so natural phenomenon or perhaps murder? it seems birds of a feather die together. okay. taupe of t top of the hour. 6:00 on the east coast. good morning. it s tuesday, january 4th already. with us onset msnbc contributor mike barnicle and managing editor of fortune magazine, andy serwer. this week s cover is on the rigorous mind of chief justice john roberts. interesting cover for you all. willie has now scampered in. willie, good to see you. boy, scanning the papers the past couple days, you really see a revolution of sorts happening at the ground level on the states on taxes and on unions from andrew cuomo to jerry brown. mike barnicle, it s not just chris christie and john kasic saying, enough, with paying our publy money. you have cuomo and brown saying we ve got to protect tax papers now. maine, arizona. the interesting case in new york, newly elected governor andrew cuomo now having to seek an alliance with the republicans in the legislature to get this d