they will be thomas robert's guest in the next hour. >>> new violence in damascus.t eight people were killed in a bombing. several ballistic missiles were fired in aleppo killing 140 people over the last week. john kerry will discuss this with officials in berlin today. yesterday he said the administration has been considering new stepses to increase support for the syrian opposition that the u.s. won't, quote, leave them dangling in the wind. >>> israeli rocket has been fired from gasparin gaza strip israel. >>> social media has been buzzing since ikea said they are pulling off their meatballs off the shelves in europe. ikea serves up to 150 million meatballs a year. they are cheap and are bathed in a sauce. the u.s. is not affected. >>> the oxford dictionary is getting some new additions. appletini. hump kay, braggadocious and not smartphone but dumbphone. i'm phyllis, and i have diabetic nerve pain. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course, i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning like i w

i'm thomas roberts.o hold a press conference with an update on whether in fact the identity of the charred human remains found in yesterday's burning cabin in big bear are those of fugitive ex-police officer christopher dorner. this dramatic scene nearly stealing thunder from the president's state of the union address. went down in flames after he tied up two maids at one cabin and fled leading law enforcement in a car chase through the woods and engaged with a shootout with authorities twice. and this after barricading himself inside another cabin. here's what a man carjacked by dorner said this morning. >> he came up to me with his gun pointed at me. i stopped my truck, put if in park, raised my hands, e he said i don't want to hurt you, just start walking up the road. 10 seconds after that, i was walking up the road and heard gunfire. >> we'll start with team coverage with miguel almaguer in california. also clint van zent, former fbi profiler is going to join the conversation. we want to start with m

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thomas roberts is up next. good morning, thomas. >> good morning to you, good morning, everybody.he agenda next hour, it's a trifecta of policy problems. we're talking about immigration, curbing gun violence. so which gets done first with this new congress? isle talk about the president's strategy session that's going on today. and then you've got mail, except on saturdays. we're going to talk about this latest announcement from the postal service saying that most mail deliveries will be five days a week. they're going to save $2 billion, so that can help out with our united states postal service. then this developing news, the boy scouts of america, they were set to take that all-important vote today about allowing gay members. now they postponed it, coming up until mail. we'll talk about the reason behind that and much more coming up at the top of the hour. s, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them pe

i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda today, the american economy.ator of how it's faring at the start of the new year. today's january jobs report showing unemployment ticking up, but barely, to 7.9%, with 157,000 jobs added. and well-received news on wall street where the dow traded above 14,000 this morning for the first time since october of '07 before pulling back. but still flirting with history today. and this report comes one day after the white house let the president's job council disband. >> do we understand why people look at it and the shutdown of the jobs council after the re-election into the second term that was the jobs council just sort of a political billboard? for the campaign? >> no, i don't -- i don't think that's right. the jobs council was very helpful in making recommendations. the president is going to continue to reach out, engage. >> also today, the white house expressing surprise, but not sounding the alarm after secretary of defense nominee chuck hagel's rocky ride before the senate armed services committee. >> well, i s

i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda today, the american economy.ator of how it's faring at the start of the new year. today's january jobs report showing unemployment ticking up, but barely, to 7.9%, with 157,000 jobs added. and well-received news on wall street where the dow traded above 14,000 this morning for the first time since october of '07 before pulling back. but still flirting with history today. and this report comes one day after the white house let the president's job council disband. >> do we understand why people look at it and the shutdown of the jobs council after the re-election into the second term that washe

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thomas roberts is up next.morning, thomas. >> the amazing chris jansing, eyewitness to history, thanks so much. an amazing hour for rome. we'll chat in this next hour coming up as well. tolling our agenda, hour, today, the countdown to the president's state of the union address. he's talking the economy, troop withdrawal in skpafafghanistan breaking news overnight that north korea conducted its third nuclear test. >>> also, the faces of gun violence will be front and center at tonight's address, including the parents of pendia pendleton. >>> plus, we'll talk with one lawmaker who's made it his mission to have as many victims as possible to attend tonight's address, victims of gun violence. >>> and one of the infamous aisle hogs in congress who snags those front-row seats to history just for a chance to shake the president's hand, can you tell who it is? we'll have one live with us in the next hour. ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switchin

i'm thomas roberts.anything but hearts and flowers for the president with the republicans in congress digging in over his cabinet nominee and pushing back against a prominent pillar of his second term agenda. the president is away from washington this morning. making his second post state of the union stop. he's going to land in georgia any minute where he's going to talk early childhood education. now, back in d.c., his nominee for secretary of defense chuck hagel is at the center of a senate showdown. even senator john mccain now backing away from his no filibuster stance of weeks past. the majority leader harry reid took to the floor of the last hour to make this impassioned plea. >> in less than two hours, our country will be without a secretary of defense. there is never in the history of the country been a filibuster of a defense secretary nominee.

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i'm thomas roberts.eveloping news topping the agenda today with decades of civil rights history colliding in the nation's capital. we want to show you live pictures from capitol hill where president obama will speak this hour at the unveiling of a statue of civil rights pioneer rosa parks, the first of an african-american woman to stand in the capitol statuary hall. parks became an icon in 1955 after refusing to vacate her seat to a white passenger on a bus in montgomery, alabama. that act of defiance resulted in her arrest and a bus boycott led by a pastor named martin luther king. not far from the capital the supreme court is hearing arguments on a key provision on whether the 1965 voting acts law has outlived its productivity it is considered one of the most effective and powerful civil rights statutes in american history. in the high court bulls eye is section five which requires nine states with a history of discrimination to clear any proposed change in voting rules with the federal government. it

>> i hate thomas roberts. >> why do you hate thomas roberts? >> i hate him. >> what's going on?at i can't stop eating because i knows i'm addicted to them. they're covered with chocolate. he does this all the time. he must want something. >> he just mocks you. he mocks you. stop doing that. can i have one? >> no, they're very bad for you. >> which is why i want them. so steve rattner, you've got charts, and america wants to know, what do those charts say about friday's jobs report? >> a little more insight into the friday jobs numbers which we all saw, again, modest job increases ran 160,000. employment ticked up. behind those numbers, there are a couple interesting things happening in the economy. the first is that the bls revised backwards its jobs numbers for the past two years. and it increased the number of jobs created. this is monthly job totals for 2012/2011. so they raised 2012 by 28,000 jobs per month. and they raised 2011 by about the same amount. so in fact, 2012, better than we thought. and the gdp number that we saw the other day, probably not a good indicator. the

thomas roberts is up next. hey, thomas. >>> good morning, everybody. our agenda, news rocking the catholic church, pope benedict to step down at the end of the month, something a pope has not done in over 700 years, it paves the way for a new pontiff in place by easter. what does it mean for the world's 1.2 billion catholics. >>> then we talk about guns and the president's state of the union address. lawmakers planning to bring victims to gun violence to the state of the union tomorrow night. we'll explore that. >>> and then the pentagon with a groundbreaking announcements on benefits for same-sex couples in the marriage, however it comes too late for one who dedicated their lives to this fight. we start in just a few minutes. n and last year, she wasn't eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing. and now she drinks it every day. well, it tastes great! [ male announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones, and 10 grams

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sochi, i just want you to know, if you have enough room in your bag to pack a 215-pound man, pack thomas robertsink about that. >> 220, 215, something in there. chris, thanks so much. in the next hour, will it be the big one? we're talking about the northeast bracing for what could be an epic winter wallop. people are stocking up on supplies from new york to maine. it could be the biggest storm in a century. >>> then, the fugitive. this bizarre story straight out of a hollywood blockbluster. the massive manhunt for a cop killer is very real. he explained in a chilling facebook manifesto why he's targeting his own kind. >>> and on the week that trayvon martin would have turned 18, we talked to his mom and his family attorney and how they hope to curb gun violence in this country. we'll be right back. stick around. [ male announcer ] you know that guy that's got a ham radio in his basement. he can talk to china, mongolia and all the koreas and he eats velveeta shells and cheese. so who are you calling amateur? liquid gold. eat like that guy you know.

richard lui is coming up next and is in for thomas roberts. >> the difficulty of watching this processe, the smoke comes out and you have to be able to tell what color it is. >> that was the fourth one. there were four votes and on none of them could we really tell. they all looked gray to us. and i was just reminded, as i was listening to that again, that because the crowd was so loud that when they announced it and it's as clear as can be that they announced that it was joseph ratzinger, we had to wait for somebody on the ground to tell us. we have another one coming up. >> you can feel the energy. i know you can't wait for this one as well. >> the food is good anyway. >> the food is always good. if anyone knows italian food, chris, you do. >> thank you. >>> an emotional event at the white house. president obama will present the citizens medal to the six adult victims of the sandy hook shooting. there are 18 americans who will be given the medal. >>> plus, blocking hagel. the republicans have left the republican without his choice for defense secretary. that's next. and a choice. tak

thomas roberts is here for tamron hall. >> you can find out if chris and rihanna are the same age.they born in the same year? >> i don't think so. when is your birthday? >> in october. you have time to shop. >> me too. scorpio. >> libra. everybody has time to shop and for the next hour. coming up, president obama ups the pressure on republicans to get behind the sequester replacement plan today. he does local tv interviews in states that are going to be hard hit with the automatic spending cuts. we will break down the president's strategy and follow breaking news. the wife of jesse jackson junior set to follow her husband's lead and please guilt tow misusing campaign funds. all coming up next on "news nation." don't go away. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] us

. >>> i'm thomas roberts for tamron hall. following the white house's latest sequester strategy, one the politico calls shame. in automatic budget cuts, they kick in and president obama is doing local tv interviews in markets with significant defense presence including boston, charleston, wichita, oklahoma city and san francisco and honolulu. this comes a day after the president surrounded himself with first responders he said could lose their job fist a meat cleaver of cuts take effect. the blame game rages on. >> republicans thus far have refused to do this. they refused to go on with the american public on the simple notion that balances the right approach to dealing with the problem. it's important to understand that if they hold that position and sequester those into effect and those americans will lose their jobs because republicans made a choice for that to happen. >> from the republican side today after defense secretary planned to impose furloughs, 800,000 civilian employees if the sequester hits, john boehner respon

i'm thomas roberts. developing news, a fiery war of words in the sequester showdown. republicans and democrats blasting each other as the president takes his pr campaign out on the road. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. we've acted. where is the president's plan to avoid the sequester? have you seen one? >> i salute e president for taking the message to the american people. i think what they are doing one deadline after another, little deadline after another is a subtrifuge, not getting it done. >> the president is going to stand under two massive aircraft carriers and warn of the dire cuts posed to the nation's military. and some 21,000 people at a shipyard saying looming cuts create anxiety and anger. >> i'll be in the tide water region of virginia where workers will sit idle when it should be fixing ships. >> even as he engages with the gop, later today at the white house president obama is expected to sit down with two of his troughest critics on the

thomas roberts is up next. hey, thomas, be careful out there. >> @jansing co-.ris, have i ever told you you are as smart as you are beautiful? >> let's put that out. >> i expect a reply with cj at the end of it. good morning. the agenda next hour, defending drones. john brennan the president's pick going on the hot seat. the hearing promising to be the most public, probably the most telling of the administration's use of drones to kill americans overseas suspected of working with al qaeda. senator richard blumenthal will be here. and then we talk about new jersey governor chris clity defending his grirth and calls a former white house doctor a hack after she voices concern about his fitness telling her to shut up. should weight matter in presidential politics? >>> and then who is afraid of ashley judd in karl rove is. his late he is attack ad on the popular actress, will it goad her into rubbing for mitch mcconnell's senate seat? ing to ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the celebration diamond collection. zales is the diamond store. let love shine. or treat gas w

. >> and thomas roberts of msnbc is an evil, evil, evil man. >> i hate him. >> he's like bain. >> he'sorrible. >> he's a cookie peddler. >> the batman. >> super bowlites -- >> we miss those. >> people of gotham. >> puts it right in my face and goades me. i. >> david axelrod guarantees entitlement reform, thank you, dave. >> wrap it up. >> exactly. >> now for a special edition of "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >> it's always a special edition. >>> president obama heads to the heartland to rally support for stricter gun laws but are hoping dimming for any significant push beyond more serious background checks? >>> 40 years of service, secretary pa net ta gets ready to urge his career in washington, d.c. he has advice for president obama and weighs in on the morality of modern warfare. >>> snaking on a lane, a little bit. deep dive into the swamps of florida, the senator on how politicians are trying to stop burmese pythons from taking over the state of florida. good morning from washington, it's monday, february 4th, 2013, this is "daily rundown" i'm chuck todd, the lights are on.

i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda, immigration and guns. live at the capitol this hour, the house committee debating the road ahead for immigration reform and a path to citizenship for 11 million people. house speaker john boehner saying this in the last hour. >> this is not about being in a hurry, this is about trying to get it right, on behalf of the american people and those who are suffering under an immigration system that doesn't work very well for anybody. >> meanwhile, at the same time, the president is making his case for immigration reform with progressive and labor leaders. this afternoon, he's going to do the same thing with a number of ceos. today's focus on immigration comes just one day after the president took his campaign for gun control on the road for the very first time. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. that's my main message here today. keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. and tell them, now is the time for action. that we're not going to wait unt

i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda, immigration and guns.ol this hour, the house committee debating the road ahead for immigration reform and a path to citizenship for 11 million people. house speaker john boehner saying this in the last hour. >> this is not about being in a hurry, this is about trying to get it right, on behalf of the american people and those who are suffering under an immigration system that doesn't work very well for anybody. >> meanwhile, at the same time, the

thomas roberts is up next. did your favorites win last might?ate night. >> done stay up i did. all the way through song at the end. >> good for you. i made it all the way to 9:30. >> you did? that's why you look so good. that's why i look like this. thanks. the sequester square or dare. the white house sounding the alarm about the impact of the steep budget cuts coming known as the sequester. republicans say the president is crying wolf over this and we will talk about that and bring you live coverage when the president addresses the national governors association. another scandal plaguing the vatican during the pope's final week as pontiff. allegations of inappropriate behavior. we go live to rome to find out what is coming next. one of the lawyers for the project joins me to talk about the white house stepping into the supreme court battle over marriage equality. just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues.

. >>> good morning, i'm thomas roberts, topping the agenda, the shame game, the white house rolls out the next wave of its quester strategy. with nine days and counting to go to avert the 85 billion and across the board cuts, the president will sit down for tv interviews with eight local stations further frustrating a white house press corps denied access to the demander in chief's tea party with golfer tiger woods. >> i doubt there's ever been a white house press corps that's been wholly satisfied with the level of access they've been afforded but we work closely with all of you to try to provide access to the president. >> from the green back to the white house, one day after surrounding himself with first responders the president will use the local tv interviews to arm up the hurt he started to lay down yesterday on the gop. >> republicans in congress face a simple choice, are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care and national security and all of the jobs that depend on it, or would they rather put hundreds and thousands of jobs and ou

i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda today, no love, anything but hearts and flowers for the president with the republicans in congress digging in over his cabinet nominee and pushing back against a prominent pillar of his second term agenda. the president is away from washington this morning. making his second post state of the union stop. he's going to land in georgia any minute where he's going to talk early childhood education. now, back in d.c., his nominee for secretary of defense chuck hagel is at the center of a senate showdown. even senator john mccain now backing away from his no filibuster stance of weeks past. the majority leader harry reid took to the floor of the last hour to make this impassioned plea. >> in less than two hours, our country will be without a secretary of defense. there is never in the history of the country been a filibuster of a defense secretary nominee. never. but it's shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered secretary of

martin's mother spoke to msnbc's thomas roberts a short time ago. >> we are leaning on each other. we're leaning on the rest of the family and also friends. i don't know if we're ready emotionally. we'll take a look at a time and just thank god for each day. >> george zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges and remains in seclusion awaiting an april 2nd hearing to determine if the actions fall under florida's stand your ground law. a florida task commission of governor scott returned the final report supporting the law. recently, george zimmerman's brother appeared on "realtime with bill maher" and said stand your law should not be a factor in this case. >> you get in to the slippery slope of homicide or not. you are not considering a retreatable position slamming your head in to the concrete repeatedly after they have broken your nose. there's no ability orca pastie at that time and since the shooting, george zimmerman raised more than $300,000 through the defense fund website. let's bring in the managing editor of the brio.com and jonathan capehart and ke

thomas roberts is up next. >> good morning, everybody.our, more reaction from the president's leaked rough draft. marco rubio throwing cold water on that plan and calling it doa. why would the white house risk the plan being leaked before it is ready? joe garcia will join me and ted cruz is taking his tactics to d.c. and the everything is big inner texas approach, is that the best way to make a name for himself? country music star mindy mccreedy takes her own life. andrea recently interviewed the troubled singer. her final words in the next hour. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do.

i'm thomas roberts. tolling our agenda today, game of drones. develops right now, nominee for cia director john brennan going on the hot seat in a matter of hours as the white house makes an about face on its controversial drone program and the targeting of americans overseas. the obama administration now breaking years of secrecy and handing over a confidential 16-page memo that justifies the targeting killing of u.s. citizens abroad suspected of being terrorists. this decision to release the document came hours before brennan was to face a serious grilling by lawmakers outraged over the program. the biggest critic, democratic senator ron wyden who says the president has been stonewalling congress for years and suggested blocking brennan's nomination. president obama called wyden specifically last night. >> clearly, the president's call to senator wyden so unusual and trying to ward off what could be a calamitous hearing today. >> what standard will barack obama be held to after the pictures of the little children who were killed by his cone dr

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i'm thomas roberts. topping our agenda today, mission, mind meld. president obama will talk strategy with senate democrats today, looking to gain support for his ambitious second-term agenda that includes guns, immigration and the looming budget war. the president arrived in maryland in the last hour where he's going to spend the day in annapolis. it's his first chance to speak to senators directly about his proposed quick fix to avoiding the sequester with the acts about to fall in just a matter of weeks. now the sequester, which is a doomsday machine of $1.2 trillion in cuts, the pentagon would take the brunt of that blow with the rest of the pain coming to domestic programs. >> our economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. so let's keep on chipping away at this problem together, as democrats and republicans, to give our workers and our businesses the support that they need to thrive in the weeks and months ahead. >> the president's

thomas roberts joins me as well now. >> i couldn't be joining a better group of journalists and experts. chris, as you have been talking about, the fact that this is so important, the catholics must look at this as a world body to see exactly what this means going forward and still no timetable set for the conclave. but it's been an amazing part of history as we all watch. but there is a contingent of the catholic church and has to look at this with a skeptical eye, and why the -- there's the vati leaks scandal where the butler was accused of stealing confidential papers from the pope. the pope commissioned a report on the leaks themselves from three cardinals in the vatican said in a statement on monday the 25th that the pope is the only person who knows it's contents and will make them available only to the next pope. again there's no timetable set for the conclave. father, i want to ask you because as chris was bringing up the role as pope emeritus and what that means, whatever the new pope learns about what the vatileaks investigation uncovered, maybe that will have the pope emeritu

i'm thomas roberts. agenda, president obama taking his campaign to combat gun violence outside the beltway and on the road for the very first time. this hour, the president en route to minneapolis, where he will talk to law enforcement leaders about his sweeping plan to overhaul the nation's gun laws and minneapolis known as murder-apolis in the 1990s, that violence peaked in '95 when the minneapolis area saw 99 murders. a city-wide crackdown brought gun related deaths down to a 30-year low in 2011. as the president hits the road, the "wall street journal" reporting the senate is poised to take action on gun violence. the paper saying that senate leaders will introduce a gun bill that includes proposals backed by the president with one notable exception. the ban on military style automatic weapons. >> i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense, but i'll take a look at it. let's not limit this conversation to only guns. there are other issues, very important. >> any crack

thomas roberts joins us at the moment.watching that, it figures chris would find midwesterners, right? she being from ohio? >> i didn't want to say there was a little bit of bias. you know, they find each other. it was very cool and i know this has been quite an experience for chris. we look forward to getting her back here in new york. thanks so much. good morning, everybody. coming up our agenda next hour, the hold on chuck hagel. senator harry reid blasting republicans. we're going to ask republican senator john barrasso what republicans hope to gain from this. >>> and the nra fire brand touching off another fire storm with an op-ed tinged with racially insensitive language. >>> plus, the superstar athlete that everyone called the blade runner at the olympics taken into custody after his girlfriend was found dead in his home. the olympian appearing in court. we're going to bring you the very latest coming up. ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' t