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martin luther king jr. moments ago homeland security jeh johnson laid a wreath at memorial in washington, d.c. >> the irony of today is that mrs. king's dream of a national holiday for her husband has become a reality. dr. king's dream of a world at peace with itself has not. in 2015 hatred violence and poverty still enhabit our nation and our planet. the good news is that there are many angels among us who also inhabit this planet and inspire us all to do better. >> vice president biden will deliver remarks very soon honoring dr. king at an event hosted by the organization of minority women in his home state of delaware. we'll be waiting for that. also today in the nation's capital, the ninth annual mlk peace walk takes place as americans across the country commemorate dr. king's 86th birthday. joining me mistranscorrespondent chris jansing. a very good mlk day to you and to the country, how will he observe this important day? >> reporter: a tradition a day of service. when bill clinton signed this a law making it a holiday in 1994 part of what it said is that dr. king should be honored with a day of service. last year the president and his family helped to get meals together for the homeless and today they're going to be going to the boys and girls club of greater washington and, in fact the white house put out a sheet. you saw jeh johnson. it lists his activities the vice president's activities. we're waiting for that speech to begin in delaware his home state. pretty much every member of his administration is going out and doing some act of service to commemorate martin luther king jr. day. so, again, we are waiting for the vice president to speak. one more note i'll make about this is that on friday as you might recall the president hosted a screening of "selma" about that seminole march for voting rights and among the guests, a lot of people paid attention to oprah, but also we saw congressman john lewis, along with martin luther king jr., led that march back in 1965, richard. >> of course waiting as you mentioned there for vice president biden. when he speaks we'll go live to that right here on this show. before we leave you, chris, another story you're following closely. new information about that cyber attack on sony. what do we know than? >> reporter: yes. the question always was how did the administration make this accusation there? as you know, there were some tech people who pushed back and said it would be very tough for north korea to do this but, in fact, what we have learned and what andrea mitchell confirmed, what was first reported in the "new york times" is that a program began with the national security agency the nsa back in 2010, to sort of track the hackers. south korea has said that the north probably has as many as 6,000 of them. they work at part of the intelligence service there, and so even though the united states did not track that this sony hack was going on so they didn't know it in advance, once it happened they were able to use that system that was developed back in 2010 and come up with enough evidence to present to the president that he felt very confident about laying the blame at the foot of north korea, richard. >> all right chris. nbc's chris jansing. thank you for that. ahead, chris will be back reporting on shots fired near vice president joe biden's delaware home. stick around noor. anxiety and fear are the islamic threat spreads in europe. this morning foreign ministers from the european union meeting in brussels and got a lot on their plate including the ongoing search for accomplices to the paris attacks as well as last week's terror bust in belgium and germany. >> the threat is not only the one we faced in paris, but also spreading in many other parts of the world starting from muslim countries, and we need to strengthen our way of cooperating together. >> now, while there's a sense of unity in western countries, anger builds in several muslim nations. thousands rallied in pakistan against "charlie hebdo" while in the central african nation of niger, churches were set on fire. protests also erupted in afghanistan, yemen and parts of russia. christopher dicky joins me now. foreign editor of "the daily beast." chris, thanks for joining us. i started saying these two words, fear and anxiety. have we reach add peak or will it go higher do you think? >> i think we're at that level that kind of dangerous level where if anything else happens then all hell will break loose. right now people are feeling that they're a little past it that maybe everything is going to be if not okay at least they won't be as frightened as they were a week ago or a little over a week ago, but i think you know, anybody who lives through 9/11 in the united states remembers a sensation you can't really be secure that something terrible has happened and you didn't expect it and the people who were supposed to protect you didn't protect you, and everybody is running around saying we must cooperate more do nor things but you look over your shoulder and just don't know what's going to happen next. that's pretty much where we are. i'd say they fear and anxiety. >> christopher do more things part of that? some developments over the weekend. the big one seems to be this belgium terror plot, one al algerian arrested, the mastermind still on the run. when we look at all of this "do something" as you just alluded to, will these security sweeps yield more attacks and therefore hit that peak you're talking about? >> well i was writing about that over the weekend for the "daily beast." in fact what they're trying to do is identify the usual and unusual suspects and instead of following them which is what you would normally do in intelligence gathering and some kinds of law enforcement, they're just rounding them up. they want them in jail want to hold them as long as they can. they've arrested i think 12 people released 3 in connection with the attacks here. there's several more arrested in germany. some in ireland. some in belgium as you mentioned, in greece. in italy. other people have been expelled. so it's going on all over the continent, but whether that will really have an effect when talking about maybe thousands of people who have fought in syria and may be coming back to europe, many of them with european passports, it's a problematic situation. >> christopher dicky from "the daily beast" thank you so much for your perspective. we're joined now by ambassador mark ginsburg a former white house middle east policy adviser. great to see you here mark and if i may, ambassador, let's talk about the eu meeting i was alluding to. 28 very different nations trying to get on the same page here today and when it comes to fighting terrorism, in many ways is a very local problem, what might we expect from what's happening today? >> well richard, the most important issue is the jihadi underground express that is going both ways. the fact that the open border policy of the european union, whereby one person from turkey can make it into the border and greece and make their way to france and belgium without further border checks. and also the fact that there's an acknowledgement by the european union foreign ministers that notwithstanding all kearns over acts of terrorism, the fact is just for example in belgium, the small country of belgium, there are at least over 100 jihadis who have already come back from fighting for isis in syria. now, what are they doing when they're back in belgium? that is the highest per capita number out of perhaps several thousand that are already back in europe. now, tracking as chris dicky just mentioned, rounding them up is really half the problem. the other half is the fact so many of them are still on their way. >> so, babied, you're talkambassador, talking about the cyclicalality. who is doing a good job? belgium? what about countries that dealt with it over the decades? indonesia and thailand as well. who do you look for? >> in some respects it's very hard to tell given the fact there's at least 15,000 jihadis that have made they're way to syria to fight in the soviet union union -- sunni/shiite war. i don't think anyone has kept track of all the nationals that made their way back. even canada hasn't been able to and look at the problems in ottawa a few months ago. >> early on. ambassador, something percolating over the last 24 hours before we let e go. yemen a possibility of a coup. what are you looking at? >> yemen is the next greatest failure of our policy in the region. the fact of the matter is this is the sunni shiite conflict. it is libya it is somalia, syria rolled into one. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula once again able to gain sandybecause of a weak. yemen is where the real problem for the united states begins and ends at this point. >> thank you ambassador mark ginsburg for your perspective this morning. more on the role encountering the terror theft later in this hour. gregory meeks joining "the rundown" right here. this morning the northeast is recovering from vicious weather that turned roads into icy danger zones and caused hundreds of accidents. this car you see here losing traction on an icy street in new york. near philadelphia more than 50 cars involved in a chain reaction crash there. the weather is being blamed for at least six deaths in the northeast. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now with more and, bill, we've got to watch this storm and will we see more of that? >> there are still reports that it is still icy. mostly left over from yesterday and a little bit from refreezing last night. i mean it was quite an event. it was widespread and affected maybe 1,000 cars that had accidents. just ridiculous, and only like less than 1/10 inch of ice. wasn't a huge ice storm. an inch not like power lines and trees were crashing down. even when it rained above 32 degrees in the air, the ground was still frozen. almost like putting water in your freezing causing the ice skating rink. this morning, temperatures warmed up. reports of ice still but in the mid to upper 30s. the threat is quickly diminishing. getting out on the treated roads, they'll be fine. the next threat a chance of a little snow coming into areas of the northeast in the mid-atlantic. this will be wednesday into wednesday afternoon, wednesday night. we're only talking one or two inches of snow but again to affect thursday morning's commute in the same areas just hit. the rest of the country, smiling and enjoying a beautiful holiday monday outdoors today. we are 60s and 70s from florida to texas all the way to california. at least there's a good chunk of the nation enjoying some beautiful almost springlike conditions. >> shouldn't smile too much. change is always certain in the middle of january. >> i know. >> thank you, bill karins my friend. just getting starteds on this edition of "the rundown." president obama the proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy. later, legal teams get ready to present cases on same-sex marriage before the supreme court. the key questions with nbc's pete williams. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you wouldn't ignore signs of damage in your home. are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? 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>> you mentioned a trust fund loophole. a way wealthy people can bequeath millions of dollars that never go taxed at all and there are numerous republicans who say they want to close such loopholes. so maybe there's action there. on everything else though i think you'd be really very very optimistic to predict that any of this goes much of anywhere in this congress but i think what the spread doing laying out a longer term agenda to fight longer term inequality. >> the second proposal includes a $500 second earner credit tripling the child care tax credit and you are to $22,000 for klemp and two years free college. for parts of certain parts of the middle class? >> right. savings credit for retirees for workers, something called an auto i.r.a. you automatically enroll in an i.r.a. and the administration puts resources in that. a lot targeted at the middle class. we've talked about this a lot. in this economy most of the growth has gone to those at the very top of the scale and the middle class for them economic growth has been kind of a spectator sport. this kind of goes right at that problem. >> and so is the state of the union also a spectator sport. that tomorrow. >> true. >> you'll watching along with us. thank you so much. this is president obama's physical stator of the union address before a fully staffed republican congress. what goes into the speech. it's not a little bit. >> offering a policy agenda and snap of the issues facing the nation. look at this. here are the words that president obama used most in all four states of the union speeches during his first term including his 2009 address to a joint session of congress. you can see the focus on domestic policy and the urgency, talk of jobs. the statement now there. now is the time to act. you can also see some of the strategic rhetoric here. president obama pushed government spending on health care and the stimulus. we know that. yet he rarely used the word government. now, here is president obama's very first address. the more often he used the word here the larger it is. 2009 right after the financial meltdown. you can see two responses here from the president. fixing the economy itself. jobs, banks. the budget. those kind of words. also arguing true recovery required action across our society. on energy education and health care. you can also see the pressure that optimism puts on a president's word choice in these addresses. every knew we in a deep recession, but obama rarely uttered the word. in fact, if you look you can barely see it up there near the top. contrast that to president reagan's first state of the union in 1982 where he seized on the words he didn't like. compounding government taxes, federal programs. president reagan proposed dismantling the department of education and energy and told congress it was time to control entitle spending that was now uncontrollable. the government programs at home another model for this kind of speech is to define america's place in the world. so here is president bush in 2002. the first address after 9/11. he told a frightened nation about its values with talk of freedom and greatness. and he outlined the new threats, terror, war, training camps, afghanistan. and given the recent threats of terror across the globe, president obama may hit these themes tomorrow. now, in the end, is this all just talk? not exactly. take a look at this. unlike most other political speech, the ideas that are pushed in the state of the union often become reality. this is the success rate for legislative proposals from the state of the union. on average, 43% enacted by congress, that's according to a 2006 study by political scientist donna hoffman and alison howard. president obama's rate through 2012, 45%. not bad. so when it comes to this big night in washington the words really do matter. jishd richard? >> and there are a lot of them. thank you for breaking it down. catch arie on "the cycle." and special coverage begins tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. still ahead, we've seen the threat of terror become a reality overseas over the past several weeks but what about here at home? after the break, talking to congressman gregory meeks about how great the threat is here and whether there is enough to intelligence sharing among allies. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours... and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? 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>> there's always been these threats, and i think that the threat and the actual action that took place in france now has heightened security for everybody. for the general public. i think those intelligence agencies et cetera have always known the threat exists and we've got make sure we dot is and cross ts and try to learn from lessons that may have happened so that we know also we've got to talk collectively together. one country cannot resolve, combat, the threat and the violence from these extremists. >> put in balance for us domestic versus international importance of dealing with this issue? today, as we mentioned earlier, 28 nations. the european union, leaders from a good portion of those, trying to get together. trying to figure out a solution to this. is it better 28 countries deal with this or is it better locally discussed? >> i think you have to do both. number one, it's still very important locally. the citizen has to -- you see something, say something. that is very important. we've got to work collectively in that regard but intelligence, you know has got to be shared internationally with everyone. because these extremists are a threat to everyone. so when you look at the borders as indicated, you know because of some have eu passports and you can move without visas, we have to be able to track those individuals that might have trained, have gone to syria and fought, now trying to return whether it's to european countries or those trying to return and come over here to the united states. we've got to be very diligent and the issue here is you have to be that 100% of the time because any slippage 99%, like we saw took place in france causes a death. >> in your committee, how do you discuss our neighbors? they're looking at 28 different countries in our case we're looking at borders with two countries? >> it's important. i think we're focused on the western hemisphere and talking about we've got to make sure that our hemisphere is safe. so talking with canada and mexico, as well as some of our allies in central and south america, and in making sure we are sharing information. they're giving us information. we're giving them information. that is important. so we talk about the -- the entire hemisphere, its safety and have those dialogues back and forth with our counterparts. >> congressman, do you worry because of security sweeps including this weekend may result in more attacks and also more activity talking about militant terrorism and that might affect the united states and u.s. properties? >> no. i think what you have to do, you have to make sure that as i said, as you gain intelligence and as you see someone that's about to attack that you have to then go in and do what has been done. and break up those cells and those networks get as much information. yes, sometimes you wait as long as you can so you can see the totality of the cell that might be involved because you have to go after and try to destroy the entire cell. and i think that's what's important. not leaving some of the cells out there. >> new york democratic congressman meeks, thanks for joining us today on this topic. >> good being with you. >> all righty. this historic policy shift between the u.s. and cuba one of the topics defended by president obama during the state of the union address tomorrow. and today, sitting down with cuban officials. the first congress' visit since the move was announced's this deal could have cubans gain access to tech noth and the internet. internet access is strictly controlled by the cuban government now but cubans on the island are eager for the technology the internet can bring them. we have more. >> reporter: in a run down repair shop in central havana young technicians use old equipment and do the best they can to keep their customers connected. >> we have nothing. we have no parts. >> reporter: these cuban youth are eager to join the modern world but hampered by a lack of technology and by limited access to the internet and other communications. in a visit with three young cuban professionals, all in their 20s, we learned they were thrilled to hear president obama announce the u.s. was allowing more travel and trade with cuba. >> i was happy. i was nervous, because there were so many things that just this could mean for me. for my job. for my life here. >> reporter: concerned about how economic changes might occur, they hoped these changes will ease some of the difficulties of living here. >> i can never have my own house or my own car or -- dream for my kids. >> reporter: this professor is among those hoping the u.s. will bring computers, phones software and internet access to cuba. >> we need to be part of the an interconnected world. we need to be able to see what's happening in other parts of the world. >> even when you get internet it's so slow you really use it to have mail and maybe once a month, once a week you go to facebook to see your friends. that's our internet. that's it. >> reporter: every year thousands of highly educated young cubans doctors, lawyers, engineers, leave cuba for other countries, unable to make a living wage. >> i think the better chances for us. >> reporter: i'm willing to wait for changes here the professor told us, he too, plans to leave cuba soon to seek a better life. mark potter nbc news havana. all right. turning now to the supreme court and the upcoming showdown over whether same-sex marriage will be the law of the land. friday justices agreed to hear cases from four states. lawyers are xrutscrutinizing the constitutional questions. the first question does the 14th amendment require a state of marriage of license between same sex. some call the wording a bit odd. pete williams is in washington for us. pete, good morning. when you look at this does it suggest it could stop short of establishing a nationwide constitutional right to same-sex marriage? >> reporter: well, with nothing else to do all the constitutional scholars are looking at the wording of the question. at the end of the day, i suspect it won't make much difference. what is being said here is the way the court has put the questions, does the constitution require the states to license marriages in their own states? does it rirpequire the states to recognize marriages legally performed elsewhere? the question being kwhashgs, what does the constitution require the states to do as opposed to some are saying it putting it into the eyes of the challengers, does the constitution grant them the right to marry? grant them the right to have their marriages recognized? but as i say, i think this is -- this is not a very important thing. i don't really think it gives us much of a window into what the justices are thinking. part of the problem, there were four cases they granted. some raised both of these questions about recognition and licensing. some raised only one and the supreme court had to put them all in a blender and come up with two questions coving both those issues. one interesting thing, richard, if the supreme court answers yes to question one, the constitution requires the states to license same-sex marriages in their own states then that probably answers question two as well. i guess the interesting thing here is could the court just say, yes to number two. yes, the states have to recognize marriages that are legally performed elsewhere, but they don't have to license them in their own states would that be a middle ground? 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[jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting! security is boosted this morning at vice president bind's delaware home after shots were fired saturday night. it's not the kind of place where shots are fired out of a speeding car but that's exactly what happened. now the search is on for whoever did it. nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing has more. >> reporter: for hours investigators searched the area around the vice president's delaware home and his neighbors, looking for bullets or any other clues, after a series of shots were fired near the residence saturday night from a speeding car. the bidens were out for the evening, but secret service was there and gave chase along with local police but the vehicle got away. the gunfire came from a public road outside the security perimeter. the house can't be seen from there, but the shots were clearly heard. the chase, a search of the area and questioning neighbors turned up nothing, leaven investigateors with a range of possibilities. >> who was having a dispute in the area prp is it known street criminal, unrelated to the vice president? somebody who is mentally defective? >> reporter: there's always a security perimeter around the biden's four acre estate with a guard shack at the entrance. the vice president and dr. jill biden achb spend weekends there away from public duties but not out of the public eye. locals report he was at the home depot on saturday morning. a man was taken into custody less than an hour after the shooting. he'd been trying to get around officers who were securing the perimeter. but police haven't charged him with anything to do with the shooting itself. none of the area homes were damaged. leaving investigators with questions of who and why unanswered. >> nbc's chris jansing. thank you noor report. you know the saying at first you don't succeed, try, try again. after a week of speculation whether the third time ap charm for mitt romney we finally heard from romney himself late friday night. take a listen. >> now there's some speculation whether i'm about to embark on a political endeavor on which i've been preerchsviously unsuccessful. let me state i have no intention of running for u.s. senator of massachusetts. that's -- >> all right. so what happens now based on what he said? maybe much maybe not so much. he says he's interested in a third run for the white house, but do enough republicans share that feeling to support him saying he is interested? joining me now ed oh keefe of "the washington post" and benji simon on the phone. ed humor, but he is interested in running for i guess romney 3.organization we might call it. did you hear from republicans when were you there? are they reacting differently? is he saying anything differently? >> well you know i think most republicans who are not directly involved in presidential campaigns or would-be presidential campaigns at this point are sort of reserving judgment. the only lawmaker i've heard from who is really talking about his campaign the congressman from dwrooututah. a romney supporter last time. he'll stand by romney no matter what happens. so many other lawmakers a as well as governors thinking about running, it's sort of just makes sense for people to keep their powder dry at this point. interesting in his speech friday night, you heard him talk more about economic opportunity. poverty issues. the kinds of things paul ryan tried to bring to the table back in 2012. seems romney and other politicians realizing issues of inequality of ones that have to be talked about. >> benji, do you on this. you're there in south carolina. a state that mitt romney did not do well in the last election. i believe he trailed gingrich in the primary by some 12 points. what are you hearing from voters on the ground there when we think about romney in 2016? when we look at what he was in 2012 or 2008? >> well as you mentioned, romney did not do too well in south carolina. he lost it pretty handedly, and i spent the last couple of days at a tea party conference with possible rivals such as rick santorum ben parns and ted cruz. they're not happy about romney but glad he's running and bush is returning and happy christie is running to split the moderate vote and split the establishment vote that they think might give them a chance to get one of their own into the nomination this time rather than having to rely on whoever's more of the establishment favorite candidate. >> with romney back with you, ed with romney what does this mean of the energy he has now? a third run, as you know he decided to run in 2012. a big family issue. certainly leaning on ann here in terms whether he should run and she said yes, let's do that. there could be more energy in the family itself ed in terms of going forward a third time, and if he does go forward, does this bring more energy itself to the republican primary process? >> i think it does if only because it's now going to really require everyone else to make real compelling arguments why they should be the nominee and not romney yet again. i think you saw scott walker for example, last week at that rnc meeting make the case about trying to find someone new, more of a new generation. someone not of washington or the elite political class. he is a midwestern governor certainly out of the national political spotlight's in recent cycles and is suggesting there that perhaps americans should give somebody a fresh look. romney is not that. hillary clinton isn't that. that's part of the genius for these guys not jeb bush or mitt romney is they can make a consistent argument in the primary campaign and in the general campaign. i'm new. i'm younger. i'm not of washington. unless you're one of those lawmakers thinking about it and that's why you should vote for 3450e me, and that is an thargt very well could work after eight years of barack obama including hillary clinton in the mix and several cycles of bush and romney running for president. >> benji, one of the reflections on 2012 and 2008 is that mitt romney didn't have the right message. that he was instead, looking at being perhaps the alternative conservative. he should have instead been running on the platform of a successful businessman more clearly and more assertively and a fix-it guy when it came to large economic interests. when you sit down with rick santorum now him and other candidates, will they take up that messages and resonate with those in the tea party coalition? >> it were be very interesting which aspects of romney's campaign they choose to focus on when looking back and argue, this is why things didn't work. ted cruz for example, said yesterday, told the crowd romney was part of the mooshy middle and the problem his message was too muddled, wasn't clear and loud and conservative enough. that was the problem. others on the more establishment side saying romney's problem wasn't the business mr. fix-it problem but alienated important demographics, women and hispanics with his positions. it will be interesting to see what critiques pop up among the candidates. >> and how he responds with his messaging. thank you very much, to you both, on this monday. of course, be sure to stick with msnbc, to see beningen the interview with rick santorum later today. still ahead, celebrating the life of dr. martin lurnlgther king jr. that you may not have seen before. introducing preferred rewards from bank of america the new banking rewards program that rewards our customers, every day. you'll get things like rewards bonuses on credit cards.... extra interest on a savings account... preferred pricing on merrill edge online trades and more... across your banking and investing get used to getting more. that's the power of more rewarding connections that's preferred rewards from bank of america. major: here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body dr. king wrote, and i quote, men often hate each other because they fear each other. they fear each other because they do not know each other. they do not know each other because they cannot communicate. and they cannot communicate because they are separated. we have to bridge that separation particularly society as a whole, but particularly today between police and the community exist in some places. >> vice president biden speaking at a breakfast in delaware a few minutes ago. in a few hours, president obama and the first lady will honor dr. martin luther king by participating in a community service project in washington, d.c. the holiday first celebrated the life of the civil rights leader in all 50 states in the year 2000. today, memories of the georgia preacher are both old and new. the memories start with "i have a dream." >> we aren't going to let any injunction turn us around. >> there's also martin luther king junior's numerous church speeches, the documents related to his life works. >> this is edwin newman inviting you to meet the press. >> and five interviews on nbc's "meet the press." >> do you believe the american racial problem can be solved? >> yes, i do. i refuse to give up. i refuse to despair in this moment. i think in any social revolution the one thing that keeps it going is hope. >> part of his revolution 1983 president ronald reagan signed a bill making the reverend the only american other than george washington to have his birthday celebrated as a federal holiday. today's memories come from newer faces and different places. the movie selma, new take on king's 1965 voting rights fight. then there's this. >> was that dr. king's dream? >> an ad to criticize immigration reform efforts. today's voting rights debate some say echoed the 1960s. and ferguson, a wound as raw as a half century ago. but as he said. >> a nonviolent way does not bring about miracles. >> perhaps small miracles like five-year-old my a on why king lived. >> he told us all people could go into the same restaurant and the same schools and the same drinking fountains. >> and went all over the world to say peace to everybody. >> they live near ferguson missouri, where captain ron jon son marched for peace, much like some officers did in the 1960s civil rights era. >> like anybody, i would like to live a long life longevity has its place. >> he was murdered the next day. he did not live long but his idea of america does. >> coming up as we take the turn on the rundown, we go live to the white house and look ahead to what president obama could be planning for his state of the union address. and who are some of the special guests we may see in the first lady's box. plus a dangerous 24 hours in the northeast. new jersey state police responded to more than 450 accidents yesterday. we will take you live to pennsylvania where two people were killed on a massive highway pileup. the details next. ♪ nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angie's list app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ richard lui back with the second hour of the rundown. the state of the union is tomorrow. the president putting finishing touches on the speech which is already drawing criticism from republicans on raising taxes for the wealthiest americans. a day before he gives the state of the union address, an nbc news "the wall street journal" poll asks which two words best describe the current state of the union. divided, recovering, troubled and deteriorating. 16% say broken another 16% say hopeful. kasie hunt joins us from the white house. good morning. i think it is safe to say we're not going to see a lot of republicans standing up and applauding some of these ideas behind the new tax plan. >> reporter: nice to see you, richard, yes. we have republicans coming out in opposition to the president's tax plan he plans to roll out tomorrow night. some details of the plan it is a multi billion dollar tax cut for middle class families paid for by new taxes and fees on the wealthiest americans. some of the benefits for middle class earners the president plans to roll out, $500 second earner tax credit. if both parents work they get an extra 5 hunlds. triples child care tax credit to $3,000 per child under 5. it also includes help for college. part of the community college plan the president rolled out earlier this month that would help pay for two years of free community college for every american. this plan would include up to $2500 a year for those first two years, richard. we are seeing republicans come out and say this is a nonstarter. if you remember tax reform was one of the areas identified as a place the president could work with new republican congress. you've seen members on both sides of the aisle talk at length about trying to simplify the tax code adjust taxes for businesses, make it more simple for corporations to pay taxes in the united states. but this out of the starting gate is viewed as confrontation by republicans. >> to that plan that we are getting word on we may see a guest during the state of the union that may emphasize, characterize what the president may be laying out. what are we hearing about who may be seated in the first lady's box tomorrow? >> reporter: this is another area you're seeing this president is a lame duck. these are his last two years in office. he and his aides said they're not going to act that way in the last two years, the tax plan is part of it. another part is new policy of opening up toward cuba. to that end you're going to see alan gross in the first lady's box. he was the prisoner freed as part of overall negotiations. you're also going to see ana sais zamora brought to the united states as a child. republicans are trying to repeal the daca announcement that allows some dreamers to stay in the united states without fear of deportation. then a letter writer he wrote a letter to the president talking about how his neighborhood in chicago wasn't safe and that all he wanted to do was feel safety in his own home. those are some of the guests we're going to see seated with the first lady at the state of the union tomorrow night. >> perhaps some punch lines, and we will be watching to see who stands and is clapping most. kasie hunt live at the white house. >> reporter: thanks richard. >> and more on the president's state of the union proposals in a few minutes. stick around for that. hezbollah is bearing a half dozen killed in an air strike launched by israel. aim and, what do you know? >> reporter: it caught people by surprise. happened late last night. have confirmation not only from hezbollah which has begun burying the dead five fighters, we have confirmation from iran's main news agency that one of its top generals was killed in that israeli air strike. this is based on iranian news agency and hezbollah that are pointing the finger at israel. israel has been very tight lipped. no confirmation officially from the israeli government who was behind the air strike that killed the son of a preefz top hezbollah commander in 2008. he was killed in damascus. the significance of the reported air strike yet that hezbollah says was carried out by israelis, it killed one of the senior commanders and a person close to the inner circle of hezbollah. so a very significant development here. the secretary general of hezbollah has vowed to retaliate, but no indication how that may take place. this is a significant development in the context of overall politics that are unfolding between lebanon and here in israel. the air strike that angered many people inside lebanon who are now calling for retaliation of some sort against israel richard. >> and hezbollah, a big portion of operations are between lebanon and israel. while we have you, ayman, you have been following back lash in france to "charlie hebdo." how widespread is it and what are you seeing? >> reporter: we have certainly seen in at least a half dozen countries the protests are continuing today. protests in tehran also seen protests in pakistan and also in russian province of checkhnya. in west africa at least ten people were killed in clashes between protesters and the police. they have been trying to attack various french facilities. they burned churches, also attacked a french cultural center in the niger countryside. a lot of protest toward the second issue or survival issue of "charlie hebdo" that showed a picture, cartoon of the prophet muhammad that many protesters in the muslim world thought to be offensive. still violent protests, particularly in niger. >> thank you for that. appreciate that. let's get to michael kay, former senior british officer, now international affairs correspondent, he was looking at reaction to "charlie hebdo" in muslim nations. there have been security sweeps if you have been watching over the weekend, trying to infiltrate, find cells and leaders and decap at a time them. how many cells are there. >> good question we probably don't know. that's the information that's partial to the intelligence community. have been working 24 hours a day since "charlie hebdo" attacks and before the attacks. the thing with the intelligence community, we only hear about raids and failures don't know about good work behind the scenes on a day-to-day basis. the intelligence community have been looking at the consequences of what happens when for example, in france 1200 jihadists come from syria, belgium, 350, the u.s. is 100. this is a big problem brewing for awhile. wouldn't surprise me if the intelligence community knew about it it was just when it was going to break and how to deal with it. >> from what you know, what they have been able to infiltrate have they reached a critical mass of information that might give them a better understanding as they try to put their arms around this tree to figure out what is it they're facing. >> it is a good point. in terms of this whole assimilation of information, the intelligence community first have to get that information. so they do it through drones and cameras on drones electronic intelligence, human intelligence. they have to pull in all of this information and process it which takes lots of people and resources and manpower. we need to have a common understanding of what the problem is before we identify the solution and for me the actual understanding, the fundamental understanding of what freedom of speech means from the west across to muslim population needs to be understood. there are huge contradictions at the moment. pakistan parliament condemn "charlie hebdo" cartoons as hate speech. muslim council for britain said the cartoons were hurtful but appeal for tolerance and calm. you look at the rotter dam mayor who said to his muslim community, if you don't like the ways the west live pack up and go home. there's no silver bullet. we need to compartmentalize. >> this is hitting a new level of being politicized. we don't know what's next will there be more attacks. i want to get back to what you alluded to definitely in your -- >> wheel house. >> thank you. let's just switch seats. with human assets do the eu countries have the required human assets to really get a sense of what the cells are? >> again, it is another brilliant point. what's going on today in london is the eu anti-terror summit co-hosted by u.s. secretary of state john kerry. some things that started to be teased out of that already is a broader cooperation with muslim countries, specifically the regional partners around syria, for example. there needs to be greater sharing of intelligence. but historically the western intelligence communities want to hold that close because there's lack of trust there. we have to look at saudi arabia and the way they have exploited that extreme version of the sunni sect they have been exporting that decades, which in cited hate and violence. for starters saudi arabia to say this is part of the problem it is identified, how are we going to curb this. turkey is a strategic pivot in the problem, not just because of their porous borders, they want to succeed in the eu. if that happens, borders become porous. we have to identify the problem of turkey syria border which is porous. again, multi facetted. no short term solution. there's a long term approach and need to compartmentalize and look at all of the areas. >> and coordinate. thank you so much. appreciate it. the northeast is recovering from icy weather that brought dangerous conditions to the area. take a look at this crash, one of the storm related accidents over the weekend. closed two bridges connecting philadelphia to new jersey. at least six deaths in the northeast blamed on that weather. weather channel reagan outside philadelphia, how is the area recovering this morning? >> reporter: hello there. philadelphia is recovering pretty well. you'll see cars passing behind miada reasonable pace now. what a difference a couple hours a day makes. yesterday at this time going to show you video, it wasn't like this at all. there was a blanket of ice, sheet of ice over the montgomery county area in philadelphia county and through the surrounding area. talked about the total deaths six people from connecticut down to philadelphia. and even out to michigan because of all of the ice. here is 76 and 476. both interstates main veins for philadelphia. we are near the crash scene where more than 50 vehicles piled up because of ice. what has penn dot decided to do. they had the rains they have salt still existing on the roadway, to make sure everybody is safe. right now, it is looking good on the roadways and should be like this the next couple days. wednesday looking at iffy weather in the afternoon. richard? >> thank you so much. we are just getting started on the rundown. a supreme court showdown that could effect all 50 states. and new details emerge about how the u.s. linked north korea to the sony hack attack. and it is that time of year before president obama's state of the union speech tomorrow night. we want to hear from you, what do you think the state of the union is. tell us with #sotuis. >> with or without this congress, i will keep taking actions that help the economy grow. i can do a whole lot more with your help. because when we act together there's nothing the united states of america can't achieve. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain. the house tried to keep out all the water, but water got inside and ruined everybody's everythings. the house thought she let the family down. they just didn't think it could happen. they told the house they would take better care of her... always. announcer: protect what matters. get flood insurance. developing this morning. new revelations related to the sony cyber attack. a report broke in by "the new york times" and independently confirmed by the nbc news team they conducted a hack of north korea's computer systems. it happened before the sony attack. nbc news has been told that u.s. intelligence agencies did not have warnings of the sony attack through monitoring of north korean computers. the u.s. blamed north korea for the sony hack. tomorrow, president obama will address cyber security in his state of the union address. joined by nbc news senior tech writer, you look at this what are we expecting to hear about cyber security from the president. >> over the past two weeks, president obama and the white house have been talking generally about cyber security data privacy. so much happened in the last year. they laid out some proposals for specific groups like students and data but let's look at three legislative proposals that could potentially effect all consumers, and the first one revolves around sharing cyber security. the idea is to share information with department of homeland security that would be able to turn it into intel, noticed arise in x attacks. the second give a better way to investigate and prosecute cyber criminals. and the third piece around breach disclosure. if a company gets breached there's a patch work 48 states have different laws the idea is to give them a 30 day shot clock. once hacked you have 30 days to disclose to customers you have been breached. >> it is early on. is this enough? >> i talked to a lot of experts last week about this and they're very happy it has become a political issue. they have been sounding the alarm for years and years, and you have to pay attention to this. they're thrilled that the state of the union will focus on cyber security but as ever this sort of thing is difficult, it is complex, tough to legislate. cyber criminals change sometimes faster than laws. what they're worried about is the way the proposals are written. there's a lot of ifs here the way if these are written this way, once they become law, if congress pulls them through. for example, a 30 day shot clock, worried about that saying sometimes it takes awhile to figure out the scope of the breach. a month may sound like a long time when you're a customer whose data may have been compromised, but it can take awhile. you don't want to say to potential criminals our door is wide open we don't know how to close it. >> thank you for stopping by. taxes also topping the state of the union address. let's bring in susie kim. looks like we are in for a showdown over the president's plan to raise taxes on wealthy, give tax breaks to the middle class. how does the administration hope to get something done here? >> what's interesting about the president's plan on the surface as you mention it looks like another democratic plan to take from the wealthy and give to ordinary americans. what's interesting about the president's plan is that it is very specifically calibrated. the wealthy folks we are talking about are not even just the 1% but the .1%. the president says the increase on capital gains and closing certain loopholes in tax code would basically -- 80% would come from .1% of all americans. that's a pretty small fraction of who we consider wealthy. folks who would benefit most while there's a wide swathe that would benefit, folks that benefit most are folks that i would describe as our ideal of virtue in an american society, it is two parent households, both of whom are working, have kids trying to save for college and retirement. there are specific targeted tax breaks in the president's plan benefitting all those things. you're going to hear basically the middle class, but a sort of more expanded idea of what that means and what we want to reward, who we might take it from. >> susie, we expect to hear details come tomorrow. then it hits the hill. what happens then? >> well republicans have already come out with their attack on the plan of course. they say basically that the president is trying to punish small businesses ordinary folks. the money he is taking from wealthy is going to deter investment deter future perhaps job creation and economy. they have their defense. what the president is doing with this plan is not to get something passed in this next congress, it is to layout agenda for the democratic party looking to 2016 looking toward after his presidency. >> thank you so much susie kim. quick reminder, see the president's address tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern. up next we will zoom through other stories making news, including a security scare at the home of vice president joe biden. and before heading to the vatican, pope francis delivers a record making mass in asia. ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. 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>> it really is hard to overstate how big this race is. if you're a california democrat the stakes cannot be higher because you have been locked out of the highest ranks in politics, both senate seats and governor's mansion for almost two decades now. and that means that all of these aspiring up and coming democrats want a shot. they're going to go after it. it is a massive state, which means a ton of money, and it also has this unique top two primary system or jungle primary system, top two vote getters of either party are on the ballot in november it is not just the primary for the democrats but likely going to end up with two democrats on the general election battle. you're going to have a huge battle among democrats, southern california divide ideological divide personality divide could get ugly. >> more than northern southern. there's northern central, southern. you can decide how many ways to divide up california. who are you looking at now. antonio villaraigosa former l.a. mayor, big name with so many latino americans there, that's in play. who else are you watching? >> the sort of early front runner now is attorney general camilla harris. she was the first black and first asian american attorney general. has backing of emily's list and senate democrats voiced some support for her. you have billionaire tom steyer who could spend a lot of his own money in the race make it very competitive. he was top donor in all of politics. and congresswoman loretta sanchez is looking at this. it could be a big field. >> we have seen it in california, a couple of congressional raisesceraces where the most money didn't win. we will see what that means for steyer. do you see a scenario where you have six or seven democrats running, they split the vote then you have a republican sitting on top? >> that's definitely a possibility and a concern. i talked to republicans in the state who think that's their only chance of ending up on the ballot in november. the republican party in california has been decimated, something like 30% party registration. it would be very difficult. the only candidate republicans think is a shot is condoleezza rice, but she already ruled out a run. it would take an unusual scenario for republicans to make it onto the general election ballot. >> i think she's too busy with the college football playoff. thank you so much watching that for us. with me to frame the debate chris, starting with you on this, when you look at california alex did a great job laying it out for us. this is a political earthquake in that state and they could have a lot of resonance for 2016. how big potential, exposes a rift, and republicans have an opening. >> i don't know if they have much of an opening. california politics has shifted so much over the last few decades. this is a state obviously that elected ronald reagan as governor. demographically, completely a different state. democrats have a lock on it. short of some crazy scenario, i think you basically end up with even after the primary with two democrats at the top of the battlefield, if you will the problem the democrats will have you have three strong candidates in their own ways in very different -- ag harris has a strong foot hold villaraigosa has a strong hold in the south with hispanic and tom steyer has a billion dollars, a lot of influence. billionaires and people that try if you will to buy the election haven't had a great track record on the republican or democratic side. i think it comes down to harris and villaraigosa with harris having a bit of the early advantage. >> hogan are you licking your chops based on what we were talking about now? >> no, it is just interesting because that's something we've had to deal with on the republican side for many years in several different states. looks like it is tough for republicans to field a credible candidate in the state of california. it looks like the battle royal will be on the left. when your only prospect is hoping to carve out 30% of leftover republicans in the state, leftover part of the population where you could make some in roads, it is going to be tough sledding for republicans for sure in that state and has been for a long time. >> mitt romney talking in southern california let's shift to that. he is trying to consider this version three of who he is. if you were advising mitt romney and wanted to be taken seriously this time around what's the different message. what's the energy he needs to have? >> is that to me? >> that's to you, hogan. >> okay. well i don't obviously advice mitt romney. i will say one of the things that dogged him the past few years, better part of a decade running for president, summed up in an article by abc. the title was the meh of mitt. it was deliciously applicable to the mitt romney campaign today and every day for the last 12 years. seems like every time he runs there's never any fire around support for mitt romney. sure, people don't like barack obama and what the democrats have done on the republican side and some independents across the country, but they aren't excited over mitt he is not a movement candidate. barack obama was a movement candidate. people gravitated toward his charisma his excitement his speeches. people don't do that for mitt romney. and that's always been a difficult thing for him. he was outspent 20 to 1. outspent mike huckabee 20 to 1 in iowa lost by nine points. outspent santorum and lost to him, too. i don't know where practically he will pick up votes in the first three primary states. i don't see him winning any of those. and it will be difficult for him to get people excited about him. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal, another candidate we may talk about, he spoke with nbc news a few minutes ago about the possible 2016 run for himself. let's listen to what he said. >> we are praying and thinking about it. we will make that decision in the next few months. i would like to see a governor run. i think governors have great experience handling budgets, handling challenges setting priorities, getting laws made working with the legislature. this president never ran anything before he was elected president, and now we have seen the dangers of on-the-job training. i would like to see a governor as a nominee and as the next president. >> jeb bush mitt romney here big name recognition for republicans looking toward state capitols, is that the winner here? >> i have a sneaking suspicion the republican party will be more focused on governors. i think if you're an insider, like senator santorum or current senator deciding like senator cruz deciding to run, i think you have too much political liability and they're going to try to play this up this notion of you're a governor therefore you managed things. the problem with that logic is it sounds good on paper, but you still have to have a vision and record, and the problem with mitt romney was i would say last time is you didn't know who he was. you're trying to wrap yourself in this con torsion. mitt 3.0, 47% matters a lot. part of the problem with the republican party and candidates running for president, names being ban teed about, they don't know who you are. if they don't know who you are, you're never going to win. >> don't ascribe -- >> sorry, we will have to get you next time. proponents of gay rights praise a decision by the supreme court to decide the fate of same-sex marriage. they'll hear cases from four states in april. by far one of the most closely watched cases of the year. the high court could set a nationwide standard for marriage. if it goes their way, same sex couples could have the right to marry in all 50 states by summer. joining us now, a reporter for buzz feed news that covers the supreme court for us. chris, you say the case almost certain to go in favor of the gay community. why do you say that? >> yeah richard, this case has been something that's been before the justices since they decided to hear the issue in prop 8 marriage amendment back in 2012 and 2013. and everything that the justices have done since then that the majority of the court has done has lead us to today. back on october 5th of last year there were 19 states that allowed same sex couples to marry. today there are 36 or 37 if you count some of the places in missouri where same sex couples can marry, and a lot of that is because of things that justices themselves have done over the past 15 weeks, including when they decided in october not to take up that first batch of cases that were before the justices. >> what will this case mean for 2016? the key issues between republicans and democrats. >> yeah. i think what we will see is similar to what we saw when doma was struck down in 2013. you'll have celebratory messages from those that support that decision, and you'll hear very little from those that oppose it or i think the vast majority of the republican party just wants the issue to go away. >> buzz feed chris guidener thank you so much. check out this star studded crew from selma, including oprah winfrey, celebrated martin luther king's birthday. up next a new push to teach students across the country about the pivotal event, giving them the chance to see selma, the movie, for free. 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>> i'm feeling very touched by it because i didn't know what was happening in those days. >> i am speechless. >> reporter: students from new york and cities across the country are experiencing selma for free thanks to new york business leaders. >> charles flipz from enfor bill lewis. >> reporter: the idea began with 27,000 free movie tickets for middle schoolers. quickly grew to more than 90,000 tickets. with support from paramount pictures black civic leaders in 11 cities are duplicating it. >> the fact it spread from new york city across the country tells you the connection people have to this idea and desire to have our young people know something about our history. >> how good was selma as a teaching tool? >> i can give students things to read and they can understand it but to actually see it gave them great knowledge of what happens. >> reporter: for many history is what happened in ferguson or staten island. now with the gift of "selma" they're learning to connect the past to the present. >> do you see connection between what happened with selma to now? >> i am thinking that everything that martin luther fought for is resonating now, brings more history and hope to everyone that watches it now. >> joining me now, trymaine lee and contributore eror door even warren. plurals, not millenials 15 and younger. they expect ethnic diversity more than any other generation before. is that consistent with what you heard? >> they expect that diversity because the world has changed in so many different ways. when you go back to the situation in louisiana, and trayvon martin, michael brown, eric gardner in staten island, nonindictments for what many feel were murders of young black men, they are deeply confused, hurt conflicted by this. with recent protests in connection with this film the way the past fights are linked to today. when you see in the movie "selma" the police officers with dogs and beating upon mostly black protesters, then you skip to august. you see another balance of officers and police dogs and mostly black protesters it resonates deeply with them. that's what was surprising talking to them. you talk about the young generation, it resonates with them they feel the impact. >> to this idea of generational difference and the way they're seeing the civil rights movement, you have generations from the '60s, and today's generation. are they experiencing things at least visually and physically and politically in similar ways or is it very different you think? >> i think it is both similar and different, richard. the stories from young activists and organizers who have been tear gassed beat by police who are still fighting police brutality, there's a line in dr. king's speech around police brutality on the march on washington. so some things are the same. we still have segregated public schools, more seg grated today in many ways than years ago. most schools are poor for the first time and in some ways the experience is different. on the other hand this is a different historical moment. we have african-american president in the white house, a direct result of passage of voting rights act in selma. so it is a different historical moment. there are different challenges and different tactics and strategies toward racial justice today. on the other hand, some things are just the same. some of these young organizers as i said have been tear gassed and beaten much like predecessors from the '50s and '60s. >> i can't help based on your reporting to look at the arch. the question when you were reporting in ferguson these protests don't seem to be working, when will this stop. flip side the civil rights movement has been going on more than a half century. they understand these students it is part of a long arch? >> dr. king stated this moral arch. universe being long but bending towards justice, you have a generation now that much like predecessors in the '60s are impatient. they say you ask us to vote but that doesn't stop young black men being killed. you ask us to participate in the system still there are voter id laws and hurdles placed in front of us. i think what you're seeing first time in a long time a generation of young activists and protesters not only impatient but carrying what they believe is the true legacy of dr. king. he was killed during poor people's campaign. people forget he was radical, calling for revolutionary change. today they're saying instead of just volunteering why not protest, why not stick with that true legacy of disruption and confronting society in all of the impen trabl walls. >> brings us back to the '60s and what we are talking about today and celebrating. thank you so much on this day. thank you for your time. catch dorian's show nerding out on thursdays. controversy surrounding the miss universe pageant. this selfie of four beauty queens, why it is creating international back lash next on the rundown. curling up in bed with a favorite book is nice. but i think women would rather curl up with their favorite man. but here's the thing: about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. and remember, you only take it when you need it. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. there's a growing controversy out of the miss universe pageant about a selfie stirring up attention around the world. nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> the miss universe pageant is supposed to be about beauty but it turned ugly in miami because two countries represented in that selfie are in a constant struggle. miss israel and miss lebanon. it's a selfie of four miss universe contestants. when miss israel posted this on instagram with miss lebanon in the same picture, it turned political. quickly becoming an international incident. while the pageant may be a gathering to unite women, in beirut the lebanese television state says miss lebanon should have known better that to appear in a photo with miss israel because lebanon and israel are enemies. miss lebanon claims she was photo bombed by miss israel posting online i was very cautious to avoid being in any photo or communication with miss israel that tried several times to have a photo with me. i was having a photo with miss japan, slovenia and myself suddenly miss israel jumped in took a selfie put it on social media. she just completed her service in the israeli defense forces denies she photo bombed anyone. >> i hope for change i hope for peace between us and even just for three weeks, just between me and her. and that's it. we need to remember that we represent the country and the people, not the government not the political issues. and that's it. >> donald trump owns the pageant an joint venture with nbc universal. >> this is long standing hatred this has been going on for many many years and decades. and the level of hatred and level of animosity, you see it going onto something as beautiful as miami and has an impact, it is very sad. >> we reached out to miss lebanon, she declined our request for comment. donald trump says he hopes the controversy doesn't impact potential for both contestants, but concedes often the controversy off the screen can impact judges when it comes down to the final tally. richard? 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