barnum was the governor of bridgewater, connecticut. >> i saw some rumblings about donald trump. could he be governor of new york? >> highly unlikely. >> i think it would be a fascinating election to coverage. i'm excited for it. >> the senate could flip. >> panel, thank you. >>> straight ahead, 50 shades of confusion. americans from coast to coast running into problems as obama kicks in. and is your state the most frustrated or the least? >>> governor chris christie and his new jersey pal senator cory booker burning all twitter on this cold day. that's next.

"feld entertainment" owns ringling bros and barnum and bailey circus, and disney on ice, among other shows. revenues for the company hit a billion dollars for the first time last year. there's a latte competition between mcdonald's and starbucks. mcdonalds plans to improve its coffee and perk up business by going cup to cup against starbucks. fourth quarter same store sales slipped 1.4% at the burger chain. still to come: facebook in focus. a status update as that stock rises higher!! plus.... the "indie movies" that are making finanical headway in hollywood. but first... why its all downhill for some business out west that are missing winter... we'll be right back! as the drought drags out west -- california governor jerry brown is declaring a state of emergency as 17 communites there are in danger of running out of water within the next couple of months.also, some businesses are already left high and dry. ky sisson takes us there. lake tahoe is known as one of the best ski destinations in the world, but what about when there is practically no snow in sight? the area is experiencing

barnum thing nobody ever got or a.j. liebling to put in his quote book or look at nobody ever fail to get rich underestimating the intelligence of the american people they're just assuming people are going to blame the president and it turns out a lot of people are blaming the president but you want to. confuse because if the republicans try to block obama starting in two thousand and nine they did a pretty bad job the biggest peacetime spin to build in history with the eight are any of that near could be. recovery act obamacare had the first year before scott brown got sworn in to replace ted kennedy he had he had a period of time in a few months there were he actually had a year it was a little less than a year wasn't scott brown was elected in january of the next year or so but a year ok so he had about a year where he had a filibuster proof majority in the senate and he had the house when i'm with you and i think he should have been much more ambitious during the year but you know in retrospect i mean because you see

barnum was the governor of bridgewater, connecticut. >> i saw some rumblings about donald trump. could he be governor of new york? >> highly unlikely. >> i think it would be a fascinating election to coverage. i'm excited for it. >> the senate could flip. >> panel, thank you. >>> straight ahead, 50 shades of confusion. americans from coast to coast running into problems as obama kicks in. and is your state the most frustrated or the least? >>> governor chris christie and his new jersey pal senator cory booker burning all twitter on this cold day. that's next. >>> okay, everyone. it's time to hash it out. >>> okay, everyone, it's time to hash it out. a garden state taking a snow day and as politicians taking to twitter. cory booker grabbing a shovel and tweeting, heading out in about an hour to shovel for seniors and others. if you're interested in joining, tweet back. senator booker always live tweeting tales of his shoveling outing. stopped to help a senior shovel out his car. turns out hfrls neighbor's car. and governor chris christie slamming a popular tv show. a parody accoun

and the previous event in the garden had been barnum and bailey circus. so the odor of the animals was still very much in the arena -- [laughter] and it was hot. it was very hot in july. through the hanging pall of tobacco smoke, delegates and spectators could see two men lift roosevelt by the arms and carry him up the flight of stairs from the floor to the speaker's platform. the crowd quieted to watch. now roosevelt was standing at the top of the stairs. with his right hand he held a crutch wedged under his armpit, his left hand held the arm of a teenaged boy, his older son, jimmy. his fingers dug into my arms, jimmy said later. i doubt he knew how hard he was gripping me. the heat was awful, and sweat rolled down roosevelt's neck. a moment or two more, and the crowd heard roosevelt's name announced. delegates fixed their eyes on the man whom they had first seen at the democratic convention in san francisco four years earlier. in the summer of 1920 he had been, quote, a young man in the flower of his manly vigor, as one reporter put it. at a key moment

barnum.etwork whose rating surpass rivals combined and it drives the agenda. >> he is a brilliant television executive, whether you're whatever your political affiliation. >> of course. >> you write about his desire to influence national politics and you quote him telling fox executives in 2010 i want to elect the next president. what did he do to try to make that happen? >> roger ailes has been influencing politics through three decades whether as a political consultant or tv news executive and he knows how to program television to drive a message. in the 2012 cycle with mitt romney, his strategy was rather than trying to build romney up it was an attack strategy over barack obama because he knew romney had lukewarm support amongst the conservative base and obama was a very ripe target and if you look at fox fuse programming throughout the last election cycle, he was driving that through the "fast and furious" scandal and benghazi and every day fox is driving that message which kept the base