i don't know what john boehner was thinking. >> let's bring in robert gibbs. hat do you think? >> well, i think -- i'm struck by what richard said. i'm struck by what former ambassador michael orrin said. i wonder if the prime minister looks back at this and doesn't think now that the costs greatly exceed the benefits. i think something in like foreign policy and diplomacy to do something like this where the costs greatly exceed the benefits in your relationship with your best and strongest ally, i think is a bad move to make. >> the ability to manage the most important bilateral relationship is critical. netanyahu is taking a big risk here because this could backfire here if he's seen as mismanaging. >> eugene robinson, thank you. >>> coming up meet the man who would have been running the entire country if something catastrophic had happened at the capital last tuesday night. transportation secretary anthony foxx joins us next on "morning joe." you just got a big bump in miles. so this is a great opportunity for an upgrade. sound good? great. because you're no

joining me now is a chuck todd and robert gibbs. chuck, what just happened?well i guess one way is the cycle has so moved up the news cycle, that now in 2016 you drop out before you announce. that's how quickly this campaign is moving. no i think what happened today was today was the real start of the republican presidential race. mitt romney is now out. now you see -- now we know what the field looks like. this is going to be sort of jeb bush in one corner possibly having to deal with a chris christie for the establishment wing. you have scott walker right now looking like the strongest of the potential anti-washington, anti-bush part of the establishment world. then we have to figure out who else is going to end up in this sort of first tier of a rand paul. perhaps it is a huckabee. what kind of traction does a ted cruz get? you have marco rubio and bobby jindal trying to find a place in this. today is the first real day of the republican primary campaign. >> robert i'm just surprised there was any legitimate suggestion that romney would throw his hat in fo

robert gibbs and congressman castro thank you both. >> thank you. >>> coming up will the republicans' first day as the majority in congress become the first showdown of the year between congress and the white house? we'll look at the new gop strategy to passkeystone and other agenda items. >>> also investigators questioning the two men suspected of shooting two new york police officers overnight in the bronx. we'll have the latest ahead on "now." >>> first, dangerously cold temperatures in much of the country. we're going to go to msnbc meteorologist domenica davis. >> we have witch warnings and viriles for parts of ten states right now that span from the morn plains down into the ohio valley. no tonight and tomorrow morning we'll look at windchill values as low as minus 50 in some cases. wednesday's forecast shows the core of this cold going into the ohio valley so it would be for the great lakes all the way down to the ohio valley. by -- by thursday, rather, it spreads off to the east and we'll see the coldest day of the winter even into the south. >>> we were dealing with mudslides

but before we do robert gibbs, what about you? if you're on a campaign, isn't kind of the working assumption if your guy wins you're going to get the job or gal eventually? >> i think in most instances by the time you get to the end of the campaign you have a fairly decent chance or decent sense of if this person wins, who is likely to be the press secretary. i think mike's absolutely right. i think the you realize pretty quickly how great an honor and great a responsibility it is when you doll drive into that white house, a lot of days when it's dark. and you realize sitting in that oval office throughout the week what you're witnessing, what you're trying to describe and what you're part of. know, i think it's truly an amazing honor. i do remember pretty early into my first briefing and i was listening to a question and it was about ten minutes in and i remember this voice in my head saying i can't believe you're here doing this. and there's another voice saying pay attention to the questions. [ laughter ] i thautd thought it wo

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. >> i thought that robert gibbs points out well, people fighting for the name on the back of the jerseyname, and not for the team jersey. you hear back biting, people that call the candidate latest at night and screws the other people. candidates have to fight that. they like it, they like hearing from the last -- they like the scuttle on each -- they like the back biting, they will get it, will she say no, i want a team here. >> historically she has been bad at doing exactly that. she had a camp that has had conflicts, leaks, and trashing each other and i'm sure her communications people have enjoyed sitting on the phone with you guys having conversations about this kind of thing. i don't know how this will play out. i think right now it looks really smart for them to be on the same page, but we will see how that playing out. a senate shot today does not give you an indicator of november 2016. that remains to be seen. i think no matter where he goes and what his approvals look like, she is more tied to them than people have wanted to admit today. at the end of the day, they joined up.

joining me now is the two strategists, david axelrod and robert gibbs, president obama's white houseess secretary and advised his presidential campaigns. both are msnbc political analysts. i'm so glad, i want to start with rob. hillary made a bunch of mistakes in 2008. she didn't understand the importance of iowa and proportionality and never got off the problem with iraq. right? >> yes. >> do you sense that building this campaign with people like podesta, she's putting together a group of people that are not just yes people but don't begin with that word. you think she's putting together a grown-up team? what do you see? >> there's no doubt that the people that she's bringing in have great experience and they will be trusted because they were a part of that winning team in both '08 and 2012. john podesta is probably the most important hire because he has the stature, the experience and personal relationship with the clintons to make sure that if there's a war or an argument in the campaign, a there will be that, that once a decision is made, it gets implemented and you move on to th

looking for tonight, especially from the republican opposition michael steele joan wallish, and robert gibbs at "jeopardy." all are msnbc contributors. he beat me badly once and i will get even. i have to tell you, in all fairness tonight, you can ignore isis, but it's still there. and they're killing people. the two poor japanese guys i don't even no if they have a trial, and they want $200 million, because they figure the japanese have the money. >> that's one of the challenges that the president i think will have to walk not so much tonight but afterwards. a lot of people will celebrate with the president the good economic news but this is the harsh reality, chris, these things are still happening, and there is concern about how this administration who's made it very clear we want boots off the ground now in a position of having to put some boots on the ground and what does that mean going forward? it will be interesting to see how the president addresses it tonight from what he's put out. so far it doesn't look lie he gets too heavy. >> robert how will he explain the -- i've read the exc

this has been the -- this job, you know, robert gibbs over there and i started this process, a far fetcheddea we would be in the white house or on "meet the press" set you know. this has been a great honor and privilege. i'm going to keep doing it as long as i can. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you for coming on "meet the press." >>> coming up, we know dr. martin luther king jr. changed civil rights in america. now in this mlk weekend we'll tell you about his other lasting change on american politics, one that no one talks about a lot. flo: hey, big guy. i heard you lost a close one today. look, jamie, maybe we weren't the lowest rate this time. but when you show people their progressive direct rate and our competitors' rates you can't win them all. the important part is, you helped them save. thanks, flo. okay, let's go get you an ice cream cone, champ. with sprinkles? sprinkles are for winners. i understand. >>> tomorrow is a country, we remember and honor dr. martin luther king jr., leader of the civil rights movement. did you know mlk can be considered a crucial architect of the modern politi

so robert gibbs at one point goes to him and says, mr. president, you need to look angry about the oil spill. you need to show some anger. a perfectly rational human response. i always these are irrational and very different from some of these -- and he says it's not going to clean up any oil but it will buy you some time and space and it will get these guys off my back, referring to us. so the president got out there and he doesn't get angry very well. we all know when he is faking it a little bit but he did his best and he bought all a bit of political time but he had all hands on deck. they avoid it being a political, not only is it a political problem it did come the oil does. and this. as a potential -- it could've been -- >> host: it didn't look like as this is going to be the case in the middle of it. >> guest: it's a case study of it was, the federal government managed this very well too well. steven chu, energy secretary the pentagon how to get a camera down there which they dashed when needed. problem was getting 50 to all of us

this has been the -- this job, you know, robert gibbs over there and i started this process, a far fetched in the white house or on "meet the press" set you know. this has been a great honor and privilege. i'm going to keep doing it as long as i can. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you for coming on "meet the press." >>> coming up, we know dr. martin luther king jr. changed civil rights in america. now in this mlk weekend we'll tell you about his other lasting change on american politics, one that no one talks about a lot. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. [jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting! o

this has been the -- this job, you know, robert gibbs over there and i started this process, a far fetched be in the white house or on "meet the press" set you know. this has been a great honor and privilege. i'm going to keep doing it as long as i can. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you for coming on "meet the press." >>> coming up, we know dr. martin luther king jr. changed civil rights in america. now in this mlk weekend we'll tell you about his other lasting change on american politics, one that no one talks about a lot. ♪ edward jones. this is shirley speaking. how may i help you? ♪ oh hey, neill, how are you? how was the trip? with nearly 7 million investors he's right here. hold on one sec. you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts ♪ ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or

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. >> on the other side robert gibbs saying she's good to go. >> it's fascinating.she says she is a more formidable candidate because of the success she had as secretary of state. >> what difference does that make? >> i don't think democrats believe the nostalgia for clinton ends with tragic losses in two different presidential campaigns. i think they believe that her resume as secretary of state is something that lifts her up. >> okay. there was a brand-new cbs poll that came out and it showed -- they asked americans who would you like to see running for president. 80% of democrats said they would like to see hillary run. down to the 20's for elizabeth warren. >> joe biden is in there. >> i think he's at 40%. the interesting horse race is on the republican side because the number one person that republicans say they want to see run is mitt romney, the guy who has already run for president twice before. >> 59% for romney to run. 50% for jeb bush. you look at the governor a strong likelihood is there for a spring announcement. >> there are some who say we don't want

our strategist will rejoin us steve schmidt and robert gibbs.is is msnbc's coverage of the state of the union. >> at this moment with the growing economy, shrinking deficits bustling industry booming energy production, we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on earth. >>> we will succeed and tonight i call on this congress to show the world that we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against isis. we need that authority. >> president obama "we need that authority." joining us now is richard engel from istanbul. nbc news chief correspond penitentiary. richard, great to have you with us. were you able to see the speech from turkey and what did you think of the president's remarks tonight? >> i don't understand why he says they need that authority. the u.s. is already launching a war against isis. >> right. >> there is a war that is going on every single day that we are watching, we are depending on his releasing aerial and drone footage of the bombs that are expl

. >> robert gibbs, inside the obama white house, are deliberate decisions made about those things. >>ds on what the topic and issue is. the committee members, i think a lot goes into that. i think you do have and i think you have seen this over time far fewer leanings with members of congress less interaction, and the subtle things. >> in the bush cheney white house, was it similar? >> there was similar criticism. very infrequent contact with members of congress. if you look back at the reagan diaries and you follow his eight years as president, the interaction with congress was constant. it was every day. you look at lyndon johnson, you look at previous presidents of both parties. they dealt with members of congress they were at the white house. they were on the phone, constantly working. you see a departure from that tradition over these last two administrations. >> the president there greeting membership of the supreme court. a big hug as always -- >> i'm watching you. >> she is little and she looks frail. other than being little and looking frail, there is not frail about her, she