. >> cameraman lee roush begins recording an interview with assistant fire chief jim mitchell. >> jiml, j-i-m m-i-t-c-h-e-l-l. >> okay. assistant chief? >> assistant chief. >> have you guys been busy? has it been mostly calls like these? >> haven't been too bad today. yesterday was a different story. and last night, but today's been pretty uneventful. >> but it won't be uneventful for long. >> in this situation we had some ice on the line. the bigger problem was that snow and ice had collected on the limb. >> the firemen and news crew have no idea the tree limb above the power line is about to break. >> i was, you know, doing this shooting where you're looking through the viewfinder with your right eye and my left eye, i'm looking around, see what's going on. i see the tree branch move a little bit. i kind of looked over at it, and that's when everything let go. >> they're standing only a few feet away from live power lines charged with nearly 10,000 volts of electricity. >> the power lines. more today is medical emergencies, people are out shoveling their walks. >> the electrical exp

back with us on set we have sam stein, andrea mitchell and jim van dehy with willie geist in new yorksual a cornucopia of news. we take people across the globe. talking obviously about a shocking new "the new york times"/cbs poll that everybody's focused on. >> yes. >> we are taking americans of the millions and millions of americans watching this show and listen on armed forces radio, the news of bulgaria. big news of syria. willie, we are looking at a story, the further decline of the united states of america. it started as dr. sax said in 1973. average wages decaylee anthonying and leads us down the long and winding road to grim, grim news coming out of the far east this morning. take it. >> the sun continues to set on the american empire. here it is again. singapore, dateline singapore. 7/eleven and not the 7/lynnes in america. you have heard of the slurpee machine? in singapore they have the mashed potato and gravy machine. mixing water with a powder. pours on gravy to take with you on the go. >> okay. coming soon to singapore, obesity. >> seriously. where were we? >> here's the

jim kenney in philadelphia, take a hike. something stinks here, says daniel mitchell of the libertarian-leaning cato institute.t just the chick-fil-a's president's intolerant attitude toward gay marriage. >> disagree with him. but don't try to penalize and discriminate against a company using the thuggish coercive power of government. >> reporter: is that an overreach of government in your opinion? >> it's a very dangerous overreach of government. when government gets involved with its monopoly on the use of force, you're talking about something much more serious and much more threatening. >> reporter: chick-fil-a, sensing a local government revolt, sent out a state that says it does not discriminate based on sexual orientation and that, quote, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and the political arena. chicago alderman moreno tells cnn this is the place for local government and he makes no apologies for killing a business deal over personal opinion. kyung lah, cnn, new york. >>> joining me now, chicago alderman joe moreno. thank you for taking the time. so why --

nbc's andrea mitchell reported this afternoon that the congressman is in rehab at a facility in arizona suffering from alcoholism and addiction. jimr for "the chicago tribune." jonathan allen is a congressional reporter for politico. what do you know? >> well, not beyond -- nothing beyond that. that's why this whole matter is absolutely inept and -- just think about what you just said. june 25, his constituents found out he hadn't been voting since june 10 for them. the fact is that he -- relinquishes the luxury of privacy even if one obviously has -- you know, absolutely humane, you know, row action to this, sympathizes. relinquishes the right to privacy. nobody here yet knows what he is doing. his constituents are aren't being represented in congress and don't know if he will still be running for re-election. he has would opponents. it is a symbol of what really has been an unfortunate, almost melancholy kid born into the political elite, son of reverend jackson. had everything going for him. got elected in his late 20s to congress. been there 17 years. now is a wash in controversy and infidelity that became public. and what loo

jim webber, both been there, done that. stay tuned. >>> meanwhile, we're watching president obama's event in jacksonville, florida. stay with us for live coverage next right here on "andrea mitchelleports." >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. ohio based interior designer, pamela, was doing well serving big corporate customers and passing on smaller clients. when the work stopped coming, she had to rethink her business plan, diversifying by thinking both big and small, she made sure every customer knew they were valuable to her. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. >>> topping the headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports" anthony scalia says there's no bad blood between he and chief roberts over robert's decisions to vote with liberal justices and uphold the president's health care law last month. scalia told cnn's piers morgan that reports of a falling out are overblown. >> i haven't had a falling out with justice roberts. >> no words exchanged