back home in new jersey, there are new allegations that his office threatened to withhold superstorm sandy relief funds. i will spoke with hoboken mayor john zimmer in a few moments. they call something that pleases no one a compromise. in an election year they often call it politics as well. joining me now is mike rogers, chairman of the joint intelligence committee. one of the biggest thing in this and the thing that has concerned so many people is this bulk gathering of data on what phone numbers call what phone numbers in what manner of time, et cetera, et cetera. so the so-called meta data program. so the president said, i'm going to take all that data and put it somewhere else. where else? >> first i thought it was very important that the president late out, there was no abuses, this wasn't an illegal program. this wasn't a rogue agency. >> every time i hear someone say th that, i think that that's because the people that are there know they shouldn't do that. but an agency is only as trust worthy as its employees. and we all know from edward snowden, that can change in a moment. >>

now he's accused of withholding superstorm sandy funds from the city of hoboken unless the mayor went along with a favored real estate development project. the lieutenant governor of new jersey is publicly denying these charges, calling them false and illogical. >> any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> all right, i want to bring in cnn's erin mcpike, who is live in trenton, new jersey. erin has practically moved to trenton to cover the events there. the inauguration today was supposed to be this giant celebration of chris christie's second term. i think he wanted to put a national spotlight on the events there. how overshadowed will these events now be? >> reporter: well, a lot, john, obviously, but the guidance we've received from the christie administration is that he doesn't plan to address any of these controversies in his inaugural address today, but it obviously has taken a big toll. a new pew research center poll came out yesterday that showed his unfavorable rating has jumped, doubled in the last year, an

the mayor of hoboken dawn zimmer says the christie administration tied superstorm sandy relief aid toport for the support of a real estate project. marlie hall is here in new york with details. marlie, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. zimmer says this ultimatum from the christie administration was delivered in may of last year, seven months after her city was devastated by the monster storm. the message says zimmer was delivered by new jersey's lieutenant governor. >> the lieutenant governor pull med aside and said essentially you've got to move forward with the rockefeller project, this project is really important to the governor. and she said that she had been with him on friday night and that this was a direct message from the governor. >> reporter: the rockefeller project is a multi-million-dollar project in hoboken's north end favored by the governor. hoboken was all but run over by flooding. in the first round hoboken received $342,000 of the $1.8 billion it requested. zimmer admits she should have spoken up sooner. >> looking back, you know, i probably should have com

this time for how his administration used relief funds from superstorm sandy. what investigators are focused on. >> and southwest airlines taking swift action one of its planes lands at the wrong airport. who the airliner is blaming for the error. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, congress. representative george miller 's not >>> one of the bay area's most prominent politicians is retiring after four decades in congress. representative george miller announced yesterday he is not running for re-election this year. the contra costa county democrat has been a leading voice on education and labor issues. >> my work on behalf of the children with special needs, writing that special legislation, obviously the affordable care act national healthcare reform to me is so exciting. >> miller was 29 when he was first elected to congress. he is now 68. only 4 house members have served longer. miller had has been roommates with senator charles schumer of new york and he posted a mock "seeking roommate" ad online. 20 terms in the house and unmatched legislative record preferred lover of cold ce

he also faces a federal audit of millions of dollars in superstorm sandy spending. >>> off the coastornia, a whale on the brink of extinction has become a common sight. as carter evans reports, the gray whale is putting on a huge show for whale watchers. >> reporter: gray whales are both magazine jest majestic and mysterious. typically this would be a rare sight but not this year. >> it's made for a fantastic show. >> reporter: bobby hedges is a whale watch naturalist. how would you compare what you see now to what you normally see? >> five times better. normally, they're just few and far between this early in the season. >> reporter: from the shoreline, whale sensetakers have spotted more whales heading south than they have in 40 years more than 500 since the beginning of september. >> we're continuing to see big numbers. we saw 18 gray whales yesterday. including two calves. i don't expect it to peak yet. i expect a peak in a week or so. >> reporter: alicia january janninger is from a group of volunteers who count whales migrating to mexico. why do you think they've come close to s

told her she had to approve a real estate development project in her city, or lose money for superstorm sandy recovery. >> and that's a direct message from the governor. >> reporter: guadagno said that never happened. >> any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project, in new jersey, is completely false. >> reporter: zimmer told her story to the u.s. attorney's office and is offering to take a lie detector test. >> and the bottom line is, she came and she made a direct threat to me. she came, and when the attorney governor comes, pulls you aside in a parking lot and says these two things are connected. i know it shouldn't be, but they are, and if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. >> reporter: governor christie's administration is already under investigation, for allegations his aides engineered traffic jams in ft. lee, new jersey, as payback, because that town's mayor didn't endorse him for re-election. governor christie's office said hoboken has been treated no differently than any other city when it comes to storm relief funds. anne-marie. >> marlie hall here in new yo

this ad used $4.7 million out of 25 million in superstorm sandy relief fund, federal money to promote tourism at the jersey shore, a campaign to show jersey was back. a new federal investigation will now look deeper to determine if christie running for reelection at the time spent the federal sandy funds improperly to produce the tourism ad starring him and his family. >> taxpayer dollars that could have been used for sandy relief were used for ads promoting the governor because he was in them with his family during an election campaign. >> reporter: the governor's office says the plan was approved by the obama administration and that the ads were developed with the goal of effectively communicating that the jersey shore was open for business during the first summer after sandy. last year the ads raised eyebrows immediately even from some fellow republicans on capitol hill. >> i think yeah, come to new jersey, but it's like i don't want to pay for ads for someone's advertising out of sandy relief fund. it gives the whole thing a black eye. >> reporter: the investigation will take seve

development project taking place in hoboken and there was a direct linkage to receiving more superstorm sandy funds? do you think there may have simply been a misunderstanding between these two women in terms of communicating what was going on? >> no. i think that the mayor of hoboken has been very clear about what she says she heard. i saw her on "up with steve kornacki" when she said this and she was pretty clear when she said there was a direct link being made by the christie administration. i don't think there's any doubt of what she said that she heard and what her allegations are. >> by the way, what's the status of that project, the huge development project that they were talking about? >> again, i don't know. i just know that what the mayor of hoboken said, was that it was still outstanding. but i don't know any details about it, wolf. >> you were on "new day" earlier today on cnn. there was a nice interview there and you threw out the so-called "i" word, itmpeachment. explain where you see this investigation unfolding, this investigation of the governor? >> well, i want to stress tha

he skyrocketed in his popularity the way he handled superstorm sandy. this weekend he'll be in florida doing some political fund raising as the incoming chair of the republican governors association. >> major test of his political skills, his leadership skills, his focus and his discipline. in the sense he's trying to advance his second term agenda, school reform, tax reform, the continued recovery from superstorm sandy, some other things. at a time when democrats right after his big re-election you would think they would be rolling over to support him, now they feel emboldened. can he sell his agenda at home? when he travels the country, is there any pause, any hesitation, any stepback from national fundraisers? 2014 is about electing other republicans, not chris christie. but if you can raise a lot of money and make a lot of friends, boy does it help when he goes into 2016. so he has to prove that as he cooperates with these investigations, which again could go on for months if not a year or more, they can also handle both state agenda and national am

it was about superstorm sandy and superstorms irene and lee, that in 2011 for irene and lee, and 2013 with superstorm sandy, devastated various regions of new york state. and yes, we need to rebuild but you need to do that intelligently. you need to do it with an order of academics and certainly with a strategic planning that accompanied all that effort. that's effective, efficient, smart government. and the vice president spoke to the wisdom of investing in infrastructure because commerce requires it. across this great nation, talk to the midland of america. without the appropriate infrastructure they can't send forth their agriculture products, or their manufactured goods. they cannot ship forward and so commerce is crippled by our lack of investment in infrastructure. and so with great sensitivity, the vice president spoke, spoke to the infrastructure needs of new york and that we will utilize these efforts with the guidance of new york state, with the governor and the legislature, to make certain that it's not merely replacing infrastructure damaged by the ravaging of mother natur

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and he's also facing a federal investigation over how he spent superstorm sandy relief money. our cnn's erin mcpike is in trenton, new jersey and will set the scene for us. >> reporter: in the midst of weathering a full-blown political super storm, chris christie will discuss the bridge closure scandal when he delivers his annual state of the state address this afternoon. this will be the first time the popular new jersey governor is in front of cameras since his marathon apology last week. >> i am soul-searching on this. what i also want the people of new jersey to know is that this is the exception, not the rule. >> reporter: but it's not just bridgegate anymore. on monday, cnn revealed the new storm clouds forming over the brightest spot in his governorship. his response to superstorm sandy. >> because we're stronger than the storm. >> you bet we are. >> reporter: democratic congressman, frank pallone, thinks these tourism ads that promote the whole christie family might be a misuse of the federal relief funds given to help new jersey recover from sandy. >> i think this ext

it was paid for with funds for superstorm sandy relief. all said, will christie be stronger than this storm? joining us now, louis greenwall. good morning, assemblyman, thanks for being with us. what do you think of the inspector general, which i was just mentioning, the department of housing and urban development telling representative frank pallone they will audit the new jersey tourism marketing campaign paid for with funds from superstorm sandy relief. prominently featured governor kwk and his family during an collection year and they say it cost $2 million more than an ad campaign that would not have featured the governor. what's your thought? >> you know, unfortunately, when you see the surroundings around bridgegate, it certainly raises questions into other actions taken by the executive branch, and clearly, the superstorm sandy had dramatic impact on the residents of the state of new jersey. there's a lot of work left to be done there. families are still out of their home, businesses are still not up and running, and when we spend

. >>> new troubles for chris christie, revelations that money from superstorm sandy were miss used. >>> the detroit auto show. >> life is slowly returning to normal in parts of west virginia five days after a chemical spill forced officials to pan people from using tap water. the government says tests indicate the water is safe enough, after chemicals used this in treating coal leaked. people can turn on their taps again. jonathan martin, joins us from charleston west virginia. jopt jonathan, i can imagine ocouple of reactions. it's about time, and sit really safe? >> yes, tony, people have been waiting for five days, some people haven't taken showers for three or four days because of this ban. we have learned from the governor of west virginia that they have lifted the state of emergency, a little more they have been able to turn on their water. they have tested a and determined it does meet federal standards. a huge relief, they have been told not to drink water or betty in the water. small businesses have certainly been relieved because they have taken a hit. >> it was a huge funda

it the biggest economic disruption caused by the weather since superstorm sandy. manythe weather is cold, drivers leave their cars unattended while they let them warm-up. but today, drivers are being ticketed for doing just that. >> cars were left unattended in prince george's county while they were warming up. belize have been ticketing drivers for what is an illegal habit -- police have been ticketing drivers for what is an illegal habit. we tagged along and look what we found. [indiscernible] he came out of his house to his running car greeted by several uniformed officers who made sure he knew not to do this again. >> it is common cracked this -- practice. they know that and they prey on people who do that. >> police say thieves take advantage of your vulnerability in the frigid weather. inside for a few minutes, maybe five or 10 minutes. >> his car was stolen. tickets are up to $70 and even a point on your license. police drove through single- family homes, apartment complexes and even gas stations. leaving your car unattended and running here is not illegal,

. >> militia of hoboken telling cnn christie's office withholding relief funds after superstorm sandy. details on both stories start now. we begin with breaking news of an ominous threat aimed at thousands of tourists set to visit olympic for the olympic games. these men claim to be the suicide bombers who carried out the attack in volgograd, russia, just days from the drive of sochi. phil joins me live, tell us more about this chilling video and how this message was disseminated. >> sure, fred. this video posted to a well-known jihadi forum. in it these men claim responsibility for the acts that took place in volgograd just a few weeks ago in the final days of 2013, the 29th and 309 of december. there were bombings here at a train station, also a trolley bus in all killing 34 people. ominously these people promise there is more to come specifically making very direct threats against the olympic games. they have presented -- prepared what they describe as a present for russians, for tourists who will be in sochi. during the games they have a long list of people who are willing to take

remember the mayor of hoboken, new jersey, claiming chris christie shortchanged her city on aid for superstorm sandy? guess what? a new report shows her comments may be washed up. and what do you think when you see this? other than, well, yes, you want to eat it, right? what blocks of cheese have to do with business in the white house. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a monday. lawmakers ratcheting the rhetoric ahead of president obama's state of the union address tomorrow, where he's expected to highlight plans for immigration reform and improving the economy. one senator warns an increased flow of immigrant workers could mean fewer jobs for americans who are struggling and quite frankly already live here. senator jeff sessions is a republican from alabama. he's also the ranking member of the senate budget committee and senior member of the senate judiciary committee. great to see you. >> gretchen, good to be with you. >> so what are you fearful of that the president is going to propose tomorrow with regard to immigration reform that has you worried about so many

but over how his administration spent taxpayer moneys meant for superstorm sandy recovery and its victimsstead spent it on a tv ad during his re-election campaign. a federal probe is underway. we'll get the details and a response from governor christie. >>> mere from a new book by the former defense secretary robert gates. he says president obama only showed passion for one issue involving the military. now secretary gates is responding to lawmakers who question the timing of this book. so, there's a lot going down. and we'll have it for you coming up from the fox news deck. ale a hands were made for playing. ♪ legs, for crossing. ♪ et...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to thritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz is an ra medicine that can enter cells and disrupt jak pathways, thought to play a role in the inflammation that comes with ra. xeljanz can lowe

mayor of hoboken into improving a development project in order to get some relief money after superstorm sandyar of words is flying. we can tell you, a statement has just come into our office from the hoboken mayor. lieu tennant governor is making a strong statement. i am genuinely disappointed that lieutenant lieutenant guadagno has lived up to her promise that very would deny funding if he didn't help to expedite the process. i met and turned over my journal in which i describe my conversation with the lieutenant governor and commissioner constable. i stand by my word, remain willing to testify under oath and i will continue to answer any questions asked of my by the u.s. attorney's office. i guess you could say this conversation continues. a couple of other things we want to bring to your attention. we've got some new videotape of the american citizen named kenneth bae. it came to our office in north korea. he has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what's being quoted as hostile acts against north korea. have a listen. >> translator: i want to be pardoned about i the north as soon

i mean, many in this country saw superstorm sandy as the prelude to the end of times.loods over there were triggered when the government approved gay marriage. and of course, there's apocalyptic talk of global warming. so what's caused the coldest january in central park in 117 years? and those frozen oranges in california and the record snow the carolinas are gearing up for as i speak? >> now is not the time to take any unnecessary risks. >> reporter: we asked nasa what's going on. >> what we're seeing today across the u.s. is a pretty severe kind of me ander of the jet stream. >> allowing cold air to flood south. what we now all know as the polar vortex. we always quizzed piers corbin who works out of london's messiest office. >> the jet stream which really marks the boundary between the colder air in north and the milder air in the south, that is behaving in very wild manner. >> hooray, agreement. and they both agree this has nothing to do with global warming. yeah. but just wait. >> we are now at the early sfajs of a miniice age. >> what? >> this is the new norm. a

eugene robinson, it all seems to come back to superstorm sandy for chris christie, as it did today.ied to relive those days. but that's something that a lot of people haven't gotten over. and i think if you invest in a huge amount of money in the romney campaign, you might still not have gotten over it. >> it's true. this republican love for chris christie as the potential savior in 2016, it's a real thing, and i think there are a lot of incl who feel that way. but it's not that deep. it's tenuous and tentative and kind of based on what happens. and certainly now based on what happens as this investigation plays out. so there's no sort of cemented love there. and people can turn away frankly if this goes south for christie. >> ken, when you talk to these big republican donors, how sharp are they as political analysts? i mean, are they as sharp about the way they invest in politics compared to the way they've obviously very successfully invested in creating their own wealth? >> i mean, it runs the gamut. a lot of them are sort of hobbyists who go with their gut and they get a feeling

sullivan reports the feds are now reviewing how he spent millions in superstorm sandy recovering money. >> it looks like a campaign ad. >> the jersey shore is open. >> starring the governor and his family. >> because we are stronger than the storm. >> but, it's not. this ad used $4.7 million out of $25 million in super storm sandy relief funds. federal money to promote tourism at the jersey shore, a campaign to show jersey was back. a new federal investigation will now look deeper to determine if christie running for reelection, spent the federal sandy funds improperly to increase the tourism ads. >> taxpayer dollars that could have been used for sandy relief were used for ads promote k the governor, because he was in them, during an election campaign. >> last year, the ads raised eyebrows immediately, even from some fellow republicans on capitol hill. >> i think oh yeah, come to new jersey, but it's like, i don't want to pay for ads for someone's advertising out of sandy relief fund. it gives the whole thing a black eye. >> the investigation will take several months to rule on wrong d

washington bridge and now there's a federal probe underway in how the governor used relief funds from superstorm sandythe governor adding new meaning to that phrase stronger than a storm as these scandals continue to take hold. >> that's absolutely right, dell. we're here with other members of the national media and local media for the governor's state of the state speech. we're all going to be watching very closely for self-things. first of all his body language. how does he present himself? will he be contrite? will he mention the george washington bridge scandal, and the jersey shore scandal. because as you said dell the problems are piling up on the plate of chris christie. >>> last summer this ad was one of many pushing tourism on the jersey shore. but this post sandy marketing campaign is now under scrutiny from federal authorities amid allegations that chris christie put himself and his family front and center of the ads, right in the middle of his reelection bid. the christie team spent $2 million more on production costs than the next lower bid. new jersey congressman says he alerted the depa

hoboken had a really hard time in superstorm sandy. so did a lot of new jersey, but hoboken was right up there. "the star-ledger" and propublica collaborated to try to count the damage done. they counted the number of buildings of houses, businesses, any kind of structure that were just affected by the storm or that sustained minor damage in the storm or that sustained major damage, or that were destroyed. and, of course, the townships where the most buildings were totally destroyed were the towns that were right up on the shore, right up against the atlantic, and took that huge storm surge full face. but look at who had the most buildings to sustain major damage in the storm. number one, for the whole state, is hoboken. it's a terrible distinction, in terms of the number of buildings that were still standing after sandy, but that sustained major damage in the storm. it's a terrible distinction, but nowhere else in new jersey was anywhere near hoboken. more than 1,200 buildings with major damage. they just got craned. and it felt like

massive traffic delay, and now there are questions over how governor christie used funds from superstorm sandy. >> reporter: the feeling is he has got to nengs. it has become too big in his life, career, and in the people he serves. we and members of the media will be watching his body language, and will he mention these things at all, and at what point will he mention them? last summer this ad was one of many pushing tourism on the jersey shore. >> we're stronger than the storm. >> reporter: but this post sandy marketing campaign is now under scrutiny amid allegations that christie put himself and his family front and center of the ad right in the middle of his reelection bid. new jersey democratic congressman frank pallone said he alerted the department of urban development, this comes days after the governor was forced to .a ool guise for a traffic scandal at the george washington bridge. a close aide ordered lane closures snarling traffic for days, saying this followed the mayor's refusal to support christie's bid for second term. christie said he knew nothing about it and apologized to th

." >> 80% of hoboken was flooded after superstorm sandy. >> this is the kind of distraction that chris christie wanted to avoid. he's in florida campaigning for chris scott and testing the waters for a possible presidential run in 2016. it follows the scandal over the george washington bridge, where lawmakers issued 20 subpoenas to find out if traffic jams were in retaliation for a mayor that refused to enforce chris christie. >> more than 100,000 people died sips the war in syria began. we have a report where the rebel wellition met. >> it was a vote that ripped the syrian national coalition apart. members pulled out, more resigned after. after days of discussion, the umbrella body voted yes to going to switzerland to take part in talks with a delegation from the assad regime. after the vote the president of the coalition addressed the syrian people. >> translation: we travelled a hard road and you made sacrifices for your freed om. you are intending to end the suffering that the regime imposed on you >> because the decision was divisive discussion and consultation ran overnight inclu

represent a learning opportunity but waste no time firing back that they threatened to withhold superstorm sandy relief funds to push for a development project. >> any suggestion -- any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> joining us now, our chief washington correspondent, jake tapper. jake, very strong denial from the lieutenant governor. you heard it. she went on to insist there was absolutely no truth whatsoever in these latest allegations. the mayor of hoboken, though, standing by her story. so how is all of this playing out? >> reporter: well, it's interesting. the mayor of hoboken met with the u.s. attorney yesterday. she described her take on the story, her version of events, and also provided copies of her journal in which she said she had contemporaneous descriptions of what was going on when she had the conversation with the lieutenant governor, and also with another official from the christie administration. the christie administration says none of this is true. and while the mayor, mayor zimmer, says she will test

new jersey, where governor chris christie is speaking, talking about efforts to recover from superstorm sandy making the decision we made which is to put the least fortunate to the head of the line, when combined with the amount of devastation their home has experienced, is that we need proof of all that. we need proof of the income and assets you have, we need proof from your town to say your home is substantially damaged or destroyed. that's everybody time we ask for more paperwork, it's more time. i get that. but understand what i'm trying to balance here, everybody. i'm trying to help the people who need it most first and work our way down the line. at the end, so far that's working, because of those housing funds i just talked about, 72.9% of that money has been targeted effectively at low and moderate income folks, which is to find families with income less than 80% of the state's median income. >> governor christie talking about sandy recovery, so many months after superstorm sandy has hit new jersey. he's trying to get back to regular business as his state legislature looks into two i

accusations by hoboken mayor dawn zimmer that she was told that she wanted to get money from superstorm sandywas going to have to support a development project. msnbc's craig melvin is outside the state house, where the ceremony is about to get under way. craig, what can you tell us? >> you know, it really is an interesting scene here, chris. again, as you indicated behind me, the war memorial, governor chris christie expected to take the oath of office, expected to give some remarks here at high noon. meanwhile, just moments ago, a stone's throw away in a government annex building, legislators announcing the creation of the super committee. i did ask one of them afterwards what brought this about in terms of the timing. you really think about, this is something perhaps could have been done later today, could have been maybe tomorrow, certainly not just moments before the governor is set to be inaugurated. as it was explained to me, this was the result of some careful behind the scenes negotiations and the timing, but maybe curious to us not to them. also, another explanation was the weather

the latest involves allegations of using superstorm sandy relief funds to try to bully the mayor of hobokenie's administration strongly denying the charge. instead christie talked about unity and responsibility. >> as your governor, i will always be willing to listen. as long as that listening ends in decisive action for the people who are counting on us to do our job. because, you see, in the end, i have had no greater honor in my life than having twice been elected by my fellow citizens to be the governor of the state where i was born oh and raised. with that honor comes solemn obligations to make the hard decisions, to raise the uncomfortable topics, to require responsibility and accountability. to be willing to stand hard when principles are being violated. and to be willing to compromise to find common ground with all of our people. >> chris christie, his inaugural address. he clearly looks a lot better than he used to. obviously, he's lost some weight, got a nice haircut. but he's got some political problems right now. on the investigative front, the new jersey state assembly and the

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federal inspectors are also looking into christie's use of relief funds for tourism ads after superstorm sandy hit. christie is also expected to address education reform and bipartisanship during his speech. >>> some new numbers show the white house has to step up its efforts to force young people to sign up for healthcare. nearly 2.2 million people enrolled through the affordable care act between october and december. but only about 1/4th of those were between the ages of 18 and 34. the white house expects 7 million to enroll by the end of march with young adults accounting for 40%, a higher% of younger enrollees being crucial to prevent premiums rising for everybody else. >>> dunkin' donuts coming to bay area. dunkin' donuts plans to open up 80 stores in northern california over the next five years or so, many of them sprinkled around the bay area. dunkin' donuts is already working to get store owners, as well. and they are gold mines on the east coast. the coffee is delicious. >> that's what i understand. the coffee may be better than the donuts themselves. >> they make more money on the co

according to reports-- federal officials are checking into whether christie mis-used superstorm sandy relief fund.investigators are questioning if he used $2 million from the fund to create new jersey tourism ads featuring himself and his family.meantime, a probe is underway into whether his staff maliciously shut down the george washington bridge, the busiest bridge in the nation. christie did not respond in time for our broadcast deadline. a piece of atlantic city history has ceased operations.the atlantic club casino hotel's heyday included frank sinatra and dean martin but the venue has suffered of late, a victim of increased competition. the a-p reports that despite once being atlantic city's top-earning casino, the atlantic was bought by two competitors and is being stripped of its table and slots in a bid to decrease competition in the saturated market. shopping malls could be a thing of the past in as little as 15 years --.cnbc reports--given steadily increasing competition from online retailers, real estate analysts are calling for a complete rebirth of the traditional mall -

. >>> more fall out from superstorm sandy. lieutenant governor denies with holding money. lite governor was responding to a claim made by the mayor. mayor said the mayor failed to support a new development project. >> lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. it is really important to the governor. >> the suggestion that anyone would hold back sandy relief funds for any reason is not good. >> they met with the u.s. attorney general's office and offer toad take a lie detech the tour test. >>> the united states and the european union have lifted some economic sanctions against iran. inspectors confirm iran has unplugged centra finals. they now have six months to negotiate a final agreement to insure that iran cannot build a nuclear bomb. the deal would allow iran to continue at low levels to fuel an electricity generator. >>> u.s. officials concerned over security at the up coming winter olympics in russia. they are particularly worried about the plaque widow. officials think she may be helping islamic extremist group

. >> reporter: zimmer says the administers threatened to withhold superstorm sandy funds with the city if she did not comply with the development project backed by the rockefeller group. the lieutenant governor valley hasn'tly denied the hack have mentally denied the hack -- denied the allegation. governor christie is already under fire nor allegations that a sire staff member and political allies shut down access lines leading to the george washington bridge as political pay back against another mayor. the lane closures caused four days of gridlock. governor christie has denied any involvement. >> mayor zimmer says she met with the u.s. attorney's office over the weekend but the u.s. attorneys office is commenting on the meeting. and governor christie will be sworn in for a second term. >>> there is a brand new us a a today poll and pugh research poll showing the scandal is having an impact on his reputation. 58% of the people said they did not believe he was telling the truth about the scandal. governor christie's unfavorable rating jumped from 17 to 34%. >>> mary carmen garcia may b

the governor faces new questions regarding a federal audit of the 25 million dollar superstorm sandyfund.a spokesman for christie says the audit is "routine." no prison time for "beanie babies" founder ty warner. a federal judge slapped warner with two years probation, and 500-hours of community service, after the business man failed to pay taxes on money hidden in an offshore account. warner pled guilty to the charge in october. he will pay 53 million dollars in civil penalties and 16 million in back taxes. the judge received numerous letters in support of warner, citing years of charitable giving. the latest read on holiday shoppers may have been behind yesterday's buying spree on wall street. consumers lifted the sales number to point two percent in december.however, numbers were revised down for november. growth originally stated to be point 7 percent turned out to be closer to point 4 percent.big ticket items such as electronics and appliances weighed the numbers down -- falling 2.5%. charter communications makes its third offer for time warner cable.the nation's fourth largest

federal officials are looking into a multimillion dollar tourism campaign that used superstorm sandyf money. the question here, were the governor's re-election needs put first ahead of the state's needs when you're talking about superstorm sandy? details you're only going to see here, that's also ahead. >>> we're also following alex rodriguez, planning to fight his season-long suspension in federal court. the new punishment trims his original ban to just, oh, 162 games, but a-rod insists that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. we have an exclusive interview with his lawyer, joe takerpina about the case, responding here on "new day." we'll have that ahead. >> he's got a lot of questions to answer. >> that's for sure. >> all right, kate, thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. >>> coming up, robert gates defending his attack on the white house this morning. why the former secretary of defense is not apologizing for his new memoir, next. [ female announcer ] right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. without it,

new york coastal areas, but it has over $24 billion in debt having racked up huge losses after superstorm sandy. >>> here's a big change. a company apparently favors having the nonunion workers join a union. "the new york times" says volkswagen is not stopping its employees in chattanooga, tennessee, from joining in the united autoworkers. volkswagen hinted the union would foster a roijt with management. that's nice to hear, wendy. >> something you don't hear very often. wendy gillette at the new york stock exchange. thank you, wendy. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, we'll go to ukraine where protesters are vowing to fight on despite new concessions by the government. this is the "cbs morning news." toaster strudel, yah? ♪ warm, flaky, toaster strudel. [ female announcer ] now get two bonus box tops for your school. i cthis year aloneore places noffi hit new york...ist.s and texas! see, hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low hotel prices. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can cause

christie, his administration is fighting back, denying allegations they threatened to withhold superstorm sandy recovery money. good morning, erin. >> reporter: kate, good morning to you. christie said at a big political dinner party for 500 guests thrown for him last night in florida that he hasn't enjoyed the last 11 days, as no sane person would, and as to questions about whether he'll seek his party's nomination in 2016, he said "come see me next year," for now he's focused on doing what's right for new jersey. he's expected to come out swinging today against allegations of bullying. >> the fact that she came, the lieutenant governor came me asaid and said you got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. she said she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from the governor. >> on sunday, zimmer met with federal prosecutors for several hours, turning over a journal that she says details the alleged ultimatum and other documents at the request of the u.s. attorney's office. christie's spokesman calls her accusatio

. >> she says superstorm sandy relief funds were tied to a real estate venture that christie supported yesterday's new jersey's lieutenant governor called that illogical. >> any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> hoboken's mayor dawn zimmer says she has documents that will prove her accusations. >>> now to some cutting-edge technology in the operating room thanks to google. doctors in the u.s. and central america teamed up to perform the first international surgery with google glass, the high-tech eyewear. dr. raj vyas was in birmingham, alabama, but he directed a surgeon in el salvador who was operating on a boy with a cleft lip. he says using it is just the beginning. >> it's going to make sense for outside the medical world too. any time there needs to be a repair or a fix or if you want to be able to work hands-free on a project and maybe you have engineers remotely that need to assist, this is a way that it can be done. >> the google glass device allows a person to see exactly what another person many miles aw

and thanks to a crazy jet stream when superstorm sandy hit in october of two thousand and twelve it took this lot of turn from the atlantic ocean straighten neutered into new jersey something that happens once every seven hundred years or so. it's right now weather experts and scientists are still trying to figure out why the jet stream has been so out of whack and many of them are suggesting that the quiet might change and globally global warming basically over climate change are to blame. called the drunk jet stream meanwhile as weather experts are trying to figure out the jet stream scientists in the arctic are trying to figure out why there's so much more this. thanks to warming temperatures in the upper portions of the canadian arctic ice that's been frozen for thousands of years is melting and revealing a lot including ancient seriously ancient bones scientists have found a poly rift poly poly three mosses in the melted ice that prove that the planet's current warming is absolutely unprecedented in the memory of any kind of human civilization that's because of the loss had been exp

. >> reporter: zimmer says the administration threatened to withhold superstorm sandy funds from herity if she did not comply with the development project backed by the rockefeller group, a new york- based real estate firm. today, lieutenant governor kim guadagno vehemently denied the accusation. >> any suggestion-- any suggestion-- that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> reporter: governor christie is already under fire for allegations that a senior staff member and political ally shut down access lanes leading to the george washington bridge as political payback against another mayor-- mark sokolich of fort lee. governor christie has denied any involvement. mayor zimmer says she met with the u.s. attorney's office in new jersey over the weekend. the u.s. attorney's office is not commenting. maurice, tomorrow governor christie will be sworn in for a second term. >> dubois: elaine quijano, thank you. talks to end syria's civil war are due to begin later this week in geneva. human rights groups estimate 130,000 syrians have died

the administration is also facing questions about its use of $25 million from superstorm sandy reliefor ads promoting the jersey shore. the commercials featured christie's family. the govern are is seen as the early front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. this speech was a crucial moment to turn the focus back to his accomplishments. >> no state in this country has shown more bipartisan cooperation and governance in the last four years than in new jersey. >> reporter: for his state agenda, christie wants to lengthen the school day and school year and wants to lower the property taxes and reduce crime in urban areas. alison harmelin for cbs news, trenton, new jersey. >>> coming up on the "morning news," crash tragedy. new footage in the aftermath of last year's asiana plane crash. the family of one victim says her death could have been prevented. you're watching the "cbs morning news." news." ♪ must be the honey! ♪ there's a party going on in your cereal bowl ♪ ♪ o's can help lower cholesterol ♪ ♪ oh why does it taste so great? ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! complete your degre