john powell said in the late 1800's, if you're going to develop the colorado system you're going to overuse it. it. but do you know what? we are there. it's been more than 100 years and the system is provided the water for the need in which it was designed. those needs have changed. that is what we haven't realized. the other losses are in fact adding up to the cost. the benefits of recreation in late powell are now equal to the benefits of hydropower. so we have to keep in mind these costs scale impacts but also a map onto the capabilities of people to respond. type of plan, the impacts we put in place like the grazing act of 1934 was the best thing. their there are histories of good intervention. the question is can we address them? >> we have three more minutes so what i would like to go is go down the panel and i would like for the rest of the panel to give a minute on what you feel is the best plan of attack them in the coming years to deal with this drought and drought mitigation and its impact on society. >> thank you. the impact is not only migration leading to conflict. you can see

john boehner. there's been a vote for alan west, a vote for colin powell, a vote for eric can't or. what this means is there is a group of conservatives in the house of representatives that are not happy with john boehner right now because they are able to muster up enough votes to deny him the first ballot, ie, about 17. they could send the speakership to their second ballot. from my count right now, there are ten republicans who have not voted when their name was called or voted for somebody else, which means we are seven votes against boehner away from this going to a second ballot. we don't expect it to go to a second ballot. that would be a huge historical thing if it were to occur. that does not happen intestine. it has only happened once before in the modern era, but you are starting to see displeasure from a real conservative block of the house, republican confidence. they're not happy with speaker boehner right now. >> we'll keep track of that throughout this hour. kelly, on the senate side, you've got some historic change. you've got tim scott, the first black senator from

powell. >> okay. final word, will. >> it's just not true. look, in 2008, the republicans nominated -- >> not true? >> perhaps the most moderate candidate in modern history at least with johnain. and colin powell did not embrace john mccain. the party did not move away from him. he moved away from the party. he chose president obama over the most moderate republican since, i don't know, what, eisenhower? nixon? >> didn't john mccain give us sarah palin? the same person we're just talking about a couple of minutes ago. wasn't john mccain the one whose ticket included an individual who was part of the courtship of those racist voters i was just talking about earlier? so, no, he won't accept that because he saw during the campaign rallies individuals that were holding up signs that said kill then senator obama. why would you embrace someone who doesn't come out against that action? >> quickly on that last note. carol, here's the deal. i am always, and republicans are always forced to defend the worst elements that exist in this country who label themselves under the brand of republican. are there racists within the republican party? yes. are there racists within the democrati

zbigniew brzezinski, general john johns, brent scowcroft, as well as colin powell and former defense secretary bob gates. the senate has rejected only nine cabinet nominees to will chuck hagel be the 10th? >> i don't think so. i thought he would have an easier time that he has, but when all is said and done, there are lots of people from the bush administration, high-visibility people -- npr on friday morning , one spoke extreme in the -- extremely well of hagel. but the way that republicans are approaching cabinet appointments at the moment is different from what we've seen and the past. i am not sure whether it is a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, and they will have their day in the sun, or whether they are serious about this. if they are, then harry reid has a proposal to change the rules and the senate and it might -- there are a few democrats who might have reservations about it. >> will take a week confirmed, evan -- chuck hagel be confirmed, evan? >> i think he will. he has a proud guy, but he doesn't like to be muzzled. he has a sort of assertive, ornery side to him

and john wesley powell said in the late 1800s, wow, don't develop the colorado system, you're going to overuse it. but you know what? we're there. it's been a hundred years, more than a hundred years, and the system has provided the water for the needs in which it was first designed. those needs have changed. tsa what we haven't realized -- that's what we haven't realized. these other hases are, n., adding up to the cost. the cost -- the benefits of recreation on lake powell are now equal to the benefits of hydropower on that system. so we have to keep in mind these cross-scale impacts, but also a map onto the capabilities of people to respond. the type of plans, the type of impacts. we put into place the taylor grazing act in 1934, one of the best things we ever did. the question is can they address the state we're in? >> i'd like to go down the panel, and i'd like for the rest of the panelists to give a minute on what you feel is the best plan of attack then in the coming years to deal with drought, drought mitigation and it impact on society. >> thank you. i was taught by -- [inaudi

panel, i mean, the thinking is, karen, that john boehner really isn't in actual jeopardy unless, of course, 20 republicans were to decide to do the colin powell/cantor gambet here. >> just the very fact -- think about this -- that john boehner went into today with stories sort of swirling around whether or not and questioning whether or not he would really stay the speaker of the house, watching the vote count, let's see how many more general powell gets. that's not -- that just doesn't start him off very well. particularly in a house that will have more democrats in it. he has the senate will have more democrats in it, and so in terms of this divided government, i mean, he is going to have to work even harder to bring along the far right parts of his caucus to get deals done, and, again, i think nancy pelosi comes out of this as somebody he is going to have to work with, and i think he certainly is weakened going into this session of congress after this kind of a vote today. >> absolutely. >> this is actually the backlash of jerry mandering. they put millions of dollars all around the country into carving out these super, super safe district

senator bob corker from tennessee says that chuck hagel's temperament has he ever met john mccain. colin powellyesterday on "meet the press"saying the entire republican party is out of whack and they have lost their way. isn't it fun? eating each other alive. first, what's the latest? we will find out from lisa ferguson with today's current tv. >> good morning. colin powell did say on "meet the press"yesterday and voiced support for chuck hagel as secretary secretary of defense. it's a tough confirmation battle ahead for caggel considering his past controversial stanchions on israel and iran. he is getting members of both parties in his corner. hagel shortly after president obama exactly announced the name no, sir. superbly qualified with a distinguished public service. his own campaign with the myth against chuck hagel sending a set of documents showing hagel as pro-israel. one much those papers quotes israeli danny ialon saying hagel was a decent and fair reasoner. it's a start of what should be a strong lobbying effort from the administration convincing the senate to confirm hagel as secreta

colin powell and john mccain. i like to point out what the first read team said here. big problem is that he has no scandal, served as a senator and we know as the president really honed in on his record serving this country as a foot soldier. >> reporter: i'm sorry, tamron. is there a question in there? >> there is. >> reporter: i'm sorry. >> hello 2013. back at it again. so mick, the point is it's difficult. he's fought for the country. how do those who oppose this nomination come out when we're at a time when, for example, many on the right say we're supposed to support the troops. >> reporter: well, you know, i don't want to get in to the politics of it. that's for capitol hill and the white house to worry about but the initial reaction of uniformed personnel at various

john stone, don garrigan. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is bobby powell. i've been a member of local 16. i've been assigned as a steward for the last five years with outside lands. to make it short and sweet, i'm very much in favor of this extension and i support everything that they've been doing for the last five years and i'd love to see it continue. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hi, my name is ken besser, i'm a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i live in mount davidson. i actually represent a business locally here called cresco equipment, we've been in the office [speaker not understood]. we supply the equipment for it, done it for many years.

couple 1s and 2s of republicans voting for someone else other than speaker john boehner, including one vote for collin powell. and you don't have to be a member of congress to be elected but that said, even though some of those republicans have broken away from boehner in the course of this vote we don't expect yet that they will have enough votes away from boehner to go to a second ballot or to seriously threaten boehner's chances of being elected. but he has add tough week. >> indeed, he has. >> given the fact there are so many new members of congress, do we know yet what the defining kark tistic of the new group might be. >> a racial gender, regional diversity, that we have not seen before in the united states congress. interesting statistic is that among democrats in the house, white males will not be the majority any more of the democratic conference. that's the first time that has happened. we have an african-american republican appointed to the united states senate. that the first time we have had an african-american republican in the senate since 1970s, early 1980s i believe. clearly you are looking

have been an avalanche of ex-reagan administration people, frank carlucci, colin powell, others, who have come out -- johnarner, who have come out in favor. i think there's a generational split. look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. look at any polling numbers. they want them to end. i think that works obviously towards hagel's favor. >> john warner saved us from ollie north. maybe he can help hagel get in there. "weekly standard" editor bill kristol has been leading the charge against hagel. why is he doing this and why do people listen to his views on foreign policy? considering how wrong he was on iraq. good question. i think we know the answer. he's a charmer, he's brilliant, a great networker. anyway, let's watch him. >> whatever else yo

chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense and john brennan to be the next cia director. colin powellongly endorsing chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. more than ever, he writes, we need that kind of independent and emboldened leader who thinks out of the box, endorsing chuck hagel. gloria borger, john king is here. there will be tough questions he will ask. i assume he will be thoroughly prepared and answer those questions directly and to the point. >> right. i think what we heard from the president today really gives us a look into his mind and what he was thinking. >> into the president's? >> into the president's mind. earlier on, we were talking about how he wanted somebody in chuck hagel who wouldn't be intimidated by the generals. today we heard the president say over and over again that in both places, in the cia and at the pentagon, he has chosen somebody who is one of your own, he said. somebody in chuck hagel who is geared towards the guy at the bottom, who is doing the fighting and the dying. i think this is the case he's making to the american public, which is t

and it really does show that john boehner -- >> there were some interesting write-ins there. >> i personally kind of dug the colin powell write-in, but it is a significant thing, because boehner's a deal maker. and to some extent, he's being punished for it by the far right of his own party. and that's one possible outcome. around 50 votes, he can't count on if he does anything with democrats. that's the reality of divided country. >> right, when he put forth the so-called plan "b," it got shot down, because there were some republicans that wouldn't allow taxes to go up on anybody. >> and they ended up getting a worse deal. if those 50 or so folks saying we're fiscal conservative absolutists had backed boehner, they probably would have got a better deal on taxes and maybe even a grand bargain that dealt with entitlement reform as well. of course, the bill that passed didn't have anything of it. >> people like congressman yoho will be some very interesting ones to watch. by the way, fascinating man. large animal veterinarian. >> large animal vet. we need more of those in congress. >> and there's a reindeer farmer, also.

will be some republicans who will come up with other names, already some said colin powell, just symbolic protest votes. johnm almost sure will be re-elected the speaker of the house. he'll serve in the new congress, the 113th congress. he's not a powerful speaker. he was with the minority on the fiscal cliff vote, the senate bill to the house. there was a minority of republicans who voted in favor of it. he voted in favorite of it, and made a point of voting in favorite of it, even though it's traditionally the speaker trying to avoid a lot of votes. in this particular case the speaker wanted to specifically point out he was in favor of this fiscal cliff vote, avoiding what's called the fiscal cliff, even though the number two republican eric cantor, the majority leader voted against it. the number three republican kevin mccarthy, majority whip he voted against it. john boehner made a point of doing what he thought was right to prevent middle class families from seeing a tax increase as he explained it, if you will. so i suspect even though he's got some problems within his own coalition, the republican coa

powell sat down with bill to talk about many things. was contentious at times. we're going to play you an excerpt where during the campaign johnk obama as being lazy. and colin powell had a problem with that, thought it was inappropriate. here is the give and take between mr. o'reilley and mr. powell. >> into new called president obama lazy. you know him. knew known him for a long time. you don't think he's a racist, do you? >> no. did i didn't call haim racist. >> no, but you said that wording sends the code. >> it does. >> you said in his opinion he was lazy on an issue. it wouldn't matter if he was p white, purple or green. >> he said he was lazy after the first debate and he said it a couple of times. >> so what? >> well, let me finish. i'll tell so you what. it so shocked the person who was interviewing him, he said, do you really want to use that word? john said other things that were troubling. he said, you know, the president wasn't a real american. what is that showed to mean to somebody? >> it was in the heat of the campaign. i'm not defending snunu's choice of words. i'm not. >> okay. >> i'm not defending it. but i'

. >> what colin powell was upset about, his criticism is, hey, if you don't call it out then the whole party owns it. >> he was talking about johng things that maybe were not racist but had racial undertones to them. the thing is the republican party is in 2016 you don't have to have a colin powell out there saying things like that. they have three years before the next election to change their image. colin powell is a figure of perspective not just among african-american but moderate voters. >> steve, jennifer brought up an interesting point about, of okay, the democrats weren't there now. 15 years ago we were having that conversation and you did see some democrats and it was a whole bunch of, quote, party switchers back in ' 4, '95, '96 and b that new era of the democratic party. it's the republicans having to deal with these defections, if you will. prince kolcroft is another one, with the foreign policy, i'm not with them anymore. >> all the top members of the george h.w. bush administration now rallying around chuck hagel because they think that's more responsible view of foreign policy, not to invade every country and to s

john mccain, republicans. where were the democratically controlled union? against immigration reform. >> eric: are we talking immigration or colin powell -- >> bob: you are asking and every time i hear "illegal alien" that fits in. >> bob: that is -- >> dana: maybe that's what he was talking about but i don't know what he was saying. just when you get irritated if someone says michael moore is spokesperson for democratic party. tom creito doesn't spieg for all republicans. he got atension because he said outrageous things like michael moore does. to use that example for someone not in office for four years and said he would run for governor and didn't work, you can take him off the table. >> bob: can you take the republican party and the house that voted against immigration reform? >> dana: excuse me. who are the people that ruin comprehensive reform in 2008? the senate democrats -- >> eric: harry reid -- >> dana: so why are you blaming the house republicans? >> bob: they voted against it. >> andrea: i have respect for colin powell, but he also said this. asked about hillary clinton and benghazi he said he didn't believe it's a blot on her record. how can he sa

powell. talked to the general causing him to make strong public comments. the fuse? former governor john sin is i sin it's unu calling mitt romney lazy. >> mitt romney surrogate during the campaign. sun unu for a long time. you don't think he is a racist, do you. >> no. i didn't call him a racist. >> you said that wording sends the code. >> it does. >> bill: you just said in his opinion he was lazy on an issue. it wouldn't matter if he was white, purple or green. >> he said he was lazy after the first debate and he said it a couple of times. >> bill: so what? >> let me finish i will tell you so what. it so shocked the person who was interviewing him he said do you really want to use that word snowing. john said other things that were troubling. he said the president wasn't a real american. what does that suppose to mean to somebody. what does it mean he is not a real american? >> bill: it was in the heat of the campaign. i'm not defending is you -- sununu choice of words. i'm saying you know him i know him. is he not a racist. why even bring it -- just say he was foolish to put it that w

powell used the appearance to call out the gop's race baiters, the sarah palins and the john sununusf the party and asked leaders to put an end to the racist talk. >> there is also a dark -- a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. what do i mean by that? what i mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities. how can i evidence that? when i see a former governor say that the president is shucking and jiving. that's a racial era slave term. when i see another former governor after the president's first debate where he didn't do very well says that the president was lazy. he didn't say he was slow, he was tired, he didn't do well. he was lazy. now it may not mean anything to most americans, but to those of us who are african-americans, the second word is shiftless, and then there is a third word that goes along with it. birther, the whole birther movement. why do senior republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? >> i'm joined tonight be dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and professor at lehigh university. professor, i

powell. >> he is superbly qualified. i think he will do a great job as secretary of defense. >> hagel can still expect a drilling from lawmakers. fellow republican senator john mccain said that hagel stand against the surge in iraq was wrong. >>> the community of newtown connecticut is trying to decide what to do with the scene of that devastating shooting massacre. for now students from sandy hook elementary school are going to a different school. some want sandy hook demolished and a memorial built on the property to honor the students and teachers killed. but others want schools reopened. >> my best memories were at sandy hook. i think children in the future expect to experience the same beautiful memories i did. >> i don't want to see the land and the building stay empty and broken. i want to do something with it. >> tomorrow newtown will hold a town hall meeting about how to prevent gun violence. >> software entrepreneur john mcafee who was the focus of a man hunt has apparently found a new home in portland oregon. mcafee told a local paper he is working on a graphic novel about his life. he plans to talk about the curse of money and living with four or

about the voices of intolerance or as general powell said, the dark vein of intolerance is dealt with. >> now, when you look, victoria, for example at johns a mitt romney surrogate. he repeatedly used racial comments during the campaign. watch this. >> can you imagine how dumb this president is? this is a president who wallowed in chicago in the murky soup of politics/felons. he has no idea how the american system functions. he is absolutely lazy. and detached from his job. what people saw last night, i think, was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. >> did you mean to call barack obama the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. >> lazy, dumb, incompetent. and general powell said sunday when many of us in the african-american community hear lazy, the next word is shiftless. all of these are stereotypes. felons. and what is most disturbing about this is he was a surrogate for governor romney, the presidential candidate, and not one time did he denounce the statements. sununu has a right to say what he wants, but he was never, ever denounced by the campaign and he was an official representative of

john: it's time once again for the quickest awards show in the world! and tonight's quickie nominees are competing for the i'm not racist but award. and the nominees are the rightscoop.com for saying that colin powell't see president obama's faults because general powell is "apparently blinded by his own skin color." along with the majority of voters in the last two elections. bill o'reilly for saying "asian people are not liberal by nature. they're usually more industrious and hard working." tell that to the dalai lama. ann coulter for saying guns aren't the problem. at least not white people with guns. and pay no attention to who's done the last few massacres. the quickie goes to -- >> thank you. ann coulter you've won the award and now here are anne's exact words. >> you compare white populations, we have the same murder rate as belgium. so perhaps it is not a gun problem. it is a demographic problem. >> john: ann's not a racist. anyone who thinks white people aren't killing folks in belgium hasn't seen bruge. some of ann's best friends are demographics. ann coulter couldn't be here tonight on account of being hateful overseas. we accept this award on its at cepacol we've heard people are going

old friend john boehner because he is trying to lead a group of people who i think refuse to be led, let alone know how to be led any general direction. they should have listened colin powellith gregory over the weekend who laid out very clearly. there's a skism in their party. there's a dysfunction. he doesn't recognize it, and i'm sure he is not alone. i hope they'll get some order for them. the president has a big jaentd. we talked a little bit about it. star is talking about an issue that needs a set of issues that need to be addressed, and you have to have a minority party in the congress and the senate that you can work with. a leader on the other side who can coral his troops. right now it's an uncoralable and encourageable group. politico is on the republican side. >> one of the only solutions -- i guess not the only solution, about the one of the main solutions is totally unacceptable to republicans, and has to spend money to save money. by that i mean funding preventive care so early on in life you can have the dietary structure that you need or get the check-ups required so that later on in life you don't have to go to the emergency room to deal with this stuff.

powell coming. we have david gregory, chris matthews, a cast of thousands. let's start with mike barnicle and john meachem. >> also, michael steele. good to have you here, michael. and nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> look at those uggs. >> i got to be outside all day. this is my only warm moment. >> i'm impressed. they look great. >> hardly fashionable. >> mika, are you excited? compare today to how you felt four years ago. >> yeah, but i think it's measured. and i think that's actually probably the tone the white house is taking at this point. there's a lot to be done. and a lot of things that have happened that i think need to be grown on or corrected, given the first four years. but it's always an exciting day to be able to be a part of witnessing history as it happens here in washington. it's an amazing day. >> john, the second term, i don't care what the counterintuitive historians and essayists say, the second term is so much more difficult than the first term. you're racing to the midterms, where after that you know you're, in effect, a lame duck. >> starting at

powell said the u.s. would need to keep some military personnel on the ground but would not speculate as to the numbers. but senator johnccain was more critical. >> there's always a tendency in washington on these issues to say 2,000, 4,000, 10,000. that's not the right way to go about it. as a military planner you determine what it is that we have to do, how many advisers you need, what kind of military assistance group do you need, and then you determine what those numbers are. >> there's a series of decisions, all of which the president and the vice president have overruled our military leaders and their advice and counsel, which is the president's right to do. but each time i believe that it has ensured the risk of failure. >> nbc's amon mul hachlt din joins me in studio. uniquely. it's so nice to have you stateside. thanks for joining us. who's right here in terms of troop numbers? based on your practical assessment of what's going on there? >> well, that's a million-dollar question. i think it really begins with what the objectives are. when you hear the military assessment as we've heard from general allen and ot

powell will be on mete the press to express his support. hello, don? >> caller: steph. thank you my wife very much appreciated the pro flowers. [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: thank you, johnnd stuff like that, the word need ever came into effect. i think you guys would go nuts if i started talking about some common sense restrictions on abortion. or why does a woman need to have an abortion. or she already had three abortions, she doesn't need another abortion but yet we're hah happy to throw that word around when we're talking about the second amendment. if you have a problem with the law, change the damn law. >> stephanie: that's what we're talking about. >> adam lanzo wasn't breaking the law until december. >> caller: right. i don't need an assault rifle, using your terminology. i don't need one. but i have one. i like it. i like to go shoot it. >> yeah, it's entertainment. >> right. it's a toy. >> stephanie: but don we're talking about reasonable gun laws. you don't need an abrams tank but you should be able to have one if you want one. but you can't. >> caller: no, i'm talking about the whole issue of a right -- >> stephanie: but a military assault weapon is a milita

like their party has left them like colin powell who has been on the talk shows the past couple of days lamenting the fact that his party has left them. >> john: as richard takes his seat on the dais. campaign that had so much suspense. the greatest suspense of today will be what is in the president's speech. he mentioned global warming three times. will it be mentioned today? we'll be back with more guests and more coverage of president obama's second inaugural 2013. i'm john fuglesang joined by jennifer granholm. arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them, you're put on this planet for something more. i want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. an impact that gets people to take action themselves. as a human being, that's really important. this is not just a spectator sport. >> jennifer: this is jennifer granholm in current studios in new york covering the inauguration of president barack obama joined by john fuglesang, michael hastings and a cast of maybe millions on the washington mall, watching the president. hopefully wa

john boehner and a couple of republican members who have not been asked. but on west, i think he's now up to two votes and eric cantor got a vote. colin powellot a vote, a democrat, rather than voting for nancy pelosi. >> steven hayes from the weekly standard. good to have you. >> you bet, jon. >> be right back. weekly standard, good to have you. thank you. we'll be right back. ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family. it's been pretty tough since jack passed away. it's a good thing you had life insurance through the colonial penn program. you're right. it was affordable, and we were guaranteed acceptance. guaranteed acceptance? it means you can't be turned down because of your health. you don't have to take a physical or answer any health questions. they don't care about your aches and pains. well, how do you know? did you speak to alex trebek? because i have a policy myself. it costs just $9.95 a month per unit. it's perfect for my budget. my rate will never go up. and my coverage will never go down becaus

john. it seems like every couple of weeks there is a high ranking republican who comes out to call out the republican party. it is chris christie one time and then bobby jindal and then colin powello much talk. what is the party willing to do, specifically to attract more voters to the republican side? >> well, victor, it is a great question. there is a difference in what the party needs to do and what the party is willing to do. as you said, the talk is cheap. the problem with the party of stupid speech that bobby jindal got isn't that he's not calling out for what it is, it is that it is not enough. the problem with republican party right now in terms of reaching out and reviving itself isn't just perception. it is policy. the republican party has to move on policies to really reach out, to voters beyond its older white conservative populist base. until they're ready to confront the problem and start changing their policies, especially on social issues, they're going to keep having a hard time connecting to a rising generation of americans. >> i want to play more of the speech. let's listen. >> we must quit big. we're not the party of big business, big banks, big wall street ba

john mccain has. he is in a shrinking minority. and it's shrinking very quickly. and i suspect you're going to see a return to the realism of colin powellcroft, of george h.w. bush, of the republicans who helped us and democrats who helped us through that approach when the cold war. >> and this is the post-superpower era, where there has to be some pulling back, and david said it exactly right. >> i wouldn't say post-superpower. you're right, it's a new era. it's much more indirection in our application of power. the neocons are for direct use of power. this will have to be more indirect. >> and there may be surprises there, as always is the case. look at what happened with algeria and mali. >> dr. zbigniew brzezinski, dad, thanks for not waking me up, by the way. >> in "the hill." >> yes, in "the hill." you would have been obliterated. david gregory, thank you very much. bob woodward, stay with us if you can. we'll be right back with senators amy klobuchar and jeff blake. also, terry francona joins us to discuss his new memoir about his years with the red sox. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds mak