president obama uses his last state of the union address to tout his accomplishments, set some lofty goals and take a veiled shot at donald trump. we need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. that sentiment echoed in a surprising republican response from south carolina governor nikki healy. during anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. this morning show s with us live, and democratic front-runner hillary clinton joins us as well. best seat in the house. new speaker paul ryan talks about the job he took reluctantly. you ve been in the job a little more than two months now. what s surprised you the most? that i like it. and how he has to practice his poker face for last night s state of the union, and tonight s the night the powerball jackpot at an unthinkable sum of $1.5 billion, e largest ever. right. 63, yes! one mistake that had this group of co-
call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. this morning show s with us live, and democratic front-runner hillary clinton joins us as well. best seat in the house. new speaker paul ryan talks about the job he took reluctantly. you ve been in the job a little more than two months now. what s surprised you the most? that i like it. and how he has to practice his poker face for last night s state of the union, and tonight s the night the powerball jackpot at an unthinkakae sum of $1.5 billion, the largest ever. are you in it to win it? make sure you check the numbers right. 63, yes! one mistake that had this group of co-workers thinking they had won big today, wednesday, january 13th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. our dreams of staying and living at the white house squashed. we re back in new york. not that i
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policy and don t trust him on a new emigration law. the white house said it plans to keep working on the issue. i have made clear for 15 months the need for the congress and administration to work together on immigration reform. it needs to get done. i will continue to talk to my members how to move forward. the president will do his part as well. we remain optimistic about the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform. we have seen significant movements on republicans on this issue. we should note the speaker s remarks came a day after senate republican leader mitch mcconnell raise doubts about immigration reform legislation for this year. the two chambers of congress remain divided on the process forward with the senate looking for a comprehensive bill while house republicans want a piecemeal approach. lori: thank you. adam: stocks in rally mode. we head to the floor of the stock xchange, nicole petallides there near the highs of the day. everyone else seems to b
changes in fed policy in the meantime. or will they? the eternal question remains. or not. yes. someone joining us says the fed s next move, jim grant will join us. no big fan of the fed and its policy the last six years. we ll get his take on the fed policy. his take is always controversial. contrary. but it s fun and very wise, too. we love talking to james grant. that s coming up. after the bell, elon musk joins us for a special, rare interview. his spacex firm he founded in 2002 was just ranked the number one company on the cnbc top 50 disruptor list. among the plans he has for spacex is to colonize mars. we ll also hit on news involving other companies. solar city and tesla. a lot happening there. big moves in the shares today as well. let s show you the markets, get you caught up. not a wide range for the major averages. the dow range has been 90 points. we are up 39, just off highs of the session now at 16,820. the nasdaq is the outperformer, up 24 points n