Term and it has just managed to do so, coming in just under the wire for the deadline to have cases considered this term. So the court will hear the case in april and with a decision some time in late june, if the Administration Wins here, then the administration could begin to put the new rules into effect in the waning months of the obama presidency. But if the administration loses, then it goes back for another round in the lower courts and it would be another couple of years before the issue is finally resolved. Now the governments argument here is that the states have no right to bring this case in the first place. This he say that Immigration Law is uniquely a federal responsibility and the states should just bug out. But the states say, no, that they are stuck with part of the bill for this program. Texas, for example, argues that it would have to issue drivers licenses to maybe half a Million People who would be able to stay in texas and that would cost the government a lot of money. So the Supreme Court has to decide that question. That was the main question here. But the justices asked the lawyers for both sides to answer an additional question is the program unconstitutional . Specifically, does it violate a part of the constitution where it lays out the president s duties and says he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. The states had argued that this is unconstitutional because, in essence, the guidance tells the Border Patrol and other federal agencies to simply ignore the law and allow these people to stay. So the Supreme Court will hear all that in april with a decision by june. The lower courts, pete, what did we learn at least on how this argument may be set when the Supreme Court does hear from both sides . What did we hear in those lower courts . Reporter well, the trial court did suggest it was unconstitutional but the main holding of the lower courts is the government tried to put this rule into effect illegally. They argued that because it was such a change in policy, because it wouldnt merely allow people to stay, it would also give them additional benefits, like work permi permits, social security, medicare and that sort of thing. And to do that, the states argued, the government should have published this notice, asked for public comment. And by not doing that it violated the law. Pete williams live for us at the Supreme Court this morning with the breaking news. Meanwhile we are waiting for reaction from the campaign trail as both ted cruz and donald trump intensify their attacks against each other and their battle over immigration. Both men are spending the day trying to poach each others supporters in states where the other leads. Right now ted cruz is making the first of what will be six stops just today of his bus tour in New Hampshire. For his part, trump is appearing at multiple events in iowa today, including a rally at the John Wayne Museum. That seems like a very strange sight that you see on the screen but thats the museum and someone is standing in front of the statue of john wayne. This is to get under way within the hour. Trumps team is teasing a big announcement during an event this evening at iowa state university. There is growing speculation but no confirmation that this could be an endorsement from sarah palin who in the past has backed ted cruz in his 2012 senate campaign. Trumps campaign has not officially confirmed any of this. The gop frontrunner will have some company in the hawkeye state. Carly fiorina, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum are all Holding Events there. The nbc News Survey Monkey poll shows Donald Trumps lead is holding study at 38 while cruz trails at 21 . Nbcs Kerry Sanders joins me from winterset, iowa where trump will speak later in the hour. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is in New Hampshire where cruz will make his stop later this afternoon. Hallie, i want to start with you. You heard petes report regarding the Supreme Court now looking at these executive actions regardsing the obama administrations decisions on immigration. Ted cruz, interestingly, yesterday went after donald trump on immigration. Play what he said. We were on the verge of losing this fight and 12 Million People here illegally being granted amnesty. And yet, when that fight was being bout, donald was nowhere to be found. Granted, donald trump wasnt running for office or holding any office, but we see there ted cruz trying to hit him on the very issue that perhaps propelled donald trump to where he is now. Reporter you are absolutely right, tamron. This is an issue, significant in that this was the first time that we saw ted cruz bring up donald trump sort of unprompted in front of voters, not in front of the media and in front of voters without being asked about this. Part of cruzs what appears his rampup in trying to hit trump and distance himself as they head into both the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary here. You talk about these executive actions on immigration. Thats something that senator cruz has been raling against throughout his whole campaign. When i was with him in iowa a couple of weeks ago he hit president obama again for those executive orders. So it is something that we could hear from him on the campaign trail. Hes on his New Hampshire bus tour. As you look at this restaurant here, not a ton of people here yet but we expect to fill up in just a little bit. Will be interested to see just how cruz goes after trump here in some of these smaller, more rural towns in New Hampshire, and what kind of impact that might have on voters. It is interesting also, hallie, as we wait to see at least from their social media feeds, both cruz and trump respond to the Supreme Courts decision to hear this case on the executive actions. Theres been pretty much silent but i think it is probably predictable what both will say. Reporter i think you are right, given especially ted cruz has made no secret of where he stands on this issue over the last six to eight months during this campaign. Let me bring in now Kerry Sanders. As we await this event for donald trump at the John Wayne Museum a little bit later, theres all this buzz regarding a possible endorsement from sarah palin. First up, it is curious where this came from and if youve been able to get any new information on this. Reporter its an intriguing story because theres the announcement on twitter by donald trump that there will be a big announcement. Then of course, there was so the connected dots that maybe it is sarah palin. Then flight aware, which tracks planes, including private planes, yesterday shows a jet leaving anchorage coming to des moines. That 5 01minute flight. But remember, there are other fortune 500 companies here. Maybe it is just another executive coming. But with all the suggestion it may very well be sarah palin and now looking back there have been some very complimentary statements from sarah palin towards donald trump. Even though it was in 2012 that she endorsed ted cruz and her statements is thats what got him reelected to office there. There is a sense already growing there inside the Ted Cruz Campaign that theres some disappointment if indeed sarah palin is going to make this announcement. I have a feeling that what were going to see is, while the gathering is here, we see dozens of people filing inside to the Birthplace Museum here of john wayne. Its probably around 6 00 eastern, 5 00, that were going to see some sort of development, whether it is sarah palin or not, when donald trump is in ames, iowa and has an event there perfectly timed at 6 00 eastern to go straight in to the 6 30 National Broadcasts on the networks. Thank you. Turning to the democrats, Bernie Sanders has already hit the ground running this morning. In fact, he has four events in iowa today holding this town hall meeting just a short time ago. According to the des moines register, 14 of likely democratic caucusgoers are still uncommitted. Joining me now from des moines, government and politics reporter for the associated press. I want to get your reaction, it is interesting, Kerry Sanders was outside in the snow at that trump event. The point that trumps team is making is that if there are people who are willing to stand outside to see him, why is it being floated out there that these same people wont show up to caucus for him . Thats really the Million Dollar question when it comes to the trump campaign. He does have huge rallies. People are very enthusiastic. Yeah, theyre showing up on bitterly cold days and nights to see him. But caucusing is not like voting in a primary. It involves a certain amount of dedication. You have to show up pat a specific time. It takes some time to do it. So typically it rewards the more dedicated party activists. So certainly these trump people could show up, but it is still not totally clear if these people are really fans or if theyre actually going to come out on february 1st. Talk a little bit about Bernie Sanders ground game, especially as it relates to South Carolina. Yesterday you had a number of democrats saying that they have been surprised by his ground game in South Carolina which is seen as Hillary Clintons fire wall. Lets transfer that idea to iowa. Whats been the biggest surprise, at least in these last few days of this momentum, this push from Bernie Sanders . Well, certainly bernie has a real ground game here. Hes brought a lot of people in. He has a lot of paid staff. He has a lot of volunteers. Both he and clinton have serious, robust troops on the ground, so to speak. I do think some of the stuff with bernie is a little bit like trump in that he is looking to expand the world of people who caucus, he is looking to bring out new participants, theyre certainly courting independent voters. Part of what his folks on the ground have to do is really get new people out on caucus night. One of the questions right now is will the Hillary Clinton campaign go negative on Bernie Sanders, more than some of the push that weve seen as relates to health care and gun safety which was highlighted in that debate. Do you believe that the iowa democrats, some of those who are independent but may be leaning certainly to supporting the Democratic Party if they expect this to get ugly in the next few days . I mean it is politics. I think iowa voters are veterans of this so i think very little will surprise them. I saw clinton yesterday in iowa. She was kind of sticking to the tone of the debate. She didnt mention sanders by name but she did talk a lot about preserving the Affordable Care act and pursuing an achievable agenda. Her message contrasts with sanders whos talking more boldly about a political revolution. When you look at the polls right now, des moines register, 42 for clinton, 42 for sanders, just 14 saying that they are uncommitted. Those are different obviously numbers than what weve seen with some of the republican polling out there. But just 14 say that they are uncommitted at this point. I think increasingly people have made up their minds. Both clinton and sanders have been here a lot. They both have been sending out volunteers, theyve both been work, the game very vic russly. So i think you are getting down to the wire in terms of attracting in you or undecided people, absolutely. Vrmts co coming up, today were learning more from the americans freed over the weekend in that prisoner swap in iran. And ill talk with Montel Williams who fought for the release of a marine who was part of the swap. And the governor of michigan is set to address his state tonight. Obviously the major topic flints water crisis. Residents demanding he steps down. They want more federal aid and there are so many questions that still remain regarding how we got to this point a year later. 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The white house spokesperson just saying, in part, like millions of families across this country, immigrants who want to be held accountable to work on the books to pay taxes, and to contribute to our society openly and honestly. We are pleased that the Supreme Court has decided to review the immigration case. The statement goes on to say we are confident that the policies will be upheld as laufl. Yes, the first reaction coming in from the White House Assistant press secretary regarding the Supreme Courts decision to review president obamas executive orders on immigration thats been put on hold by the lower courts. Also developing, were expecting to see 1 of the 5 americans freed over the weekend in that prisoner swap with iran. Washington post reporter Jason Rezaian is expected to appear soon before cameras at the American Military hospital in landstuhl, germany where he was reunited with his family and has been undergoing evaluations. Rezaian spent 545 days in captivity at the iranian prison after being charged with spying. Two other freed americans are also at the u. S. Hospital in germany, including evangelical pastor saeed abedini. He was in prison since 2012 for organizing churches in iran. Meanwhile, also marine corps veteran amir hekmati has been reunited with his sister and brotherinlaw. He was arrested in 2011 while visiting his grandmother in iran and was sentenced to death. Don levinson is still missing. His family is criticizing the prisoner swap that they say did not include him. I was shocked. I was disappointed. I was extremely angry and i felt betrayed. Hes given his life to this country for decades. Hes done over 30 years of work for the u. S. Government. Hes been abandoned. Hes a soldier that was left behind. Joini ing me now live, forme navy officer and former u. S. Marine, Montel Williams who joins us from bulgaria and for the past two years montels advocating for the release of mr. Hekmati. Montel, thank you for joining us. Really wanted to be here, tamron. Thank you. Let me hear from you regarding any information youve been able to get from amirs family on his condition and obviously just the elation that has to be flowing through that whole family. Weve been talking, family and i have been talking since saturday whether they were en route to germany to meet him when he arrived. The familys absolutely elated. For amir, this is 1,600plus days, over 4 1 2 years imprisoned in the worse prison in all of iran just because of the uniform they wore. Let me say first that all the families who had their loved ones freed, we all have to come to celebration and if you say prayers, say them. Blessings are sent to them. For the families that are still left behind. Our work is not done. I was working tirelessly for amir hekmat it willi because i marine, but we should leave no soldier behind. In the case of mr. Levinson we dont know where he is and i will probably help enter the fight now to ensure that he comes home, if possible. I know that you tweeted and retweeted photos yesterday of amir, including one with his family and another one of him actually enjoying his first day. Tell me a little bit about that 2 1 2year pledge that you made to amir, to his family, to not let the world forget that he was being held and in fact he was sentenced to death for spying. I got to tell you something. I would hate to give an impression to think i was in any way, shape or form responsible for him being released. I think what i was able to do was give a voice to and humanize someone who america had forgotten. America forgot about him and he needed a voice. Thats the reason why i got involved with governor richardson and others across the aisle. In this case weve had a congressman whos been just voracious at ensuring that everybody remember the fact that amir was there and there only because he wore the uniform of the United States of america. Thats it. Thats the only reason. So i was a moo reason, once a marine, always a marine. I was also in the navy but i served 22 years. I believe very strongly we dont leave one behind. Anything i can do to ensure he was hurt and we thought about him, we prayed about him. Thats one reason we had hashtag free amir now. Now it is hashtag amir freed. You mentioned congressman kilde who went to germany with amirs family. Amirs father has terminal cancer and i believe you shared the fact that his father really has been holding on in hopes of seeing his sons face again. The family its very personal for this family. His whole journey has been very personal. Ive been able to be a part of that family. I didnt want to go to germany because i really feel strongly about the fact that hes been gone for almost 4 1 2 years. My goodness, i want him to spend as much time looking in his sisters eyes, kissing her face, hugging his brotherinlaw before i even step in the middle of that. But congressman kilde who was instrumental every single day in ensuring he was freed deserves to be there. Now when they come home, im hoping that we dont all freak out and want to just get a camera shoved up a nose. Remember, this young man was in prison, tortured 4 1 2 years. We should give him a little bit of a break. When we do see him and the family, thank them for their service and remember all the other servicemen who would do the exact same thing. We dont want to forget. If you listen to all the rhetoric in all these debates and all the conversations, a lot of people are saying that they wlabt to do a lot for our military. Im going to tell you, there is a lot of smack being talked. Not a lot of action being done. You bring up the rhetoric on the campaign trail, the reaction from a number of republicans running for president. Really dismissed this deal calling it, as donald trump said, this all of deal despite the fact that these americans would be coming home and saying that it was a mistake to broker this deal that allowed iranians to return back to their country in exchange, in this swap here. Whats your reaction having been so personal and so close to the hekmati family . You know, i say this quite often and i apologize if it comes off incorrectly to some. But if you didnt put a uniform on your back, and you didnt serve this country, how dare you sit back and say that one who wore a uniform should be left in a prison and we shouldnt do everything we should do to get them out. Get politics out of this. We had four americans, five americans being held, in prison, wrongfully imprisoned. Whatever two take to get them out, we should do. Now we could talk about whether or not we should have traded are four, three, two, one prisoners, should they all be ones that had traffic violations, versus other ones . None of the prisoners swapped had any physical attacks against americans. They all violated rules that were against sanctions so they were probably monetary. They were middle aged. They arent going to be recruited to a fight. I say if i could give up seven or ten of them for one marine, id send them out today. Im not going to hold them if prison just to be politically correct. Thats why you brought it up, tamron. Im not going to try to jump political. I happen to be over here in bulgaria tonight and for the last three days with former head of the cia mr. Jim woolsey. Im over here because were doing a technology and Business Initiative to interact with bulgaria. Now why . Because while everyone else is complaining about what the worlds got to do, there are leaders that are out there trying to lead the path to make sure that we can do business next year around the world. So we can talk all these days about what we could do. Lets get some action. Thats what im about. Thats why im going to stay actively involved in making sure our americans held overseas are returned, ill stay actively involved in ensuring American Technology gets an opportunity to be seen worldwide and im going to stay active in ensuring that our verterans get the respect they deserve from this president , the next one, and the next one after that. Montel, were grateful for your service and your advocacy and not letting anyone off the hook when it comes to our veterans, wherever they are. Safe travels back. Thank you for the coverage. Coming up, the governor of michigan is set to address flints toxic tap water tonight in his state of the state address. This crisis is ongoing. 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Tests have now shown that the water corroded pipes causing lead to leach from them and children in flint have shown elevated levels of lead which can cause permanent brain damage. We are getting word of a new link now between that water and the medical condition of flints residents. Just as protesters are headed to lansing, michigans capital city in anticipation of michigan governor rick snyders state of the state address tonight. Msnbc reporter Tony Dokoupil joins us from lansing, michigan. Tony, start here with this admission from the governor. He was asked flat out is it your katrina . And do you think thats unfair . He said, no, he doesnt think it is unfair, it is a disaster here. Reporter he says it is a disast disaster, that its his katrina. Last week you may recall Health Officials in michigan announced a spike in legionnaires disease in the county that includes flint. 87 cases between june of 2014 and november of 2015. That was a tenfold increase and it included ten deaths. It was very serious. Legionnaires is a type of pneumonia from bacteria thats in standing water. Today just moments ago we heard from a doctor, the chief pediatrician at hurley medical ka center. She was the one that led the study that confirmed lead in the blood of the children of flint. She tells us the legionnaires deaths are totally related to the wider water crisis. We also reached out to a Virginia Tech researcher, mark edwards, another pioneer here who confirmed that lead was in fact in the water. We asked him about the legionnaires connection and he said there is is a very strong likelihood they are related. Health officials are still looking into it more deeply but two significant academics who have clashed with the administration in the past say it looks very likely that these ten deaths are part of the wider crisis. The governors speech here tonight just got a little bit more serious than it already was. To your point, it already was. You have, for example, Hillary Clinton on with rachel last night saying negligence, incompeten incompetence. You have a number of people asking will there be people charged . This has gone on. Again, it may just be in the headlines for many people but this has gone on since 2014. You had families forced to get the water from their home, then send it away for testing after being ignored by city officials there. Absolutely. The big challenge for the governor tonight is explaining to the people of flint and to the people of michigan, and as Hillary Clinton mentioned, really this is a nationwide issue at the moment. How did it take two years from the time that people began to complain to the time a state of emergency was final will i declared and that resources were released . Waters and filters and finally a federal emergency relief. Why did it take so long . Thats the challenge hes going to have to address in the speech, convince a lot of very angry people who will gather on the lawn behind me looking for exactly that answer. Tony dokoupil, thank you for your time. Let me bring in ariana hawke, a flint resident, a mother of three, pregnant now with her fourth child. She will be among the protesters in lansing later today. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you for having me. Let me start with your pregnancy, your children. Have you had your children tested . Have you been tested . What can you tell me that doesnt compromise your privacy regarding your health and those kids . Well, right now weve just it is just a wait time. We havent seen no test results yet. They supposed to be issuing them out in the mail but i personally havent seen anything for me or my kids. You or your children have not been tested at this point. No, we have been tested. We havent had the results. They say it takes three to five days but we havent seen anything yet. That has to be frightening in itself. You are pregnant. You have three children and you do not know the status of your bloodwork and your tests. Exactly. You are going to be there tonight. Is there anything that this governor can say, anything the leadership of flint can say to you right now that makes sense as to why some of the first reports of concerns were 2004 and this emergency status only now coming to light and being designated by the governor in the last day or so . No. He got a lot of questions to answer. I mean pass a parent of three, and one child thats in school, i want to know why. Why it happened. And why is it being covered up and why it too so long. Theyre saying now water and filters have been delivered to 16,000 homes. There are 50,000 homes. Flint. Have you received anything that makes you feel like the water in your home is safe . No. I mean like they want us to go to the Fire Departments and get water. They only offer one case of water per family. One filter. I mean thats going there every day to get a case of water. I got a family of four. Thats not going to work. I still havent got a knock on my door. You know that Hillary Clinton and others have said if this were a white neighborhood, an affluent neighborhood, that this would not have been ignored. Do you believe that you and the families there have been ignored because of the color of your skin and your economic status . I personally do. I believe they ignored us because of the color of our skin. Took too long for us to get help. When did you first realize there was a problem with your water . The boil advisories. All summer long we had boil advisories for the food. Boil the water before you use it. If its coming out yellow, they was still telling us it was still safe to drink. Then, that was the precaution then that we needed the help. So whats happening right now . Where are you with the kids . How are you keeping your kids from being exposed to this further . Were still in the house. Were still in our house in flint. We just using bottled water. We go out buying majority. Like i said, one case of water isnt enough for our family so we still have to go out and purchase water. I have a 2yearold thats going through the water flaring the skin up so i are have to take different precautions with him. How afraid are you right now especially that you are pregnant . Its terrifying, to be honest. Im scared because i dont know the longterm effect of whats going to happen. Ariana, youll be among those demanding answers. Again, people have said there may even need to be criminal charges leveled against individuals if it is proven that theres negligence to the degree that some reports have pointed out. Our thoughts are with you. Those three children of yours and that baby that you are carrying right now. Every family deserves better than what it appears to have been played out so far. We need water. You do. Thank you very much. Coming up, new polls show the democratic race has developed into a choice of evolution. Hillary clinton or revolution, Bernie Sanders. Why the First Read Team says no contest will be more impactful for democrats than the Iowa Caucuses. Nbcs senior Political Editor mark murray will join us next. The future belongs to the fast. And to help you accelerate, weve created a new company. One totally focused on whats next for your business. The True Partnership where people,technology and ideas push everyone forward. Accelerating innovation. Accelerating transformation. Accelerating next. Hewlett packard enterprise. 80 but up to 90 fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. Lets do more. Add one a day womens 50 complete multivitamin. With vitamin d and calcium to help support bone health. One a day. Ive been blind since birth. 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If you assume clinton wins the democratic nomination, iowa will determine whether she gets there the easy way or the hard way. Joining me now, msnbc senior Political Editor mark murray. Talk to us about the first read and bringing up glenn frye just confirms that you guys are geniuses over there. Very sad news. But certainly a way to tribute to him. Tamron, heres the situation about iowa. If Hillary Clinton ends up winning that, that sets her up to end up winning South Carolina, the march 1st states that are heavy with minority voters. Pretty much how she would kind of wrap up this democratic nomination by early march, midmarch. Mathematically. Of course i dont think anyone thinks that Bernie Sanders is going to be getting out of this contest any time soon, but that is her path to focus on general election possibly by march. But if she ends up losing iowa, if she loses New Hampshire, maybe she ends up losing nevada, thats the katie, bar the door type of scenario. Even if she wins the democratic nomination, it is going to take her into may, june to get there. Thats why iowa is so important. Speaking of iowa, donald trump is going to be at the John Wayne Museum there. Im sure this looks much better in person when you visit but this shot and eventually donald trump there standing in front of that statue is, again, i think one of the reasons compare some of what weve seen to an snl skit. Im sure it is amazing and i probably want to visit one day but that shot looks pretty entertaining. On a more serious note here, mark, youve got the Supreme Court now saying it will review president obamas executive actions on immigration. You can bet trump and others will have something to say about this. How does this pit donald trump against ted cruz at this point . Im not sure necessarily this Supreme Court case has a big impact op donald trump versus ted cruz but it will have general election ramifications. My colleague Pete Williams said it will likely end up getting a decision from the Supreme Court on this in june. June is smack dab in the general election, right before the nominating conventions. It guarantees immigration is going to be able to be an issue one way or another no matter hot republican nominee is. Mark murray, thank you very much. Great pleasure having you on. Coming up, ill talk about a teenage inventor whos created a devise that will hopefully prevent deaths from people being distracted from driving. This is probably something youve never heard of before and its even gotten the attention of president obama. Its todays born in the usa. cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. 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Common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. And my biggest reason to walk calls me grandpa. Ask your doctor about lyrica. The statistics are terrifying. The federal government calling distracted driving an epidemic on americas roadways. The department of transportation says nine people are killed every day by drivers who were distracted by things like texting or using devices. In 2013, more than 3,100 people were killed in such crashes. That brings us to todays born in the usa, our series where we spotlight American Business success stories. My next guest is 20 years old and hes made it his mission to end distracted driving. T. J. Was just 14 when he came up with the smart wheel, a Steering Wheel cover that tracks drivers hand movements and sends the data to an app so you or a concerned parent can check your driving habits. T. J. Joins us from boston. Thanks for your time. Absolutely. Great to be here. Tell me how you came up with this idea. Was it a personal reason . Partly. How we came up with the idea is back when i was 14, my friends were just starting to learn to drive. Right . So i was in the unique position to see some of the dangerous stuff that happens behind the wheel of a new car, both related to technology and also distractions that have been around forever such as eating while driving or sipping beverages and that sort of thing. I thought there must be a solution out there. This problem is so global. Its got to be something out there. But all we found were recording devices which are only effective after the fact. In other words, theyll tell you how fast youre going when you hit the tree. They dont actually do anything to prevent it. We set out to create the first device proactively that would avert drive alert drivers when they are in a dangerous situation ahead. Let me see it. Yeah. This is the product right here, the smart wheel. Installs like a regular Steering Wheel cover on any car. Has sensors around the edge to protect the drivers hands. Through our research that hand position is an excellent indicator of distractions because most distractions river the drier to take one or both hands off the wheel. Alerts the driver in real time with lights and audio tone to refocus on the road ahead. That data is stored for later use through our mobile application where you can break down a drivers performance and offer rewards based upon how well they drive. How much would this retail for . Initially well be launching this product at 199. That will be available on our website by end of the first quarter. Right around march, april. Listen, 199 is not bad at all if it can save a life especially, your peers. I have three nieces and a nephew. Two of them are driving. This is a big concern. But i have to own it as well, as adults we do the same thing. Im guilty as anybody else. I dont drive but guilty of always having this phone near me somehow and it can be a distraction. Exactly. Actually 70 of new drivers actually pick up the habits of their parents. Again, we want to create this new generation of safe drivers so that we can make our roads safer in the future. President obama was actually seen holding the smart wheel. You were invited to show off your invention at the white house. How did that feel . You were so much younger in that picture, by the way. I was. That was back near the beginning of this project, actually. That was when we created the first working prototype we were invited to present the first ever white house science fair to president obama and he liked the idea so much that he wants one for his daughters when they are old enough to drive. Which is really amazing, because thats actually this year. So were excited that the Development Time sort of corresponded here. We are really looking forward to pursuing that further. T. J. , i know you are positioned to take in 56 million within five years but it is not just for the money, it is to save lives. Congratulations, t. J. We will keep track of you. We are happy that this idea was born in the usa. Thank you. No problem. Thank you. We will take you now to winterset, iowa. Donald trump is taking questions at a Campaign Event at the john wayne Birthplace Museum. Im a big fan of sarah palin, yes. I am a big fan of sarah palin but im not saying who it is. Yes . [ inaudible question ] well, we will talk about it later, i think. We will talk about that later. But its a very big event planned and i think everyones going to be very impressed and nobody knows who it is. And thats fine. Yes, sir. [ inaudible question ] well, i am a real conservative and russia has been terrific to me, and russia has really been amazing to me. I actually read what he said. Hes still amazing to me. I appreciate everything rush has done for me 100 . [ inaudible question ] well, there is. At first i didnt feel that necessarily they would come together like that but when you think of it, john wayne represented strength, he respected power, he represented what the people are we have exactly the opposite from john wayne right now in this country and he represented real strength and an inner strength you dont see very often. Thats why with this endorsement it meant so much to me. We actually went very far out of our way to come and be with the family and the group and the director and to be right here, because they have done such an incredible job. This really all started, i walked around and we were here and we got here a little bit early and i looked at everything, i said they have done an incredible job. I would imagine they will get a lot of people coming here especially now with all of you characters. You are going to have a lot probably there will be a rush to the front door tomorrow. Youll say what happened. But he deserves it. Donald trump taking in the endorsement from john waynes family. The question i think at the top is what really was relevant here, is it sarah palin that will endorse him later today. We not confirm that, just saying that it is a big endorsement but would not say if its sarah palin or not. I do believe we are moving on to another story out of hollywood. There are twists this morning to the backlash over the Academy Awards and the lack of nominations for any actors of color. Late last night, the academys president released a statement responding to the criticism and vowing the academy is quote, taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership. This as the shows host chris rock is facing pressure to bow out and as both Jada Pinkette smith and spike lee are saying they will not attend. This morning, smiths motives are being called into question by some. Nbcs Morgan Radford joins me now from l. A. So some people, although she has a great amount of support here, jada pinkett, they are saying its because will smith was not nominated for his role in concussion she is calling for this boycott. Reporter thats up for grabs but talk about oscar buzz. Tinsel town is really taking the academy to task. Frankly, the Academy President couldnt ignore this criticism anymore. She again is the first africanamerican president of the academy so she said she was heartbroken and frustrated at this lack of inclusiveness and she promised to do more. Again, this is after Jada Pinkett Smith and spike lee both vowed to boycott the ceremonies. This is after not a single actor of color was nominated for an oscar. But just to give you some perspective, this issue really isnt new for the academy. Back in 1996, exactly 20 years ago, Jesse Jackson took to the podium saying its time to boycott. There wasnt a single asian or hispanic person nominated this year. The criticism is really that the academies arent keeping pace with the diversity thats in america. All eyes are now focused also on chris rock, wondering what is he going to do as these black leaders, these black leading men and women are now leading the charge for this change. Notot only are they asking what he will do, but they are also saying if more stars join jada, join spike to boycott, what does that mean for the rest of the viewers . Will they tune in when its actually time to take the stage . It is interesting as well to see if actors who are not of color will also speak out. Jessica chastain last year did speak out on the lack of diversity. The conversation also, the lack of diversity when it relates to female directors has been discussed many times as well. But in perspective, this responsibility now thats placed on the shoulders of chris rock, you had Neil Patrick Harris last year who is white bring up the issue of diversity in this joking but very punching way to the academy, so i think you make the great point we are buzzing about this because of social media, but this is not as if this happened overnight. You make the point of Jesse Jackson. Reporter interestingly, tamron, this isnt a binary. This doesnt seem to be an issue thats black versus white. In fact, you are hearing a lot of allies come forward, a lot of white directors like for example, Straight Outta Compton which didnt nominate any of the black actors in that film but instead the oscar nod went to the white film writers. Thats why people are saying this is an issue that affects everyone. They brought up creed as well. The directors black, the leading actor black, supporting actress black but the person who was nominated was sylvester stallone, the one white star of the movie. Thank you so much. Great reporting there. That does it for this hour of msnbc live. Im tamron hall. See you tomorrow. Thank you for joining us for this hour. Up next, Andrea Mitchell reports. This bale of hay cannot be controlled. When a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. 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Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas for pulmonary hypertension, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. Side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. To avoid longterm injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. If you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, or any symptoms of an allergic reaction, stop taking cialis and get medical help right away. Ask your doctor about cialis and a 200 savings card right now on Andrea Mitchell reports all about iowa. 13 days until the first votes of 2016. Whos got the momentum . When i began the Campaign People said well, youre running against an inevitable candidate. Today, the inevitable candidate does not look quite so inevitable as she did eight and a half months ago. 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