in the cross fire senator jon tester, a montana democrat and senator roger wicker, a mississippi republican. spending our way to disaster tonight on cross fire. >>> welcome. i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. democrats suffered a major blow to their 2014 prospects today when the single worse headline arose from the hill saying affordable care act will reduce full time employment by 2024. there is back and forth about what is in the report. let me just read it to you. the aca will reduce the total number of hours worked on net by about 1.5% to 2% from 2017 to 2024. almost entirely because workers will choose to supply less labor given new taxes and other incentives they will face and the financial benefits some will receive. so in plain english obamacare will disincentivise work. president obama is trying to distract you from the fact in a recent google hangout a fry cook asked the president about his hours being cut because of the affordable care act obama's response, raise the minimum wage. put those together for me. >> that is one way of looking at it. other plain e

as you have been told i'm senator roger wicker of mississippi.been -- bob casey of pennsylvania we are responsible for presiding over the senate prayer breakfast each week. the senate prayer breakfast is a special time of the week for us. an hour on wednesday mornings for prayer, for singing and for one of our colleagues to share a few thoughts and reflections. our group represents different faith traditions and away certainly represent all points on the political spectrum. we hold our policy views strongly and we often fight for those views on the senate floor. but when you join hands and pray together as we do at the end of every prayer breakfast it becomes a little easier to work together in the constructive spirit. it is remarkable how often i personally leave our breakfast with a new blessing and perspective. the fellowship and camaraderie of the senate prayer breakfast extends to parliamentarians all over the world. a few weeks ago a foreign head of state said he would greatly appreciate our prayers for his country. we welcome these opportu

[laughter] [applause] our next to that i get to introduce our friends, roger wicker and i served in the house before he ran, literally ran down the hall. and i really like roger and i really like eliot engel, and i hope it doesn't ruin your chances for reelection that i say that publicly, but i really like both of you so much and am so thrilled that you're here. eliot engel serving in the house together, and it is just an honor and pleasure to have you both here. and, of course, roger wicker will be co-chairing next year. so see there? it will just get better and better, clearly. and also on the end we have a singer extraordinaire. i think the first song that i heard from him that really captured my heart, people need the lord. but he has a voice like just, it blesses my heart. so i was so thrilled when steve green could be here this morning. he was raised in south america, so he speaks more than english very fluently. he has sung in over 50 different countries. and his parents were missionaries in south america. he has always had a heart for the lord. and the only thing that exceeds hi

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. >>> coming up on "morning joe," republican senator roger wicker and nbc's andrea mitchell and eugeneson and the soccer star landon donovan. >> first, bill. >> it's not that bad. >> it's not going to get worse, is it? >> not too bad. >> when is it over, bill? >> about noon. >> is there another one? >> never. it will never snow again. ever. >> make it end! >> you better not be wrong. >> we are going to wear shorts and t-shirts on friday. >> bill, take it away. >>> let's talk about the snow. there is a little bit out there but it's not that horrible considering how bad it's been this winter. it's warmer this afternoon so the roads will dramatically improve. two areas of snow. one from pittsburgh to buffalo and erie and another one sliding through new york city right now and down along the jersey shore. looking outside in new york city it's not that bad. it's snowing but the temperature is near 32 degrees so it could be worse. take a look at jersey city. this is across the river from new york city. you can see there is some snow on the roads and coming down and traffic is moving just fin