the cost of the hugely expensive plan to withdraw from the country. that is not actionable. fox has a controversial fire right clothes store opens in london in the midst of the jewish community will look at the outreach sparked among residents. the questionable practice. moscow the rejection. us media coverage has been running hand in hand with a revolutionary ideology of keeps interim leaders and brushing aside contradiction to its reasoning. the white house is relying on very fine data or athens is in charge to find out their interpretation of that when it comes to the crisis in ukraine in washington seems to have one word that s become a favorite. the fact that the facts are the facts just because the word fact exists. it doesn t mean it coincides with the truth the truth is there in the social media and across the pages of newspapers and in the video televisions for all of the world to see in the social media and the prominent american newspapers the us built a case using
that stronger action could be on the horizon. we ll have the latest. challenge comes on the same day as the state of the union address. will it change the president s message? or will jobs still be the centerpiece? we ll break down expectations for tonight. and the world wondering who will succeed pope benedict xvi, developments on when we ll know the name of the next pope. the president made a lot of promises in his state of the union address last year about jobs. did he keep them? we re reviewing the past year and doing a fact check and reality check on job creation. this morning, talking to gordon chang, author of nuclear showdown. gene sperling, of the national economic coast. bob mcdonnell, and chief washington correspondent jake tapper and the archbishop of washington will be with us as well. a special edition of starting point, live in washington, d.c., begins right now. welcome, everybody. north korea producing a nuclear test. the minister says it s a defe
legacy. at 85, he is silver-haired and cerebral and says he simply can t keep up. pope benedict xvi tells his cardinals in latin, quote, i had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. in the last year, benedict grew increasingly frail. he certainly slowed down a bit. you could tell he had trouble negotiating steps. he started using the cane several months ago. reporter: but the german pope never slowed down, putting the church on an orthodox path. he opposed homosexuality and female priests. he tried to heal wounds, apologizing to victims of sexual abuse. they have to come to terms with the priest scandal. they have to be more candid and honest about it. reporter: benedict filled stadiums. but he was always a bookworm, more comfortable writing. many are calling for a more dynamic pope. and thanks to the first papal retirement in six centuries, cardinals might be willing to choose a young ur successor. the cardinals have to weigh
and increases the risk of proliferation. the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korea provications and steadfast in our defense commitments to allies in the region. this is an evolving story developing all over the world. we ll have more on the north korea situation on morning joe and all day here on msnbc. tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern time, president obama s going to deliver a state of the union address. it s a speech that s going to focus on his long-term ideas for the country and also deal with the pressing economic issue that is unfolding now, those are the sequester cuts that kick in the first of march. can you expect the president to talk about it in tonight s address. you ll hear from the president a very clear call for the need to take action to help our economy grow and help it create jobs. you will hear from him a wall as he have heard in the past recently from him on congress not to shoot the economy in the foot unnecessarily, to allow the seques
arct arctica. i say have you sure me? i m from florida. i don t know if we re thinking this through. this is the seven continent shoot. did you draw the short end of the straw on that one? when i heard the theme, such a powerful scene and i was chosen for antarctica. what was your impressions of the weather, the penguins, all that was around you? it was the most beautiful place i ve ever been. every time before i took off my coat, i would enjoy just the views and, i mean, the mountains were pink and the water was glass. it looked like little ice cubes were in the water. it was gorgeous. there were a couple of photos throughout this issue of you. how long did it take to do? i m imaging how cold you are as you re doing it. i could really only do it for a minute and then everyone would come running and they would build me like a little blanket cave, hold me. you are back-to-back, first time that s happened since tyra banks did it in 1997. can you talk about how i