lawmakers on capitol hill are fighting over the president s plan to take over the slaunlislamic state. we ll talk to a colonel who spent decades dealing with military intelligence who will explain the process of taking back tikrit is just a minor win in a very long war. plus why he says, worthing of the current bill in congress that they re debating has the potential to tie the united states hands not just with isis but also with iran. that s coming up at the top of the hour. just one more little question, was that a private or a work e-mail? that was a private. that was my stepmother asking about the sec basketball tournament this weekend. i have full disclosure. no questions for you anymore. thanks so much see eyou soon. and we are are waiting right now on the real story for defense secretary the new one, ash carter, he s going to give his first press conference since taking over at the pentagon he
a few takeout boxes and fortune cookies. print out date ideas in the form of fortunes. you will have dinner with a beautiful woman. it s okay to exaggerate a little. wrap the fortune cookies in a wet paper towel, microwave 30 seconds. pull out the old fortune, insert the new one and refold. it s so creative. and that s the point. creativity and personalization can make any gift meaningful. we leave you with our last gift idea, the candy card. a sweet way to show someone you care. becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. and the look on those kids faces at first was, okay, really, where s my real gift? some of there s your candy. nothing says giving like getting a gift at the pharmacy. you better get on that shopping. i want some ambien. coming up taylor swift s extravagant purchase. another celebrity s t-shirt
hit the local chinese place, get a few takeout boxes and fortune cookies. print out date ideas in the form of fortune. you will have dinner with a beautiful woman. it s okay to exaggerate a little. wrap the fortune cookies in a wet paper towel, microwave 30 seconds. pull out the old fortune, insert the new one and refold. it s so creative. and that s the point. creativity and personalization can make any gift meaningful. and so we leave your with our last gift idea, the candy card. a sweet way to show someone you care. becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. and the look on those kids faces at first was, okay, really, where s my real gift? some of there s your candy. nothing says giving like getting a gift at the pharmacy. you better get on that holiday shopping. i want some ambien. coming up taylor swift s extravagant purchase. another celebrity s t-shirt selling for several thousand.
football means a new trophy unveiling. a four team playoff getting rid of the bcs system fans love to hate. does the new trophy hold water against the old one? you be the judge. here they are side by side. it s not going away. the coaches will be awarded the crystal ball. i like the crystal ball more than the new trophy. more durable, the new one. do you think it was odd that derek jeter starred in his own tribute commercial? apparently berman does. he tipped his hat to himself. strange. i liked it. i thought it was cool the way they put it together with red sox and giving a tip to the cap. i thought it was nice. no more deserving person in the world. it was strange he was in his own tribute ad. i see where you are coming from. i m glad i know what going
mid-atlantic are hunkering down for another winter pummeling, it s been a heavy winter already, but snow, rain and freezing rain are expected to move up the i-95 corridor. the national weather service used the adjective catastrophic to describe the impact of this storm in the southeast and east coast. if you are in the path of this giant storm complex, take it from me, my layman s understanding of this, stay home. this is a big one. we re going to keep an eye on this storm over the course of this hour, and the course of the night here on msnbc. we hope you will stay with us for that. as we keep an eye on this big storm system tonight. we are keeping an eye on the big politics story today. in that story today, big news. be hold the new subpoena to the office of new jersey governor chris christie. 18 new subpoenas were released tonight in new jersey including the new one to governor christie s own office. we knew these 18 subpoenas had