of kim jong il. the 65-year-old apparently died of a heart attack friday morning. the dictator was famously unpredictable, quirky and brutal. he had an insatiable aetite for wine. his dictatorship often came at the needs of his people. in 2006, he further isolated the country. they are now being told to rally around their new leader, kim jong un, the third son. also adviser to new york, governor andrew cuomo. thanks for joining me. >> nice to see you. >> let's start with kim jong un, the mysterious third son of kim jong il. obviously very young. what is his experience in leadership? >> if he compare his experience

with his father's during this transition, it's almost minimal, if at all. his father had spent decades behind the founding leader, kim il sung, before he took over. this is something that occurred very recently, a matter of months, perhaps a year or two at most. there is no question of him having full support of the system, of the people, of the military, the party, the secret police, but it is a system that has generated, you know, hereditary power and that presumption of inertia, let's go from one kim to another, might help him. >> what do we know about him as a person? we know he was schooled in switzerland, he speaks english, he's younger. could this be a window of opportunity for the u.s. since he might be more privy to western ways than maybe his father was? >> i do think that is possible. anyone who has grown up in the modern era in the last decade has a completely different

understanding of the world than his father or his father's father would have. so one can hope that he's aware of the extent to which the people of north korea have suffered so brutally under the kim dictatorship that has led to hundreds of thousands of people starving to death in gulag camps while the military gets all the resources to pursue its ballistic missile programs, its nuclear program. so possibly, maybe if he is able to consolidate power, and if he really maintains a leadership position and has a world outlook rather than the outlook of his father, it's possible this could be an opportunity. >> you know, we've been hearing about the reaction from north korean people sobbing in the streets. what do you feel their reaction means? do you think that this is love for their leader, or do you think that they're reacting out of fear? >> i think these are staged

events where the cameras pick people who are either planning to cry or cry on queue. but, you know, if you're living in a society where you've grown up believing that this kim jong il is a sort of god on earth, you know, it's possible that this would be a devastating day for you. but i think as each year goes by and the world becomes a more open place and the power of communication seeps its way into that closed system, i think more and more north koreans know that they are lagging behind, that they are isolated in a virtual hell on earth for many of them. >> quickly, jim, i want to read the reaction from the white house who has said, we're in close touch with our allies in south korea and japan. we remain committed to the stability on the korean peninsula, and to the tree dom and security of our allies.

>> i think it's important to remain in sync with south korea because this is a time when mill taerz will -- militaries will go on alert. once it's clear we can avoid a crisis, i think it is important to explore whether the new regime under a new leader is willing to go forward and do something that his father never would do, which is to put their nuclear weapons program back into the bottle, to dismantle it, to freeze it, and to allow for food aid and other support to north korea in exchange for them giving up this perfidious role in the international community. it's not only that they have nuclear weapons and nuclear material but that they've shown the willingness to sell such dangerous weapons to pretty much anyone. that's what's so chilling about north korea. >> it's going to be interesting to see what happens with six-party talks moving forward. jim rubin, it's always nice to

see you. thank you for your insight today. >> happy to be here. democrats and republicans thought they had an agreement to extend pate roll tax cut. it passed 89-10 this weekend with overwhelming bipartisan support. but tonight it looks like the house will vote it down. speaker john boehner is expected to speak in about 15 minutes. here he is in the meantime on "meet the press." >> two months of just kicking the can down the road. the american people are tired of that. frankly, i'm tired of it. o on the house side we've seen this kind of action before coming out of the senate. it's time to stop, do our work, resolve the differences and extend this for one year. >> the white house released a statement saying, quote, it's time house republicans stop playing politics and get the job done for the american people. joining me now, congressman.

glad to see you. >> glad to be here. we're talking about a two-week extension. this is not a big, big deal. this is kind of a base hit of politics, and to say we can't get a one-year deal is ridiculous. the senate has proven to be ineffective over and over again. it couldn't pass an appropriations bill, it couldn't pass a budget, it couldn't pass any house bills over there, and now they're talking about a two-month extension. in this economy, the doctors need certainty, the people need certainty, and they need a certainty on tax credits. at christmas, all they're doing is taking a two-month extension so they can postpone their work, and they need to get it taken care of. what we'd like to do is sit down at the bargaining table and say, look, it doesn't have to be our way.

let's work it out. >> the bottom line, congressman, is obviously we're down to the wire. this expires on december 31st. so why not just pass it now and then work on a longer term solution? >> well, we've been working on this for all fall. this isn't like suddenly we just passed the bill that no one was expecting to go to the senate. and so there is no reason to do a two-month extension. we can get this done. this is not some huge trade negotiation, reform of welfare of the tax system, this is just an extension of an existing tax policy. it's not a big deal. so for them to say two months is all we can handle, that's all the market can bear -- >> what you just said, congressman, if it's not a big deal, why not pass it now and continue to work on it? take it back to the drawing board and push for what you believe in. but in the meantime, december 31st is the deadline, and if that tax cut expires, it affects 726 million americans. >> i think your question really should be directed to the

senate. why not just do it right the first time and give the people a one-year extension? and that's what we're asking for. >> that time obviously has passed. i want to go ahead and play some sound here. this is chuck schumer this morning. he made an appearance on "morning joe." >> trying to get speaker boehner is like trying to nail jello to the wall. he keeps moving the date back because he can't deal with the caucus. >> let's think about this. we have passed a one-year extension, which is what the president of the united states asked for. chuck schumer is a democrat. he should be on the side of barack obama asking for a one-year extension. that's what the president wanted, that's what the american people want, that's what the economy is demanding. certainty in the marketplace, so that's what we passed. it's just absurd that only in

this town can you be, i guess, called out for doing the right thing, and the right thing is to give the american people the one-year extension, not a two-month band-aid so we can come back and play politics with this in january and february. we need to come back and get other jobs bills done in january and february and not keep doing this over and over again. this is, again, small potatoes. >> congressman kingston, we appreciate your time. thank you so much for your thoughts today. we want to go ahead and remind you that house speaker john boehner will be talking about this issue in just a few moments. in the meantime, i want to bring in former congressman debbie wasser mitchell. i saw you next to me shake yourg head the entire time. what is your reaction to what congressman kingston had to say there? >> shock. because 11 days from now, if the house republicans tonight don't agree to take this bill up and pass it, then we will have 160

million americans who will face an increase in their payroll tax right at the holidays where, instead, we could take a bill up and pass the senate 89-10. veronica, the senate isn't exactly known as an institution that functions very well. it's pretty dysfunctional. so for legislation to pass 89-10, including tea party republicans, moderate republicans, moderate and liberal democrats all to come together and say, we need to do the two-month extension so we can come back together and focus on an extension that we can agree on for the rest of the year, for house republicans to say no, that is extremism at its worst. they have spent the whole year, veronica, refusing to even support the payroll tax cut extension, and now suddenly they're the save yorz of tiors one-year? the moves of the senate last week was unacceptable and that's why we're in this situation.

>> 9% right now. what is the overall mood in washington? why can't congress get anything done? you're right, it was absolutely amazing there was a bipartisan effort on the signal bill. do the republicans or democrats even speak anymore? do republicans speak to the president? is there any communication whatsoever? >> unfortunately, you have the house republican conference that is really being controlled not by its leadership but by the tea party republicans that were elected last year. the leadership appears to be petrified of doing anything they are opposed to, it's the tail wagging the dog, and what we need is for the republicans in the house now to pass this bill, come back in two months so we can come back together, not cause unemployment benefits to expire, which will expire at the end of the year if we don't pass this, the payroll tax cuts will take $2,000 out of people's

payroll checks next year. we need to sit down and hammer out the rest of the agreement. house republicans are so extreme that it's possible they'll take this bill down tonight and leave middle class americans twisting in the wind. >> is that how you see things playing out? >> well, i certainly hope not. hopefully the house republicans' plan is not to just try to jam the senate, who is already adjourned to january 23rd. logic would tell you a bill passing 89-10 would pass the house. >> and they all went home, so this is probably surprising to them. >> especially because speaker boehner supposedly said to mcconnell, work out a compromise and we'll pass it over here. he was on a conference call with his members over the weekend and they revolted. it's just absolutely unexceptional that they would jam the middle class like this. >> we are waiting for house speaker john boehner to make a few comments on what's happening with the payroll tax cut.

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we're looking at a live picture out of washington. we're waiting for john boehner to take that podium any minute now. as soon as he does, we're going to go ahead and bring that to you live. newt gingrich taking aim this weekend, saying active federal judges should be arrested. >> how would you enforce that? would you send the capitol police down to arrest him? >> if you had to.

>> congressman barney frank got into a hot debate over george will over legalizing pot. >> if someone wants to smoke marijuana who is an adult, why do you want to make him go to jail? >> on the internet gambling, i'm a supporter on the barney frank bill. >> yes. >> with regard to marijuana, i need to know more about whether it's a gateway drug to other drugs, i need to know if you're going to regulate it. >> it's been around for a long time. anything is a gateway to anything. >> back now to washington where john boehner is speaking about the payroll tax cut house vote scheduled to take place at 6:30 eastern. >> inste regard to the house bi senate leaders passed a two-month extension, punting the problem into next year. we oppose the senate bill because doing a two-month

extension instead of a full year extension causes uncertainty for job creators. i used to run a small business. i met a payroll, i hired workers. a two-month extension creates uncertainty and will cause problems for people who are trying to create jobs in the private sector. the idea that a tax policy can be done two months at a time is a kind of activity that we see here in washington that's really put our economy off the tracks. last week both chambers worked together to pass a full year bill to fund our government. and i don't think this issue is any different. it's time for congress to do its work and no more kicking the can down the road. tonight the house will vote on the senate-passed bill. this is a vote on whether congress will stay and do its work or go on vacation. i expect that the house will

disagree with the senate amendment, and instead vote to formally go to conference. the formal process in which the house and senate can resolve differences between the two chambers in between our two bills. and i expect the house to take up legislation that reinforces the need to extend the payroll tax relief for a full year rather than just two months. again, to provide certainty for job creators. and i think the best way to resolve the difference between the two-month extension and a full year bill is to follow the regular order here in congress. when there is a disagreement between the two chambers, we sit down at a conference and resolve those differences, and that's exactly what i believe the house will do. the president has said repeatedly that no one should be going on vacation until the work is done. democrat leaders in the house and senate have said exactly the same thing.

so i think it's time for the senate and democrat leaders to follow the president's example, put their vacations on hold and work in a bipartisan manner to finish the nation's business. >> if you can't work out a deal for a year-long extension in the short amount of time you have left, are you prepared to let these tax cuts lapse altogether? >> i think we've made it perfectly clear that we believe a full year extension of these tax cuts are very important. i don't believe the differences between the house and senate are that great. it's time for us to do our work. >> mr. speaker, if you ask your colleagues here in the house were so against this two-month extension short-term, why did you not raise the red flag with your republican colleagues who, for the most part, voted for this in the senate? >> we expressed our reservations about what the senate was doing, but understand, i made perfectly clear to senator reid and senator mcconnell sometime mid

last week that i would not enter into negotiations with them until the senate produced a bill. the senate produced a bill, we expressed our reservations, and i do believe they're trying to resolve this between the two chambers in the regular order of our business is the appropriate way to proceed. >> can you give a guarantee that the pipeline would be in this deal? are you going to guarantee, then, that the congress will be one full year? >> we agree with the president that all of these -- the payroll tax cuts, the unemployment insurance with reforms, the doc pick for two years, all of this needs to be done in the right way. i've been around here for a while. i've seen congress kick the can down the road, kick the can down the road. it's time to stop the nonsense. we can resolve these differences, and we can do it in a way that provides certainty for job creators and others in

our economy. >> the bill got 90% approval in the house and with this economy, why? >> democrat leaders have said the same thing over the last two weeks, that we should do this for the full year. why do we always have to go to the lowest common denominator? it's time for us to do our work, we're prepared to do our work. >> with the one-year extension, what other specific changes do you want in the bill? >> we believe that we passed a reasonable bill that extended all of this for a year. if there are differences between the bodies, we ought to be able to resolve them. >> mr. speaker, how do you propose paying for a full year extension in a way that might satisfy democrats in the senate? >> we looked -- when we sent our bill to the senate, 90% of the offsets were offsets that the president agreed to.

so i don't believe it's going to be that difficult to come to an agreement that would make reforms in the unemployment insurance program and do so in, i think, a fiscally responsible way. one more. >> did you ever tell the white house that you would accept the senate proposal? >> no. never a conversation with the white house. >> you initially supported moving forward with the two-month plan. what changed in your mind? >> no. >> we were told that you initially supported it and said that the house should move forward with the senate. >> no, that's not true. what i was outlining is the fact that having the keystone pipeline in here was a success. but i raised concerns about the two-month process from the moment that i heard about it. thanks, everybody. >> all right. that was speaker john boehner there talking about this upcoming vote in the house. that's going to take place tonight at 6:30 eastern.

of course we're going to be covering it here on msnbc. i want to talk to political writer margo haber man and richard. what do you make of what mr. boehner said? >> it's an acknowledgment of two things. first of all, he really isn't leading his own caucus, he's following it. this was a deal -- no sugar coating it, this is a deal that fell apart and he's trying to make the best of it. the second thing is that the politics of this is really bad for republicans. they're on the wrong side of a tax cut. >> maggie, what did you have to say about it? >> i think that's absolutely right. i think this has not been a good couple days for speaker boehner. i think this is as much face saving as anything else, and i agree the politics of this is

really uncomfortable for americans. >> they said after that senate bill had passed, boehner actually said it was a big victory and now we're seeing this about face. >> he's facing this uprising from the right. he kind of has no choice because things are so dicey for him for the moment. >> and richard, how do you think this thing is going to play out at 6:30? >> the speaker has another test of his leadership here. he's trying to run this house with a majority of the majority. the danger here is that you could lose some republican votes and democrats could vote for it. he would be in an embarrassing position twice over. i don't think it will, but the question of republicans, can they get 100% majority to vote against the senate leader, and then you've got to convince the folks to come back rather than have this exchange going on through the holidays. >> maggie, how do you think this will play out in elections? >> i think it's too soon to say.

i don't think this will be an immediate issue because the voters are not -- >> you really don't? >> i really don't. i don't think voters are that closely connected to this. as you've seen on the iowa caucuses, it's not that focused. >> how do you feel this will affect republicans? >> oh, going forward. sorry. i think going into next year, speaker boehner has been very good at keeping his caucus in line. this is the first time that we're seeing, in a while, anyway, any real sign of stress and division, and that's not what they want going into next year when they already don't know who is at the top of the potential tigt. >> we do appreciate you standing by when the house speaker was making his remarks. of course, we always appreciate your time. always glad to see both. >> thank you. >> the republican party in iowa is taking their vote counting seriously. the threat is coming from

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welcome back to jansing and co. i'm meteorologist maria larosa updating you. the only game in town is this potential winter storm as it continues to move into the southwest, into the plains, eventually into the midwest. you see it swirling there with rain and snow already. pick a spot and you've got some kind of winter weather advisory. right now we're concerned about the areas in orange. those are the blizzard warnings where we could see a foot of snow or more. the snow is falling in parts of new mexico and colorado right now. we could see as much as half a foot in parts of amarillo and santa fe, but dodge city could be the big winner with over a foot of snow.

also showers and thunderstorms pushing into texas. those could be severe as we get into the afternoon, including a chance of a tornado from dallas to austin to san antonio. that will continue to push into the midwest as we get through the midweek. veronica, back to you. >> thanks so much for that. there are two weeks of the iowa vote. ron paul appears ready for a shocker. that's all in two minutes, but first here's a look at other stories that people are talking about right now. a man has been charged with burning a woman to death in her apartment elevator and it was all caught on tape. images from the security camera show the man spraying the victim with a flammable liquid, lighting a rag and then throwing it on her. the suspect who turned himself in shortly after told police he set the 73-year-old woman on fire because she owed him $2,000 for work he's done for her. police in maine continue their search for a toddler missing since friday. she was wearing pajamas with the

words "daddy's princess" on them and a cast on her arm. although the girl's parents live separately, both have been cooperating with investigators. protests in egypt today. hundreds of soldiers in riot gear stormed through tahrir square. they are demanding an immediate end to military rule. the clashes have been going on since friday. the death toll has reached 214. chinese investors dropped their attempt to finance the company's reorganization. experts say it's likely the 60-year-old company will be sold off in parts. well, if you're feeling under the weather this holiday, your christmas tree might be to blame. scientists in new york have discovered a range of health problems, including coughing, wheezing, fatigue and insomnia associated to the festive centerpiece. christmas tree syndrome is caused from mold spores in real trees.

they suggest trying an artificial tree instead. no way. finally tim tebow got defeated on the field. the iowa blitz is on and the candidates are switching to a ground game in an all-important state to vote for the republican nominee. rick perry and rick santorum are all out meeting islands today and it could still be anyone's game. arturo davis is a former congressman from alabama. thank you, gentlemen, for being here today. let's start with you. newt gingrich has been getting hit hard with a barrage of these attack ads on tv. there's the romney super pack which has $713,000 in ads scheduled to run. gingrich has what, $21,000 right now on the books? that's a 4-1 ratio. what's the strategy here for newt? >> that's a good question. i think in some sense this whole

part of his campaign came unexpectedly in terms of just surging on the heels of his performance at the debate. so the question is whether or not the money caught up with him like we saw with herman cain. when his campaign started to surge, the money came in. he'll put it on the ground to try to get organization in place to turn out the vote in 15 days. >> congressman, let's bring you into the mix here. how big of a problem do you feel this is going to be for gingrich, and what is romney's strategy from here on out? do you feel like he just needs to make sure it's gingrich who doesn't win in iowa? >> well, it's a big problem for gingrich if he can't get the resources together in iowa. this is not a primary state, this is a caucus state. and a caucus state, it's critical that you have people who are organizing for you and they have to also organize for you on election night.

voters have to hang around for two and three hours. well, that requires money. as far as romney's strategy goes, look, mitt romney just had the best week he's had in a long time. some tnewspaper endorsements don't matter much at all. the newspaper endorsement does matter in iowa. so he got that endorsement, and the notion that newt gingrich is a dangerous risk for republicans, that he puts the house in play, takes the senate out of play and could lose potentially a huge landslide, who knows if that's the case. but that notion is catching hold with republicans and he's benefiting from that. >> let me ask you a question about those endorsements. how important do you feel those endorsements will be for romney? bob dole just endorsed him, nicky hailey. >> in terms of organization on

the ground and all of that, they endorsed him. the problem with the nicky hailey endorsement is the base feels a little bit, how should we say, left on the alter at this one. there was no organization or confrontation with conservatives there, and they feel she's endorsed someone that they don't necessarily endorse, so there is a two-sided sword here that you've got, one, the organization that comes with it, which is great. the downside is if the base isn't feeling that endorsement, that doesn't necessarily translate to votes on election day. and back to the iowa caucus, the thing to keep in mind about iowa caucus, and certainly this is in newt's calculation in terms of organization, you still show polls with 50 or 60% of the people undecided, so you can be as organized as all get-out, but if you still have this huge undecided block of voters, you don't know necessarily who you're bringing out of the house at 11:00 at night to take to the polls because they may change

their mind if they haven't made up their mind yet. so there is still a lot of flexibility here, both in south carolina with that endorsement, and in iowa given the fact you have a significant undecided vote. >> and, you know, the big question here obviously in iowa is the evangelical vote. how does this play out? i mean, we have gingrich who has been married three times, now we have mitt romney who is a mormon. where does that vote go? >> i think they're struggling because there is no candidate in this field that naturally fills their sensibilities. that's a good thing for mitt romney, though. there is no viable candidate in this field. this is a role that terry or bachmann could have played, but there is no lead to play that role. i agree with everything michael said, but i go back to organization again. because you have to have people who are committed to you, a good, organized campaign knows how to identify not just its

soft supporters but its strong supporters. that kind of thing doesn't matter in a primary. it's absolutely paramount in a caucus. every indication that romney's campaign and he's built the strongest organization next to ron paul's and one of the weakest organizations, maybe sixth or seventh, frankly, at this point, is gingrich. that disparate will make a difference the night of the caucus. >> do you feel like he's in trouble, then? >> i think gingrich had a bad week, i think romney had a good week. >> michael, go ahead quickly. >> real quick, i think gingrich had a tough week, but it doesn't necessarily say he'll lose in iowa or not do well. >> we appreciate that thought, and we appreciate even more that you made it so quick. michael steele, congressman artur davis. thank you to both of you. >> thank you. which gop candidate stands the best chance of galvanizing the hispanic vote? that's coming up next. also, mitt romney is taking some heat for not being conservative

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mitt romney is taking some heat for not being conservative enough, but when it comes to his stance a illegal immigration, he's now being criticized for being too conservative and it has some republicans worried. i'll here with jose, author of telemundo. jose, good to see you. >> thank you. >> i want to hear what you say about mitt romney. >> it's really less about conservative, liberal, who has a political perspective, it's all about words, and words matter. and romney, along with all of the other republican presidential candidates, has been pretty tough on the words they use. let's remember the little joke that one of them said about

electrifying the border and that we put up signs. we're talking about herman cain. so it's the atmosphere and the words that are used in debates when they're talking about the undocumented and what to do with them. now, newt gingrich has kind of separated himself a little bit from the pack by saying that if you've been here over 25 years and you have children and grandchildren that you should maybe have a pass to citizenship. but these are very small steps taken when you see the rhetoric coming out of the democratic side. and president obama has his criticism by many in the hispanic community because he promised immigration reform if he won the presidency and in the first year didn't deliver on that, but the rhetoric is different. >> i want to read to you what the president of the spanish leadership fund had to say about romney. he said, romney's ideas on this topic is hurting the public and

everything in the future. jose, how influential is a group like the hispanic leadership fund? >> not as influential as the words that these candidates are using and the thoughts and concepts that are coming out of their minds when they're translated into spanish, or when the hispanic community, as you know, 55 point million strong, most of them born and raised in the united states. when the words coming out of the candidates seem tough and the rhetoric seems overly tough, that's more important than what one group or another group says about what's happening. and i think that we have to remember bush in his reelection got 44% of the hispanic vote. if a republican candidate thinks he or she doesn't need a strong hispanic turnout and some of that towards him or her, he and she is completely wrong. >> well, what is your best advice, then, jose, to the candidates that are on the campaign trail right now? how do they secure that latino

vote? >> you know, i'm not good on giving advice to either side, but i'll tell you this. don't forget that a lot of latinos that are here legally, born and raised here, when they think of those who are here without their documents and who crossed the border illegally, they think there but for the grace of god go i. so how you speak about these people and your concepts, and you know, in the republican debate i was fortunate enough to be a participant in some months ago, i specifically asked, if the border is closed, candidate, and closed, what do you do about the 11 million people that are still here? no one was able to give a very thorough answer on that. and those words are remembered by those in this community. >> and newt gingrich, his stance on this? how do you feel about that? >> well, as i said, again, i don't have an opinion on this, i'm just reflecting what people tell me. and they say that, well, yes, it's very good. then out of all of them, when they're talking about electrifying the border and

building a border across every single centimetre and not coming up with what happens after that border is closed, at least gingrich is talking about the 11 million people that are here. nobody seems to be talking about that on the republican side. >> okay, jose, always nice to see you, my friend. >> always a pleasure. >> you can catch jose every weeknight on his telecast. he has invested $300 million in the micro blogging web site. he now holds more than a 3% stake in twitter. that is something to tweet about. ♪ ♪

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