msnbc is 15 cents per month. vh1 is 14 cents.tral 14 cents. >> where are you going to get so much quality for 15 cents? >> this is the best bargain, msnbc. >> i think so. >> espn is $3.25 a month. >> seriously. if you're not a sports fan, forget it. you can't not get it on your cable. >> right. >> and they're not going to ever let you pick and choose because a lot of people probably like me would pick and choose ten stations instead 2of 200 stations. >> don't you think someday we will be in power to say i will pay for this and that. right now the model isn't working. if you're cablevision, and this is the case we're talking about now, a cable carrier in the new york area that's saying to these networks no and drawing the line, the other networks are -- i have lost my train of thought. >> i think the point you're trying to make and it's true, there's two like sort of small, little cable operations that i actually watch. >> right. >> so i call my cable carrier, but they're in two different packages. >> uh-huh. >> so i only want tho

. >>> next on msnbc saturday, blaming al qaeda. for the first time, president obama points the finger at the terror network for that attempted terror attack. we have live expanded coverage straight ahead. >>> also, a vacation getaway for the wife of tiger woods. how far has she gone to put distance between them. >>> plus the tv fights. how cable customers suddenly can't see a couple of the most popular channels and why it could be a harbinger of things to come. >>> and it's video for motorists that may give new meaning to the term soda jerk. that's really actually a very good line which you'll understand after you see the story. good morning, i'm chris jansing in for alex witt. we have all that to bring you this morning, along with a word to the wise about credit card changes that could cost you big-time. first new this morning. for the first time, president obama is directly blaming a branch of al qaeda for that botched bomb plot on the detroit-bound plane. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house for us. what can you tell us. >>

that's ahead on msnbc sunday.

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you're watching msnbc sunday. >>> right now on msnbc, break news. the u.s. embassy in yemen has been shut down after ongoing fears of an al qaeda attack in the region. >>> weather warning. a record cold snap in parts of the country. the weather channel forecast is ahead. >>> new pictures as an unhappy elephant runs into a crowd. we'll tell what you may have set him off, whether anybody was injured. >>> also, how hollywood plans to top a monster year at the box office. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm david chuter in today for alex witt. we'll have all those stories. >>> plus, the big changes coming to your credit card account. >>> first up, this sunday morning we're following breaking news. an active threat by al qaeda has forced a closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen. the suspect in the christmas day plane bombing attempts as he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen. an emerging front in the war on terror. all 500 u.s. embassy employees in yemen have been instructed to stay away from their job until further notice and to remain inside their homes a

joining us now live richard wolf, an msnbc political analyst. richard, the developments in gemmen are intriguing regardless of what's fueling them. let's go through the possibilities. general petraeus meets with yemeni leaders yesterday. today they decide to announce there's an active al qaeda threat. is it possible that maybe this is because general petraeus meetings with yemeni leaders did not go as well as he had hoped? >> it's possible, but there's another piece of news as well, which is that the british government announced that it was setting up with the americans a counter terrorism police unit in yemen and, you know, if you are going to say we're going take these people on directly it's going to be american and british funded because the yemeni government cannot deal with this, it's a deeply dysfunctional government, not really in control of its territory, then you can expect some kind of response. the other aspect of this is that it seems from what we know of the nigerian plot, that the intercepts, the surveillance of what these al qaed

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. >>> it is msnbc saturday and it is bone chilling and fender bending. old man winter provides southern discomfort in icy fashion. coming up, live reports on the deep freeze in the deep south. >>> also ahead, love at the airport alert. authorities finally catch up with the man who triggered that newark airport security crisis. but what does love have to do with it. >>> the call of the wired. a new study on how your cell phone might save you from a devastating disease. >>> rescue 911, the struggle to save a horse in troubled waters. good morning, efr morning, ever. i'm alex witt. we have all that to bring you this morning along with the major hurdle on the road to economic recovery. 60% of the country is feeling the full effect of winter weather. it is another day of sub-zero temperatures in the plains and more snow falling in the midwest. but it is dangerous ice on the roadways and in an around atlanta causing two dozen accidents so far. we can relate to this picture, we can't see enough of it. can you imagine being at the top of the road, seeing the bla

>>> this hour on "msnbc saturday," slip-sliding in the south. the eastern two-thirds of the nation is in the grips of an arctic blast, and guess what? there's a second wave coming. >>> plus -- >> that was the train from hell! >> you're going to find out what happened there and why it took three days to get from los angeles to chicago. >>> plus, the man whose actions caused thousands of passengers to be stranded at newark airport for hours gets arrested and then released. >>> 85,000 jobs lost in december. what does it mean for the president's approval rating? we'll have more ahead on that. >>> and tv goes to a whole new level, but do you really want to wear those glasses at home? a good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt. we have all those stories and much more ahead here on "msnbc saturday," including how scrap aluminum cans may provide the key to a couple's wedding day bliss. we're going to explain that for you. >>> but first, we begin with this week's record-breaking low temperatures. cold weather certainly not uncommon during winter, but extrem

"msnbc saturday."rctic air invades the deep south where temperatures plunged into the teens in some parts and in florida subfreezing tempts are threatening citrus crops. defiant tress pays the charge facing the man charge with breaching security at liberty international airport this week. he was arrested last night in his new jersey home and released hours later. the 28-year-old student from china faces a fine up to $500 if convicted. >>> drugs up in smoke. police in peru burning the confiscated cocaine. police seized more than 38 tons of illegal drugs. >>> in portugal, the parliament passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage and the president expected to sign the bill into law and would make the predominantly catholic country the sixth nation in europe to allow same sex marriage. >>> the creator of gumby is dead, dying yesterday in california at 88 years old. those are your fast five headlines. >>> now to the story affecting most of you in the country, of course, the frigid cold extending from sierra

. >> mainstream media writers hate o'reilly and think msnbc is -- i've repeatedly taken on msnbc forhe left. >> obviously i don't mean every single reporter and i don't even mean every single reporter was in the tank for barack obama. i'm making a statement about the mainstream media as a whole. >> but if you as a critic are upset about msnbc's pro obama bias, chris matthews and all that, what about all the softball interviews that they did with john mccain and sarah palin? are you apply together same standards where you also a contributor on the right side? >> by the way, the fact that i'm a contributor, if you know anything about me howie, i'll blast news. i don't care. >> this is your opportunity. >> this is not a good opportunity because i don't agree with the premise of the question. >>> my billing guest news making interview was with anita dunn, the white house communications director. that went viral when she unloaded on rupert. >> the reality is fox news operates as either the research arm or communications arm of the republican party. what i think is fair to say about fox an

. >>> right now on msnbc, al qaeda connection. president obama makes his first direct link between the group, and the botched terror attack on christmas day. >>> heart healthy. rush limbaugh out of the hospital, and talking about what might have caused his chest pain. >>> the getaway. tiger woods' wife takes a trip far from the troubled golfer. she's been spotted at a resort. we'll tell you where. >>> plus how much will a trip to the top of the empire state building ten years ago? we'll compare a lot of price tags, then and now. good morning, i'm chris jansing in for alex wit. we'll have all that plus your weekend weather forecast. it's awfully cold in many parts of the country. but first, president obama explicitly blaming al qaeda today for the attempted bombing of a detroit-bound plane on christmas day. in his weekly address to the nation, the president revealed what the government has confirmed about the suspect. >> we know that he traveled to yemen, a country grappling with crunching poverty and deadly insurgencies. it appear

the msnbc hangouts, the first to people you talked about msnbc hangouts. >> host: i have to disagree. bill is a republican strategist -- >> caller: i don't care what you have to do. "the new york times," the review with this brzezinski gal the book review the book is back o'reilly had never been reviewed by the -- it took a bunch of leftist garbage. host could you have a question for anne kornblut? >> caller: she's not credible to even question. >> host: thank you for the call. >> guest: i can vautrinot a leftist in fact i'm a partisan to the post with elizabeth on the democrats' line from print what tennessee. >> caller: happy new year and i hate to have to follow that call. but i do want to get a little bit of background, anne. i was and still am and will always be a very strong supporter of secretary of state hillary clinton. you can tell my voice i'm not a passionate. i'm also educated and durham also middle class and work experience in my wealth and i also do a much a supporter of civil rights. i was for many years the corporate recruiter and affirmative action recruiting. i don'

when you look at msnbc and the only black face you see they're primarily is tamron hall, and the other is a very sparingly at best. cnn is attempting to be the new version of bet, since bet does not know how to do news. [applause] hi, c-span. [laughter] they don't know how to do news. at least according an african- american and latino audience in the way that other networks have not. that is not translated into more african-american and latino producers, has not translated into them identifying new faces and the level of integrity that can talk about these broad number of issues. soledad o'brien is ecstatic that this save her career on cnn, but what does it say when we are not cultivating new faces and voices? we had somebody like jamal who was on consistently for a finite period of time, but they're not identifying voices there consistently. for those of us involved in this space, how do we begin to engage the corporate side of what we see, how do we have a very pragmatic and focused meeting with executives that i think are open to the conversation of identifying faces a color to be i

helistat on msnbc? and in general makes for more interesting kealy is that it is a debate station. you have a liberal and conservative not just a bunch of liberals arguing with one another or eight liberals and one conservative. >> host: which is what people want which is why it is rated number one. >> guest: that is the easiest way to get the truth, the battle of the two sides because you hear things on the other stations and you wonder, wait a second what would republicans say to that? you get the full story from both the left in the right on fox news and i feel like i'm doing a commercial for fox news. i have no vested interest except that i like their hair and makeup. >> host: recently i was in greece and the only news we had with cnn international. there was no fox, there's no talk radio. my husband and i decided if auletta of debt were cnn i would hate america too, because almost every piece about america is negative and critical. >> guest: cnn international is something to behold. it makes cnn lo

these are msnbc hang-outs and the first two guests were msnbc hang-outs.r, i have to disagree. caller: well, i don't care what you have to do. "the new york times" present this gal, and how many books were o'reilly had and never reviewed. it's just a bunch of leftist garbage. host: so do you have a question for anne kornblut? caller: no, she's not qualified for a call. host: we have our next caller. caller: happy new year, i hate to follow that call. i want to give background and i am a strong supporter of secretary of state, hillary clinton. you can tell in my voice i am rather passionate. and i am also educated. and i am also middle class in my work experience and my wealth. and i am also very much a supporter of civil rights. i was in fact for years a corporate recruiter working in affirmative action recruiting. so i don't want anyone to think that because i backed hillary clinton that i am racist vcñor a class of person that can't think for themselves. so let me just say back in the -- after the iowa primary we went to new hampshire. at that time a wom

. >> bob franken, a syndicated columnis you had a ver distinguished program on cnn, appeared on msnbc. you arfairly busy. how did you cme to be a journalist? >> well, i am stl waiting to beco one. >> i would have thoughyou would make a suburban litigat, myse -- a superbitigator, myself >> you could probablyrgue that certain times that ishat we do. the appropriate answero your questi, and it is highly inappropriate, is i t a guy and a bar. that isow the career began. forhose who are wondering what to do with your life, i cannly say that th is a wonrful undertaking. what we do -- >> it needs no ult survision. its a lot more serious. >> heres the proem today. you talked in your opening comments about the demise of int media. i think that the larger problem is not so much the lack of per publicions, but i think it is a lack of rard on the part of peop on the part of journalism --hey come from a world that consider meddlesome journalism something thats bothersome to them. iother words, they come from the establishment they could care less about the issue of journalism, which i to be an ind

they had live television transmission units from msnbc and fox and cnn, and there was enormous anger about what was happening in america with the spending, what was happening with the deficit, what was happening with the national debt. and those were problems which we yet have to face. i get the question in my candidacy for re-election. i'm seeking a sixth term. i want to follow then-senator biden, the most recent six-term senator. well, people say why -- why run now? why after serving for 30 years, being the longest serving pennsylvania senator? people notice i have a big birthday coming up. i was born on february 12, the same day as lincoln's birthday. i was born 121 years after abraham lincoln was born. that's as close as i'll come to talking about age. i believe with satchel paige, the great baseball pitcher who was ageless and satchel paige made many famous statements. one of his most famous statements was "if you didn't know your age, how old would you think you were?" i choose 37. i choose 37 because nobody would believe 17. that was a happy year in my life there is a psycholo

these are msnbc hang-outs and the first two guests were msnbc hang-outs.had and never reviewed. it's just a bunch of leftist garbage. host: so do you have a question for anne kornblut? caller: no, she's not qualified for a call. host: we have our next caller. caller: happy new year, i hate to follow that call. i want to give background and i am a strong supporter of secretary of state, hillary clinton. you can tell in my voice i am rather passionate. and i am also educated. and i am also middle class in my work experience and my wealth. and i am also very much a supporter of civil rights. i was in fact for years a corporate recruiter working in affirmative action recruiting. so i don't want anyone to think that don't think that because i back or clinton that i'm racist right cannot think. -- or cannot think for myself. but after the iowa primaries, he went to new hampshire and at that time a woman of strong intelligence and skills was asked, how could she do it off? how can she worked as hard as she is doing to try to win and do everything she was trying t

he was broadcast on msnbc, simulcast on the cable network wealth during the nationally syndicated radio program and that kind of political correctness came down on him. the left got him out of there as fast as possible. of the advertisers were squeezed and that is just one example of many of what exactly were talking about. this gets into the backdoor approach that the left is having to try to silence voices that they disagree with. >> guest: there have been many of those examples around america and don imus is probably the example. yes it was a stupid comment, absolutely. he apologized profusely for. i think it was heartfelt in his apology. he is back talking, where should be. >> does have his free-speech rights. there is common sense and i think most conservative talkers understand what that common sense is all about. their liberal talkers out there who are of the demint and hagel themselves and if we wanted to be the same as liberals and charge that, we would do that, but we are not. we believe in free speech. >> host: ryan what about this idea of the double standard? so don imus doe

business, it's "your business" that's why american express open is proud to present "your business" on msnbc>>> hi, everybody. welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. in today's economy where unemployment numbers are still climbing, we found an inspiring story of a man who lost his job in december and then managed to start his own business in the same industry just a few weeks later. his name is tommy baldwin. if you're a nascar fan, you just might want to buckle up. ♪ >> let's go, boys. >> reporter: tommy baldwin is one of america's top nascar race team leaders. for the past ten years he worked as crew chief for championship teams. most recently he led bill davis racing which won the daytona 50 500. >> i was the guy that was running up front part of great teams, had great people, great race car drivers, great sponsors, running up front week in and week out. we didn't help anybody. >> reporter: top nascar teams have always had plenty of money to hire talent like his. that is until the economy stumbled. the sponsors fled, and baldwin's boss was

so the question now is -- we know what msnbc is going to do. they are a wholly owned subsidiary of g.e. and the obama administration. what's brian williams going to do? you ought to invite him on the show and ask him that. bill: he will come on the show. bernie, he is going to do exactly what he is told to do. that's going to be be supportive of barack obama because we can make a lot of money. and it's. >> g.e.'s bottom line. bill: thanks very much we come right back. our word smith morina gives us unforgettable moments in the heart for words realm. later, the best movies ever. i have my ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ bill: our hot for words maffen more reason that has and on the factor several times this year. check out some of her more enlightening exchanges. bill: are you ready for this? loon. >> like stupid, foolish person. bill: correct. some people think it's a bird. >> many people believe it came from the bird the loon. but it actually came from the dutch word lon which means homeless -- homo stupidss it is spelled loon it means homo stupid e is s. bill:

it is not the conservative equivalent of msnbc as i point out.hat is the equivalent to the fox news hiraldo rivera, jack smith, who is that on msnbc? what is unique about fox mazen in general makes for more interesting feeling is that it is a debate station. you have a liberal and conservative not just a bunch of liberals arguing with one another or eight liberals and one conservative. >> host: which is what people want which is why fox is rated number one. >> guest: i don't think it is just because of my legal background. and you hear things on other stations and and you wonder, wait a second but what republicans say to that? i am sure there is more to this story. you get the full story on fox news and i feel like i am doing a commercial for fox news. i have no vested interest. >> host: is such a change. recently i was increase in the only news we had with cnn international. there was no fox, there was no talk radio. it was a long week and my husband and i decided the folly looked at with cnn international i would hate america to math because al

for example, running issue eds on global warming on cnn or fox are msnbc and the washington-dc metro is a way to emphasizing the seeming importance of the issue. if you are running an ad on cnn and the washington market, there are not too many swing members of congress there. but it does raise the visibility of the issue to the congress people and their staff who often have cnn running all the time in their office. or to take ads began outlets like the "roll call" or "or congressional quarterly," is a way of raising the visibility of the issue. members of congress get bombarded with dozens of members about dozens of issues. the ones that they see paid advertising about, it raises the visibility to them. come on them. -- come on in. in addition, you can use paid ads and outlets like "will call" as a way of communicating substantive information, most likely to congressional staff, but also to the other media that is covering the topic. and also, sometimes to the decision makers themselves. when i was doing advertising, you could see ads that were basically fact sheets. does anybody kno

on msnbc he is the lonely hero fighting to give help to the sick, employ the jobless and end racism in our time. here on cnn, well, i'm on cnn, so today i want to see if we can get some kind of a clear-eyed look at what kind of a president he really is and what kind of a world he faces. so i gathered a panel of talented historians and writers. people who know greatness and the lack thereof when they see it to help me accomplish this mission. walter isaacson written terrific biographies of ben franklin and henry kissinger. robert carol, two pulitzer prizes along with numerous others awards. author of the amazing three volume biography of lyndon johnson. peggy noonan ronald reagan's chief speechwriter. then a terrific book about those years. "what i saw at the revolution." mel painter, a priceton university historian and author of "creating black americans: history of african-americans over the last 400 years." that was white a mouthful. peggy, when you were in the white house with ronald reagan, at the end of the first year i think people would have talked about optimism, confidence, th

on msnbc, the lonely hero fighting to give help to the sick and employ the jobless and end racism in our time. and here on cnn, i'm on cnn, i wanted to see if we could get a clear look at what kind of a president he really is. what kind of a world he faces. i gathered panel of talented historians and writers. people who know greatness and the lack thereof when they see it help me accomplish this mission. walter isaacson has written terrific biographies of henry kiss enjers among other. robert has won two pulitzer prizes along with numerous other awards and the author of "the three volume biography of "lyndon johnson." peggy noonan. a terrific about the years. "what i saw at the revolution." nell painter is a princeton university historian and author of "creating black americans, a history of african-americans over the last 400 years." welcome. that was quite a mouthful. peggy, when you were in the white house with ronald reagan, the end of the first year, i think people would have talked about optimism, confidence, and things like that. what do you think people will say with this fir

with more insight on that, bernie hazlit who writes the scoop column on msnbc joins us. we heard in george's spot, a lot of speculation and sources indicate it looks like their marriage is over. but over the weekend, people.com had a picture of her where she was spotted wearing her wedding ring. is there any indication from your sources that there is some sort of reconciliation in the works? >> there's absolutely indication from my sources that there's a reconciliation that's at least being attempted. to say that's in the works, that might be overstating it slightly. to note there's been a lot of improvement on the state of their marriage. i'm told things are still very, very dicey. now with elin being spotted photographed, wearing her wedding ring, listen, this couple, you have to remember, was, they were masters at staying oust of the spotlight when they wanted. they were masters of their own public it up to the point where they lost control of it. they got that control back. that's why you see these photographs that are very carefully planned. first without the weddin

by cnn, msnbc, fox, no, don't show that.and i think that was very damaging. >> you self published this book what was that process like? >> i had to self publish it because the idea came to me from watching gore debate george bush actually. previously. and i watched the debate and it always think, well, george bush didn't do well. gore won that debate. he was very informative. and so at the end of the debate i would wait for the post debate coverage. sure enough they would say things like george bush was really funny, he did a good job on the debate. and i'm looking, going, did they just watched the same -- the media telling people that do as i get calls people's bank jason, i don't know, it looks like george bush won that debate. they're getting that information from the media. i got the idea then. but then once i saw obama at the convention give his speech back in 2004, i thought if he got a chance to run out be interested to see how the media tries to parse what he says and take them on. the book just wrote it so. from the

on msnbc and their guest, rahm emanuel.'ll be right back. >>> that's all for today from california, we'll be back next week from washington. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press."

for example, running issue ads on global warming on cnn or fox or msnbc in the washington, d.c. metro area is a way of increasing the visibility and seeming importance of the issue. you know, if you're running the ads on cnn in the washington, d.c. market, there's not too many swing members of congress here. but it does raise the visibility of the issue to the congress people and their staffs who often have cnn running all the time in their office. or to take out ads in outlets like roll call or congress daily or congressional quarterly is a way of raising the visibility of the issue. members of congress get bombarded with dozens of messages every day about dozens of issues, so the ones that they see paid advertising about, it raises the visibility or salience of the issue to them. come on in. in addition, you can use paid ads in outlets like roll call or congress daily as a way of communicating very substantive information most likely to congressional staff, but also to other media that is covering the topic, and also to the -- sometimes the decision makers themselves. in fact,

under a contributor to msnbc. dean joins us from san diego. caller: good morning.'m a disabled veteran. the young lady sitting there, was wondering whether washington would change of, or obama will change washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware t

unfortunately, people vote fox news and msnbc. here you have the economy of people that are no better, but can't really say much on tv which is so polarized. and i completel afghanistan is not vietnam, is completely irrelevant to vietnam. the news media is making it so. >> as we get a little closer to the end of the session, let me come back to a more general question. bruce, you were quoted in the newspaper may be in september, saying that a successful counterinsurgency strategy required a partner that is viewed as legitimate. and you have said that it is an illegitimate government. and yet, you also were quoted in the paper as saying that the administration should givemcchrystal -- give mcchrystal what he wanted. think counterinsurgency is necessary and why the more limited counterterrorist strategy of going after terrorist leaders with special forces is not going to be sufficient? >> certainly. it's -- i'm not the only person who has said the successful counterinsurgency requires a partner. i think that's kind of the essence of

unfortunately, people vote fox news and msnbc.here you have the economy of people that are no better, but can't really say much on tv which is so polarized. and i completely agree with bruce. afghanistan is not vietnam. it's completely irrelevant to vietnam. but the news media is making it so. >> well, as we get a little closer to the end of this session, let me come back to a more general question, bruce, you were quoted at the newspaper maybe in september saying that a successful counterinsurgency strategy required a partner who's viewed as legitimate. and you have said that, you know, it's a illegitimate government. and yet you also for quoted in the paper as saying the administration should give mcchrystal what he wanted. now can you explain your thinking about why you think counterinsurgency is necessary and why the more limited counterterrorist strategy of going after terrorist leaders with special forces is not going to be sufficient? >> certainly. it's -- i'm not the only person who has said the successful counterinsurgenc

i was watching msnbc this morning, and someone said the same thing. one of the things we try to do is try to look at some of these state races. we recently launched politifactexas. we are going to try to do that with some other states. the idea is to take the truth meter to the state level and do more fact-checking for candidates like martha coakley, scott brown. it is my belief every elected official should have to face this. as well as pundits. we also check talk-show hosts like keep all our men, glenn beck, rush limbaugh. -- keith olbermann, glenn beck, rush limbaugh. host: some more promises not get rated -- caller: only after it it -- guest: only after a natural disaster can we look at some of those. i think we have to wait until there is an opportunity for the president to act, in that case. host: here are the top 10 promises as we take the last call from houston, texas. pam on the democrat line. guestcaller: i was interested iw you rate president obama's promised to curtail free trade -- promise to curtail free trade, address the problem we are

the other things like when you go on your channel of msnbc, or fox -- dunno about cnn.the situation where people keep talking about term limits, i think that is a terrible idea. if you think it is bad now, if you have a situation with term limits attached to these people where they know they only have a short amount of time, can you imagine the deals that will make of lobbyists then? you have a situation where you have to go back into the private sector which shows you nothing and you are not guaranteed a job. you will make all the deals to possibly can. term limits in my opinion is about the worst idea anyone could possibly have if you intend to stop some of the corruption and bad dealing going on. host: we appreciative. we'll take a break and return with bob cusack to continue this discussion but more tactically about the 2010 elections. whether or not the democrats can maintain their 60-seat hold on the house. ♪ >> in fed we trust -- on fed chairman ben bernanke and will be placed after the collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with alice rivlin. part of this we

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caller: the funny part that i got out a bit i turned it to msnbc and listen to chris matthews and it is funny how both sides see it so differently. i think it is really important that we don't get caught up in the personalities of news channels. host: that is why we're here, so you can express your point of view. caller: we have to remember that the country has three branches of government. the people that make this happen on the congress and the senate. and until nancy pelosi and harry reid are talking out of the leadership, we will not get much change, folks. that is the way that it is. host: thank you for all of your calls and twitter comments. we will see you tomorrow again on "washington journal." thank you for joining us for c- span's state of the union coverage. >> coming up next, timothy geithner testifies at a committee hearing. then an international conference on fighting international terrorism in yemen. on tomorrows "washington journal," members of congress to give their reaction to tonight's state of the union address. reaction from editorial page writers from across the

former msnbc and fox host tucker carlson -- the headline of this piece.e daily caller. a look at the new website been put together by tucker carlson which debuts today. one more call -- carl from augusta, georgia. on the republican line. caller: this is a dog and pony show. what they want to show the rest of the world is we are still the most wealthy nation, and we can still pay bonuses. the only reason why they are doing this is weekend borrow more money from china. to find out who is really getting bonuses and all the kind of stuff, all it is is a dog and pony show. we have to be the wealthiest nation and we've got more money than anything else, so it is not real. it is not real. host: thank you for your call. that was agusta, louisiana. i apologize. next we meet with brian michael jackson's -- brian michael jenkins from the rand corp. ratto talk about homegrown terrorism, after this. >> i'm always concerned about the potential of the scene consequences, unintended consequences, of new regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax. when you tax or r

specifically there are numerous stories in the press, npr, ap, msnbc, cnn and fox news and others thatr raiders failed to document negative information in his official record. we have questions, why did it happen, could it have been prevented, was the response adequate and more importantly to ensure that everything possible is done that this does not happen again. several task force and panels examining these very questions. today we hear from the first of these groups to issue a report. the independent review on the programs and the response and oversight on the alleged perpetrator fired -- prior to the shooting. secretary gates take two senior leaders from the secretary of

under a contributor to msnbc. dean joins us from san diego. caller: good morning. i'm a disabled veteran. the young lady sitting there, was wondering whether washington would change of, or obama will change washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware

the gaza protest, nobody -- and you did not hear it on the news at all, the local news, cnn, fox, msnbc none of them talked about it. the best place to get your news -- i will name a couple of web sites, if i may. kiwani one is presstv.com. you will find things that you will never hear about on the news. also, you can go to america- hijckeacked.com. it speaks about the attacks of 9/11 because of our foreign policy, because we support israel and all of that, and the oppression of the cost indians. also, there is another one that you can go to -- the oppression of the palestinians. also, there are two more that you can go to. you can go to stopaipac.com and you can go to neocon zionistthreat.com. >> thank you for the call. here is another article about is google making a stupid. he writes that over the past few years someone or something has been tinkering with my brain, reprogramming the memory. my mind is not going, so far as i can tell, but it is changing. i'm not thinking the way i used to think. i can feel it most strongly when i'm reading, immersing myself in a book or lengthy artic

for example running issue ads on global warming on cnn or fox or msnbc in the washington, d.c.ncreasing the visibility and seeming importance of the issue. you know, if you're running the ads on cnn in the washington, d.c. market, there's not too many swing members of congress here. but it does raise the visibility of the issue to the congress people and their staffs who often have cnn running all the time in their office. or to take out ads in outlets like roll call or congress daily or congressional quarterly is a way of raising the visibility of the issue. members of congress get bombarded with dozens of messages every day about dozens of issues, so the ones that they see paid advertising about it raises the visibility or salience of the issue to them. come on in. in addition, you can use paid ads in outlets like roll call or congress daily as a way of communicating very substantive information most likely to congressional staff but also to other media that is covering the topic, and also to the -- sometimes the decision makers themselves. in fact, when i was doing advertisi

on bernanke, this morning senator gregg said on msnbc that he thought bernanke was being scapegoatedcolleagues on both sides of the aisle but that the president has fed that with his populist fervor. i was wondering what the president takes any responsibility or if there is a concern that he is playing with fire when he whips up this kind of populist fervor and and -- >> populist fervor based on? >> just anchoret wall street, you know, they are paying themselves big fat bonuses, we want to tax them, everyone is angry. >> i don't think any of what you just said the president would believe is not true, and i did not think that he would -- i don't think many of the american people would believe that. take what the president has outlined. one, a fee on banks, reporting -- many of them reporting big profits, paying back in full the money lent to them by the american people. >> the by stirring up anger at wall street, is there a downside to that? >> no, because i think that in many ways, as we discussed and as i told helen, i think that anger exists. that anger -- i doubt many proposals th

i'm still waiting for the administration to officially get on msnbc tuesday night and say we lost theriminal malpractice that they didn't have their talking points in order. but my understanding was that was -- there was a good deal of indecision there. that they weren't sure how they wanted to proceed. i tend to think the timing issue, i'll put myself between you two a litt÷e bit in the sense that i do think number one there is this process that's going to take time. i don't think i fully appreciated that myself until recently. but the scoring, the parl parliamentarian, we can't have a vote tomorrow. we could have a vote in the house of representatives. 218 members of the house of representatives willing to vote for this bill, nancy pelosi could schedule a vote and in 24 hours we could vote and the bill could go to the president. everybody should remember that by the way. if this goes down that we are 24 hours away give or take from passing this giant health care bill, whatever you think the flaws are in it. but there is -- if we're going to go through reconciliation, you have to go

and a lot of older white people, i hate to sound racist, but may looking at you and see an end and msnbcit is like the older white people are in a panic. they are scared. it is because obama is president. what will happen in that state is that they are gathering together to try to get the republican in but what have they done? what have they done in the past curses now. ? -- a versus now. the guy in vermont was talking about seceding from the union. does nothing but white people. you guys need to stop it. host: new hampshire, republican line. caller: first of all, i am not an old white men. i am not afraid or scared of the democrats. we are not racists. they need to eternal life in washington and end this cockroach democracy. when they turned the lights, they scurry in the middle of the night with a back room deals. that has to stop. let's go, massachusetts. let's go, america. thank you very much host: go- ahead. caller: i was hoping that scott brown wins the election tuesday because i have two young children in their 20's and they need -- they will be forced to buy health care by this n