i'm tamryn hall. the "news nation" is following two breaking stories. presidential candidate newt gingrich is about to sfeek in new york city just hours after meeting with business mogul donald trump. as we mentioned president obama is due to speak at any minute from the white house to again call on congress to extend the payroll tax cut. let's bring in nbc's kristen welker at the white house. i was listening to you speak with savannah guthrie in the last hour regarding the president's decision to come out and put the pressure on republicans, but also democrats. >> reporter: that's right. president obama, we should say, tamryn, we were told he was going to come out in two minutes. that was a few minutes ago. then someone came out and actually removed his notebook, brought it back in. i assume there's some sort of rejiggering going on. president obama expected to come out soon, and expected for republicans and democrats to pass an extension of the payroll tax cuts. the major sticking point, tamryn, is the pay for plan. how does it get paid r for? in the

at this time i think i can turn it over to my colleague, tamryn hall. it's 2:00. it's time for "news nation." tamryn will take over the coverage. >> we'll bring you the president's remarks as soon as he gets started, but in the meantime right now on "news nation" when republicans attack. >> there's a lot of candidates out there. i'm not inclined to be a supporter of newt gingrich, having served under his for four years and experienced the leadership. >> republican coburn is one of the a few republicans publicly say what some say behind closed doors behind newt gingrich as a leader. will more follow senator coburn. what happened when trump and gingrich emerged from their meeting today. plus, the u.s. postal service makes huge changes to services. what some warn you may need to know regarding these changes and some important things you could be expecting in the mail. what these changes really mean. >>> a father says his daughter was kidnapped during a carjacking. the 2-year-old is still missing. police are questioning the father's sorry. i'll talk with the mother of

i'm tamryn hall. the "news nation" is following developing news in the ongoing investigation into how partial he remains of u.s. service members were dumped in a landfill in virginia. just hours from new the defense department has to submit all documentation on allegations of remains of at least 274 troops were handled inappropriately at the dover air force base mortuary. house oversight committee gave the department until 5:00 p.m. eernl time today to hand over information dating back on to 2002. the air force chief of staff says he believes all the problems regarding the improper handling of america's war dead have been identified and fixed. to talk more about it, i'm joined by msnbc military analyst and retired colonel jake jacobs. thank you both for joining us. let's me start off with you first. i saw you on "nightly news" last night featured in the story last night. you talked about the heart break. you did not know that your husband's remains were in that landfill, that image he we see over and

my colleague, tamryn hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> in our next hour we follow developingto turn over records surrounding the mishandling of the remains of u.s. service members at dover air force base. i'll talk with a widow of an army sergeant who says she is absolutely more fitified, angry betrayed because her husband's remains were dumped in a landfill without her knowledge. we have a special airing tonight on susan powell, the utah mother who disappeared two years ago this week. >>> the dug gars spark national headlines when they announced michelle is pregnant with the 20th child. she vee veals she suffered a miscarriage. what they're saying about it and the reaction on "news nation." to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to pow