cupp did a piece in the the daily news in her column. she wasn't outraged about the addition of the quote or anything like that. just took on her critics. should she not say something? >> this is like one conservative whining about another. i found it really inside baseball and i also think there's a better answer if you don't like rush limbaugh, don't listen to him. don't take him off the air or denounce him or say that his ideas are stupid. you can, but what's the point? >> look, i think that se sort of plays this role of being someone who wants to take on her party and feels that rush limbaugh says things he shouldn't say and saying that the people can come out and say that. i think that people did come out and say that, however, you know, i appreciate what she does and i think that you know, because she's not-- rush limbaugh can be damaging to the republican party and nothing wrong with saying it. >> there's a mini scandal, how many new york times covered her quote and embellishing it and changing the actual or at leastart of what sh

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cupp. right now on "the cycle," we're spinning the wheel of miss fortune.ay, it lands on sequester siesta. wake up. >> i'm toure, if it's tuesday, it's beat the press. the white house loves that game. and sneaking out to play a little golf with tiger woods. >>> i'm kristal ball. had has gender equality hit a -- >> and i'm steve kornacki. put that in your pipe and smoke it. >> oh, twitter pics of steve catching a quick siesta in the office before we air are always a hit. >> yeah. >> here's one from this morning. >> catching a few zs. >> this is a habit. >> is this is the pot segment -- >> yes, it is. >> this one happens to be my favorite. that was from a month or so ago when i caught him slumped down in his chair. you'll notice a couch right behind him. >> yeah, i'm raising six kids, right? >> that couch is really uncomfortable. i have tried it before. >> the chair's not comfortable either. >> steve, you're our inspiration for today's wheel of misfortune. we're going with sequester siesta. the cuts kick in a week from next friday. congress is in recess until

cupp is co-host here on cnbc.john goodman, and like a typical political couple, one is in washington and one is in new york. >> can't figure is out. >> i thought i'd do my best, do you want to say hi to each other? >> hi. hi, honey. >> john, explain when you saw the focus group findings of kristen's poll. they've been on this issue for a while of modernizing the party. is it all on social issues? >> it's not all on social issues. in fact, i don't think it's all on policy. i think a lot of our downfalls come in messaging and how we sell our policies to young folks. i think you had a lot folks in the last election coming out of college still in their 20s worship inclined to vote for republican candidates because of the unemployment, but i think we need to learn how to sell our policies better because they do help people. >> who is, when you look at -- who are uninfluential, s.e., influential young folks that are carrying a conservative message that could make folks under 30 listen? >> that's been our project, to ide

cupp. a secret yd memo on drones is secret no more. >>> i'm toure.the second term agenda and washington saying you can't walk on water. >>> i'm steve kornacki. is football worth dying for? former players take on the nfl trying to save the league if itself. >>> i'm kristal ball. >> my plea to beyonce. maybe i'll sing it. watch and find out. >>> one of the ben filths of having the worldwide resources of nbc news behind you is that you get exclusives like this. the doj memo that explains why it believes it's perfectly legal for the president to kill any american overseas who's a suspected senior terror leader. according to the 16-page memo, the executive branch doesn't have to answer to anyone, not the courts, not congress. no one. it lays out a three-part kill list criteria, step one, informed high level u.s. official has determined the target poses a, quote, iminnocent threat of violent attack and clear evidence of an attack is not required. step two, capture must be, qu

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cupp. new year's day seems like so long ago, the last time gas prices didn't rise. when's behind this, especially in the time of year it doesn't normally happen. gasp, has washington found a solution? >>> i'm steve kornacki in philadelphia today. it's oscar weekend and we have the inside track of winning your office tactic. >>> i know a new segue. ef "silver linings playbook." you have to watch. >> zing. >>> the accused made a case to be released on bail. >> yes! >> some are happy but many still can't believe oscar pistorius is out on bail, even though he admits he shot and killed his girlfriend on valentine's day. bail was set at 1 million rand, $113,000. with only $11,000 due up front. that's a pittance for a murder trial here in the u.s. the judge ruled he is not a flight risk and not a doing tore the public. but he said the state's case isn't water tight and blamed former lead detective of possibly contaminating the crime scene. both sides will be back in court june 4th. we start with nbc's michelle kosinski who was inside the courtroom. >> reporter: this is an

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cupp. who gets the blame? >>> i'm steve kornacki. game cover.epealing the sequester something both sides can get on both with? >> i'm krystal ball. there's a push to spend more. it's an effort to get the economy moving. figuratively and literally. >>> i know how obama can end all this washington gridlock. tell republicans that if they don't shape up, he'll send them in to the octagon! >> all of her body weight and power and leverage. >> no, no, no. >> problem solved! >>> we are t-minus four days and counting until $85 billion in cuts move from the federal budget, cuts the way a blind butcher would do it. washington still locked on the sequester standoff. some say it's like armageddon with the apocalypse on the doorstep and that is bad but critics say it's like chicken little. not that bad. either way, i'm sure someone somewhere is working on a countdown clock that we can debut before the end of the week. maybe some nice nbc animator. in washington, the house and senate finally back from a ten-day vacation and offering partisan plans to replace t

cupp. millions of americans captivated by the search of a successor. a new pontiff. >>> i'm steve kornacki. president obama has tossed out the old olive branch. coming up, a man who himself helped write four state of the union addresses explains who us how it takes shape. >>> i'm krysa tal. should the president go big by thinking small? it's monday and you're in "the cycle."

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cupp and talking to an odds maker crunching the numbers on everything from the winning team to the color of the gatorade. >>> from the odds to the ads this year's unlike any other before. is that good or bad news for viewers? >>> super bowl weekend, so excited. i can't wait for that red zone defense. oh, and the big plays. >> yes. >> yeah, right. who am i kidding? i want to see beyonce. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ the brave any questions? >>> it's friday afternoon. almost two days to the holiest of american holidays. super bowl sunday. san francisco 49ers versus the baltimore ravens. a preseason favorite against a late-san charge. smashmouth defense versus offense. a rookie qb against a last rite and brother against brother. 75 hours to kickoff, people. i am excited. we're doing it this year in new orleans. where locals have been bracing themselves for months for the collision of two cultural mega events. the big game and mardi gras. find out where the daughters are and hold them tight. it's super gras time. with money, alcohol and good vibing flowing, jay gray of nbc is on the scene

cupp. right now, playing defense. it's decision day for the president.i'm going to talk about that in a bit. >>> i'm toure in east lansing, michigan. a new salvo today in the civil war. republicans signing on in support of gay marriage. welcome to the modern world, you guys. >>> speaking of battles. didn't think you'd escape an hour without the sequester fight. yep, the koubd clock is officially ticking. >> y

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cupp. film critic dropping true bombs. >>> talk about a truth bomb, i'll lay out my case for why we need the gop. double boom. >> oh! >>> in breaking news today, it's february. >> what? >> and one of the largest winter storms of the season is slamming the nation's mid section right now with blizzard-like conditions. two traffic deaths so far are blamed on the weather and all of this snow is now blowing east. close to a thousand flights canceled nationwide. let's get the latest of nbc meteologist dylan d reyer. >> i show up and everybody knows there's a storm going on. this is in the plains, big storm. spreading eastward and will weaken. so by the time making the way in to northeast it shouldn't be bringing that widespread snowfall. new england will start to see some snow going in to saturday and sunday. right now, though, you can see the snow is continuing to pound areas like missouri. it's starting to move in to southern illinois and chicago seeing the snow out of this, as well. we have mo

cupp. new year's day seems like so long ago, the last time gas prices didn't rise.sn't normally happen. gasp, has washington found a solution? >>> i'm steve kornacki in philadelphia today. it's oscar weekend and we have the inside track of winning your office tactic. >>> i know a new segue. ef "silver linings playbook." you have to watch. >> zing.

cupp. millions of americans captivated by the search of a successor. the picking a new pontiff. >>> i'm steve kornacki. president obama has tossed out the old olive branch. coming up, a man who himself helped write four state of the union addresses explains who us how it takes shape. >>> i'm krysa tal. should the president go big by thinking small? it's monday and you're in "the cycle." >>> after having repeatedly examined my conscience before god, i have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the petrine ministry and the pope abdicated with only eight years on st. peter's throne shocking the 1 billion catholic faithful around the world. the's not a papal abdication in more than 700 years and surprised the close est adviser today. he's a theological conservative with strong positions against homosexuality, women priests and the use of contraceptives. the last day in the vatican is february 28th. the college of cardinals meets in conclave mid-march to elect a successor. the pope wil

cupp. right now, playing defense. it's decision day for the president. his pick to lead the pentagon. i'm going to talk about that in a bit. >>> i'm toure in east lansing, michigan. a new salvo today in the civil war. republicans signing on in support of gay marriage. welcome to the modern world, you guys. >>> speaking of battles. didn't think you'd escape an hour without the sequester fight. yep, the koubd clock is officially ticking. >> you want to go here again, s.e.? >> you go. >>> nancy pelosi called it a drive-by congress and speeding america toward another fiscal cliff. >> me again? >>> all that and first lady exercising political muscle. get it? because she wants us to get fit! >>> groundhog day february 2nd. will have an early spring. if you're wondering. but today is groundhog day in washington, at least that's how leon panetta describes the succession of getting his successor confirmed. con fired cleared a test vote today. same vote he failed two weeks ago. the next vote could come next hour. panetta had two farewell parties and waiting out th

cupp has been getting hammered because she dared to criticize talk radio people who are saying thingshat loses national elections. you've got to have leaders that will turn out against the crazies in your own party. and if you do, you start winning those middle -- those swing voters. >> in addition to coming up with a strong candidate, as james pointed out, they've got to do at least two other things. one is realize that the talk radio audience is not the country. that's not the country. the other thing is they've got to drop the resentment factor that's saddled so many of them. they resent everything. they resent immigrants, gay marriage, common-sense talk, the resentment factor is so thick among some republicans. >> so much of it has to do with style, too. ronald reagan said the same things in 1966 when he was running for governor of california. that barry goldwater said in 1964. but he said it with a smile on his face. and there's always an optimistic end to a story. so much of this is stylistic. >> it is stylistic. and this is the one that drives me crazy. you hear a lot of republ