marquis jet to berkshire hathaway in 2010.it was a dream come true for me and my partners who came from

marquis says he prefers women. >> i'm in prison.o women in here, but there are men that want to be women. so i have to deal with it while i'm in here. i'm straight. i mean, i like feminine men, so, you know, however you want to look at it. as you call is homosexual, being gay, everybody has a different word. but as far as in here, you know, he's a woman and i'm a man. >> marquis and precious insist their relationship isn't just about sex. both speak of a bond rarely shared in prison. >> yeah, i love him probably harder than i loved any woman. you know what i'm saying? and i have 13 children. i have nine daughters and four sons. >> this is my partner. this is my friend. this is, you know, the person that gives me strength. you know, like i say, i don't have family or anything. this is the person that helps me out day to day. so i can't just deny him when i get out, but you have to understand that this is just for -- this lifestyle, as far as the sexual thing, this is just for now because i'm locked up. i do this because i want to, no

marquis jet to berkshire hathaway in 2010. dream come true for me and my partners who came from nothing. we still feel like we came from nothing, which is a good thing. it was a dream come true, which led to creating tequila aviÓn. dream comes true, but you are not content. it you go back into your personal history. you were in the spirits industry for seagrams. how do you come back to that? >> it's an amazing thing how life comes full circle. i have an accounting degree. company for the gallo -- >> ernest and julio. where i come from, it was a to too much hope, where you start there and die there. i ran the beverage company. the company was sold. that is what led to the marquis experience. eating in the spirits, the wine industry, when you have that in your blood -- it is great to come back to it. that is why i pursued my dream, which was to create the best tequila in the world. ?> how is it avion .> it is obviously a tequila >> why did you start with tequila? >> because i am insane. it is probably the hardest spirit to make.

on april 14th, mcveigh buys the yellow 1977 mercury marquis from a used car dealer in junction city,cveigh reserves the ryder truck from elliots body shop using the robert d. kling alias. on april 16th, mcveigh and nichols drive the mercury to oklahoma city. mcveigh parks several blocks away from the murrah building. he removes the license plates from the car and leaves a note. not abandoned. please do not tow. will move by april 23rd. needs battery and table. two days later, mcveigh and nichols rendezvous near junction city where they assemble the bomb in the truck. >> the ammonium nitrate and fuel would have been mixed in some barrels, something akin to a 55 gallon plastic barrel. those barrels were then likely connected with this detonating cord which led to the boosters and ultimately that detonating cord would have come together where the detonators or blasting caps were. >> but at the last minute, terry nichols, like michael fortier, bails out. >> as time grew near to the time of the bombing, nichols got cold feet. he decided he didn't want to do that. he decided that was going

oof less than two days and counting before what many considered the marquis match up. >> the seahawks versus 49ers. had is a live picture from san jose international airport. that is the plane you can see waiting for the team to arrive to head to seattle for the big game. >> to carry to >> larry? >> it's interesting. the 49ers have planned this trip because normally when you have a west coast trip if you're going up to seattle or arizona in previous years 49ers would leave a day before the game. in this case they're leaving before a friday. and reason is the pattern established to win at green bay. and last week decided let's leave on friday, again. we've got a long journey ahead of us. so jim harbaugh decided this is working and they knew looking athat heed they're likely going to face seahawks in the championship game. these two teams are well acquainted with one another, having split each winning at home in the regular season. so preparations have been done. they knew what to expect. some say did you want to leave a day early because it's less time in the film room? they'd be ready

tavis: the marquis reference does your friend, that would be mark cuban.is my chance for a plug. you know the indiana university connection. go hoosiers. back to what we are talking about. we know what city it is. it actually works for fans. >> it is kind of depending on who it is. you can search for a celebrity you follow or a charity. it is also a chance for you to ask a question to a celebrity. then i can come and vote on it. the idea is the celebrity goes, that is something people want to know about. that is something they are interested in. for don henley it could be a drum lesson. it could be condoleezza rice saying, what was it like to give president bush bad news. it is like getting this fun vicarious thrill, but you are also giving back by doing it. we think of it as democratizing todraising, taking it out the masses. fundraising has been stuck at two percent of gdp for 40 years. online giving, even though we have had the internet for a long time, is that eight percent of total giving. we are saying, what if we thought about it differently? what i

here at fixing climate change stopping the greatest threat to democracy to the marquis was shot down here read in the senate democratic senate there were how many there was a filibuster proof senate win here we blocked in or didn't allow works mark come to a vote on the senate floor it was just a more question mark he was the comment i think was a carbon tax bills passed out of the house in two thousand and one. so but it never came to the floor. and i did not know that well i mean i would i would disagree with that i mean today right now the congress is in the midst of deliberating over his seven with the taxpayer funded abortion act you know this issue is definitely something with the hyde amendment passing in the seventy's i want to talk about that when the conversation has been about long term unemployment . extending that specifically and g.o.p. went home on christmas break to liberate that we tried to have the conversation about comprehensive immigration reform and passing you know the dream act and certain things related to that the g.o.p. passed the buck on that specifically

. >> coming up, stunning allegations against new york giants and marquis quarterback eli manning.ig lawsuit claims both big blue and qb sold fake pieces of memorabilia knowingly. could this go all the way to the football hall of fame? >>> could a mother's word not always right? jeb bush's mom says she doesn't want him to run for pres. >> your mom said he's qualified but she doesn't want you to run. >> she promised she wouldn't keep saying this. if you have older parents, they speak their mind. >> i think she's been doing that all their life. our political panel joining me next. [ sneezes, coughs ] i'veot a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's te for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is twon't relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. oh what a relief it is. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile food. with special crunchy kibbles and great taste... ...it's a happy way to a healthy smile. beneful healthy smile food and snacks. >>> explorer of the seas saniti

>> i learned there was something about marquis. >> i learned that nfl would be fantastic. i screwed up the difference between median and mean. >> go to your room. >> my mouth is too weak for captain crunch. >> if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." stick around. we have chuck's daily run down straight ahead. >> it's coming downright now. >> developing now, states of emergency across the northeast as the first major winter storm of the year brings snow, high winds and dangerously cold temperatures to more than 100 million americans. here's a live image for all the planes in the air right now. 1800 flights have been canceled today. good news for travelers. flights are expected to resume any moment after snow forced a ground stop earlier this morning. i'm chris for chuck todd. we will get to the political news and house republicans's plan to start the votes on health care. we will talk to the labor secretary for american who is lot of unemployment benefits. we start with the brutal weather that dumped more than a foot of snow and plunged the northern half of the country i

we saw some of those on the marquis outside. >>> we have a lot coming up in this half hour.p on the morning's top headlines. the mayor of one new jersey city says her city was denied millions in aid because she refused to do what the christie administration wanted her to go. the governor's office calling those charges nothing more than partisan politics. >>> the u.s. embassy confirms a third american civilian was killed in the terror attack at a restaurant in kabul. >>> "american hustle" taking home top honors in zs.a.g. awards. >>> and still to come -- >> you were focused on "american hustle." >> this was the only movie i had seen. so i wanted to see christian bale and i didn't see him standing up there if you want to know the truth. let's keep talking. still to come in this half hour -- sorry about that -- a story about an unlikely team in an unlikely setting. a bobsled team from my native jamaica hoping the winter games in sochi will be their time to is shine again. even the colors of the bobsled stand out. >> so cool. spent time in lake placid training. >> as a jamaican?

figure skaters are headed to sochi, the marquis sport of the olympics.day. >>> we are adopting a sit stay. all part of the today's show shine a line initiative. all four of us are teaming up to work on the project together. we'll share the details and tell you how you can help us choose our sut stay. >>> you walk into a sporting good store and there are so many different kinds of sneakers, you don't know what to try on first. some of them can be awfully pricey. we'll have advice on how to pick the perfect affordable pair of sneakers for you. >> looking forward to that. before we get to it, though, if you watch tv, if you wav movies, if you want to talk to anybody to know what's going on in the world, you need to tune in for the 71st annual golden globes, the who's who of hollywood coming together for the biggest party of the year. helping to count us down is e news alicia quarrels who is live from the red carpet. good morning. >> good morning, guys. miss you in new york, but happy to be in warm l.a. from the small screen to the big screen, everyone is ex

joe is in new york at the marriott marquis, home of the nfl house.rt of this weekend's big super bowl. we'll have more from joe in just a minute including special guest bob kraft, the owner of the new england patriots. >> first let's get to some talk about the markets because we are in a bit of a sell-off before the markets opened. global stocks under pressure. among the reasons cited, a drop in jury row zone inflation, raising questions about the recovery there. and concerns over the emerging markets. dow looks like it will open down about 166.5 points. the s&p 500 would open down close to 20 points. and the nasdaq would open down close to 32 points. that's moved around a little this morning. at one point we thought down on the dow almost 200 points. take a look real quick at european stocks. see what's going on there. you'll see the dax is off about 1.5%. the cac is off about 1.3%. so not a good situation. ftse off about a percent as well. >> in corporate news, watch shares of walmart. the retailer saying guiding fourth quarter earnings, slightly l

. >> reporter: reporter dave marquis was right there in the center of it all. >> reporter: sections likehis just going up like it's the middle of summer getting water on it to knock it out. >> reporter: the fire reportedly starting in one of the homes but it was dry grass and high winds fueling that threat. earlier in the day, another raging fire came dangerously close to the busy pacific coast highway as well as 25 homes in the upscale pacific palisades neighborhood. >> just chaos and smoke and it looked huge. >> reporter: fortunately crews contained that fire before major damage was done. the same could not be said in 70 miles east in jurupa valley. >> my house is gone. what can we do? nothing. >> reporter: flames there destroying four homes before 110 firefighters finally put it out. and i wish i had better news, but the next week looks very dry. and look at this, since july 1st only an inch and a half in san francisco. they usually have closer to ten inches. >> that's not helping at all. >> no. >> ginger, thank you. >>> to the latest on the school shooting in new mexico. a seventh gr

the marquis to the post office where they mailed in their college applications. [applause] some of them just heard back. this son of a factory worker just won a competitive scholarship to dickinson college this fall. [applause] everywhere you go, you have got stories like troy's. we do not want these to be the exception. we want these to be the rule. that is what we owe our young people. that is what we owe this country. we have faith in restoring the fundamental american ideal that says it does not matter where you started, what matters is where you end up. as parents and teachers and philanthropic leaders and citizens, we all have a role to play. next threed the years as president playing mine and i look forward to working with you on the same team to make this happen. thank you very much everybody. [applause] >> president obama tomorrow will be detailing his response to a white house for order on government surveillance. the ap reports that the government is expected to back the creation of an independent public advocate. it approves google collection. coverag

. >> i learned there was something about marquis. >> i learned that nfl would be fantastic.> my mouth is too weak for captain crunch. >> if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." stick around. we have chuck's daily run down straight ahead. >> it's coming downright now. >> developing now, states of emergency across the northeast as the first major winter storm of the year brings snow, high winds and dangerously cold temperatures to more than

"the marquis case on the court's agenda as a register is a good example. for 200 years the court is not headed to rule on the meaning of the constitutional provision that allows the president to make recess appointment of high-level government officials when the senate is not in .ession to provide consent the clause states that the president shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. nearly every president has used this power, and the executive and legislative branches, no matter which party was in control, have made grudging accommodations. but an extraordinary level of the gridlock between senate republicans and president obama has forced the issue." "e more graphic here -- republicans used the filibuster to block appointments to the nlrb to the extent that the board cannot function, and then, barring -- borrowing a procedure pioneered by senate democrats when president bush -- george w. bush was president, they used pro forma sessions and most people were out of town to keep obama from making recess appointme