we could go to bill bradley, allen page, michael jordan, we can go down the line of what athletes have done but use that as resource. there are other athletes who have done things in a wide variety of field that they can use how they want to move forward post playing the game. >> we have 20 seconds. >> i would just like to say one thing to all athletes understand that you come from an unique situation. you've learned how to be motivated, take goals, take punishment, endure and create things out of thin air. forward. if anyone can tap into those qualities that made you an athlete, you can take those on the road and go anywhere. >> well said, my friend. a terrific discussion. in the meantime, waj and i will see you online. ♪ >> welcome to the news hour force. >> buildings collapsed in india killing and trapping dozens. 1234 we have the headlines in europe including stay away from the coast. weather warnings as britain is battered by floods and storms. >> seeking a new life in

simpson of wyoming, former senator bill bradley of new jersey, and he had a list of 22 questions. e asked simpson the questions. and they agreed on 16 of 22 whereupon bradley says okay, you have my vote because 16 of 22 is enough. now, i am unaware of any cooperative bipartisan personal relationships like that today. >> you know the other thing about ronald reagan, he'd been a governor for many years, he probably negotiated dozens of agreements. he'd been a union president. how many agreements did he have to negotiate? you now have a president who's never been a manager and has never been in a negotiation in his life. all he knows how to do is plug in the teleprompter and lash out against something. he's never negotiated anything. >> i just think that that is not, you know, on its face a realistic position to take. i mean, barack obama may not be the best negotiator. he may not be the most cordial, friendly person to republicans in the congress. but the main stumbling block in washington right now is not barack obama. >> not harry reid. not the left-wing democrats. >> it's not even

we could go to bill bradley, allen page, michael jordan, we can go down the line of what athletes have done but use that as resource. there are other athletes who have done things in a wide variety of field that they can use how they want to move forward post playing the game. >> we have 20 seconds. >> i would just like to say one thing to all athletes understand that you come from an unique situation. you've learned how to be motivated, take goals, take punishment, endure and create things out of thin air. you can always practice to go forward. if anyone can tap into those qualities that made you an athlete, you can take those on the road and go anywhere. >> well said, my friend. a terrific discussion. in the meantime, waj and i will see you online. ♪ >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. digging out. heavy snow brings the northeast to a grinding halt and it's not over. now even more bone chilling temperatures are on the way. >>> fit for duty or not? why half the female marines in boot camp can't seem to pass the fitness test. >>>

all of you but these bridge builders as far as i was concerned are people like phil cullen and bill bradley, jack danforth, john warner, david warren, sam nunn, nancy castle bomb, republicans and democrats in the list goes on and maybe the last one to leave because of frustration was olympia snowe. so you have this large number of people, most of whom could have been reelected forever who left in disgust because they couldn't get anything done. i think that is the new phenomenon over the last couple of decades that is especially worrying. now the other theme though in this book and i think this is an important point to make, despite my frustrations and even my anger at the congress, the reality is i got a lot of things done with the congress. most of my predecessors, it you are lucky, could get two or three or four big military procurement programs canceled that were over cost, overdue are no longer relevant. i cut nearly three dozen and ended up getting congressional approval or acquiescence in all of them. i cut almost 200 lien dollars out of the pentagon's overhead, and even eliminated a

these bridge builders were people like bill cohen and bill bradley, jack danforth, john warner, david boren, sam dunn, republicans and democrats, the list goes on. may be the last one to leave because of frustration was olympia snow. so you have this large number of people, most of whom could have been reelected forever who left in disgust because they couldn't get anything done and i think that is the new phenomenon over the last couple decades that is especially worrying. the other theme in this book and it is an important point to make, despite my frustrations and even my anchor at the congress, the reality is i had got a lot of things done with congress. most of my predecessors if they were lucky to get two or three or four big military procurement programs canceled that were over cost, overdue or no longer relevant. i cut nearly 3 dozen and ended up getting congressional approval or acquiescence in all of them. i cut almost $200 billion out of the pentagon's overhead and even eliminated a combat command and i got the congress to support me on that. partly because i had enormously

tax reform that happened in 1986, the bipartisan deal between ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradleyand others. wondrous in terms of its economic effects. host: freddie, indianapolis. democrat. i am classifying myself as a socialist communist. a socialist capitalist. the reason for that. let me tell you. reduce -- a redistribution of wealth. when the people out here do not , someone is going to have to feed them. have jobs to feed themselves, someone will have to feed them. if no one is feeding them, they will not let them go hungry. what do you think of that? guest: thank you for the call. i agree. i do think someone needs to feed them. i think one of the roles of the state is to provide, to give provision for the poor and particularly those who have been poor and needy for no fault of their own. i believe in the welfare state in that understanding of it. that is partly why we wrote this article. , and i think the objective of the most conservatives, is to try to have fewer people who are poor. growth,uires economic peoplemobility, giving skills and talents that they economy. modern

tax reform that happened in 1986, the bipartisan deal between ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley and others. it did wondrous in terms of its economic effects. host: freddie, indianapolis. democrat. caller: i am classifying myself as a socialist communist. a socialist capitalist. the reason for that. let me tell you. reduce -- a redistribution of wealth. when the people out here do not have jobs, someone is going to have to feed them. if they don't have jobs to feed themselves, someone will have to feed them. if no one is feeding them, they will not let them go hungry. what do you think of that? guest: thank you for the call. i agree. i do think someone needs to feed them. i think one of the roles of the state is to provide, to give provision for the poor and particularly those who have been poor and needy for no fault of their own. i believe in the welfare state in that understanding of it. that is partly why we wrote this article. my objective, and i think the objective of the most conservatives, is to try to have fewer people who are poor. that requires economic growth, social

we have a very proactive police commissioner bill bradley.ator in the business and i'm sure he's on top of this. he spent his whole lifetime doing this. >> always a pleasure. haven't seen you since the new year. happy new year. >> my pleasure. >>> up next, a smash and grab robbery, but this was done a with a car. the $40,000 heist caught on camera. now police are hoping something the suspects left behind could lead to their airrrests. >>> plus, justin bieber deported from the u.s.? a canadian arrested in miami and also facing an investigation in los angeles. so what crimes l s lead to deportation with the pop star's status have influence on this case? that's next, the biebs. then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a

tax reform that happened in 1986, the bipartisan deal between ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley and others. wondrous in terms of its economic effects. host: freddie, indianapolis. democrat. i am classifying myself as a socialist communist. a socialist capitalist. the reason for that. let me tell you. reduce -- a redistribution of wealth. when the people out here do not , someone is going to have to feed them. have jobs to feed themselves, someone will have to feed them. if no one is feeding them, they will not let them go hungry. what do you think of that? guest: thank you for the call. i agree. i do think someone needs to feed them. i think one of the roles of the state is to provide, to give provision for the poor and particularly those who have been poor and needy for no fault of their own. i believe in the welfare state in that understanding of it. that is partly why we wrote this article. , and i think the objective of the most conservatives, is to try to have fewer people who are poor. growth,uires economic peoplemobility, giving skills and talents that they economy. moder

caller: not an active all addition, but bill bradley from new jersey. have heard him speak a number of times on this topic. he is one guy. he does seem to be in touch. maybe there are others out there. i do not think there are any that are jumping up and grabbing a megaphone. host: steve. we have set up the phone lines by age group. we're taking your calls on this question. do you think you will retire on time? there are stories in the various papers. the hill newspaper had a story up today on white house increasing pressure for the passage of jobless age. it notes increased pressure on congress to extend long-term jobless aid. gene sperling is the director of the national economic council likelys that there is less joy and more fear and distress and the homes of 1.3 million americans who have seen their unemployment insurance cut off. that is a statement released on wednesday. also, this from the washington post. pay raiseautomatic for federal employees in three years kicks in on wednesday. the rates are increased by one percent for the next applicable

than enough and that the fact that he did what he did from somewhere else is because bradley manning and tom drake and bill binney were already a deterrent enough that he cannot go through channels absolutely just one right thank you so much for coming in and weighing in on edward snowden growing popularity here in the u.s. ok thank you the u.s. senate committee on commerce science and transportation now the hearing today to put the use of domestic unmanned aerial vehicles under the microscope the committee debated potential economic benefits of you avi's as well as ways to update the federal aviation. administration's regulations to accommodate these vehicles but the meeting looks beyond using the drones to survey crops at the hearing senator feinstein said she's concerned about surveillance issues and particularly safety i nearly we should not allow armed drones in the united states period. it should be a crime for a private individual in the united states to arm a drone the f.a.a. should use it certification and licensing authorities to prohibit armed drones and no government state or federal should use

bradley is here. good morning. >> reporter: this is the coldest since bill clinton was president.to minus 5 degrees. that kept a lot of runners home. it was just too cold. brutal arctic blast brought most of the u.s. another day of bone-chilling weather. every state except hawaii hit below freezing. a blizzard slammed western new york, dumping more than 15 inches of snow. >> real heavy snow. real, real heavy snow. >> reporter: the midwest looks like the north pole. lake michigan streaming cold with ice forming along its banks. and minneapolis, a fun dan left running outside transform need a mountain of ice. across the south, record lows were set. atlanta dipped to 6 degrees. >> it's really not atlanta weather. >> reporter: geese walked on icy pond in mississippi. 500 amtrak passengers stuck in snow made their way home after a night of hell. >> i'm exhausted and i haven't had much to eat. sleep williing on the train was. >> reporter: and rough for this first-time mother who gave birth all by herself. >> her due date wasn't until the 12th. i think she wanted to come early. she didn'

bradley manning would be pardoned immediately the usa though in there yes i did because they are whistleblowers they are people who have exposed our government for government wrongdoing for violating our constitution and bill of rights and the government needs to be held accountable it's that simple what gives them the right to violate the constitution what we need now larry our laws were some teeth in it when we catch a government person and let's have investigations where the government doesn't investigate itself when when when we find a government official has violated the constitution at minimum they should be fired if not jail time how come you know it's like it's like everything when we lied to the government as citizens we can go to jail when they lied to us all that's right we go to war when they lie to us don't go in and exert law into the stick all the time and the editorials in the new york times and the guardian in london have called for clemency for snow not get you to agree with that absolutely by the way salute lee i agree with many many concerns about the olympics in sochi security and the like how safe are they would you go. if i were an olympic athlete yes i would say it's a chance of a l

bradley begins our weather coverage. good morning, tahman >> reporter: good morning. this is the coldest air this country has had since billat kept a lot of runners home. it was too cold. the brutal arctic blast brought most of the u.s. another day of bone-chilling weather. every state except hawaii hit below freezing. a blizzard slammed western new york, dumping more than 15 inches of snow. >> real heavy snow. real, real heavy snow. >> reporter: the midwest looks like the north pole. lake michigan streaming cold with ice forming along its banks. in minneapolis, a fountain left running outside, transformed into a mountain of ice. across the south, record lows. atlanta dipped to 6 degrees. >> it's really not atlanta weather. >> reporter: geese walked on icy ponds in mississippi. 500 amtrak passengers stuck in snow made their way home after a night of hell. >> i'm exhausted. and i haven't had much to eat. sitting on a train was rough. >> reporter: rough conditions for this young mother who gave birth to her first child at home, all by herself. >> her due date wasn't until the 21st. i think she wanted to see the blizzard. she

we could go to bill bradley, allen page, michael jordan, we can go down the line of what athletes have done but use that as resource. there are other athletes who have done things in a wide variety of field that they can use how they want to move forward post playing the game. >> we have 20 seconds. >> i would just like to say one thing to all athletes understand that you come from an unique situation. you've learned how to be motivated, take goals, take punishment, endure and create things out of thin air. forward. if anyone can tap into those qualities that made you an athlete, you can take those on the road and go anywhere. >> well said, my friend. a terrific discussion. in the meantime, waj and i will see you online. ♪ check check >> ro tests a -- protests against al qaeda in syria as the largest rebel group, the islamic front, joins the fight against them them. >> you're watching al jazeera. also on the show - across the border from syria al qaeda-led fighters are battling for control are fighting for control of anbar. >> two states of emergency - two people die as a snow storm hi