chris russo headlines his own sports talk channel. the whole channel is named mad dog radio. he'll join us and morning joe to break down the developments. that's coming up just after the break. a major suspension with a-rod so we thought it might be a little fun. apologize for the suspension. and the a dash whatever you want it to be, #waytooearly. the best answers that are okay for cable we'll put on tv at the end of the show. old media might be worth a lot less. first we have "newsweek" that gets a new owner. still not clear if the iconic brand can carve out a spot in the digital world of journalism. the former weekly news magazine which published its final edition in december was sold to ibt media. "newsweek" has been operating most recently as a joint venture with "the daily beast." the new owners breaking apart the merger and returning to the old roots of "newsweek".com. >>> now "the new york times" selling to "the boston globe," bought for $1.1 billion in 1993 and selling it for $70 million. a 93% loss. the news world sever changing. >>> now to business, wall street loo

up next chris "mad dog" russo and the mayor of new orleans mitch landrieu and dr. nancy snyderman join the discussion. the top stories in the politico playbook. first, dylan drier with a check on the forecast. >> good morning. we have rain falling across minneapolis. that's most likely area we'll see some delays this morning at the airports. also las vegas because of the wind. it's very windy out that way. reporting some delays. but that will improve pretty quickly. elsewhere, st. louis, chicago, new orleans, down through florida, it's all late day thunderstorms that will be the issue that could create some minor delays. you see the heavier rain moving across minneapolis but it is spreading eastward. we also have heavy rain across missouri and arkansas. flooding is going to continue to be an issue along the banks especially of the mississippi. for severe storms we're going to see them from southeastern montana to kansas, biggest threat large hail and damaging wind gust. temperature that's a big story. 74 degrees. that's it in chicago. nice and pleasant in the north