And somehow he decided it was a good idea to vent to a reporter from london. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where in just two hours president obama will hold his first full press Conference Since april. Hes expected to respond to the outcry over those Surveillance Programs according to congressional briefings on those reforms. Will that satisfy critics . We have a super panel. Chuck todd, chief White House Correspondent and host of the daily rundown and contributor and host of in play, and a washington Diplomatic Correspondent and a senior political reporter. We know from congressional sources hell talk about surveillance top of mind. Its been a problem to the white house. He also obviously has the putin problem. What has their thinking been about the criticism of the nsa program . Of all things on his plate, snowden leaks, the question of what does nsa do and what is surveillance about, politically had a bigger impact than the other various controversy. Some argue are poli
For the First Time Since hes indicated hes pursuing a run for a run for the presidency at least interested. Jeb is likely to have to run against is gathered in iowa this morning. Everyone except jeb. The current president and first lady also taking off for india not long ago with word of a major change in their itinerary, something well tell you in a bit. Sad news from the world of baseball this morning, all of that and plenty more in just label the on the show. We begin this morning with this with the still unfolding scandal that everyone sports fans nonsports fans alike, everyone has been talking about all week now. Scandal that threatens to overshadow next sundays super bowl in arizona. This is about the new England Patriots and the deflated footballs they used in the first half of last sundays afc championship game. Thats when they dismantled the hapless Indianapolis Colts with 457. Late yesterday, the nfl finally broke its silence confirming that the balls the patriots used were i
Caucuses across iowa. Caucuses will get under way, and then well start the process of tallying up and analyzing the choices, the selections of really what are the first voters to participate in the 16 president ial election process. It all starts in iowa, where at this hour the leading candidates are either speaking right now, or are about to speak. Thats donald trump live on the right. A sanders event and rubio event on the left. Some of them are en route to finishing their final rallies of the evening. The candidates at the top of the pack also have plans to join us this evening. We intend to talk to senator Bernie Sanders along the way, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and donald trump. A busy night ahead. As for where the candidates stand in these final hours before the voting starts, the final poll from whats considered the paper of record in iowa, the Des Moines Register, donald trump leading ted cruz by five points, 2823. But remember, the margin of error is four points