kind of facial hair. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. joe said first nobody agrees with me, then three or four people agree with me. the fact of the matter is -- >> i said paul krugman versus the world. i meant it as a compliment. i did mean it as a compliment. i sat there and thought, wow, he doesn't think we need to address that? >> i didn't say that. >> what did you say? >> we have a problem in 2025, we don't have a problem this year or next year. >> it's being called the ali/frazier of economic debates, scarborough versus krugman. good morning, i'm mark halperin, this is "way too early." thanks for being up with us on this tuesday, march 5th. it's not just tv hype when i say we have a lot of new sy news to tell you about. we have chris christie's magical sound still ahead. and some cabinet nominations by president obama will change the face of his administration. before we get to those headlines, our top story here, vice president joe biden is helping set the tone when it comes to the u.s. position on iran's nuclear program. the vice president in washington told apac yesterday that the window for tehran. >> we have a shared strategic commitment. let me make clear what that commitment is. it is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, period. period. and of discussion. period. prevent. not contain. prevent. >> big nations can't bluff. presidents of the united states cannot and do not bluff. and president barack obama is not bluffing. he is not bluffing. >> just moments after the vice president, prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the crowd expressing solidarity with the u.s. government saying sanctions must be accompanied with a clear and credible military threat. john mccain used his remarks to address the u.s./israeli marks and taking a swipe at the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel. governor chris christie is slamming leaders in washington for failing to find better solutions to last week's across the board spending cuts. the new jersey republican called out president obama and the congress. >> the worst thing about sequester in my view is they're not spending time talking about e entitlement spending which is where we need to focus on over the long haul to make a difference in terms of our long-term fiscal health as a country. i'm disappointed in that. you know, if you stacked up all the things that disappointment about washington, d.c., it would be pretty tall. if anybody in this room thinks they understand washington, d.c., please come on up, stand behind the podium and you give the answers. because i don't have the first damn idea of what they're doing down there. i don't understand it. i don't understand why they haven't fixed it already. seems to me it should be easy to fix. real leadership would get this fixed. get everybody in the room and you fix it. you don't let them leave until you fix it. that's what real leadership is, not calling a meeting two hours before things hit to have a photo-op in the driveway of the white house. that's not real leadership. fix it. education secretary arnie duncan says he misspoke last week when he suggested the sequester was already costing teachers their jobs. in fact, it will be several more months before school districts feel the effects of the cuts. a new cbs news poll shows 38% of americans blame congressional republicans for failing to reach an agreement to avert those cuts. 33% hold the president accountable along with democrats. 19% say pocks on both parties home. a majority believe sequester cuts will effect them directly. the markets ignoring this. the dow gained another 38 points yesterday, closing at its highest level of the year. it's 37 points away from an all-time high. today both chambers of congress will discuss proposals to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. senate democrats will meet to address their plan, while the rules committee in the house will take up a new $982 billion bill introduced by republicans yesterday to keep washington running through the end of the fiscal year. the bill would also soften the blow of last week's cuts to several federal agencies. the new proposal would shift $10 billions to the pentagon operations, and it would prohibit cuts to holding facilities to illegal immigrants provide $2 billion funding for embassy security and extend the salary freeze for federal employees and members of congress. that gop bill slated to hit the house floor this thursday. last night, "morning joe" anchor joe scarborough went head to head with economist paul krugman for an-hour. the two debated the u.s. economy. they hit everything from entitlement reform to the urgency of paying down the debt, they address the cutting government spending and whether or not congress can focus on more than one thing at a time. >> as bob rubin said, you never know when a bond crisis will come. it's not like we'll get a warning. you'll wake up one day and suddenly there's a crisis. when is that going to happen? i don't know. >> all kinds of things can happen. >> what do you mean all kinds of things? paul, again, you've been predicting this for 20 years. that's such a tired argument, to search for quotes i said in stuff once upon a time. >> once upon a time? you said this for 15 years, then woke up one day and said i was wrong. you said we needed to create a housing bubble to replace a nasdaq bubble. >> you know i was joking when i said that. >> you were joking? >> this is so disa poinppoindis? >> i'm quoting back what you are saying. i don't think -- >> we need a serious discussion here. >> what is the attack? >> what is it in the next ten years that will force us to do something? >> we don't know. as richard hass said you're right until the day you're wrong, the day you're wrong it's a very bad day indeed. >> we'll have much more of that, of course, coming up on "morning joe." president obama may have silenced some of his critics who say his administration lacks diversity by nominating two women. sylilvia matthews burwell is th pick to head the management of office and budget, and gina mccarthy is the choice to helm the environmental protection agency. also yesterday, earnest moniz was nominated as energy secretary. those nominati . a bipartisan plan to curb gun trafficking is being introduced into the senate. the legislation would make it a federal crime to purchase a weapon for someone who does not legally own one. the stores that sell the guns could face legislation as well. tom coburn is key on any senate deal on expanding background checks but remains skeptical of requiring private sellers to keep records. coburn's blessing could carry with it widespread republican support in the senate, without it some democrats may defect as well. there's a new 60 minutes "vanity fair" poll that reveals 80% of people think gun violence in video games, movies and pop culture have some or a lot of impact on society. the obama administration fighting back against charges that access to the president is being sold to high bidders by new advocacy organizations. the "new york times" reported that people who donate at least $500,000s to the nonapproval organization organizing for action, a direct off spring of president obama's campaign team, would be granted quarterly meetings with the president. yesterday jay carney disputed the allegations. >> any notion there's a set price for a meeting with the president of the united states is wrong. organizing for action was set up to promote the president's policy agenda, so as anyone would expect the president would meet with representatives to discuss his agenda. this is a separate organization, the existence of which is appropriate, the white house will engage with it consistent with the way we engage with other outside constituenconstit as always, let us know why you are awake. you can e-mail us or tweet us. still ahead here on "way too early," a fight breaks out on the court during last night's heat game. with said pushing and shoving. and miami's 14-game winning streak, we'll see about that when we come back. and mila kunis helps out an interviewer. >> i'm petrified. >> so far you're doing good job. >> really? >> no. >> that and a check of the weather when "way too early" comes back. >> belushi died in a bungalow in hollywood. the beverly hills fire department was called to the hotel and said belushi was unconscious and choking. later police said he appeared to have died of natural causes. 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this will be, if it goes as i'm predicting, the biggest snowfall of the year in chicago. they have not had a lot of big snowstorms. about 4 to 8 inches in chicago. primarily falling from 10:00 a.m. this morning to 6:00 p.m. a daylight hours high impact on travel snowstorm for you. that's why all the flights have been canceled out of o'hare and m midway. indianapolis 2 to 4, milwaukee, most of the heavy snow is south of you, that's why you're at 1-2. then the storm will redevelop as it comes through virginia and off the coast. it will become like an ocean storm, maybe a nor'easter. some of that snow will go up to new england, primarily a rain event for i-95 to the coast, turning to snow wednesday night. heaviest snow totals will be the further west you are up to the mountains of west virginia and virginia. d.c. is a tough forecast, i could make an argument of 3 to 6 inches. east of d.c. barely anything. as far as we're concerned, higher elevations may be getting more snow. >> are there carob chips in the snow? >> a bit of everything. the heat laying it on the line, their 14-game winning streak on the line. things getting physical in the fourth quarter. j.j. barea gets pushed by ray allen down to the floor. he levels allen on his way to the hoop. there's some pushing, shoving. the heat do their best to get between allen and barea. he stands all of 5'7". watch the little push back. barea is charged with a flagrant foul. ejected from the game. the heat would win their 15th straight victory. 97-81. they have not lost a game since february 1st. nba, the knicks taking on the cavs, carmelo anthony goes down hard there as he tries to pull in a pass. comes up limping. he leaves the game. soreness in the right knee. he says his knee has been hurting him for a couple weeks. he had an mri on it a couple days ago. the knicks, after anthony left, went on to win the game 102-97. some women's college basketball now. top-ranked baylor is taking on kansas state. britney griner, huge game, it's senior night. second half here, she throws down the one-handed dunk. her 14th dunk of her college career. boom. very nice. 50 points, that's her career high. her last home game with the bears. baylor goes on to win 90-68. all right. nfl news now. joe flacco will enjoy the spoils of his big super bowl win for years to come. the ravens made flacco the highest paid player in the league yesterday. they inked the super bowl mvp to a six-year deal worth more than $120 million, a $20 million signing bonus, 50 million guaranteed. apparently this has not changed joe flacco's taste in fine dining. he was spotted at a drive-thru window in aberdeen, maryland, hours after signing the biggest contract in the nfl. he did order extra sauce for the nuggets. coming up on "morning joe," we'll break down last night's big facedown between joe scarborough and paul krugman of the "new york times." and when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler. america's favorite anchorman, ron burgundy is getting some company at the anchor test. we'll see which hollywood star has signed on the dotted line for the sequel. is that what you're looking for, like a hidden fee in your giant mom bag? 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