>> i say first of all "time" magazine it's a dead mag walking. about as relevant as mother jones magazine or phil donahue for that matter. as far as the picture goes, i think it's amusing. he looks like he is sitting in a room -- small room with al roker getting gastric bypass advice. >> bill: he does look kind of ominous there gibson does he not? >> sure he does this. is part of the east coast christie love fest going on. >> bill: why would they make him look like a mafia guy if they love him? >> everybody loves tony soprano. why wouldn't they love chris christie. >> bill: i took it another way. >> if they did that to devol patrick or antonioville gross is a there would be whining. >> if they tried to make the mayor of l.a. look like al pacino in scarface there would be a problem. >> exactly. black and white thing looks like a mugshot of ravel cram cramlin going to the moon alice and got busted without the bus driver hat of course. >> isn't this part of making him even more popular where he is running for re-election? >> let's hear what the gove

"time" magazine staff writer kate pick the wrote that story and she joins us now. i want to read a quote from your piece i think gets to the heart of the issue. here is what you wrote, "getting an abortion is in america some places harder today than at any point since it became a constitutionally protected right 40 years ago this month. at the state level, abortion rights activists are unequivocally losing." you write about this abortion clinic in south dakota. talk about that and klinks like that, where the problems lie. >> i ralphed to fargo, north dakota, and spent tomorrow some time at the red river women's klink there, the only abortion clinic in the state. north dakota is one of four states across the country that has a single abortion clinic across the nation. nationwide you there, are 40% fewer providers than in the 1940s, fewer places for women to get abortions. sborgs something 30% of women will experience by the time they are age 45. something that affect women. across the country, states have been passion, including north dakota and elsewhere, laws that

he's not happy about it. >> i'm reporting "time" magazine to the anti-italian defamation league.> it makes you look like tony soprano. >> i can't wait for my kids to see it. >> there is no similarity between tony soprano and chris christie. >> i'm about to put you through that goddamn window. >> after you graduate from lawsuit school your rear end is going to be thrown in jail,

put the power of data into perspective with target this is told in "the new york times" magazine. targets tries to increase profits by understanding customers. for the most part it is a good thing they hire statisticians to do the predicted analytics described earlier, the sales data to figure out who buys what and why. nothing is inherently bad but target they will carry things you want to buy. by drill down on the example that the statisticians figure out. but targets has shot being patterns with the relationship that could last for decades. women in there second trimester get into the stores more often. a writer for "the new york times" magazine saw the predictive analytic team to attract private sherbert -- shoppers. target probably regrets this. [laughter] target has the baby shower registry that women register in advance of the birth. there already target shoppers and have told the store now not only are they pregnant but when they are due. the target will figure out other women who demonstrate the same shopping patterns are probably pregnant. then often switch to an scented

he is currently a contributing writer to "the new york times" magazine and national geographic and his previous books include a critically acclaimed biography of george bush and two novels. he is a native of houston and please join me in welcoming robert draper. >> thank you. >> i thought we would start broad. are we better off than we were two years ago? [laughter] >> do i really have to answer that question? [laughter] >> well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. as speaker john boehner has said. the fact that we have passed a record number of bills the swell of congress. the we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. it has a record low popularity approval rating -- this is a congress that is defined by dysfunction and gridlock. a congress in which and it is a policy point to the delivering body. >> for the people that have ascended to positions of leadership, do you think that they believe that they were elected to not do things as opposed to do things? >> i refer to the tea p

new jersey governor chris christie on the cover of "time" magazine this week. critics don't like it not because it's christie, they're upset about the photo itself. >>> plus steven spielberg's historic epic ready for an oscar closeup. we will go live to los angeles where the nominations will be unveiled this morning. >> how many hundreds of thousands are dead? was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. . >>> can you feel the excitement? welcome back to "early start." it's a big day in hollywood. nominations for the academy awards will be announced in just over three hours. we could see as many as ten films vying for the best picture prize. who will get in? who will be left out? will there be a scandal? nischelle turner is up early in our l.a. bureau. let's start with best picture. >> okay. you know there's always a scandal in hollywood. stay tuned for that later on this morning. if i remember c

here's this week's cover of "time" magazine new jersey governor chris christie is on the cover.ig question for us this week, who is the face of the republican party right now, january, 2013, howard fineman? >> well, it's obviously the beleaguered john boehner. the person that should be in the next generation is george p. bush, spanish speaking, hispanic -- son of jeb. >> it should be marco rubio. chris: so marco rubio the face of the republican party? >> they would be wise to make him the face of the republican party. but lately the republican that i think has been the most -- the face of the opposition has become lindsey graham who has been in sort of ubiquitous presence on -- on every issue. >> one person who has been aggressive is bobby jindal in louisiana and came out strongly right after the 2012 election. essentially saying the party needed to rebrand itself. clearly looking to get on the forefront of that. >> the honest answer is that there is -- chris: we're looking for honest answers here all the time. >> it should be a blank. a blank page. because that is a key problem

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workers' wages their green line flat flat lining their productivity went up considerably this time . magazine predicted but wages flattened the leisure society for the middle class began to die and in its place the billionaire class came into being as corporate leaders sucked more and more wealth from their now far more productive workforce while refusing to share any of those gains for the fruit of those productivity gains with their workers or with their community after all with a new low personal income tax rates is a lot more incentive for executives just keep the cash rather than pay their workers well as a result the typical hourly wage wage for an american worker has increased a measly dollar twenty three an hour over the last thirty six years after accounting for inflation meanwhile the top one percent have seen their incomes increase by two hundred seventy five percent since reagan selection today workers' wages as a percentage of g.d.p. are at an all time low yet corporate profits as a percentage of g.d.p. are at an all time high and now with the top one percent of americans owning

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week one on the time magazine and here is week two. nice timing.ckbuster, humiliating political fall in the middle of the political campaign. and president clinton did recover after accepting mr. morris' resignation and mr. morris went on from hooker scandal to become a vociferous conservative who write books about how sleazy the clintons are. the green room at the fox news channel, for example, has a lot of room for people with that type of expertise. and that's how fox news came to feature dick morris, tearing a hilariously wide path of misprogremi misprognostication. >> there is no chance that obama will be re-elected. obama will win by a wide margin and we'll win ten seats in the senate. a . >> nice try, no president romney getting ready to start his first term with his republican supermajority in the senate this is what fox news sold before the election. the electoral map that dick morris predicted and this is what actually happened. thank you. yeah. a lot of people were wrong about this year's election, but dick morris was one of the more spe

michael, let me go back to the people on the cover of "time" magazine. clearly what happened in newtown is the driving force and it is a country thinking about the future of its children but it does have allies with resources, the power of gabrielle giffords story and the power of michael bloomberg's meg phone both in terms of money as well as connections >> that's right, when i talked with david keene, president of the n.r.a., one of the things he pointed to you is his concern that we're reentering the fight that we haven't seen the early '90s the other side has coordination and money like they didn't have at that time michael bloomberg put about $10 million into five races last cycle around guns, ended up defeating in a primary in california a pro-gun democratic congressman and he has said that that was dipping his toe in the water and he's willing to do substantially more and what he's saying now that he wants to force votes on this stuff, even if it doesn't pass so that then he can take that to the people in 2014 in television ads to change this conv

this is a story that is told in a new times magazine and i summarized the. like most companies, target strives to increase profits by understanding its customers. that's a very good thing. to do that, the company hires statisticians to do the kind of predictive analytics described earlier in the book. they use sales data combined with other information on consumers to figure out who buys what and why. nothing about this is inherently bad, for it means that when you go to talk at your likely to find things you want to buy. let's go down for a moment on just one example of the kinds of things that statisticians working in a windowless basement at corporate headquarters can figure out. i don't know it is a windowless basement. i'm assuming. target has learned that pregnancy is a particularly important time in terms of developing shopping patterns. pregnant women develop what they call a retail relationship that can last for decades. as a result, target wants to identify pregnant women, particularly those in their second trimester, and get them into the stores m

let me have "time" magazine describe it a little bit for you.ast that they're willing to use force against islamists who have attacked the protesters in the past or against police who crackdown on demonstrations. the youths with faces hidden under black masks have fought against police. we have the muslim brotherhood. then this black block, oh boy and they were just labeled today as terrorists. what do we make of black block and what implications could that have on egyptian. >> it's really a recent development on all sides. that is to say when there were protests in the way morsi pushed through a new constitution, there were peaceful demonstrators outside of the presidential palace. they were attacked by muslim brothers who formed an informal militia for this purpose. there are elements in the opposition that attack government buildings that have set fire to headquarters of the muslim brotherhood in cairo and in the provinces. so you had kind of vigilante action but the brotherhood is very well organized. it's cadre, they've been at this for a l

he shut off the macintosh aton "time" magazine and how beautiful each icon was, used a loop to look at the beauty of the pixels, the design, the offkilter disk drive that made it look like a smile.ke. but then he told us that our magazine stand.use f actually he used a four letterhe word but i won't use for c-span and he said "newsweek" was much better because we had not made a man of the year. and i realize that that that connection, that passion forartf perfection and that trades inm f impatience were all part of apr seamless system, the way of great apple product for the hardware to software to thehe cl contact is part of a seamless system. so when he called me about eight years ago, i had just finisheds publishing benjamin franklin.ten i was just finishing up of id why don remains time and steve said i want to take a walk with you.ex he said, what he do my biograph, next? for my first thought was okay, ben franklin, albert einstein, you. [laughter] but the more i thought about it, as maria said, here's somebody who's the american creationtrut. myth, the innovation that, writs large

we need to do something different. >> chris christie appears on the cover of the new "time" magazine.ide to put governor christie on the cover? >> wolf, he's definitely the man of the hour, as he said. the republicans have lost two times in a row and he's thinking, well maybe i need to run against my fellow republicans in order to become the most popular person in the party. and the larger question is, does he represent a new kind of republican? a kind of more centrist, a more candid republican who speaks his mind and could actually challenge the democrats. >> i think he does represent all of that, don't you? >> i do. i do indeed. and i think he does as well and there are a lot of voters who felt like nobody was speaking for them last time. neither candidate, not the president nor governor romney and he is such a straight talker. i think people feel, yeah, he is sticking up for me. he's talking for me. >> he's like a breath of fresh air, so blunt and even going after his own republicans, at times to the speaker of house. he gave some reaction on fox earlier today to your cover picture

"time" magazine calmed itled ite story.here's some of the scenes. >> joining us from new york is oliver stone. good to see you you. i noticed you were smiling while watching the documentary. what ins so much about him to put him as a central figure in this documentary you did several years ago? >> "south of border." he was an essential figure. it was about seven presidents in latin america, brazil, argentina, uruguay and bolivia. huge changes were going on there. i found him to be a mag muss warm, warm man, big man. >> when have you last spoken with him? are you still in touch with him? >> we stayed in touch through the years through people, and obviously, this is not a good time. people tell me about his condition. i was very happy that he won the re-election, so he won 20 of the 23 states in his country and he hardly could get on the road to campaign. they want him. he he's popular. the majority of people love them because the living standards have gone up, and that's ignored in the reporting on venezuela. >> do you know

"time" magazine has hailed james patterson is the man you can't miss while "the new york times magazine" on its cover proclaims him as having had transformed publishing in here is why. he holds the guinness record for the most number one "new york times" bestsellers of any author ever. in 2011 it was estimated that one in four of all hardcover suspense thriller novels sold was written by mr. patterson. selling over 300 million copies of his books worldwide. that is 300 million copies. he is also the first author to achieve 5 million e-book sales that by now it's probably a 10 million as we are sitting here in this room. what is really impressive about all this though is that the successes this success isn't based solely on his thrillers like the ever popular alex cross, women's murder club and michael bennett's series. he is now also the current best-selling author of the young adult and middle grade categories. it's not just about his sense either. he has won the coveted edgar award, the b.c. mystery guild thriller of the year award the international thriller of the year award, the rea

. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is not happy with the image of himself on "time" magazine. they say they made him look like a mob boss. it shows christie ace handling of superstorm sandy has made him more popular with democrats than republicans. >>> next, to a disturbing story out of russia. what was supposed to be an enjoyable adventure took a giant turn as a giant ball with two men inside veered off course and rolled off a mountain cliff. one man was killed, and the other is in serious condition. >>> off the coast of australia, a man lost control of his boat, fell out and was equipmenting nearby while the boat was going in circles. a policeman was able to rescue the boat. >>> and a buy-by of the earth last night at a distance of 9 million miles. it's more than 1,000 feet wide. and could hit the earth by 2036. i certainly hope not. the dow opens at 13,390, the s&p and nasdaq were also up. overseas, the nikkei rose 74 points while the hang seng rose 75. today, we'll see how investors react to the latest data, weekly jobless claims, holiday soils and oil from chevron. >>> me

time magazine once wrote of william randolph hurst.uote, no other press ever matched the hurst press for flamboyant and insightment of mass hysteria, end quote. on august 19, the founder of one of the greatest publishing empires in the world died. with the leader gone, jock i canning for power began at once. the first to fall was marian davis. she was asleep when hurst died in her beverly hills home. the hurst administration arranged to have his body removed. when she awakened she did not know that he was dead. she was reportedly heartbroken that after 36 years it would end like this. but the hurst corporation continued to move swiftly against her. they terminated all hurst employees that had been hired to harvie's urging. the corporation could only have acted in such brutal fashion because of davies. they needn 't of been concerned. davies never tried to take control of wr's control. the family gave sansimian to the state in 1957. they kept the surrounding 77,000-acre ranch and even the road leading up to the castle but the buildings

ron, assistant managing editor of "time" magazine, and mr. sunday morning himself, editor of "the new york times magazine," hugo lindgren. >>> president obama is back in hawaii today after making permanent the bush tax cuts for 98% of americans. no word if the president will be signing it today with a pen in one hand and muay thai in the other. included in the bill. extension of unemployment benefits for a year and a two-month delay of the automatic spending cuts better known as the sequester. on deficit and debt, the deal is more of a punt, but just averting the cliff has sent the markets soaring with the dow already up over 200 points. while it's no grand bargain, the bill does not tackle spending, by the way, don't miss the significance of this vote. republicans by an overwhelming majority in the senate and minority in the house voted to race taxes for the first time in two decades. just before 11:00 p.m., grover norquist tried to keep his infamous pledge from going obsolete, tweeting "the bush tax cuts lapsed at midnight last night. every

you gotta taste this soup. >>> "time" magazine has a special report coming out on the gun debate. the cover, three gun control advocates, michael bloomberg, vice president joe biden, and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. richard stengel is "time's" managing editor. tell me, do you think they can change the conversation and actually get something done, or is this going to be sort of blowing in the wind? >> i think newtown, andrea, really did change the conversation. it was so heinous, so disruptive, so disturbing that people have started to look at gun control, gun regulation in a different way. i think the administration, i think the three gun fighters on our cover believe that they can now marshal the great middle of america, even the majority of legal gun owners in america for common sense regulation, for closing the gun show loophole, for having better background checks and all of that sort of thing. i think this is the moment, and i think they will get something done. >> at the same time, in pennsylvania, which is a big gun-supporting state, we've got a big gun show in

the answer may be on the cover of the new "time" magazine. there it is.'re watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." up, up, up. chris christie's stock is rising in jersey after befriending the president and taking on his own party in hurricane sandy relief money. take a look at these numbers. you don't see these in politics much. a 73% approval rating among new jersey voters. 73%. even higher approval among independents. and 62% among democrats. when you look at traditional democratic voting blocks, christie's at 70% approval among women. 69% among non-white voters. 62% in homes with a public employee. and he may be the man to get the gop back on track. if his party will allow him to go all the wa i to the nomination for president. my colleague joe scarborough has a hell of a show. he made it himself. he built this place like mo green. it's all yours on the "morning joe." i appreciate you coming back and working a double shift tonight. your sense of your party that you grew up with and won office down in florida, how do

new jersey governor christie is not happy with the image of himself on the cover of time magazine saying it made him look like a mob boss. polls show that christie's handling of superstorm sandy has made him popular with democrats than republicans. >>> white house chief of staff jack lew will be nominated to replace treasury secretary timothy gooeithner. >>> those expected to stay on for the second term incruding attorney general eric holder. kathleen sebelius, arne duncan and a few others. >>> jack lew's signature which looks like a series of loops will be featured on american money, that looks like fun. >>> the french wine lobby in the u.s. is upset about part of the menu at the president's inauguration, because it didn't come from the champagne region of france, they complain the bottles of the inaugural wine should not be called sham pine according to american law. >>> beyonce will sing the national anthem at the ceremony. james taylor will be singing "america the beautiful." >>> walmart which else is the most guns in the u.s., wasn't planning on sending anyone to the meeting at the

thank you both. >> always good to be with you. >> don't be on the cover of "time" magazine is what youing. >>> which both occurred on this day in history? there is a lot happening on capitol hill today but none of it has anything to do with politics. we go behind the scenes coming up. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see y

new jersey's governor gracing "time" magazine. >> one thing i hope everyone in america now clearly understands, new jersey, both republicans and democrats, will never stand silent when our citizens are being short changed. >>> developing now in lower manhattan, piers are reopening after dozens are injured today when a ferry boat made a hard landing during the rush hour commute. >>> and back in the swing of things at the state department, but look how hillary clinton responds when asked if she's looking forward to retirement. >> i don't know if that's the word i would use, but certainly stepping off the very fast track for a little while. >> and what's missing from this picture? we'll discuss. good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. from joe biden at the white house to chris christie in new jersey, andrew cuomo in albany, there's new energy for a comprehensive approach to gun violence control. chris cillizza, and kristen welker. thanks much to both of you. first of all, kristen, you were there today, joe biden opening the task force meetings for a brief photo opportunity saying someth

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"time" magazine, consider their list of most influential people in the world, some who have made thet, yours truly. that ought to tell you something right there regarding the credence that we should give "time" magazine and their list of people. >> i wouldn't want to join a club that would accept me as a member. groucho marx said that there. she said something like it. it could be palin is out of step with the republican party as it wants to be in step coming up as it attempts to rebrand itself. or it could be that her extreme views don't cut it anymore, it could be she is just not box office anymore. lauren ashburn is in contributor to the daily beast, and dana milbank, a brilliant political commentist. >> hey! >> you're probably brilliant too. i thought that was an interesting gag reel. but that's her best. i don't think you have to make fun of her like i did sort of coming out of the last segment. but the stupid party has to make some changes, and maybe fox has to too. why didn't she cut the mustard with fox? they were giving her a ton of money. now she is not on the air anymore.

jessica winter, arts editor at "time" magazine. it's a good read. "time" magazine.r being here. >>> 21 minutes past the hour. a sneak peek of some of those long-awaited super bowl ads that's ahead. also the los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa about the new poll on the latino vote and the gop. stay with me. but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save $1 visit alka-seltzer on facebook. the blissful pause. just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery. the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward. making a delicious choice that's

. >>> on this date in 1943, soviet dictator joseph stalin appeared on "time" magazine as the 1942 manthe year. all day long stay on top of the very latest developments on these stories and the best political analysis on nbc. and watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. and finally here's what's coming up on the "today" show. as john boehner returns to the house after the fiscal cliff, hear why a member of the gop is still not happy. >> and details how the man with the golden voice ted williams has given back two years after being discovered on a street corner. keep it on this channel for continuing news, weather, sports and more. i'm mara schiavocampo. thanks for watching "early today," this, your first stop of the day on your nbc station. have a good one.

>> new jersey governor chris christie is not happy with the image of himself on the cover of "time" magazine. saying it made him look like a mob boss. that image aside, polls show christie's handling of super storm sandy has made him more popular with democrats than republicans. >>> next, to a disturbing story out of russia. what was supposed to be an enjoyable adventure took a tragic turn as a giant inflatable zorb ball with two men inside veered off course and rolled off a mountain cliff. one man was killed, and the other is in serious condition. >>> off the coast of australia, a man lost control of his boat, fell out and was swimming nearby while the boat was spinning in circles. a police boat was able to rescue the boater and he is reportedly doing well. >>> and a huge doomsday asteroid made a fly-by of the earth last night at a distance of 9 million miles. it's more than 1,000 feet wide. and could hit the earth in the 2036. i certainly hope not. >>> weekly jobless claims, holiday retail sales and earnings from oil giant chevron today. meanwhile, what a difference a few months can make.