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And why some companies that dont pay a dime for super bowl ads could be the big winners in another big game tonight. Hey there, everyone. Its high noon here in the east 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Another developing story of winter at this hour. A winter storm bringing heavy snow to the midwest right now. The National Weather service has issued a blizzard warning for chicago this afternoon. Chicago airports are operating on a reduced schedule right now. More than 1,000 flights, though have been canceled. The city of madison, wisconsin, declared a snow emergency that will remain in effect until tuesday. And that storm is making its way toward the east coast. Lets bring in our msnbc meteorologist domenica davis. Lets talk about whats in store for folks who are in the storms path. Yeah, alex this is for 23 states right now under winter alerts. This is a lot of real estate being covered with Winter Weather over the next 24 hours. Right now the most active weather is through the midwest. We do have a blizzard warning thats in effect for the chicago area. That will be until midnight tonight. Those blizzard conditions will get going by about 2 00 in the afternoon. So the heaviest snow is going from chicago over to ft. Wayne. Were getting 1 to 2 inches per hour. Conditions are really starting to deteriorate. Chicago has already picked up about 5 inches of snow. Thats going to continue. The winds will pick up. Visibility will lower. As we head into the next couple of hours. The rain snow line set up right through indianapolis. It pushes just south of pittsburgh. So that rain snow line is going to be very crucial as this storm pushes off to the northeast to see who gets rain and ice and who gets the snow. Heres a look at futurecast as we roll this through. Through the evening, were looking at snow still on the back edge of this still through chicago. So theyre still looking at blizzard concerns. Into detroit, heavy snow. Then we start to push in buffalo, scranton and closer to the new york city area as we get to 7 00 8 00. By tomorrow morning, everybody in new england is in that snow line. What happens in new york is that were going to be looking at sleet and freezing rain. This could bring up a tenth of an inch of rain for the morning commute and much of the trisay the tristate area. For the rest of new england, looks like it will be an allsnow event. Once again we are looking at pretty hefty snowfall. So much of tomorrow is going to be a Winter Weather day. The better part of tomorrow for all of new england right down through the new york area. Heres a look at our snowfall forecast. Chicago, an additional 8 to 12 inches. Detroit, 8 to 12. Boston could pick up over a foot. By the way, alex just a note here. If boston does get 10 inches it would be the snowiest seven days on record ever there. New york only looking at 3 to 6. Thats because were right on that rain snow line. But still some very impressive totals. Albany could be on the overside of a foot there. So thats what were looking at right now in terms of the snow. That is some statistic you report about boston. Considering boston and what they get in snow, all right. Thank you so much, domenica. Lets go now to the final countdown. Kickoff for super bowl xlix just about six hours from now. Anticipation certainly building as the Seattle Seahawks and new England Patriots square off. Odds makers in vegas favor new england, but its too close to call. For seattle, its a chance to win backtoback championships. New england is the last team to do that, which happened back in 2005. Fans for both teams rallied yesterday, confident their teams would come out on top. I am so excited that the patriots are playing in the super bowl right in our backyard. Theres nothing better. I know the patriots are going to win this one and come back with a championship back to foxboroug. Im here to rally the hawks to win. Woo, go hawks meanwhile, security is tight as ever. While theres no specific threat, blackhawk helicopters and f16 fighter jets will patrol a nofly zone overhead. On the ground hundreds of officers, s. W. A. T. Teams and canines will patrol the area. Security also tight for those game balls after the underinflation controversy surrounding new england two weeks ago. They will be approved and inspected today. They will remain in the possession of the Chicago Bears equipment manager until the games referee inspects them. Thats a couple hours before kickoff. Joining me now nbcs craig melvin, whos at the site of the super bowl in glendale arizona. There was some sort of ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport with the fog. Talk about you can see its kind of a mess. Yeah i dont know if you can see behind me here but you can barely see university of phoenix stadium because the fog is so dense. Caught a lot of folks by surprise quite frankly. That ground stoppage has been lifted a bit. Planes are being allowed in and out, but there are some significant delays. Were told those delays are going to be happening for the next several hours. Its interesting because most of the a lot of the planes that come in on game day are private planes, corporate planes. About 85 of those planes are on some sort of delay. So we assume theyll make it here in time for the game. The game of course, starts 6 30 on the east coast. That means 4 30 local time. The gates open in two hours. We already see fans milling about outside. We can hear the p. A. Announcer inside the stadium testing the system as well. Folks are ready to get it on here in glendale arizona. You mentioned the pats being favored. We should note here alex just a point, theyre only favored by a point. Thats a narrow margin. In fact its been roughly 20 25 years since the margin has been so narrow. So we should be in for a fantastic football game, alex witt. I should think. I want to add that joe thooiz man told me yesterday he thinks the patriots are going to take it by seven. He said i realize thats not popular conventional wisdom but just saying thats what he said. Anyway before we go security. How obvious is it there . What are some of the restrictions for people attending the game . So the restrictions as they have been in years past at the super bowl bags. They encourage folks to not bring bags, period. But if you have to bring a bag in, for instance, its 4 1 2 by 6 1 2 inches. They want those bags to be clear. They also prohibit fanny packs. They prohibit a lot of things. Binocular cases, things like that. Obvious things like coolers. Theyll be going through everything. Theyll be sifting through everything 37 theyve everything. Theyve already started doing that. Everything gone into the stadium so far has passed through an xray scanner. As we talked about yesterday, theres this drone ban that exists for 60 miles around the stadium. No drone usage. The helicopter that you mentioned, the blackhawk helicopters, typically before the game theyre up by now. Presumably because the fog is so thick we havent seen those up just yet. The roads have been closed around the stadium. That happened, you know, before we even got here this morning. That happened around 4 00 a. M. Local time. The roads were closed the parking lots have been closed because, again they want to make sure they search all of the vehicles that enter the perimeter around the stadium. Okay. Well, as long as the fog lifts. Looks like its all ready to go. Thank you. The fog, by the way, is supposed to lift by noon local time. Okay. Well then were going to check back in and see if thats the case. Thank you, craig. Heres a programming note for all of you. Nbcs Savannah Guthrie will get president obamas take on the super bowl this afternoon when they sit down live at the white house. Thats at 4 30 eastern during nbc pregame coverage of the big game. We have other news to share now. Crews on mt. Hood in oregon rescued three climbers who had become stranded after they fell on saturday. One man suffered a broken leg. A woman broke both ankles. They were air lifted to a portland hospital. The third man was able to make it down that mountain with a little help. To albuquerque, new mexico where a mother and father are recovering today after being shot by their 3yearold son. According to police, the toddler was able to get ahold of a handgun from inside his mothers purse and fired one bullet. The boys father suffered a wound to the buttocks. His pregnant mother was hit in the shoulder. They are both in stable condition. Police are treating this as an accident but are waiting to conduct a safe house interview the boy and his 2yearold sister. And Novak Djokovic defeating andy murray to win his fifth Australian Open championship this morning. Murray is 0 for 4 in the finals djokovic 5 for 5. Today in japan, grief and anger after the news journalist kenji goto was beheaded by isis. There were hopes this time would be different. A wouldbe suicide bomber for an idealistic reporter a potential exchange. But then hopes dashed. The same desert scene, the same orange jump suit the same killer. Joining me now from jordan is nbc news chief global correspondent bill nealy. A good evening your time. Whats the reaction been like today . Yes hello, alex. The reaction here almost in direct contrast to that in japan. In japan, there was fury, a bleary eyed Prime Minister saying we will never, never forgive isis for this saying we will defeat terrorism. Here, well there is fear over the fate of their captured air force pilot. From the government almost silence. Also almost a disjointed approach. The only official word from the government here was a statement on state media saying that isis had rejected all its attempts to secure the release of the japanese hostage, a rather defensive approach. But it also then said while the condemning the killing, it reiterated its willingness to do a deal. The woman that isis wants, who is a jailed failed suicide bomber for jordans air force pilot. That will horrify many governments around the world that a government can both condemn terrorists and then a few minutes later say, yeah were prepared to do a deal with them. As for the pilot himself, well no mention was made of him in that short isis video. And his fate is unclear. His family well theyre very upset. His brother told me last night, we are in deep pain. I think theyre angry as well. You see the father constantly shaking his head because he keeps saying we dont know anything. The pilots uncle is calling on the government to be more open. We want the truth, he says. As for people here, they would support a deal. They desperately want to see this pilot back. Theyre ambivalent about the war. But obviously in the light of what happened to kenji goto theyre very fearful. I would say theres some justification in that. It doesnt really look good for him. Yeah bill as you know in the video, killer jihadi john, blamed execution in japans decision to take part in fact war. Japan is not taking part in the air strikes or the training of rebels. What has been their involvement in the region . Absolutely right, alex. Japans war planes are not over the middle east. Japan pledged 200 million for humanitarian relief in syria to help in particular syrias children. Isis took that as involvement. It demanded 200 million for the lives of the two japanese hostages and then killed them. If you like, what isis has done has almost turned japan more against isis and has got it more deeply involved in a conflict that it sought to distance itself from. So if you like isis has done something that it didnt mean to do. Its turned japan against it. Okay. Bill nealy, thank you very much for that report. We appreciate it. Super bowl commercials are not always fun and games. Sometimes they try to make a real difference. The one ad that you just cant miss. Thats next. Maam, youve reached 911. This is an emergency line. Large half pepperoni, half mushroom. This is an emergency line. Do you know how long it will be . Do you have an emergency or not . Yes. And youre unable to talk because right, right. Welcome to the most social car weve ever designed. The allnew nissan murano. Nissan. Innovation that excites. I have the worst cold with this runny nose. I better take something. Dayquill cold and flu doesnt treat your runny nose. Seriously . Alkaseltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. Oh, what a relief it is. 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When officers arrived at her home near atlanta satsd, they found browns husband nick gordon performing cpr. Investigators are now trying to find out what happened before that. Hours earlier, this selfie had been posted on her instagram account. One of her recent posts on twitter, miss you mommy, so much. Her cousin telling nbc news her mothers death anniversary is coming up so its a very hard time for her. Bobbi kristina is a troubled girl. Since her mom passed away she hasnt known how to handle it. The 21yearold is the only child of Whitney Houston and r b star bobby brown. Almost three years ago, houston was found dead in a bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel. Authorities concluded she had accidently drowned, but Heart Disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing facte inging factors. It is bizarre the same type of incident would happen involving a mother and a daughter. Police say that the initial search of Bobbi Kristina browns home did not turn up any drugs. Officers say they were called to it the home nine days ago for a report of a fight, but when investigators arrived, they didnt find anybody home. Alex . All right. Gabe gutierrez with the latest as we know it. Thank you so much. Tonight as more than 100 Million People watch the super bowl for the game and the commercials, one advertisement will stand apart from the rest and it has a chilling message. [ phone ringing ] 911, operator. Wheres the emergency . 127 whats going on there . Id like to order a pizza for delivery. Maam, youve reached 911. This is an emergency line. Yeah a large with half pepperoni, half mushroom. You know youve called 911. This is an emergency line. Do you know how long itll be . Maam, is everything okay over there . Do you have an emergency or not . Yes. And youre unable to talk because right, right. Is there someone in the room with you . Just say yes or no. Yes. Okay. It looks like i have an officer about a mile from your location. Are there any weapons in your house . No. Can you stay on the phone with me . No. See you soon. Thank you. For more on that powerful ad and the issue of Domestic Violence, lets bring in leslie morgansteine morgansteiner, a Domestic Violence survivor herself and author of her memoir crazy love. What did you think when you saw that commercial . I think we have to be careful here. The nfl deserves polite applause for using this incredibly powerful, chilling ad on the mostwatched sporting event of the year. To raise awareness about Domestic Violence. But we need to remember that this is one 30second ad in the face of an incredibly entrenched complicated problem that has plagued men and women for centuries. And its really too early to be celebrating in the end zone if you will. This is just the kickoff in what is its an important kickoff. Its an important watershed moment. But we need to know that its a very long battle ahead of us to truly eradicate violence against women in our country. Absolutely. But the nfl is a very powerful voice throughout this country. Certainly on the heels of the ray rice video and that incident. Is there something you think that the league could do that would help kick start, as you said, this long journey we have to all walk together . Well the ad is the most wonderful thing that they could be doing at this moment. Its powerful. It shows how smart you have to be to escape from Domestic Violence. It shows the incredibly Important Role that strangers play in helping victims. So thats all really good. But they need to be doing more. They need to be punishing players who commit Domestic Violence and other forms of Family Violence and rape all forms of violence against women and children and men too, because men can be victims. Absolutely. They have to take it seriously. In fact if you look at Domestic Violence, somewhat shocking numbers. It counts for a full 20 of all the Violent Crime in the United States. The centers for Disease Control finds that one in three women, 35 , have experienced rape or other physical violence and stalking by an intimate partner. And you know what that means. It guarantees that whoever youre watching the super bowl with, one of the people in that room is either a victim or a past victim or an abuse perpetrator. Its so very common. Thats the best thing about this ad that its going to get people talking about Domestic Violence and other forms of violence against women and get us realizing how very common it is, not just in the nfl, not just in the bast yen of male dominance in our world but Domestic Violence against women is truly everywhere. You now speak publicly about Domestic Violence, leslie. You wrote about your relationship with your former husband, who threatened and physically beat you. As a matter of fact im reading i read through your oped. He held a gun to my head, i loved him. Was incredibly powerful to read. Why it was so hard for you to make that decision to leave, though . You list so many reasons. Well, you know, like so many Domestic Violence victims, i was caught in a psychological trap that i thought was love. And i would have told you that i was not a battered woman. I was a strong, smart, independent woman in love with a troubled man who i wanted to protect and help. And it took a long time for my denial to break down and it took a couple friends who i trusted and confided in. And it also took a lot of strangers. I had a lock smith who changed my locks. I had two Police Officers who i never saw again whose names i dont know who really saved my life. So it took a Community Effort in addition to my own desire to help myself to break free from crazy love from something that i thought was true love but really was somebody who had been abused as a kid. I dont know if he necessarily wanted to be torturing me and holding guns to my head. He was a victim too. It was his responsibility to stop it. And it was my responsibility to ask for help. It was our societys responsibility to step in and help me. And thank god in my case it all worked out and everybody did help me and i got out. And thats one reason why i speak out today. Im alive and im not ashamed of what happened to me. And i can speak out. Yeah and you list all these things. I realize you were in somewhat of a luckier position if you will because you didnt have children. So for women who have children what do you say to them . Because it complicates things so much. It complicates things so much. It takes the average victim seven attempts before shes actually able to leave. A lot of that is because we need to protect our children our families our pets. And we need to breakthrough our own denial. So if you have children obviously the most important thing is to protect your safety and their safety. And dont be ashamed or embarrassed if it takes you a very long time to pick your moment to leave. And thank god its a different world today where most people understand that violence against women and children is wrong. And most Police Officers are willing to intervene. It was no so long ago they treated it as a private family matter that happened behind closed doors. And its not that way anymore. You can ask for help and have confidence that youre going to get it. But still, you need to be very strong. I would say to any victim the most important thing is dont be ashamed of loving somebody who turned out to be an abuser. Its not your fault. And its just your responsibility to stay safe and pick the safest moment possible to leave. Very sage words and advice. Leslie, thank you very much for sharing your story. Thank you so much. The blizzard of 2015 take two. This is the scene right now in chicago, where the latest winter storm is in full force. Well take you to the windy city. 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First, another big honor for former super bowl mvp, green bay quarterback aaron rodgers. The Associated Press named him most valuable player for a second time. Now about todays game the new England Patriots have tied dallas and pittsburgh by making their eighth appearance in a super bowl. The steelers are the biggest winners with six Vince Lombardi trophies. The Denver Broncos are the biggest losers. The biggest winner in todays game could be the sponsors. A recordviewing audience of more than 111 Million Viewers last year and analysts think tonights game could match that. No doubt that budweiser lost dog spot is the most talked about super bowl commercial. Its the most buzzed about, i add, on ispot. Tv. And on youtube alone, its racked up more than 18 million views since wednesday. And of the head coaches in tonights titanic title tilt whos more social . By one measure, its pete carroll, the sooeeahawks head hon koe. And Bill Belichick . Right now our focus is seattle. 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It is february 1st, the dead of winter, and heavy snow is hammering the midwest. Blizzard warnings have been issued for chicago and the surrounding areas. Thousands of flights in and out of chicago airports have been canceled canceled. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles clearly drew the short stick because hes venturing out on the chicago lake front. What a mess. It looks bad out there, kevin. Its getting like a free exfoliation here. Its kind of snow but its also kind of freezing rain right now. Its not particularly cold. As you can see, Lake Michigan has turned into one gigantic slushy. Were supposed to get about 15 inches of this by the time its all said and done or at least by the time my lips freeze completely shut and i cant speak to you anymore, alex. But its a pretty brutal day out here. My advice dont go to the airport. 1,000 flights apparently canceled here in chicago. Stay off the roads, even though the great mayor rahm emanuel has 350 snowplows on the roads today. The roads are in very bad shape. Listen, stay home turn on the tv, watch the game have a chicken wing and, you know, save me one. Oh listen my hats off to you, kevin. Youre doing a great job. I once had to report from a very cold environment. I was doing a story about the aclu. I talked about the ucla. Thats how my brain had frozen. It is what it is. Bravo, well done go inside now. Thank you, kevin. Thanks. Talk to you soon. Okay. Well, the spout over israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to speak with Congress Without president obamas knowledge has made their relationship chillier. Paul ryan said he welcomes the visit, president ial approval or not. The president s policies with iran have bipartisan concern. A huge bipartisan majority in both the house and the senate are very worried about the handling of these negotiations, iran playing us and the delay of the negotiations. I would argue that theres concern on both sides of the aisle about how the president is handling this situation. I think its totally appropriate that we have netanyahu, the Prime Minister of israel address us with his thoughts. Joining me now in studio democratic congressman elliott engel. With a welcome to you, sir. Im curious on your opinion of netanyahu and when he should address congress. Im going to be there. Im always happy to welcome the Prime Minister of israel. Israel and the United States are close allies regardless whos president or Prime Minister. The bond between our countries is unshakable. I think a lot of this is much to do about nothing. I think the Prime Minister has addressed congress before. Weve welcomed him. Were going to welcome him again. It would be much to do about nothing were it not for the reported icy relationship with the president and the Prime Minister. Does our president have incentive . Should he do something to try to repair that . Is it on his onus to do so . You know i always say that president s come and president s go and Prime Ministers come and Prime Ministers go. Members of Congress Come and go. Although, i dont want to go so fast. But the u. S. israel relationship has always remained strong. It goes beyond any one individual or two individuals. When the Prime Minister comes, hes not coming really as himself. Hes representing the nation of israel. I think those of us on both sides of the aisle, support for israel has always been bipartisan in the congress. Thats the way it should be. Do you believe that if the relationship isnt patched up to some degree, this could influence in some way the 2016 election . No i think both men understand that they are representatives of the leaders of the country they represent. And there have been instances before where perhaps leaders didnt get along or got along. I think thats really superfluous. Theres strong bipartisan support in congress for the u. S. Israel relationship as there is for any relationship. I dont think that matters or changes depending on whos president or Prime Minister. The bonds between our countries we have common values we share intelligence, we have common concerns, and i think thats what keeps us going in a bipartisan fashion. All right. Lets switch gears, sir, and talk about the horrors of the video that was released by isis the execution of the japanese hostage, the journalist. Your thoughts because there were ongoing discussions about an exchange. What was your reaction when you heard . Well, you know, unfortunately, its deja vu. Weve all seen it with americans. Were now seeing it with japanese. Weve seen it with others. Isis is a major concern. We cannot put our head in the sand and just wish it away because its not going to go away. There are only bad choices left in syria. But ive always said of all the bad choices, the worst choice is to do nothing. We have to defeat isis at all costs. And yet, there are ongoing discussions to try to gain the release from jordan for their downed Fighter Pilot there. So what do you think this ongoing discussion . I will add that someone i spoke with yesterday here on the air said that isis is just trying to embarrass foreign leaders by the negotiations, and they go ahead and do what they want. Right. Well, it certainly doesnt seem like its logical. Unfortunately, you know, i called and weve discussed this before, two and three years ago for the u. S. To aid the wellvetted free syria army. We didnt do that. As a result, isis got stronger. The Free Syrian Army got weaker. And assad continues to kill his own people. Now you have two unsavory groups in syria. One is assad. Then you have isis which is absolutely the worst. Ultimately our goal has to be to have some kind of negotiated settlement for syria so that you can get rid of assad and both isis. But we just cannot sit back. We have to confront isis and have to defeat them. I only have a moment but i want to ask this question regarding the president releasing his budget tomorrow. And the roll back of the sequester cuts that are expected to be in there. How do you think democrats and republicans alike will react to that . Well, alex i think the sequester was the stupidest thing that congress could have done. Im proud that i voted against it. Congress, were paid to make choices, not to do acrosstheboard cuts in a willy nilly fashion. I hope the sequester will be removed, and i Hope Congress can sit down in a bipartisan fashion and hammer out a budget thats good for the american people. All right. Representative elliott engel, thank you very much for being here. Thank you. Hes considered one of the main gop front runners, so why is he doing so poorly in one new poll, and who could be inches ahead of him . And well take you back to arizona. Thats where the fog appears to be lifting. Craig melvin predicted. 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Lets bring in our strategists, msnbc contributor and executive editor of bluenation review. Com Jimmy Williams and republican strategist and former spokesperson for president george w. Bush mercedes schlap. First, mercedes is scott walker the man to beat . Well its going to be a very long year. Alex, maybe next week well be talking about another candidate who will be the front runner in the republican field. But heres what we got. He gave a very solid performance last week at the iowa Freedom Summit. I think that he definitely raised peoples expectations, and people are looking at scott walker right now as a potentially strong candidate. Whats good about this year is that we are seeing a variety of potentially more talented stronger people who are competing in the republican field. So i think, you know, dont lets look at senator marco rubio. He did very well in california. Obviously governor jeb bush is building a strong team. And Governor Scott walker. I think what were dealing with is there could be a lot of different candidates popping their heads up from now until next year. Jimmy, you heard what he said about how he would contrast himself with Hillary Clinton should she run. Could that be a good sell . Im going to Say Something that the democrats arent going to like at all. That is that after six years of president obama, who i voted for twice, supported, and liked very very much i think that many people out in it the real world, ie not the beltway, are looking for someone with a heck of a lot of experience. And if you look at someone like Hillary Clinton, then you have that experience a twoterm senator, secretary of state, former first lady of the United States, former first lady of arkansas et cetera. Its not like shes a lightweight on policy or politics for that matter. So i think most people would like and going into a strengthening economy, i think what youre going to find is most people out in america want someone with a steady hand that knows how to run things. Thats Hillary Clinton. That is not scott walker. Hes run one state. Thats certainly true. By the way, his numbers are not that great sitting in wisconsin right now. But if hes going to go after her on age, that is going to turn off women all across the country. And that is a very precarious thing for republicans. They cannot under any circumstances talk about how shes a throwback to the past because that brings in age. When you bring up a womans age, you lose women voters. Oh yeah. Very true actually. Mercedes, i want to look at the numbers again. Theres one thing that stood out to me. Thats where jeb bush stands. Really a lack thereof. Only getting like 8 of the support right now. The conventional wisdom after mitt romney dropped out, you know, hes now the front runner. Do you perceive him that way . Well alex you bring up a great point. With mitt romney going out, that was 13 . Again, this is one particular poll, which were going to see it change constantly throughout the year. Its going to be where do those 13 go . This is where i think governor jeb bush has to make his case in iowa. This is where the retail politics comes in. When you look at 2012 the surprise win in the republican field, which wasnt a very strong field at the time was senator rick santorum. Why . He got in a pickup truck and started driving around iowa and started talking to these voters. So thats going to be an important job for governor jeb bush. Again, dont discount Governor Scott walker. Dont discount marco rubio. I think youre going to start seeing the field tighten up but right now its a cluttered field, and its a free for all. Its going to be interesting to see how this pans out. On the democratic side, completely the opposite. Because Hillary Clinton has this commanding lead over her potential opponents. And jimmy, we saw reports this week she namay not announce her run until july. Is that a good strategy, or does he run the risk of being the inevitable candidate and having others potentially shape her message until she gets in there . Well there are two schools of thought on this. The first is if she wait, she doesnt have to spend the money, et cetera, et cetera. Thats all very true. I tend to think id prefer her to go ahead and announce. A, its not like they arent going to go beat up on her to begin with. Secondly, more importantly, let her begin that fundraising. Let her go do that. Thirdly, and most importantly, we need Hillary Clinton out in the hinterlands in america, in it the real world, having conversations. Asking voters for their vote. Asking democrats it and independents and, yes, even some republicans, if theyll vote for her and why they should. The sooner she gets out there and becomes very human to a lot of people i think that will go a long way in putting her back into the white house but this time as the president. Okay. Mercedes, i want to touch on sarah palin because a lot of conservatives who have these die hard fans of the former Alaska Governor jimmy, stop laughing. I knew he was going to start laughing. This comes after her speech last week at the iowa Freedom Summit where several people were panning her remarks. Lets have people listen and see what they think. Heres that. Another latin word status quo, and it stands for, man, the middle class, every day americans are really getting taken for a ride. Thats status quo. And gop leaders, by the way, you know the man, can only ride you when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then the man cant ride you. America wont be taken for a ride because so much is at stake. Im going to let the republican here explain what she said. Well i dont really understand what she said exactly, but what i can tell you is that i sometimes felt like sarah palin didnt realize that the national cameras were on basically. It was like she was having this very casual conversation. They would call it rambling conversation with the iowans. But with that being said the conservative media, like byron york, and others have come out and said what was he talking about . The mere fact is the day before that, she said she was seriously interested in running for president. If youre seriously interested in running for president , you cant just go on stage in iowa and give this very rambling informal speech where theres no substance to it no solutions to it. I mean i think sarah palin plays a role in the party, clearly. She knows how to energize the base. But if you want to be taken seriously as a political figure youve got to provide a good beyond a good speech. You have to ensure that youre able to talk about issues in a very substantive way, which again, i think she failed to do that in the speech. Well listen you both always provide great answers. Thats why were going to have you back again soon mercedes and jimmy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up the skinny on all those supersized ads youll see tonight. Why longer might be better. Plus the ones that feature a couple of familiar faces. This one will make you laugh. Thats next. Imagine if razors could move up and down, and all around. Hugging tight, swirling left and turning right. Behold, new venus swirl. The only razor with five contour blades and a flexiball. To contour to your tricky places, bends and all. Going this way and that. Bumps and grooves, curvy and flat. For skin as flawless as can be. New venus swirl. And try new venus with a touch of olay with five times more moisturizers introducing the Kelley Blue Book price advisor. 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Is that the goal . Do you agree . Yeah there are certain creative levers that the guys who creative ads depends on. Humor definitely one of them. Sentimentality is one, nostalgia. They want you to have an emotional reaction. If youre emotionally affected bit ad thats a pretty effective super bowl ad. Definitely they try to punch those buttons pretty hard. In terms of humor, i want to bring two of my former colleagues, Katie Couric Bryant gumball, when they were hearing about the internet for the first time. Here it is. I wasnt prepared to translate that. That little mark with the a and the ring around it. At. Thats what i said. Katie said she thought it was about. Id never heard it. Or around. Ive never heard it said. What is internet anyway . What, do you write to it like mail . Heres allison. Can you explain what internet is . See, thats what i said. What do you mean theres nothing under the hood . Katie said she thought this was a car. Yeah. And its built using wind . Like from a windmill . Or a fan . Oh its just great. And this has gotten 8 million hits on youtube. The puppy budweiser commercial everyone is watching, 18 million hits on youtube. How much do the advertisers get by releasing these ads early . Theyre investing so much money. A 60second ad is 9 million. They really want to try to extend the runway of that investment as long as possible in the pre during and after. So youtube is a massive way to get their ads out there or their teasers out there. I think there will be 70 million minutes of ads for super bowl watched on youtube alone. 50 more than last year. Its become a huge playing ground. And you mentioned the length. We are seeing longer ads despite that incredible cost to the advertisers. Theres one here by Website Builder wix. Com. Lets look at part of that one. Start a business build yourself a website. Welcome to tos humble pie. With wix, its easy to create a website. And build your own business. Lets party just click, drag and drop. So again, this is one of those oneminute long ads. Got major nfl talent in it. Does more time bring for bang for their buck if you will for the advertisers . Do they get more out of it . With wix, theyre a firsttime super bowl advertiser this year. Their mission is to tell their story. So theyll probably use a little more time than a traditional 30. They need 60 to say who they are, what they do. Thats probably why they invested for the extra push. You think for firsttime advertisers like this, thats a god place to invest their money . It depends on the ad. If its well received it can put them on the map. Master lock in 19 74 had that great ad with the boat going. I remember that. Sonchs so that put them on the map. It wasnt a household name before that. These guys are looking to get the same bang for their buck. Okay. Are you going to be watching . Oh, yeah. Having to tweet and write about everything. Oh, yes. Busy day. Have a great time working. Its the best time to watch commercials. Thank you so much. Well weather drama until the midwest. Were going to give you a live picture of the windy city. Theres a blizzard warning in effect right now. Were going to get a live report. And the days other big story just hours from kickoff now. You just heard about the commercials. Now the drama of building for americas most watched sporting event your guide to survive coming your way. Welcome to the most social car weve ever designed. The allnew nissan murano. Nissan. Innovation that excites. I have the flu with a runny nose. [coughs] better take something. Theraflu severe cold wont treat your runny nose. Really . Alkaseltzer severe cold and flu relieves your worst flu symptoms plus runny nose. [breath of relief] oh, what a relief it is. Mommy hey developing now, a massive winter storm with the ferocity of a blizzard is barrelling through the midwest and aiming for the northeast. Air travel already a real mess. Meanwhile, fog shrouds the super bowl city and the cloud cover could cause trouble for lastminute travelers. So super excited. Were here to see the patriots get their fourth ring. Sooeeahawks we got the best team. There you see it. Fandemonium. Were gauging the buildup to the kickoff. Hey there, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Just a bit past 1 00 in the east. Heres whats happening now. A developing Winter Weather story. The National Weather service has issued a blizzard warning for chicago this afternoon. Chicago airports are operating on a reduced schedule. More than 1,000 flights have been canceled. We have two reports for you. Kevin tibbles is in chicago. Domenica davis is here in our studio. Kevin, since youre braving the elements were going to start with you. I dont even want to ask what its like out there, but go ahead and tell us. Alex its a mess. The wind is about 7 million miles an hour, and its blowing sideways. The snow is blowing sideways. As you just mentioned, ohare is obviously a mess. The roads here are a mess. Theyve got 350 plows trying to keep them clear, but the snow keeps coming down and its going to keep coming down until about midnight. Lake michigan is turning into a slushy. You know i really cant begin to describe just how much winter is playing a role in super bowl sunday on super bowl sunday here in chicago. My advice would be to simply curl up on the couch, start a fire, and enjoy the game. There are actually a few people out jogging and wandering around. I just dont understand why theyd be doing that today. I dont understand that either. I think the ratings are going to be huge for the super bowl, bigger than ever because of the weather in the chicago area. Absolutely. I told you to go inside last hour. Now really go inside. Kevin, thank you so much. Lets go to nbc meteorologist domenica davis. Lets talk about whats in store for everyone whos in the path of this storm. Its a lot of states that are in the path of this storm. It goes all the way into new england, up to maine, but its back through chicago right now where the big focus is because thats where we go have that blizzard warning. That actually will start at 2 00 local time and go until midnight. You can see the snow starting to fill in. Theyve already picked up in parts of chicago over 5 inches. We still have about 5 to 8 more inches to go. So the winds are picking up. Conditions will continue to deteriorate. Where you see some of those brighter whites just south of dekalb county, thats where were looking at snowfall rates that could be 1 to 2 inches per hour. Thats whats in store through the rest of the evening. Even into south bend and ft. Wayne, were looking at that heavy snow right past dinner time. It all starts to get better by about 12 00. Then thats when the northeast will get in on this. So after midnight the storm pushes in to the new england area. The leading edge of that snow right now is pushing into central pennsylvania. Heres how it looks on futurecast. By 7 00 tonight, were still dry through new england and down through new york. The snow is basically out through central pennsylvania and upstate new york. As we move closer to midnight new england, youll get in on the snow. Then new york is in that rain snow line mix. It will start out as snow in new york city about 8 00 9 00. After midnight t switches over to sleet and freezing rain which is going to be very problematic for the morning commute. Up through new england, boston up to portland and even up to bangor, monday is going to be pretty much a snow day with a chance for some freezing rain to mix in, in the ampfternoon on monday. Mainly it is snow. That will last through the dur kags on monday before clearing out by tuesday morning. New york not expecting a whole lot of snow because were right on that line of freezing rain and sleet. Important to note, alex, behind this storm, were looking at another arctic blast. It reaches chicago by monday. They fall to 16 degrees. Theyll have windchills minus zero in the morning. Then it reaches the northeast. New york and boston by tuesday, 18 degrees for the high on tuesday with again morning temperatures below zero for windchills. Very cold behind this system. Sounds like the snow is going to stick around then for a while because its not going to have time to melt with those temps. Lets go now to the final countdown. Kickoff for super bowl xlix just under six hours away. Programs the Arizona Republic says it best with this headline, let the game begin. But the weather could be having an affect on some people getting to that game. Fans for both team rallied yesterday confident their teams would come out on top. I am so excited that the patriots are playing in the super bowl right in our backyard. Theres nothing better. And i know the patriots are going to win this one and come back with a championship back to foxborough. Im here to rally the hawks to win. Woo ho go hawks as for the game itself expected to be close. Odds makers in vegas favor new england, but its really too close to call. Joining me now, craig melvin, whos in glendale arizona. You said the fog would be lifting a little bit. It seems to be slightly better. I think youre right. What about the airport delays . Any effect there . The fog has lifted a bit. The airport delays we can tell you that there are some angry wouldbe super bowl goers at a few airports around this country who are not going to make it to the game were told. Our Investigative Unit saying there are a number of flights that have been diverted because of the fog. Theyre just not going to get here in time. The game starts 6 30 on the east coast but 4 30 here locally. The gates open in about an hour. You can see there some fans have started to gather. Some of those rowdy seahawks fans. There are about 25,000 seahawks fans that gathered yesterday for this rally in an attempt to provide some fair and balanced reporting, i spent a few minutes with the patriots fans. This is what were calling a super bowl sunday selfie. Take a look. How excited . Wicked excited. Wicked excited. Thats what we say up in boston. What do we make of the weather . Not bad. We left three feet of snow last week. This is beautiful. Well take it. Score prediction . 2724, patriots. Of course of course. I dont have any. I dont want to jinx anybody, do anything. Im going to remain silent on that one. Shot that with the iphone a few minutes ago. Weve seen lots of cell phones. They pop up. Weve seen folks stopping throughout the course of the morning just to take pictures of the stadium here. Im going to give you another look as fans start to head into the outside part of university of phoenix stadium here. When it opens in about an hour, alex theyre going to have an area set up outside the stadium where folks can go and listen to a variety of musical acts. Theres a fan zone inside. Expecting 65,000 66,000 people to watch game inside some 112 Million People to watch the game all over the world. Last years super bowl the most watched Television Event in the history of television. Everyone seems to think this year that record will probably be shattered as well. Who do you have in the game, by the way . I knew you were going to ask me that. Youre west coast. Im guessing the seahawks. Maybe because pete carroll is their coach and ive forgiven him for leaving usc. He was such a rock star. I loved him. Im not going to go on any further. Ive forgiven him for leaving usc, so i guess the seahawks. I dont know though. Its a hard call. Odds makers have the patriots by just one. Thats virtually a tie. We should be in for a very good game. On paper, you have the legitimate best team from the nfc, the seahawks. And then youve got the best team from the afc as well. We should be in for a treat. Oh its going to be fun. Its been a treat talking with you. Have fun yourself. Thank you, craig melvin. Enjoy the game. Super bowl may be the most expensive ticket in the games 49year history with some ticketholders selling them in the second zar market and making big profits. But some fans cant be tempted. How much did you pay for your ticket . I paid 2700 for my ticket. I was offered 12 grand for it. Currently on the nfls Ticket Exchange website, the cheapest ticket is going for 9500. The most expensive ticket selling for a mere 68,000 and change. That is just for one ticket. Here is the approximate Vantage Point from that seat location. And if you buy the pair of available tickets, youll have to pony up almost 138,000. Just saying. The game kicks off tonight at 6 30 eastern. 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As we see, chicago experiencing occasional blizzard conditions forcing ohare and midway airports to cancel about 1200 flights so far, which is a full half of the days scheduled flights. The blizzard warnings in effect there until midnight central time. That same storm is expected to arrive in parts of the northeast a bit later today. In a new interview today, senator john mccain said if it was up to him, he would have spoken to the white house before inviting israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address congress. But he held nothing back in his assessment of the Obama Netanyahu relationship. Its poor as we know and its the worst that ive ever seen in my lifetime. And that in itself is a tragedy because its the only functioning democracy in the entire middle east. Why do you think its the worst . Im not putting the entire blame on the president of the United States, but i will say this. No other president has had such difficult relationship with the state of israel since it became a country. Joining me now, former u. S. Ambassador to morocco, Mark Ginsburg. Welcome to you. Always good to see you. I know the middle east has been your beat nearly your entire life. Is senator mccain correct . Hi, alex. My good friend senator mccain, i think, has it right. This is about as low as it can go. The soap opera playing out in this white house against Prime Minister netanyahu and the disagreements that have now percolated that are not only personal but also substantive are really impairing this longterm relationship. But i want to just add, no matter how bad this has been alex between the two men, the administration and the white house deserves a lot of credit. It has never, ever permitted Foreign Military assistance or intelligence sharing to stop as a result of these bickerings that have been going on. Im sure youve heard ron dermer, whos the israeli ambassador to the u. S. Say this is just a misunderstanding. He thought Speaker Boehner would be telling the white house. Youve handled these sorts of trips. Im disappointed with the ambassador. As a former ambassador, i would never have played that card knowing how delicate the situation is. But alex the real problem here is not so much this minuet between Speaker Boehner and the white house over this invitation. Its the more substantive desire on the part of the administration to negotiate an agreement with iran that a lot of republicans and Many Democrats believe that the administration is trying to get a deal in order to justify the president s nobel peace prize. Thats the politics of this. And so Prime Minister netanyahu, who considers this deal to be crucial to israels longterm security. The white house is deeply concerned that the israel opposition along with congress can torpedo any deal that could be negotiated. Youre saying people are saying that. Do you believe that . By the way, isnt the deadline end of next month . What do you think is going to happen . If they continue this negotiating endlessly, and secondretary kerry continues to believe perhaps na yooefly that further negotiations is going to get iranians to turn around look, the bottom line is what the ayatollah is prepared to do. Is he prepared to stop enrichment . Is he prepared to stop building a Nuclear Weapons device . Is he prepared to come clean with the inspections . How much more can the administration give him . Seems the administration wants to keep adding more centrifuges to accommodate and appease the iranians. Thats what has to stop here. No matter what the administration does, the israelis and the congress are going to oppose it if its perceived the administration keeps giving more to the iranians as the iranians drag out the negotiations. Mark, its a pretty harsh statement there to say the president s just trying to justify his peace prize. Well look im in favor of a good agreement. I think a good agreement is in the best interest of the United States best interest of israel, best interest of course of our allies in the region. But lets also be clear here. Its very important, alex that we understand exactly why are these negotiations being protracted, and why are we prepared to give more to the iranians . It seems the administration already has given far more than it should and thats what my concern is here. When it comes to politics, the israeli paper that has a stinging editorial on netanyahu today, heres the last lines. Quote, netanyahu has become a ticking cluster bomb discharging its lethal load at timed intervals and destroying the remains of israels standing in the world. Granted, this is a liberal paper, but those are also harsh words. What do you think will happen in the upcoming election . Well the lead party is running scared. Theyve already attacked a group of young people who want to in effect organize Grassroots Efforts for favor of changing the government. The group known by the acronym v15. What Prime Minister is doing is running scared. Hes behind in the polls. The israeli public probably at this point in time is deeply concerned that hes so isolating israel so engaged in repairing inging with the relationship with the United States, that hes not in a capacity to negotiate with the palestinians. He in effect has not checked the box adequately on israels security and more importantly israeli Economic Issues are dogging israelis. So the key here is in the end is whether or not the Prime Minister will reverse course or whether or not in the end the opposition will prevail. Okay. Ambassador Mark Ginsburg always good to talk with you. Thanks. Back to the super bowl. A look at all the hoopla already under way. Well hear from a lot of fans. Thats ahead. 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New details are emerging today about significant taxes on corporations for foreign earnings. In an interview this morning, republican congressman paul ryan said he hopes to find some opportunities for compromise with the white house. We really believe that we should reform the entire tax code for all people individuals, families businesses. Make it simpler, flatter, fair. But its clear to us the president doesnt agree with that on individuals. So the question is, which i dont know the answer to is there Common Ground on aspects of tax reform that we think can help grow the economy . Joining me now, nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker. A good day to you, kristen. What are you hearing about the details of the president s proposal. Good afternoon. First to the broad outlines. He is calling for an increase in spending by about 74 billion. That would increase spending by 7 . That would essentially include rolling back or reversing the sequester. Those deep acrosstheboard spending cuts put in place in 2011 that impacted defense and nondefense spending. He also wants to increase taxes on wealthy americans. You heard chairman paul ryan reference that. In order to pay for what hes calling middle class priorities. Things like Free Community college, childcare, retirement savings, paid sick leave. As you just pointed out, alex were learning about a new proposal within the president s budget that would call for a 19 tax on Companies Future foreign earnings. Republicans are rejecting a lot of this swiftly, robustly. This is what the speaks person for House Speaker john boehner had to say in a statement. It says in part quote, republicans believe there are smarter ways to cut spending than the sequester and have passed legislation to replace it multiple times only to see the president continue to demand tax hikes. Until he gets serious about solving our longterm spending problem, its hard to take him seriously. The real criticism on the part of republicans is president obama is calling for increasing taxes on wealthier americans. The president does have some leverage in part because the economy is getting stronger and these proposals are popular. If you look at the polling. Having said that, the white house acknowledges its going to be an uphill battle to get any of these provisions passed. But i dont want to paint a completely dire picture. There is some room for Common Ground. You heard chairman paul ryan signal that. He talked about the possibility of finding Common Ground on tax reform. That would most likely happen in the area of Corporate Tax reform. Then president obama and republicans agree on this issue of trade. They both want to give the president the ability to fast track some trade deals. Its democrats who are standing in the way of that. So theres some arm twisting going on behind the scenes here at the white house trying to get more democrats on board with fast tracking some of those trade proposals. But alex in terms of the broader budget outline, it seems like its going to be very difficult for president obama to get that passed. Im glad you tried to put in a Glass Half Full perspective there. Appreciate that from you, kristen welker. Thank you, my friend. Well the storm thats batter the midwest is heading to the northeast. Were tracking it. How it could add misery to your monday. Look at those pictures from chicago. Theres just nothing good looking about that is there . Whats that guy doing out there in the red jacket . Someone needs to ask him. Also the spread of measles raises the alarm of one california father. Why he wants some students in his sons school to just stay home. I loved the look of the fusion. We test drove it. I was like this is my car. Allwheel drive is amazing. I felt so secure. 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Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Were keeping our eye on chicago. The windy city now caught in the three throes of a powerful winter blast. At 31 past the hour, welcome back to weekends with alex witt. This major snowstorm is hammering the midwest today. Blizzard warnings are in place for chicago as well as the surrounding area. The storm is expected to drop up to 12 inches of snow in detroit and cleveland as it moves east. New york may be somewhat spared about 5 inches expected there. But boston already hard hit from last weeks storm, could get another foot of snow. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles is on the chicago lake front for us. One more time kevin. I would have given you the green light to go. Of course nick our executive producer said, no, no, make him stay out there. We need another report. I just want to be clear about that. Well i hope that he sees were having a bit of a sense of humor about all of this this afternoon. Of course, because why not . Its chicago. Its february 1st. Its a wonderful day. Its actually a pretty good day for surfing, although i dont see too many of the beach boys out there today. There are a few hardy souls walking their dogs. Weve seen a few joggers. But the good humor ice cream man seems to have decided to stay in today. Maybe he couldnt get the truck out in this weather. In spite of the fact that there are 350 snowplows on the streets of chicago today trying to keep the streets clean for people to get to their super bowl parties and the like my suggestion is to stay home turn on the tv get a blanket on the couch, get the guacamole going and stay home and watch the game. Unfortunately, several thousand people in chicago are without power. Lets hope they get it back on in time for kickoff. Kickoff as well as to keep their homes warm. But we appreciate it, guy with a sense of humor, making the most of a tough situation. Kevin tibbles, thank you so much. Well have all the details on the storm, where its heading next. Well bring in our msnbc meteorologist a bit later for that. Well about fiver hours from now, super bowl xlix begins. The buzz has never been higher. Nbcs sarah dallof joins me now. So pricey this year. Record, right . Record prices alex. In fact everything about this super bowl this year seems super sized from the price of the game tickets to the hype leading up to the game, to the excitement of the fans. The fans are ready. By coming here that makes the whole year for me. I love. More than ready. And so is the field. Painted with the super bowl logo. And moved into place, all 92,000 square feet of turf. The only thing left now is the scrimmage over tickets. Yay. A few hundred remaining within 24 hours of the game priced astronomically high. This is the mecca of all sports. Even though you could put a pretty good down payment on a car. Already got a vehicle. You dont get to go to the super bowl every year. For some fans however, the dream of watching a super bowl live has taken a crushing turn. We bought our airfare and our hotel back at thanksgiving because we knew the seahawks were going. Tina says she paid but her Ticket Broker didnt deliver. She believes they saw prices climbing and pulled the tickets to make more money off another buyer. Now were here and were ticketless. Security measures will be in full force today, in the air and on the ground. Uniformed and plained Clothes Police as well as canine units. Plus 500 surveillance cameras monitored at an undisclosed location. On the lookout for threats to fans can focus on the game. And the stadium opens to fans in just about a half an hour. They will go through a security screening process similar to what you would see at the airport. Officials reminding people to build time in their schedule for that. And alex, we did seem some fans take that warning very seriously, some people showing up before the sun came up. Talk about enthusiastic fans. I want to ask you about what looks like the improving fog conditions. There were some people that were maybe going to miss the game because of the airport cancellations or delays. Do you know the status on that . Yeah phoenix sky harbor had to have a complete ground stop. No flights allowed to come or go for some time because of that thick fog. You couldnt even see the stadium behind me it was so bad. The fog obviously lifting now. The ground stop caused delays averaging about 103 minutes. They say give it about another hour and theyll be back to maximum landing capacity hoping to get those fans here in time. Especially if youre paying those extremely high ticket prices, you would hate to miss even a second of that game. You paid for it. No completely understandable. They want to land, wheels down and get to the game. Thank you so much sarah dallof. Well katy perry likes to go big. Her songs, music videos and soldout music tours are spectacles. Now shes halftime at the super bowl. Nbcs willie geist sat down with the super star and talked about the phone call asking her to do the show. Were you stunned . I was weeping, and i was weeping all day, actually. I could kind of well up right now. What is it about the super bowl . For an entertainer, its the biggest. Its the top. Its the ceiling. 115 Million People last year watched the halftime super bowl show. Does that make you nervous, that number . Can i be honest and say yes . Yes . Can i be human and say yes, i will be nervous . But im going to kind of recycle those nerves and make them adrenaline. I will just tell you that my entrances and my exits, oh so excited about them. My eyes. At super bowl in 1996 diana ross did her set and left the stadium in a helicopter. I know. Thats a pretty high bar. Yeah. Dont think i didnt request a helicopter like some pink one, polka dotted. Youre not performing alone. My First Special guest is going to be an incredible rock and roll icon a guitar god. Im going to have Lenny Kravitz on the show. Katy perry and willie geist. You can see the halftime show and the rest of the super bowl kovrm tonight at 6 30 eastern on nbc. And at the super bowl safety and security include monitoring for the measles. Health authorities in phoenix are currently keeping an eye on about 1,000 people who may have been exposed to the virus. New numbers show 84 people have the disease across 14 states. That includes arizona. Of course measles had almost been totally wiped out in this country some 15 years ago before, according to the New York Times, many parents began refusing to vaccinate their children. California has the highest percentage of parents refusing to immunize, more than 3 which is causing concern for of the parents of the students and kids with weakened immune systems who are vulnerable to infection. Lets bring in carl. His 6yearold son has undergone four years of treatment for leukemia and is now in remission, which im sure youre totally grateful for, carl. Thank you for joining us. But your concern as a parent about other parents who choose not to vaccinate. Talk about that. Thanks for inviting me. Yes, this story is really beyond my son. My son is doing very well and he will likely be immunized fairly soon. Hopefully within the next couple months. But its about the hundreds of other kids that are not immunized and not able to be immunized. The threat of an outbreak now and lots and lots of children are going to get sick as this outbreak spreads. Right. You asked your sons School District to bar kids who havent been vaccinated. What was the response . So our goal is to increase the level of immunization so that we can hit herd immunity levels keeping everybody safer and keeping the disease out of the school. We made the request to our school as an attempt to spark the conversation specifically to motivate people to go and immunize their kids. Our thinking is that if the school would bar kids that are not immunized by personal choice, then their parents would get them immunized. It goes beyond our school. The response was theyre legally bound and cannot do it because of the decision of the Public Health officials, not so much the superintendent of schools. Yeah. Theres a california mother who told the New York Times that she and her husband decided to raise their four children without vaccines. She says they ate well theyve never been to the doctor, and she insists her daughter has been healthier than many of her class mates. If you have the opportunity, what would you say to people who simply opt out of vaccinates their kids . First of all, i think this woman should be very thankful that her children are so healthy. She didnt have the nightmare i did to have to rush in an ambulance to ucsf in San Francisco and be told that my child has cancer and faced three years of chemotherapy. So be thankful. Also, think about others and the responsibility that you have to our Greater Community to vaccinate and make sure that if your child does get one of these illnesses, while they have it despite their ability to get over it, while they have it they might spread it to somebody else. Carl, how much do you trace all of this back as some medical experts do to the 1998 report it was in a respected medical journal that suggested at that time a link between vaccinations and autism . I want to very firmly say that was eradicated. That was retracted, and they said its not the case. But it certainly permeated society to obviously a Pretty Healthy degree. Yes, well our argument is based on science. It is science that is logically explained. Its rational thinking. And back in 1998 when that study came out, there were actually people that thought it was science. They were reputable jurnls that published it. Then they rebuked it of course because it was not true. It was bunk science. What happened is people still believed it. People to this day still believe it. And its sad for me those that wont truly believe in and have rational thinking around scientific thought. Its still here and the sad part too, is that people are not immunizing their children and the disease is not eradicated. Well carl im awfully glad to hear rhett is doing so well. Thank you for speaking with us. Thank you. He was born in seattle, so you can imagine who hes rooting for today. Ill bet. Okay. Well, thank you very much. Have fun. Another deadly end to a hostage drama with isis. What this latest act proves about negotiating with the terrorist group. Evan colemans insights next. Has the power to captivate. 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Today in the streets of tokyo, there was grief and outrage despite ongoing negotiations japanese journalist kenji goto was beheaded by isis in another trademark video released by the terror group last night. Joining me now, nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman. Were you surprised when this video was released . Unfortunately, no. It falls in the tradition weve seen of these folks being unwilling to conduct any kind of serious negotiations. Obviously their first demand was Something Like 200 million, which nobody had any delusion was actually going to be paid to them. There was some hope that perhaps there could be some exchange for this individual, this failed suicide bomber that jordan is holding. However, if there is an exchange its far more likely it will be for the jordanian pilot that isis is holding. Unfortunately as weve seen, not for mr. Goto. Do you think these negotiations are in good faith by isis . Depends what you mean by good faith. If you mean their intent is trying to embarrass the United States and its allies trying to drive a wedge between the u. S. And its arab allies in particular as well as other countries including japan, then yes, its in good faith. As youve seen they really did not intend to ever release mr. Goto. I dont think that can ever be claimed to be credible. In the case of the pilot, its a different situation. In that case you have tribal elements and others in jordan that are pushing heavily from behind the scenes to try to get him freed. One of the questions is whether or not isis will kind of take heed of this. They wont want to irritate or frustrate people that actually might have the influence or power to hurt them in that part of the region. But its not really clear right now. And one of the fears we do have is that in the coming days or even hours, there may be another video featuring the pilot. Any intelligence you can gather at all from the video . The only thing we can say for sure is that it does appear that mr. Goto knew exactly what was going on, as tragic as that sounds. But it does appear he knew exactly what was going to happen. Its very sad to see that. Of course, the most important thing of all this, or the saddest part of all that is that the executioner appears to be again the exact same kpugser jihadi john. Exactly. This individual speaking in a british accent. This person is now a mass murderer. The question is will he ever face justice . Will he ever be brought to account for all these people he murdered . Cold blood . What about the extremist forms you monitor. Whats been reaction . These folks are rallied by this. Theres no doubt. Theres not a lot of sympathy for mr. Goto among jihadists, particularly among isis supporters. Again, one of the questions is whether or not there will be any difference when it comes to this jordanian pilot, who obviously comes from a prominent family in jordan who is a muslim. His family have appealed in the form of muslim clerics. Will isis Pay Attention to this . Obviously they ignored the japanese, but will they pay any attention to this . As of right now, we dont know. There hasnt been a video yet of the pilot. Only the video when he was captured. Theres been nothing. The question is, will it change now . Were going to have to see in the coming hours and days. Okay. Evan coleman, thanks as always for weighing in. Zblmpx he doesnt have a lot to say to reporters right now, but what if seattle star runningback wins a big prize tonight . Thats next. Een called a control freak. I like to think of myself as more of a control. Enthusiast. Mmm, a perfect 177degrees. And thats why this road warrior rents from national. I can bypass the counter and go straight to my car. And i dont have to talk to any humans, unless i want to. And i dont. And national lets me choose any car in the aisle. Control. Its so, whats the word . Sexy. Go national. Go like a pro. 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Beyond midnight we start to wrap up. A look at the radar, leading edge into central pennsylvania upstate new york. We wont see it move into new england until after midnight. I95 really doesnt see the storm until early tomorrow morning. As we move through the morning, though it will be a snowy commute for boston and an icy commute for new york. That rain you a snow line positioned over the Hudson Valley where we could see very slick conditions by the morning. Here is a look at our 48hour snowfall forecast. Were calling for about six inches in new york. Could be less than that but over a foot in boston and over a foot in chicago as well. So a lot of snow with this system, but mainly the ice will be a big concern especially off to the northeast. Alex. Thanks for the heads up. Domenica davis for that. Armchair quarterbacks will be dissecting every play and decision made by the coaches. Dana jacobson from cbs sports radio has an insiders view on the game. She joins me now. Welcome to you. What is the key for victory to each team. Its what they have been doing all season long. The best thing about it like last year great offensive team this time patriots instead of broncos and defense in seattle. Thats what got them there, playing defense and running the football. If seattle gets that they win over the patriots. If they have that Bill Belichick moment, that one trick play nobody thought of then the patriots get the win. Its a great matchup. We were talking about it before we were on air here. Its really as a football fanner, even side sort of football fan, a great matchup. This is what you want. Two titans the teams that deserve it are there. Its no fluke. A heck of a match. Should be. Seahawks marshawn lynch, no answering questions from the media this week. That certainly got attention. What if they win . What if he has a fantastic game what will he say . He remember talking to him back in college. He was more giving then did interviews. Hes true to himself. They hear from teammates, they love him. Hes there guy. They know him. He doesnt care what we think. He cares what his teammates think. He wants to win. Hes done commercials. Hes still getting endorsements. A guy gets endorsements from skittles even though he never talks to the media. They get it. They get who he is and they like what hes repping. You said he talked in college. What happened . He had a really rough time in buffalo. Theres a lot of feeling because of his time not that the buffalo media went after him but his time and stay there wasnt what he expected. Theres a feeling maybe this stemmed from that and he backed up. There is a shy personality. He wasnt an outgoing person in college when i talked to him but you got a little something. A little jaded. Exactly. When the season started, could you have picked these two teams . I didnt. I cant believe im going to say this. I picked the saints and i picked the broncos. Now, i did at least have seattle going back to the nfc championship game. Its hard because we dont see repeat champions when it comes to the super bowl. Last time we talked aboutette a decade ago, the patriots. Look at it this year seattle has become the First Time Since the patriots to win a super bowl and go get a playoff win. Now they have put themselves back in that position. So the 12th man in seattle, of course, they picked it but i would not have seen it. New england is there every other year. Why not. Of course. What about the score, high scoring game . To me looking 3431. Thats a good game. Well see offense. I was joking. Maybe well see the overtime weve never seen in the super bowl. Both of those teams have the capability. Im probably being a little generous in my score. It will be a good game no matter what the score. Enjoy watching it. Thats a wrap everyone. All watching the game enjoy it. Stay with us for headline updates coming up. 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