. >> real estate agent markie lemon is watching washington from chicago, where she counsels other realtors on alternatives, alternatives which are suddenly shrinking. >> all it's going to do is prolong recovery. we know these peopleant afford the houses. they have to prove financial hardship. if they don't have the money to keep a roof over their head, how will they be able to pay the i.r.s.? >> reporter: that's a question tony is asking. after three years of negotiation, his bank finally approved a short sale for $125,000 less than he owes, but it was a few weeks too late for the tax break. he could now owe the i.r.s. as much as $30,000, which he does not have. >> now with this act not being extended as 6 yet, i'm really nervous now. i'm staying up late at night trying to -- i just can't sleep at night. it's causing a lot of stress. >> while the foreclosures crisis has eased dramatic, there's still 3.24 million delinquent loans, plus 1.2 million in the foreclosure process, add it up, 4.48 million loans that could be help by either a short sale or principal reduction. >>> while there's bro

washington. he's the director of the smoking cessation leadership center. from chicago, morning star equity research, where he focuses on the healthcare services industry. and the president and ceo of the robert wood johnson foundation, joins us here in washington. dr. schroeder, is this a symbolic move or one that results in the end of the process with fewer people smoking cigarettes and. >> it's clearly an important symbol. but my hope as said by dr. winder, is that it will cause some people who thought about quitting to quit now, and the fact that you're not going to see as many advertisements in the cvs stores, may stop young people from starting smoking. >> you've done actual research on this and written a paper on it. and what did you find? was there an effect from geographical proximity to whether or not you pick up a pack of buds or not? >> . >> we found in 1976, was that pharmacists really chafe from selling healthcare products and selling cigarettes. we found that independent stores mainly did not, and the chain pharmacies d since that time, the independence s

my money spent host: beverly is calling from chicago on the democrat line. what do you want from washington? caller: i would like for washington to look like america. employer, they are supposedly working for us. why would they work 94 days and expect full pay? they don't want us to have minimum wage, they don't want us to have health care. how can they take home fantastic salaries? the guy from mississippi does not know what he is talking about. ted cruz shut down the government. if they expect us to work for $7.25 an hour, why can't they? was to have health care, why do they have it and we have to pay for it? the republicans are taking this country back. if you don't want to do your job , get out. we are the ones who are hurting. thank you for letting me speak. host: thank you for calling in. jeremy is on the independent line from hartford, connecticut. wish theykind of would stop repealing repealing laws. it is not guns that kill people, people kill people. host: are you a gun owner? can't own a gun because of the laws they passed. get one domestic violence and you can't have a gun. that

washington, d.c. we have two hotels under construction from scratch. one is in chicago. another hotel in orlando.rts hotel in orlando on the ground at universal studios. we come back to new york city. it is a focus point of the u.s. travel and tourism industry. >> right. >> we wanted to have a property that we were proud of and make a good return on investment. >> and a depends on visitors to the city. tisch's has worked closely with the past mayors to improve new york city's image. he helped kick off the new york times square makeover. so far, his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013. the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. it is not just about keeping hotels full. tisch says tourism is critical for the new york economy. >> it is about the jobs. it is about the ability for visitors to come and spend money so we can hire more new yorkers. if you look in new york, thousands of people are making a living in some aspect of travel and tourism. we want to bring in the international travelers. that is extremely important. they sta

chicago. >>> there could be stormy weather in washington, not from mother nature but lawmakers on capital hill. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is this friday. jack lou warned today time is running out. with tax refunding starting to go out, his office will run out of extraordinary measures to keep the government open for business by the end of this month if congress doesn't lift the nation's borrowing limit. >> at the beginning of tax filing season, tax refunds result in cash flows that deplete borrowing capacity quickly. we forecast that we're likely to exhaust these measures by the end of the month. >> a temporary suspension of the debt limit was passed by congress last year, but that expires this friday. john harwood joins us now from washington. john, let me just begin by asking you about, you know, how investors are going to respond to all of this stuff going on in washington. up until now, there was a feeling we don't have to worry, there will be a bipartisan agreement and all of that. with this huge sell off going off wall street, will this debt limit be another headache? >> sus

joining mess from chicago is former senior adviser to president obama and director at the university of chicago's institute of politics david axelrod. from washingtoncal editor and white house correspondent from of huffington post, sam stein, dave i will start with you. people always give the president a hard time for not having more of a relationship with the congress, more specifically the republicans, more specifically the speaker, and i have no sense of the significance of this meeting. what do you think prompted the president to have this meeting with speaker boehner? >> well, first of all, my observation of their relationship when i was there is that it was not -- it was not this deeply unfriendly relationship. i understand that events transpired after that that may have put a strain on their relationship. you prone isn't the relationship. the problem is the relationship between the speaker and his caucus. they can gra el on anything, but if the caucus is unwilling to move, it puts boehner in a different position. we've seen that time and again. frankly, lately he's been bug bucking the caucus at some personal cost to hillself. so, you know,

flight canlations and delays with snow from chicago through detroit, cleveland, into new york and boston. it turns and freezing rain and sleet around baltimore and washington. colorful sunrise and temperatures are cool this morning from the 30's inland to low-to-mid 40's at the bay and clouds by noon and low-to-mid 50's and hold in the low-to-mid 50's at the clouds increase through the afternoon and when the sun sets the showers will start pushing through. most of the evening rush were, the sooner you get there, the more dry it will be. by 7:00, we will see more rain developing. >> through the next three days the heaviest rain is tonight through tomorrow morning with scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and most of friday is dry and when the sunsets, again, scattered showers will develop for friday morning plans ahead of the system that is going do bring us significant rain saturday and sunday. >> now we will check with leyla gulen. >> the roads are quiet but for the construction. in the east bay we have this project working in the northbound direction along 880, we will have lanes shut down and it will last until 5:00 this morning in the southbound direct

that snow will very much from chicago through new york and washington.o valley will slip and slide into an ice storm. and they are welcoming torrential rainfall in southern california. likely wishing they weren't getting so much so fast. more rain in one day than they have seen in two years. some places are beibeing evacua. jennifer is out in the middle of it. >> reporter: out in the middle of it for sure. the rain is all coming at once. good news for drought stricken california, but bad news for the home oerps right in front of this hillside that just a month ago was actually on fire. the threat of mudslides is very real here. so the fact that all this rain is coming in one day, we've had 1.76 inches in los angeles since this storm began. and up to three inches in some of the mountains. and that is a lot of water coming down the hill. we're here below a gigantic catch basin. the muddy water is flowing and the good news the big stuff is still together on the hills. the mayor of the neighbors city says pressure started the day the fire is out. home eners

from fox news in washington. when new jersey's chris christie spoke in chicago this week, democrats sent a former governor to act as a truth squad. when paper from one of hillary clinton i closest friends were uncovered creating a fuss on obama's private comments, we decided it was not too soon to talk about the 2016 presidential election. joining us from ohio, that former governor, democrat ted strickland. and from texas, former bush white house senior adviser, karl rove. all right, gentlemen, we're going to get to chris christie in a moment, but let's start with those papers from close clinton friend diane blair. in the papers, hillary clinton calls monica lewinsky a narcissistic loony toon and adds it was con centusensuaconsensua power relationship and not sex within any real term. and hc still in despair that nobody in white house is tough enough and mean enough. and then going after former president bill clinton as a sexual predator. >> their standard bearer seems to be a guy committing the workplace kind of violence that we should all be opposed to. >> karl, i understand that republicans are going to need a

from fox news in washington. when new jersey's chris christie spoke in chicago this week, a former governor was sent to act as a truth squad. and when papers from one of hillary clinton's closest friends were discovered, we decided it is not too soon to talk about the 2016 presidential election. joining us from ohio, that former governor democrat ted strikland and from texas, former bush seen your white house adviser karl rove. we're going to get to chris christie in a moment. let's start with those papers from close clinton friend diane blare. in the papers, hillary clinton calls monica lewinsky a narcissistic looney toon and asked it was consensual and not awe power relationship and not sex within any real meaning of the term. nobody in white house tough enough and mean enough. then will is senator paul going after bill clinton as a sexual predator. >> there seems to be a guy that was committing the workplace kind of violence that we should all be opposed to. >> i understand that republicans need an affirmative agenda. but all that history, does it have any fraction in 2016? >> well, it may. but the trouble for rep

. >> and the door seems open to other nfl cities, like washington, d.c., and chicago, and everyone fromry, and state of the art stadium and great fan base. and there's others that will want to host it, too. >> new york senator, charles schumer, thinks the super bowl set a new precedent. >> i think there will be other cold cities that apply, and we welcome it, and new york will be in the regular rotation as houston, phoenix, or new orleans. >> and hundreds of workers shovelled out the seats due to another storm, but the monthly temperature of the host city must average 50 degrees. >> i have never been afraid of a cold super bowl. >> there are great fan bases and huge markets that i think would love to host the super bowl. >> it may be a while before we see snow near a super bowl game, because it will be phoenix next year, and so we're looking at 2019 before joe namath may need to pull that fur coat out of storage and use it again. >> i was worried about the cold weather super bowl, but this was a pleasant experience. >> it will keep it more interesting, more interesting than the,, >>> a

from washington, d.c. to columbus, ohio. chicago is topping out at 42 degrees today. first time in 18 days we'll break freezing and it will be nearly 80 in dallas. the warm-up begins. with that warm-up comes the potential for flooding and even a chance for severe weather thursday and friday of this week. possible damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. charlie, norah? >> all right. >>> this morning, dramatic stories from passengers on board a united airlines flight. their jet hit severe turbulence. the captain was forced to declare a medical emergency. anna, good morning. >> good morning, norah. the united boeing 747 finally landed rushing injured passengers and crew members to the hospital after the flight and the scare ended. >> there was a lot of screaming and a lot of hollering and things like that going on. >> reporter: as flight 1676 descended into billings, montana, the plane dropped without warning. passengers and crew members were sent flying about the cabin and at least one crew member was seriously injured. >> bleeding pretty badly and they can't get it to s

washington, d.c., markets we wanted to be in. we have two hotels under construction from scratch, one in chicago which will open in february of 2015 another hotel in orlando, our fourth hotel in orlando on the grounds of universal studios. it comes back to new york city, the focal point of the u.s.'s travel and tourism industry, and you can probably make the same statement for the world's travel and tourism industry. we wanted a property we're proud of that will also make a good return on this investment. >> any return on investment for a hotel depends on visitors to the city. tisch has worked closely with the past two mayors to improve new york's gritty image. he helped kick start the makeover and was on a campaign to bring tourists back since 2011. his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013 and the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. but it's not just about keeping hotels full. tisch has tourism is critical for the new york economy. what's it really about? >> it's about jobs. it's about good jobs. it's about the ability for visitors to come spend money so tha

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from organising a labour union. a battle between stupid athletes and the n.c.a.a. has begun. that's ahead on "real money." so you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> last week a majority of the players petitioned the labor relations board for the right to form an union. the players led by the starting quarterback there at the microphone. they're not advocating that they get paid a salary even though their team makes millions for the university. they just want a seat at the table when the ncaa and university athletic departments make decisions that affect the health and safety of student-athletes. profiling the program as part of the best selling book" fourth and long: the fight for the soul of college football." he joins us from mountain view, california. thank you for joining us. john, how embarrassing is this for the ncaa. >> this is embarrassing, but this is the ncaa, and very little embear races the embarrasses them. as you pointed out, it's protection if they injure their hip, concussions, they suffer injuries in their 30's, 40's, and 5

joining us from washington, we have the moderator from "meet the press" david gregory. in chicagoand msnbc contributor david axelrod all along with joe and me. >> you know -- >> yes. >> lets talk about jay leno for a second. there's a guy who had a lot of negative press through the years. the other late night comics loved punching that guy all the time, but he went out where he has been for 20 years now, on top, number one, the undisputed champ of late night television. he didn't always get the respect that, say, david letterman and others got. but man, if you want -- johnny carson believed because he was a central time zone guy as well as i think it was dick ebersol that said you win the ratings wars in the central time zone. and you know, that's where leno and carson and a lot of the great late night hosts won it, not in new york or l.a. but middle america. leno deserves respect. number one with a bullet for years. >> looked like a great show last night. we've got a great group this hour, with the two davids in washington and chicago. start with the "washington post" which forec

christie made a fundraising speech in chicago this week as new figures show a healthy haul that he made. he continues to draw fierce scrutiny from outlets as the "washington post" and "the new york times" and on msnbc one contributor, former bush aide nicole wallace, pushed back at the saturation coverage when chuck todd questioned whether christie had a good day in chicago. >> what's the definition of a good day? >> on till 9:00. >> we're doing a feed i frenzy on somebody who we're not sitting back and you know -- we're overdoing it now. i think everybody is -- >> overdoing what? oh, my god. so much time has been spent in four weeks covering every teeny minuscule breaking non-news event in this. >> not on my show. >> well, on the network on which you appear and i appear. >> i like the water drinking the best. >> amy holmes, msnbc has a problem with a contributor. saying it's going haywire on chris christie. >> msnbc has been mining this because it's good for their ratings and they know their viewers are enjoying this story. they are up. >> i agree with chuck todd it's been a feeding frenzy. he's trying to distance himself from it saying he hasn't been co

washington, d.c. and philadelphia. just like yesterday, a coating out there. it's already have a good coating of snow in northern virginia. heavier bands of snow. it's still extremely cold. the our friends from chicagoit's cold when you factor in the temperatures and then the windchill on top of this are incredible for this time of year. we're at minus 30 in northern minnesota. 0 in st. louis. even chicago has a windchill of minus 13. as far as the west coast, this is the only good i have in the forecast. you get the rain. the only problem is eventually that rain has to go across the country and where it's very cold it will snow. so it's just cold, and then it's going to snow this upcoming weekend in many areas of the nation. >> southern california, that's good for them. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the president's latest message to hamid karzai. >>> when we come back here, we huddle around the water cooler. the report er who taught viewer how to survive a bear encounter is back with another very creative report. but this one did not go over as well with her bosses. but she does definitely engage her core. that's your deep tease. [ female announcer ] for a brilliant smile t

from washington. it doesn't come from the incentive there. and for me, this is-- like i said, this administration has reached a new low with this one. stuart: you're in chicagoin new york. i felt those vibes coming at me from a thousand miles away. thank you, trey. we appreciate it, good stuff. back to the markets and back to nicole. the new mileston for tesla, the consumer finds the company is the fifth best perceived auto maker in america. so the stock is. >> stock is higher again. it doesn't sound great, but it used to be 11. so it's in climbing the consumer reports ladder. and the model s has gotten near perfect stocks. i think everyone would love this one, up 345% in one year. stuart: i'd love it if i bought the thing. thanks, nicole. let's move onto sony. big changes there, it's going to sell off the struggling bio, the pc business it has, vio. and a layoff of 5,000 people. all right, michael, a smart move to buy sony? that's a tech name from way back when. >> i think it's a smart move to buy sony not just because they're selling off the pc division, but announced they're spinning out the tv division and this then should allow sony at phe end of the da

our company so that we can take all the lessons from the revitalization of urban america to other cities so we are now working in chicago and in washington affordable housing is to the future of our society. >>> it is time for our daily hot flash. the bi-coastal version. we are looking at some of stories that made us go wow. >> reporter: we are going to start out in the west with southern cooking goddess and princess of butter on the road to redemption. trying to rebuild her empire and get her reputation back on track after she admitted she used racial slurs in the past. dean telling the magazine, quote, i feel like embattled, where disgrace will always follow my name, it's like that black football player who recently came out. some people find her choice of words kind of baffling. it is tough if you are in the midst of an image makeover to be making those statements, paula. don't you think some people are hanging on every word trying to pounce on anything she says. >> they are. what she was saying is michael sam has said he doesn't want to be known as a gay football play ir. he just wants to be known as a football player. she doesn't wa

our company so that we can take all the lessons from the revitalization of urban america to other cities so we are now working in chicago and in washingtonwark. its amazing how important safe affordable housing is to the future of our society. >>> new jersey governor chris christie in the new cbs news -- "new york times" poll, 41% of republicans say christie should not run for the gop presidential nomination in 2016. 31% say christie should launch a bid. and a town hall meeting today, christy said, don't trust pollsters or meteorologists. >> the only two professions in america where you keep getting paid, even when you're always wrong, affect my life every day. pollsters and weathermen. me don't ever have to have it right and they come back the next day and sound just as author at a timive as they used to. et cetera crazy. but hopefully getting to the end of february this week and hopefully that will mean we stop this insane winter we've had. >> the governor also spoke about his own political future. >> i'm in my second term now. according to our constitution, that means i can't run for governor again. i could tell you something. that's