polident s unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. bill: extreme weather alert. a polar vortex about a strike a lot of people. check out these temps. some will hit below zero. the northwest may see snow. so bundle up. martha: it might be chilly in washington as rum can senate leaders say they are ready to work the work on several key issues but the president has to meet them halfway. we heard this before.
expensive race in history. it is going to take a lot of resources to put everything in play as joanne attest there are not that many great operatives with national experience and not that many people that can raise money. people think you can get independent expenditures and billionaires. 2700 bucks is maximum. it is real hard sledding to raise there. martha: joe, do you have any other family members for jeb bush at the moment? no. martha: none that you know of. i think he will be formidable if he gets nomination. martha: thanks, guys. we kick off the conversation. many times will be a fascinating process over next several months and happy knew year. bill: we both will be very busy. martha: weigh 6 we sure will. bill: jon scott is coming up. busy happening now. how are you this morning is. good morning, bill. a the new year off to a bang in washington. new republican controlled senate to join the gop house to go
office. air force one will go to detroit on wednesday to talk cars and manufacturing. then off to phoenix on thursday where it will be all about housing. and friday, tennessee for a talk about education that the vice president will tag along for as well. the white house is saying they can work with the new republican leadership as well. we have a press secretary saying quote, there are a number of issues we could make progress on but the president is clear he will not let this congress undo important protections gained, particularly in areas of health care wall street reform and the environment. and we are expecting a mix of new proposals from the president in the next few days. some of them, are things that the president wants to do on his own with executive action but some of the them the president will need help from congress on through legislation. so now we wait and see. bill: we do. peter doocy from the north lawn, a beautiful day in washington. enjoy it white it lasts peter. her
gesture, his word. new york senator chuck schumer says the divide between them and the city can be fixed, however. i think that again having talked to people on both side, i think that the chasm is not unbridgeable at all. commissioner bratton has done a good job in los angeles in dealing with this issue well. he is dealing with the issue well here and i think it can be solved. bill: but it is not solved at the moment. with me bernard kerik former new york city police commissioner. good morning to you from washington today. good morning, bill. bill: where is this heading? i think, senator schummer just made a really good point in saying that he believes, you know, the bridge can be resolved and talked about bratton and what a great job he has done in l.a. new york, boston and i agree. the problem is, this rift isn t with bratton, it s with the mayor and the cops believe that the mayor is not been
martha: what bills? bridges roads infrastructure. put people back to work. there are plenty of bills that do that. everybody wants that done. keystone is a huge piece of long-term energy efficiency infrastructure that they can put on the table right now immediately. you mention president obama doesn t agree with keystone? guess what? a lot of democrats agree with keystone which proves the points president obama is only about president obama and his agenda. he rejects keystone he s setting the tone for the next two years to be full of gridlock. when republicans beat democrats handily in the mid-term elections the president tries to write it off as not a republican victory but instead americans wanted washington to work. well, here is his chance, he