douglas brinkley joins us live. your "new day" starts now. >>> it is sunday meaning i hope you have a little bit of a day to take a breather and just get yourself geared up for the week. glad to have you here. >> 8:00 on this sunday. >>> first up, new information about the shooting in maryland. >> in just over an hour police plan to hold a news conference on that deadly mall shooting in suburban baltimore yesterday. >> at that point we could learn what led to this man to start shooting inside a crowded shopping mall yesterday. he killed two skate shop employees, then himself. these are the two victims. cnn cnn's erin mcpike is in maryland. what have we learned overnight? >> reporter: well, there were five people injured here yesterday. one of a gunshot wound. the other from chaos from the scene. all five of those people were treated and released from the hospital yesterday. overnight, police did identify the shooter but they are not yet releasing his name to the public. >> i saw people sitting there, food was knocke

we're joined now by presidential historian douglas brinkley.side, and it may be chillier with, as we know, members of congress, doug. but the bottom line, what are your expectations for the president as it relates to his legacy and if this is truly the last reset opportunity for him? >> i don't think it's the last reset, because you always have foreign affairs, and, you know, things happen when you're president that you don't expect. but this last time, he's going to be able to set an agenda. he's calling this the year of action, the time he starts using executive power more. presidential proclamations. today, he just did one for minimum wage for federal employees, as sort of an indicator that he means business this time. everybody knows 13 was a bad year. he can't afford to have that that in '14, because if it's stagnant, it's in the doldrum, he doesn't push things through, the republicans can win back the senate, and the last two years will be absolutely miserable. >> and if the motto or the theme is the year of action, already in the comment

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but there is a political danger, a political risk in all of this, i was talking to douglas brinkley abouttoday, there is a risk, if you call for a year of action and there's not much action. at least in the minds of the american people by midway this year, people may start tuning out, they may start looking to 2016, there is a lot at stake for the president tomorrow night. >> thanks very much. reminder, the president's state of the union address starts at 7:00 p.m. on cnn. >>> is it too dangerous for the winter olympics? what some athletes are saying about keeping their families home about [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ i nethat's my geico digital thinsurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ev

but there is a political danger, a political risk in all of this, i was talking to douglas brinkley aboutr today, there is a risk, if you call for a year of action and there's not much action. at least in the minds of the american people by midway this year, people may start tuning out, they may start looking to 2016, there is a lot at stake for the president tomorrow night. >> thanks very much. reminder, the president's state of the union address starts at 7:00 p.m. on cnn. >>> is it too dangerous for the winter olympics? what some athletes are saying about keeping their families home about . indulge in the pleasures of parmesan with olive garden's best 2 for $25 yet choose two melt-in-your mouth entrees like new parmesan crusted chicken or tortellini topped with velvety alfredo 3 full courses of our best 2 for $25 yet, at olive garden! >>> welcome back. new threats for olympic athletes in sochi, russia. the olympic flame arrived under very tight security. a number of suspected black widow bombers remain at large, despite a massive search by rush authorities for them, and american athlet

i was talking to presidential historian douglas brinkley about this earlier today.re is a risk if you call for a year of action and there's not much action, at least in the minds of the american people, by midway this year. people may start tuning out, they may start looking to 2016. and so, there is a lot at stake for the president tomorrow night. >> all right. jim acosta, thanks very much. >> reporter: you bet. >> reporter: remi. >> reminder, coverage of the state of the union address starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> up next, is it too dangerous for olympians at the winter olympics? what some athletes are saying about keeping their families home. >>> also, latest on the cruise ship with hundreds of sick passengers it don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train

douglas brinkley and nancy reagan agreed to do all this. you basically go through it and it's got weather, like a farmer's almanac. everything about the weather. reagan's god at all they are. all the social life. in other words, that's what men do. you basically go out with the west has been sent her friends, ray? you don't pick your friends. you your wife takes her friends and their husbands. he's hanging out with people that bloomberg's and justin doherty's are cool guys i'm sure. and hangs out with the rich crowd. they were nancy's husband's friend. he's a weird guy. check that one out in google. so he also did this family. he's a family is an important. see ron showing up in patti showing up in marine when they were showing up. they bring their husband or spouse. who is bringing who is all in there. also with this political news. what happened at the meanings? donnie brooks, all the description. he can really like you, but knock your head off. the strange relationship, the conflict did nature of it. it's all in there. the other thing wi

. >> reporter: but presidential historian, douglas brinkley, says there's a big problem with promising a year of action. what if there isn't any? >> when you say you're going to do a year of executive action, it becomes may and the record doesn't show that, then you truly become a lame duck. >> reporter: as for the state of the union speech, officials here at the white house say it is almost ready but the president will stay busy well after tuesday night. he's going to be hitting the road to sell his message. first, he'll be in maryland before heading over to a steel mill and on to wisconsin and tennessee after that. it's going to be a tough message, though, after the state of the union speech and increasingly more so given the fact that this is an election year. the midterms will be coming up quickly, wolf. >> they certainly will. jim acosta, thanks very much. let's dig deeper with gloria borger and the former bush white house speechwriter david frum. right now as he enters the sixth year of his presidency, obama has got a 44% approval number. that's like bush was at his sixth year. 4

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