he's been assigned to siberia.et's be honest about this, his replacement is no better. >> i want to show you what we could have spent 25 million bucks on. head start for over 3,000 children a year. school lunches for nearly 67,000 children a year. pell grants for 4,428 students to be exact. i mean, what does this say about our priorities? 25 million on nothing, on just witch-hunts that went nowhere. >> can i change only one word? and that is, o-u-ro-u-r. it's not our priorities, it's the republican party's priorities. they knew he was spending this money. look, it doesn't take four years to figure out you don't have anything. it's their priorities. that's what they do. and that's how they're going to govern. and that's why that midterm election was so important, and now you can put dollars and cents with votes and see what's happened. what i'm afraid of, we're going to get the same thing. all we're doing is playing musical chairs. weers just changing the seat. that's all. >> very poor record and we won't be sorry t

in 1919, i noticed that they had basically occupied americana province of russia, a large chunk of siberiahy didn't they hang on to that after the war? were they forced out or give it up voluntarily? >> good question. so the invitation is like a gift from the allies. the invitation to go join allied expedition. the rest of the allies are out by 1920, as you know. the japanese army command just can't give up a good thing. this is the best thing that's ever happened to them during the war. you know, chingdow was seen as weak, great. it was a great victory. but it's over, and it gives us a little bit of a territory, a fortress and railroad, but it's not actually our territory. there are some very interesting outlandish ideas to create an independent province in the maritime provinces within the japanese military command. they just don't know how to say no. what forces them out is, well, japanese public opinion. the japanese public opinion is fueled by world public opinion. and how can public opinion be so great? well, just keep in mind that the japanese at this point are for the first time, a

the western periphery of this, those winds wrap around and pulls in that cold air out of siberia and moves over the sea of japan. we could see some areas with 160 kilometer per hour winds. i don't think it's going to get quite to 180 outside of eastern hokkaido. 10-meter high waves and a meter of snowfall is a potential with this storm system as all that cool air comes on shore and it really hits the mountains. skiers love this. but if you live out here and plan on traveling the roads will be blocked for a period of time. as far as public transportation as well. that's going to be on a slow go with this storm system. and it's not just hokuriku, hokkaido, 70 to 80. parts of tohoku could see 50 to 60 centimeters. and western honshu and parts of kyushu have been reporting snow down to nagasaki. a few flurries in the air. and some of it really is accumulating. a lot of people still going to be seeing this. even back in korea. minus 7 for your high in seoul. you have been seeing snow showers coming out of this. and all this is fuelled by this absolutely frigid air mass. and this give use

we were negotiating arms control in siberia. we're sitting there. i got a call from bob kimmitt, undersecretary of state for foreign affairs. he said we're worried about what intelligence is reporting to us about iraqi on the border of kuwait and you might check with your interlocutor there to see what he knows about it. at that time, iraq was a client state of the soviet union. so i turned to him and i said, edward, before we break for lunch, we've got this report that saddam might be thinking of invading kuwait, and he said, oh, he would never be so foolish as to do that. i said, well, you might want to check with the kgb because the cia tells us that the reports are genuine, there are lot of troops up there. he said, well, i will check at lunch and come back. no chance, he said, saddam would not be so cruel to do this. i then fly off to mongolia and we break up -- when we break up our visit, and so then he invades, okay. and shevardnadze is so embarrassed that he agrees after the invasion to meet me in moscow and stand shoulder to shoulder with t

even siberia felt the heat. the coldest town in the world, oymyakon, averaged a record 9 1/2 degrees in february. usually it's 51 below. all in stark contrast to much of the u.s. >> this year the west was very warm, the central and eastern parts were average to below average. >> reporter: in fact, january to november were the coldest in the lower 48 since 1997, despite record warmth in arizona and california, making it a small cold spot in a record warm year. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with cars trapped under an avalanche of white in chicago, but we're not talking about snow. ♪ >>> one last trial run before the big night. organizers tested the famous waterford crystal ball in times square today to make sure the official drop goes smoothly. at midnight tomorrow the ball will drop 128 feet in 60 seconds, and when it reaches the bottom, those of us in the east will be in 2015. the ball is 12 feet in diameter and cover with about 32,000 l.e.d. lights. >>> if the uk still had a roun

we can even hear that from officials saying that it's not has thet siberia pressure. but it's unjust. but if we can manage your own territories, then it is unjust to them. it is ridiculous. take the friends close. it is a stuffed animal. they maintained the sovereignty and independence. you believe the problems we are facing in the economy at the , we will see that 25% at the moment are new to sanctions. realize is have to that if we want to maintain our sovereignty to fight and improve , in order to restructure our economy. to go through all the difficulties and to improve. do we want to achieve that? choice.our the russian channel is responsible for our broadcast day so let's give the floor to those. it is quite understandable but the question is how much money will we have to put into its development? i like to ask you one of the most sensitive questions. what is going on in the eastern which is nowkraine called nova russia. how do you view the future of this part of the ukraine? do you believe arrangements are going to succeed? just like you are doing right .ow i

know, we were negotiating arms control in siberia. we were sitting there and i got a call from the state -- bob kennedy -- he are really worried is ut what intelligence reporting to us about iraq you troops amassing on the border of quit. and you might check to see what he knows about. at that time, iraq was a state of the soviet union. edward, before we break you might want to at this report -- he said, i will check at lunch and come back. he came back after lunch. he said., saddam would not be so foolish to do that. fly off to mongolia break up our -- and then he invades, okay. he was so embarrassed that agrees, after the invasion, to meet me in moscow stand shoulder to shoulder with the american secretary of state and condemn the actions et plan state. in my view, that is the day the cold war ended. en that happened. he did that, by the way, without gorbachev's okay. the without the okay of arabic foreign ministry. which is what i meant by leaning further forward. >> and that was the essence of the question i was going to ask belie

even siberia felt the heat. the coldest town in the world averaged a record 9.5 degrees in february. usually it's 51 below. all in stark contrast to much of the u.s. >> this year the west was very warm the central and eastern parts were average to below average. >> reporter: in fact january to november were the coldest in the lower 48 since 1997 despite record warmth in arizona and california making it a small cold spot in a record warm year. anne thompson nbc news new york. >>> we're back in a moment with cars trapped under an avalanche of white in chicago, but we're not talking about snow. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ ♪ know when to run. ♪ ♪ you never count your money, ♪ ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist yeah. geico. fifteen minutes

we have heard it even from high-level officials that it is unfair that the whole of siberia with its immense resources belongs to russia in its entirety. why exactly is it unfair? to snatch texas from mexico but it is unfair that we are working on our own land no, we have to share. and then, when all the teeth and claws are torn out, the bear will be of no use at all. perhaps they'll stuff it and that's all. protecting our independence, our sovereignty and our right to exist. if we believe that one of the current problems including in the economy as a result of the sanctions is crucial, and it is so because out of all the problems the sanctions take up about 25% to 30%. but we must decide whether we want to keep going and fight, change our economy for the go through all this or we want our skin to hang on the wall. this is the choice we need to make and it has nothing to do with crimea. >> the russia channel is responsible for our broadcasting. good afternoon. the crimea issue is more or less clear. the only question perhaps is how much we will have to eventually invest in its develo

without it, we would never be able to connect eastern siberia and the far east to the gas distribution system. not to mention that it is a huge construction site that will revive russia's far east and the entire region. about turkey. the turkish economy is also growing and requires additional energy resources as much as the we built the so-called blue stream pipeline many years ago, and now our turkish partners are considering increasing the supplies to the turkish market. should we refuse? we have reached all the key agreements with them, which cover the pricing formula, supply schedule and other aspects. we more or less understand their requirements, and we will certainly sell them what we have and what they need. we will do this. will a so-called european hub be built on the border of turkey and greece? this is not for us to decide. the decision largely depends on our european partners. if they want stable, guaranteed, and absolutely transparent energy supply from russia, which they badly need, without any transit risks? then we'll start working, and the pipeline would reach macedon

paints russia portrayed russia as a bear, a proud animal, occupying the tiger, the wilderness of siberia, and he says what are they trying to do to this bear? are they trying to chain it up? are they trying to force it into a corner and remove it's fangs, what do they want? do they want us just to be a stuffed bear so for vladimir and other russians as well, he is a leader who is standing up for rights and interests on the world stage nothing more and nothing less in berlin, german chancellor has been delivered her state of the union address, she said western sanctions would remain until russia respects the ukrainian sovereignty and engangs in talks. >> we want to face the challenges. but we cannot travel this path alone, it is up to russia to accept our offer of dialog on the bases of the valuing of lasting peace. as long as we have not achieved this, sanctions will remain unavoidable. >> simon, leaders keep to cashry on with this policy, even though there is big concern about russia's economic crisis. >> yes. that seems to be pretty well coordinated. where they understand we will not f

for our what the market was good, start at some of what sort of the morning when you said break of siberiaak >> : it wasn't was bay area did enjoy most the day with very barely a drop in the sky >> : through the gills right what we can try out >> : their brain following a live look at star tracker was pushed not to the north very see that that tends shower activity and clear lake and you see them on the map and also near clover they'll 11 north of hills bird off with this morning is a cyclical at the coast north of the big bay with moderate heavy rain beginning to move on shore and look at that the park also getting in on some light rain right now with the system continuing to move in the direction of santa rosa be ready cerros said a rocket like your little this and also since much showers falling in now and then those storms will track across the richmond center fell bridge had in the direction of richmond this morning. and must show you a wider view and the retrospective there's a cold for you conceive swooping there from the northeast on the southwest on the screen. all the heading to

normally these guys get sent to siberia for that. putin is not going anywhere on his own volition. this is a huge superpower. and any countermelee in russia could put the bid to the in energy complex. >> what does euphoria look like? what does it sound like? asking everybody if they are bullish and having them say yes? doesn't that say yes that we're approaching the point where we need to start asking ourselves that question. >> i don't believe that is the case as all. i think it's enough worry about what's happening in russia or the middle east. destabilization of many shaky nations as oil prices remain at lows and perhaps move lower before higher again. i think it it is a question of the fundamentals. if anything i think animal spirits have been contained this year. a bubblicious activity if we've seen it has been in internet. it was taken care of quickly by the market and very responsible fashion and then we moved forward. and the good names moved back higher. >> yeah we'll see what happens. happy healthy new year. >> thanks. all the best. >> likewise. >> coming up a stock that

they need that money so much and they don't really have the ability in the deep wells in western siberia to cut off the oil flow. there is not much they can do but to ride out the oil crisis and hope the price goes up again. that is their best hope. i mean, there are other factors as well that affect the sanctions. vladimir putin could have done more to meet the terms of the cease-fire agreements in eastern ukraine. and that would have gone some distance towards alleviating the western sanctions from the united states and from the european union and others on russia. and that could have eased the economic crisis, as well. but he has not done that. and so there are great concerns now, because of his popularity and the popularity of the military escapades in crimea and in eastern ukraine. instead of -- and as the economic turmoil increases, instead of building bridges and easing the confrontation with the west there is a real concern he could choose to escalate it. so we'll be watching carefully what vladimir putin says 40 minutes from now to see if he can get an indication on which direct

even siberia felt the heat. world averag a record 9 1/2 degrees in february. usually, it's 51 below. all in stark contrast to much of the u.s. >> this year the west was very warm. central and eastern parts were average to below average. in fact, january coldest in the lower 48 since 1997. despite recor warmth in arizona and california. making it a small cold spot in a record warm year. anne thompson nbc news new york. >> interesting. that weather definitely has made it very interesting for your profession. time now for a final check of our weather here. so people who plan on going out there to party, they just have to be prepared. i'm not going to talk about the long-term forecast because we have that online. you can check out what we're thinki for this winter. nbcwashi y by day, today, a high of 39. plenty of sunshine. tonight, aroun 30 at midnight. 20s in the suburbs. bitterly cold start tomorrow morning.a lit breezy at times tomorrow. suy skies. that sun glare could delay the winter classic i think tomorrow.

a lot of this is coming from siber siberia, moving south. >> yep, cold air from the south, actually creating with in the united states. this is sea-effect snow. we'll brief the camera guy so we can explain to you at home. this is the setup. this is japan. sigh liberian air drawing down all that chilly, chilly weather. what it's doing is picking up some of that moisture from the sea of japan and creating snow. and also creating the sea-effect snow. we're getting that lift to create some impressive snowfall totals. it's a beautiful sight for the children to have some fun. but unfortunately for the adults, they have to navigate the roadways and get owl the shovels. we're measuring snow upwards of a meter of total since wednesday. this is the 14th snowiest day on record for some locations. just shy of a meter. and at the moment, we have 11 out of 47 prefectures out of the blizzard warning. it's not only the heavy snowfall, but we also factor in the stock winds. we are looking at hurricane strength or typhoon strength winds just from a low pressure system that continues to churn just north of aki

we have these devices from silicon valley to siberia. in many ways, what we have to compare this to is the fact that there are other monumental changes, which we don't deny and similarly human governance has changed. to give you a sense of this, i think this is very similar to transition from the paleolithic to the neolithic. what defines the stone age is the fact that they didn't have farming. when farming was invented or discovered, plants were hybridized. no one who to go around forcing farming down anyone's throats. they were like, whoa, farming. that's better than hunting and gathering. another epic change in human destiny was the industrial revolution and nobody has to go around saying you must drive a car now you chinese person. no. people want cars and they want machines because of the valuable things they bring to human life. we don't go around saying, when we order a sandwiching with saying i want a ham and cheese sandwich on iraqi bread. this is just absolutely true, in fact i know it is true. that a similar epical transition

the high pressure is steering the storms to the north and cold air from siberia with temperatures contrasteding at 175 miles per hour will keep the two areas of energy hooked up with the cold front and energize the cold front so officially before the energy is there we have showers, sure, through thursday evening and the energized cold front through the north bay on thursday morning at 7:00, rain and flooding. the rain and flooding moves into the heart of the bay by 10:00 and the rain and flooding moves into the south by by noon and by the evening commute most of the heavy rain should be over but light-to-moderate rain and we will turn to showers on friday. still thinking of we 6" -- of 6" in the in the bay and 1-3" for the rest of us much the seven-day forecast shows a break on saturday and sunday but another chance of rain on monday. >>> after we get the rain, there will be a ton of snow so dangerous conditions up to the mountains for the weekend. break out the chains and snow tires. you can see macarthur maze to 580 traffic is building. the metering lights have been turned on. we are now

has respond today accusations by president obama that the communist regime is responsible for the siberiaures. they are denying guilt, but u.s. intelligence says the north is behind the massive dump of private documents and videos that has turned life upside down for the company. abc news reporter has the details. >> they claim they didn't do it. but north korea said it wants to help the united states find out who is behind the massive hack attack on sony. on state controlled television the north's government proposed a joint investigation with serious consequences if washington refuses. >> the interview was supposed to open christmas day but this was the film's surprise ending as sony pulled the plug in the pace of cyber threats vowing violence. >> i think they made a mistake. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? what? >> sony said it had to can sells distribution "the interview" because theater were refuse to go show it. >> there was violence threat. and it could have been enormous for the theater owner. >> now they say they will release "the interview" just not to theaters

tiger and siberia and all that sort of stuff. what he is doing is projecting blame.ing to appeal to nationalism. we are the russian bear. and we all want to eat is berries honey and doing the blame game and it is not our fault and we need to come together as russians to fight the challenges that are coming from the west. that will distract them from the economic problems they face. melissa: i don't know. if you look what is happening with the ruble, it is challenging to think about distracting your folk as this is happening. rich, let me ask you, he said somewhere between all the bear talk they will recover from this and ruble will stablize within two years. you think? >> well, the advantage russia has, it has a big military and a lot of nuclear missiles. it can project military, power, especially in the near abroad as they call it, but, it can't escape economic reality. putin is absolutely right, playing on sense that russia is embattled and paranoia. he is benefiting from it and approval ratings are fine but you can't ignore the fact this is third world economy hea

. >> siberia, russia, it's september 3, 2012, and a camera captures an outrageous scene in a packed parkinglot. >> and this is a classic case of someone who should not be operating any vehicle, let alone this piece of equipment and, as you can see, he is making a hot mess of this parking lot. >> he's like tearing everything up, pushing the cars into one another. and he goes to the other side of the parking lot and does the same thing. alarms are going off. it's a huge mess. >> he wasn't targeting a single car. seemed like he didn't know where straight was. >> the person recording the video isn't the only one watching this demolition man go to work. >> when you see the guys running to the tractor, you think, good, they're going to pull him out, stop this whole thing, it's going be fine. >> not exactly. >> a man runs out, climbs the tractor trailer, opens the door and proceeds to punch the driver in the face multiple times. one, two, three, four, five. >> that man owns one of the damaged cars. the others are onlookers who jump in, attempting to dethrone the driver. >> well, he shouldn't be dr

yesterday, this is amazing, yesterday passengers on a flight in siberia were delayed when temperaturesed to 52 below, forcing them to get out and push the plane until it was free of the ice. even worse, even worse, the in-flight movie was "oceans 13." [ laughter ] tomorrow's not just thanksgiving. it's also the one-year anniversary of the release of the movie "frozen" and the 364-day anniversary of parents being over that song. how about you? [ cheers and applause ] how about you let it go, mad madeline?! "she's just a girl." i've had enough of this! enough of that song! [ laughter ] this is weird. according to "the new york times" map of the most googled thanksgiving recipes, the most searched-for dish in utah is funeral potatoes. [ cheers ] which incidentally is what your grandma calls your grandpa. lovingly. [ laughter ] lovingly. not sure what to make of this. on saturday a man in colombia held a wedding ceremony for his marriage to a tree. apparently they met on timber. [ audience groans ] [ laughter and applause ] finally, anyone here watch "dancing with the stars"? well, last ni

russia is producing for the conventional fields in siberia about 65 billion cubic feet per day. the gas pump controls almost all of the russian natural gas. who controls gas pumps quite you better believe it. alexei miller. before him, dmitry medvedev. these are all allies to putin. so what does this all mean? in europe, germany depends on 40% of the natural gas they consume comes from russia. poland, 87%. among 100%. even the u.k. 25%. all that has happened is the largest successful shell gas formation was from a company called portrayal, which i was the largest shareholder initiated. the bull shells in the u.k. proved to be a little over 100 pcs. that is 100 trillion cubic feet of gas. that is enough gas to supply britain's for about 200 years. but they still depend on 25% of the gas from russia. ward ran to use to run bp who understands the issues with russia because of the peace investment in dmk. he's the chairman of quadrille it, so we understand with going on. but now everything is changed at the largest instruction in the project is not in north america, not in europe. f

five cyber warfare units on the planet because they get capabilities from russia, china, iran, and siberia formidable cyber warfare force. it is not a confrontation that is in anyone's best interest to escalate. security attributes are very difficult. the president believes they have strong evidence, and they probably do, but attribution is never bulletproof in cyberspace. there are lots of factors that could be behind this. you don't want to risk an escalation because north korea could do a lot of damage. >> anonymous has taken credit. do you think the u.s. government had a hand in it at all? wink and may be a an odd kind of thing. benefit toe u.s.'s expose the weakness of the north korean infrastructure. but this is the kind of attack that independent hackers can launch easily on their own. that is just as plausible. >> it shows a frailty, but it shows there's not much we can do. they don't have an internet infrastructure or a multinational corporation to go after. there's nothing we can do. >> the leverage is with china. all love north korea's internet connections go through china unico

without it, we would never be able to connect eastern siberia and the far east to the gas distributionsystem. not to mention that it is a huge construction site that will revive russia's far east and the entire region. about turkey. the turkish economy is also growing and requires additional energy resources as much as the we built the so-called blue stream pipeline many years ago, and now our turkish partners are considering increasing the supplies to the turkish market. should we refuse? we have reached all the key agreements with them, which cover the pricing formula, supply schedule and other aspects. we more or less understand their requirements, and we will certainly sell them what we have and what they need. we will do this. will a so-called european hub be built on the border of turkey and greece? this is not for us to decide. the decision largely depends on our european partners. if they want stable, guaranteed, and absolutely transparent energy supply from russia, which they badly need, without any transit risks? then we'll start working, and the pipeline would reach macedoni

and we could even hear that from officials saying that it is not just the siberia belongs to russia, but how can they say that it is unjust? if they take our other territory, it is ridiculous. if they take the -- they will not be able to do anything. what we are trying to do at the moment is to maintain our sovereignty and our independence. and if you do this, there's the problems we are facing in our economy at the moment. as a result of the sanctions and it is really partially true because, you know, about 25% of the problems they're facing at the moment, 25% are due to the sanctions. but what we have to realize is that if we want to maintain our sovereignty to fight and to reprove the situation in the country, to benefit from the current events in order to restructure our economy, to go through all the difficulties and to improve, if we want to do that, we have to -- do we happen to achieve that or do we happen our -- to become just a stuffed animal? this our choice and it has nothing to do with the crimea. the. >> translator: the russia channel is responsible for our broadcast to

it's happening in siberia when tax collectors arrive to recoup money, they saw nothing of value except a cat and rabbit and threatened to take it. what is the world coming to? >> i don't know, that seems messed up to me. >> let me know when the tax collector collects a boa constrictor. >> santa's gift helping a soldier propose. kimberly roberts asked santa to bring her boyfriend home safe. st. nick had a surprise, a letter as well as a ring and apparently her parents, future in laws helped organize this whole thing. >> we should note that she said yes, which is very good news. >> the f.d.a. moves closer to lifting a ban on gay men giving blood donations. >> up next, we'll see with a doctor about the decision and what it means for blood donations going forward. >> the hubble telescope finds a new galaxy right in our very own back yard. that's one of today's discoveries. >> going from war torn syria to center stage, at carnegie haul, the teenager who found solace in a piano. >> it is time now for one of today's discoveries, the universe just got a little more crowded, a new barf galaxy d

war memorials that the russians regard as their gift to estonia along with deporting everybody to siberiathe russians shut down the estonia state much in the way that you've seen here. to understand, this is not the kind of thing done by rogue states by outlie rs in the national system. this is the future of international great power conflict and not just something done by odd ball nations. >> what's going to stop -- victor cha, what is going to stop them? what would be proportional u.s. response be that would convince north korea this is not a good idea? >> wolf, the direct proportional response would be some sort of retaliation but we would never know about that. that would not be in the public realm. i think there will be an fbi investigation, a criminal indictment against the individuals. i think there will be a ramping up of the bilateral cooperative talks with regions and in particular korea and japan. we don't have a cyberdiscussion with china but these attacks could happen as well and may be an opportunity for china and the u.s. to have a dialogue on cyber. it might be helpful in

russia is producing from the conventional fields in siberia 65 billion cubic feet per day.gazprom produces all the natural gas and who controls gazprom? dmitri medvedev. these are all inner circle loyalists to putin. what does this all mean? i in europe germany depends on 40% of the natural gas the that comes from russia poland 87% among 100%. even the u.k. 25%. all this happened, the largest successful shale gas formation was from a company called quadrille of which i was largest shareholder and finance the first two rounds. the u.k. proved 100 tcf's 100 trillion cubic feet of gas and that's enough gas to supply britain for 200 years but they still depend on 25% of the gas from russia. lord brown who used to run bp who understands the issues with russia because of the bp investment in t. and k. he's the chairman of quadrille is so he understands what's going on. but now everything has changed. the largest construction is the natural gas pipeline for russia to china. eventually we will see what this all means but russia by 2028 will be exporting more natural gas just to chi

did you ever see soviet leaders riding horses bare chested in siberia? >> he didn't.de. he gives something personal but at the same time he remains a strong leader of the people. he's of the people but for the people at the same time. that's his gift. >> nina crew he receive, a pleasure to see you. >>> coming up as we take the turn on "the rundown"." president obama is expected to address the hack attack on sony pictures. it's get away a day for the president. but the road on 1600 pennsylvania is getting started. we'll look at who may be making a run for the white house 2016. >>> the calm before the holiday storm. at lot of people traveling today. we're live in la guardia airport with today's details on the weather and travel and so much more. stion for you: when electricity is generated with natural gas instead of today's most used source, how much are co2 emissions reduced? up to 30%? 45%? 60%? the answer is... up to 60% less. and that's a big reason why the u.s. is a world leader in reducing co2 emissions. take the energy quiz -- round 2. energy lives here. ♪ many

it is 20 below wind chill we are in the siberia of america. i am lucky that i do not earn a lot of money i am 64. this goes directly to the person from florida who called in. minnesota participated in the medicare whatever. therefore, i get -- i paid $21 per month. my income is under $16,000 per year. i get a nice subsidy. it has worked out well for me. i have one quick suggestion for a possible topic the complexity of signing on to medicare. in a year or two, i will have to decide what i will do about medicare a, medicare see and d. i have heard advantage plans are dangerous to get into. they can deny you benefits. medicare advantage may be that would be a nice show to have. >> guest: medicare is very complicated. here is an example it sounds like he has state coverage. he will be eligible for medicare soon. the people who had the most to gain from affordable care are the people who were pre-medicare for whom insurance was prohibitively expensive. insurance is still expensive and it is more expensive for people who are older. more expensive f

we are the siberia of america. i will not make any more jokes. i wanted to say __ i'm lucky, i do not make a lot of money, i'm 64. this goes directly to a person from florida, three call to go. minnesota participated in the medicare __ whatever. therefore, i paid $21 a month. my income is just under $16,000 per year. obviously, not a lot of money and year. but, i __ i get a nice subsidy. $21 per month is my premium. luckily, i'm pretty healthy. i do not need to see a doctor besides two or three minor things. obamacare has worked for me, i guess. i want quick suggestion for a possible topic i have one quick suggestion for a possible topic and that is the complexity of deciding on medicare. in a year i have to decide what to do about medicare a, medicare b, c and d and medicare advantage and i've heard advantage plans are dangerous to get into, that they can deny all kinds of benefits. there was a "60 minutes" exposÉ on this and medicare, you can get in trouble so maybe that could be a nice show to have. host: all right, tom. guest: medicare is ver

we are the siberia of america. i will not make any more jokes.anted to say __ i'm lucky, i do not make a lot of money, i'm 64. this goes directly to a person from florida, three call to go. minnesota participated in the medicare __ whatever. therefore, i paid $21 a month. my income is just under $16,000 per year. obviously, not a lot of money and year. but, i __ i get a nice subsidy. $21 per month is my premium. luckily, i'm pretty healthy. i do not need to see a doctor besides two or three minor things. obamacare has worked for me, i guess. i want quick suggestion for a possible topic __ the complexity of signing on to medicare. in about one year, i will have to decide what i want to do with medicare a, b, c, d, medicare advantage. i've heard the advantage plans are varied day just __ very dangerous to get into. maybe that would be a nice show to have. host: all right, tom. guest: medicare is very complicated. people come to me a lot with the questions about medicare. it sounds like he has exchange coverage, not medicaid. he will be eligible for