fantastic yo called me after chris hall to say that chris hall had been let go and appellate had been seeking new counsel and in the end when he determined that i was not going to agree to a continuance he said okay, well i guess i'll have to tell chris. not the owner, chris. when i spoke to this attorney today about how he came to be involved in the case whether it was through chris hall he said no it was through bill phases zero and so it may be -- it appears to me based on that chain that even if there is no direct relationship and even if you know, my colleague here has been brought in without his knowledge in a sense, there clearly is a connection between chris hall, bill phases zero and counsel here today. i think that is more evidence of game swingship. >> thank you what is the likely timing of the state certification that you have said think applied for state certification is that what is going on? . >> there is a timing in the state legislation. >>> no --. >> i'm sorry i'm hard of hearing. >>> the state certification of the business such that it will fall under state jurisdic

that was from the giant's celebration the other week here in san francisco in city hall, and well i don't know how chris detail aye got in there but i thought i would light epiif up for you but really, the friendships that you have cultivated have been pretty incredible and in fan campaigning we have found some pictures of shop's campaigns from here he had cookied made of himself on the bottom left, before you just some old pictures of him and some old comcast videos and some pictures of him looking like a real tough guy up in district seven and then the one button of the sean for mayor button but those of you who you helped support during campaignings and the notion of campaigning hard but also being out in the neighborhoods was something we all learned from you and being a stateman and representing the can of san francisco with integrity we found some old pictures of you that were follow upy. keep going. but, they were you know, you have been someone who has represented not only district seven but the city and county of san francisco incredible well and now, you are going to so with senior feinstein a

chris hansen. you know him from to catch a predator. >> you never want to be featured on that show like ever. >> nfl hall of famer and a guy who is in maryland's basketball game. >> if you ever see chris hansen coming up your steps, don't answer the door. >> i'm running for cover. guys, thank you very much . good luck with the show. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. and thank you, pal. we'll have you on some time. >> sure. i'll talk about my old days at jackson state university. very short conversation. see you, guys. >> all right. confused by your taxes? the irs understands why. what it's calling for straight ahead. >> checking up so you don't bottom out. the new rules that lenders will have to play by when approving you for a mortgage. >> attention grabbing handwriting may be the least of his worries right now. he needs senate. doug luzader has a look at the president's cabinet changes when we come back. it's 9:12.   (woman) 3 days of walking to give a break cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ a

chris. that does it for us. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hi, tamron. >> hi. to see you. major developments in the gun control fight. we're learning an nra representative will attend tomorrow's big meeting at the white house with vice president joe biden on gun violence. >>> plus, 24 hours before that meeting, congresswoman give fords launches a new campaign aimed at the gun lobby and gun control advocates have planned a gun appreciation day just before the inauguration. also, coming up, more on graham's call to delay the brennan nomination as cia director before he quote gets new information from the administration on the benghazi attacks. the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ]

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magazine, and christine brawn, associate professor at nyu, and also law professor at seton hall law school where chrisill tease you about that forever. the fact is that mitch mcconnell has step ped in and will be a part of the conversation and it is not boehner, and they are putting entitlements back on the table. is this the right thing for us to be doing? >> no, but it is part of a 30-year campaign to repeal the new deal policies by the republican party. >> i thought you would say repeal the 20th century. >> yes, repeal the 20th century, and that is what they want to do and it is framed mostly a manufactured debate. it is framed as we must do something, because of doom, and you know the doom coming before us. i think that this is a question of political will and choices, and it is not something objectively that we will run out of money. if we wanted to find the money to keep them solvent, we would do it. if we wanted to go the war tomorrow, we would. if we wanted to make sure that the elderly were not the most vulnerable like they were in the first two centuries, we would. >> and mark, looking at th

all in the face of budget, cuts, and a better battle with city hall and focus on the -- increased morale. as chrisr 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. yuh-huh. we have the wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t u-verse. get u-verse tv for $29 a month for six months. at&t. >> pam: are you looking for a new job for the new year. ?a recent survey of employers revealed some of the most common interview

chris. we hope -- >> thank you. >> -- to see you tomorrow. starting the week. my colleague tamron hall look at what's next. >> great to see you. next hour, new reaction after president obama addresses two urgent issues in the last news conference of his first term. on the debt feeling, the president telling the congress the united states is not a deadbeat nation that doesn't pay the bills and on gun control legislation, the president urging congress to examine their own conscience and put politics aside. representatives jackie spear and adam schiff will join us and look at the battles ahead coming up in three. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen.

chris soriano says her son would be alive today if there were more officers patrolling the streets. she spoke with us exclusively today and is pointing the fenger directly at the suspected shooter and at city hall. >> and the way he died just tearing me apart. >> reporter: glenda soriano is making funeral arrangements. >> the maintenance man in the complex is carrying a gun. he works for the building why is he carrying a gun? >> reporter: officers arrested that man. police say hernandez and tenants of the summer breeze apartments were frustrated with a rash of burglaries there. burglaries are considered low priority by the force because of the low staffing levels. >> the suspect said he attempted to call police and off the surveillance camera video of potentially burglary suspects. >> reporter: but police records show no reports of burglaries in the complex in 2012 even though we spoke with four alleged victims. hernandez and another man tried to detain soriano on new year's eve and after a scuffle, hernandez fired a gun and soriano's mother is blaming city hall. >> how many people have to die because the mayor has to cut the police force. >> reporter: in an e-mail the mayor said, quote, i agre

chris christie's reelection campaign. why is mark zuckerberg doing this? liz: he is tough on education, donated $100 million to newark's schools and is getting blasted on the internets despite the fact he posted a town hallnd attended a dinner for the president in silicon valley. stuart: he is a liberal, chris christie not so sure. charles: chris christie is a new age bloomberg hybrid, he has crushed these republicans. if he was nice to president obama and moved the election he is something of a hybrid have republican half democrat, maybe that is what we want. stuart: jerry brown says everything is rosy, but it is balanced, it is a model for the nation. next, why that is back on street. he is on fantasy island. ou turn? maybe you want to incorporate a business. orrotect your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like the help of an attorney. at legalzoom a legal plan attorney is available in most states with every personalized document to answer questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card a

brit and chris are still with us. i mean statuary hallnial thing that happens every four years. >> yes, it is, and as john boehner pointed out the acoustics are such at one point in history when the house used to take place, when you hear your opponents from the other side of the room because of the strange acoustics, and apart from the statues in there, about the only interesting thing about the room and in fact have the inaugural lunch there. >> chris: and i've taken my four children there and stand on one side, there's a mark on the floor and essentially really fun to do. i know, you're looking at me, this is what the wallaces think is fun and stand other other hand and john quincy adams discovered this trick of acoustics and as a result, listen and hear what the other party was doing and got a huge advantage out of that. >> bret: and also the place where after the state of the union addresses or major speeches inside the house chamber that everyone comes to the station and all of the lawmakers come out. it's the same room spin room po

chris, alyssa and my interview as well. that does it for us. join us tomorrow for the interview with form former vice president al gore. tamron hallk at what's next. >> you mentioned the young girl in chicago who performed in the president's inauguration being gunned down. breaking news out of the phoenix area where three people have been injured after a man walked into a mortgage company and opened fire. this as the senate hearing just wrapped up. we will have reaction from lawmaker who is will join the hour. plus we are learning more about the shooting out of chicago. john kerry's interim replacement will deliver his farewell speech on the senate floor within the hour. we will bring you senator kerry's farewell to the senate. our gut check, should it have been barney? ad those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership.

halls. let the cool in. >>> the boss, the master of disaster, those are just the a couple of the name given to new jersey governor chris christie in the latest edition of "time" magazine that hits newsstands on friday. christ christie's cover moment. >> this is your time to take the reins of the republican party. are you going to do it? >> i'm going to be governor of new jersey. that's my job. and the only reason you get this attention is if you're doing your job well and you're being active for the people that elected you. >> doing your job well. listen to this, there's a new poll putting christie's approval 73%. and he has strong approval out of his own party. 62% among democrats. 69% among nonwhites. wednesday's political panel, ruth marcus for "the washington post," msnbc, karen finney, also a columnist for the hill. msnbc analyst michael steele, also former chair of the republican national committee. gang, it's great to see all of you. and this is really impressive news for chris christie. to look at where he's come. especially what his state has faced on the heels of hurricane sandy. and if we can go ahead and lo

chris, our great thanks to ruth marcus and susan paige and elizabeth bue-miller. it was fun today. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tamron hallis here with a look at the next hour. >> we are following several big stories. coming up, the minister set to deliver the benediction at the president's inauguration withdraws after comments in the '90s of gay rights and referred to as the homosexual lifestyle. the inaugural committee said it was unaware of the minister's past. right now, vice president biden is meeting with the nra. the vice president says tuesday is the day, we can mark our calendars, he'll deliver the task force recommendations to the president. what might we see? >>> charlie rangel has harsh words for the president over the lack of diversity in the president's inner circle. we'll play his comments and the panel will discuss. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ sigh of relief ] living

chris chulo, could you get on that? thank you. all right. this year's baseball hall of fame induction ceremony will be short.s year. it was headlined by accused steroid users like roger clemens, barry bonds. none of them received close to 75%. another former baseball great surrendered by controversy joining greta van susteren, pete rose, he's hoping to still get? >> who knows down the road? you never give up. i never gave up as a player and i won't give up as someone who wants to go to the hall of fame because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player. >> brian: he's not getting in. despite that not getting in, bonds and clemens and sosa can still appear on the ballot for another 14 years. but it's craig biggio who had the most votes and jack morris will probably get in. >>> special guest coming our way. >> ainsley: who? >> steve: listen to this first, it's the song you'll want to play on your way to work today, the safest song to drive to has been revealed. >> brian: it's got to be "feelings." then what you haven't heard yet from general stanley mccrystal. why he says we really screwed up when we got sad

chris matthews. we are awaiting speeches inside statuary hall. >> bison? >> we'll get you some of the reduction. run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> what makes us exceptional, what makes us american is our allegiance to an idea made in the declaration made more than two centuries ago. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. >> president obama at the very start of his second inaugural address today. >> yes, and, of course, whatever else barack obama is able to accomplish in life his place in american history was insured the day he won office. many saw his promise with that great speech he gave in boston at the 2004 democratic national convention. >> i stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger american story, that i owe a debt to all of those that came before me and that in no other country on earth is my sto

chris, thanks. >> you bet. >> megyn: and we just got this video in from an event in vermont, i think, vermont on monday night. a big crowd packing city hall in burlington to voice their concerns over a proposed change to the burlington city charter. the proposed change and amendment would ban semi automatic assault weapons and multiple ammunition clips and many showed up to argue that that could infringe on constitutional rights, a message that repeatedly drew applause in vermont. >> to those people who say that we don't need this legislation in burlington because nothing like this has ever happened here before, well, the people of newtown, connecticut could have said that before december 14th. >> i think it's a dangerous course to let emotions get into the driver's seat when rising legislation that could potentially infringe on constitutional rights. >> this council has failed to recognize the right to keep arms, omitting this right from the language this have proposed charter change. >> megyn: any change to the city's charter is a long way off and a number of people also noted, a need to focus on the mental health of the people who actu

hall of famer joe namath. he'll be joining me from miami. that should be fun. that's coming up next hour. certainly stay tuned for that. >>> coming up next, chrishristie makes a surprising comment about a possible, possible presidential run in 2016. >>> plus, he may have lost, but all eyes, that makes me cringe, i tore my own acl, all eyes on washington's big star. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. >>> some of the hottest stories in a flash, rapid fire. roll it. >> first up here, the washington redskins may have lost more than just a playoff game last night. look away, ready skins fans. look away. you have your star rookie quarterback robert griffin iii who aggravated a knee injury earlier in the game, buckled his knee, trying to rally the team in the fourth quarter, had to come out of the game. he is having an mri today. many redskins fans awaiting the results. after the game, head coach mike shanahan explained why he stuck with rg3. here he was. >> robert said to me, coach, there is a difference between injured and being hurt. he said i