to talk about all of this we are joined tonight by alex burns of politico. alex, first of all, the notion that this could be a year of action, what does that mean and is that possible? >> jeff, in the context of the state of the union, a year of action really means for the president a year of contrast, democrats are expecting barack obama to use this speech to set up the big differences between the two parties, heading into the 2014 elections, of what they view as sort of a robust executive energy, focus on issues of economic fairness and income inequality versus a very slow-moving gridlock congressional republican caucus, there is no issue that is more obvious i think than the issue of immigration, which the white house would like to see move off the back burner. >> glor: a lot of immigration reform right now. the three g.o.p. responses what does that tell us? >> it certainly tells us the days when a political party could designate a single spokesperson, in this case, republican congresswoman kathy rogers as their one and only message deliverer for the state

susan page, alex burns, politico's senior reporter. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know chris christie has national political interests. susan, how important is what we see from him one hour from now? >> you know, i think this is the critical moment. this is definitely become a scandal, a damaging scandal, but not one from which he could recover, but the whole political world will be tuned in in an hour to hear what he says, how he says it, what his tone is. can he take an apologetic tone? that's kind of not his standard operating demeanor. can he explain how this could have happened among senior officials in his office? >> new jersey democrats are just incredulous about this. here is what some of a few had to say last night. >> well, what was revealed was what we have all suspected, but not had proof, that this was a political operation. >> the credibility level is getting reduced and reduced as this story continues to move on. >> alex, has the damage already been done? let me show you the front page of "the trentonian." and he

>> i want to bring in our company, ruth marcus is a columnist for "the washington post," alex burns isith politico. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> the national journal says good speech, modest agenda, a diminished leader. "the new york times," a study in scaled down ambition. "the washington post," clear position of confrontation." ruth, how did he do? >> i thought he did fine under the circumstances, and the circumstances are pretty much what confronts any second-term president, especially second-term president with a divided congress that doesn't want to do very much, so i think the adjectives that you used and some of the adjectives in the clips that you read from, modest, is really the right adjective to sum up this speech. >> it's also interesting that i think if you were dropped in from another planet and you listened to the president and the official republican response from cathy mcmorris rodgers, both of them had similar themes focusing on regular americans. >> that's how the daughter of a factory worker is ceo of america's largest auto maker, how the son of a barkee

alex burns of politico says this will likely be a speech of contrasts. >> democrats are expecting barack to use this speech to set up the big differences between the two parties heading. what they view as sort of robust executive energy, focused on issues of economic fairness and income and equality versus a very slow moving gridlocked republican caucus. >> following his speech the president will travel to maryland, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and tennessee to promote his proposals. >>> and the family of marlise munoz is prepared her funeral after she was taken off life support at a texas hospital. munoz who was pregnant was declared pregnant in november after her husband found her unconscious at home. the hospital kept her on life support for the sake of her fetus. her husband sued the hospital and friday a judge ruled in his favor. she e with us removed from life support yesterday and allowed to die. >> this is the decision we sought. there's nothing happy about today. this was a sad situation all the way around. >> her husband says he wants to move on caring for their young son. >>> on t

we are joined in washington tonight by alexander burns senior political reporter for "politico". alex, thanks for being with us. what is the outlook for the governor this evening? >> well, jeff, the big picture here is that chris chrisie is trying to show that he can turn the page on controversies back home, get back to his job as governor. and be out there around the country raising money for his fellow republicans as chairman of the republican governor's association. that is proving to be easier said than done. down in florida he held a number of events for the governor rick scott who has a tough re- election campaign. he was followed around the state by the chair of the democratic national committee. and you have, you know, any number of controversies unfolding on the local level in florida where republicans have had to answer for their perceived connection to a governor who's fighting an investigation back home. >> glor: meanwhile alex, these explosive charges from the mayor of hoboken dawn zimmer who claimed that sandy aid would be tied to her potential support for a real estate

. >>> a teenager is recovering from serious burns after being accidentally set on fire. ktvu's alex savidge is live at the concord b.a.r.t. station where it all happened to tell us about the unusual circumstances surrounding this situation. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: well, good afternoon. investigators say this boy's clothes were soaked with gasoline and that's because he had been working on cars earlier on in the day. that's what led up to the bizarre accident. it was around 11:00. b.a.r.t. police say the teen was dropped off at the station. the person giving him a ride lit a cigarette inside the car. that spark ignited flamable vapors in the car and that triggered the fire. the teen jumped out of the car with his clothes on fire and ran to the station agent for help and ripped off his burning clothes. the fire was out by the time officers arrived on the scene. but this boy suffered serious burns to his arms and chest and had to be airlifted to valley medical center in san jose. b.a.r.t. police looking into exactly what happened and the circumstances here but at this point,

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. >>> a teenager recovering this morning from very serious burns after being accidentally set on fire last night. ktvu's alexavidge is at the concord b.a.r.t. station. that's where it happened, alex. >> good morning. this strange accident happened while the victim was being dropped off by someone else here at the concord b.a.r.t. station. it was last night at about 11:00. b.a.r.t. police say this teenaged boy had gasoline on his clothes and that's because he had been fixing cars earlier on in the day. the person who was dropping the teenager off then lit a cigarette inside the car and police say that spark ignited flammable vapors in the air. that's what triggered this fire. the teenaged boy's clothes were on fire and burning as he jumped out of the car. the fire was put out by the time police officers arrived here at this scene. the boy did suffer burns to his arms and chest. he had to be airlifted down to valley medical center in san jose. the update we got this morning, according to a b.a.r.t. police sergeant, i was told the boy's injuries are not considered life-threatening. there is an investigate under

burns on his chest and arms. the driver is not placing any charges. alex will have an update for you coming up at 6:40. meantime, a hearing is set for a teen accused of setting a person on fire back in november on an "a" c transit -- an ac transit bus. he was wearing a skirt at the time and he suffered second and third degree burns. his lawyer is arguing the case should be moved to juvenile court. >>> happening today, marin county plans on tapping into an emergency water reserve for the first time in years. tara moriarty joins us with reaction and the reason water officials are being forced to get water for the first time in 20 years, tara? if. >> reporter: we are getting ready to cut back on those long hot showers and water rationing may be coming to your home and this is something that may be happening but for the first time over the next 30 days, the district will be pumping water uphill from phoenix lake, to the district's treatment lake and it wants to use the supplying now before it evaporates. we spoke to them and he worries they will prevent people from planting. >> we had a great year and now

alex in. 14 seconds after he leaves. nathan it's 4-0. shut it down, right? sharks playing chicago. makes for the one-goal game. big late save, show. burnsaway. 30 saves, avs win. >>> st. mary's bounce back win. lays it in and the foul. second half, no look, finishing strong and had 16. hole led the way with 19. up and in. st. mary asinine-point winner. >>> mens' hoops, protecting war memorial, skid on the floor. mark finishes it with the flush. 19 first half point, 57 in the second half. 19-11. 76-66. usf 3-1 conference play. >>> santa clara, jared brown, good looking fresh man, 29. anthony 34 for the lions and sends it to over time. the broncos 7-0 run. brown ridge again, 86-81 santa clara victorious. anquan boldin talks play-off experience and the niners, packers tomorrow. one hint, they played for the packers for eight seasons. wonder who he will pick? >> thank you, colin. >> thank you, colin. >>> soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of he

. >> reporter: judge alex tapes nine or ten shows a day when they are in production. >> we have been burnedre real and turned out to be fake. i taped almost 1400 cases. so that's not a bad ratio >> reporter: tarr says his success rate is about one tv appearance for every 12 crazy pitches. >> my computer was damaged and i sued my fiancee, and then, uh, we went to france, and she left me at the altar in marseilles. >> reporter: his first tv hoax was back in 1997 on a show called "forgive or forget." tarr claimed he'd stolen his brother's fiancee. has a producer ever busted you? >> no, no, no. they were always like, "this guy is so over the top, this guy is so good for tv, this guy has such an interesting story. [ bleep ] we got burned!" some of them pay an appearance fee, maybe a hundred bucks. they all pay for flights hotels and food. i always tell them i have a job that pays me and they need to reimburse me for wages that don't exist. >> reporter: that's fraudulent! >> is it? i don't know words like that. >> reporter: and on the court shows, there's a pay-out. tarr's career earnings? maybe

alex. >> reporter: yeah, well, good morning. this massive fire still burningut of control in redwood city. quite a few crews on scene. obviously a lot of streets blocked off in the area as well in all directions right now. not a good place to be if you are driving. you can see they are up on the ladder trucks right now. crews from all over this area dumping water on this fire, trying to make sure it stays contained to the original business that broke out. it's a warehouse that's burning. it caught fire early this morning just before 6:00. it's on douglas avenue right near bay road. we're told it's a family-owned woodworking business. crews from all over the area have come in here. at this point, they've had to fight this fire defensively and make sure it doesn't spread. some people nearby have been evacuated and we also a short time ago talked to people who own neighboring businesses. they are grateful that this fire is spreading -- is not spreading to their businesses. >> flames were higher than the telephone pole there. it's just nice that that building didn

. >> you have heard of people burning bridges, this bridge cannot be rebuilt. this relationship between the yankees and alexeen severed beyond repair. >> how important a president is the set? precedent does this set? >> it is important for but d selig. you have a new players' union leader. the players are tired of talking about it and tired of people taking jobs because of it. there may be some sort of groundswell to make a push on eradicating -- >> what is the message? to alexwhat happened rodriguez, or is this just the tip of the iceberg? thelex was the pelt on wall. they wanted to make an example out of this guy who went to such lengths to hide his activities. with alex, let's see if it permeates to the rest of the league. he struck out. thank you so much, bloomberg news sports reporter. "market makers" will be back in a moment. ♪ >> live, from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, this is "market makers", with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. drink up. the company behind makers mark. the deal may rock the liquor industry. the headphone moguls that gave us beats music. >> the best-selling car luxu

alex a wall tie you seeing way you are now what's going on that. it's in fact it's very hard to see anything particularly the police lines right now because the rioters are burning tires that the whole area here it's pretty much go over it in a black mortgage still very down here despite not being out there and there's some very short while ago which you have are all where you've gone already. assaults on the right just a chance to force them off the governmental quarter they have been partially successful every time they push to the riaa and. it's back to the in the. pan and square. like take a jelly win or don't report i hope you can hear me right now the the protesters are particular infuriated with messages about the. role riot act is being killed and they believe they were killed by the police although that's not confirmation of what led to their deaths there are reports or speculation that it was done by bullet wounds but it's not not clear what kind of bullets were used what does rather go to or live around this is not clarified what you see right now is pretty much a deadlock standstill situation but as a very short while ago a little older than an hour

is maybe a smidgen more street cred than alex trebek who should have been called on in this instance. >> i'm the king of rock. there is nothing higher. to burn't stop rocking until i retire. >> yeah. that's what i'm talking about. blitzer. why, oh, why, did run dmc not use him in their king of rock video? >> i'm the king of rock. call me sire. to burn my kingdom you must use fire. i won't stop rocking until i retire. >> gone too soon. he had almost as much flow as wolf blitzer tlf. almost. >> keep your eyes on my ka bomb bomb bo boom boom boom. do you think you can handle my padunk? >> i want to arrange a freestyle battle between alex trebek and wolf blitzer. join us 10:00 p.m. for "ac 360 late ever." thanks for watching, piers morgan live starts right now. >>> this is piers morgan live. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight i say this is the thing that's making all the trouble right now. the polar vortex. under the wind chill tonight's temperatures could plunge to the lowest yet. not just uncomfortable, it's downright dangerous not just for people. i'll talk to the cue rater of the national zoo who is mov

is maybe a smidgen more street cred than alex trebek who should have been called on in this instance. >> i'm the king of rock. there is nothing higher. to burnst use fire. i won't stop rocking until i retire. >> yeah. that's what i'm talking about. blitzer. why, oh, why, did run dmc not use him in their king of rock video? >> i'm the king of rock. call me sire. to burn my kingdom you must use fire. i won't stop rocking until i retire. >> gone too soon. he had almost as much flow as wolf blitzer there. almost. >> keep your eyes on my ka bomb boom boom boom. do you think you can handle my padunk? >> i want to arrange a freestyle battle between alex trebek and wolf blitzer. >>> welcome to "ago 360 later." the country stays frozen, dennis rodman melts down and the cake boss joins us. we begin with andrew sullivan founder of the dish. jeffrey toobin, and pamela brown, in the middle of a blizzard near buffalo. in minneapolis, stephanie elam. pamela, how cold is it? >> reporter: anderson, it's the kind of cold where your cheeks hurt, your teeth hurt.

alex trebek who should have been called on in this instance. >> i'm the king of rock. there is none higher. sucker emcee should call me sire. to burnu must use fire. i won't stop rocking until i retire. >> yeah! that's what i'm talking about. blitzer. why, oh, why, did run dmc not use him in their king of rock video? >> i'm the king of rock. ♪ call me sire to burn my kingdom you must use fire. i won't stop rockin' until i retire ♪ >> gone too soon. he had almost as much flow as wolf blitzer there. almost. >> keep your eyes on my ka bomb boom boom boom. you think you can handle this ka dunk adunk dunk? >> missy elliott, work it. i want to arrange a free style battle between alex trebek and wolf blitzer. that's it for us. "early start." >>> a devastating deep freeze moves across the country. historically low temperatures creating catastrophe for people in their homes and people on the roads. is there' leaf in site? indra petersons is tracking it. >>> a shocking new book. the former secretary and the new book that has washington reeling this morning. why he says things were so bad. he almost quit. >>> dennis rodman under fire on the d

alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> time is 6:47. we are still following that huge wild fire. we are there live. just look at the pictures. live pictures. the flames are still burningut of control. it has destroyed about 20 buildings including a guest house on the estate built by the family that owned the singer sewing machine. it has burned 1700-acres so far. its only 30% contained. it has forced the evacuation of 3700 people and only about half were allowed to go back home last night. many of the homeowners did not want to leave. >> materialistic and not anything expect a structure. and i'm insured. everything else can be rebuilt. >> three men have been arrested on charges of recklessly starting this fire. they claim they were sitting around a campfire when a breeze kicked up and that sparked the fire. >>> this morning president obama is making a much anticipated speech about the national security agency controversial surveillance programs. white house aids say he will seek a middle ground between privacy concerns and security measures needed to keep the country safe. the president scheduled to speak at can this morning -- to speak at 8:00 this morning. and we'll