. >> sam jones, the mayor of mobile, alabama, with us here tonight on msnbc. who i understand is a former naval personnel. and you were on an aircraft carrier, is that correct, sam? >> that is correct. >> which carrier were you on? >> the forestal. in fact, the one that caught fire. >> really? >> yeah. it caught fire before i got on the ship. there were a lot number of deaths. >> my dad was a nautical engineer and he was sent out by the navy to assess the damage on the aircraft on that forestal. small world. john mccain was your commanding officer, is that correct? >> he was just before i got out. >> it's a small world. all right. sam, this is very unusual for a city to have to go through this. you must have had a lot of help setting this all up tonight. folks at mobile, alabama, putting out the hospitality. >> we had 165 volunteers in the community who came out to try to make this a real pleasant experience for people after going through this ordeal. they were successful doing that. hopefully we can get them all home as soon as we possibly can and get them bac

sam jones took us into this place where he said squatters, and go. could go up in flames quickly with all of the junk scattered around. he also noted there is no way because everything is boarded up. maketigators were able to the side of tuesday's determine what caused the fire. those fire investigators have called it a night. they will be back tomorrow to investigation. will remainfficers here to guard this scene. frome reporting live southeast washington. another check on the weather situation. huge blizzard hit in the northeast. this was around noon, cloudy, everybody in class. quickly, watch this. and is five or six hours, 1-2 inches anown hour. 12-18 inches of snow on the grounds in new haven. late this afternoon, a little break in the cloud cover. the storm is getting stronger. yesterday, we were tracking a area of snow in the great lakes. now they are merging together, energy it is merging the coast of new jersey. is the core of the blizzard. lightning, torrential .ain it continues to bury sections of new england. here, we will get a gusty win

. >> brian: joining us right now from mobile, alabama, mayor sam jones.engers were coming. what did you do to get ready for the onslaught of people who had some great needs? >> we had about two days notice that they would be coming and what we did was we came in, put the terminal together, put all of our people together, some 160 volunteers to provide hospitality to them. there was food for them. there were people here to make sure they got to where they want to go. we had one shuttle to take them into the downtown facilities to get whatever they needed. i think they're very appreciative of the hospitality. >> alisyn: oh, man, you must have been a sight for sore eyes after what they experienced, the ordeal at sea. how did the passengers respond? we've been seeing pictures of them kissing the ground. >> yes, we did see that. we saw them cheering as the ship came in. there was a lot of emotion there and they were just happy to be here. we were happy to be here to provide a welcome for them and also the hospitality for them when they got back. >> steve: quit

the mayor of mobile, mayor sam jones, has just jumped in there and done everything we can through theity to support this. >> wow, that's great news. >> we've had so many people to support this. >> that's such great news because i would imagine these are 4,000 people who really need that support. what kinds of donations are you ke getting? what are people in the community offering up for the people coming off the ship? >> well, christkrispy kreme is thing in the south. so they're bringing ningz and coca-cola is bringing drinks in. there's a lot of people but we're going to have a kate e can with hot food. and carnival has stepped up the pace and brought in a lot of -- they're the ones bringing in the hot food. carnival is doing everything they can. i say everything they can to make it a pleasurable experience once they get there. >> they haven't eaten hot food or good food in a little while. do you have medical folks coming in as well? especially i would imagine for people who are elderly and for people who are disabled on that ship, you know, there have got to be some serious -- poten

." >> joining us huffington post political editor and msnbc contributor sam stein, executive editor of "time magazine" radika jones, director of the aclu national security project kenya, and michael haney, deputy editor of "qg" is here. two debuts on now. >> wow. >> wow. the drone age began in 2001 with a targeted strike on the first night of the u.s. ground war in afghanistan. since then the u.s. has conducted over 400 drone strikes in pakistan, yemen, and monthlia, while the pentagon drone fleet has expanded from 50 to 7,500. for the past decade american drone policy has existed largely in the shadows. its legal just ficks and moral underpinnings largely relegated to debate among progress severe media outlets and concerned libertarians. now as john brennan, the architect of the u.s. drone policy and president obama's mick to head the cia readies to testify this afternoon on capitol hill, calls for greater transparency and legal justification for the killings have increased. the outcry reached a crescendo on monday when nbc's michael isikoff obtained a leaked white pair from the government suggesting that the u.s

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they still have to pay uncle sam and any delivery charges but the furniture itself is free. >> thank you, jacumba johns -- jacobi jones. >> final preparations for the victory parade. that story is next. >> the state attorney general convenes a gun violence form. some new ideas next. >> you're watching wbal tv 11. live, local, late breaking. this is a special edition of wbal tv 11 news. the ravens, our super bowl champions. >> good evening. you're looking out to -- at a live picture of the baltimore ravens being escorted from the airport to all his bills. we're happy they're back safe and sound your home. >> absolutely. >> you can imagine the team is coming down from an unbelievable, monumental high after beating san francisco last night in nail biting fashion. >> we would think there would be exhausted. what a game it was. a touchdown right off the bat and then the lights go off halting the game for about 35 minutes. the 49ers come back with a vengeance but the ravens held

sam sachs in for tom hartman in washington d.c. here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture today the dow jones went over fourteen thousand points for the first time in five years the economy added more jobs in january according to the new jobs report but can the american economy ever truly recover without more federal investments in education green energy and infrastructure we'll debate this issue in tonight's big picture rumble and in the second half of tonight's show we'll take another look at a conversation tom had with susan cain an author and former wall street attorney who understands just how powerful introverts are to our society. so it's friday night which means we fight or rumble joining me for tonight's big picture marc harrold libertarian commentator and attorney neil munro white house reporter with the daily caller and ben cohen editor of the daily banter and founder of the banter media group thank you gentlemen for joining me let's get started so we have new job or job numbers released today to me out one hundred fifty seven thousand jobs in january employment rate ticked up slightly because more people are out th

sam sachs in for tom hartman in washington d.c. here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture today the dow jones went over fourteen thousand points for the first time in five years the economy added more jobs in january according to the new jobs report but can the american economy ever truly recover without more federal investments in education green energy and infrastructure we'll debate this issue in tonight's big picture rumble and in the second half of tonight's show we'll take another look at a conversation tom had with susan cain an author and former wall street attorney who understands just how powerful introverts are to our society. so it's friday night which means we fight or rumble joining me for tonight's big picture rumble our marc harrold libertarian commentator and attorney neil munro white house reporter with the daily caller and ben cohen editor of the daily banter and founder of the banter media group thank you gentlemen for joining me let's get started so we have new job or job numbers released today count me out one hundred fifty seven thousand jobs in january employment rate ticked up slightly because more peo

jones. our guest host this hour, westwood capital's len blum. in the next hour, famed noftor and billionaire real state tycoon sam zell.fter the state of the union, he'll have comments i'm sure. plus, top-ranked money manager don yacthman, funds seeing 10% over the past five years. >>> we'll also talk about how business leaders and investors are reacting to president obama's state of the union. among the topics that he talked about, jobs and the economy. even mentioning some companies by name. >> after shedding jobs for ten years, our manufacturers have added 500,000 jobs over the past three. caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from mexico. and this year, apple will start making macs in america again. >> we're going to be speaking with the ceo of caterpillar, doug oberhelman at 8:00 a.m. eastern. and we'll talk about washington's looming debt threat with aetna got mark bertolini. >>> john delaney, senior minority while and member of the financial services committee joins us. he will be with us in a minute. first we'll start with representative scat garrett, also a -- scott garrett,

sam sacks in for tom hartman in washington d.c. here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture today the dow jones went over fourteen thousand points for the first time in five years the economy added more jobs in january according to the new jobs report but can the american economy ever truly recover without more federal investments in education green energy and infrastructure we'll debate this issue in tonight's big picture rumble. in the second half of tonight's show we'll take another look at a conversation with susan cain an author and former wall street attorney who understands just how powerful introverts are to our society. so it's friday night which means we fight or rumble joining me for.