Transcripts For MSNBCW Morning Joe 20141217

No. 6, have i ever emailed anyone at sony . No. 5, did mitt romney prove americans dont like madeup first names. No. 4, is america ready for its 44th white guy president . No. 3, would i have to leave miami . No. 2, are there any countries left to invade . And the no 1 question jeb bush is asking himself, is it a big deal that i was born in kenya . Oh my goodness, so it begins. Good morning, december 17th, with us on set, jeremy peters, former governor of vermont and former chairman of the Democratic National committee howard dean, president and ceo of political and road calls editorinchief, christina bellatoni, political analyst and the former chairman of the republican National Committee michael steel. Michael the jeb announcement yesterday sort of jeb announcement nonannouncement. That brings form very quickly to the Republican Party. It does, very, very quickly. The alsos who want to get in there, the ted cruzs and rand paul. They started with the space. They want to kind of build on it. It will flow differently the organization will flow differently, it will be interesting to see how much his father brings to the table. He had a Big Organization if florida. How he utilizes that to launch it will be interesting to see. First, breaking feuds overnight related to the massive sony data breach, which has now gone from a hacking story to a terror story. A spokesperson for the landmark sunshine cinema confirms sony has cancelled thursdays new york premier of the movie the interview. This comes just hours after stars james franco and seth rogen pulled out of all publicity aexperiences, including the tonight show and late night with seth meyers on nbc. The group claiming to be behind the sony hacked envoked 911 threatening to show the movie. They say there is no credible evidence of any terror plot. Sony is now allowing theaters not to show the film. So far, one point of view cane is taking sony up on its offer. Georgiabased carmike cinemas, which has nearly 300 theaters in 41 states. Meanwhile, two former employees filed a National Class action lawsuit. They claim they did not do enough to protect their personal information. The latest leak from the hackers appears to be the entire email inbox of Sony Pictures chairperson and ceo Michael Linton from 2008 to 2014. Screen writer eric sorkin is urging the media to report on the content of the stolen emails. Is there anything in these emails at all in the Public Interest, that points to wrong doing at the company . That helps anyone . There isnt. There is gossip there. Just a few weeks ago, that cloud was hacked into and naked photographs of women who we know, famous women were made available to the press. I thought we all did a good job of preemptively telling the press, if you publish these things, you are being sleazy. This is the exact same situation, only worse by magnitudes. This is the exact same situation, except it is worse by magnitude. I dont think its the same situation. I think its actually worse. There may be news worthy stuff in there. This is interesting to me, coming from the profession i come from. These guys have been my torture from time to time. I am used to having everything i do. I dont see what corporations shouldnt either. Except for the personnel records. You think peoples emails they thought were going to be kept private should be hacked by the north korean government . And then spread out all over the front pages . I dont think they should be hacked by the government. Should we show what the north korean government should do . Thats up to the media. I think they will. The standard will be fine for us to suddenly report on every single email i wrote or you wrote . If i was running for president and you had my emails. As a public official. We are going to be. Is it a media story or a crimestory . Its not necessarily fair for me to put it on us, oh, do you publish them or not publish them . This is a criminal act. If someone dumped an archive of any physical or somebody in the spotlight. I will look at that, do you publish this . Is eight criminal act made by north korea, the worst nation on this planet should you really do the bidding of that regime . Its not the bidding of the regime. Snowden performed a criminal act. It was all over the place. This is about a movie. They dont like a comedy. So they have gutted an entire American Corporation and the press is jumping in saying how can we help you, north korea . How can we help you destroy careers and destroy corporations . I guess it is more difficult to see what legitimate value there is in cellatious gossip. Not over a governor. This is stolen material and as our lawyers are telling our reporters at the New York Times, we are not to open these emails. We are not to actively look at them. We are saed to report on what has been out there. Because this is stolen material and trafficking in it is, in itself, a criminal act. If you looked at these emails and somebody will and they found that Sony Pictures is engaged in illegal contact. With members of congress. Or there was a contract dispute in hollywood, would you print it . Thats one issue. Insulting a movie star, Angelina Jolie on the front page. Cellatious gossip. Are what these two people email before barak obama fundraiser when they were being stupid . I think thats far di than a criminal act. What about diplomatic tables that say really stupid things . That gets in the paper. Look again you are brahaming hollywood with public service. Its a philosophical debate. Thats all it is. They are going to get printed. If they say anything interesting. Why . Its great the New York Times has lawyers that give that advice. There are hundreds of web sites, millions of people with twitter accounts and facebook pages. Its not like the people sitting around this table dont have a lot on what americans see, is politico going to report it . Is role call going to report it . Is the New York Times going to report it . Is the new york daily going to report it . Our lawyers raise great concerns. I think that, also, this is different numberally than what Edward Snowden did. We are not talking about constitutional issues here, we are not talking about a threat to the fab rec of our republic. We are talking about two studio executives sfieping at each other. Thats what this is. Well, also, add only top of that, howard, you are dealing with an organization that just threatened 911 style attacks. Are those the type of people whose stolen toorl you want to traffic if as well . I think that changes. I understand as you feel as a public official saying, come on, i put up with it, you put up with it, too. I think in this case, tow. How terrific would it be to be a media professor now . This is an interesting philosophical key bait you can have these questions, if a sleazy person hands you information about a senator doing nefarious dealings . These are all the decisions we have to make on a regular basis. I want to go with the there is a media professor that says if have you the north korean government illegally getting information and then following up by an arm of that government, threatening suicide bombing attacks on movie theaters showing a comedy, i wonder what media professor what respectable institution would say, yes, are you a an editor, can you publicize it. This election will be so much different tan 2012, now if you are a candidate, you will get caught on someone videoing with the phone, you have a legitimate concern its not that hard to hack into your emails in the last six years and have any idea that you will be able to keep information from the public, which you could in 2012. You certainly could if 2008. When you ran in 2004, i think what candidates will be exposed to, they are radically more intention and scarier than it has been. Jeb bush just dumped 250,000 emails from hills governors time into the public for them to paw through as part of this explorestory operation. I think that makes a lot of sense. You guys might as well do the opposite research. Jim you might recall this, in 2012, sarah palens email account was hacked. Im asking this, because i dont recall what was the standard with which media organizations apply . In bushs emails, they printed them, which i think is pretty disgusting. Her husbands email address, a lot of information about the kids, it all got out there. I dont know which forms of the media. There is a political precedent here. It seems that some there needs to be some grownups running the norm times, running politico, role call. The walk post. Its a shame you guys are doing that. Im saying, there should be and michael steel, are you next, you are doing the right thing, im saying there main news organizations, they should not print these emails, they should not print things that are hacked illegally. We have a bad enough time getting good candidates to go out and run because of the bs written about them and their families, half of them lies on the internet right now. Now you start going into private email accounts, if the sony ceo since 28, you are going to drive away every single man and woman who can make a difference in turning this country around. What ceo in america, what teacher in america . Is going to want to run for office and make a difference in the white house or the local school board if they think email they have written over the past decade when they were pissed off at somebody, for me, at 10 00 in the morning but think of the good people that this will drive from politics . If the media doesnt step up and say these are the standard we are living by. Thats exactly the point right there. You laid it out the right way. The question i have for the journalists is what is the standard. We heard the New York Times lawyer has put a little of a bar there. How do you look at this . Where do you drew the lean . Is it cellatious personal stuff clearly attacks on the celebrity of someone vs. The substance of a corporate entry . Where do you guys draw the lean . Lets start with the New York Times. Thats a great question, help me understand, the New York Times doesnt look at the emails. They dont print it. If the New York Post print it, you can print whats in the New York Post . Because if thats the indication, that at copout. No, there is a very strict editorial filter there, im not speaking on behalf of the newspaper. I do know my editors exercise sound enough judgment that its just something that doesnt seem to rise to the level of news worthiness that doesnt, for example, point to alleged racism by executiveser for example. Something of that we are probably not going to do there. Obviously. Some legal if the fork times saw, illegally obtained emails where a potential candidate for president was seek income racist terms, it would land in the New York Times in some shape or form. Thats right. Thats one thing. That weighs on his or her performance. What if somebody, christina, sends a really heated angry email at their brother or sister or golf partner . The sort of thing that would embarrass that person publicly, does not weigh on their performance. Each of our organization has to make different judgment calls. For us, a better example might be a hill staffer trashing their boss or talking about sexism on capitol hill. We would have to really evaluate that, get our lawyers involved and have to make a decision. You make these sorts of ed coral judgment calls every single day. This is a much different scale. We dont have the sony emales sent to us at role call, but i have to know if we did, we are going to be talking to our lawyers, figuring out the best strategy for whether you touch it or not touch it. I have a question for joe, do you think the behavior of the ceo of sony raises remarks about the president and a few other and some employees. The ceo doesnt make it racist. A guy made a racist staimd statement, you go, whatever, this isnt wrong. Its the rolling stones. It was a top producer, scott rudeen i think is his name. Yes. I think a vp there at sony, ceo . No, shes not. I think we saw the video. Anyway two ceo people at a major publicly held corporation. Right. They are making remarks about their employees. A cochair. So two senior executives. Right. Who have a lot to do with how much money sony makes, they are making remarks about the president , they are. About him making movies with a black guy. Making remarks about a hired help. Whats your question . Dont you think that has the impact on the bottom lean of a Public Corporation . Dont you think that has reflection on how they can do their job . I think it does, i think there are people shape whack americans are saying, they are power. If people feel comfortable making racially insensitive remarks and childish pet lent remarks, then i think that reflects poorly on that country. I would want to know who was running if somebody in my krpgs were riding emails about the president of the United States like that, that would be something i would want to know and ceos will want to know. We want to talk about jepp. In the end, though, lets look at this from 30,000 feet, how pathetic is it that north korea has been able to intimidate two of hollywoods biggest actors from going on tv shows to promote a comedy . How pathetic is it that north korea has been able go in and completely trash a corporation . One of the most powerful corporations and movies . I mean, it seems now theyre closing up some of these theters, carmike not playing this . We are cowering in fear . Thats bad. Im sorry we have to say, we all joke about it. If we dont go shopping, terrorists have won. No, can you say here, that terrorists have won and theyre threatening 11 style attacks and i dont want to judge anybody but if im the actress in this thing, i think i go i think i grow high with fingers pointed toward forth korea. We all go. Ooid im dead serious, i think we have to make a statement as a country, we cant cower. I actually love that idea, show this at the kennedy center. Have them make more money than they could have ever make and not let north korea here, its absurd. We are all. You are begging, you got the actress cowering, the premier cancelled. Its pretty big. Its possible they cancelled the movie. Its almost a movie in and of itself. I think the idea we are held hostage, people are scared there will be a 911 style attack. They are getting a response from sony. I think each day the trickle is more and more people are can selling. Whether its the tonight show or the theater in new york or a cha chain. I cant believe our government, if i untie my shoe laces in antarctica, i cant believe they cant physical out who is doing this and bring them justice. Its some group of people in north korea do, this. Its hard to bring them to justice. Is it some group of people in north korea . I think its good edz, some is the government in north korea, if not, its the government sponsored people in north korea. We have a lot to talk about. We have ted cruz apologizeding, jeb bush running for office, not really announcing he is running. John huntsman will be joining us in our 8 00 hour, plus one of americas largest cities takes the first steps to make sure every cop is armed with a camera. Oh god its mom, the reaction from two brothers when their concerned mother calls into cspan to put her disputing sons into place. Youre down with crestor. Yes when diet and exercise arent enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55 . Crestor is not for people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. Tell your doctor all medicines you take. Call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. These could be signs of serious side effects. Im down with crestor make your move. Ask your doctor about crestor. Hey, its time to take a look at the papers, we have more on that pennsylvania man hunt and the suspected gunman found dead of an apparent self inflicted wound t. Body of bradley stone, whom authorities believe killed his exwife. Five of her family members, seriously injured another was found with visible cut wound. The knife was found nearby. Sony had reportedly been in a bitter custody dispute with his former wife. His kids he had taken from his exwifes home are now in protective custody. This from the l. A. Times the spending bill has a provision that keeps agents from shopping states that legalized medical marijuana. 32 states have legalized polt for medical conditions and president obama is expected to sign the spending bill into law later this week. We look at the los angeles times, Eric Garcetti says every Police Officer in his city will soon be equipped with a body count. I love it. This is something you have been talking about a lot. Thats fantastic. So the lapd will be moving forward to buy 7,000 cameras for Law Enforcement officials. Garcetti went on to say quote the trust between a community and its Police Department can be eroded in a single moment. Trust is built on transparency. So, howard, i have been talking about this for a very long time. Yes. Its interesting. How does it cut for libertarians on the right and for aclu times on the left . Because i always look at it, hey, this is positive to. This stops police abuse, this protects police. Some are saying, wait, those are cameras all over the city, they can follow our every move, et cetera, sort of like a brig big brother state is watching you. We put these in every car in vermont a long time ago. We found it helps a lot both the police being arrested. You can see the people arrested. Okay. We are pleading. As far as the Civil Liberties aspects. A piece of this, unless for some reason these trapse not available. You can see the whole tape. You cant tell, this is between the officer and the person arrested. I think it helps both sides. It helps determine who is really making this stuff up. Do you think we saw five Police Officers and one witness with an iphone on eric garner do we need one big angle . Think about it. A lot of people say the police knew that there was a videotape there. If you are a police, if you wear a camera and i wear a camera around, every time were working, its going to change the way we act. The way we approach people if those five cops knew they had cameras and they were going to be judged by how they treated eric garner, eric garner would be alive today. He would. Especially the guy with the choke hold he would have known he wouldnt be able to lie his way out of it. A lot has to do with training. Training is a commonality between ferguson and Staten Island, were the police were not as well trained as they should have been. Thats a fact regardless of awe want to say about the going, i think we all have our different opinions, you dont fire 12 shots at somebody. There is a way you do this. No matter how difficult the situation is. I dont see the downside as long as somebody other than police has full access. I talk how they are on the short stick. I want to make sure criminal Defense Attorneys get those tapes as quickly as Police Officers, they dont have to sit and ask for discovery and wait and wait and wait and get on a website. Right. I dont know about a public website. Or get it up on a website lawyers request have pass words too, the public defender can have access to. Within three days or Something Like that. Within i say website, there is a way the lawyers can make it so. You pass a code. If you are representing suchandsuch, you go to the centralized website. Can you see the arrests. Lets finish with the new jersey star ledger, Chris Christie is actually defending his love for the boys the Dallas Cowboys. It started under over the eagles in philly, the governor high 5ing jerry jones in the dallas sky box. That sparked a nasty reaction from eagles fans, ed rendell the former governor of pennsylvania recently said, part, in quote, how can a jersey guy be a cowboys fan . Its pa thetic. They called christie a creep and made a derogatory comment about hit weight. The governor reacted to a backlash at a local radio station. Im sure he did wit a light touch. Im an enthusiastic Dallas Cowboys fan. Ive never made a secret of it. Some people reacted badly to it. Thats okay. I understand. Theyre passionate about the eagles, too. The people who listen to you know that i call them as i see it and im not going to be one of these pickss who changes their sports team loyaltys on just to score political points. I got a thing for him, actually, on that front of the, by the way, eagles fans, they booed santa claus. So theyre going to be a little tough. If their emails in Chris Christies inbox, that is going to have a difference. Well call them on that. Hes a public figure. Professional sports is so interesting the way it interacts with politics, because it does matter who your allegiances are, you have your voters, your constituents are paying attention to that, in many cases far more than what you are doing in the halls of justice. Chris christie has a lots bigger problems. But hed certainly love to win texas. He would love to win texas. There are a lot of billionaires that can write for a president ial campaign. Im sure he has been a Dallas Cowboys fan for a long time. If you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, it certainly helps to be in that box filled with billionnaires, coming up, jeb bush may be running for president and casey hutton joins us with her reporting on jebs potential gop opponents. That will be very interesting. Stay with us. H him. I havent committed to doing it, but this is a time we should be celebrating the incredible opportunities in this country. Yet, most people dont feel it. They think the government doesnt work for them and if i can get comfortable with being a candidate that gets people hope that we can fix some of these big problems that we have, so we can take advantage of our opportunities, thats what im pursueing. Its not an easy decision, though, it is a life changing one for a long while. Howard dean, you know something about that. Its not an easy decision. Not an easy task. Jeb bush on the speaking circuit, i think hes a changed guy, he is less likely to do it because im a right wenger, he is not. His immigration policy is in the bush mode, pretty decent i disagree with him on a lot of issues. Hes a different guy tan when he was the governor of florida. I think he will have a tough time. I was going to say that, endorsement in iowa and New Hampshire for jeb bush coming from howard dean. With us now, msnbc Political Correspondent casey hunt, National Politics reporter for the wall street journal, beth reinhart, boy, beth, this changes everything, jeb jumping into the rails. It freezes a lot of people out. It sure does. The biggest impact i think is on the donors who have gotten out a very strongal from the governor that he is is not seriously thinking about it. He can bow out at this point. For allies of mitt romney telling donors to sit tight, for governor Chris Christie of new jersey who has been obviously much more overt in his overtures, these donors are now in the position of really making tough decisions. Some people ask, why do zru to do it in 20 puerto rican . Well, right now, you have donors in new york, i tell you, especially, that have beeniching. Its driving them crazy, are we on team jeb or team mitt . Are we going to write a check for Chris Christie . This clears things up for some of them. It absolutely does, jeb bush is one of the few that would benefit from an early announcement like this i think everybody else thought they could push it off and wait. There were so many people waiting around for a starting signal for jeb bush. The sort of feeling is he needed to go early rather than later. I have seen him a couple times on the trail. I covered him in 2014, i talked to him yesterday, two days ago if south carolina. Is he good on the tray, on the campaign . Some people say he may be rusty. Thats mimi perception. I felt he knew what he was trying to accomplish. What he was doing. He went, executed. Did nothing more or less than he planned to. Thats a skill thats really important in this modern campaign environment. Its also clarifying the reaction from others. It gives you a good sense of who is nervous. Romney wanted to be crowned the establishment king. So theyre whining about the way he went about doing it. You see rand paul instantly buying ads on google for every time you search for bush, up comes rand paul. He is definitely in. He he will announce next year. He will be one of the biggest threats. Ted cruz is trying to clean up his mess from last weekend. How about ted cruz apologizing, going in front of the senators, apologizing. Apologizingish in that he apologized for being a nuisance to their weekend. I dont think he apoll jieszed for the tactics to force debate about what he wanted to have. He did a piece for politico why he did what he did. Its embarrassing appointees were able to get if because of what he did. He did. One thing i will say on ted cruz and jeb bush, this sets up a potential foil for ted cruz and im hearing that this may move up cruzs time line. It gives him, if bush is entering this race as somebody who perceived the candidate on immigration, that gives somebody for ted cruz to go after. Do you think this makes rick perry toast . I dont know if it makes him toast. Texas toast . I think it makes the task more difficult. I think everybody around perry knows they will be competing directly for a lot of texas money is there what do we expect next . Jeb, has said going to form an exploratory committee. He hasnt, their people contacted us said, no, he didnt announce a form aation of a pact. He announced he was considering forming a pact. Whats next . I think he said he would consider a pact, that would allow him to build an apparatus, the other potential candidates do for months now hire consult ants, pollsters, be much more overt in building email lists and donor lists. We will see that ramping up in january. Until now, its been quiet whispers, now it will become much more out in the open like the other guys. There is a new nbc newswall street journal poll. She is the biggest target. The numbers kinds of reflect some of the residuals from the 2014 race, there was a lot of angst and voters wanted to move in the different direction. Now that jeb bush is clearly moving in that direction, of leading the party is how they will build on that number to grow it over the next sixtoseven months to begin to lock those voters in. That will be important for the base and the candidates making the case to the American People t. Key thing for me, joe, id be curious to get your thoughts on this they can no not make this about hillary. We spent a lot of opportunity and energy about beating under the man than talking succinctly about the apologies and what we will do. We follow the trap for lets follow hillary and make her the boggy woman. Those numbers will not change too much. I agree completely. Running against braum barak obama, romney in 2010 didnt work in 2012. You cant beat something with nothing and this Republican Party is going to have to find a new direction for the connection with middle class voters. One they havent had gosh in 15, 20 years on the president ial level. Its going to be pretty rough. What is need about that point is, thats where jeb bush and particularly rand paul where their intersection is going to be, it will be fascinating to watch. Rand paul made much more of an urban appeal. Hes talked a great deal with africanamericans and minorities bringing that conversation to the floor. Jeb bush will do the same with his hispanic community. So it will be interesting to see how that shapes the ultimate party nationally going into 2016. And the good news also is for republicans they have as to stand against something the food news is they appear to be running against a democrat that doesnt want to say anything, that wants to hide as much as possible and has run a pretty empty campaign thus far. Do i get to defend her . Does she have to at this point . I wouldnt want you to embarrass yourself. Shes been in public life since 19 fine 78. Right. We cant say what she would do if she were president of the United States. I think that speaks volumes. Anyway, thank you so much for being with us. Beth. We appreciate it. When we come back, fall out from the lack related to sonnys new film with the the interview. We have the reporter from the Washington Post next on this extraordinary story that should be made into a movie, itself. Its not about how many miles you can get out of the cmax hybrid. Its about how much life you can fit into it. The ford cmax hybrid. With an epaestimated range of 540 miles on a tank of gas. And all the room you need to enjoy the trip. Go stretch out. Go further. And for many, its a struggle to keep your a1c down. So imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar . Imagine, loving your numbers. Introducing oncedaily invokana®. Its the first of a new kind of prescription medicine thats used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. Invokana® is a oncedaily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. 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How other corporations are scrambling to make sure pass words and Social Security numbers are protected . Does this clang the game for other corporations . Its hard to say, this is not the first thing that has happened. Im sure the sony one is unique. We have seeing a lot of this information coming out. The company is across the spectrum from mom and pop shops to gigantic retailers like target have had major Cyber Security fails if you will over the past year. No one expectles it to stop. We expect to be better. We have heard about the complicated flexitys of printing this. Putting this out there. Once you do you said the genie is out of the bought him you cant go back. But this is stolen proprietary information. When is too much too much . When do people say this hack has to stop. We are not interested in putting this out there. There is no valueadded content to knowing that you guys talked poorly behind closed doors. If anybody got a catch of my email emails. A text message i sent minutes ago. You dont have to go back years. But what do you think about this . We were talking about this, howard, of course, gleeful and embar rationed about the corporations hey,i had to live like that for years. Its disturbing to me. I think newspapers should not print stolen material from the north korean government meant to terrorize the organization. Are they the ones behind the attack, that have done this . Are we playing right into their game of exactly what they wanted to do by putting this out there and being, oh, well, its out there. We wash our hand of it. That responsibility. Aaron sorkin said there wasnt much of a difference. I dont think there is much of a difference either, if the media acts responsibly and doesnt print the hacked photos, why should they print the hacked emails . Certainly, its a great question, especially when it comes to proprietary information about the content of certain deals the content of character, how people feel about certain potential colleagues that they might want to work with in the future. Wow, theyre human beings, boy, they talk nasty you know what to each other. But other than that, its just gossip. It is. All right. Andrea, thank you so much. We will be following this story, obviously, for a very long time. Coming up, its always embarrassing when you get called out by your mother. Oh, yeah. Its happened to me publicly before. Imagine having it happen on live television. Thats happened to me before. Two political pundits first learn the hard way. We will show you next. In the wor. What rand paul and ted cruz are saying in response, they join the table. Also more than 130 students killed in that Horrific School attack in pakistan a fight mayor. We have a live report on the massacre that even members of the Afghanistan Taliban are condemning. Stay with us. Lets go to joy from down south. You are right, im your mother. I disagree that all families are like ours. I dont know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. I was very glad that there thanksgiving was the year you two were supposed to go to your inlaws. I am hoping you will have this out of your system when you come here for christmas. This was not planned. Since you did call in, mrs. Woodhouse, what is it like to raise these two boys . It hasnt been easy. I hope they get there out of their system today on your progr program. Oh my gosh. I guess between the entire panel, you are not taking callins today . No. My mother could the first day i was in d. C. , i got elected. I was 30. Everybody was knocking me, i was too young. The news journal had written a nascy article about me my chief of staff says your mother is talking to luke mccoy. I call home, mom leave my son alone . 12k34r yeah. Ma, ma, the knock against me is that im too young. This doesnt help. You had a little joey. Your mom called to protect you. Oh my gosh. That, that mother was the mother of blad dallas embarrassing her two sons, the mockumentary woodhouse divided. On set, jerpy peters, jim vander height with us and with us former White House Press secretary for president obama, robert gibbs, also msnbc contributor and editor of the fix of the Washington Post. Let me first ask you, robert gibbs. Sure. Mica and i went to the white house last night and, you know, somebody asked how long will you go to the White House Christmas parties . I said until you run out of kid. Last night, joey was there, i had jack. All this other stuff how does the president , how does the president and the first lady, im serious, stands there and smile ten nights in a row. Right. Five hours a night. Usually two parties a night. Two parties a night. So gracious, barak obama and Michelle Obama both extraordinarily gracious to everybody that goes there, i dont know how they would do it. It is tough. Its not easy, i remember for the media party, we would, a lot of times, you know, folks want pictures, we will say, we cone have two party. Well have one becker party. Well have pictures. By the way, i have spoken in shorthand the president and first lady stand and they smile in front of in a beautiful background, one person after another have pictures with the family. Theyre smiling, gracious, about five hours a night, ten nights in a row. Im sorry. It is an arduous thing. No doubt about it. It is one of those things they both understand that in 20 years those pictures of the christmas will be in peoples houses, they love those pictures. They hold on to those pictures. They tell stories about when they were there to take that picture. I think they understand how much it means to someone. Its interesting. I have been to one of two of these. The first time you do it. Oh, its feet. Then again the president and the first lady extraordinarily gracious but it is, it was amazing. I went into the next room and sat there and waited for mica and her daughter and gram go in the line, people like off a roller coaster, it does, it means so much to so many people. So there is a huge line, right, everywhere . Mass iive. I brought my wife one year, that i have your car, how they say it. I assume, of course, he knows me. You get two seconds, you walk up, picture is taken. They send, email you the picture two, three days later. My wifes eyes are totally closed. Im like, we can photo shop. But that was our one big chance. You will get another chance. I dont know . I said, well go back, im sure hes not busy, pop back in. I hate to interrupt you. You are in a National Security meeting. I walked there and my son, joey, he walked in front of me. He mumbled something to the president. I walked behind him and said he just apologized for me, didnt he . The president goes, yep, first thing he did, im sorry about my dad. Its always good to have the good cop in front of the line. Joey played good cop. The president understand it. He said, our children apologize for us the rest of our lives, and that do. What do you think about jeb bush jumping in. I think the announcement is pretty significant. I think in some ways he sped up the process to slow it down. I think we understood a lot of people, including jepp, were thinking about itch maybe not knowing exactly how serious he was about thinking about it. Now he said hes very serious about it and like i said, i think he sort of paused in saying, hey, i am doing the due diligence. This is a big deal. Its important to me. Hold on until you here back from me. This mitt romney deal, mitt romney is ahead in all the polls he said, if jepp doesnt run, were going to run. All of that activity behind the scenes, this freezes that . Its interesting in the new wall street journalmsnbc poll we will talk about today, mitt romney had the second highest percentage of people that said they could not support him. So maybe this jeb bush announcement nips it in the bud, a fantasy nurtured by reporters who used to cover mitt romney in 2012. You say its fantasy. You take jeb bushs name out of that, mitt romney wins the nomination. Im sorry, it will not be rand paul. It will not be Chris Christie. It will not be mike huckabow. A year, two years from the election, maybe. I dont think we can take that poll too serious i know the Republican Party. When everybody talks about the flavor of the month. I wrote a column crazy never wins back in 2012. I said, forget everything you are hearing, mitt comeny will never win. If jeb doesnt run, there are a lot of people that are getting attention that jim, theyre not going to win. Democrats may once in a while, republican versus not done it since, oh, lord gold is water in 74. Goldwater was sort of the establishment because of what happened at the 60s convention. There was a buildup for him there. Even that, you get out of 1960 after nixons loss and people knew goodwater, people come out of left field in the Republican Party. One of the reasons jeb did it at this point is to get it out of the conservative system. See if he can weather it. Except that group is shopped. It is true, the pattern is how true since goldwater t. Question is, can he really, jeb bush, can le overcome his position on immigration, his position on at least flirting with the idea of potential pecks, those are three issues, look at what walker said yesterday, look at what cruz said yesterday, what rand paul said, they all went after him on common core. I will say this about jeb, lot of candidates scared to jump into that fight. Hes not. I fol wloeed him cloeszly in florida. He caught so much hell for taking on eachers unions and vouchers. Hed go around like this v is for voucher, not for victory, i want to say this, the nastier you get mad at jeb bush, you will piss him off. Hes his mothers son. Hes kind of cranky. Hes a little rough around the edges personally and one on one contact, hes not a back slaper. I think jim is right t. Biggest piece of this as you talk about is donors. Right. The only people other than four or five of us paying a i tension to this kind of stuff are big donors . By the way, thats a big point. The people bo will decide, theyre going to be the front runners, have been chomping at the bits for three months. That romney boom is driven by wall street donors who thought theyd have christie, christie looks flawed. Theyre looking for someone, big people. Look at the stories yesterday about jeb. Its big, big donors we have known forever. The other thing i think he gets in now, i think he wants to see how nasty is it going to get. He is not a dumb man, right. He knows common course is a problem. I think he knows at some level immigration is prime. He wants to physical out, what is the resistance and do i want to go through with it . Let me turn jims good point around, can he slide a different position nationally on education . I would remind folks the first big policy speech governor bush gave to l. A. About expanding the role in education. Now that gives you a sense of how the Republican Party in a short time has changed. I think you got to do Something Different. Because if the demographics continue it become, exceedingly hard with hispanic voters. Jeb said a knock to mitt romney, can somebody be different . Jeb said, nobodys tried. Jeb will try. Jeb and george w. And karl rove and everybody in 1998, 1999, they were all warning republicans, you guys get right with hispanics or were going to get wiped out the next 50 years. They were way ahead of the game. Jeb will not cower in the corner. They are appealing to a strand of small gop caucus voters. I think to put that around again, as we all talk about jeb bush holding these moderate views, we also need to remember that hes still extremely conservative. Jeb is an extremely conservative governor. He intervened in the Terry Schiavo case. He also was a major proponent of three strikes laws. So i do wonder how much that appeal restats with modern voters, ultimately if he decides to run. Jeb is a pod rat republican like im a pod rat republican, which is to say were both slash leberitarian voters and considered crazy as hell in the 1990s and somehow after 2010 came to be seen as moderate because we dont set houses on fire and scare little kids and pets. To your point . Im serious, we can converse and talk to people on the other side and the need for compromised, somehow, no, jeb is not a mod root. Jeb is a conservative. Any conservative out there whoties he is too moderate to get elected. You are living on a different world in a different planet. Whoever your nominee is will lose. Like Barry Goldwater lost in 1974. There is a great piece by a guy who covered a couple weeks ago, who covered jeb when gives governor, jeb bush was a leading edge him jeb runs and loses amazingly to lawton childs. He had to work hard to lose that race. You look at the fact that jeb worked hard to lose in 94. If he hadnt lost that race, he would have been president in 2000. Also, he had two easy runs added in 98 and 2002. He has not run against a relief opponen opponent. When he makes that first run, he is seen as the flagship conservative. He does speak to your point, with i is look, whether you think its a good thing or a bad thing, the Republican Party has moved significantly to the ideological right. Jeb bush has not really ultimately changed his position. No, he hasnt. The party, the question is have they moved too far so a guy like him can win . Guy in politico wrote in south carolina, its a much different state if 2016 than it was in 2000. Let go to pakistan right now. Pakistan is in a threeday mourning period. Bill neely joins us now from pakistan. Bill, weve just, it is hard for us to fathom the pain and anguish that is going through that community, what is the pack stamp government promising odo in retribution even the after gains are doing. Reporter the pakistani government have vowed revenge. In fact, they have begun a new series of airstrikes against taliban positions. Im at the school behind those gates over there i have been inside, shown around by the Pakistani Army, by the troops and commandos who ended this edge. It is a scene of mass murder the blood the bullets, the books still lying where so many children died. You know, guys this city, i have been here many, many times, is used to violence, a lot of violence, massacres, even, but nothing quite like this. This was a blood bath, a mass ter of the innocence, their shoes and glasses scattered. They came to this hole to learn firstaid, how to save lives. They lost theirs when seven gunmen burst in and began shooting. Dozens of the children were murdered in this hole and its no exaggeration to say that every inch of this is covered in blood. Its a scene of utter horror. The gunmen moved to classrooms, hunting down children without mercy until Army Commandos began to fight back. All seven taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests were killed. But theyve murdered more than 140 by then. We are all angered. I think there is nothing that can happen worse than this. Reporter in the hospital, dazed survivors, more than 100 were injured. Medical staff overwhelmed. After the massacre, the mourning. This attack has stunned pakistan. The army and government promise revenge, but for now the slaughter of so many children, simply left this country numb. So some embarrassment really for the Pakistani Army in one way. This is an army school and those seven taliban gunmen got in without much of a challenge. It was about 15 minutes before the Army Commandos could even begin firing back. As i said, the Pakistani Military has begun fresh airstrikes against the taliban. Again, questions of tear effectiveness both here and, of course, where they really need to challenge the taliban is in eastern afghanistan where they have a relatively safe hi note. Three days of National Mourning have been declared across this country. Its the worst National Terrorist attack they have had. Really, it whether take a sense for the disbelief here to faith. Back to you, guys. Bill neely, thank you so much. Please be safe. Pakistan, it was obviously, its been a problem for this country for very long time. Bill clinton saw pakistan get nuke weapons, george w. Bush tried to pay off mush riff. They played both sides they had to deal with the pakistani government. We cant tell them to go to hell. They have nuclear weapons, it is a vexing, vexing problem it may be one of the most dangerous countries on earth. Look, i think these are the kind of things where you dont need someone from another country to describe how important this is this is being felt in a way that very few attacks in a place where you are used to violence can jar you. I think there is undoubtedly this is exactly the time of thing that brings that violence and that jarring sense directly, to read the quotes from the mothers. Its terrible. I read one that said, this morning, my boy was in a school uniform, now hes in a casket. Unspeakable. Oh, it is unspeakable. Jim, thank you so much for being with us. We greatly appreciate it. Coming up on morning joe, he wondered if his opponents were the best republicans. What does he think about this potential field . He joins us ahead, jon huntsman. What the findings were against the nuns ahead. Hey what are you doing . I was thinking about taking this speed test from comcast business. Oh yeah . If they cant give us faster internet or save us money, theyll give us 150 bucks. 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Forget 4th grade, sister margaret like through high school, im still hello, sister barbara, everything is well. Father, son, holy spirit. An american doctor, a chair of the ebola virus is going to go back. Rick sacra will be returning next month for a monthlong trip. While not sure how he contracted the virus. He says he feels great ehab there since his release, he believes passion natalie to go back. Has can the time revealed their person of the year . Yes, ebola. Boo boom. I never take a day off, how did they miss that . I know they came on to our show to do that. It must have been a couple years ago. I never missed a show. All of july. In a couple years,s was i there . I wasnt paying attention. I was tired. People dont realize we are asleep the whole time, right . Did i interview him . Because there is going to go viral, but, anyway, todd, thank you for coming to our show i will say, i didnt think he was on. I knew the doctors, they should have been. They should have been guys like this, i want to though what the coroners they got shoved in a tent and had to leave maine. I wonder where she is. Wherever she, i feel like we ought to do a fundraising drive, like, you know in northern maine. I thought she left the state. I dont think she ever i think she was allowed to stay. She was feuding with Chris Christie remotely. And passing out halloween candy with her bare hands. Think about these people that go over there when their lives are at rick, think about this doctor going back there when hes already gone through it. I mean, they are remarkable. Remarkable people to do that. I think, these people are in less risks, our reporters, we have people going over there regularly, at times, im, sure, too. Even that, you are putting yourself at, i know its lard to transmit and all, you are putting yourself in harms way tore a political reporter. No. Who very rarely puts himself in harms way. Its remarkably courage outlook it really is. By the way, i know the post over there, i think the times are sifting through the north korean hacked emails right now. We go to the Washington Post right now a. Labor disput at u. S. Ports along the west coast has held up shipments in japan. Most have started rationing orders of french fries. It kicks into high gear. Get this. You cant super size in japan anymore. The fries. They will be limited to the small packs. However mcdonalds will not limit the small fries. Todays fries with my headlines. So before we go to break, i wanted to ask you, it was never a good time, what do you think of the playoff systems . The first year, how has it worked out . Unless are you in the big 12, great. I think. Did they pick the right four . Probably. I think the in the also didnt want to have to pick between baylor and tcu and ohio state play played out of their minds in a championship game. We try to ignore that. Its remarkable. It will be fascinating to watch. I still think in a few years, we will end up having to do it with eight teams. Do you think we feed eight teams . I dont think we need it. I think the biggest problem we have, again, of all the problems we are talking about, this is small, there are five power conferences, so every year, one conference is guaranteed at least one conference is guaranteed to be left out. If the sec gets two teams in, three or two conferences get left out. So it, i think if i were in charge of that, i would go to eight, reduce the number of regular games by at least one and make sure if you are a power five conference, you cant play the lower decision anymore. I was going to say, go to the dance, they have to play big teams. Nonconference has to get tougher. They have to appeal to the ncaa type permit having a championship game. Even though they dont have 12 right there. Coming up chuck todd will be joining us, what americans think about the cias use of enhanced interrogation techniques. 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Bottom line, ask your doctor about linzess today. I know were on air, but were talking about football. Moderator of meet the press, chuck todd, what are the numbers that stood out from the msnbc, wall street journal poll, had to deal with headline torture, 51 of americans believe those enhancement tactics were accept under the circumstances. 45 say they should be used again in the future if necessary. This follows up on the conversation i was having about our drone policy. I think its guessive. It causes me great concerns americans want us to do what it takes. There are blinders on the idea that somehow it will impact our relationship, our standing around the world. The time that americans will be outlajed by these tactics is when they dont work and something lapse in america. Right. Theyre looking at this going, we havent been attacked on u. S. Soil since 9 11, they must have done something. There are a lot of americans that believes what Vice President cheney believes, which is, hay, these guys arent playing by any set of rules america is playing by a set of rules. Those guys behead people. They dont play by the rules. They offended a lot of people. Jon stewart had fun saying, toreture . Ill tell you when torture is you fly a plane into a building killing 3,000 americans. I do think that resonates with america, if there werent isis, if there were a stable syria and iraq, if, if, if, if things hasnt fallen off a cliff in the past two years these numbers would be a lot lower . People remember guys heads getting cut off. I think were back in that war footing. I think thats crept into a lot of the numbers, i think the way its asked assumes the effectiveness on torture. I think its a debate we will have for as long as we talk about torture. As to the degree about it brought back something that was effective. I was struck, watching as i think a lot of people did, chucks very, very inforgetive interview with dig cheney. I bet cheney probably if you watched that interview probably 35, 36 support him. I think even most americans understand that we went if they fine it acceptable went too far. I was struck when you asked kane about the detainee that was chained to the wall, who froze to death. Right. Who was not the person we thought he was. Right. He never admitted there was a mistake. He never admitted or apologized for any facet of it. You picked i think the most extreme stance of the entire meet the press interview, where he saw that. I have been very clear to say all along some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, not is most extreme ones, i couldnt believe others in the report. But sleep deprivation, these other things worked. Dig cheney was unapologetic. I dead find it striking that when you asked about the guy about the identity, dig kane said wed rather that happen a couple times than less the bad guys out. No. I think even that what was sort of the moment where you sit there and gasp and go, oh, my god. I think that caught a lot of people by surprise he didnt, basically, thats Collateral Damage was his argument. I think that was his motivation in speaking out. He thinks people arent defending the program. Hes willing to do it and take the error. By the way, he probably knows americans are where americans are on this msnbc. By the way, i got to say on robert talking about the effectiveness, i think most americans are like me, they dont think all of this happened by mistake. They think the program was effective and Khalid Sheikh mohammed spilled his guts after being waterboarded. For most americans, 2003, that was okay. I think one of the othink one of the things we need to consider is people dont appreciate, the question didnt say, do you approve of rectal feeding or chained up for several days with hands over their head. This thing goes to what i have been saying for some time, americans dont want to hear about the fiveyearold girl killed in the drone attack. They dont want to hear about the grandmother blown to bits, the son the american, blown up while eating food at a restaurant. They want to know theyre being kept safe. They dont want the details. Americans dont want to know about. By the way, they still approve. You know what, they dont want they are willfully ignorant. Of how the americans will react when we saw photos of abu ghraib. Thats a good point. Had they ever surfaced, been public . Had there been photographs . I think the American Public would have a different reaction. They arent destroyed because somebody needed another vcr tape. 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Todays world, you have to be educated, College Educated or trades or Something Like that. But to just go out and get a job, a nice paying job, i think those days are over with. I really do. That was a snapshot of downey, california a. Town that once posted a Space Shuttle factory in a ro bust middle class. Today residents are waiting for the next financial rocket. With us now, economic correspondent for the Washington Post jim tangersly is out with a sixpart series on the evolution and hardships of the middle class. He says a sixpart series, why do a fivepart series when you can do a sixpart series. Listen, there is a lot to talk about when it comes to this issue. Average wages down since 1973, a manufacturing has left. Coming back, the amount paid is so much less. What is going on in the economy . What have you found as you have been digging into this lost middle class story . The first thing, joe, its a structural change, this is not something from the recession. This is the last three decades, after world war ii, we had this economy, growth boom, that lifted everybody. In the last 25 years, the economy has grown 81 the Median Income has not grown at all. So the average american is not feeling anything. What are the main drivers of that . Well, its complicated. The bake thing is that at every level of the economy, weve had break downs. So in the middle. We have outsourced and automated millions or jobs, at the bottom, we had people try to get the education that they need to get better jobs. Theyre having a really hard time. If you are poor, its hard to get the college and Community College schooling you need to get out of poverty. At the top, this is our story today, way too many of the smartest people if america have gone into value creating business, job creating sectors to wall street. Which is its too big for the output that it has, so its all adds up to an economy where talent isnt finding its best use and people are stuck doing less than they could be. We all suffer for. Look, jim, i mean, this is the ting that i think that people dont understand whats the guting of middle america, the fact that these small cities, big towns, everybody wants to rail on outsourceing. The fact of the matter is i toured factorys that are factories that run them. Its all robotics, all automation. The problem, we all know the problem, but there doesnt seem to be, people dont like the solution, because the solution is long term. Its just education. Isnt it . Well, education is a big part of it. We have to grap him with the fact that our most educated people in the economy are doing things now that are not conducive to growth in the middle class. The aspect of things, we have like this, its, you know, we always thank you ability, okay, wall street is highly eeducated, all this stuff. Im talking about the technic at education. We need to invest in people and tear skills and themselves and their skills. We need the figure out ways to create the jobs and break down the barriers to get those people with skills into actual work thatskills. Because right now, youve got too many people would used to make 20 an hour, doing something very skilled, very artis artisan, and theyre stuck making 10 an hour, sweeping floors somewhere. Thats not the best use of their talents. Thats the problem. The best and the brightest, who should be the engineers, who should be the entrepreneurs right. Theyre going to wall street on the big money chase and theyre just basically shuffling paper around. Theyre going to wall street. Theyre going to k street. Theyre building up big advantagings. And entrepreneurship is down. Its getting harder to make your own business and build your own middle class life. Why is that . Its a 30year trend. Economists dont exactly know ways going on. Its coincided with this rise of lobbying power and Marketing Power for really big companies. So theres this sclerosis, robert gibbs, where the rich keep getting richer. The corporations keep getting bigger. And they crowd out middle class mom and pop shops. I was just going to say, i felt this when we used to see how people viewed the economy when i was in the white house. The stock market would be great. And people would say, you know, supporters, why arent you guys out there touting wall street more . Its not where people are connected. I hope a lot of policymaker, read this. If you could talk directly to them, what would you say would be the most effective thing we could do to understanding this and planning for it in the future . Stop arguing about marginal tax rates and things on the margins of partisan fights going on right now. Just think about talent. Think about, how can we unleash the great talent that america has already . How can we help more people get through school from the bottom . How can we invest in the people in the middle so they arent stuck doing those lower value jobs. To get people more entrepreneurial, more value creating, doing those job creator things we all have grown to expect from the best and brightest . But i think thats the way we have to change the mindset. And thank you for saying that. Tax policy. We have for the past 40 years, and i wallas a part of in the 90s. We believed every economic issue, every economic woe, could be handled by a debate on taxes. Whether you raise them. Whether you lower them. That is not what job has been created by a marriaginal tax rate, lower o increase im not saying taxes arent important, but that is the only major debate. Thats the debate. Not about getting the best and brightest going in the direction thats going to create the most american jobs and read build americas middle class. 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Number three, would i have to leave miami . Number two, are there any countries left to invade . And the number one question jeb bush is asking himself, is it a big deal that i was born in kenya . Oh, my goodness. So it begins. Wednesday december 17th. With us on set, New York Times reporter jeremy peters. Former governor of vermont and former chairman of the Democratic National committee howard dean. President and ceo of politico and capital new york jim vandehey. And of the Democratic National committee, michael steele. Michael, the jeb announcement yesterday, jeb announcement nonannouncement. That brings form very quickly to the Republican Party. It does, very, very quickly. Youve begun to see some of the jockeying between the alsos who want to get in there like the ted cruzes and rand pauls. Then started the carveout space, they want to keep that space. But jeb changes the dynamics, theres no doubt about it. The money will flow very differently. The organization will begin to flow differently. It will be interesting to see how much of his brother and even his fathers team he brings to the table. Joe, had a big he had a Big Organization in florida. How he utilizes that to launch this will be interesting to see. It will be interesting. Well be talking about that. First, breaking news overnight related to the massive sony data breach which has now gone from a hacking story to a terror story. A spokesperson for the landmark sunshine cinema confirms that sony has canceled thursdays new York Premiere of the movie the interview. This comes just hours after stars james franco and seth rogen pulled out of all publicity appearances including late night with seth meyers on nbc. The group claiming to be behind the sony hack evoked 9 11 while threatening to attack any theaters showing the movie. U. S. Officials say theres no evidence of any terror plot. But sony is now allowing theaters not to show the film. So far, at least one movie chain is taking sony up on its offer. Carmike cinemas. Two former employees have filed a Class Action Lawsuit against sony, claiming the company did not do enough to protect their personal information. Appears to be the entire email inbox of Sony Pictures chairman and ceo Michael Linton from 2008 to 2014. Screenwriter aaron sorkin is urging the media to resist reporting on the content of the stolen emails. Is there anything in these emails at all thats in the Public Interest that points to wrongdoing at the company . That helps anyone in anyway . There isnt. Theres just gossip there. Just a few weeks ago, that cloud was hacked into, and naked photographs of women who we know, famous women, were made available to the press. And i thought we all did a really good job of preemptively telling the press that if you publish these things, youre being sleazy. This is the exact same situation. Only worse by magnitudes. This is the exact same situation. Except it is worse by magnitude. I dont think its the exact same situation. Think its worse. I think there may be some newsworthy stuff in there. Coming from the profession ive come from and these guys have been my torturers from time to time, im used to having everything i do be public record. Except for the personnel records. You think peoples emails that they thought were going to be kept kept private should be hacked by the north korean government . No, of course not. And then spread out all over the front panges . I dont think they should be hacked by the government. Should we show what the government is doing . Thats up to the media. Thats skaeshcary as hell, t idea we think its fine for us to report on every single email i wrote or you wrote wait a minute, if i was running for president and you had my emails you did public official, now private citizens are subject to that . I think the point is moot. Somebodys going to print all of those emails. Its scary as hell thats going to happen is it a media story or is it a crime story . Right. You know, its not necessarily fair for everybody to put it on us, do you publish them or not publish them. This is a criminal act. Somebody has hacked their emails. If somebody dumped an email archive of any interesting public figure or somebody in the spotlight, im certainly going to look at that and make that decision as an editorial person, do you publish it. A crime but let me ask though, is it a crime, a criminal act, thats the reason youve gotten this information . Is it a criminal act made by north korea . The worst nation on this planet. Should you really do the bidding of that regime . Thats not the bidding of the regime. Ed snowden per formed a criminal act and that stuff was all over the place. This is about a movie. They dont like a comedy so theyve gutted an entire American Corporation and the president is jumping in, saying, how can we help you, north korea . How can we help you destroy careers . How can we help you destroy corporations . I guess it is more difficult to see what legitimate value there is. Over a movie. Not over what a governor did or what a congressman did, while he was congressman. This is stolen material. As our lawyers are telling our reporters at the New York Times, we are not to open these emails, we are not to actively look at them. We are only allowed to report on what has been out there. Because this is stolen material. And trafficking in it is, in itself, likely a criminal act. If you looked at these emails, if somebody looked at these emails and they found that Sony Pictures engaged in illegal contact and that was not a with members of congress or members of or, you know, there was a contract dispute or Something Like that was being hushed up in hollywood, would you print it . Look, i thats one issue yeah, thats right. Insulting a movie star, you know, Angelina Jolie on the front page salacious gossip what these two people emailed before a barack obama fundraiser when they were being stupid. I think thats far different than a criminal act being committed. Wait a minute, what about diplomatic cables that stay really stupid things . That gets in the paper again, this is what the media does, joe, they print gossip. Youre conflating hollywood with Public Servants philosophical debate, but thats all it is, like you said, theyre going to get printed, and if they say why . Because now its its gossip because its great the New York Times has lawyers that give that advice. Theres hundreds of websites, millions of people with twit iraccounts and facebook pages, somebodys going to post this information its not like the people sitting around this table dont have a say on what a lot of americans say. Is politico going to report it . Is roll call going to report it . I just think i think our standards are our lawyers have raised grave concerns about stolen material. I think that is also, this is different fundamentally than what Edward Snowden did. I mean, we are not talking about constitutional issues here. Were not talking about a threat to the fabric of our republican. Were talking about two studio executives sniping at each other. Thats what this is. Well, also, add on top of that, howard, youre dealing also with an organization that just threatened 9 11style attacks. Are those the type of people whose stolen material you want to traffic in as well . I think that changes. I understand how you feel as a public official in saying, come on, i put up with it, you put up with it too. In this case this is an interesting philosophical debate where you can have these kinds of questions. Are you going to, like, judge it differently . What do your lawyers say about it . These are the decisions we have to make on a regular basis. I wonder if theres a media professor out there who says if you have the north korean government illegally getting information and then following up by an arm of that government threatening a suicide bombing attacks on movie theaters showing a comedy, i wonder what media professor what respectable institution would say, yes, if youre the editor i can tie this into 2016. This election is going to be so much different than even 2012. Not only do you have to worry about someone getting caught videoing you on their phone, you have the legitimate concern its not that hard to hack in and get all of your emails for the last six years and have those released. And the idea you can keep that information from the public. Which you certainly could in 2012. I think what candidates are going to be exposed to is going to be more intense and scarier than it has been. Jeb bush just dumped 250,000 emays from his governors time into the public. For them to paw through as part of his exploratory operation. I think that makes a lot of sense. You guys might as well do the jim, you might recall this, in 2012, sarah palins account, email was attacked. Im asking this because i honestly dont recall. What was the standard news organizations generally apply . When emails were attacked, they printed them. Her husbands email address, a lot of information about the kids. It all got out there. So theres a political precedent here. It seems that there needs to be some grownups running the New York Times, running politico, running, you know and there are the Washington Post, i mean, its a shame that you guys are doing that. No, im just saying, there should be michael steele. Youre cdoing the right thing. Im saying the main news line organization, abc, cbs, nbc, should not print these emails. They should not print things that are hacked illegally. We have a bad enough time getting good candidates to go out and run because of the b. S. Thats written about them and their families. Half of them lies. On the internet right now. Now you start going into private email accounts. The sony ceo. Since 2008. Youre going to drive away every single man and woman would could make a difference in turning this country around. I think thats a very its just a very what ceo in america what teacher in america is going to want to run for office and make a difference in the white house, make a difference on a local school board if they think every email theyve written over the past decade at 3 00 in the morning when they were really, really pissed off at somebody or okay, for me, at 10 00 in the morning, when theyre really, really pissed off at somebody. But think about all the good people, michael steele, that this is going to drive from politics. If what jim is saying is right and if the media doesnt step up in a forceful way and say these are the new standards were living by . Joe, that is exactly the point right there. Youve laid it out the right way. The question for the journalists at the table is what is the standard . Weve heard the New York Times lawyers have put a little bit of a bar there. How do you look at this . Where do you draw the line . Is it salacious personal stuff that are clearly the attack on the celebrity of someone. Versus the substance of a corporate intrigue. Where do you guys draw the line, because lets start with the New York Times. Thats a great question. Help me understand this. The New York Times doesnt look at the emails and they dont print it but if the New York Post prints it, you can print whats in the New York Post . Because if thats the case, thats a copout. Theres a very strict editorial question there. I do know my editors exercise sound enough judgment that if its just, you know, something that doesnt seem to rise to the level of newsworthiness, that doesnt, for example, point to alleged racism by executives, for example, something of obviously. Still ahead on morning joe, weve got former governor and president ial candidate jen huntsman. Plus, buried within the 11, 1,600page spending bill is a provision marijuana activists are thrilled about. How new jersey governor Chris Christies actually defending his lifelong love of the Dallas Cowboys. I guess he is running. Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. They challenge us. They take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. For respawn, building the best Interactive Entertainment begins with the cloud. This is titanfall, the first multiplayer game built and run on microsoft azure. Empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. This cloud turns data into excitement. This is the microsoft cloud. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself i wish. 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So the lapd has been testing the cameras for the past several months. After raising more than 1. 5 million, is going to be moving forward with a plan to buy more than 7,000 cameras for Law Enforcement officials. He went on to say the trust between a community and its Police Department can be eroded in a single moment. Trust is built on transparency. So, howard, ive been talking about this for a very long time. And its interesting. How does it cut for libertarians on the right and for aclu types on the left . I always look at it as, hey, this is positive, this stops police abuse. Theres some people who are saying, wait, cameras all over the city, they can follow our every move, et cetera. Sort of like a big brother state is watching you. We put these in every car in vermont a long time ago. We found it helps a lot both the police and the people who are being arrested. It actually helped the police a little more. Because you can see the people who are arrested for dunk driving staggering around and stuff. A lawyer takes a look at that and goes, okay, were pleading. Also, it will claim abuse and there isnt any. But it also helps civil liberty aspect of it, any concern there or i dont get a civil liberty piece of this unless for some reason these tapes are foot available to nonPolice Officers. If you can see the whole tape and you cant doctor the tape this is between the officer and the person being arrested. I think it helps both sides. It helped determine who is really making this stuff up because of what we saw with eric garner, there were five witnesses. Five Police Officers on eric garner. Do we need five different angles of police so a lot of people say yeah, a lot of people say the police knew that there is a videotape there, but when youre a police, i guarantee you, if you wear a camera around every time were working, its going to change the way we act, the way we approach people. If those five cops all knew they were going to be judged by how they treated eric garner, eric garner would be alive today, he just would. Especially the guy with the choke hold. He would have known he was not going to be able to well, thats part of it. It has to do with training. The one commonalty between ferguson and Staten Island is the police were not as well trained as they should have been. Regardless of what the grand jurys found out, you know, what you want to say about the grand jury. I think we all have our different opinions. You dont fire 12 shots at somebody. Theres a way you do this. No matter how difficult the situation is. I dont seat downsie the downsi cameras. So long as i always talk about how public defenders are always on the short end of the stick. I want to make sure the public defenders and the criminal Defense Attorneys get those tapes as quickly as the Police Officers do. And they dont have to sit and ask for a discovery and wait and then wait and then wait. Automatic. Get it up on a website. Well, dont know about a public website. Well, get it up on a website that lawyers can have the password to, the public defender within three days, Something Like that when i say website, im talking about theres a way the lawyers can make it, you have a code, you go to a centralized website and you can see, you know, the rest. Lets finish with the new jersey governor. Chris christie defending his love for the boys. The Dallas Cowboys. After getting hammered on social media. It all started sunday during the cowboys win over the eagles in philly. High fiving cowboys owner jerry jones in the sky box. That sparked some nasty reaction from eagle fans. The former pennsylvania governor recently said, how can a jersey guy be a cowboys fan . Its pathetic. Called christie a creep and made a derogatory comment about his weight. Thats great. The governor reacted to the backlash at a local radio station. Im sure he did it with a light touch. Im an enthusiastic Dallas Cowboys fan. Ive never made a secret of it from the time i entered public life. You know, i was there rooting for my favorite team. Some people reacted badly to it. But thats okay. I understand. Theyre passionate about the eagles too. The people who listen to you know i call it as i see it. Im not going to be one of these politicians whoeni eninchanges sports team loyalties just to score political point. I say good for him actually on that front. By the way, eagles fans, they booed santa claus, so theyre going to be a little tough. If there are email, that point to him being a fan of anybody else, then thats going to be hes an public figure though. You know, professional sports is so interesting, the way it interacts with politics. Because it does matter who you aleenlan allegiances are. Paying attention to that in many cases for more than what youre actually doing. I only know that twitter feed. Chris christie has a lot bigger problems. But hed certainly love to win texas. He would love texas. There are a lot of billionaires in jerry jones box that can write some checks for a president ial campaign. If you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, it certainly helps to be in that box filled with billionaires. Coming up, from jeb bush to cruz paul. Were going to be talking to somebody who knows a thing or two about running for the republican president ial nomination, jon huntsman. And tim burton is bringing together two of the biggest stars for his latest film big eyes. Starring amy adams and christophs waltz. Much more straight ahead. Wouldnt it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters shopping online is as easy as it gets. And even piano tuners were just as simple . Thanks to angies list, now it is. Weve made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. Buy their services directly at angieslist. Com no more calling around. No more hassles. Start shopping from a list of toprated providers today. 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A lot of people in the republican primaries in 2010 and 2012 that couldnt win and kept harry reid in power. I think the message in 2014 was get something done. We want problem solvers. People who bring ideas to the table. Maybe even work across the party line and do something. The firebrands didnt seem to break through. That gives me some sense, some hope, that 2016 could see some real problem solvers emerge, bringing some ideas to the table. As opposed to the negativity of ripping somebody down. The positive spin of putting some real thinking on the table. Could jeb bush be that guy . I think jeb is a very powerful guy. Potential candidate. I think hes terrific. Well known. Governor of an important state. Hes got the kind of temperament that transcends just the political. Lets face it. We wanted the new new six years ago. We got the new new. Now its a little bit of nostalgia that worked in earlier years. From the new new to the old old. I dont know if jeb would like that. But robert, as the guy who represented the new new in 2008. I think the governor touches on the fact that we tend to pick our president s our next president based on what we see lacking in the current one. Right . In the nbc poll, even in time in the late 1990s when bill clintons Approval Rating was in the 60s, was close, it was still 50 of the country that wanted Something Different than clinton. The same with bush, the same with obama. I think the successful candidate is going to be somebody that makes up for what the public sees as the deficiencies of the current occupant. Yeah. I think thats i agree with the former governor, that jeb bush is a guy who has some of those traits. And i think i think the most interesting thing for me is, how do you get the nomination to get to the general election . Well, you got to get in early and you got to get a whole lot of money and be seen as authentic. Not Everybody Needs to agree with you, but you have to have a sense of authenticity. I think based on his accomplishments, based on he brings a sense of authenticity. When youre in the mix, it is pretty apparent that politics is a real marketplace. A new product is introduced and theres a reaction. Somebody fills the vacuum. Theres a reaction. So the reaction will be where do the contributors go, the money people . Where do the early organizers go . How does everybody response . And this will create a significant reordering of the race in a pretty short period of time. So the National Review actually put up an editorial this morning that i just tweeted out about a message to conservatives that they should give jeb a chance. The National Review is also detailing this morning ted crui cruzs own blueprint. He said hes going to play to the base. According to several top advisers, the senator sees a path to victory that relies on increasing conservative turnout, attracting votes from jews, hispanics and millennials that have tended to favor democrats. And in the words of one cruz strategist, not getting killed with independents. Thats interesting. I mean, look, yes, you know, grow the grow your base. Dont get killed among independents. And expand into hispanics. Sure. I just dont well, being conservative i just dont see. I think the question for ted cruz is this. Hes right now a more naturally talented michele bachmann. Michele bachmann, remember this well, at a time in the summer of 2013. She could never grow beyond people who were going to be with her no matter they were going to be with her no matter what she said what she did. She never could get beyond. That was, you know, 12 at the time. She never could get beyond that group. Hes going to have people you go to iowa right now and you do a poll, ted cruz is, you know, hes probably not first. Christie is probably in there. But who are you most committed to being for. Hes going to win that. You have the question for governor . I think you look at the way you said, im not going to pander to the extremes in my party. It didnt work. Jeb bush basically said the same thing. I wonder what would you advice be to him so hes successful . If i knew anything about how these campaigns are to be run, i wouldnt be sitting here with you right now. This is better than being president. Lets just say that getting in early is way to his advantage. Doing iowa, which we chose not to do. We put all our chips down in New Hampshire and took third in New Hampshire. Just sheer grit and hard work. You got to play iowa. You dont have to win in iowa, but you have to get the top four. Jeb bush could easily get the top four. Then you have to go to New Hampshire and do well. You get south carolina, which is a good state for govern burr. Then florida and super tuesday. You got to play iowa, which is what some people have avoided in the past. So you said iowa . Absolutely, thats a mistake. Even if youre not going to win, you cant afford not to be two things. You cant afford not to be where all the media is watching, right . Because by definition, youre out of a bunch of the stories. The second thing is, if you cant compete in iowa, iowas a swing state. Iowas going to be a state which is where youll spend time in the general election. If you cant compete there, i totally agree. There are people would say, lets skip it. It isnt it work. Stay with us. Coming up next, the price of oil. It is in a free fall and opec is refusing to act, a special representative from the state departments going to be our next guest with a major impact this is having on the United States and global economies, especially russia. When we return. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like youre underwater . Try zyrtecd® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms. So you can breathe easier all day. Zyrtecd®. Find it at the pharmacy counter. Zyrtecd®. 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This undercuts their power in the caribbean. A lot of moving parts. Most seems to be good. First, its remarkable were talking about oil below 60. Totally. It is remarkable. What was it . It was 115 in june. Thats right. Of last june. As soon as isis went in and took over mosul, Oil Prices Went up to 115. That was the peak. Weve been averaging in the 100 to 110. We had all these banks telling us 100 is the new floor for the foreseeable future. That was in june and july. Today, were in a different world. Its having great impacts on a number of countries. Some americans may look at it and say this is not a bad news story. Other countries, this is a real struggle. On the isis side, its both side, of that equation. Were trying to diminish their oil revenues. But iraq needs the revenues more. Theyre trying to fight isis and fund the new government where most of the revenues oil. Today, they basically lost 50 of the revenues. In russia, Vladimir Putin is seeing an economic crisis like hes never seen before. The ruble in free fall. What happens next . When youre a large gas station effectively, you have to figure out how you diversify and broaden the economy. When you look at the price per barrel russia needs to hit, theyre about 100, 200 a barrel. Thats where the economys pegged. Even when you get to the gulf, kuwaits probably 75, saudi arabias 95. So you look at the whole mix regally, and theyre in the water now. Why are the saudis, why is opec deciding theyre not going to intervene . Just a couple weeks add, said, well let the market sort it out. Theyre grabbing market share. Theyre more interested in market share than pricing. Getting consensus in opec, they have great differences among them. Getting a consensus is almost impossible. This is a complex issue. On the other hand, intervening in the market is a big risk. If you intervene and it doesnt work and oil prices go down, thats a risk. Theyre looking at iran, russia, the consequence is in tnot nec y necessarily negative. The points about russia are well taken. Russia still one of the ten biggest economies in the world. This could reduce their gdp by 40 . That is an economic disaster. Russia defaulted on its deet bt 19 88. I want to ask you, especially governor huntsman, because im going to head out to midland, texas. To talk about the economic story there. For most of america this is a good news story. We go to the gas pump, things are cheap. Theres a decidedly negative impact on texas, oklahoma, parts of utah where youve seen an oil and Gas Infrastructure built out which has helped the overall u. S. Economic recovery. Its been huge. When you go out to midland, youre going to see that employment, unemployment is probably 2. 5 . The average starting income is 82,000 bucks. I was just out there myself not long ago. What is exciting, tight oil is probably in a different category in terms of competitiveness. But gas and the export potential is huge. So we have to be using this to our strategic advantage. This could be a new foundation on which you build friends and support your allies. Japan, korea, their needs. Were about to become the largest exporter in the world of lng. If you had told anybody that, we would have called you crazy. Thats about to happen in places like midland and the strategically, what do we need to do . Well, we need to get used to a world in which saudi arabia is probably seen in a different context in terms of our Overall Energy for security kind of relationship. Goes back to the 1950s. We need to say, okay, as a pillar of strategy, always a good thing to have in foreign policy, energy now becomes a tool for the United States, where weve never had that before. And how can we rearrange a gloebl straig global strategy based on energy as a driver . Its a huge advantage for us. All you need to know about the impact on middle class families is to look at the nbc poll. Almost 80 of the public felt at least some positive impact from lower gas prices. Whats remarkable is when weve seen lower gas prices in the economic downturn, its been because demand has fallen, right so whenever the economy picks up and people want to take longer drives, go on vacation in their cars, because demand increases, the price increases. Thats always been hard. This is a time in which youve seen the economy still going and the price of gas dropping, which would be a real big benefit. All right, guys, thank you so much. Amos, really quickly, how low does it go . Ill never bid on oil prices. Very good. Smart man. Thank you so much. We always appreciate you being with us. Coming up next, director jim burton recruited two of hollywoods biggest stars for his new film big eyes. Scenes in the movie about one of the nations biggest art frauds. Stay with us. Look, i love the way he controls abthe lightsbutler. And unlocks the door when i forget my keys. Its just that. I feel like hes always watching us. Yes, that is why we should use wink. Look, it can monitor and manage our house but it wont start to develop human emotions. Hey buddy. Control your entire home with one simple app introducing wink its like a robot butler, but not as awkward. Hey, tim burtons new film big eyes the true story of the 1950s con artist walter keane who for decades passed his wifes margaret, paintings often as his own. One of the biggest art frauds of the century. The films been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards including best actor for Christoph Waltz and best actress for amy adams. You were the only living soul i could tell my secret to. I painted every single one of them. Every big eye. Me. I grew up in the culture where, you know, keanes were on everyones wall. No other art. That was it. It was very, very present in my life. He sells paintings and he sells pictures of the paintings and he sells postcards of the pictures of the paintings. My god, its a movement. I dont think its often, amy, you get to meet someone youre playing and tell their story. Sure. Was that difficult for you or did you feel the pressure from that . Well, i felt the pressure to do a performance that show would feel honored her and was respectful to her. It was actually helpful because shes such a sort of internal person. Really, i needed to meet her to understand more about her character. Shes incredibly quiet, shy person. But, you know, she still paints either day. Is really a special person. Why are you lying . Sadly, people dont buy lady art. The painting says keane. Im keane. Youre keane. Smile. Sometimes im asked about tim, you know, this is not a typical tim burton movie. It certainly is because the interesting things that we dont like to confront within ourselves are underneath where its dark and theres a tight lid on it and tim is the person who pushes the lid off and it bubbles up. Maybe i could sign it myself. That sounds a bit confusing, doesnt it . Keane means me. Do you think youll do more fills in the future based off of true stories . I picked ed wood and this, so this is my idea of you know, like, you make fantasy films, but those kinds of films. I grew up on, like, fantasy films. When they speak to you and theyre real, its like a fairy tale. More real and, you know, more real life than some real life movie. So its a weird again, perception is an interesting thing. You dont even know what the truth is. So, who is the artist . Well, that looks fascinating. Big eyes opens in theaters christmas day. You were commenting on lewiss posture. Very professional. Tough questions, legs crossed. His notepad. Christoph waltz is pretty amazing. Amy adams. What a con they had going. I know, i know. Speaking of cons, lewis really did a good job. He did a great job. Coming up next, what, if anything, did we learn. Wellllll. 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As every other republican candidate seems to thing they can get the nomination by expanding what the Republican Party is. Ted cruz thinks he can get it by shrinking that. If its way too early, its morning joe. Stick around though. Because the rundown with san jose is state ahead. We begin with breaking news out of cuba on the rundown. Has learned that alan gross, a 65yearold american citizen whos been in prison in that island for more than five years, is on his way home. A Senior Administration official tells nbc news this morning alan gross has departed cuba on a u. S. Government plane bound for the United States. He was released on humanitarian grounds at the request of the United States. The president will be speaking at noon