we hear from the secretary of labor thomas perez and republican economist douglas holtz-eakin. >> ifill: plus, a promising but still unproven approach to combating alzheimer's targeting those at high risk before they show symptoms. >> when my father was still alive and i looked at him, all i saw was my destiny. and i was frightened for me, but i was more frightened for my family. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs "newshour." >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: bitter arctic cold gripped the midwest, pushed eastward and dove into the deep south today. millions of people across doze

our good friend, lou holtz is with us, what was your reaction to that interview, if you want to calll, when is first saw it, i had great respect for richard sherman, what he accomplished. number one, he went to stanford, and had to have good morals. however, he violated three basic rules, rule number one, if you're any good, you wouldn't have to tell people. if you have to tell people you're good, they will tell you when you're good. rule number two, it is when you receive recognition, somebody gave you the opportunity to do something. he made a great play and saved the game. but that is because ten other guys on the seattle football team did what they were supposed to do. rule number three, it is important, show respect for the other people. michael crabtree, i felt so bad for, one of the best receiver news the nfl, an individual that has been injured. i just think when you show respect. when i was on the sideline, i knew how much the other coaches worked, were away from their family. yeah, i respect what they had done, that is not right. >> all right, he had a big press conference,

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the holtz are near the site of the super bowl. and the mayor of east rutherford, new jersey, says one of the letters contains corn stop, and no injuries reported. >>> in texas, employment agencies accused of providing hundreds of undocumented workers to hundreds of chinese restaurants. many of them are working 12 hours a day, six days a week. all of them are from latin america, and they are from china. >>> vodka is being blamed for killing one quarter of russian men before the age of 55. they looked at adult males, and the death rate is totally out of line with the rest of europe. >> reporter: vodka has been part of the social fabric of russian life for 600 years, but for a growing section here, the party has gone on too long. at a wedding, the couple toast their wedding with vodka. a drink that will follow them through their lives. divorce rates are soaring. and alcohol is the cause of extraordinarily high of early death of russian men. 25% of russian men dying before 55 due to heavy drinking, and to put that in perspective, the

let me know if you run into lou holtz. i know he was there last night. thank you, boss. >>> brand-new numbers show the economy grew at a rate of 3.2%, boosted by the best consumer spending in three years. so later this hour, we'll take a "deep dive" into a new theory on why the economy performed so much better when a democrat is in the white house than when a republican is. it's 40 years of data. fascinating. >>> the president pledged to take action on climate change. but how much can he do without congress? epa chief jenna mccarthy will be here to talk about that. >>> first, a look at today's politics planner. the president is on the road, as we told you. he'll be at a g.e. plant in wisconsin, and then he heads to tennessee. now you're looking at live pictures here. this is i-65, interstate 65 near atmore, alabama. as you can see, not a whole lot of people are on the road as parts of alabama are finally reopening, but authorities say it will be at least another day before things get back to normal across the state. we're going to get into the problems i

holtz only shoes took it in the heart.rue freshmen cross-over jumper good night game over drive home safely. had 23. broncos win 57-fwooip 55. puddles the duck taken in the game between 17 rank orego oregon. matthews in ampleing 5 points per game. richard solomon in the lane here. 16 points. 2 handed jam. matthe matthews wept for 32. 27 over his afternoon cal up said 9 96-83. robinson oregon state hosting stanford first half bieber down 1 collier big lap i got your bank here. human game for the cardinals. 30 points. nrooter. counsel done from 45. with authority on the reverse. but oregon state tl steel coast to coast beavers beat 8 81-72. reid learned his less an back in november the hard way. >> when mike is coming at you. we'd for the 245 full back. mistake. heading into the niners panthers play off gym on sunday reed admitted he may have to take the a different approach. >> i think a little bit more attention. 250, 2 50 so those guys i try to lower. i can get a little higher so just time to be smart bit. >> to the ice c

holtz only shoes took it in the heart.ver jumper good night game over drive home safely. had 23. broncos win 57-fwooip 55. puddles the duck taken in the game between 17 rank orego oregon. matthews in ampleing 5 points per game. richard solomon in the lane here. 16 points. 2 handed jam. matthe matthews wept for 32. 27 over his afternoon cal up said 9 96-83. robinson oregon state hosting stanford first half bieber down 1 collier big lap i got your bank here. human game for the cardinals. 30 points. nrooter. counsel done from 45. with authority on the reverse. but oregon state tl steel coast to coast beavers beat 8 81-72. reid learned his less an back in november the hard way. >> when mike is coming at you. we'd for the 245 full back. mistake. heading into the niners panthers play off gym on sunday reed admitted he may have to take the a different approach. >> i think a little bit more attention. 250, 2 50 so those guys i try to lower. i can get a little higher so just time to be smart bit. >> to the ice charges renewing the

unone of invited speakers, former college football coach, lou holtz and, pollster, frank luntz. republican leaders are in the area. it should start in a moment. much live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're live at the house republican retreat in cambridge, maryland. it's a three-day retreat that will come to a close tomorrow. we are here live this morning, waiting house republican leaders as they're holding a press conference. it should get underway in a couple of moments. we'll have it for you when it starts. quick reminder the senate will be back in this morning at 10:00 eastern. they will continue debating flood insurance, a bill that would delay federal flood insurance premiums i am r included in the 2012 bill. w he expect hearings and four votes on amendments to that bill. final passage expected to come up later today as well. we'll have live coverage for the senate as usual when they governor develop in this morning a 10:00 eastern here on c-span2 this very quickly, president obama will tour a general electric facility ne

he went to a holtz and asked the clerk to call police. he was treated for hypothermia and back to three meals a day. >> it is so cold you fill in the blank. >> don't use a witch's a natamome. >> and we have great ones all right. and we'll share the best later this hour. >> fox news alert for you. proposal to extend long- term unemployment benefits passes the test vote in the senate. six republicans joins the democrats. and the future is far from certain in the house. the president making the issue the central point of the first speech of the new year. bret baier has more now and joining me now. >> hi, alisyn. >> is the democratic battle cry extension of unemployment benefits and income inquality. >> it is going to be a set up for 2014, and they believe it is a powerful issue for them as they head to the midterms and this battle will continue. you heard the president today saying that this is about people and not just statistics. but it is about your neighbors and friends and family. and some of them don't have jobs and we wants a bipartis

. >> they could be working in holtzes and restaurants and assisting the games themselves.is not only the threat of suicide bombers or planted explosives like the attack in the train station in a nearby russian city that we saw so much of. remember the same terrorist conducted mass hostage takings in beslan accident in the school in 2004 and the seizure of the theater in moscow where a play was in 2002 and the hostage and russian response, hundreds of the hostages themselves were killed. we have been through this perfect unfortunately. >> they are aggressive, and i know that concerns you. have you thought about the athletes themselves? thousands of people coming from all over the world. you don't know their backgrounds and that is a factor in security as well, is it not? >> we know that the state department is concerned about security and issuing an incredible directive to the u.s. team, if they go out of the olympics venues not to wear american union forps. the athletes would be disappointed if the games were cancelled and i don't think we are at that point yet. i am worri

i think it was lou holtz who said it years ago about sel self-motivation that is so needed.that age, it doesn't necessarily need to be through intimidation and fear. these coaches seem to be not wanting to look bad, and i guarantee a coach can be defeated if that's his goal, not look bad. >> i saw a picture of you when you wore that hockey jersey with lipstick, and my kids play sports. i think there's a fine line, though. i do believe in many ways we kind of spoil our kids. i think that there's nothing wrong with pushing them and letting them see that they have more talent and ability than they think they have. they've got to work hard so learning that at a young age, it's a razor's edge, isn't it? >> my perspective is i want tough coaches, i want coaches who will instill in the student athlete the desire to win, because competition makes everyone better and the goal should be victory. and i take heat because i said really good things about former indiana coach bobby knight. i really liked the guy. >> you and me both. >> yeah, his tenacity, his termination, you're right, the

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also joining us from washington, douglas holtz aiken, the former adviser to president george w.he president of the american action forum. and the senior global economic analyst, "time" magazine assistant. you have a great new interview with janet yellen, the upcoming chair of the federal reserve. there she is. the $16 trillion woman. auste in, let me start with you, the unemployment rate fell from 7% to 6.7%, first time in seven years. it's below that 7% level. that's pretty low. the bad news is it fell largely because, what, about 300,000 people who have been looking for jobs just gave up and they left the job market, if you will, because they have no hope of finding a job. >> look, i think that's correct. it followed on the data last month, which was shockingly good, way above expectations, so everyone thought it was going to be a big number. they're looking or the surveys lost in the polar vortex, stuck in traffic on the bridge. i mean, what happened? nobody can quite figure that out. this may be somewhat revised away, but i think the continued problems of labor force partici

joining me doug holtz-eakin, a former director of the congressional budget office and president of american action forum. christian dorsey is director of external and government affairs at the economic policy institute. both great guests, great titles. nice to have the band back together. you guys are always great together. appreciate you joining us. christian, let me start with you, the president is making this the top priority for the economy, a raise, a raise for the minimum wage. why? why is that where to start now? >> well, i think the president is trying to do a few things here, jenna. one, it's to spotlight something that has become over time a glaring, glaring inadequacy, that is america's low-wage workers who are subsisting on 7.25 an hour. that is something that is just not economically sustainable. it is something that is not fair for families. and there certainly is the ability for, for companies to pay their workers a decent wage, a wage that keeps them above deep poverty levels. jenna: christian, if i could, i will get to the issue of fairness in a moment, doug, but i have to

her mother eventually telling her the dark secret, she killed holtz because he threatened to kill themlice has pleaded not guilty awaiting trial while erica is left to make sense of a childhood now tainted. >> she told us she sees this as a warmed love story, one where her mother killed to protect herself and her stepfather killed to be with her mother. >> so now the father is this prison for life for his murder and the mother who pleaded not guilty could face the same fate for the murder she's accused of. her trial gets under way next month. robin, george. >> for erica to come forward with that. zhang you so much. >>> john. >>> back to ginger in central park and, ginger, some folks are trying to make the best of the situation. >> yeah, well, hey, a lot of us are going to make the best out of it. let me tell you this is the light and fluffy stuff, not so great for snowmen but wonderful for sledding. if you want to play rocky in philadelphia where they got 13.5 inches, good luck because you got to sled down those steps. the art museum last night as people were taking advantage of the sn