joining me live now, new jersey democratic congressman frank pallone.essman, always good to see you. >> thanks, craig. >> today's sandy hall again postponed because of weather, going to be rescheduled. when it happens, what were constituents from your district at least, what were they most interested in hearing from the governor? >> well, they are very concerned about getting sandy relief, as you know, many people still haven't gotten any help to either raise their homes or rebuild their homes, and in my offices every day we get people calling and complaining because they don't know if they are on a waiting list or whether, you know, there's any real possibility for them to get help. he's got a lot of explaining to do. >> where is the money? >> i mean, the second round of money was recently announced, but the problem is so many people are denied. i think something like 80% of the people who appealed their denial have now been approved, which shows to me that the original denials were not justified, and he's now fired, i guess, a second contractor that w

congressman frank pallone and steve kornacki. thanks to both of you for your time tonight. and be sure to watch "up with steve kornacki" weekends at 8:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> coming up, the prosecution rests in the loud music murder trial with 17-year-old jordan davis killed in self-defense, or was it murder? the defendant's fiancee was emotional on the stand. >> as we were walking to the register, did you hear anything unusual? >> yes. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >>> plus, the coverage of a college football start coming out. he'd be the first openly gay nfl player. why michael sanders is a groundbreaker and inspiration to all. >>> and surprising news on george zimmerman's so-called celebrity boxing match. big show ahead. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ where you think you're gonna go ♪ ♪ when your time's all gone? [ male announcer ] live a full life. the new lexus ct hybrid with an epa estimated 42 mpg. the further you go, the more interesting it gets. lease the 2014 ct 200h for $299 a month for 27 months. see your lexus dealer. there's nothing lik

it's not going to happen until 2015 but we are to have an su and frank pallone diving and announcing that they want to run for the top democratic spot whether it the ranking member. who do you support at this point? >> i think gene and i feel the same way if mr. dingell wants to come back and take back the chairmanship which we hope it will be he certainly is entitled to it. anybody who has listened to him questioning a witness lately knows he is still out there and sharpest attack trade as joe said he knows where everybody is buried and can take full advantage of that. i'm waiting to see what mr. dingell will do and i'm ranking member on the oversight and investigations subcommittee so if mr. dingell decides not to i can sit down to my friends frank and adam both your friends and as joe says wonderful members of congress. i am here to say i'm not going to run for chairman. >> congressman green how about you? >> we have worked together, my wife and his wife are really good friends. i am with him and i told him that. >> he lost the race with henry waxman a couple of years ago but if d

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and congressman frank pallone, we appreciate you taking the time to be with us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, two emergency landings to tell you about. one involved a delta flight leaving philadelphia airport this morning. it returned to the gate after the captain smelled smoke in the cockpit. all 150 passengers on board that plane made it off safely. and the aircraft was sent in for maintenance. the plane was also on its way -- i should say it was on its way to salt lake city. the other emergency landing, last night, united airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at newark airport after, again, smoke was smelled in the cabin. traveling from washington to frankfurt, germany. the plane landed safely around 11:30 last night. all of the flights, 210 passengers, were given hotel rooms for the night and their flight will continue later today. >>> still of come in the "newsroom," just days after snow and ice -- >> that's not him but he was out in the middle of it. >> -- paralyzed parts of the south, at least three other states -- that c

." >>> joining me, frank pallone from new jersey. nothing to see here, we had the capacity to manage this ourselves. we got other contracts. does that work for you? >> if that's the case, why did they hire hgi from the beginning? just doesn't make any sense. now they're saying whey don't need a contractor? why was hgi hired? i mean, chris, you have to understand -- you know, the fact of the matter is that we worked very hard in congress to get this sandy package passed. as you know, a lot of the southern and western congressmen didn't want to pass it because they said that if it came to new jersey and new york, it was going to be mismanaged. and i said that's ridiculous. you know, how can you say that? and the last thing i want is for them to say, well, we were right because you have mismanaged it. i mean, there's just no way of knowing why they hired hgi, why they fired them and how they can now say they don't need anybody else to administer these programs. now they're getting even larger amount of money. you know, the problem is wh

and john dingell the dean of the house and ed markey, frank pallone, mike doyle, when we debate an issue in the commerce committee and commerce committee is not like any other committee. the ag committee debates ag issues. but energy and commerce, we date it all. when you are up against waxman, he's bright, he's smart, he works hard. he has good staff and he doesn't play games in terms of saying one thing and meaning another. from that standpoint, he will be missed because he is one of the best that served in the house for a long, long time. but from a partisan standpoint, it will be nice to go into committee and not have to debate him, because you know, i won't have to have my a-game and depend on some of the junior members of which we have one of the best senior members, mr. shimkus to carry the load. >> the republican conference when they got the news, there was a large cheer? >> i can't comment. i was asleep. >> we do have a big interparty battle that will be coming up here and won't happen until 2015 but we have representative eshoo and frank pallone saying they want to run for the

congressman frank pallone is the ranking member. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. the >> in recent years we have seen a short and of drugs in the united states, particularly with generics. while the number of new shortages dipped into 2012 and 2013, the total number of ongoing shortages has continued to increase. this is unacceptable. numerous drugs have remained on f.d.a. shortage list for some time. what is the agency doing to help address these situations? recent news reports have highlighted shortages of oncology products, nutrition products, and even common yet critically important saline solutions. such shortages lead to delays in treatment, rationing of care, and higher cost. they can also pose greater risk to patients in the norm of medication errors, and as providers are forced to seek alternative treatments. drug shortages are a very challenging problem, and it is clear that there is no simple solution. we recognize the complicated nature of this issue, as well as the severity. last congress the subcommittee took action by including a stecks on drug short