoffs for college sports. >> it changed everything. >> it raises question about florida state and whether or not it should have been baylor or tcu. >> florida state was undefeated. >> in my household it's picture in picture, laptop. he's a nebraska guy. >> he's in the room at least. >> bill thank you very much.

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the new year will bring fatter paychecks to 3 million workers throughout the country. laws increasing the minimum wage are in effect in 20 states and

the district of columbia. at the start of f other new laws have gone into effect. nbc's pete williams takes a look at what is now law on the books. >> reporter: in california and connecticut, any qualified state resident can get a driver's license even immigrants here illegally. state officials say 1.5 million people could be eligible to apply. >> i have my passport. >> reporter: many applied ahead of time and it makes sense because drivers should know state laws. >> people are driving with licenses from their countries or other states with different rules and they are not properly trained in california driving safety. >> reporter: one catch the new licenses will be marked to show they cannot be used as a federally approved i.d. to board an airplane. under a new law in illinois employers must provide accommodations to their pregnant workers such as more frequent rest and bathroom breaks help with lifting and modified work schedules. >> we shouldn't put women in the position of choosing between their work and a healthy

pregnancy. these are not -- most of these accommodations are no cost or low cost to employers. >> reporter: more states are limiting the use of drones with cameras attached. north carolina is the latest state to ban them for use by hunters or by animal rights activists to spy on hunters. similar laws are now in effect in alaska colorado montana, and new mexico. and california now bans using them to capture images that could only be seen without a drone by trespassing. in new hampshire, hikers, skiers and hunters can buy a $25 hike safe card and if they are injured or lost and have to be rescued, they won't have to reimburse the state for its expenses which can run up to $50,000. and people on social security will see a slight boost in their checks in the new year. 1.7% cost of living adjustment. that means the average retiree gets about $22 more a month. >> that was nbc's pete williams reporting there. turning to other political

news former governor jeb bush is no longer sitting on any corporate and nonprofit boards as he looks into a possible presidential run. bush resigned from his positions earlier this week. joining me now from washington to break this down as far as the latest political move, msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt hunt. nice to see you this morning. what do you make of jeb bush's move? is this an attempt to avoid pit falls learned from mitt romney and what he learned in 2012? >> governor bush has been critical of the way governor romney handled his own business ties. he said that he was too timid. got distracted by it. didn't confront it head on. bush said this is something i'm proud of. i want to be someone known as creating jobs. that said this is clearly part of his preparation. his spokesman said as much that this is all about making sure that all of the loose ends are tied up as he moves toward a potential presidential bid. >> you have to consider also his

ties with the online education firm and will that impact his ability to promote himself as a true education reformer? >> right. "the washington post" looked at this in-depth. a firm looks at online courses for universities and it's one that raises questions as you say or could raise questions about whether or not he's impartial in dealing with these education policies or if there's too much of a conflict of interest. his spokesperson knows he's not on groups focused on k through 12 education. him stepping away from this commitment is exactly what we were talking about earlier in that had helps him avoid the pitfalls that romney faced in 2012. >> we've been talking about the controversy around steve scalise. he said it was foggy in 2012. now a public apology for that speech to a white supremacist

group. he said it's a mistake i regret and i oppose the views groups like these hold. i'm disappointed that anyone would infer otherwise for political gain. i reject that kind of hateful bigotry. you know speaker john boehner and other republican leaders here are backing him. how much will this affect him? will this be enough to keep his political career going? >> well look there is still some questions about exactly what happened and questions about whether or not we're ever going to see content of the speech that he gave. you now have an adviser, kenny knight to david duke raising questions about whether he spoke at the conference. he said he spoke at a civic organization at the same location. i have yet to receive a comment back from the scalise camp on that particular development. for house leaders, this is turning more into another fight with their right flank.

you have people on the right who are saying that this is unacceptable that steve scalise cannot remain in leadership. calls on the right many ways louder than calls on the left. you have heard a more muted reaction from people like nancy pelosi. while this is going to be a tricky thing to navigate for the house leadership i'm not sure that we have all of the facts we need to sort out where this is going to end up. >> interesting to see how much they'll tolerate in terms of a scandal this early in the new year. thank you for your perspective. up here, a day after a failed bid for statehood at the u.n. palestinian leaders push for be a extended role in global politics. more of that next when "msnbc live" returns. fast and cheap. or do it right. for almost 90 years, we've stayed true to the belief that if you put quality in, you get quality out.

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join 20 different international commissions after a rejection of a proposal requiring israel to leave the west bank within three years. they secured eight of the nine needed votes with u.s. and australia voting know. the u.s. state department called president abbas' actions counterproductive and escalatory. first of all were you surprised by the developments this last week? it seems like it just happened quickly vote and subsequent decision to join icc. >> the idea of the vote has been building for a while. you saw various countries supporting palestine's request for statehood. and so i think abbas felt like this was the time to start using that political capital to present a statehood bid to the u.n. security council. he knew it would fail. he was doing it because the peace process itself has come to a dead end and there's really

nothing left for him to do to remain legislatestimacy as a leader. >> you talk about domestic needs to do it but from international reaction, you say countries are starting to express support for an independent palestinian state. is this an attempt to internationalize their efforts for statehood and independence? >> i think it is. i think they have seen the breakdown of the peace process with the israelis and seen the u.s. not wanting to really make an an effort anymore so trying to internationalize it is a way to get momentum from the international community going and a way to make it feel as if the palestinian leadership is doing something. >> the vote was broken down with only the u.s. and australia voting against it. others abstaining. look at others that voteded for it including france russia and china, is there a growing isolation of israel in the international community in addition to what we're seeing with countries recognizing an

independent palestinian state and growing boycott movement against israel? >> it's growing but it's been growing very slowly for a very long time. i don't see anything particular at this point that makes it different. i think the thing that's different is that now the palestinians have effectively said we're giving up on the peace process and we're going to try and just embarrass israel as much as we can in these international forums. as a long-term strategy i have no idea that will get them anywhere but for now it's useful and smart political move. >> the u.s. has been extremely critical of israel's illegal settlement activity in the west bank and that continues. israel is headed toward elections. the u.s. wants a two-state solution but when it comes to calls to end occupation like we saw in the resolution the u.s. is opposed to it. why does the u.s. vote against resolutions like this at the u.n.? >> the u.s. doesn't want israel to be forced to do anything under pressure. it wants the peace process that we've seen for the last two

decades to continue. i think a lot of people on all sides of the conflict have built their careers on this process and so they want to keep this going. but most of all the u.s. doesn't want to see israel forced to do anything under pressure. this resolution called for something ambitious which is for israeli withdraw within two years. >> unrealistic to expect? >> yes. coming up bill de blasio enters his second year of new york city with the goal of repairing relationships with nypd. more on that after the break.

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welcome back. murders in new york city are down to a record low. the number of killings dropped to 328 last year. that's the lowest figure since 1963 when the police department began collecting reliable statistics. with tensions between mayor bill de blasio and nypd riding high officers are not in a celebrating mood. here with us now, a reporter for "the new york times" david goodman. thank you for being with us on the second day of the year. let's start with this. in the perspective of the mayor in office for a year now. how much of that drop in statistics there and those numbers and rate can be attributed to the new york city mayor and police commissioner bratton? >> it's an interesting question. when bill de blasio came into office last year the big fear was that he ran on a platform of reforming the police department

and he wouldn't be able to keep crime down. at the end of 2014, he succeededed in provesucceed edsucceeded in saying we'll see black and white photos of the 1970s and this is what de blasio administration will look like. it hasn't looked like that. he put that aside. he has a bigger challenge facing him which is his own police department despite incredible gains doesn't trust him. he's having incredible conflict with him right now. >> going back to that decline, who do police officers give credit to? >> really even though you had a change in administration you had a continuity in the approach of the police department. you have police commissioner bill bratton who was the police commissioner in the 1990s when the nypd first started eded to have a turnabout in crime. he wanted to prevent crime

rather than responding to crime that happened. that philosophy continued. >> you attended nypd police academy graduates in that ceremony earlier this week. and the mayor there said that the 2014 record was an achievement for the ages and you saw as we reported here in the middle of that address he faced turn backs which is what we've been seeing. what are obstacles the mayor and nypd will have to overcome in 2015 to bridge this gap that seems to be getting wider and wider. will we see turned backs from now on when nypd and the mayor are together? >> i think the first test of that will be a funeral for the second officer killed in ambush killing last month will happen on sunday and the most dramatic moment of back turning happened at the last funeral. if we see that again, which is an open question if we will that will be a moment. i think the mayor faces a real test with winning back the

police department and dede blasio administration points out over the course of the last few months they made repeated statements of support for the police and they have also earmarked or found money either from the district attorney or elsewhere, millions of dollars to give to the police department. from their mind they're doing everything they can. they say everything they can. the police and especially the police unions are not hearing it or if they hear this they don't believe it. >> if i'm bill bratton, i'm sitting on the fence here. how do you rate him as his role as a peace maker here? >> that's his big test. he was brought in essentially by the mayor to sort of -- that was the first sign for the mayor -- he saw that as his signal to the police department he was going for support them. i'll bring in this police leader respected across the country who is no slouch when it comes to fighting crime and now he finds himself in between his cops and his mayor. he's been navigating that fairly deafly so far. the closer he alliance with one side or the other, bigger

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there's a lot happening. let's get right to it. our lead story this hour. >> this morning officials are hoping improved weather conditions will help the recovery efforts for airasia flight 8501. the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency says the focus is on underwater detection. ships from indonesia, malaysia, singapore and the united states are using high tech equipment to search the java sea for wreckage from the jet. several planes are searching the area but one of indonesia's air safety investigators is warning it could take up to a week for crews to locate the flight data and voice recorders. ten bodies have been recovered so far. more than 150 people remain missing. let's bring in founder and ceo of the risk investigation company roman and associates. anthony roman is an faa licensed commercial pilot and former flight instructor. thanks for staying with us this morning. you said it may take investigators a week before they get to the plane and black

boxes, is that surprising considering they know the area and where it is and they have recovered some debris and some bodies already? >> it's not surprising at all. this is still a massive area. very small compared to mh-17. however, we just learned that they increased the search area to 93,000 square miles. that is an awful lot of territory to cover. despite the fact they have scores of ships, scores of airplane an airplane is still the smallest thing in the sea. so it's going to take a little bit of time. >> let's talk about what the investigators are looking at so far as far as a cause here. what are you taking away from the fact that they are looking at this plane may have stalled and there's a morbid term you were speaking to relating to it. >> there's as phenomenon known as coffin corner.

when an aircraft is near it's maximum flight altitude the differential speed between stall and cruise flight is only three or four knots. when an aircraft or airliner enters an area of severe turbulence, that turbulence can create a situation where the aircraft can inadvertently suffer an aerodynamic stall. when we first learned of this aircraft becoming missing, we understood that the area in which it might be found was approximately six nautical miles from its last point of contact. that would have suggested an aerodynamic stall. however, we later find that aircraft debris has been found approximately 90 to 100 nautical miles north-northeast of its last known position. now, an airliner from 33,000

feet can actually make a power off glide to about 100 nautical miles so this creates another dilemma. how will we solve that dilemma? >> you have to factor in the condition of the bodies. it's going to be very important how they find autopsies and what condition these bodies are in to determine what may have happened. >> frances, you are right. there are several factors we'll look for. one naturally the black boxes. the holy grail of the investigation. but there are very important elements to the investigation other than the black boxes. the fuselage the power plants the components of the aircraft will all tell a story. that story will be did they make a successful water landing or did they suffer a high impact? also the autopsies and examination of the bodies will suggest to us whether or not the bodies suffered severe trauma or they suffered a drowning event.

>> talk about the black boxes here. there's concern of course in the search for mh-370 that time was running out for locating the back boxes. is that the case here that it's 31 days and are they confident they'll find them before that time? >> i don't know if they're confident or not. it's very difficult to say what they are learning at this point. not a lot of information is being provided. however, they did increase the distance that they are searching so that suggests to me that they're having some difficulty and the confidence level may be falling a bit. >> weather conditions not helping considering it's monsoon season in that part of the world. anthony roman, thanks. we'll check back in later. >> let's go live to surabaya on the phone with live on the latest and some recoveries. we understand some victims have been identified kelly,

overnight being returned to their families. can you tell us a little bit of what that's been like for families of some of those identified. >> reporter: three more victims were identified today. a young flight attendant who posted a love message from 38,000 feet that's been in reports of newspapers across the world. she was identified along with an 11-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man also from indonesia. it's a very emotional scene here when people are notified of their relatives being identified. only happened with four people. another woman identified yesterday. a woman in her late 40s who was an elementary school teacher going on vacation to singapore with her family. in that instance the coffin is handed over. there's a short prayer. very emotional for family members. they then took her coffin to her village and after a short

ceremony buried her. similar scenes with three more victims now identified including an 11-year-old boy. you can imagine how difficult that is for family members. >> we heard earlier that the search area has been expanded now to about 93,000 square miles. sthaes that's a lot of territory to cover. talk to us about the weather and how that's impacting the ongoing search. >> reporter: it's a real problem. there have been reports about problems with the weather throughout this search for the last few days. one of the main problems is the sea state. we're talking about waves 13 feet high. those are incredibly rough seas. it's difficult to spot anything on the surface of the sea. it's difficult to recover things from the surface when the seas are like that. one report today of a searcher saying that we've spotted a body. we tried to recover it and then within seconds we lost sight of it just because the waves are so large and sort of disappeared in the waves. that gives you an idea of how

tough it is just to recover wreckage and bodies. when it comes to searching for the black boxes, there's an expert team on site today and they have that very sophisticated equipment to listen for the pings for black boxes under water but there again the problem is the seas are too rough to deploy that equipment and we were told today they were not able to use it. yet another delay in looking for the black boxes. >> kelly, thank you very much. he was one of the country's great liberal leaders and left his mark on the modern democratic party. mario cuomo has died at the age of 82. his death comes on the same day his son, andrew was sworn into a second term in the same office he once held. nbc new york's david ushery brings us more. >> reporter: mario cuomo was born in queens. the son of italian immigrants who came through ellis island with the dream of starting a new life for themselves in america.

cuomo's parents ran a grocery store. he earned his bachelor and law degree from st. john's university before starting his career as a legal assistant for the new york state court of appeals. cuomo entered private practice in 1958. in 1977 he ran for mayor of new york city but lost to ed koch in the primary. cuomo was elected lieutenant governor in 1978 and declared his candidacy for governor in 1982. he once again faced ed koch in a primary but this time walked away victorious and with the help of his son, andrew as campaign manager he went to win the general election. >> we won because people and the passion of belief are still more important than money. >> reporter: cuomo was catapulted into the national spotlight just two years into his first term delivering a keynote speech to the national

convention. >> there is despair in places that you don't see, places you don't visit in your shining city. >> reporter: the address launched him on the short list of front runners for the democratic nomination in '88 and '92. >> he's the italian stallion of democratic party politics at the moment. he's an old fashioned with strong feelings about the roots of this country and roots of the democratic party. >> reporter: he kept a plane idling on the tarmac hours before the filing deadline while he debated whether to run or stay in new york to deal with the state's fiscal problems. >> it's my responsibility as governor to deal with this extraordinarily severe problem. were it not, i would travel to new hampshire today and file my name as a candidate in its presidential primary. that was my hope. and i prepared for it. >> reporter: cuomo ran for a fourth term in 1994 in a nasty race that centered on a

weakening economy and heated debate over the death penalty. george pataki defeated cuomo delivering a blow to the democratic party and cuomo. >> we have enormous power here. we have a fantastic future potentially. i've surely made mistakes as governor but i'm as proud as i can be of what we have accomplished together. >> reporter: cuomo reentered private practice in 1995 as counsel at new york law firm and to this day remained a visible force in new york politics appear big his son, andrew's side throughout his own political career. 7.5% growth in the markets. i sense optimism perhaps but what is going to be the big mover in the markets in january? >> if you along at it we'll start off on a positive note to begin the new year.

futures point to what looks like a 65-point open for the dow. what is front and center for markets and traders in 2015 is what happens with the federal reserve because everybody expects that interest rates will start to rise as the fed looks to normalize things. that implies the economy is getting better. if that does happen there's a real wild card about how the market responds to that. the strategists that we speak to on wall street generally speaking look for about a 6% to 7% gain for the overall stock market in 2015 but that's not going to be without any kind of volatility. there's a lot of variables with regard to what can hit it. the fed is one of them and whether or not consumers continue to show strength in this market. two-thirds of our market is driven by consumer spending. as we see consumers feel better about the economy if they do that may help power things as well. everybody expects this to be a little bit more volatile than it has been in the past. >> let's jump overseas and talk about two important economies

russia and greece. we've seen instability in both of their economies and markets. how are global markets shaping up in the new year. >> you hit the nail on the head there as well. we can't look just within our borders here in the u.s. what's happening in greece right now is going to have a real effect on what happens throughout europe not because it's the biggest economy or the most important. because it becomes a variable in regard to whether the euro will function the way it normally does and whether economies there can sustain a shock. they are flirting with recessions in a lot of those markets. if that becomes a problem, you can see some real ripple effects on the market. also what's happening in places like russia. like you said, there's an issue with ukraine and issue with what's happening with the oil markets right now. russia needs a certain price of oil to function properly and get its budget intact. that becomes a real issue. there's unrest in the middle east and china is a huge one too. it's the second biggest economy in the world and if they show signs of slowing down that could happen ripple effects as

well. a host of issues with regard to how markets will be affected overall in 2015. the geopolitical risks are going to be front and center. whether or not the central banks step in to help is a big issue as well. >> thanks with that update on the markets. now to other stories making news this morning on the u.s. led assault on islamic state militants there. the coalition closed out 2014 with nearly 30 air strikes in iraq and syria. they destroyed several isis tactical units as well as buildings and checkpoints. as "the wall street journal" reports, the battle against isis will see a new focus in 2015. a top priority will be a ground offensive by iraqi forces to regain control of mosul, the second largest city in iraq. there are fierce clashes near baghdad as u.s. troops train and advise members of iraq's army because of the fighting. u.s. soldiers are now traveling at night by helicopter to keep a low profile. two west virginia police officers are recovering after being ambushed and shot during a

traffic stop yesterday afternoon. the police officers pulled over an suv after the plate registered as a stolen vehicle. a red chevy truck pulled up and the driver began shooting at the officers wounding them. the driver of the second truck was hit and taken into custody. meanwhile, the driver of the white suv took off hiding before finally turning himself in. there's more. the two men claim to be father and son and when police search the back of the red chevy truck they found two bodies of people police are calling victims from north carolina. house republican leadership is standing with congressman steve skalcalise after he acknowledged addressing a white supremacist group more than a decade ago. the majority whip said he spoke to many groups while trying to fight a state budget and he said one of the many groups i spoke to regarding this critical legislation was a group whose views i wholeheartedly condemn.

and now there are new questions whether he actually addressed the group at all. kenny knight a longtime aide to david duke and founder of the group that scalise allegedly addressed, he said he addressed a civil group before the group convened which contradicts what knight said. i asked scalise to be the first speaker before the meaning kicked off. bill karins is here to talk about the forecast. it's been a very cold few days here in new york. >> it's going to get worse. >> i don't want to hear that. >> just looked at long-term stuff, if you thought new year's eve was cold wait until next week especially the great lakes into the northeast. we're talking about brutal stuff. this morning we're still dealing with california and arizona being cold. phoenix is at 33 degrees. i got family there.

this is time of year i call them and rub it in as they do with me all winter long. as we go up the eastern seaboard we're mild today. here's next week. we get a taste on tuesday. this map really focuses on wednesday and thursday of next week. a large cold blast comes down from the great lakes and northeast especially. some areas in new england could get down as low as negative 20. these waiting to do that ice fishing or skating on the pond that will happen next week. here's the forecast over the next seven days. white shows you where cold air is. on sunday into monday we get a shot of that cold air. minnesota, wisconsin up through the great lakes. notice this time it doesn't go to the southern half of the country. then as we go through next week into tuesday and wednesday, look at the next shot that comes down wednesday. all of the way down to st. louis bitterly cold air and indianapolis and through ohio and that will shift into new england on thursday. keep that in mind that next week looks brutally cold. look at detroit's forecast.

freezing rain possible saturday. and then on monday a high of only 18. and it will be colder than that come wednesday and thursday next week. who has bad weather this morning? heading out the door atlanta, birmingham, all of alabama and mississippi and little rock and through arkansas. you're just dealing with rain. oklahoma city, be careful. freezing rain today. you're under an ice storm warning which means minor power outages are possible. keep that in mind as you go through the throughout your afternoon and evening. a lot of rain out there over the weekend. we start with rain today from dallas to atlanta. on saturday the rainy weather unfortunately moves right up into the ohio valley and right up into the east and mid-atlantic and then saturday night into sunday it will be rainy in new england and it does look like -- i feel bad for the ski resorts. in the northeast they had a really cold november. december was record warm and now we're in january and they're finally cold and then it's going

to rain. they can't catch a break. >> let me sum up your entire report. bundle up or stay dry unless you're in miami, right? >> that works. i could have saved two minutes if i said that. >> bill thanks. a lot more coming up. it may be a new year but gm recall woes are following the automaker into 2015. after a lackluster year at the box office hollywood is poised to downs back in a major way. a lot of must-see movies coming up in 2015. we'll be right back.

we start with this from the boston herald. they want jury selection to begin as planned on monday. lawyers are calling for an appeal saying he can't receive a fair trial. tsarnaev does not meet the special circumstances that would warrant change of venue request there. >> let's move to the atlanta journal constitution.

the wife of the chief of police of peachtree city georgia, is in critical condition after being shot by her husband in what he claims was an accident. he was placed on administrative leave following the incident which occurred in the early morning hours of new yaerear's day and officials say he's been fully cooperative. >> reporter: he's the top cop in peachtree city georgia, but state investigators are trying to find out what happened inside the home just hours into the new year. >> there are a lot of things we don't know yet about what took place that we need to know before we can make any decisions. >> reporter: authorities say the chief called 911 just after 4:00 a.m. on thursday telling the dispatcher he had accidentally shot his wife in their bedroom with his department issued handgun similar to this one. margaret was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> the initial reports that we got from the 911 call was that the chief had shot his wife

accidentally twice. as a result of our preliminary interview, we have found that he only shot her one time. >> reporter: police aren't revealing what led to the shooting or how the gun could have accidentally fired. the chief has not been charged with a crime but is on administrative leave. he had been the chief less than a year. >> department is hurting at this point. we're very concerned for his wife. we're concerned for the chief. >> reporter: neighbors are in disbelief. >> a lot of people are praying for her. >> reporter: and hoping that what happened here was nothing more than just a freak accident. >> now to other headlines this morning from the detroit news the fallout over gms faulty ignition switch is following the company in the new year as the automaker issues more recalls. more than 92,000 suvs and trucks are being recalled amid concerns the ignition switch may stall the car and prevent air bags from deploying in a possible crash. 84 rounds of recalls were issued last year amounting to more than

30 million vehicles worldwide. business insiders messaging app snapchat do you use this? >> i don't know what it is. >> it says it raised $486 million according to a filing it made with the securities and exchange commission. the company was valued at $10 billion this summer. users send more than 700 million disappearing snap messages a day. >> is that the cool -- is that what cool kids use now? >> that's what you do when you don't want anyone to see what you're messaging about. i can send a message about you and you would check to see what it was and it would disappear. >> you guys are the cool kids. >> no trace of it. >> we're the cool kids all right. >> do we look like the cool kids. >> i'll sit next to you in the cafeteria. "los angles times" here, the star of movie "inception" wed

his girlfriend at a ceremony at his home in december. he had been quiet about his dating habits. he told howard stern in 2013 he was dating someone outside of the entertainment industry and hoped the relationship would remain private. >> clearly a smart woman. huffington post a town in honolulu, hawaii is reeling after a 16-inch long coconut crab was captured. there's a picture of it. coconut crabs known for their strong claws which can easily tear through a coconut are considered an invasive species. crabs are native to pacific islands but an extremely rare sighting with last one found in 1989. no one is sure how the five-pound crab got into the area but it will go on display

at the local zoo so you can see it. >> it's beautiful. it's like a blue lobster. >> i wonder if you can eat them? instead of a clack bake throw in coconut crab too. >> it didn't look like anything i would want to eat. you never thought clams and mussels would be good until you try it. >> you can try this one first. >> i'm a little jealous and envy envious of you. your bedtime was later. >> an ohio state guy is happy. let's start with alabama and number four ohio state in the sugar bowl. buckeyes were down early. 21-6. looked like alabama would roll in this game. all of a sudden jones. only second start ever. he beats alabama. 47-yard touchdown pass. and then this was the big run. this was elliott. 85 yards to the house. and this one.

up two touchdowns late in the game. alabama wasn't done yet. could they have a miracle comeback to force overtime? it forced three and out and all they have to do is get the ball back and they need a touchdown. they are running out of time and this was their last play of the game. >> maybe the last play. simms deep. hail mary. not answered. intercepted. ohio state is going to win it. >> and not to be. ohio state. did you stay up to the very end? >> very end. >> what time was it at? >> i think it was almost 11:40 by the time it was over. >> too much excitement. i'm not watching the clock. >> i don't want my bosses to know i was up until past midnight. there was celebration afterward. at least you don't ask me what time i went to bed.

>> i didn't ask if you were drinking. let's go to the granddaddy of them all in pasadena. third ranked oregon and number two undefeated florida state. it was 18-13 at the half. in the second half florida state had five turnovers in the game. it was 25-20. then all of a sudden it was a floodgates opened up. it was just a route in the second half. florida state didn't even score for the last quarter and a half. 59-20. that sets up our first ever college football playoff championship between oregon and ohio state. that game is on monday january 12th. not that we would ever get involved in such things as gambling because that's illegal, oregon is a seven touchdown favorite and this could be a basketball score. they expect total score to be around 74. this will be high scoring

offensive super exciting. this has been such a success, they'll go to eight teams in college football playoff. >> look at the wisconsin game. michigan state game. very exciting. >> people argue it's not about the money. that's what makes college football college football. it's about the game. >> college football is making $5 million a year as a coach. let's talk about jim harbaugh. the school's new head football coach they announced on tuesday. it didn't take long to break out the new merchandise. you can now get your official number 4 harbaugh jersey and that's the one i would choose on the right. frances would choose those khaki pants on the left. the khaki pants of course which he's famous for as coach of the 49ers that he was seen wearing that his wife said he paid $8 for and he buys them regularly at walmart for eight bucks a pair. >> i wonder if he'll upgrade now that he makes millions. it's a good luck thing. >> you have mom jeans and dad khakis. that's what he's famous for.

>> mom jeans are cool again. >> if you didn't have enough football for new year's this weekend nfl wild card weekend. we've got ravens visiting the steelers on saturday. could be a rainy game. on sunday, the colts will host the bengals and nfc panthers with their losing record host the cardinals and then on sunday in what i think will be the most entertaining game, this one will be interesting. dallas cowboys hosting the lions. >> that's going to be exciting. >> you're a cowboys fan? >> lions. the ohio michigan connection there. >> do you have a team? >> football widows, we'll all unite in coming weekends. >> shopping days. >> another excuse. not that we need one. coming up here making it official. we'll look at major players in both political parties will declare for 2016. peter alexander has more on that next. and then you give some more.

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republicans now control the house and senate but can we find a candidate to help retake the white house? now even though we're just hours into 2015, 2016 talk is already consuming the discussion. nice to see you this morning? >> 2016 talk has been sucking up the oxygen since 2012 i believe. >> now even more so. let's start with potential candidate most visible the last couple weeks.

jeb bush. he was on the fence for a while as we know. do you think these rounds of moves by him, resignations from the board, is kind of intimidating more established candidates? >> i don't know if it's intimidating. it's clear that jeb bush is in and the move that hasn't been announced is he's going to resign from being george w. bush's brother. >> all right. when that happens we know he's all in. you know what? chris christie here said jeb bush factor here isn't going to have any bearing on whether he's going to jump in or not. he's expected to announce his decision early this year. your take? is he jumping in and getting in this race? >> you'll be able to tell that he's going to get in when he stops telling people to sit down and shut up. if he does announce that will be signaled by the fact that george washington bridge will be free of traffic. >> all right. throw in the romney factor with

that as well. what's your take on it? >> well, i mean mitt romney keeps on saying he's not going to get in. and every time he says that his numbers increase in the polls. i'm still not convinced that maybe something will push him to decide, you know what i'll try one more time. >> on the other side here let's look at democrats. associated press has a piece out asking what if hillary clinton does not decide to run for president and you got to look at these polls where she's clobbering democrats in the primaries. in that event, who rises to the top? who gets bumped up in these tiers if she bows out. >> top being a term of art. joe biden is considered plan b and chances are he would get in. of course you keep on hearing speaking of mitt romney denying he's a candidate, you hear elizabeth warren denying she's a candidate which leads some of us to believe that absolutely she's

a candidate. so we'll see. the fact of the matter is that the democrats don't have much bench strength. >> we're talking about the same names. who is there on a field team here? who do we talk about as far as dark horse candidates that we're not even talking about that may not be on the scope for now that somewhere down the road in 2015 why weren't we talking about them and watching them earlier in the year. who are those names? >> there's a pawn shop operator in des moines iowa who we haven't been talking about so far. you know you have names like martin o'malley who would like to be want to be but they are underdogs. >> well said as always. thank you for the perspective. up next flu season is well under way and now the cdc warns the disease has reached epidemic

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welcome back. time now to bring you medical headlines. a new study finds u.s. cancer deaths have fallen by more than 20% since 1991. the american cancer society says improved ways of providing cancer and decline in smoking helped save more than 1.5 million americans in that time period. the researchers found about 169 per 100,000 people died of cancer in 2011. that's down from 215 per 100,000 that died 20 years ago. the study also predicts that lung cancer will be the top cause of cancer deaths in both men and women for 2015. another study claims that biological bad luck can play a major role in someone being more vulnerable to cancer. they looked at different types of cancer and found that random dna mutations were behind

two-thirds of the cancer types that were part of that study. the researchers say lifestyle choice and genes can affect cancer such as lung and skin cancer. looking ahead to the new year, food experts predict what the top food trends will be. u.s. news and world report looks what the this thinks will be in for 2015 and kale is so 2014. kale sprouts a cross between red russian kale and brussel sprouts will be a big hit and smoked foods and pistachios will have a big year being included in sauces and on pizzas as well. and same day food delivery companies including amazon fresh, peapod and fresh direct are expected to expand. cdc is reporting that flu season hit epidemic levels. 22 states reported a high level of flu activity.

thank you for joining us. the numbers are surprising. why is the flu this season breaking out in record numbers? >> i think it's important for people to understand that there really is a flu epidemic every season it's just when in the season it occurs. we're on the early side. sometimes we've seen flu hit epidemic levels in october. the reason why this flu season is so bad is the strain circulating right now happens to be a strain that predicts a more severe season in general. what we're talking about this year is that the flu vaccine unfortunately the strain that's covered in that flu vaccine was a drifted variant so the vaccine covers 50% of the flu we see out there right now. >> the cdc reported that 15 children died in 2014 unfortunately. what are the most typical ways kids get the flu and is there anything parents can do to

protect them? >> number one, get your children vaccinated. period. above six months of age all children should be vaccinated. children should also be instructed no the to share utensils and don't share cups. cough into your elbow. young children have their hands around their faces. the way the flu gets in is through the mouth and nose and eyes. avoid contacting your face. i think what's really important for parents to understand is if their child suddenly comes down with a high fever, flu-like symptoms, get them tested quickly within the first day or two. they go to the pediatrician's office and you have a result in 15 minutes and you can start an antiviral early in the course of the illness. >> some of those things can apply to parents. we know 7.2 million flu related illnesses last year according to cdc. what is it that people can do besides getting vaccinated and the fact that there's now this new strain should people still get vaccinated? >> absolutely.

number one, even though it's not a perfect match, there is partial protection. additionally, we're early in the flu season. a different strain may predominate in the next few months and the vaccine covers three or four different strains. the same recommendations hold for peeddiatric and general population and elderly which are the most vulnerable groups. >> let's go through the way the cdc recommended people to fight the flu. one, get vaccinated. take daily preventive actions to stop the spread of germs. take antiviral medication if your doctor prescribes it. do you expect it to be a dangerous spread? >> it's going to be a difficult season because the strain happens to be a robust one. we're probably going to see a difficult flu season. not something unprecedented. people still have to take the precautions that we mention every year and again the most vulnerable people need -- we

need to be careful about those people. i like to promote the idea that it's a good idea for everybody to get vaccinated. it reduces the flu burden in the community and less people will get sick. >> is there a reason people don't get flu vaccinated? >> a lot of different reasons. a lot of people have a very wholistic mindset and think their body will fight the flu on its own for vast majority of people that's true and there are myths that it is unsafe and causes various diseases. they have been debunked. i encourage people to read the literature carefully. still ahead, hollywood looks to cash in on some of the most highly anticipated films of the year. will it be enough to break the movie industry's downward financial slide? all that and more when we return just after the break.

after a disappointing 2014 hollywood is hoping for more box office success in the new year. major upcoming releases

including fifty"fifty shades of grey" could help make 2015 a blockbuster year for the industry. >> reporter: hollywood is ringing in 2015 and ready for it. >> last year was child's play. >> reporter: after a mediocre 12 months. >> a lot of people would argue that movies weren't that great. >> reporter: a record setting 2013 turned into a box office tumble last year with a 4% drop in ticket sales but some analysts think this year studios could rake in $11 billion. you are saying best year ever? >> best year ever. 2015 is like the calvary coming over the hill to save the day with a lot of huge movies. >> the studios tastes are not. >> studios want to hit four quadrant

quadrants, old, young, male, female. 2015 won't be defined by the family friendly fare but by the franchises. >> if you look at the movies set for 2015 it's like the mt. rushmore of big franchises. >> the now bond movie. the seventh fast and furious installment. the terminator is back. >> i've been waiting for you. >> so is "jurassic park." >> you have people that remember the original "star wars." that's the most anticipated movie of the year. >> reporter: battle with the dark side expected to light up the box office in december. a force to end 2015 strong.

>> i'm so excited about that. >> we think "fifty shades of grey" will be a big disappointment. have you read the book? >> no. >> would you admit if you read the book? >> i clearly would. i don't hold back. >> here with us now from baltimore to weigh in on the films already creating buzz for 2015 "the washington post" film critic. i want to start out this holiday season with a lot of films coming out. "selma" has rave reviews. it's drawing criticism for its portrayal of lyndon johnson. luther

king. you know you see a president sort of representing all sorts of pressures and different political points of view that he has to juggle. while king is putting forth his agenda. i think it's a much more dynamic relationship than just an open conversational one. i would love for viewers to experience this film for themselves because it's just a powerful emotional artistic experience. >> selma rescues martin luther king from his role as a warship quote secular saint. was that a big risk? >> huge. this is the first time we've seen martin luther king represented in a major film. it's been such a long road. and the director i think did a brilliant job of kind of unleashing him from what could have been a wax work portrait of

a, too much of a pedestal. he humanizes him. he's a man of doubt. he's a man of unsure steps. he's not entirely sure all the time that what he's doing is the right way. david ayellow brings forth a terrific performance. he really embodies him as a fully realized human being and a character. so i just think the movie is a really powerful experience. you know all these sort of fact checking conversations that we have, which now seems to be part of the ritual of going to these fact based films i think can be a really valuable additive but see the film, you know it's part of the whole experience and the film itself is really worth seeing. >> i want to ask you, you probably heard us talking about how bill and i think it's going to be a bust. 50 shades of gray. so much anticipation for this

for a really long time. can it live up to all the hype? >> whenever people try to make, you know, as the report said these four quadrant movies people are trying to machine these movies to serve a presold audience they think will automatically come. and that's not always a guarantee as we saw in 2014. it really does have to do with the execution. it has to be done well. of course 50 shades of gray is is introducing two unknowns. that aren't household names. but, you know, chris pratt was also not a household name and he ended up leading guardians of the galaxy which was the most successful movie of the year. >> let me ask you about two franchises that are going to make big comebacks, jurassic park and then the force awakens. which one do you think is going to do better and what do they have to do to make up for jar jar binks? >> the great news -- it's

interesting that chris pratt is in jurassic world. i think the effects are the show with jurassic world. i think that's probably the reasoning behind bringing it back is that the technology has made it a whole new experience. with star wars i think the best news about this is it's being done by j.j. abrams who, first of all, did such a brilliant job rebooting star trek. i thought he threaded that needle beautifully. he's clearly a guy who has grown up with star wars worshipping spielberg. he made a wonderful movie a few years ago called super eight which was a real homage to the spielberg movies of his youth so i feel he'll come to this with great affection honoring the franchise and with really good taste. again, this is all execution dependent. >> you got to love the throwback style of it. total throwback. added with modern day special effects. >> exactly -- >> -- powerhouse movie --

>> yeah winning movie -- >> -- fantastic four and avengers. >> that's true they do -- >> i think the james bond movie is going to be big. >> yeah -- >> all right, well we'll see. ann hornaday thank you very much. up next recovery continues for air asia flight as families begin to lay their loved ones to rest. plus, will the u.s. military change the strategy against isis militants in the middle east? that's coming up. when msnbc live returns. e off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. >> important message

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the second day of january. >> "morning joe" will be back this coming monday. but we have all of your morning's stories and there's a lot happening. >> this morning, officials are hoping improved weather conditions will help the recovery efforts for air asia flight. the focus is on underwater detection. meanwhile, at least 30 bodies have been recovered. more than 130 people remain missing. more than 100 people gathered in the rain for the elementary school's funeral. she was traveling on a vacation. msnbc correspondent katy tur. >> reporter: more victims were identified and now more wreckage recovered. including three large parts of the plane. that officials say they will

examine as fast as they can. the focus is still on the seabed and that large shadow. a team with specialized equipment is now on the way to listen for pings from the black boxes. much like the search for mh 370. meanwhile, at the capitalen's house, comfort for his grieving wife. she told us she is holding up as best she can. my condolences to you. they trained as military pilots together. in 2013 they celebrated 30 years of friendship. what do you think went wrong? do you have -- i mean what do you think happened? >> i don't know. >> reporter: today he and a few other pilot friends of the captain were at a loss as to what went wrong. is it hard to fly around here sometimes? >> in a tropical area like indonesia, especially in the

rainy seasons like this very serious for us for the pilots. >> let's bring in nbc news correspondent kelly could bebialla. we understand more victims have been recovered. what it like for families and officials as they try and recover more of these bodies? >> it's been successful for searchers today considering they recovered 20 more bodies. that's more than they've been able to recover in the past 20few days. brings the total now to 30. the identification process here is going on 24/7. there are constantly relatives coming in and out of the family tent. people looking worried. distraught. as people are identified that is more of a private process. there's a prayer that's said over the coffin of the victim.

the family member is allowed to take their relative away and they continue on with a funeral in a place of their choosing. three more people have been identified overnight. a flight attendant and an 11-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man, all indonesian. the assumption among searchers is the bodies many of them could still be strapped in to their seats in the fuselage, in the bulk of the plane, and they really want to find that large piece of wreckage. they've just been held back by weather conditions. >> some of the bodies being recovered. an emotional day. certainly bringing them some closure. is whether impacting the search? >> they were hopeful earlier today the seas would calm down a

little bit. also, to get a better view of the seafloor. they're assuming it's only in about 100 feet. so if seas do calm down they'll find it quickly. but that didn't happen today. they are still recovering wreckage from the top of the sea. they pulled emergency chutes out of the water. a piece of wing flap out of the water. they've also according to the indonesian search and rescue chief, pulled at least two of those bodies from the sea surface. they were still in their plane seats. suggesting there was some serious break-up on the floor, if that's where it is. >> thank you very much kelly. >> let's bring the founder and ceo of the risk investigation

company roman and associates anthony roman. thanks again for sticking around for us this morning. talk about the conditions and how some of the bodies and debris were found. >> it's very interesting where the aircraft remains have been found. it's approximately 100 nautical miles north-northeast of the last known position of the aircraft. the winds and currents in this region are predominantly southwest. that suggests the aircraft made a no power glide and perhaps landed safely in the water. only to be overcome by the storm and very large waves. also we find that the remains viewed to date have not suffered severe trauma impact.

the autopsies are going to be very important here in determining the cause of death which will help lead us to perhaps what happened in the final moments of the aircraft. naturally, the black boxes are the holy grail and it's very hopeful that we will find it. but the aircraft search zone has been increased to 93,000 miles. as a result it appears to me they're having some difficult yous. this is the monsoonal season. so it's going to be a very difficult process. >> those massive waves also making it very difficult for them. anthony roman, thank you. now on to mario cuomo's death. the former governor has died at the age of 82. he had aspirations to be

president. he never followed them. here's nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: mario cuomo passed away on the same day his son was sworn in as the governor of new york. earlier, his son spoke about his dying father. >> he couldn't be here physically today, my father. but my father is in this room. he's in the heart and mind of every person. his inspiration of his legacy and his experience is what has brought the state to this point. >> reporter: the son of an american dream. born in queens new york to italian immigrant parents. who came through with little more than with the clothes on their backs. a gifted athlete, he played

baseball in contract.llege. after an injury, he returned to st. john's university to earn an undergraduate and law degree. always active in politics cuomo became new york secretary of state in 1975. two years later, he ran against ed koch and lost his bid for the democratic nomination for mayor of new york. cuomo was elected new york's lieutenant governor in 1978 and became governor in 1982. >> we won because people -- people and the passion of belief are still more important than money. >> cuomo was a liberal lion who electrified the crowd when he delivered the keynote speech at the democratic national convention in 1984. his words aimed at president ronald reagan. >> there is despair, mr. president, in the faces that you don't see.

in the places that you don't visit in your shining city. >> reporter: the speech won him an instant following. many yearned for a cuomo presidential run. >> he's kind of the italian stallion of democratic politics at the moment. with strong feelings about the roots of this country and the roots of the democratic party. >> reporter: his reluctance to run earned him an unfortunate moniker, hamlet on the hudson. two years later seeking the term as governor cuomo lost to george pataki. >> we have enormous power here. i've surely made mistakes as governor. but i'm as proud as can be of what we've accomplished together. >> reporter: he remained a visible force in new york politics. including the support for his son andrew who followed in his father's foot steps to become governor as well.

cuomo leaves behind his beloved wife of more than 50 years and children chris, madeleine, margaret maria and andrew. >> earlier this morning, i spoke to new york political commentator chris smith about his legacy. you wrote in your piece online remembering the former governor. you called 1988 his peak. why do you think he ultimately didn't run for president that year? >> well in '88, he was still on the rise. he felt he had a lot more to do still as governor. he also sized up the political odds and didn't think he had much of a chance to win if he ran for president. in '92 when the white house was open he would have had a much better shot. but his declining fortunes in new york state and his enormous self-doubt and ambivalence

stopped him once again. bill clinton ultimately won the nomination and became president. >> in his 1992 speech touching on topics still in play today. how did he define liberal ideology? >> it's a debate that goes on today in democratic politics nationally and in new york state. how much should government be looking out for the poor the weak? cuomo, you know, based much of his career on compassion for those folks. something that flowed out of his catholic faith. and his intellectual beliefs. you know he was a staunch opponent of the death penalty. he wasproponent of expanding the social safety net. he became governor not long before two recessions hit the

country and the state. he ended up paring back a lot of those social programs in new york in order to close deficits. but he remains whenever possible someone who believes in public education, who believes in the power government to lift up the weak among us. and that's still something we see going back and forth. clinton was elected as a centrist and declared he was going to end welfare. and that flew in the that's of what cuomo and others to the left in progressive politics believe in. >> that was part of our conversation with new york magazine's chris smith. >> now to the latest on the u.s. led assault on islamic state militant militants. closed out 2013 with nearly 30 air strikes in iraq and syria. but as "the wall street journal" reports, the battle against isis will see a new focus in 2015.

a top priority will be a ground offensive to regain control of mosul, the second largest city in iraq. there are fierce clashes as u.s. troops train and advise members of iraq's army. u.s. soldiers are now traveling at night by helicopter to keep a low profile. the police chief of a georgia city is on administration leave after shooting his wife in what he claims was an accident. officials came to his home around 4:00 a.m. new year's day. his wife was airlifted to a hospital. according to officials, shot by her husband's service weapon. the chief has spent nearly three decades in law enforcement. has only been at the helm of the police department as a chief since august. he has not been detained or charged. officials say he is cooperative. police officers are

recovering after being ambushed and shot. the police officers pulled over the driver of a white suv after the plate registered as a stolen vehicle. a red chevy truck pulled up and began shooting at the officers. the driver of the second truck was hit and taken into custody. the driver of the white suv took off hiding before finally turning himself in. there's more to this story here. the two men claim to be father and son. when police searched the back of the red chevy, they found two bodies of people police are calling victims in north carolina. let's go to my favorite part of the day. that is a check of the weather with nbc bill karins because i know you're not going to have good news for us. >> you're learning it's like joe and mika. it's their little break time. let's go to the weather. hope your new year's off to a good start. with the cold and of course the freak snow in areas of san diego. it snowed in the floor of the grand canyon. phoenix this morning was down to

33. so that's still kind of one of the stories. now we're moving east. that storm is now going to cross the country. thankfully, a lot of us it will just be rain. this morning, the pink on the map shops you where the freezing rain is. we're going to go to wichita falls, now 31 to oklahoma city you're under an ice storm warning. a quarter inch of ice on power lines, tree branches overpasses. so be careful driving, especially on bridges. i mentioned the rain it's going to pour on and off, from mississippi, alabama, georgia. that rain is going to head into the ohio valley and areas of the mid-atlantic. that includes areas like pittsburgh who have a very important football game outdoors on saturday. that will be in the cold windy rain. there's the rain forecast. if you're wondering about snow careful driving. later tonight and tomorrow. maine, new hampshire, vermont, is going to get some snow and

ice. the big story is going to be next week. if you're from minneapolis to new england, middle of next week looks frigid. they're talking negative 40 windchills possible in minneapolis. we could see temperatures into the single digits even new york city. so that will be the big story next week but no snowstorms so i think we can deal with the cold. >> i wish i lived in miami where it's 80 degrees. >> that's why they live there. >> bill karins thank you. still ahead, after a successful limited release, sony is making it easier to watch "the interview" from the comfort of your own home. 51 years after the clash, a man decides it's finally time to get a piece of his ford thunderbird removed from his arm.

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morning papers. u 2 fans going whoa. this is awful. with u 2 set to begin its tour in may, it is unclear what role front man bono will play. >> i'm not going if he's not there. >> this is crazy. to fans on the band's website, bono writes he's unable to move around physically and that quote, as i write this it is not clear i will ever play guitar again. the rock star said he'll have to concentrate hard to be ready for that tour and the website says all the communication i can manage for the first half of 2015 beyond muttering and singing to myself. >> this is from falling off a bike. >> it's a pretty serious incident if he's not going to be able to play guitar. >> you were talking about sold out shows here. >> hopefully he can still write music though. >> if he doesn't show up will people ask for their money back? >> there's no u2 without bono that's the bottom line.

to release their controversial comedy "the interview" through video on demand. the price starts at $5.99 and will be released throughout the weekend. more than 2 million people have already downloaded or streamed the movie since its christmas eve release. >> they've estimated about 700,000 people have illegally viewed it. >> i'm not one of them. i haven't seen it. >> i haven't heard a review. >> well "the washington post," two of the country's biggest delivery services had a happy holiday. following a rough showing last year, both u.p.s. and fedex upped their on-time performance. i guess they didn't factor in my package that was delivered on the 27th. according to analysis the companies each dropped off 90% of express packages on-time.

that's a big jump from last year when -- we didn't have many of those videos either. we had videos of people throwing packages over the fences. >> two words for you, amazon prime, get on it. then those packages will get to you. >> wait until drones start delivering things. everything will be fine then. >> with "usa today" reporting that from the cdc, that indicates e-cigarette use is on the rise despite the health concerns from 2010 to 2015 electric cigarette use doubled among adults in the united states. studies also show that teens are taking to vaping at rapid levels here. and now they're using the devices. as we know e-cigarettes are not regulated by the fda. >> you just feel like this is going to come up. like the surgeon general.

something in d.c. is going to happen. >> it's just so new, you know. >> it's growing fast. they got to get on it quick. >> you don't want to be behind the trend line too much. >> good news from the los angeles times. they're beginning to tally up their donations. including big gift from some of the country's richest people. the top ten largest donations added up to more than $3 billion. that's with a "b." among then google's co-founder larry page who wrote a single $177 million check to a memorial foundation named after his father. while the grand total in giving was down slightly from last year it was significantly higher than after the great recession. so at least people are still give ing giving in large numbers. >> these are the people who have more money because of the -- >> richer and richer. >> you heard the story out of chicago. >> this one is insane. >> this is a 75-year-old man in

illinois. he's recovering after surgery to remove an unusual object from his arm. he had a seven inch turn signal that was embedded in his left arm for the last 50 years ss following a car accident in 1963. nbc with more. >> reporter: no one was sure what they would find when arthur had surgery to remove a mysterious object from his arm. he had a good idea. >> it was a good awful accident and, you know, it was not very probable somebody would come through something like that. >> reporter: arthur crashed his 1953 thunderbird into a truck. >> i was reported being dead by one of the radio stations. glass in the forearm. four or five ribs. hip. busted out in the back side. >> reporter: because of the severity of his injuries doctors didn't notice a seven inch turn signal lever had lodged into his arm.

neither did arthur until ten years ago when the lever set off a metal detector at a courthouse. an x-ray revealed the object but he left it alone since it didn't hurt. just weeks ago, his arm started to swell and he felt a sharp stab of pain. while looking through old photos of his car, he realized the metal lever was missing and the surgery confirmed his suspicions. >> i was amazed to see how corroded it was. >> reporter: now arthur is at home recovering. when he was asked what he would do with his memento. >> i thought maybe make a key chain out of it. as awful as it looks, i don't know. >> great guy. >> good attitude about it. just i can't imagine that it was in there for that many years. >> it must have went in like parallel to the bone and kind of -- obviously it wasn't sticking out like this way. >> now you got your wind wiper controls -- >> they don't make cars out of the same material. >> now a days it wouldn't last

50 years in my arm. >> still to come jeb bush looks to remove any obstacle standing in his way of a white house bid. plus while some want majority whip steve calisi gone. we'll explain that when we return.

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three months after the disappearance of 43 mexican college students the fbi now has begun an investigation. new documents may bring into question what the mexican government knew about the students. >> at times it is a country in chaos. last month, more violent clashes between police and protesters in

mexico after new allegations of corruption. >> nothing was an accident that night. >> anabelle hernandez is a reporter now working as a fellow at uc berkeley. she says she's uncovered thousands of pages of documents from the state investigation into the disappearance of 43 mexican college students in september. prosecutors alleged corrupt local officers turned the students over to a drug gang following orders from the town's mayor. hernandez believes federal authorities played a role. >> the government knew exactly what was happening. >> she claims the cell phone videos reveal federal police were at the scene that night monitoring the students before the confrontation. based on your investigation, has the federal government been lying? >> absolutely. >> the mexican federal police referred all questions about the allegations to the attorney general's office which repeatedly declined to comment to nbc news.

but the attorney general told cnn espanol that he did not see the documents and he did not know where it came from. in november we were in mexico city as protests shook the capital. the father of one of the missing students told his son had recently enrolled in the college in search of a better life. now he and other relatives are demanding answers from mexico's president who will meet with president obama next week. as he finds himself in the middle a growing crisis. >> that was nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. now to politics. a possible presidential run. joining us from washington to break it all down msnbc political correspondent kacie hunt and senior contributor for the daily caller and columnist at the week matt lewis is with

us. we thank you both for being with us this morning. what message does this send to the rest of the 2016 field? >> it's pretty clear that jeb bush is starting to tie up the loose ends in his private life that could potentially complicate a bid for office. we know he was critical of how mitt romney handled his own business ties in the 2010 campaign. he says he didn't do enough to stand up for his own record in business. i also think i'm starting to hear that jeb bush is making other behind the scene moves. trying to hire staff to try to raise early money. i'm talking to some republican sources who say they're expecting supporters of governor bush might form a super pac in the next month. >> jeb bush will not go to the iowa freedom summit. >> that's one thing bush has yet to do start campaigning in these early states.

he did give a commencement speech a few weeks ago at the university of south carolina. that forum in particular isn't necessarily going to be welcoming turf for bush. steve king is known on the national stage as someone who's an aggressive opponent of comprehensive immigration reform. you will see a long list of other contenders including christie perry and others. >> fair to say he's seen to be weak with some of the base issues like immigration. so can he overcompany that in early states especially with the wishy-washiness, not alienating the hispanic vote? >> it's funny you said wishy-washiness because that's the important part. jeb bush holds a few positions which are controversial issues including immigration reform.

the question is he's not going to abandon immigration reform so how does he sell it? i think he needs two things to happen. he has to take a firm stance on why this is the right policy why it's conservative. why immigration reform is good for all americans. he has to hope the grassroots conservative anti-establishment vote splits. if you had cruz paul and santorum, rick perry all vying for the conservative vote you could have someone like a jeb bush win states by virtue of the fact they're splitting the anti-immigration reform vote. >> now to how the house republicans are having to deal with in the start of the new year. with the house majority whip steve kalise. he did acknowledge he addressed a group of white supremists a

decade ago but says he knew nothing about the group at the time and opposes what he calls their divisive racial messages. has he done enough to head out any long-term fallout here? >> i think he has. i think he made a major mistake early on because it now appears according to the most recent reporting that he did not speak at a white supremist meeting. that he spoke at a neighborhood association meeting about taxes and spending. that was later used by an affiliated group that is a white supremist group. i think he made a major miscalculation early on. i don't think he knew remembered, this is a dozen years ago, the details. he apologized. now that might have been a huge mistake. i still think he survives. >> how's it playing out on the hill? >> i think what matt was talking about, you see it in the way that particularly conservatives have reacted to this.

they've almost been louder in their opposition than even those on the left. democrats, the way you might expect this to break down. that's a reflection of how unhappy they are with house speaker john boehner which almost has turned this tussle into yet another fight within the house gop. i think as we learn more about exactly what happened and as matt also alluded to the latest reporting says, you know maybe he didn't actually speak at this conference like he initially acknowledged. i think there's still more we need to learn before we'll figure out how this is going to end. >>p anxious to hear what john boehner is going to say. kacie hunt and matt lewis, we thank you both for being with us. still ahead, after a positive year for wall street what will 2015 bring? cnbc's sara eisen joins us next. plus beefing up security around queen elizabeth. it's not just at buckingham palace. we'll have the very latest on the threat against the royal family.

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the new year will bring fatter paychecks to 3 million workers throughout the country. laws increasing the minimum wage have now gone into effect in 20 states and the district of columbia. at the start of 2015 a slew of other laws also are going into effect. nbc's pete williams breaks down what some of those laws are. >> in california and connecticut, any qualified state resident can get a driver's license. even immigrants here illegally. state officials say 1.5 million people can be eligible to apply. >> i have my passport. >> many have been applying ahead of time and advocates say it makes sense because drivers should know state laws. >> people are driving with licenses from their countries or other states with different rules and they are not properly trained in california driving safety. >> one catch, the new licenses will be marked to show they cannot be used as a federally approved i.d. to board an airplane. under a new law in illinois employers must provide

accommodations to their pregnant workers such as more frequent rest and bathroom breaks help with lifting and modified work schedules. >> we shouldn't be putting women in the position of choosing between their work and a healthy pregnancy. these are not -- most of these accommodations are no cost or low cost to employers. >> reporter: more states are limiting the use of drones with cameras attached. north carolina is the latest state to ban them for use buy hunters or by animal rights activists to spy on hunters. similar laws are now in effect in alaska colorado montana and new mexico. california now bans using them to capture images that could only be seen without a drone by trespassing. in new hampshire, hikers skiers and hunters can buy a $25 hike safe card and then if they're injured or get lost and have to be rescued, they won't have to reimburse the state for its expenses which can run up to $50,000. and people on social security will see a slight boost in their checks in the new year.

a 1.7% cost of living adjustment. the average retiree gets about $22 more a month. >> that was nbc's pete williams reporting there for us. >> the dow reached such great heights in 2015. while much of the world's economy limped right along. joining us now from the new york stock exchange cnbc's sara eisen. good morning and happen new year. >> good morning, happy new year. >> can the united states continue the winning streak despite all the global head winds you've been seeing? >> so far, we're off to a good start. looks like the first trading day of 2015 will start on a high note. it's going to come down to two key questions investors are asking for 2015. now, number one, can the u.s. economy continue to outperform? we've been a bright spot in the global economy. the u.s. with growth rates like 5%. if you look compared to the rest of the world, that's pretty good. europe is flirting with recession. russia is in somewhat of an

economic crisis driven by the sanctions from the west and low oil prices. china is slowing down. and the u.s. has remained somewhat of an island of calm given what's going on with the rest of the world. that's driven money into the u.s. market. stocks bonds, the dollar. so that's going to be a key them of whether we can continue to be insulated and resilient given what's going on with the rest of the world. >> happy to be on that island. ipos, which companies could go public this year? >> it's going to be hard to top 2014's blockbusteraly alibaba. but shake shack, going public about $1 billion ipo. many folks know it around new york. it is a fast growing burger chain. and investors say it should be another strong year for ipos. in fact almost 300 companies went public in 2014. that was the most since back in the '90s during the dotcom boom

of the internet. it's a sign of growth and health in the economy that companies have the kind of confidence that they need to test the public market. we'll see if that can continue. a lot will depend on whether we keep in this low interest rate environment. in other words, the federal reserve has kept interest rates low to help keep the economy going and experts say that's helped companies feel they can go public in this kind of environment. >> happy new year to you. cnbc's sara eisen, thank you very much. in britain, security around the queen looks a little different. the royal guards who are a famous attraction for tourists are no longer standing directly outside buckingham palace due to fear they may be targets for terrorists. >> reporter: the royals always prefer to get close to their public. but concern is growing over the ever present threats of isis

inspired attack. >> i think we have to be extra vigilant. >> reporter: when the queen hopped on a plaintrain, she was surrounded by security. one member of the public almost collided with her. now the largely ceremonial royal guards who stand duty outside palaces and historic landmarks have pulled back. the guards are armed only with swords. they've been moved behind the palace gates or are now accompanied by armed police. protection for the guards who traditionally protected the queen. the feerpar is a lone wolf jihadist might seize an opportunity to target them. in 2014 a british soldier was killed in just such an attack on the street. >> to protect vulnerable individuals who are close to the public and close to tourists. >> reporter: there have been a string of terrorist arrests across the uk. intelligence sources say a number of plots have been

stopped. >> what isis are particularly good at is making sure they get the maximum publicity and what better way to do that than attack the seat of the establishment, the monarchy. >> reporter: the royals have continued to appear in public. william and kate meeting crowds outside church after the family's traditional christmas service. a family with a long history. of facing down threats. and the knowledge that if they withdraw from the public too much, the terrorists win. >> that was nbc's kier simmens with us from london. up next angelina jolie sat down with nbc's al roker to talk about what that was about and what it was like directing her husband for the first time in her upcoming film due out later this year.

one of the season's big box office winners is "unbroken." al roker sat down with the film's director angelina jolie, to discuss what it meant to her. >> congratulations on this movie. it is a real piece of film-making about a very tough, yet inspiring, subject. and the audiences really have seen to embrace this. how does that feel?

>> it's the most wonderful feeling. and not as a filmmaker, as somebody who really believes and loves in louie. i loved him so much. he was so funny. he was really one of the funniest people you'd ever meet. so full of life. so aware of the hardest aspects of life. and through that embraced every day with this fire and this humor and this love. that was infectious. >> how much more responsible do you feel to a story when you know that there's a real person attached to this and that you've met and now are connected to? >> it's a huge responsibility. i lost so many nights -- sleepless nights and so many moments of self-doubt because -- >> really? >> oh of course. because when -- especially when somebody is your own actual hero it's my second film and it's a huge film.

and there were so many things from shark attacks and plane attacks that i never directed anything like that. i thought, this is too important and it's too big and i don't know how i got here and i don't want to fail him. i don't want to fail him. >> i just co-hosted the rose parade and he was the posthumous grand marshal. what do you think he would have thought about that? >> oh he would have loved it. he grew up here. every year would watch it on television, you know, this is a big deal for him. and he was -- he would have been excited. >> when i was watching the scene where his mom is making -- for half a moment i thought, that almost looks like angelina jolie making the nyoki. >> oh, my kids would disagree. they've never seen me make that. but i think they'd love that image. i should try that. i would love to think of myself as the classic mom at home being able to -- >> are you a decent cook? >> i'm one of those people that

i'll learn a random exotic meal from -- i can do a really interesting afghan dish with eggplant but i don't know how to make basic spaghetti. >> you have this film directing this young up and coming actor, some guy named brad pitt. what was that like directing your husband? >> it was great. it's a funny thing. i think it's more that you get nervous because you love somebody and you want to help them. you want to give. as a director you want to help your actor. as a wife you really want to help your husband. so like you want everything to be right for them. there's something we found which is if you work with the person you love and trust most in this world, it's pretty great. because you really try things with each other and you trust and as artists you get very bold because you're together. >> is it true you described it as a honeymoon? >> well it technically was our

honeymoon. we had this cove where we filmed. on the other side was the house where kids were doing school. so we had this really strange relationship. it was like a honeymoon, just on screen slightly dysfunctional one. >> you talk about supporting each other. it's time for the premiere of "unbroken" and you're down with the chicken pox and brad ends up taking three of the kids. i mean what was -- here's your big moment and chicken box. >> it was so absurd. what was even stranger is i think during the day before i was trying to do interviews and i kept thinking what what's happening, strange. but of course it was really fun that my kids took the mantle they took it very seriously when i said you got to represent mom, you got to do this for me. my kids knew and loved louie. you got to do this for louie. you got to get out there. they were excited about the mission. >> i love shiloh wearing the suit and tie. >> yeah, and she had louie's shoe on that he won in 1940.

>> wow. that, you know, this truly is in a sense a gift that keeps giving. >> yes he will forever be that inspiration to us all. >> incredible story. that does it for us this morning. the entire "morning joe" gang including joe, mika and willie will all be back this monday for "morning joe." >> we thank you so much for being with us the past three hours here. be sure to keep watching msnbc this morning for all the day's news.

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good morning to you. i'm richard liu. first on "the rundown," several new developments in the search for the wreckage of air asia flight. says a total of 30 bodies have now been recovered from the java sea. during a news conference today, indonesian officials showing pieces of the plane that have been recovered so far. they say the focus of the search is, quote, under water detection and morrisoner equipment is being brought in to help. rough weather continues to make for challenging conditions. rain strong win