it's about to get very windy. >> sesame street's take on "house f kard" "house of cards." we begin to a potential breakthrough in the talks between iran and the six world powers. a new round of negotiations will be taking place next week after a senior official revealed that progress actually was being made with iran. at this moment the agreement would involve a nuclear freeze for at least ten years. american officials have been pushing for a 20-year hold. the restrictions would likely be eased as time goes on. not surprisingly israel's defense minister quickly criticized the developments warning it would threaten peace around the world. a spy agency contradicts claims

made by benjamin netanyahu in a dramatic speech he made at the u.n. where he warned that iran was one year away from making a nuclear bomb. >> if these are the facts, and they are, where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before, before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. before iran gets to a point where it's a few months away or a few weeks away from amassing enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon. >> but iran's spy agency says that's actually not the case. and leaked documents says it's much further away. supporters of the prime minister are now warning there will be

consequences for democrats who skip his address to congress on march 3. i don't think those democrats needed a memo from benjamin netanyahu that staying away might not be good for the party because two senior democrats have finally moved, dick durbin and dianne feinstein, and they're inviting him to a closed door meeting with the democrats, deciding they'd rather be sideways with barack obama than their voters. and time's running out for lawmakers to fund the department of homeland security. senate democrats again blocked a funding bill that would have reversed president obama's executive actions on immigration and funded the dhs. afterwards mitch mcconnell took to the floor and said it's time to take a different approach in the effort to fund dhs. mcconnell aims to present a bill that will target the immigration policy separate from the one that will fund homeland

security. jay johnson warned what this would cause. >> a shutdown would cause serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. as i've said many times now, it's like trying to drive across country with no more than 5 gallons of gas in your tank and you don't know when the next gas station will appear. this is no way to run a government. >> now if the deadline comes and goes and there's no funding agreement, roughly 30,000 dhs employees will be furloughed while essential personnel will keep working without receiving paychecks. about 10% of the workforce would be furloughed in the tsa as well. marco rubio is weighing back in on the funding fight. rubio had suggested just last week that he was open to a clean

dealso bill that would not reverse the president's immigration action. his comes have caused a stir and they've since been walked back. marco was in new hampshire last night and sought to further clarify his stance and attacked senate democrats in the process. he said i don't believe, i don't believe we should pass a clean dhs bill. it's very difficult to pass anything now because of the democrats. when we filibuster we get accused of shutting down the government. when they filibuster, we get accused of shutting down the government. so marco rubio changing his position on that issue. and a recent poll shows that if the department's forced to shut down republicans would indeed receive a lion's share of the blame. we've seen this story, it broke last night on the huffington post, unfortunate. veteran affairs secretary robert mcdonald has been forced to admit that he wasn't in the special forces as he once claimed. the huffington post is reporting that mcdonald actually served in

the army with the 82nd airborne. after graduating from west point, that was the only assignment he ever had, but it was this january comment that he made to a homeless man that was caught by cbs that prompted the report. >> last night, even the v.a.'s new secretary, robert mcdonald, was out counting. >> really? army? navy? >> army. >> what unit? >> special forces. >> special forces. what years? i was in special forces. >> according to the huffington post mcdonald said i have no excuse. i was not in the special forces. not sure how you forget that. he added, i reacted spontaneously, and i acted wrongly, yes, you did. with no intent in any way to describe my record any different than it is. the white house says it has accepted mcdonald's explanation. and at the top of the hour we'll have the story who broke the

story, david wood, joining us on set on "morning joe." now let's go to iraq where officials say they're making gains against isil. about 70% of al baghdadi has been reclaimed. and new zealand says it will be sending about 100 troops to help train iraqi forces. but in cyrsyria, it is reported that nearly 100 people have been kidnapped from christian villages. diplomats met in kuwait to discuss isis. the group was referred to as "team america." and he says victory shall be achieved. >> we're pressing isil very ably from kuwait and elsewhere,

and we will deliver lasting defeat. make no doubt. >> from kuwait to the jersey state, new jersey governor and possible 2016 candidate, chris christie dealing with another problem this morning as he prepares to announce the state's budget for 2016. a judge says that christie broke the law by cutting nearly $1.6 billion from new jersey's public pension system. governor christie's now being ordered to work with lawmakers to restore those funds and state lawmakers are warning of quote draconian budget cuts if they need to come up with the money. governor christie is vowing to appeal the ruling and promised to increase contributions to the state's retirement system if public employees agree to pay more toward their pensions. but the suit was started when he didn't have enough payments to

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possession is no longer a crime under the state law, smoking pot will still carry a $100 fine in public. regulation is not expected to start until 2016. something else not expected to start until 2016 if then alex rodriguez. a-rod reported back to the yankees three days early. he went to training camp on monday. and he is hoping to earn a spot on the team following his suspension last year. and while we all saw that he apologized to fans in that handwritten letter that's week he refused to go into detail about his past infractions. >> you apologized for your actions. do you think at any point you will specify what those actions were and talk about them more in depth? >> right now i'm just focussed on making the team you know obviously, it was a rough year.

but i'm very excited that's behind me and i've got a chance to hopefully make this team. >> how do you feel about even having to make the team after all you've done. >> it reminds me of when i was 18 years old and i was trying to make lou painiella's team. i love being in uniform and it's great to have a opportunity to be back in uniform. >> he loves the game. he'd play it for free. >> the yankees get alex rodriguez, and the red sox get hope. >> they get hope. >> a 18 year old. >> they reportedly have beaten out the yankees for star prospect the 19 year old cuban a switch-hitting infielder. and it's said he's going to join boston before the week is over and report to spring training on march 2nd. the sox are going to pay him

$41.5 million. and then they're going to pay major league baseball another $31.5 million for going over the team's international bonus limit. >> must be nice to be a new england sports fan. that's all i have to say. >> must be nice. so you know the quote, i'm just here so i won't get fined, that lives in infamy now it appears that lynch wants to profit off that line. he's gone ahead and filed for a trademark. and soon his clothing line beast mode will feature the phrase. a rep for the company told espn this is just listening to the marketplace. >> that's what you need. you need some trademarks. >> i really do. mika already has a couple of trademarks. know your value, right? all things at once. >> we're way behind on this. >> joe, stop interrupting me.

she's got tons, joe, you're wrong. >> your friends in the south, they're not happy now either. >> they're not happy. i'm not happy. texas had that sleet storm in the dallas area. tennessee had to deal with snow and ice, and they have another, bigger storm coming their way for tomorrow. there's a lot of weather headlines out there. february's going to end and march is going to start and you're not going to know the difference. negative 24 right now in glens falls new york. that's not wind chill, that's the actual temperature when you walk outside your door. record low in pittsburgh and it's 5 in central park. and for all my friends in the boston area, but a storm that was going to miss you now looks a little closer possibility of another 3 to 6 inches right along the coast. so probably can do some shoveling out there tomorrow morning. only 8 inches away from the all-time record snowfall in boston. snowing in charlotte, snow now

in the north side of atlanta. you know what that does to the morning commute there. this is a one-two punch. this is the first storm. the second is bigger. already winter storm watches from dallas to atlanta to charlotte. this would be significant. if these totals that my computer is telling me are true this would be crippling for the south. birmingham, 6 inches of snow. atlanta, charlotte at 8, raleigh at 9. you know the south. snow like this that's at least a day's worth of nothing going on. >> i lived, obviously, close to birmingham for a very long time and was born in atlanta and still remember whenever we got ice or a little bit of snow it would shut the place down. i was on the north side of town too. if you get 5, 6 inches of snow up there it's going to be a long and ugly commute. if you commute at all. >> all right, bill thank you so much. for more bad news. mr. sunshine. appreciate it. still ahead on "morning

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today's decision day. the windy city voters are heading to the polls to vote for chicago's next mayor. the big question today, will current mayor rahm emanuel be able to avoid a runoff in six weeks. and a poll shows just how crucial each vote may be in answering that question. mayor emanuel has 48% while cook county commissioner has 27%. that puts the mayor within the margin of error to avoid a runoff if he can slip over that 50% line. some are looking at the impact for the presidential campaign in 2016. garcia is doing his best to channel senator elizabeth warren who will be on "morning joe" later this morning. he's a favorite of progressives on the trail and is focuses on some of her issues such as

income inequality and a higher minimum wage. he is being called mayor 1%. he's also trying to connect him to hillary clinton and president obama who touted mayor emanuel while dedicating a national monument last week. >> before rahm was a big-shot mayor, he was an essential part of my team at the white house during some very hard times for america, and i relied on his judgment every day and his smarts every day. and his toughness every day. rahm hasn't just fought for a national park in pullman. he's fought for new opportunity and new jobs in pullman and for every chicagoen in every neighborhood making sure every person gets the fair shot at success that they deserve, and i could not be prouder of him and the extraordinary service that he's provided. >> and another story coming out of illinois the associated

press is digging deeper into the expenses of u.s. congressman aaron schock who keeps getting in the news for alt wrong reasons. he was criticized for his downton abbey office decor. now there are reports that he spent taxpayer money and campaign funds to fly on private jets owned by donors. the ap's identified at least one dozen flights worth more than $40,000 on donors' planes since mid 2011. he took his interns to a katy perry concert. and he reportedly paid $1400 in campaign expenses to a massage parlor. he responded saying that he travels frequently and to raise

money for his campaign committee and congressional colleagues from illinois. the illinois congressman is already being investigated that he illegally solicited donations in 2012 and i'm sure more to come on this story. a new story suggesting that feeding peanut products to infants is actually ben -- beneficial to their health. a study shows an alarming increase in food allergies. introducing them to peanuts before the age of one lowers the risk by as much as 81%. and america's seen a significant rise in peanut allergies with 2% of american children testing positive for the allergy. children affected has quadrupled in the last 13 years.

now let's bring in mika pierzynski for a preview of what's coming up on "morning joe." >> we have a great show. ann curry and andrea mitchell will be joining us for the latest on the nuclear talks involving iran and six world powers. also a morning joe exclusive. senator elizabeth warren and representative elijah coupleummings will be here. plus more on the fallout for v.a. secretary mcdonald. and, in our 8:30 half hour a look at "wired" magazine's story "sex in the digital age". thanks.

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