that s going to be coming out about the cia and its conduct after the 9/11 attack and what many people have characterized as torture and have claimed by the intelligence community that was least effective in getting information from the terrorists who were in prison. apparently the report that s going to be coming up by senate intelligence is going to just really rip that apart, and there s been this big effort to try and stop that, and the cia is accused with some just fiction over the years of trying to block public accountability for its conduct. we ll see how this shakes out. thank you, bob. we appreciate your insight. well, thank you. have a fwood one. coming up, bill and brian will be here for first buzz to talk about the five second rule. is it real, or just an urban myth? that s next. it s a growing trend in business: do more with less with less energy. hp is helping ups do just that. soon, the world s most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice t
all right. time for first buzz. this first story, boy, brian schachtman is bringing to today because i think we all like this. that great food that you wanted, it just drops on the floor. no one is looking. well, it turns out british researchers say the five second rule is okay. you can t transfer bacteria quick enough, although sometimes i use the ten second rule. they say you can t transfer the bacteria that quick, so they say go ahead. what i do is i pick up a bite and blow it off. it s okay now. drop and go. hope you re want tasting a chunk of something that wasn t supposed to be if there. back to something that may have you wishing you hadn t seen it.
forgotten. plus nsa leaker edward snowden delivers a message to the world invoking 1984 and warning on the dangers of unchecked government surveillance. and she said some of my presents weren t going to make it before christmas. the worst christmas ever. that s how one driver dribbed a massive delivery mess in many parts of this country. it kept thousands of americans from getting what they wanted under the tree. we ll tell you what ups and fedex are doing to try to make up for it. i don t know if you can do that. i don t know how many crying kids they had at 6:00 a.m., but there probably were plenty. brian schachtman here and you re watching msnbc. we want to start with the obama administration allowing extra time for people signing on for health care. it s still not too late for coverage starting january 1st. i want to talk about this with
there s a lot of just not orbital vehicles and tourist vehicle, but they ll also carry scientific instruments and half of the flights and there are a lot of things about to be ng and we shouldn t think there is a long-term trend to our disadvantage. james, thank you so much for that perpective. we appreciate it it. i look forward to the new year. happy new year to you, as well. that does it for me. thanks so much for joining me. my colleague brian schachtman picks things up after the break. you re watching msnbc. [ female announcer ] from your first breath,
if he can make it to brazil then that might be one out for him, but it s not clear he can. all right. michael isikoff, nbc news. we appreciate the time. thank you. kristen welker talks with the journalist who first reported edward snowden s disclosures that that s at noon eastern today. about an hour from now, and i want to talk more about the nsa and what s going on with healthcare with our panel. joining me now politico senior white house reporter edward isaac, and msnbc.com reporter susie kim. thanks to both of you for being here. good morning, brian. good morning. edward, i ll start with you. president obama supposed to give a statement earlier next month possibly implementing some of the recommendations or one from the outside review panel, in all honesty, how much change might we expect to get and how much change will happen that we actually learn about? i think the second question is maybe the more pertinent one here. there is a lot that has to