morning on "washington journal" and the issue of joe kennedy's run for congress came up. >> joseph kennedy iii is set to announce for his seat. >> yes, i have met with joe. i am very impressed with him. he's a very thoughtful guy. he's not by any means assuming because he comes from this family of people with a record of distinguished service, he's working hard. he has an openness i found refreshing. he worked as a prosecutor in the largest county in massachusetts some of which is in this district. i'm very enthused about him. >> the comments of barney frank who is stepping down at the end of this year. his seat as the campaign begins in massachusetts, one of those candidates is joseph kennedy. at the white house today, a surprise visitor for those who were on a tour. >> how are you? you guys have got a big group. it's exciting. >> for the fourth time since moving to the white house, michelle obama surprising visitors at the white house as she greeted them from the blue room of the white house joined by first dog beau. this is what it sounded like. >> hi, how are you? >> a pleasure. >> i'm sur

joseph kennedy iii grandson of robert f. kennedy will announce his bid for the house seat being vacated by congressman barney frank. mr. frank supports kennedy's campaign. kennedy is a harvard law school grad served in the peace corpss in the dominican republican. three other democrats and two other republicans are seeking the state held for so long by barney frank. >>> still ahead on "way too early" lin-sanity rolls on as the point guard who went from near anonymity leads the knicks to the seventh straight win. highlight in sports. >>> there are two endorsements every republican candidate covets, jeb bush and the other from lead singer of mega-death. we're waiting for jeb, but we have an answer on the mega-death enforcement. we'll bring it to you and check weather when way too early comes back. >>> i ensure we will always keep the because we know the feeling of our people the mind of our people, and we are trying to do the things well and agree with their feelings. ahh, one. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer

joseph kennedy iii is launching his campaign for the seat of barney frank. he's is son of joe ken did i ii and is the late bobby kennedy's grandson. >>> iran stirring up new concerns. saying they're dramatically closer to being able to produce nuclear fuel. they've resumed talks with powers. a government official tells us that the u.s. believes this is still time and space for a diplomatic solution. >>> and families in honduras are demanding justice after more than 350 prisoners were killed in a fire. inmates said guards refused to let screaming prisoners out as flames swept through the prison. firefighters said they were kept outside for half an hour. >>> the so-called underwear bomber could be hit with five life sentences when he's in court today. he confessed to trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear. he was the only person hurt in the 2009 christmas day plot. >>> and new details in the whitney houston investigation. her death certificate has been released. it does not list a cause of death. >> meanwhile, family members have allo

way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement. >>> joseph kennedy iiihitting the campaign trail running after formally announcing his congressional campaign yesterday. the grandson of robert f. kennedy wasted no time meeting with massachusetts voters and the 31-year-old says shoe leather campaign will win the race. >> i'm very, very proud of my family's record to public service and to our country. this campaign, any campaign is going to be about the issues and about -- >> and joining me now is the man who currently holds the seat, barney frank. good morning, congressman, good to see you. >> thank you. >> let me say a little bit about him besides his family history. he's got credentials, studied industrial engineering at stanford, went to harvard law, he was in the peace corps which was founded by jfk, worked as a prosecutor and an assistant d.a. in massachusetts. but why do you think he'd be good for this job? >> he combines the right values, which is the first test you want to do. he understands the importance of making this a fairer society in ways it

joseph kennedy iii will announce he's running for congress, looking to fill the seat held by barney frank. he is the son of former congressman joe kennedy and grandson of robert kennedy. this congress is the first one without a kennedy in 63 years. >>> another pleasant evening out there tonight, but we could get wet tomorrow, huh, doug? >> i think everybody will get on the wet side. that is why you need to take those larger umbrellas, we have rain moving our way right now. you can see on the radar looks like the rain just down to the south and west, atmosphere too dry, most of this not hitting the ground yet. we're going do wait for this activity back toward the west, right now making through the cincinnatti area to make our way. as it does so we will see clouds thicken, rain start by early tomorrow morning, i'll break it down to show you exactly when i think the rain will start, when it will move out, plus what is the latest on our coastal storm this weekend, what will we see? i'll show you my forecast coming up. >>> thank you, doug. >>> the defense is now presenting its case in the tria

joseph kennedy iii is expected to announce today he will run for the massachusetts seat now held by berdiof joseph kennedy and grandson of the late senator robert kennedy. two more democrats and two republicans are considering running for that seat. >> the underwear bomber could face life in prison when sentenced today in detroit. abdulmutallab pleaded guilty to try to blow up a u.s. airplane bound for detroit. incident happened on christmas day in 2009. he had a bomb hidden in his underwear and cause a fire that injured him but failed to explode. he said he was acting on behalf of al qaeda. >> a dispute involving a washington state man that killed himself and his two sons. -paul is also a suspect in his wife's disappearance. his surviving relatives of want him buried at the same cemetery as the two sons that killed. his wife's parents are trying to stop that from happening and are promising legal action. >> there could be a big name this year and missing from the oscars. kodak. >> the academy awards is held at the code appeared, but the company is ending its sponsorship deal with the hol

. >>> there could soon be another kennedy in d.c., joseph kennedy iii will as now he's running for congress. he's running to fill the seat of barney frank. he's the grandson of robert kennedy and son of former senator joe kennedy. he's the first in more than six decades. >>> you should soon be getting fewer of those robocalls. federal communications passed tougher rules. requiring written consents before accepting the auto dial. it will apply even if the consumer hasn't listed their order. it does not impact political campaigns, nonprofit or informational messages such as school closings. they already prohibit robocalls to cell phones without consent. >>> in from overnight. they burn theed my ninety oil to hammer out the details of the payroll tax extension. we have more now on the deal. kayla, good morning. >> thanks so much joe. it was last night when they finally came to an agreement on the payroll tax renow. they announced the deal which will renew payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for more than 100 million americans. the measure is a top priority for president obama in this electio

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. >>> joseph kennedy iii has officially launched his congressional campaign. is the grandson of the late robert f. kennedy. this kennedy is running for the seat long held by massachusetts congressman barney frank who's not seeking reelection. >>> president owe boom ma is waking -- obama is waking up in san francisco this morning. the. made a swing through the city's chinatown district yesterday afternoon. he surprised people when he showed up. he attended some private fund- raisers last night. >>> let's take a look at some of the new movies you can see in theaters today. >> nicolas cage, howard says he has range. he returns as johnny blaze in "ghost rider." this time around ghost rider is still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter. he's hiding out in eastern europe when recruited by a secret church sect to save a young boy from the devil. not only might he save the boy, ghost rider might possibly rid himself of this curse forever. >> and end the sequels. >> reece witherspoon stars in this combination of romantic action comedy. "this means war.

. >>> joseph kennedy iii, he's the grandson of the late bobby kennedy. jumping into the race to replace barney frank when he requi retires after this term. he would continue the long line of kennedies serving in congress with the exception of two years in the '60s was unbroken from 1947 until patrick kennedy's retirement last year. >>> the state department is denying reports that hillary clinton has talked to the white house about leaving the world bank after she leaves the administration, clinton has said publicly she won't be back as secretary of state next term if there is a next term. >>> rick santorum is holding events in michigan today hoping to win mitt romney's home state. joining me now is ron mott who is with santorum in detroit. his big economic message today, detroit economic club has come basically a little more than one week before we know mitt romney's about to do one. but he's decided to move the venue to ford field, santorum sticking with a smaller venue today. >> reporter: smaller venue today, chuck. good morning, this is the meeting of

. >>> robert kennedy's grandson joseph kennedy iii will formally declare his candidacy for congress today. he's seeking barney franks' massachusetts house seat. frank decided not to run for re-election. >> massachusetts is not always a sure thing for a kennedy these days. this will be a great race to watch. it will be interesting. >> he looks awfully young, doesn't he? a lot younger than his 31 years. >> all kennedys look young to me. >> as rob marciano does in atlanta. way younger than your age. >> yeah. i'm no kennedy, i can tell you that. thank you, ladies. good morning. we are looking at rainfall, much needed rainfall, actually heading across parts of the south not only for the drought situation but knocking down some of the pollen that really shouldn't be in the air yet, but has been so mild this winter we have trees blooming just about everywhere. atlanta, south down to southeast parts of alabama, luckily last night this wasn't much in the way of severe weather. no reports of tornadoes as a strong line of storms moved across east texas and south louisiana. the rain is also moving ac

. >>> well, another kennedy may be heading to congress. joseph p. kennedy, iiie plans to run for congress. he is hoping to win representative barney frank's mass mass seat. joseph kennedy is the grandson of the late robert kennedy and the nephew of robert kennedy. he plans to run as a democrat. >>> face to face. a strange coincidence helps a woman who helped a man rob her at knife point. >> reporter: perhaps the arrest of malic was part dumb luck. >> that's new on me. >> reporter: esther rios didn't want her face shown as she described the guy who put a knife to her face saturday night. >> he said i need to give my purse or he will kill me. and if i say anything or scream, he will kill me. >> reporter: an unheard rio says the purse he ran off with contained a grand total of 17 cents but all of her credit cards and ids. so monday morning, rionos went to re -- rios went to replace her id. and guess who she spotted? >> apparently had eye contact with him. he comes over and bums cigarette from her. >> i don't want him to notice i'm scared or anything like that. i go

joseph kennedy iii is set to announce for his seat -- our guest is barney frank. guest: not by any means assuming that he comes from this family of people of distinguished public service he has an openness that i find very refreshing. he worked in massachusetts, at some of which was in one county and i am very pleased and think he is going to win. >> -- posed a we will begin with a call from largo, florida. caller: blackmailable because they are in the closet about their sexual orientation like senator lindsey graham, and i want to know how many do you think are compromising, and have a'never been invited to go -- and have you ever gone to the bohemian grove? guest: i have not been there. i believe it is a group of wealthy people in california, and i do not know more than that. i have no comment to make about any individual and no knowledge of any individual. there are obviously some gay men, lesbians in the congress who have not made that public. i would say this. if you look at the way in which those of us who are gay and lesbian in politics have responded, incr

. >>> well another kennedy is running for congress, joseph kennedy iii, grandson of the late robert f the massachusetts seat held by the retiring barney frank. >>> new regulations are cracking down on robo calls, those automated phone calls that have been a persistent pest to consumers, nbc's tom costello has more from washington, d.c. >> here's the bad news, you're still going to get some robo calls from political campaigns, nonprofit organizations. but it's the calls from companies, pitching everything from life insurance to mortgage refis, that you will hopefully get fewer calls from. despite no call rules that went into effect years ago, too many are apparently still getting through and dead air calls, as you know are particularly ann annoying. that's when a computer calls a bunch of phones, but when you answer you get silence because the operator is talking to somebody who picked up sooner than you did. the new rules will require telemarketers to obtain written consent, written consent from customers before placing a robo call to them. even if the telemarketer already has an exis

kennedy. he is joseph p. kennedy iiiof the late senator bobby kennedy. the younger kennedy, a democrat of course, today announced his bid to replace retiring congressman barney frank, long-time congressman. joe kennedy stepped down as assistant district attorney last month to focus on his run for congress. 31 years old. >>> thank you so much for watching everyone today. i'm going to be back here doing the duty for randy tomorrow, same time same place. "cnn newsroom" continues now with brooke baldwin. i'm sure you have a lot on the agenda. >> a lot going on as always. ashleigh, thank you. i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up on everything making mus. as always we begin with rapid fire. let's go. >>> video and pictures of whitney houston's final days coming under scrutiny as investigators piece together what caused the singer's death. we are learning much more about her final hours. they included boozing, mismatched clothing and erratic behavior according to a source brief the on her activities and another source te

. >>> well, another kennedy is running for the united states congress. joseph p. kennedy iiigrandson of bobby kennedy will announce his candidacy for congress tomorrow. the 31-year-old kennedy is running for the seat currently held by barney frank who is retiring. there hasn't been a kennedy in congress since congressman patrick kennedy of rhode island retired in 2011. that's only two years ago. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." iran is ratcheting up the level of international tension with a series of recent developments. today the iranian president made a big show. here he is, ahmadinejad, unveiling the country's first domestically produced fuel rods. in a ceremony that aired on iranian tv. second there are conflicting reports out now that iran intends to cut off oil to six european countries and, third, there is a suspicion iran was involved in monday's attacks on the israeli diplomats in india and the former soviet republic of georgia. and a botched attack just yesterday in bangkok. we go now to ali aruzi, nbc's tehran bureau chief. run through all of th

. >>> well, another kennedy is running for the united states congress. joseph p. kennedy iiif bobby kennedy will announce his candidacy for congress tomorrow. the 31-year-old kennedy is running for the seat currently held by barney frank who is retiring. there hasn't been a kennedy in congress since congressman patrick kennedy of rhode island retired in 2011. that's only two years ago. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or what if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for t

another candidate hoping to join congress, joseph kennedy iii. grandson of robert kennedy.is great uncle, late president john f. kennedy. >> they're celebrating the death of kim jong il. he would have been 70 today. the milestone commemorated by parades, speeches. current leader kim jong un bowed before his father's portrait. >> lin-sanity, he led the team to the seventh straight victory last night over the sacramento kings. the lin legend growing with each day. >> wasn't drafted out of college. two nba teams, the rockets and the golden state warriors both cut him. the knicks scooped him up. they sent him to the d league. because of injuries he was called back to the team. in one week this unknown asian american with a degree in economics from harvard has put up lebron james numbers. >> he came out of virtually nowhere. >> yes, he came out of nowhere, which is my nickname for harvard. folks, you know things are rough when a harvard economics grad has an easier time getting a job as an nba point guard than a wall street bond trader. >> you know something, soledad, you have a

joseph kennedy iii has moved to a different suburb to replace barney frank. he came to town hall on tuesday and register to vote as a democrat, listing in brookline as his address. he is looking at a possible run for the seat. those of some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> when i first started the book, i also thought, this must be an american story. this is about a country that worships the religion of self- reliance and individualism. this is a legacy of thoreau and emerson. but it turns out that we are laggards when it comes to living alone, that it's in fact much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. and it's even more common in japan. >> on "after words," in "going solo," eric klinenberg looks at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state condoleezza rice, connie rice, on her work to reduce gang violence in l.a. and starting a dial

joseph kennedy iii expected to announce that he's running for barney frank's congressional seat.r. food network star ann thornton getting the axe after she was caught ripping off people's recipes. the host of the popular show "dessert first" she reportedly lifted most of her most decadent ideas from martha stewart. who could possibly suggest prison for her. i'm kidding. >> thank you, steven. national debt is already over $15 trillion and the president's budget piles more on. fox business anchor john stossel took to the streets to ask a few viewers one question -- how would your family handle a budget like the federal government's? john, what happened? >> well, let's look at the numbers. let's put that slide up. how would you handle this? this is -- this was your family budget or your neighbor's and you made $24,000 but you spent $37,000 so you're $13,000 in debt and already had $150,000 in pre-existing debt but now you say hey, i'm going to fix it. i'm going to cut $385 and aren't i wonderful? isn't this a draconian cut? and we're going to fix things with this. >> right. >> and p

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this morning joe kennedy iii released an online video launching his campaign for barney frank's congressional seat in massachusetts. kennedy is the son of former congressman joseph kennedy and a grandson of the late robert f. kennedy. he recently moved from cambridge to the boston suburb of brookline. part of the state's newly redrawn forth district. the family has deep ties to brook line. it's the birth place of joe kennedy's great uncle, the late president john f. kennedy. >>> there has not been a kennedy in congress since senator ted kennedy died in 2009. >>> some scary moments at the site of the world trade center this morning after a crane dropped its load of metal beams. it happened inside the construction zone at 4 world trade center. earlier reports indicate the crane was moving the beams when a cable snapped. the metal beams came down on to a construction vehicle. luckily, no one was inside the vehicle at the time. the new york fire department says they evaluated one person at the scene but there were no serious injuries. >>> the nigerian man who tried to blow up a flight bound for detroit with explosives in his underwear will spend the rest of his life