that sounds like punishment. >> it does, harris. you're right, it's going to feel like 43 below in minneapolis, and many other places across the northern plains, our third wave this month of the really arctic air. this looks to be the most far reaching. we have the leading edge of that arctic air mass starting to move through the great lakes and the midwest, snow showers moving into chicago right now. not a lot of snow, but enough on the ground, the winds behind this are so fierce with that cold air coming through, that's why we have had white-out conditions on the roads across portions of the dakotas, western minnesota, and iowa. this red section under a blizzard warning until midnight tonight, and portions of i-94 and 29 in north dakota, as you said, are closed. by the time the front moves further southward, low pressure is expected to develop along the gulf coast, and this is where we're expected to see significant snow and ice. houston, new orleans, places that rarely see it. houston, you're under a winter storm watch for the se

. >>> i'm harris faulkner. growing concern here at home as the dramatic spike in the violence in iraq continues. the iraqi government is trying to control al qaeda which looks to be stronger than ever there. possibly at stake, years of gains that came at the cost of american lives during the iraq war. the situation seemingly getting worse by the day. a wave of bombings in the capital city of bagdad has killed 20 people and wounded scores more in just a day. and in fallujah government troops continuing to find sand fight entrenched militants. one official is saying 22 soldiers and 12 civilians died there in that city today. fallujah is where the insurgency against american forces began in 2004. more than 70 troops died in a fight to capture that town. secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. stands with iraq and we will support them in stamping out a common enemy. but he promised no u.s. combat troops will be put in harm's way to do it. >> this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis. that is exactly what the p

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harris? >> that is huge part of the story. what is the response from the white house today, doug. >> reporter: we reached out to the white white for reaction and no response yet. centers for medicaid and medicare services told the journal, we are in the middle of a sustained six- month open enrollment president and we have seen a strong range of demographic so far. we are seeing the administration launching big advertising pitch to get those people to sign up. they have until the end of march. >> even in the statement the word demographics coming up. they need the young people it sign up. thank you, doug. >>> first surprise and anger and now panic with the target customers and affected by the holiday data breach. target cooperation accessed all of the e-mail addresses on file and roached out to tens of millions of people. and those who got the massive inmail. that looked like a scam. that's not the worst of it. some of the people are not target shoppers and they have no idea how the giant retailer got e-mail addresses. target

you should hear harry reid stories about all the deals, all the back slapping for harry reid to take a potshot at anybody making a buck, that's laughable to people in nevada. >> allen, how do you respond to that? the bottom line is robert gates has gone on the record saying he plans to donate most of what he makes from the book to the troops. >> i don't care about harry reid and robert gates. they clearly don't like each other. unusual for someone to write about an administration which they served while the president is still in office. unusual to do. i guess he wants to strike while the iron is hot. whether or not his goal is financial or not, i have no idea. >> he said gates said he felt he owed it to the troops in afghanistan. >> let me respond to that if he owed it to the troops, as i said, to talk about the war in washington, his exactly words, why didn't he owe it to the troops as he was actually serving the troops when that was going on. >> come on. this guy has an honorable track record. respected by members of both parties. >> absolutely. >> but again, the idea harry reid is

no matter what the house pass, harry reid doesn't bring to it the floor. donna, this is the thing. every american should be concerned about that. and the reason why is because they work for us. we elect them. we're their employers. >> do you real the bill that he passed this spring -- >> harry reid does not even bring it to the floor for a debate much less an up or down vote. that's not doing the business of the american people. >> look, there's no question that harry reid, just like john boehner, will not bring votes to the floor, bills to the floor unless they have the votes. did you hear what the republicans passed this week? >> the farm bill. >> no. yeah, they passed that, but also the abortion bill. is that a priority to the american people? why not pass job training and things that help grow the economy and get people back to work. >> let me stay on harry reid for a second. >> your favorite democrat. >> well, just because the point that i think you've just been making, harry reid announced he's going to block the president's request for fast track negotiating ability, and so

discouraging crime before it starts, harris?ople died in the upscale shopping mall by terrorist in kenia. new details came out about whether any of the attackers are on the loose. >>> on the white house on the defensive by a new book by robert gates. and molly has it in the dc newsroom. >> reporter: gates said the president and vice-president don't understand military culture. what is the story behind it? that story is just a head. those litt things still get you. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet helpsapproved to treattime the msymptoms of bph, like needing to go freently. tell yr doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthenough for sex. do not take cialis if youtake , as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drinklcohol in excess. side effects may include headac, upset stomach, delayed baache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury,gety if you have any sudden decrease or loss in he

john, harry reid came out both barrels blazing this morning. if anybody was talking about a new attitude in congress, i didn't really see that. >> had one target that was the republicans in congress, must have said it five different times. he had his talking points ready. 2014 is not going to be a happy year. why? let's look at the senate, let's just look at elections in the senate. the republicans need to take six seats to take harry reid's job away from him. in seven of the seats that democrats are in danger they are in states where mitt romney won the election. we've seen over the last 20 years correlation between volters in a state vote for republican president they're likely toe vote for republican senator. democrats have a tough year with the elections so harry reid begins a tough election year starting with tough words about republicans. >> schieffer: does the roll out of obamacare make it tougher for these democrats? i asked harry reid the question, he didn't really answer it. are they going to be run as proud sponsors of obamacare or r

let's look at harry reid. harry reid is not blameless in the process. we have a very poisonous environment. we did see the political op-ed by mitch mcconnell. >> i believe the republicans forced the change in the practice of the senate so we could confirm appointments. and the president, any president whether democrat or republican deserves to have up or down votes on his appointments or her appointments. and that's good whether it is republican president and democratic congress or democratic president and republican congress we should be taking up nominations. we couldn't get votes on it. it was obstructed by a record number of filibusters by the republicans. harry reid has a responsibility to the american people as the leader of the senate, the majority leader, to make sure we take up issues. >> do you disagree with that? >> i think -- we worked together as a work of eight senators to try to keep a rule section together so that the senate could continue to function. harry reid told us he would abide by that for two years. that was less than a year ago

harris -- shack harris. we are glad you joined us. that is coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in 1967 this country was in the midst of the midst of a major civil rights of people. protest against the war in vietnam and in college football. two teams, two coaches, and two quarterbacks were making history. this tory of our country at a crossroads was brought to life by samuel -- this story of our country at the crossroads was brought to life by sam friedman in his book, "breaking the line: the season in black college football that transformed the sport and changed the course of civil rights." he is joined by james "shack" harris who went on to be in various halls of fame. that's a lot to say, that this season in black college football not only transformed the sport -- it changed the course of civil rights. for those who think that might be hyperbolic, let's take it one at a time. how did what happened transform the sport? >> look at the nfl. this season you have ha

>> i think absolutely this is a start of a new phase for harry and a new phase for harry and cressida. >> reporter: so wedding bells are not in the air for harry and cressida just yet, but this new desk job in london means he'll be able to help the wounded servicemen and women, as well as fulfill his royal duties and spend quality times with his girlfriend, not to mention do a bit of baby-sitting for his nephew, george. dan and bianna. >> both brothers settling down. harry getting a desk job. william going back to school for agriculture study. boy, times have changed. lama, thank you. >>> well, time for a check of the weather, and we want to welcome in bill kelly, the chief meteorologist for wsyx from columbus, ohio. good morning to you, bill. >> well, good morning to you, bianna. good morning, dan, and good morning, everyone. we start out with some record temperatures. what a day it was yesterday. 87 in oceanside. santa barbara, 85. your old record was 80 degrees. it was 84 in monterey. sacramento at 71, and when you look at the forecast today, if you were in california, man, it is g

now melissa harris-perry. is there something in the culture there that tolerates this unacceptable language? >> well, i think you can get into a bubble and be surrounded by people who have contempt for other people who believe different things that are conservative and that could lead you to think this thing is okay. i am not, for my part, in support of people losing their jobs over this. i think bashir's apology was good, as well. you should be loud to say sometimes mistakes, say dumb things and offend people. >> as we all do from time to time. >> but i think the folks over at msnbc often spend a lot of time dealing the moral authority card and being morally superior about people right of center. when you make a mistake like this which is frankly the kind of thing they accuse the right of all the time, you should hang up the moral authority card for just a few weeks. >> another example, during the whole duck dynasty thing, eric dyson said phil robertson are part of a majority white supremeicist culture. to ho

bill harris joins us right now.silicon valley. >> what makes silicon valley tech? we had the best of the best, people from chicago, from new from and we get people china, from israel, from india, from mexico. we need that. the debate changed with many silicon valley's across the american landscape? >> new york is silicon alley, austin is silicon prairie. silicon beach. >> bloomberg has done a great job in new york city. >> fabulous. >> does that change the immigration debate? >> it broadens it out. it is broader than tech. need to country, attract the best from around the world. if we do not, we are crazy, we bring people and, given college educations and graduate school educations and then send them back. ,> there was a theme at davos when you see not only the u.s. minority representation there, so many people abroad looking to the u.s. for technological leadership. is silicon valley still the dominant technological leader? >> absolutely. >> what is a close second? >> as the -- actually, tel aviv. there is a tremen

you pointed to harris. >> i put the hug in thub.g. >> it was such a good joke. >> it was a really good joke. >> thug was used 625 times on monday, but most presumably in reference to sherman and let's discuss this in the lightning -- >> rooooooo ow uuuuuuunnd. lightning round. >> boom! boom! >> i don't even know if i need to ask questions here. harris, we have seen great players win the game and be humble. is this that big of a deal at this point? >> within seconds i sent out a tweet. i am amazed. i thought that class was something you buy, but obviously it is for free. that got retweeted over and over and over again. why couldn't he have just said -- well i was just watching and said what i saw. but it wasn't like he said he was sorry for what he said. he was sorry because he took the spotlight off of his teammate. which is different. that's a a different type of apology. >> i just want/c+jñ to point out that i tweeted lol, that was the greatest post game interview ever. >> erin andrews, whatever her maim is, she will never do bett

is he the president or is harry reid going to be the one who -- who decides? think it's a sign of the diminishment of his authority that read spokes so openly and defiantly and said don't bring this. it's going to be a test of a president who says that republicans are the ones who think only of the next election and not the next generation. whether or not he'll push it, i have no idea. >> meantime, the president talked to cnn today about the divide, not only with democrats but with republicans as well in getting things through. >> what is obviously true is we've got divided government right now. the house republicans in particular have had difficulty rallying around any agenda, much less mine, and in that kind of environment what i don't want is the american people to think that the only way for us to make big change is through legislation. >> that's what divided government does. that's what, you know, meeting in the middle is all about, but if he gives it sort of the my way or the highway and if you don't do it i'm going to go around congress, then we're goin

i am harris falksener, this is the fox report. a peaceful but cold saturday morning sending people shopping in the mall and it turned terrifying. policemen said a gunman opened fire and killed two workers in a skate shop and wounded a third person and he then turned the gun on himself. the witness described the chaos. >> i heard something fall like bricks and all of the sudden, i saw three people shot fall and everybody ducked to the ground and i heard more than ten shots. >> she heard and saw so much. that was lauren stapleton and we'll talk to her live in a moment. the police responded to the mall and arriving in the scene, within seconds or minutes from the first 911 call. strategy, clearly coming in to play here. officers worked together to get everybody out safely and make sure everybody was out. >> i would like to close it down and regroup and so we know what is inside and plan a methodal plan of attack on this building. >> and molly is live from maryland now. mole, we anyhow that mall had gone through training for this sort

including bill harris. he joins us this morning.ber one new year's resolution on the end that is to lose weight. it is for many people. may not be for you. for many, it is drinking more champagne. innovatorsoriginal in losing weight. nutrisystem. sales have been cut in half and made new competitors. the ceo of nutrisystem joins us. thank you for coming in. thing, on the lower end we have the startups that offer a lot of the calorie tracking technologies for free. on the higher end i'm at the very expensive systems that focus on the quality of food. where does nutrisystem fit? >> it is for the mainstream consumer. we embrace things like fitness trackers. we embrace things like that. we see it as complementary to our program. these do not offer portion control to the system. we think the combination are very powerful. the quality of the food has been an issue for some consumers. >> we focus a lot on food polity. we have over 150 varieties to choose from. year gekkonew this everyone makes the same resolutions. they implement the plan o

arthur schlesinger despised harry truman. john kenneth galbraith despised harry truman. they wanted him off the ticket in 1948. they hope to induce eisenhower to run even though they had no idea whatsoever what eisenhower represented that he was in truman. truman was too much of a normal guy. but what they liked about kennedy now think about it, kennedy's father joe kennedy had not been a very pleasant guy during world war ii. robert kennedy worked for joe mccarthy so what was so appealing about this? willows appealing about this guy was he was not ordinary. he came out of the middle classes and represented something of elevating american tastes. the big change is the addition of public-sector unionism. liberalism as we once knew it as an electoral force collapsed with the tromping of mcgovernism and then reagan's, reagan and the republicans three electoral victories but liberalism reconstructs itself in the 1990s when labor reconstructs itself around public-sector unionism. that is why i say what happened in newark as an expression of this trend. andy stern the guy who

thomas allen harris, great to have you here at park city tv in the studios.about the framing of the family, the framing of the image of the community come of a whole population and what has happened in the african-american community. photography began in 1840. when it began, slavery was still legal in the country. the representation of african americans could be used either to support slavery so that there were african-americans depicted as less than human, but the abolitionists were also concerned with affirming the humanity of the enslaved people. from the beginning, photography was used as a weapon -- either for or against the enslavement of african americans. i continued with each decade to the present day. i think african-americans are very much aware of the way in which our image frames us and how the images we take and have in our homes and families are very different that we see in popular culture about as. what the film does is it traces this kind of lineage, the development of stereotypes versus the activism within the families come in to take pictu

>> hi, harris.rogram started by a veteran who really wants to help other veterans who may be down on their luck. so what he's doing is giving them a job, a place to stay, maybe most importantly, a renewed sense of self worth. for army veteran carlos garcia, working as an arizona state park ranger isn't just a job. it's a second chance. >> i was homeless. i was out of work for about two years. i got into a little trouble. this program definitely has boosted me, my morale. it's helped me out a lot. i'm glad to be working again. >> cleaning, clearing, and keeping a close eye out while patrolling the state park. garcia is one of four veterans participating in a pilot program. >> i know that skillset that veterans have. i know they can do this job. >> that's why arizona state parks executive director, an air force veteran who flew special ops wanted to help homeless veterans like garcia. >> i'm trying to give these guys a skill, let them get their life back together, put something on your resume other th

harry getting a desk job. william going back to school. >>> we want to welcome in bill kelly where wsyx from columbus, ohio. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we start out with some record temperatures. what a day it was yesterday. 87 in oceanside. santa barbara, 85. your old record was 0 degree. sacramento at 71 and when you look at the forecast today if you were in california, man, it is going to be another warm one, 70 in sacramento. the record is 68. 83 in l.a. and as you know this time of year you could wear a coat to the beach with that marine layer, not today. you need the sunscreen for sure. on the flip side we bring you over to the midwaste and upper plains where know is in the forecast. not a ton of snow. we're looking at a few inches up through the roy ohio river valley, getting into new england. look at this in boston. not expecting much for you in boston but we are going to see aly bit. if you are into the higher elevations you could see a couple of inches. atlanta, waking up 26. grab the j

he's got a problem with harry reid. harry reid said yesterday, i'm against fast track.eid's office to say they're not happy. the quo is they were really -- quote is they were really mad at harry reid. the house majority whip, kevin mccarthy, said the president is talking about how he's got a pen and a phone. he should pick up the phone and call harry reid because harry reid doesn't want to vote on this 'cause he thinks it's bad for the democrats. charles krauthammer has this observation about this trouble between harry and barak. >> this is a test of the president. is he the president or is harry reid going to be the one who decides? i think it's a sign of the diminishment of his authority that reid spoke so openly and defiantly. >> yeah. brian, one of the things is harry reid's worried that if this would be an unpopular vote for some democrats and it would cost him his job as majority leader. >> also, harry reid when asked why certain people weren't showing up with the president, he said look, i can't tell anyone who to have campaign for them. it's up to them. >> yeah.

harry reid pushed through a new harry reid the democratic majority leader pushed through a new measurehat will eliminate filibuster possibilities for most presidential nomination so instead of 60 votes now they will need 51 and we will see how that plays out. democrats were on the opposite side of that issue just a few years ago but presidenpresiden t bush was frustrated that democrats are filibustering his nominees and the republicans were the ones that talked about this nuclear option now we call it. he didn't go forward with it and harry reid has now and that will bring both parties in the white house. >> host: in fact peter baker was -- harry reid was on our "after words" program and ted cruz sent out a clip of that program and harry reid saying he would never pull the nuclear option. >> guest: what's good for me is bad for you becomes opposite when the majority switch. they were against the nuclear option when they thought it would inhibit their ability to block what they thought the bad appointments for president bush. but by president obama they have turned the tables. it has go

elizabeth. >> hi, harris. member of a new jersey legislative panel is doing digging as his team investigates governor christie's office and its involvement in the george washington bridge lane closures. he claims a crime could have been committed, there are more documents to comb through and more players to interview. >> it's hard to believe in the middle of a gubernatorial election, the governor didn't have a discussion about a big problem in ft. lie. >> christie said he and his staff had nothing to hide. the staff members in the know were fired immediately. the mayor of the borough effected said he takes the governor at his world. the reaction continued on sunday's public affairs shows. some are treading lightly as to whether it could impact the race in 2016 as the story is still developing. other lawmakers support him for handling the scandal forcefully and immediately. >> he took the bull by the horns. he held people accountable, fired people, and i think it's a big administration thdifference administrati

i am harris faulkner. now back it huckabee.prime minister ariel sharon died at the age of 85. and he was ininstrumental in the early days of modern israel history in 1948 fought with the israel defense force. he was a celebrated person and a powerful military figure leading troops in all of israel's major conflicts including the war for independence, six day war and yom kippur war. he led in major settlements in judea and in 2005 he ordered israel citizens to leave gaza and forced them out of their homes and communities. the sincerity of his intentions in giving up land with hopes of peace didn't change the outcome of creating a more friendly environment in gas a. nothing will tarnish his reputation, as one of israel's mightiest and most effective warriors and leaders. his life was a living sacrifice for the nation of israel that he loved and served. ariel sharon, dead at the age of 85. our prayers go out to his family. >> just two years after president obama announced the war in iraq is over. new development has his administra

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on wednesday senate majority leader harry reid told reporters in washington that he is against giving president obama new fast track authority on trade deals like the t.v. pete if given fast track authority the president could push the t.p. through congress with only a simple up or down vote no amendments no dobe very very little debate reid's comments came just a day after president obama urged congress to give him trade promotion authority during the state of the union address the new trade partnerships with europe and asia to be asia pacific will help them create even more jobs. we need to work together on tools like bipartisan trade promotion authority to protect our workers protect our environment and open new markets to new goods stamped made in the u.s. a trade promotion authority of course is just a code phrase for faster if president obama doesn't get fast track powers it's going to be very hard maybe even impossible for him to get congress to pass the t p p republicans and democrats alike oppose the deal and with out party leadership on board getting the cheapie through cong

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unless someone like you, harry, asked me the questions. happy i've got another opportunity today to go out and let's go for it, you know. >> you're all fired up here. >> i am totally fired up. it's all your fault. you get me fired up, harry. >> king is definitely fired up to be in the u.s. olympic delegation along with other openly gay athletes, brian boitano and caitlin cahow. they head to sochi soon in a russia that is anything but friendly to diversity. >> is there a message inherent in that? >> visually there's a message. just showing up there yees's a message. when you see us stand there and you know we're openly gay but more importantly we're athletes. we are athletes. >> do you have security concerns about going there? >> no, i think there will be ample security for us, and i think we need to be alert. i've thought about that. i get a little stressed out if i start thinking about it, i have to go. >> you've seen so much dramatic change in your lifetime. will there ever be a woman president? >> from your lips to god's ears, please, h

harry reid is probably going crazy every day on the phone. then you have the president saying it would be nice to have a legacy other than the disappointing outcome of obamacare. i'll be interested to watch the speech and see how they thread the needle. when in doubt, politics will win and the president will be in campaign mode. >> i don't think so at all. i think the president has every single day of his presidency to look forward to. when i was party chair under the gore political season going on opinion and president clinton was working so hard. i know because we were out there and we were with the people. i said to him, don't you ever get tired? because we would go till 3:00, 4:00 in the morning campaigning. he said loretta, i'm going to sleep the day after i leave the presidency. >> i don't know if that's president obama though. >> there was work to be done. i still think, when i look at immigration reform which i believe we'll see something happen this year, at least an effort to try to move it forward on the floor, we've got small thin

but harry reid apparently did. reid wanted the military to investigate irritable bowel syndrome and reid had a problem with that. >> reporter: in any dispute between anybody and the congress, the other person wins. the congress' rating is around%. this is a bipartisan problem. and they are slightly ahead of stalin in the polling. so i think in this situation reid was i think going off the reservation. but that's typical of him. the statement to which secretary gates objected that reid made on the senate floor in 2007 was this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything. bill: you can see how bob gates would take exception to that. >> absolutely. it was i are responsible when it was said. but the interesting things as time goes by with hindsight, it turns out maybe we didn't accomplish anything in iraq. if he through gentleman now being -- a through d a -- and the government of iraq is not able to bring people together. hindsight is always 2020. bill where bob gates said this about harry reid. last night

. >> some called harris opini-per racist and you are panel thugs. >> whatever the intent was, the reality was that the segment proceeded in a way that was offensive and showing the photo in that context of that segment was poor judgment so without reservation or qualification, i apologize to the romney family. on this program we're dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of families. it's one of our core principles and i'm reminded that when we are doing so, it must always be with the utmost respect and appreciative of everyone who offered serious criticisms of last sunday's program and i am reminded that our fiercest critics can sometimes be our best teachers. >> our best teachers. she's a time slot competitor. keep that in mind when we talk about this to be fair. let's figure out what this episode says about msnbc. joining me from los angeles, the media reporter for politico and in new york, sally cohen and in boston, the host of under the radar on wgbh. i want to ask you, do you think an apology was merited in this case? >> absolutely. those were inappropriate comments and as the

harry wilson is sticking around.more is coming will have governor christie's news conference live along with analysis from president obama's 2008 campaign manager. he will tell us what he thinks, he is a master political strategist. how does blackberry keep its brand authentec? -- authentic? a branding expert is up next. ♪ >> t-mobile's ceo john leisure legere trying to be the star in las vegas, crashing the at&t party and offering customers to terminate their contract. he spoke with bloomberg. >> unlike my normal behavior, this is for everyone. this is verizon, sprint, at&t. i enjoy doing things that cause pain to at&t. >> after those antics, legere tallied subscriber numbers that led to the best corner for t-mobile in eight years, how much of that success is writing on these tactics? let's turn to steve mckee, author of "power branding," president of a marketing company and the brother of our own michael mckee. john legere. has hef a cowboy or captured something that the wireless industry needs, a little personalit

it with one of washington's most powerful but rarely interviewed officials, senate majority leader, harry reid. >> the house will be in order. >> schieffer: 2013 was not exactly a banner year from washington, will this year be any better? >> no organizational or legislative business will be conducted on this day. >> schieffer: so it's official, nothing to report so far. but what are the prospects for immigration reform, cutting the deficit, extending unemployment benefits. what will happen to obamacare and what about the national security agency. we'll ask the senate's top democrat, harry reid, who controlled much of the agenda on capitol hill. then we'll talk to key house republicans, new york's peter king and arizona's matt salmon. we'll have analysis from peg knee noonan of the wall street journal. david ignatious of the "washington post." david sanger of the nova scotia times and cbs news political director john dickerson. and in our flashback, how a cbs news crew went to havana to interview fidel castro for face the nation and got scooped by ed you will van. 60 years of news because

if republicans win six seats currently in democrat you can hands, harry reid will no longer be majority leader and republicans will control the chamber. historically the president's party loses seats in the mid-term elections and the landscape looks favorable for republicans. seven vulnerable seats currently held by democrats and up for re-election are in states mitt romney carried in 2012. six of those seven seats are in states are wrom romney won by double digits. now odds like this before in the last two senate elections and they've overcome them, one survivor was harry reid. and he didn't win by playing nice. >> jeff: john dickerson in our washington bureau, thank you. >> well, to the middle east appear to be unraveling. in iraq the government is losing significant ground to al qaeda militants. today fighting in anbar province killed 22 iraqi soldiers and 12 civilians. this as syria's civil war is spilling into lebanon. here's allen pizzey. >> reporter: ongoing chaos in the middle east is creating what horrors and fanatics love, a power vacuum. al qaeda affiliated gunmen have taken

it's a well-known escape act created by harry houdini in the '20s.'s escaping from a straight jacket hung upside down. but he wanted to take it up a notch. >> he decided to perform the stunt with the rope holding him up upside down on fire. >> jasen's best friend joe chasny works as his emcee. he remembers the day clearly. >> we were out on site really, really early. we had to run through so many things with so many people. >> jasen's entire family is in attendance. >> how do you feel about your brother performing? >> very, very calm. >> they filmed the events of the day from a distance. the local news is there to cover jasen's story. as jasen gets ready to take the stage, the weather begins to turn. >> you maybe can't see, but there's a huge storm blowing in here. the wind is majorly picking up. and it's raining. >> night falls and the crowd is filled with anticipation. >> we were so concerned with putting on an entertaining show -- i'm telling you, it never occurred to us at any moment the rain would be a factor. a hurricane could have come to mich

governor harris invoked that power to have tennessee declared independent in 1861. it's tennessee never seceded in a matter-of-fact the declaration of independence as it were that tennessee enacted sada we are not expressing opinion on the extract doctrine but we are invoking on the more ancient rite of revolution and so harris invoked that right on behalf of the state of tennessee, but in doing so he really trample on the aspects because the constitution had several references to its relation, the states' relations with the united states and governor harris basically amended the tennessee constitution in a way that violated the amendment provision in the tennessee constitution. i ron ackley , he felt like she was vindicating the south rights under the united states constitution but by doing so he would be trampled on the tennessee constitution. in a positive sense, tennessee was bound up in a terrible controversy in the late 1870's and the early 18 etds and the state ran up millions and millions of dollars of debt to build railroads. there were some administrations

when you want to engender trust in congress and say i want to find a trust in you, to give harry reid as ambassador is not a very good way to go. he needs to go to the meetings, put in the time. get his hands dirty. he's the president. he needs to step it up a bit. >> is that a fair comparison, he's no lbj, willing to get in the muck and mir americans. >> i think it's unfair to blame the president. they shut down the government for very little reason. when you look at the track record which you mentioned earlier in the show of this congress i think the fault is with the folks in congress, and i think harry reid has tried to move forward bipartisan legislation and in some places successful in immigration reform. but it's really on congress that congress is not moving forward with more legislative efforts. and i think it's absolutely appropriate for the president, he has an obligation to the american people to try to solve their problems and to support them. to look for levers at his disposal that are beyond congressional action is the right thing to do. he has the legal authority to do

i think wendy harris has it right. here's what she posted. they all need to be on the same page, fighting for the same fight, we the people, and get rid of those who don't or won't. and then jane gladden also expressed some real common sense. she posted this. stand together. a party divided cannot win. and raymond davis sent this message to us. quit beating on each other through all the ridiculous debates. we need to be the world leader respected by other leaders. and really secure our borders, and stop rewarding those here illegally. the most important thing, tell the truth. and get our own house in order. also, our thanks to all who sent in comments, but one thing ought to be certain. someone who agrees with me 90% of the time is not my enemy. if factions within the republican party insist on spending time and money to attack other republicans, i wonder if they want to win elections and save the country or just proudly boast to their party pedigree. i'd rather have a loyal dog who licks me than one with a pedigree who bites me. and i'd rath

there is no one that caused obstruction like harry reid. regardless what i say.eople in america have their open mind and they do want to get rid of people in office that are republicans that when they vote with the democrats more than they do the republicans and when you have those people it waters down our brand. and we just can't continue down the math. what is refreshing about rand paul and mike lee and ted cruz. they are fighting and doing what they promised to do in washington. i think this cycle, we have an opportunity, because in 2010 when we drove the messages we won cross the board. in 2012 when the republican party drove the message being, we lost. we can get back to what is touching peoples lives and that is the economy and obama care and we stay focused on that we can win in 2014. >> matt, no one voted for obama care or a tax increase in the september right now that i am aware of, where are the points in which we need to say, these republicans are not good guys and we need to get rid of them? >> there is a long history of frustration in the primaries.

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lou: majority leader harry reid slammed the proposal, saying that we could pay for jobless benefits byg the obamacare individual mandate. >> so far all have heard from republicans is this. take a big whack out of obamacare. were they have another one. go after children with the child tax credit. >> the senate majity leader meant adults who defraud the federal government fraudulently claiming that those tax credits or likeness. there is still no word on how senator harry reid would move forward or whether he would allow votes on those amendments. and governor chris christie has a political crisis tonight exploding in new jersey. you e-mails have emerged showing chris christie staff engaged in a shocking case of petty political retribution which governor chris christie had denied on a number of occasions. private messengers between the deputy chief of staff and the top transportation officials revealed they conspired to close the lanes of the george washington bridge back in september in order to create gridlock in the nearby town whose mayor didn't support this year's reelection. a seni

harry reid filed cloture, and the senate can vote on that tomorrow morning. they could even do it today, but that would take a lot of bipartisanship camaraderie. but do expect it to hit the floor in this the next day or and to pass as well. >> libby after that christmas recess, another recess for the senate and the house. what is this one about? >> that's right. so martin luther king day next week, and the senate and house are out for the whole week, and democrats are beating a drum that they think they are leaving a lot of the work undone. top theme, unemployment insurance. democrats are talking a lot about that as well, and they say the long-term unemployed need