was the most watched television event ever. so, what s next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal s coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what s next. comcast nbcuniversal jon: right now new concerns about the future of americans in afghanistan as we learn that afghan president hamid karzai is suggesting that the united states might have aided or carried out recent deadly insurgent-style attacks in his country. why? he says the u.s. wants to undermined his authority. karzai, who was confirmed as transitional president in 2002, and formerly elected to a
0 maybe a guy mixing some junior associate mixing cement on highway project. it s a small percentage and make a way that the public thinks you re doing something and hopefully bolsters low poll there is issue so much of what he is planning laying out in the state of the union has to do with executive orders. that you will see a lot of criticism and pushback from the republicans. jon: even 6.7% unemployment rate that you were talking about that number isn t real. last time around you had five times as many people leaving the workforce because apparently they can not find jobs as you had people get jobs. so that takes down the labor force participation rate. you get a better unemployment number because of it. right. not to mention how many people within the employment number are underemployed. there is while lot of different reasons that is not a good indicator of economic strength. i point back to the wealth gains since the recession. that is where you see people putting money back
so, what s next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal s coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what s next. comcast nbcuniversal jon: right now, postal rates are on the rise even though a series of court challenges remains underway. new stamp prices take effect today but they will be phased out in two years so the postal service filed a suit with the appeals court to make the higher prices permanent. this as bulk mailers protested the price hike in a different court action because they claim the increase exceeds the rate of inflation. but for now, posage for a first class letter jumps three cents
0 insurance or now with the new law has health insurance but all across local news you see it every single day, one more report of somebody s premium going up, you will start seeing long lines at the doctor s office. that is what some experts are predicting. this will be a real problem because the anecdotes are not on the democrat s side. that goes a long way in a campaign. jon: michael warren from the weekly standard. ed o keefe from the washington post. great to have you on to start the monday coverage. thank you, jon. fox extreme weather alert. much of the country bracing for another brutal arctic punch bringing dangerously cold temperatures to the midwest and the owes coast. the possibility of snow as far as south as new orleans and atlanta. meteorologist maria molina joins us with more. good morning. good morning patti ann and jon, you re absolutely right. we re looking for a risk of snowfall as far as south as city of new orleans. temperatures in the 60s. you re talking