it's vintage rahm emanuel, outspoken, colorful and political.nt jim acosta. >> reporter: don't look now but chicago mayor rahm emanuel is back in washington. and you don't wish you were back in there advising the president? >> are you out of your mind? i could not be happier. >> reporter: the former white house chief of staff will be at the president's side tuesday for an event awarding chicago as well as detroit new multimillion dollar manufacturing projects for hubs as the administration calls them. this is going to change people's lives. >> this is the olympic gold that brings brains and brawn together. >> reporter: they're creating the hub with virtual apps like this one through another one of his executive actions. >> this has to be a year of action. >> reporter: part of his 2014 strategy to go around congress when necessary to get things done, an approach emanuel backs. right approach? >> 1,000%. he can't allow america's future to be held hostage by a congress that won't do anything. >> reporter: republicans have been saying all these exec

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this is the same rahm emanuel in chicago closing down schools.hink the time is out for political correctness . let's tell the truth. you can't close down schools on the one hand and be my brother's keeper on the other hand. time-out for political correctness. how about my brother's employer, not my brother's keeper. how about jobs with a living wage. these young men want the same thing every other american wants, a job with a living wage, but no real talk about that. >> so, there's 6.7 million young men, according to the census, who are black under the age of 21. as you point out, this program is for men of color, but in terms of black men specifically. 6.7 million of them and the president spoke about the specific challenges that those men face. here he is, tavis. >> as a black student, you are far less likely than a white student to be able to read proficiently by the time you're in fourth grade. by the time you reach high school, you're far more likely to have been suspended or expelled. there's a higher chance you'll end up in the criminal ju

. >>> jimmy fallon will join chicago mayor, rahm emanuel in the polar plunge starting a hashtag called mayor said, toughen up and take the plunge. he tweeted this picture of a wet suit and fallon said, he will wear a suit and tie. how appropriate. >>> joe biden on this series premier of "late night with seth myers." >> i was manniplanning on makin major announcement tonight but i decided, tonight is your night. >> amy, your 2016 plans? >> i'm going to run for president. >> great. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> i'm joined by ellis henican. >> do you have any announcements you would like to make? >> i have nothing for you. this is what i do want to do. i want to dig deeper into this arizona bill. it is so controversial. basically, what it is doing is saying people will be able to deny rights and services and whatnot to people in the lgbt community under religious freedom. what's to say a cab driver doesn't want to take a muslim person to a specific location? is this going to open it up to all kinds of things where people can say, i don't want to do this, because i

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. >>> after a back and forth on twitter with chicago mayor rahm emanuel, jimmy fallon agreeing to participatehe city's polar plunge. #swim #swimmyfallon. seth had a good friend as his first guest, amy poehler and the vice president of the united states. getting the vp on your show. >> the chairs. i'm not buying the chairs. >> they can change that, though. >> they didn't ask me, by the way. >> they will. shortly. >>> i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day right here on nbc. [ male announcer ] even ragu users a. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made. [ pop muzak plays ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> leading the news in the huffington post, eric holder, the state attorney general, you don't have it defend gay marriage bans. he says when laws touch on court constitutional issues like equal protection, an attorney general should apply the highest level of scrutiny before reaching a decision on whether to defend it or not.

doing these things like shooting an arrow at rahm emanuel's house it's really crazy or smashing a window in chase bank headquarters or mounting an attack there they couldn't get them to do that to actually planned out you sort of attack what they could do is they could. get some bottles get some gas on the porch making four of these mala topped cocktails and then have them on the night of may sixteenth in the apartment one that was rated so much worse than entrapment because they really weren't able to ever can beenz the men to a point where they had the intent to commit these terrorism acts how did the chicago police department justify embedding undercover cops within this community well it was all under the guise of a national special security event you might have heard about these this is the near that is given to any sort of meeting like the republican national convention democratic national convention trade meetings meetings of world dignitaries like the nato meeting here in chicago they have deployment of. incredible police resources and personnel they clamp down they send police o

that's a far less harmful practice than the than the socialists and the fascists that we should rahm emanuel in chicago and sort of those kinds of guys are far more dangerous but i think what happened what why did nagin get sing the love you always asked i have to ask the question since the corruption is so one demick why does a guy like that get singled out my guess is that he offended somebody in fema or some other federal agency who was capable of setting saying go get this guy while they all got every but we all knew he was corrupt they're all corrupt well by our it is true even though we're up to your i mean this is this is municipal government small towns and cities are corrupt too i don't want to shock anybody's civics class version of government this is the way they all are well while it is true that there were many people that were responsible for what happened and new orleans during katrina but nagin is faces up to twenty years and prison and he was a live person responsible but do you think the punishment fits the crime is that enough no i mean i i mean we should you know i could

expecting chicago mayor rahm emanuel challenge to take a polar plunge in exchange for an appearance onis show. okay i am in. lake michigan will have a new york fish this weekend. hash tag swim me fallon. he jokes he will be wearing a suit and a tie. the layor responding saying he should leave the suit at home he posted this photo with the caption, hey jimmy fallon, i have this for you. the plunge raises money for the special olympics. >> this is captain chris pika holding up a huge 18 pound fish caught in california. >> chris eventually releasingits back into the water. that thing was massive. >>> coming up our best friends told us about this waiting months and months for the back lagg logged claims at the va. the government figured out a despicable way to speed things up. it involves actually destroying documents. >>> she has one oscar on herschel of and could win another one this weekend. what jennifer lawrence wants to do next. aflac. ♪ aflac, aflac, afc! ♪ [ both sigh ] ♪ ugh! ♪ you told me he was good, dude. yeah he stinks at golf. but he was great at getting my claim paid fast. h

chicagoland's future, thanks to the work of our secretary of commerce and my former chief of staff rahm emanuel, and so this intermediary trains greg with the skills they need to be employed in a local company. two weeks later, he was back on the job helping people get signed up for health insurance they need. he said it made him feel relevant again, like i have something to offer. so today, more than 80 of the nations largest businesses, over 200 medium and small sized businesses, are now making their commitment to set best practices like greg and misty and erick, can access, and feel as if they can have a partner in getting back on the job, making the contributions that we know they can make. so i want to thank all the companies who have made this commitment. [applause] with the support of andrew and ursula burns chairing the business council, randall stephenson of the business roundtable, the society for human resource management, we have engaged in companies all around the country, including here today, to commit to inclusive hiring policies, for making sure screening practices do not visit

the mayor of the great city of chicago, rahm emanuel is here. we've got phil lajoy who is the supervisor of canton township, michigan who is here. there he is. good job, phil. and we've got some outstanding members of congress who are here. especially who just announced that this would be his last term in congress, but is somebody who so many of us have learned from, have admired. he is a man who has every single day of his life in office made sure that he was fight on behalf of people who really needed help. and he is going to be very missed. john, you are not just the longest serving member of congress in american history. you're also one of the very best, michigan's own john dingell. we are better off because of john's service and we're going to miss him. now, today, i am joined by researchers who invent some of the most advanced metals on the planet. designers who are modeling prototypes in the digital cloud. folks from the pentagon who help to support their work. basically, i'm here to announce that we're building ironman. [ laughter ] i'm

it was a program that mayor rahm emanuel introduced to me.tential, but may have gotten into some trouble to stay on the right path. they get help with schoolwork, but they also learn life skills, like how to be a response citizen, and how to deal with life's chalenings, how to manage frustrations in a constructive way, and how to set goals for themselves. and it works. one study found that among young men who participate nb.a.m. programs, arrests for violent crimes dropped 44%. and they were more likely to graduate from high school. so as christian mentioned, during my visit there in a circle, and i sat down in the circle and we went around, led by their counselor, and guys talked about their lives, talked about their stories. they talked about what they were struggling with, how they were trying to do the right things, and how sometimes they didn't always do the right thing. when it was my turn, i explained to them that when i was their age, i was a lot like them. i didn't have a dad in the house, and i was angry about it, though i didn't ne

she was offering advice to rahm emanuel, a to president obama's top aides. her history with health care fighting in nearly 90s, she ended up talking to a few lawmakers for the white house who were considering what they should do with their votes and we write about a scene in 2009 right after the tea party summer as it were in september of 2009 and basically all the cabinet members were starting to get upset. there was frustration and complaint with the white house's agenda given complete subsumed by health care and health care was going to bring down the party and bring down the rest of the agenda. hillary clinton made a plea for the rest of the cabinet members to get to president obama. there isn't an opportunity like this that comes along very often. we are better set up that we were under the clinton administration. let's get this done. folks in the administration told us that was then underappreciate it moment. it was still a pretty pivotal moment where she was bringing the the force of her political weight behind president obama in front of all these le

i mean, i know, you know, the through the -- i know rahm emanuel, you know, what he's done.id "i'm actually afraid of the mayor. he could host the show if he wanted to." just joking around. anyways, the mayor tweeted at me. and he said -- he said "fallon, if i'm going to do your show, you've got to toughen up." [ laughter ] >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: he said, i want you to do the polar plunge. [ cheers and applause ] of course i said, yeah, i'm in. yeah, i'm in. polar plunge, that's me. let's do it. i have no idea what the polar plunge is. so then, now, i guess you know what it is. [ cheers and applause ] it sounds like a nightmare. >> steve: yeah. you run into lake michigan, like, this sunday. you run into lake michigan and i'm going to jump in with the mayor. and it is freezing in chicago right now. >> steve: 20 degrees right now. >> jimmy: it's 20 degrees, yeah. it's 20 degrees in chicago right now? i think it's going to snow this weekend. it is going to be colder? >> steve: yeah, probably negative 16. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but i'm a man of my word. i'm a man of my tweets,

with rahm emanuel, his friend, his buddy, who makes sure that all the contracts that come down, taxpayershis is our money, whether i have been to the pen or didn't go to the penitentiary, i pay taxes. and when i pay taxes, i have the same opportunity as any other citizen. because i did not lose or forfeit my citizenship in america. and i'm saying this president has not said anything concerning the african-american community to make solves our problems. >> i got it, and unemployment for black youth is still almost four times higher than the national average. so paul, all the best to you. >> thank you very much. >>> next, unintended guns and young children, what could go wrong? we're showing you an experiment that could create serious controversy. >>> and what is in a name? and what the nfl commissioner is saying about the redskins' controversial name. >>> and advertisement with spots in the super bowl game. we have a preview of some of the best ones to watch out for on game day. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n y

you have general colin powell, mayor rahm emanuel from chicago, michael bloomberg, particularly those two, mayor emanuel has been heavy lit criticized in the education system in chicago, and of course michael bloomberg who has vigorously vehemently out the door defended stop and frisk. what do you make of that? >> it is an odd mix, but we should also recall that in addition to stop-and-frisk, michael bloomberg created an initiative in new york city dealing with young men of color and presumably promoting better life outcomes in education and employment and so on. now, of course, you know, it was a double-edged sword because it was paired with his vocal support and, you know, political backing of stop-and-frisk, which is, you know, terrible public policy. so, you know, six in one hand, half a dozen in the other. i do want to say something else. the real tragedy is this has to be a private initiative. while this is a lot of money of philanthropic dollars, it's not very much in terms of government money. let's be very clear. the life outcomes of young men of color are related to specific

run into magic johnson, who will be participating in this, i ran into the former chief of staff rahm emanueland i've run into a number of people, mark muriel, former mayor of new orleans, as well here all really having a stake in this particular initiative that we will get more specifics from the president in just a short period of time. >> yeah, this is really important stuff that the president is doing right now. i know you're going to have a lot more later in the "the situation room," don. thanks very much for coming to washington and reporting on this important story for our viewers. coming up next, the plan to overhaul the nutrition labels on all the foods we all buy. our own dr. sanjay gupta standing by with details. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. [ male announcer ] she won't remember this, being carried in your arms. but after a day spent in the caribbean exploring mayan ruins and playing pirates with you in secret coves, she won't exactly be short on memories. princess cruises. come back new. [ female announ

. >> i understand they hired john vica, rahm emanuel's former political director was ordered to lobbybehalf of google. what have they said to you? >> well i think this is one of the bills that very been introduced so far and i think they were caught surprise. hiring a lobbiest is nothing new. they happen through every statehouse in the union and in congress. part of the business. matter where the bill will go and how active they're going to be and how strong they will be. we're in early ages. >> they have the 8th largest lobbying union in the u.s. they spent $15 million last year and 11 million the year before. i understand they have been aggressive with you. what have they said to you? >> i said they were taken by the time the bill was introduced. the first meeting was very cordial. they want to dep straight google glass to google members and committee on transportation this is good idea. i look at this public safety versus profit. i see these glasses as detriment. we have driving, can't drive with a cell phone or can't drive while texting. the glass goes to the operation of a automo

political and cultural leaders including poul poul, magic johnson, rahm emanuel and michael bloomberg were on hand to launch the effort which aims to invest $200 million over the next five years in programs that address literacy, nutrition, youth violence, parental involvement, and mentorship. that's all in an effort to help these young men stay in school and get good jobs and achieve what the white house terms their full potential. in a remarkable moment of can r candor, the president discussed his own past and troubled youth. >> when i was their age, i was a lot like them. i didn't have a dad in the house. and i was angry about it even though i didn't necessarily realize it at the time. i made bad choices. i got high without always thinking tact harm it could do. i didn't always take school as serious i li as i should have. because i could see myself in these young men. and the only difference is that i grew up in an environment that was a little bit more forgiving. so when i made a mistake the consequences were not as severe. >> joining us now is the host of "the reid report," my f

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he had had lawmakers across the country, people like mayor bloomberg, rahm emanuel, people who reallycities. if they're fighting for chicago, they're fighting for new york city, they're fighting for philadelphia, or wherever it is, they need these programs to work. not only does he have those people behind him, but he has the money. magics a money and he has philanthropy around him. >> we know he's got a lot of money, but that's another story. jesse, you're not only an excellent actor, but you're a former high school teacher. so you bring a lot to this subject right now. so walk us through where we -- i'm sure you were inspired by what you heard from the president. and he, like you, like magic, like don, all of you can be excellent role models for a lot of young kids out there. >> what the initiative my brother's keeper is doing is try to pull together best practices from all these different groups around the country and whether it's in a classroom in oakland that's having credible results and pushing kids into college and weincredible graduation rates, cobbling all this together. peo

rahm emanuel calls it a game changer.llows you to create economic energy in a magnet that will pull in research development facilities they will move them to chicago. >> does it leave a person in between jobs out of the picture? >> the opposite. there's manufacturing and advanced manufacturing of highly skilled and educated workers, and this puts you on a cutting edge in the sense of research and primary research in digital manufacturing. >> chicago raised another $250 million for the project mostly from private sources. don't we hope he is right about that? chicago turning into a silicon va >>> it's being called the world's most secure smartphone. can it stop hackers or even the government? chip reid looks at how it's changing the conversation. that's next on cbs this morning. ♪ [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger l

>> guest: i raised it with rahm emanuel and said the president has to take ownership of this war. i think on probably a few occasions i mentioned to the president that he ought to go say more about why it is important to do this but the interesting thing is once he made this very difficult decision in november of 2009 where he overrode the political recommendations of his vice president and all of his political advisers to approve this surge, other than the initial speech at west point on december 1st there was really not any kind of the white house efforts over the ensuing months for there to be any kind of campaign with the american public to tell them why those decisions were important and why this cause was important. >> host: one last question. you mention in the book that you urged the senior white house staff not to leak information about the raid to kill osama bin laden and the information leaked out within five hours. who leaked that information? >> i like to tell people first of all the department of defense wrote the book on leaking. i am not trying to pretend the defen

the mayor of the great city of chicago, rahm emanuel, is here.joy, the supervisor of canton township, michigan, is here. there he is. good job, phil. and we've got some outstanding members of congress who are h e here. especially someone who just announced that this would be his last term in congress, but is somebody who so many of us have learned from, have admired. he is a man who has every single day of his life, in office, made sure that he was fighting on behalf of people who really needed help and he is going to be very missed. john, you are not just the longest serving member of congress in american history, you're also one of the very best. michigan's own john dingell is here. we are better off because of john's service and we're going to miss him. now, today i am joined by researchers who invent some of the most advanced metals on the planet, designers who are modeling prototypes in the digital cloud, folks from the pentagon, who helped to support their work, basically, i'm here to announce that we're building ironman. i'm going to palas

obamacare has had she been publicly involved but behind the scenes she was offering at eyes to rahm emanuel and jim messina to president obama's top aides sort of her history with health care trying to fight in the early 90s and her insights. she ended up talking to lawmakers at the white house and we write about a scene in a cabinet meeting in 2009 right after the tea party summer as it were in september 2009. basically all the cabinet members were starting to get upset. there was a lot of frustration with the white house agenda being completely subsumed by health care and the health care would end up bringing down the party party. hillary clinton made a passionate plea for the cabinet members to get behind president obama. there is an opportunity like this that comes up very often and we are better set up under the clinton administration. let's get this done now and folks in the administration told us that they felt that was an underappreciated moment because it was in the public one at but a pretty pivotal moment where she was bringing the force of her political weight behind president o

rahm emanuel, why is that t echo -- why is that? caller: he is president material. believe the reason he broke away from the cabinet in the first place is to seek presidential run in the first place. there is an article looking at the future. it is in the financial times, ft.com online. ofmove onto our first topic the morning, the affordable care act. announcedome delays this week but some new numbers. joseph antos and ron pollack from families usa will join us. program we will caldwell fromcia the associated press. all that and more when "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> the new c-span.org website gives you access to an incredible library of political events, with more added each day with c-span's nonstop coverage of politics, history, and nonfiction books. axis more than 200,000 hours of archived c-span video. everything c-span has covered since 1987. our video is all searchable and viewable on your desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone. just look for the search bar at top of each page. c-span.org makes it easy to find people and events from the past 25 years

he was in chicago answering more questions about the scandal, telling rahm emanuel and city business leaders he is disappointed by his staff's actions and promise to say cooperate with any investigations. >> we're in the midst of an internal review and whatever that discloses, we're going to release to the public and if there's more action that needs to be taken, i'll take it. >> christie's visit to chicago creating the windfall for the republicans, just days after endorsing chris christie, offering up a more flattering tone, reading christie's bravado is back for now. the statehouse reporter for the new york star ledger is in philadelphia this morning. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> chris christie raising $6 million for the republican governor's association, $1 million in chicago alone. are donor's actually voting with wallets and aren't they casting a lot of votes for chris christie? >> well, that's a very good month for the r.g.a. and for christie, so, i think certainly that speaks to his political abilities and his appeal to donors. there has been some he