here's steve levy of espn with all the highlights. >> good morning, america. i'm steve levy.he nfl is down to its final four. who would join the seahawks and patriots on sunday? to denver, peyton manning was doing his thing. hosting the san diego chargers. fourth quarter. broncos up, 17-7. manning hands it off to moreno. broncos held off a late rally to beat the bolts, 24-17. >>> as for the nfc, colin kaepernick and the niners went to carolina. third quarter. niners up, 13-10, kaepernick calls his own number. niners beat the panthers, 23-10. called his own number but did cam newton's celebration. all right. here's what conference championship sunday looks like next weekend. 3:00 eastern, tom brady and peyton manning will meet for the 15th time head to head including the post season. that's the most meetings among active quarterbacks. over in the nfc, the niners will visit the division foes, the seahawks. kickoff time, 6:30 eastern time sunday. >>> and in tennis, short singles tournament for venus williams down under. she lost on day one of the australian open to the 22 seed e

. >> "sportscenter's" steve levi has the highlights from yesterday's games. >> good morning, i'm stevelong nfl months, we have our super bowl xlviii matchup in new jersey. it'll be the broncos and the seahawks. here's how they got there. first in denver against the patriots, peyton manning fakes the handoff, rolling out, finds jacob tamme open. touch much down. denver had a 7-0 lead. seven minutes off the clock. manning to thomas. here are the patriots inside the denver 30. terrance knighton gets through. manning 400 yard, two touchdowns no picks and broncos win by ten. they'll represent the afc. >>> as for the nfc, 49ers and seahawks. fourth quarter tied at 10. colin kaepernick buys himself some time and throwing, anquan boldin, touchdown, niners up, 17-10. it's 17-13. seattle on fourth and seven. 49ers jump offsides, free play. they don't need it. russell wilson to jermaine kearse. the decals pay off. seahawks, 20-17. kaepernick for michael crabtree in the end zone. richard sherman knocks the pass away. malcolm smith gets the interception on the deflection. that's how the seahawks co

we'll speak with well-known tech reporter steve levy about steve jobs' legacy and where the tech giantelcome back. president obama reportedly planning to focus tuesday's state of the union address on income inequality. the stock market sell-off by the way might have narrowed that a bit this week. joining me for more is david gregory who moderates "meet the prets press" sunday morning on nbc. it's great to have you here. >> thanks. >> how much of a focus is income inequality going to be on tuesday? >> i think it's one of his big arguments for the rest of the second term. i think he wants a lot of his legacy to be how to address this. i think he's got to be accountable for how income inequality has become a bigger issue even under his leadership as president and really kind of get into the details of what causes it and what government can do to shrink that gap. it's not just about dealing with the poor but it's about shrinking the gap and being a real jobs president, which i think he's struggled to be. as you say, pretty tough afternoon here on wall street is going to be making him think

steve brown. he paid particular attention when they told him that levi, who never had much money, had taken out anfe insurance policy. >> the most useful piece of information was about a $700,000-plus insurance policy that was paid out on levi carlson. >> detective clear learned that on november 3rd, 2008, carl helped levi sign up for the policy. the beneficiary -- carl himself. >> he actually takes him to see an insurance agent and takes out approximately a $400,000 life insurance policy with a $300,000 accident rider. 17 days later, the fatal accident happens. >> the money was supposed to go levi's two daughters. but detective clear learned the girls never got a dime. >> there was money spent on a lot -- a multitude of things. home improvement, and carl spent a lot of money on the duck business. there were some huge payouts on that. >> as he dug deeper, detective clear discovered that ca carl carlson had collected on a number of insurance policies over the years. in 1986, carl's new dodge charger caught fire. carl collected $10,000. the fire that killed the horses and took down the barn paid out

allegations levied against two officials in the new jersey governor chris christie's administration. in an exclusive interview on "up with steve thee administration of blacking hurricane sandy relief money because she did not approve a plan that had ties to allies of the governor. >> the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, pulled me aside in the parking lot and she said i know it's not right, i know these things should not be connected, but they are. and if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. the bottom line is, it's not fair for the governor to hold sandy funds hostage for the city of hoboken because he wants me to give back to one private developer. and it's important that -- i know it's very complicated for the public to really understand all of this. but i have a legal obligation to follow the law. to bring balanced development to hoboken. >> so joining me now with the story is msnbc's own steve kornacki host of "up with steve kornacki" where this went down this morning. thank you for sticking with us. i want to read part of a statement that came from governor christie's office. sent to you speaking on his behalf, which the ma