that was mika's point, too. you had that $175,000 a year job as a management supervisor, that's gone. as soon as you understand that and say i can't do that anymore -- >> alex is trying to tell me something but i can't hear him. >> i think he wants you to talk about charts. >> my book is not about charts. >> if we're going to talk about charts, let me illustrate how different this recession is from any other recession by comparing the long-term unemployed, the people who have been out of work for 26 weeks. >> i did do a lot of research on what you had written in the past when i was writing the book. >> thank you. if you look at this chart, you'll see in this recession, people long-term unemployed, those out 26 monthmonths or more question in washington is whether to cut off long-term unemployment benefits. if you want to look at who's affected and how many people are out there right now and are susceptible to losing this, you can look at this next chart and you can see as has been well publicized, there are 1.3

brzezinski, mika we have remarkable respect for you.. that ended up not being the truth. but you got a lot off your chest. why do you think it was important to do that? >> first of all, there a lot of contemporary issues addressed in the book, both at the end but also threaded throughout in terms of when do you use military force, what are the criteria, what are your goals, what are the consequences, what are your assumptions? for example, in both iraq and afghanistan we made the assumptions that both wars would be short. grievously wrong assumption. and i make the point in there that that's an assumption often made when you launch military forces. so that has relevance as you look at syria, as you look at potentially using force against iran, if the negotiations don't work. it was part of the considerations when we were deciding to intervene in libya. so what i've tried to do is write a book that shows and humanizes by bringing the personalities of the people into it how presidents wrestle with these questions of peace and war, the pas

what do you think, mika?i don't think there is as much a market for a tone like that as there is for frothing at the mouth and i've seen that in ratingins on both sides of the aisle, so i'd like to believe this is something he has truly thought about and evolved in a certain way and has looked back. we all look back. i'm sure, joe, you have stories of when you first went to congress. >> oh, god. >> versus now. >> yeah. >> where you realized tone -- >> we have all made horrible mistakes on the air. we have all made horrible mistakes. very few people do what he just did. >> exactly. i can take a show we did in the past week and i remember watching pieces of it later in the day and just saying the tone was all wrong, looking only at myself and trying to -- but this is big. this is looking back at a time in his career when i think there were a lot of different bull horns out there on both sides that might have led to some of the strife that we are seeing or even some of the bad things that have happened. that is

. >> mika, tell me, what did you think about yesterday? how did he do? >> the one thing i think counters to the narrative i've been hearing that i feel is that he went out there, he made a statement, and a lot of people in a situation like that that looks that bad would say, thank you very much, no questions. and i think what i really liked a lot about it and a lot of people didn't, they call it the never ending news conference is that he sat there and answered every question and while some of those answers might have raised new questions, he is offering to answer those as well as the information comes out, but i think he did really very well. i'm also friends with him, so i don't know if my bias as a friend might have seeped into that a little bit. we all know this, but i thought i'd put it out there, but i liked it. what did you think? >> well, i thought he did as well as he could do under the circumstances. i said yesterday that this was -- could have been terrible for his presidential prospects but it was also an incredible opportunity, depending on

congratulations, mika!> thank you so much. >> you got to stop talking and let me say congratulations. >> thank you. i'm amazed and old. >>> we move on to talk about later coming up in this blog, we will go to atlanta. what a mess. incredible pictures. a lady had a baby on the highway because they were not prepared for the weather that was being reported for days before and that was people stuck on the highway on the interstate. people slept in schools and people slept in stores in home depot so everybody could stay warm and off the ice. the mayor of atlanta very defensive because they did some things right but a lot went wrong. we will talk about that and new developments in new jersey with governor chris christie. first, newly released ratings from the nielsen show. president obama reached a new low in viewership for hit state of the union address. the lowest turned in for president obama since he took office. viewership for the president's address congress has declined every year since 2009, 52.4 million

mika wakes up the 3:30 in the morning. my record is i get a call from chris lake at 5:56 on the upper west side and i'm like, hello? dude, it's 5:56. oh no. i get up and run out of bed and grab a sweater and grab some pants and i don't even have to look for my socks. ice took my head under the faucet. i go like this because it's like a brillo pad. at 6:00 a.m. and i say good morning, it's 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. i hate you. >> thank you so much for being here. my name is adlai pepe and i'm a fellow from south florida, the other half of the state. a graduate of university medical school in this question is directed to the issue of health care. first in a statement. i can't tell you how disgusted i am with washington. i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the democrats. i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the republicans. we are running at 18% gdp right now. clearly we are probably going to break 20% of gdp in the not-too-distant future. there's no sense of urgency on the report of the republicans or the democ

. >> mika was making a joke.ot aware of the fact i'm heading to colorado. >> right over your head. >> you disprove my kerry nation rant the past five days. you blow it to pieces. >> i appreciate you saying that. i have been watching the s silliness with alarm. >> it makes people so mad. >> we are going to have words this evening about this. >> we are going to the neil young concert. >> they are going to tar and feather him. we are going to see neil young and hee haw and tar and feather scarborough over his rants on pot in colorado. they are my people, as you know. >> once neil finds out you're in the audience, he'll stop the concert. >> i love the responses. i just say -- >> you're going to get a contact high tonight. >> a contact high? >> carnegie hall will be a bong. >> you can have a bong with a kick-starter. have you ever seen that? you just -- >> ow! >> i'm sorry. that doesn't usually happen. it's usually the opposite. >> yes, it usually is. i said a subtle joke but we have a lot of news to get to. >> that w

but mika is. dumb and dumber. the sequel?ine the whiplash mentally. >> mary dun. >> you have to pay for gas. >> exactly. >> i tell you what. you know what dumb and dumber is. it's a cartoon. life is hard and full of tragedy and unfair and at the end you sit down and -- it looks like fun. i went to walter reed a couple of times and you go room to room with the soldiers. the guys with no legs and arm and you go to them and they all wanted to talk about dumb and dumber. not because they are stupid, but they wanted to make me laugh. jim agrees there is a great value in something that does that. i'm glad you are doing that. >> we are so blessed. >> thank you for your patience. >> every single -- >> it's unbelievable. >> a special edition. it's nice to be here. we will see you again tomorrow. stay tuned for your live breaking news here on msnbc. honestly, as much as i love this job, i plan to do a lot more. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wanted a tablet for me, for

thanks -- >> mika. mika want -- >> what's wrong with this picture? never let us -- >> are you going or aren't you? >> they will never let us go. >> i can arrange for you to go. if you'd like my seat on the charter. >> by the way, they'll let me show you where it is, mika. i don't know that we want to go. there you go. >> fascinating. >> check off the short stories. >> you could detour to the ukraine if you like. >> i love the ukraine. >> easy day trip. >> bob spent the summer there. >> we'll be right back. >> thank you, bob. >> it's a history lesson. for over a decade millions have raised their hand for the proven relief of the purple pill. and that relief could be in your hand. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms from acid reflux disease. find out how you can save at purplepill.com. there is risk of bone fracture and low magnesium levels. side effects may include headache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. if you have persistent diarrhea, contact your doctor right away. other serious stomach conditions may exist. avoid if you take clopidog

mika looked confused.g. >> original middle english. >> the original middle english. >> is there another guy? >>> great group. the latest wave of subpoenas is out in new jersey getting to the bottom of the george washington bridge scandal. a source tells nbc news some in governor christie's re-election campaign were among these subpoenaed and christie spent yesterday visiting with hurricane sandy victims announcing that 800 million,000 in recovery funds has been handed out. the event was scrubbed last week as the scandal turned for a full boil. the governor ended his speech with a growing nod to the trenton head winds. >> no one, i can assure you, ever told me or anybody on my team that it was going to be easy. hadn't been up to this point and there is all kinds of challenges as you know. come every day out of nowhere to test you, but i want to assure the people of new jersey of one thing. i was born here. i was raised here. i'm raising my family here. and this is where i intend to spend the rest of my life

>> what the [ bleep ] do you want, mika? i'm in arianna huffington's bed. >> this is what my life has become. people just want me to tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. it's so bizarre. >> seriously, it's like the commercial where she's washing her hair and she's going, oh, oh, yes. it's amazing to watch you tell people off like that. >> but i'm not like that in real life. >> especially big, stupid men. i know you're not. >> you know what my fantasy is though? if we do another season, which really we should, larry. hello. >> come on, larry. >> i think susie needs to have the affairs, like with the pool boy, some really cute hot guy. jeff's having affairs left and right. me, i get nothing. >> exactly. >> it's not right. >> you know what? you know what people are thinking when they're watching "curb." that susie, everyone wants you to be, she's hot. >> that's the third metric. >> he's very mercurial, larry. he's unpredictable. >> is he needy? >> no, no. he's lovely. you've met him. >> i know. i have. >> he's the sweetest thi

>> mika, great news for steve here.oming much more systemic about how they are doing their politics. until now, they mostly have been a bank for right wing conservative pro free market organizations. now, they are going to be centralizing some of their political activity. they are seeing the many mistakes that the party made in 2012 and try to overcome those. so the story by ken vogel reports that some of the koch organizations are hiring a creative director so they can make some of their own ads. they have long had their own database against they don't depend on the party so they can reach voters. and they are going to be much more tightly controlled about what they do with the group. so we have on the record someone from one of the koch organizations say they plan to grow in 2014 and even more in 2016. >> that really does make sense, doesn't it, nicole? the operation in 2012 was so badly run and people wasted so many donors money in 2012. it was just shocking. >> yeah, the results speak for themselves. any effort to b

>> well, i think you gave a great summary, mika.d as of yesterday afternoon, you see this kind of stunning narrative of a first lady who was on an almost weekly basis in contact with a ceo about things she wanted or needed from him in the way of financial assistance and gifts and ways she and the governor could help his company and its future prospects. >> is it unusual that a first lady is included in something like this? and what exactly are the rules that were broken or laws that were broken? >> the charges against the first couple, the mcdonnells, revolve around the hobbs act, and basically they are not allowed to accept things of value that wouldn't be normally provided to them in exchange for a promise or an agreement that they're going to help somebody through their official acts. >> carol, that's a federal -- joe scarborough here, that's a federal law, correct? >> it is. it is. it's a fairly older law, but there are other numerous charges against the two. for example, as you mentioned, mika, she's charged with lying to inves

patent that, mika.often. usually freezing rain or snow, at least a little bit. look at the map. the green is the rain. the white is the snow. rain this morning from florida up into northern new england. the only snowy weather out there is coming through minneapolis, all the way down to green bay, milwaukee. already three inches on the ground in minneapolis. and you're just about done. i-94 is probably one of the worst drives out there through which is consequencen. in milwaukee, your weather will go downhill in a hurry this afternoon. we're expecting six inches by midnight tonight. the other huge story continues to be out west. no storms tlut, because there hasn't been any. we only have 16% of the moisture right now with the snow pack in the mountains and sierras. 16% of what we should. almost no rainfall month to date. this is the rainy season in california. it is so dry that we have high fire danger continuing today in l.a. i show you these temperatures in los angeles, it's ridiculous. we're supposed

i mean, i go back to that first question that mika read.different words and we gave you that list of words. 90% of folks we surveyed, 90% picked of one of the two words they picked was a negative word. to only have 3% overall say that the state of the union is strong and this is a reflection. it's interesting in this polling and i've seen it in some other polling is the public is really so down on washington that they are on the verge of giving up on washington. and i think that that is the challenge for the president tonight. on one hand, i think he has put together a speech that does reflect what the public wants to hear. if you go throughout the poll and you look what i say is the public's agenda what they would like to see prioritized this year everything i understand from the state of the union the president is talking about those things but is the public going to tune in and listen to him? look at the numbers you have a majority that essentially don't believe the rest of his second term is going to get any better. does that mean they

why are we being oppressed, mika?ting way to go. >> bradley cooper is up next. >> i want to go to the olympics. i'm grabbing at straws! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you got to get up in the morning are a heavy load sn♪ >> you got no choice because you work for me. >> you keeping changing the rules. >> you want to wake me up? >> i said never do any of that so now i support richie. he has support. >> he is the one ruling america, not me. >> how am i ruining america? >> no, i'm thinking big. this is going to be fantastic. we are doing video surveillance and i'm doing this from the feet up! >> wow! okay. on the air. on the air. >> it's like a baton. i'm out of here! wait! >> welcome back to "morning joe." here with us now oscar nominated actor -- >> there is no friggin' class for that. >> thank you for that. >> he was nominated for a golden globe performance in his latest film which i saw. >> yeah? >> can you believe it? "american hustle." i-you're killing it, man. >> di? >> christian bale and amy adams and jennifer lawrence? >> you killed

. >> mika doesn't agree with you. >> no. back off the wage issue. >> 3% of americans in the nbc poll are hopeful or optimistic. i tell you what, man, i'm optimistic. >> up to 4%. >> i think the next 20 years for this country could be absolutely phenomenal if the government does three or four things right and gets out of the way. i'm sorry, go ahead, willie. >> ron, go ahead. ron wanted to get in. >> actually, i'd like to ask a question to joe and to steve. this isn't the first time we have been through this kind of wrenching economic change coupled with technological advances and leaving a lot of people behind. i wonder if any lessons we could learn, steve or joe, how we handled the first hard years of the industrial revolution, you know, in the early 1900s, what changes were made by government and what changes were made by the private sector that helped create the middle class and the great american century. are there any analogies what we are going through now and how we might be able to bring jobs but a new kind of jobs a

republicans don't want to be seen as the scold party to use mika's word.want to move past beyond being the no deficit party. and the president knows that deficit cutting is a loser in the midterm elections so he is happy to take their lead and move along. >> should we put the term grand bargain out of our head? something we have talks about for years but the conversation ends the same every time. democrats throw their bodies in front of entitlement programs and republicans do the same in front of tax cuts. what changes that dynamic? >> it's going to have to be a crisis and nearly every time, i sit down with one of these leaders, i say what is it going to take for you to say that this is really the moment? in years of asking that question of every top leader, no one has ever answered it. no one knows. there will be a fiscal crisis but it's not coming and until it comes, neither side is going to do anything about it. there just aren't the incentives there. >> mike allen with a look at the playbook, thanks so much. >> have a good week. >>> coming up, li na wo

>> first off happy new year, mika.new year than spending two hours with you. >> is that sarcasm? >> i had a great time. took the family on vacation. i do feel guilty because we talk about consumer spending. i blew it. we agreed almost no gift this year. the trip was the vacation. i did not help stimulate the economy. >> that's kind of nice. that's a good message. >> saved money on wrapping paper. protecting the trees. >> gibbiy? >> my big vacation is coming up on friday, going out the pasadena looking forward to 80 degree l. >> nothing going on in harold ford jr.'s life. >> we had a baby. there she is. her mom is healthy. happy birthday to my wife i won't reveal her age. happy birthday sweetheart. >> georgia eats every two hours. she doesn't sleep through the night. >> she sleeps at most two hours and 20 minutes. my wife has been unbelievable. great christmas. >> can't have a better gift. >> by no means. >> willie worked. >> i was here but all my family is in this area. >> was santa good is now >> not to me in particul

>> here's the reality, mika.viously there are a lot of voices, and i think one of the challenges in our party is to keep all of those different voices in the same room and speaking out of same hymnal. i think last night you saw that. granted different people speaking but if you look back over the last few years, it's the same thing that happened last year and the year before. but keeping the party together, look, we're going to have targeted races in montana, south dakota, arkansas, louisiana, west virginia. these are very red states. i feel really good about our chances in 2014. >> it's john heileman here. i wanted to talk about immigration, there's been a lot of debate in the last week in your party. some of it on this set among some republican strategist who is say i know there a lot of people getting a lot of pressure from the business community. a lot of people think this would be a good thing to get done in 2014. some people have been pushing back saying bad idea for the party in the political election. whe

. >> there's mika. >> i like the turtleneck, mika. >> is he a shining star.ike a diamond in the rough. >> i don't know. we've been doing this for, like, a year. he still looks too excited about himself. >> that is true. >> remember six months ago? look at how much you shined me up. >> it's different. you have something to be excited about. >> we're just trying to kill some time here. i think we're light on "way too early." ♪ ♪ ♪ make every day, her day with a full menu of appetizers and entrées crafted with care and designed to delight. fancy feast. love served daily. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members c

mika, why are you hunched over? >> 15 pounds?infants usually don't reach 15 pounds until they are 6 months old. >> so cute. >> mike allen is here with the morning playbook. mike, what is in the news today? >> what do we got? >> joe, we got some obama alumni news down in florida. charlie crist now a democrat today, he is still a democrat today. the former republican running for governor down there. he has brought in big talent from the obama campaign. jim messina is providing big picture strategic advice to charlie crist as he runs as a democrat down in florida against a very vulnerable republican governor who made ads for president obama and also making ads for crist. this is becoming a big obama operation down there. while we are talking about the obama family today, also, this morning, sad news. david axelrod's mother passed this morning at newton mass. an amazing woman. muriel axelrod bennett was in the 1940s, a newspaper reporter for the new york city newspaper "p.m." a time when very few reporters and then in 1960s, the madm

. >> i'm sorry, tomorrow is another day, mika. >> it is. we will give it a try. you won't bad at the golden globes stuff. why don't you come on over? join us right now. >> i'm coming! >> starts right now! >> the golden globe goes to "breaking bad". >> and the golden globe goes to "american hustle." >> the golden globe award goes to "12 years -- >> the golden globe goes to. >> leonardo dicaprio. >> cate blanchett. >> math mcconaughey. >> and the golden globe goes to amy poehler! >> wow! they were real smooching there. good morning, it is monday, january 13th. with us on the set "time" magazine mark halpern and thomas roberts will join us and steve rattner will jump in the seat for the shock being job numbers and look at that and in terms of the economy. more updates on the chris christie scandal which certainly everyone has been talking about all weekend long. some key questions that still linger even after that two-hour news conference last week. did you all see "60 minutes" last night, alex rodriguez? >> saw a lot of it. >> is one year enough if it's all true? i

that's what mika did. >> definitely. >> my dad was 39 when he got fired, mika was 39 when she got firedn't going to be that communications job. it was going to be what he had to offer. and what he had to offer was an incredible way of expressing what it feels like and what you can do to survive it. he has a job now. he has resetyourfuture.com, a community building around this concept. and he's taken what he had and did something with it. >> mika as your mouthpiece. >> and i'm going to use the website when i get fired. >> that was pretty good. >> dwayne, mika, joe. >> she also sells aluminum siding. >> oh, god. >> this isn't cable. we've got to go. get out your thumb tacks and pool noodles. do it yourself home decor right after this. [ male announcer ] this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto jim's on the move. jim's docto

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. >> reporter: mika has positioned herself at the forefront of photography with a bold and distinctive aesthetic. she's published more than 80 books of her work. they are among the best selling photographic books in japan. her pictures feature rich, vivid colors. flowers, goldfish, household goods, and other objects all glow with a dazzling intensity. the effect is almost unnatural. some pictures are also daringly out of focus. in many pictures, the subjects are difficult to identify. >> translator: i always try to photograph things that truly move me. it doesn't bother me if my results are different to what other people might see. when i take photographs, i think nothing else exists in the world other than my subject and myself. almost as if our existences were about to merge. >> reporter: when she was in high school, nin gou what bought a camera and got serious about taking pictures. when she graduated from art school, photography was extremely fashionable. there were many young women taking photographs, particularly self portraits and exhibiting their works. ninagawa was already bui

. >> joe and mika eat it every day. i wonder how they are going to react. have a great weekend. >>> this is a great story. an anonymous person picked up the hotel tab for 50 rooms over the weekend. it is the season, right? what is the last good deed you did? jennifer, what was the last good deed you did? you have to think about that for a bit. tweet your answers using #waytooearly. we'll pull up the best answers later in the show. still ahead on "way too early," alabama's defense, a no show at the sugar bowl. highlights. jerry seinfeld, it's really a story about nothing but that's how seinfeld made money. we'll be right back. >>> the day of the dictator is over. manual for so long has surrendered. tonight, he's on his way to the united states to stand trial. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and th

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. >> i'm sorry, tomorrow is another day, mika. >> it is. we will give it a try.t the golden globes stuff. why don't you come on over? join us right now. >> i'm coming! >> starts right now! >> the golden globe goes to

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that's nothing compared to joe and mika. that's easy. >> good. i'm glad. and eric schultz was a good sport to do that. he's like burning up, like sweating. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," we're going to break down -- >> his scream was a little girlish. if we replay it at end, it wasn't the best. >> we'll break down what was state and wasn't at the state of the union, what the president says about the white house's priorities of the coming year. when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to check in on who was perhaps the biggest star on capitol hill last year and how one of the "duck dynasty" guys left his mark on washington. wait until you see. ♪ [ female announcer ] starting with the cocoa bean, and five simple whole grains, new multigrain cheerios dark chocolate crunch is breakfast... with benefits. start your day with a delicious new crunch. healthy never tasted so good. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you tur

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mika is just three months old and she's the life can be hard and unjust. she was badly injured and terrible terror attack. she is now in an induced coma in intensive care. clinging onto mine. he was a baby killed remains an economy that we are on a ventilator in intensive care will say she sustained sunlight gets serious brain damage. the condition is very serious odds we got it under control. on the dreadful morning of december thirty and he caught a fever. was on route to hospital with her mother and grandmother powerful explosion rocked your trolley bus. three happened to be in the very epicenter. the win tonight the infant's survives. blind luck. the clink and she was wrapped and saved her from life threatening burns. she was pulled from the wreckage in critical condition. only two days ago doctors allow her to be airlifted to moscow's children's hospital to live here in this hospital where a baby that is receiving treatment for those entering summer fall and her lungs she received in that blast. the family and friends will be to have left are torn bet

mika said this guy is great. you know.d a day. if i do that for, what -- >> you don't want to wither away down to nothing. >> yeah, i'll be down to 324. >> tv, it's true. >> and it depends on how many cameras are on you. >> let's put 800 pounds. go-gurt? yep...doh. [ boy ] slurpably fun and a good source of calcium. dads who get it, get go-gurt. of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> it's an age-old question, is there such a thing as dieting with deprivation? chef rocco visited to give us his plan of losing a pound a day without losing your appetite. >> barnacle, you can't eat the food yet. okay? stop. joining us on set, i can't wait,

mika barefootd with a donkey, with glitter all over it. >> it's like limelight in the '80s. >> what did you learn, mike? >> they were great guests. the alpaca and donkey. they were funny and great to have them here. >> at a distance, glitter, confetti looks like animal excrement. >> that's just a weird thing to say on tv. now stick around. here's chuck todd. there he is. >>> state of the state for the governor. the last week of chris christie's first term puts him in the statehouse spotlight. trenton hits the national stage again. can he put performance over the scandal? also this morning the latest on what egyptians are deciding today in a national referendum. and deep dive into the prospects for a middle east peace deal as vice president biden tries to nudge the talks back on track. >>> after four decades in congress, congressman george miller from california says it's enough. find out what one of the last watergate babies has to say about where things are headed on capitol hill in the 21st century. good morning from washington. it's tuesday, january 13 -- january 14th, 2014. when the

. >> steve, mika couldn't get him to say a positive word about christie in this predicament.see how he mounts a presidential campaign after this. is your view still that he can hang in there and weather this? >> look, i think resiliency is one of the prerequisites to surviving a presidential campaign and getting the nomination, ultimately getting to the presidency. and this is a big challenge for him. there's no doubt about it. i think it's premature to say that this is going to take out his ability to be a serious candidate for president. that being said, when you do the asked and answered, stand up there for two-hour news conference, one of the ways you judge its effectiveness is not in the immediate aftermath. because he did a fantastic job in my book by all measure. but what leaders develop out of that while you react in the days after? and when you look at the e-mails that are coming out. when you talk about the standard he laid out for stepien and for the deputy chief of staff. how do you not apply that to other officials in the administration? so he's just opening hims

mika has picked the seahawks. i have to stick with peyton. she has been right all along. >> she's been right -- >> if a lot of things, and we'll be talking an awful lot about the minimum wage in the coming days, because you had too much air time today. >> yeah. >> just wrap it up. chuck's next. >>> a modest midterm agenda as president obama puts congress on notice in the state of the union. you're either with him or he'll go around you. we're going to hear reaction from the home state confidante senator dick durbin. >>> and vice president biden offers a morning television trifecta with notable nuggets, but not about the speech. we'll share them. >>> a new york congressman is trying to explain his "grim" proposal to a reporter last nye. >>> plus a severe southern storm forces hundreds of kids to spend the night in school. good morning from washington, january 29, 2014. this is the "the daily rundown." the post-state of the union wednesday. it's a busy day. so let's get to my "first reads." for some, president obama's speech was a symbol of sca

mika says the devil baby looks like you. >> my wife is still angry at me for signing the consent form for colin's baby pictures. stick around. here's chuck. >>> carolina on his mind. president obama takes his pen and phone for a quick trip south. we'll talk to top white house advisor gene spurling about the president's economic agenda, and then we're going to talk to north carolina's republican governor on if he's welcoming the president to the state. >>> plus, trenton makes and the world takes with an unusual national audience, chris christie doesn't shy away from the scandal surrounding him during the state of the state address. did he talk about other issues? i think he did. don't know if the reporters noticed. >> in today's takeaway, add jerry brown to the list of folks they won't make a run in 2016. good morning from new york. it's wednesday, january 15th, 2014. this is "daily rundown." busy hump day ahead. we'll talk to maria shriver and her report on women's lives in america today, plus tom brokaw will join me. >>> in 13 days, president obama will deliver his fifth state of the

so then, mika asked this earlier this morning -- >> so who screwed up, mayor?that we all have responsibility in terms of -- >> so are you responsible or not? >> the question is -- i shared what i was responsible for. >> by comparison, birmingham, alabama, did much better with the storm. the gridlock was bad tuesday, no doubt, but as you could see from these live pictures, the roads are much clearer this morning. there's actually a great piece this morning in politico magazine explaining the issue with atlanta, the atlanta metro area. it's actually 60 different mini-metropolitan municipalities, and guess what? they were not working in concert. they clearly have to figure this out, because this is a mega-opolysis, it's all of them. >>> leadership or luck? it's a "deep dive" into a new theory about decades of data which has suggested the economy does better when a democrat is in the white house. so what's the reasoning? "deep dive" is next. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop

. >> i would have to say mika brzezinski.itting with her sharing my story, and she said, you know, she had no idea what i was going through. she says, my god, you're one of my better friends. she said i went through it, too. you must write about it. i looked at her -- >> the president is going to talk about the jobless. what would you like to hear from him when you were in that position? what can he really do to help people that were in your situation? >> it's difficult because, you know, i don't -- >> is there anything he can say in that position? >> not really. i think a lot of jobless are looking at unemployment and the extension and what's happening on that front. this book is really more about, you know, the psychological effects. i don't take a political bent on this. it's more about what can you do, you know -- >> do you think it's harder or easier to get a job these days than it was say 20 years ago? >> yeah, i mean it's much tougher. look, the stock market last year was a banner year, but guess what? the job market i

when the amuf expires, mika do you have any views? >> i would say ben has spent a lot of time with european capitals. there might be convergence over eminence but there are strong convergence. the issue of the signature strikes in particular drives new countries up the wall. it is a targeting criteria that has a long history in the uses of force and actually began under president bush but it's targeting individuals who don't appear on a list and are not by their names and have patterns of the observable behavior and appeared to be affiliated with a group that is therefore targeted it's important to understand the first target can you did there were six individuals in a car and only one of them knew the individuals name. one of them was a citizen so signature strikes have been with us the whole time. the obamas conducts them and there are some rumors that there is public knowledge that they have done them or stop doing them. the individual who the chinese are not drone strike and put the nations or explosives on aircraft and essentiall

joining me now is the 12-year-old ceo of mo's bows, and his mother, engineer mika morris.wtie? >> yes, it is this year's go mo bowtie. and i want to wish you a happy new year and thank you for having me on your show. >> oh, thank you. i appreciate the happy new year. now, tell me, you started this business at 9 years old. what made you decide to start a business? >> well, i started business because i really like to dress up, and i couldn't find any other bowties i really liked. so i reached out to my grand mother and she showed me how to sew. after that, when i was out, people would say hey, i like that bowtie. and that was the demand for my business. >> ms. morris, whenever i see young people who are doing amazing things, almost always, there is an adult who actually listened to them and supported them. so when you have a 9-year-old coming to you and saying, first of all, i want to learn to sew, and i want to learn to sell, how do you make that subsidies that this isn't just a side item, this is something to really support your child in? >> well, actually, melissa, the fa

. >>> vallejo police investigating the city's first homicide 25-year-old la mika williams was shot.oting at williams vehicle before fleeing the area. >>> it looks like a russian teenager is the one who is behind stealing your credit card and that of millions of others. he wrote the code they say, that was used in the target and marcus breach. a security firm tracked down the source of the breaches that confiscated credit card data of 70 million customers. tracked all the way to russia of a 17-year-old boy from st. petersburg. that teenager shared the malware with others. ments new to iphone or, i have the tips and tricks to make you a power user. coming up in the tech report. ♪ ♪ use chase freedom at gas stations this quarter and get 5% cash back. so you can keep rolling in style. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom chase. so you can. [ coughs ] hi. yo. cold? nasty cold. dayquil severe. nyquil severe. thanks dude. [ female announcer ] walgreens. get in. get out. feel better. select dayquil severe and nyquil severe. $11.99 at walgreens. . >> to go to tahoe or not to go to