absolutely. >> how come dan pfeiffer didn't say it?ame thing a few years ago on your show and i still have tire tracks. honesty can only go so far in washington when you're employed. as a consultant i can say all these things now. if you look at, that effect got to pick up six seats, not a small number. but what gives them a huge advantage is the states they're in as israel mentioned in louisiana and in north carolina, in montana, places that the president didn't do well. >> israel, be counterintuitive against your own party. david jolly won in florida '13 and ran on a bec÷ anti-obamacar message shows he can get voters out behind him, republicans are certainly motivated to make a statement against obamacare is a symbol of what they don't like about the president. there is still the government shutdown and the idea that republicans are going to be seen as on the wrong side of the economic issues. is there something you worry about? >> i think kimberly strauss had a great column on friday and basically said what was interesting about tha

so thanks for being with us and dan pfeiffer, welcome. [applause] >> good morning. thanks for coming. dan, thank you for coming. we always start with the news. the president, this morning the president issued an executive order and message to the president which provided the framework for you to issue some sanctions, the centrality regard to ukraine to tell us what the president did and why it matters. >> it's part of our effort to do with the situation in ukraine. two steps. one is as you make an executive order, framework for potential sanctions and the state department at the present is issuing these advanced individuals have been involved in the situation in ukraine. that is part of our effort including engage with allies. secretary kerry is and your right now working on this to do with the russian intervention in ukraine and ensure we do with the crisis at hand. >> is there a sense of crisis deescalate? >> i don't think we know that you. we are monitoring it very closely, continue to the rush on the russians in every way we possibly can and what's most importan

we're honored this morning to have dan pfeiffer, an assistant to the president, the president's seniorategy and communications. dan has been with the president from day one. actually, day negative one. dan pfeiffer joined the obama campaign the day before the president announced his exploratory committee. it was back on martin luther king day 2007. he's been with him every single day in the white house. before that he worked for vice president gore be, he was on the hill with senator tim johnson and senator evan bayh and as most of of you know, pfeiffer is a wilmington guy and a georgetown guy. so thank you for being with us, and, dan pfeiffer, welcome. [applause] good morning. thanks for coming. dan, thank you for coming. we always start with the news. the president, this morning the president issued an executive order and message to the president which provided a framework for you to issue some sanctions, visa travels in regard to ukraine. tell us what the president did and why it matters. >> well, i think it's part of our efforts to deal with the situation in the you -yard line -- u

i'll be joined by the president's senior advisor dan pfeiffer. and just backing from ukraine, two key voices in the senate. plus, the politics of this election year. danger for the democrats after a special election that puts obamacare at the center of the fight. and a different perspective on the country's ideological debates this morning. comedian bill maher working the red states and speaking his mind about what's ailing america. >> from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press with david gregory." >> lost a malaysian airlines triple 7 vanished is now nine days ago. all of our 21st century technology has turned up no concrete evidence of what happened to flight 370. these are the latest pictures from the u.s. navy tracking any potential wreckage. the fate of the 239 people on board is still unknown. however, the latest signs are pointing the a criminal act. malaiysi malaysia's prime minister saying the plane was deliberately diverted. in a moment, i'll speaking to dan pfeiffer here about w

dan pfeiffer, that he should reject the pipeline.is not involved in the decision-making because -- the politics are really messy right now. they have dragged this process out. they could intersect with the november midterm. if he rejects it, it really stands to hurt some key vulnerable incumbent senators. it makes her look pretty ineffective if after pushing the president who approved the pipeline and he goes and rejects it. >> they really are scared stiff about losing the senate. >> they are terrified. i have talked to a number of democrats over the past few weeks to say that they have noticed that over the past month, the president, his aides have woken up to the fact that democrats could really lose the senate. the flip side of that argument is that he does go ahead and approve the pipeline, then he risks alienating the billionaire tom steyer who is putting millions of dollars into democratic campaigns. he is threatening that if the president approves the pipeline, he is going to keep his money out. >> what does the president thin

>> listen to what dan pfeiffer said. he said the president will be raising money. you'll see him go to even more fund-raisers than usual. you'll goat to fundraisers for the party, fund-raisers for state party, try to do everything he can to get money to those races where democrats are in vulnerable positions. but he can't visit them you because he's not popular. so you'll see a president who is actually a little more behind the scene this is time raising money. >> you you can imagine that in florida in that case you talked about that obamacare would be a very important issue, but it's not the only state where it's important. there are a lot of places where people haven't gone to the exchange, they can't afford premiums. so what is the for the administration, can they it turn it around? >> that is really a tough one for democrats. alex sink pledged she wanted to fix obamacare. but she didn't have very many ideas on what to fix. and if you listen to democrats around the country, a lot of them are saying the same thing. they want to fix obamacare. they can't say every

if he doesn't get more involved in raising money and making this a choice as dan pfeiffer said you lose the senate and if you lose the senate, turn out the lights because the party is over. >> the republican party is looking to unify its message on obama care. it goes beyond the rallying call that we've heard of repeal and replace. gop leaders are looking to draw distinctions with the president as voters head to the polls. according to the washington post the plan would expand high risk insurance polls, promote health savings accounts and encourage small businesses to purchase coverage together. the main focus will be to shift it to the states and away from the government. some far right conservatives are said to be skeptical. new information is now emerging about the drunk driving suspect who allegedly plowed his car into crowds at the south by southwest festival in austin last week. 21-year-old rashaad owens accelerated the car as he approached the crowds, did not use the brakes on the vehicle. he remains in jail. he's been charged with one count of capital murder. his bail was set as

dan pfeiffer was asked if this could be an act of terrorism.nything out. when david gregory asked him if the president is going to order a review of u.s. security measures here's what he had to say. take a listen. >> i think we have to figure out what happened here and then go back into an afteraction report and see what could be done better. we just don't know enough to know exactly how this would impact things in the united states in the future. >> reporter: and michael mcfall reiterated today that this now looks like an intentional act. here's a little bit of what he had to say on a sunday show. >> authorities have searched the homes of both the pilot and the co-pilot for information that could lead us to determine why this was done. >> reporter: naval assets have also been dispatched to help in this investigation, and we are told that president obama is getting briefed regularly, but again, the white house watching waiting as the rest of the country is to see where this airplane is. >> anecdotally speaking i flew yesterday from new york out

. >> if he doesn't get more involved in again raising money and making this choice as dan pfeiffer said, you lose the senate and if you lose the senate turnout the lights because the party is over. >> is the senate in danger? absolutely. >> all of this came after obama advisor dna pheiffer found he would lose control. >> you feel lukey? you should. the celebration of the patron saint, ireland. >>> the south boston st. patrick's day is the second largest of our country. the luck of the irish in philadelphia was strong, too. >> more than 16,000 marched in the parade. 10s of thousands marched in the streets. >> there will be a green beer today. >> no rest for the weary. days before spring some people could see up to a foot of snow today. maria molina is in the weather center tracking the storm for us. >> a white st. patrick's day across the atlantic. we have the snow in west virginia, maryland, delaware and even parts of new jersey. they will be the hardest hit of areas. a foot of snow is expected for the evaluations. we have winter storm warnings across this area. 5-10 inches of snow is e

dan pfeiffer is on the trip in europe with the president. he said they are very disappointed in this. however, it is very important, from the administration's perspective, for congress to move forward on these loan guarantees. >> the president has voiced concern about how active members of nato have been. is it a valid complaint? >> over the last couple of days the president has brought this up repeatedly, and here's why. the feeling amongst u.s. officials is that the vast majority of participants in nato are not pulling their weight here. the recommendation is that each putting about be two percent of gdp into defense spending. only three of the united states european allies have done that. what the president is trying to say right now, as nato becomes more important than it has been in about a decade, is that each country should be willing to put not only the resources out there, but the manpower to ensure there is a counterweight to what putin has been doing in ukraine. >> phil mattingly joining us. thank you. meantime, president obama me

or are we supposed to take dan pfeiffer for his word on that. >> i think dan pfeiffer is not being veryistration actually has done. if you go back to last week there was a regulatory change that allowed pretty much everyone uninsured to claim a hardship exemption and not having to pay the individual mandate tax. they have delayed it in a sense and but not come out and said we're delaying the mandate. they haven't done that because it could be embarrassing to the administration. it would further prove people are not signing up to obamacare like they want them to be. we have to remember that the individual mandate holds up obamacare as a mandate of law. this is centerpiece because once again people are not signing up proves people are not working. bill: you say they do not delay this, that's what i take from your answer? >> they don't delay it in the public sense. i want to remind people last week they issued a new regulatory change that allows anybody who is uninsured to simply say i had a hardship i can't find insurance. and i get a waiver as a result of don't have to pay the fine that.

. >> dan pfeiffer, yesterday you were on air force one. you traveled with the president to connecticut. you talked to him about the new focus on income inequality, do you see that helping or hurting red and purple state senators who are up in 4014? >> the way the president looks at it is that there is a challenge for the american economy and for middle-class folks and folks that want to get into the middle class. the shrinking opportunity, the shrinking mobility. one of the causes of that is growing income inequality. changes in technology and globalization. factories are able to be more efficient and needless labor. need less labor. what the president laid out in the state of the union and his speech he gave out at the dnc, which a lot of people didn't see because of the escalations in , democrats in red states purple states and blue states can use his info. the good news is that as we head into the election, that is where the public's focus is. >> there was a clear shift in your rhetoric from income inequality. inequality isome a very re

speaker john boehner, harry reid, senators john mccain, john menendez, mary landrieu, ben rhodes and dan pfeifferaroline atkinson are all banned from traveling to russia. john mccain said i guess my spring break trip will not include russia. do you think anything will change on either side, nick paton walsh? >> reporter: you're talking about how those ukrainian military bases are under pressure. and the tense onslaught of protests are backed up by our men. we're seeing a pattern that is continuing to ships. it seems like ukrainian soldiers are really coming out such pressure that they are melting away. but those sanctions all the same, though, unleashed today are remarkably fierce, jake. we're talking about the naming of particular people as putin's cashiers by the u.s. treasury department, intimating wealth that you would not expect of a salary and making it hard for those linked to that wealth to actually function in the global economy by giving them u.s. sanctions. specific members of the u.s. staff of the kremlin is also targeted as well. really quite drastic as well. and then you have the ot

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department read a three-page memo on marshall aloud, jim messina and deputy communications director dan pfeiffer grew visibly agitated in their up hold sistered, wing-backed chairs as did other campaign veterans around the room. by all rights this job was a plum that should be going to an obama loyalist, not to marshall, and not if it meant defending yet another nominee against tax filings. at a time when there had been -- when we had been through a lot of confirmation issues, they reacted viscerally, fuck no, she was a complete bitch during the campaign and worse. marshall's experience and her closeness to hillary made her a natural selection for the job, but obama's aides didn't see it that way. no one in the room spoke up to defend her, not sean kennedy who would have to get marshall confirmed by the senate if she was nominated, not personnel director nancy hogan, not the ethics czar, not greg craig who along with senator risch ard blumenthal had been a study buddy with bill and hillary in the days when bull had cooked up his mama's fried chicken near yale law school. craig's alignment with o

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officials ranging from senior white house aides like dan pfeiffer and ben rhodes and lawmakers in both parties like democrat harry reid and republicans john mccain and john boehner. the move was symbolic and laughed off. republican senator dan coates took to twitter that i won't be able to go on vacation with my family in siberia this summer and in february he was brushed off the idea he was locked in a battle with put >> our approach in the united states is not to see this as a cold war chessboard in which -- in which we're in competition with russia. >> reporter: critics from the left to right are charging the president misjudged putin and conservatives continuing to claim the president's response has done little to throw the russian president off his game. >> his playbook and our playbook are simply, you know, miles apart, and if we don't do something that surprises him, you know, he's going to keep on going. >> reporter: while the liberal "washington post" editorial page declared the president does not comprehend putin's ambition, writing, quote, the obama administration and its eu

i'll talk with president obama's senior adviser dan pfeiffer and two key voices from the senate justbill maher on what ails american politics, all this morning on "meet the press." >> we'll see you soon, thanks. >> that will do it for us oven this sunday morning. >> i'll see you back here for "nbc nightly news." until then, so long everybody. have a great, great sunday. >>> we are preparing for snow across the region. here is a live look outside. nice and calm now. we are tracking this approaching weather system. we'll let you know how it could affect you. good morning everyone. i'm richard jordan. i'm angie goff. a different picture this time tomorrow. welcome to news 4 today. sunday, march 16th. looks like a battle winter and spring. our meteorologist breaking it down. good morning chuck. >> good morning. we were 70 yesterday. sun is out and shining this morning. i promise within 12 hours it will be raining and not long of that seeing the switch from rain to snow late tonight into early tomorrow. what a beautiful picture outside this morning. bright blue skies in the weather headli

i'll talk with president obama's senior adviser dan pfeiffer and two key voices from the senate just bill maher on what ails american politics, all this morning on "meet the press." >> all right. david, we'll see you soon. thanks. >> that's going to do it for us on this sunday morning. thanks for being with us. >> i'll see you back here later for "nbc nightly news." until then, so long everybody. have a great, great sunday. [ female announcer ] it balances you... it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. wow! ♪ [ female announcer ] with 10 grams of protein and real fruit, they're right at home in the land that inspired them. ♪ greek yogurt proten bars. from nature valley. >>> good morning, i'm kris sanchez. coming up, a quick-acting group of friends helps keep the damage to a minimum on this overnight house fire. what they saw and what they did. >>> and soul searching for republican leaders here in the bay area as they plan to rebuild the party a

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. >>> white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer on "meet the press" this morning answering questions aboutats' chances in the midterms after democrats lost in florida's special election on tuesday. republican david jolly posted a come from behind win. now a former massachusetts senator scott brown is exploring a run in new hampshire against incumbent democrat jean shaheen. joining me now, rachel bay, and jonathan alter. welcome to you both. good to see you. we'll go ladies first, rachel, and begin with you. this is a district the president had won. and former adviser from the white house david plouffe calls it a screaming siren and says it's a sign of a turnout problem. do you agree? >> i do agree. and actually, not every democrat would say that. some of them are sort of i think ignoring this loss and brushing it off. so if democrats were smart, they would see this as a sort of come to jesus moment when it comes to obamacare. sink was supposed to sort of -- not have this in the bag, but she had a real shot at this. if you look at how this district has been voting, it's true that it has vot

according to these people, we are talking about valerie jarrett and dan pfeiffer who are both personallygainst approval of the pipeline project. we know john podesta, the president's council on climate change came into the white house having previously objected to the pipeline, so he is staying out of the discussions here. the timing is pretty tricky. a couple of weeks ago the president told a group of governors gathered in washington that he would be making a decision in the next couple of months. election yearto politics of november, and a number of democrats with whom i'm spoke to the president and the white house are growing very concerned. they're waking up to the fact that they really stand great risk of losing the senate, so the politics of this keystone decision are messy, no matter how you cut it him and are likely going to be weighing in no matter what decision he makes, whether to approve or reject the pipeline or figure out a way to keep delaying the decision. >> the concerns are that the economy would be threatened if they put this through. on the other hand, if they don't,

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pfeifferation with dan live starting at 8:10 a.m. eastern tomorrow. >> this is one of our favorite times of the year in c-span. the time when we get to announce the winners of our annual student documentary contest. it is called student cam. the 2014 theme for students who are interested in entering is what is the most important issue that congress should consider in 2014? this year we received a record number of entries. 2000 355 entries that came from 46 states, the district of onvia, taiwan, and from the united arab emirates. students from around the country and some internationally. 8416 students participated either individually or in teams. one of the things that was special about the contest is we doubled the number of prizes and the amount of money. it went from a $50,000 contest to us giving away 100,000 dollars in prizes. that meant 150 for student documentarians, 50 prizes for teachers, and 97 students who received honorable mention. the grand prize this year, $5,000 for the winning entry. there are three first base high sc

department read a three-page memo on marshall, jim messina and deputy communications direct canner dan pfeiffer grew visibly agitated. as did other obama campaign veterans around the room. by all rights, this job was a plum that should be going to an obama loyalist, not to marshall, and not if it meant defending yet another nominee against questions about imopper tax filings. pfeiffer in particular thought it was going to be a press problem at a time when we, when there had been -- when we had been through a lot of confirmation issues with daschle and geithner. they reacted viscerally, fuck no, she was a complete bitch during the campaign and worse. marshall's combination of experience with white house level social planning and her closeness to hillary made her a natural selection for the job, but obama's aides didn't see it that way. no one in the room spoke up to defend her, not sean ken key who would have to get marshall confirmed by the senate, not personnel director nancy hogan, not ethics czar norm eisin, not greg craig who had been a study buddy of bill clinton and hulkly rodham in the d

debate on2, legislation to combat sexual assault in the military and on c-span 3, dan pfeiffer. founder of the american conservative union and former president of the national rifle association and a conversation with joy he read of the reid report on msnbc. washington journal live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. right now, a conversation from this morning's "washington journal" on changes from the sat. host: let's begin with why the sats changing its rules, and what will be the changes? guest: sure. so good morning, everybody. one will be changing the writing portion from the current situation where students are given a statement of philosophy and they respond to it to instead they will be analyzing a written passage and have to cite evidence in it. to cite evidence in it. other changes are making the math more specific on just a few suspect -- subjects, not every possible subject. and eliminating the penalty for wrong answers on multiple-choice and trying to change the aboutlary words to less what people call sat words, which nobody uses, and more about words people actual

host: the white house responded -- dan pfeiffer is a senior advisor to the white house. rubio, senator from florida, possible 2016 contender, said this. host: so the back-and-forth there on ukraine as talks continue with secretary of state john kerry in rome with his russian counterpart and others to try to come to some sort of peaceful resolution there. coming up next, we will be talking about the affordable care act with author and former white house health care special advisor ezekiel emanuel. later, congressman reid ribble of wisconsin on the president's budget and congressional debate ahead. we will be right back. >> the 3 elements of the package are, first, a sense of exceptionality. you can get it from lots of different sources. but it is just a feeling that you are special and destined for special things. the second element is almost seemingly the opposite, and that is a dash of insecurity to offset the exceptionality could that is a feeling that you have not quite done enough yet, you're not quite good enough yet. the third element is impulse control, self disci

david will be sitting down with seen are white house adviser dan pfeiffer. >>> coming up, american stupidity"the hot list" right after this. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ . . . . >>> welcome back. so, what's atop the hot list right now? allen joins us. >> kelly, every once in a while, one story or piece just stands out and dominates. today, with a piece written by the executive producer of the kudlow report. it's called obamacare:you can't fix stupid. he points out you're always going to have stupid people in population, people who don't eat right, don't exercise and not smart about their insurance needs, with obamacare, we have about 4 million sign-ups already. the report says only 10% were uninsured before signing up. this is against the backdrop of 30 million or more people who were uninsured before obamacare, his argument is, you passed a law with an mandate forcing the responsible wh

c-span-two, the conversation with dan pfeiffer. that is at it :00 eastern. eastern. lois lerner declined to testify about the alleged scrutiny of conservative groups filing for tax exempt status. then, chuck hagel takes questions on the pentagon budget request. >> we have a vast enforcement role and one of the most critical things the agency does is to enforce the agency laws and we have to write the rules for wall street and we do not have criminal authority. we have the power to bring civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. penaltiesess civil and our level of penalties is not as high as we would like it to be. we would like higher penalties disgorge ill-gotten gains. and, we have the power to bar cannoty so that they live another day to defraud again. nighty jo white, sunday on q&a. >> the house oversight committee chairman adjourned a hearing on the alleged targeting of conservative groups. lois lerner refused to answer his questions. adjourned then committee without giving the democrats a chance to make a s