the fbi is involved already releasing surveillance photos a short while ago. this man is 5' 10 inches tall, slim build and was wearing a gray sweat shirt and blank pants. call the fbi or loudoun county sheriff's office if you know who that might be. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in israel tonight. >> trying to jump start peace talks between israelis and the palestinians. one official does report kerry is not anticipating any break- throughs on this visit. >>> former israeli prime minister ariel sharon is clinging to life tonight. the 85-year-old has been in a coma eight years since suffering a devastating stroke. tonight his family is at his bedside. sharon is one of israeli's most famous generals known for his bold tactics. >>> coming up he's not just blowing smoke, no. toronto's mayor rob ford with a message for all you folks who don't like him. >> plus watching and waiting, people for and against legal marijuana scrutinizing colorado's new pot laws. >> probably doing more than scrutinizing. >>> back on wusa9 at 5:30 with today's big stories, snow fal

fbi says $2 million. police say $4 million. there was a scene of the heist at jfk. looks like a big one. >> it was a heist that inspired the hollywood gangster hit "goodfellas," and it turned out to be worth $6 million. on thursday, more than 35 years after the infamous luf tan za robbery at kennedy airport a refuted mobster and associates were hauled into brooklyn federal court. they plead not guilt in what was the largest crime in history. ko im reports. >> reporter: fbi agents arrested 78 yld vincent de-sarao wednesday morning for a 30-year crime. >> he got rousted out of bed at 6:00 for something he didn't do. >> reporter: the refuted captain of the bonanno family pulled off a heist at the kennedy airport. the robbery was the essential story of the 1990 martin scorsese movie, "goodfellas." jimmy burke. asorrow was not in the movie. he helped masked gunmen get away with $5 million in untraceable cash and $1 million in jewelry. he plead not guilty and is now behind bars. they each expected to receive $750,000 in stolen loot. the lieu tan za investigation. they fou

i know the state department, through their security division, and the fbi will have security people on the ground. and so i think we're going to have to rely on that. we look to cooperating with the ioc, with the host nation, and the other countries that are there in terms of protecting the security of the games. >> again, if you were head of homeland security, as you were, would you look at this recent history of attacks, look at some vulnerabilities and conclude that this is just a probe by terrorists to potentially target the games? >> i don't know that i would conclude that. i think that what you would do is just be alert to the fact, you know, to the situation. but remember, in the run-up to all the games recently, there have been security issues, security questions, have appropriate preparations been made. after the games, everybody talks about the actual performances which actually is the point. >> the usa today concluded on monday in its paper the following, and i'll read it to you about broader concerns. yet as the new security measures were being advanced, the volgograd attac

officials have gotten closer to the fbi and their security services. that being said it is nothing like the cooperation we had in previous olympics, like london and vancouver. and that is making the u.s. officials a little bit more nervous. >> we'll talk later on that, michael lighter, thank you. >>> and the russians are watching neighboring ukraine, where anti-government protests exploded again today with a violent crackdown by the government on the former soviet republic. at least two people were killed today. parts of the capital city of kiev were turned into a war zone. we get our report from nbc's ayman mohyeldin. >> reporter: today, the streets of kiev became a battlefield. riot police, shield and batons in hands, moving in to break up an anti-government protest camp. after days of violent clashes, the fighting turned deadly. the first fatalities since these troubles began months ago. police were seen beating protesters, firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. in the chaos, an orthodox priest stands between the two sides and prays. but

. >>> the fbi is chasing a banker accused of fraud for years. the simple way they caught up with him who made off with millions. >> drivers speeding past stopped school buses. now they are going to pay. >>> coming up next in sports, what role will rg 3 have in the >>> at least two people have interviewed for the redskins head coaching job. there's more on the way. >> dianna russini is just back from redskins park where she talked to the team's general manager today. >> if the redskins don't go with a proven nfl coach or coordinator within the league, they may look to the college ranks. i asked bruce allen about that. art briles says the redskins have not reached out to him for the job, that would reunite him with his former quarterback, robert griffin iii. he gave no indication they had plans to talk to him what so ever. bruce allen was optimistic and energetic about finding mike shanahan's replacement and vowed the organization will be different next year admitting there were many mistakes made this past season. i asked if robert griffin iii wi

. >> we called ourselves the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. we were going to investigate the investigators. >> they tell their stories in a new book by former washington post reporter betty medsger, who wrote the first accounts of the documents they stole. >> these files opened the door into the secrets of the fbi. >> reporter: and they tell nbc's michael isikoff how they did it. >> bonnie raines got a look inside the fbi office by posing as a college student working on a paper. careful to leave no trace behind while meeting the agent in charge. >> what he didn't notice during the whole interview, was that i never took my gloves off. >> keith quickly picked the locks during the break-in, but made a loud noise using a crowbar to pop a dead bolt. >> my heart was racing, i literally held my breath to see if i could hear any sounds. >> reporter: john raines drove a getaway car. >> i was sitting by myself in the station wagon at night, and i was getting very, very scared. >> reporter: the stolen documents forced j. edgar hoover to end the abuses an

i think he's professional, a former fbi agent. i take what he says very seriously. i've not seen any evidence to suggest what he said. >> the future of spying in america is going to be something that congress is going to take up. how much authority should these intelligence agencies have? do you think these programs that allow the government to collect bulk metadata, should they be here to stay? >> we have to change these programs. the president challenged us to do it. i have spoken on the floor of the senate for years about this program but only in the most circumspect way. i couldn't be specific or tell the details we now know. but the fact is we have to change them. if we have a suspicion of a person in area code 312 in chicago connected with terrorism, we don't need to collect all the phone records of every person living in the 312 area code. that's just unacceptable. the government shouldn't hold that information. the president has challenged congress and the attorney general to come up with an alternative to keep us safe but to not create an opportunity for th

a woman for the fbi office said that the mall security did take place in a training. why the concern? well, the fbi is showing that the number of active numb shooting cases have happened i inside of busy public places. scott macfarlane, news4. >>> and we are learning more about tyler will withson and brianna bensolo. we spoke with tyler's aunt. >> we have lost a son who helped to reach out to others in need, and he made a difference. this is so unbelievable. our prayers are with him, and the other victims and all of the people who have been touched by this senseless violence. >> reporter: with a heavy heart, sidney reads a statement the prepa prepared by the parents of 25-year-old tyler johnson who was shot to death with brianna benlolo at the mall saturday in columbia, and she said that as the news was breaking, johnson's parent parents were holding out hope that he was safe. >> they knew that he was working there at the mall, and they were trying to e reach him, and they could not reach him, and so they thought that he was hiding in a concrete barrier-type place whe

prince georges county officials have submitted their own proposals for the fbi to reloca to the green belt metro center. >>> for the boom, many real estate taxes are forcing seniors out of their homes, but today, many will not have to pay the taxes. >> this is my neighbor's cat. >> reporter: at 84, annie is a activist of ward one. her father bought this house in the 1920s, before she was born, and risking his education money. >> he took his tuition money, and put that on the house. and my mother was so mad at him. she didn't know what to do. >> reporter: and tucker still owns the home, and hopes a son inherits it, but the taxes keep going up. >> and not only do we have to keep it up, but then you have taxes on top of it. poor people are on a fixed income can't afford it. if your income is fixed, it is fixed. >> reporter: the d.c. council voted tax relief tuesday today to exempt real estate taxes for anybody 75 who has lived in the home 15 years and earns less than $60,000 a year, and 4,000 senior citizens meet that criteria. >> we don't want them to sell their houses. we want them to

the fbi is investigating. >>> and everyone is okay after a delta jet skidded off the runway at jfk airport early sunday. flight 4100 had just landed from toronto when it slid off the tarmac and into a snowbank. it prompted the airport's closure, but it has since reopened. >>> moving on now to some breaking news that is sure to dominate political headlines, nbc confirming that liz cheney the eldest daughter of former vice president dick cheney will drop her bid to upset wyoming in the senate. she never got much traction and put a deep divide in the gop. she suffered a series of setbacks including labels of a carpetbagger after becoming a resident in 2012. and with her same-sex marriage made national headlines. her exit clears wait for incumbent senator mike enzi to win a fourth term. wyoming has not eelected a democrat to the senate since 1970s. >> the baseball world is mourning the death of a legendary player in broadcast icon. jeremy coleman died after a brief illness. he spent his entire career as a new york yankees infielder helping the bronx bombers to four world series titles. his car

he came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy "the gent" burke. he was portrayed by robert de niro in "goodfellas." police were led to his home. >> never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> all right, new video this morning showing a teen getting caught in the cross fire at a market in memphis. he was standing in line when the guys behind him draw their guns and open fire. in addition to hitting the teen, the bullets also broke a window and became lodged in a wall. the men who shot at each other are still at large. the teen was treated at a hospital. >>> this sounds like something out of "pacifics of the caribbean," a shipload of rats may be headed to britain. the abandoned cruise ship was built for trips to the arctic but a tow line broke as it was headed to a scrap yard. now it's adrift in the atlantic. been there ever since. coast guard officials are worried it may come ashore. >>> all right, pope francis who apparently likes

fbi agents will be on the ground during the games, and two u.s. navy ships will be in the nearby black sea. >> whatever we can do, we want to do to help. >> reporter: but one informal request by russia's top general to joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey for american roadside bomb jamming technology may go unheeded. >> as far as jamming technology, we're not going to share that. >> reporter: why not? >> because it's very closely held. if you understood it, you could defeat it. >> reporter: the key to stopping a terror attack is intelligence. russia, the u.s. and others are sharing whatever possible. but like anything else, it is not perfect. jon. >> thank you, martha. bring in congressman peter king, the chair of the house counterterrorism and intellig t intelligent -- intelligence subcommittee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, jon. >> we saw in the new york times that olympic athletes are worried about their own security, some of them. can you reassure our athletes going to sochi that they're going to be safe? >> i cannot give them 100% g

a banker wanted by the fbi for $20 million in wire fraud, he had vanished after staging his own suicide in 2012. tonight he's been found. look at the before and after photos showing him declared legally dead more than a year ago. today he was stopped by police in georgia on a minor traffic violation. he's facing charges in connection with that scheme. >>> to russia and those two terror attacks weeks before american athletes head over for the winter games. this evening president putin has traveled to the site of those blasts to send a message to russia and to the world that his country is ready for the games. here tonight abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: president vladimir putin arrived in volgograd before dawn to pay his respects to the dead and wounded of this week's two suicide bombings that killed 34. >> "there can be no justification for crimes against civilians," he said. >> reporter: the attacks have shaken russia and the world ahead of next months's sochi olympics. putin is trying to calm those fears, vowing to "totally annihlate" the homegrown terrorists who pose the greatest

police and fbi descending on the watertown area, not far from boston where a suspect is in custody. >> new video shows him hiding in a boat as they are led to his capture. >> we have a truly disastrous situation unfolding. >> that is right, we want to bring news from texas, a fatal explosion, at a fertilizer plant. >> and relatives could not believe it, her brother and cousin had not spoken to amanda in more than ten years. news cameras were there during part of that joyful conversation. >> i'm glad to have you back. i thought you were gone. >> i want to tell everybody who has helped me and my family through this entire ordeal. >> the asiana crash. >> something coming out. the explosion coming out. >> not guilty. >> with those words, george zimmerman left the seminole county courthouse a free man. his attorney telling abc news in an exclusive interview he will soon get back a piece of evidence, the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. >> i believe he feels if he had not had that weapon that night he would not be here. >> so do you think if he could he would carry a gun again? >> yes. >

. >>> there's a new warning about home grown terror from the new head of the fbi. james comey says syria has become a training ground for a new generation of terrorists as the civil war rages there. he expressed concern that radical americans are learning new techniques in syria and slipping back into the u.s. to launch a deadly attack. >>> another major embarrassment for the air force's nuclear missile force. two officers in charge, two officers in charge of missile launches are being investigated for drug possession. the air force has suspended their security clearances. it was revealed last month that the general in charge of the nation's nuclear missiles had been removed after a series of drunken incidents in russia. >>> well, the solar storm that's hurtling a billion tons of material toward our planet at 2 million miles per hour is now slamming into the earth's atmosphere. navigation and communication systems including gps and satellite radio could be impacted by all of the radiation. >> but on the bright side, this solar flare-up could create the best view in

the fbi wiretaps that the u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald was quoting from there, they really did capture governor blagojevich saying that stuff. we know that because the actual tapes were eventually released. >> i mean, i've got this thing and it's [ bleep ] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. i'm not going to do it. i can always use it to parachute me [ bleep ] there. >> rod blagojevich the day after the election in 2008, that's when he was speaking there, talking about how he had a golden opportunity on his hands in the form of president obama's soon-to-be vacant senate seat. he wasn't going to give that away for nothing. he was going to get something out of that for himself. ultimately there were two trials for governor blagojevich. the first ended in a mistrial. the second ended in prison. he was found guilty on 17 counts of wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion and bribery. he was also found guilty of trying to sell that senate seat. rod blagojevich

this country's been through watergate, been through hoover at the fbi. we know the kinds of excesses that canning happen. you don't want that potential there. >> first of all, if you look at the irs scandal, we had plenty of opportunity for abuse with paper. i mean, the power of the government is enormous. that's why as a conservative i like smaller government. but the question is, are if you draw a sharp line and say for the purpose of defending america, you can learn these things, none of them it can migrate over to the criminal justice system and you should make it a felony. this is why snowden has to be tried. it should be a tourmaline. >> meaning if they used information for purposes of going after, i agree 100%, 100%. >> we'll continue this. you all will be back and i'm going to talk to the intelligence chairs you mentioned feinstein and rogers as well as getting some reaction from the digital world, as well. but i want to turn to another big story in politics this morning and get to the latest on the new allegations of bullying by the administrati

but normally what the fbi would have wanted in a case like this is after the lieutenant governor made the statements that dawn zimmer said she made would have been for dawn zimmer to come to the fbi and they would wire her and then follow it through and get it on tape and be able to prove it, and then show that there is some nexus. that's the way they would want to make a federal case. i don't think they've got that here. so then the question is what do the records show? what do the documents show? are they going to be able to show that there was -- that there was a clear effort by the governor's office to get this project approved after getting communications from david samson or other people on behalf of the rockefeller group. and we don't know if they exist at this point. >> and the u.s. attorney, a democratic appointee is not going to bring a rico case based on a swearing contest between the lieutenant governor and the mayor of hoboken. he is going to want what we lawyers call corroboration. is the contemporaneous evidence that substantiates and will allow them to prove in front o

but the fbi has begun questioning a bei have of officials and aides to corroborate his claims. they are among five witnesses who told the fbi could confirm she had previously told them about the conversation she says she had with lt. gov. kim o'donnell lost may. dan brian, zimmer's chief of staff, the communications direct roar is the other. both zimmer aides have declined further public comment at the request of the u.s. attorney. and a member of the hoboken city council, david mellow, our next guest, told nbc news he relayed the conversation last summer. i distinctly remember, leiutenant zimmer said if this came out, she would deny it, she said. meanwhile, in addition to the 20 subpoenas from the new jersey assembly, the feds are getting further involved. today we learned that federal prosecutors in new jersey have issued grand jury subpoenas to mr. christie's re-election campaign and to the state republican party a. lawyer for the campaign and the party said today. so the heat is on. amid all this new heightened scrutiny of the christie administration, there is this. wmic le

investigators say four ring leaders included a former fbi agent and 89-year-old penchant adviser. >>> president obama takes on the nsa's controversial spying program today when he meets with members of the intelligence community. also with a privacy and civil liberties oversight board at the white house. he has been reviewing the report, recommending changes to the nsa and we'll discuss those changes later this month. >>> there seems to be an important conversation missing from most doctors visits, drinking habits. only one in six adults has ever talked to their doctor about drinking, but heavy drinking contributed to 88,000 deaths a year and costs the economy about $224 billion. >>> the big question today, is it a cheesy p.r. stunt, or is there a real shortage of velveeta? what's moving your money and my goodness, we're coming up on super bowl season, tell me it isn't so. >> i know, panic time. no double dipping here, chris. kraft has put out a warning about that velveeta shortage that could leave some supermarkets shelves bare of the product. why, kraft says it's partly due to high

we have now learned the fbi is questioning the hoboken mayor's aide, because she told them about the threat from lt. governor about sandy aid. so she has somebody contemporaneously who she told at the time i was threatened, you either you get on board or we're going to take away sandy aid. this is not going away. >> it is not going away, and you have the probe in the legislature, in addition to the lawsuit. so i think it gets worse for chris christie. the real question is his job as the rga was supposed to be the rebranding, but i think he was in a tenuous position anyway. another -- so i mean, he was seen as sort of selfish, self-centered, looking toward 2016 and not the good of the party. i think that are now the accumulated issues building, it will be interesting to see how long he's able to hang on. >> now the issue of bob mcdonnell. from "new york times," when political spouse helps cause a downfall. when you read through it, a lot of this was driven by her desire to have designer clothes and sort of keep up with the joneses on a very big scale, this oscar de la renta shopping t

officials say fbi investigators did not find enough evidence of enemy hunt to go justify federal charges. instead the probe found certain political groups were targeted because agency management enforced rules about tax policy that they didn't fully understand. congressional investigations into the matter are expected to continue. >>> we turn our attention now to obama care where things are not working out as planned for the white house. yesterday the obama administration released the latest data on the aca and as of december, 2.2 million people have enrolled through the exchanges. however, just 24% of enrollees are between the ages of 18 to 34. well below the white house's expectations 33% were between the anyones of 55 and 64. the president was relying on the so-called young invinceables to help offset the cost of covering older americans. >>> countries across the world are criticizing a major setback for gay rights in nigeria. they outlawed people from attending any type of same sex club or association meeting. violators could face 14 years behind bars. it was signed by the president

the fbi gets a probable cause warrant and they can go out and do a full investigation. when used with other things, it's not only used alone, it has brought forward information, i believe on a number of attacks and prevented them from happening. and you know, if you look at this world today with the spread of terrorist groups, look at north africa, look at mali and central african republic and what's happening in syria in terms of attracting some terrible fighters there that even said are going beyond the bounds. if you see all of that happening and you know that they have an intention to come after us, the only way you can stop it is through intelligence knowing what they are going to do early enough to be able to piece the pieces together and disrupt the plot. >> from what you now know, do you think that edward snowden did have help from the russians? it's something that mike rogers suggested on "meet the press" and i know you were on the program but on a satellite from san francisco that day. i'm not sure you had the full benefit -- >> that's right. i have no informa

the report also notes in chilling detail that the fbi investigation into the attacks has been inhibited by the fact that, quote, as many as 15 individuals supporting the investigation have been killed in benghazi since the attacks. think about that. now, the senate panel finds no evidence of a cover-up, but not surprisingly, as soon as this report came out, republicans immediately pounced on hillary clinton's role, implying there was maybe more to it, doing the best to wrund mine one of the best assets, she was a wildly successful secretary of state. of course, all of that was pre-benghazi. in an addendum to the report, committee republicans did single out clinton, at the end of the day, she was responsible for ensuring the safety of all americans serving in our diplomatic facilities. her failure to do so made a deference in the lives of four murdered americans and their families. >> she has ultimate responsibility, secretary clinton did at the time, for the security of our personnel. no one has been held accountable to date, and none of the decision makers have, and as she herself says

now considers a suspect. >> but fbi agents are hot on the trail of ghantt's accomplices. steve chambers, his wife michelle, and kelly campbell. and they have tracked ghantt to mexico. >> he's got $30,000, which runs out quickly, because he's eating where he wants to eat and spending money the way he wants to, because he thinks $8 million is on its way. >> he's getting occasional cash deliveries from a man he knows only as bruno. bruno's real name is michael mckinney, a friend of steven chambers. to transport money to ghantt in mexico and get close enough to ghantt so he could kill him. the funds mckinney brings to mexico are usually between $5,000 and $8,000, much less than what ghantt expects. >> in between delivery he would find himself having to eat grilled cheese sandwiches. he would eat m&ms and listen to the eagles. >> all he knew was kelly campbell wasn't visiting him, any time he would call kelly campbell, some guy would come down that he was uncomfortable and nervous around and he started to become very secretive as to where he was located. >> on the wiretap, fbi

. >> although the united states has offered additional assistance, i think there are fbi agents on their way to assist. dana, do you think the relationship between them could get in the way of actually -- because i think for putin, this is a big deal on the world stage. my don't think he wants to have to get a lot of help from outsiders. >> well, in this case, the interests are aligned. they're not fighting over edward snowden here. this would be awful for the world and for the united states if there is some sort of attack there or in the area. but it would look the worst for president putin and his government. so our interests are all very much aligned in this way. there are indications that they are cooperating to the extent the russians ever cooperate in these things. you know, people would like to make this president obama's responsibility to be sure, but there's only so much that can be done because this is sovereign russian territory. we don't control the security there. we can only hope that they have -- that it's in their interest as well to do the best they can. >> oh, dana. tha

the fbi is involved and nbc has a lot of security. we put our trust in them and hope nothing happens frankly. that's about it. let's take a look at politico. mr. mike allen is the chief political correspondent there. good morning. >> good snowy morning. >> so governor chris christie official live began his second term yesterday. at his swearing in, he emphasized working to the. -- together. it wasn't long before he took his question about stepping down. >> i think it makes sense for him to step aprside in that rol. he does not serve the goals of the organization by staying as chairmen. that doesn't mean any of the charges, political or otherwise -- >> why wouldn't he step down? why do you think he's not stepping down? >> frankly, i think this is still relatively new and he may well step down. i have no idea what his thinking is on that. he may get counsel from other generals along those lines. >> what do you make of cuccinelli's comments there suggesting chris christie should step aside as head of the rna? >> i don't know who listens

the fbi doesn't tell the cia what they need to know. nobody tells the military. >> i think you really put your finger on it. it is a legal line, but it is also a practical one. for most of our history, the government has brought access to this stuff, but they have to ask for it in advance. as you've written, that creates a lot of issues, some of which may underlie our targeted approach to security. >>> coming up, the war on poverty meets "occupy wall street." we have the market wrap. >>> thanks. stocks closing the day mixed. the dow closing down 68 points today. s&p 500 down about half a point. the nasdaq up 12 points. that's it. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. purina dog chow light & healthy is a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. w

that reference from this document led to these massive disclosures of illegal surveillance by the fbi. i asked the fbi for comment and one of the things they said, which was so fascinating, a number of events during that era, including the burglary, contributed to changes in how the fbi identified national security threats and to the guidelines. so they were not disputing that this burglary led to real changes. of course the parallel with snowden for many people is so striking here, including the burglaries themselves, saying had it not been for the burglaries, we wouldn't have known and they are saying if it not been for snowden we wouldn't know about nsa -- >> in this book, the burglary. thank you for your reporting. >> stay with us. the superintendent of the hit fill philomena joining me next. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ ♪ i have the flu, i took

in, the fbi came in as the same time as the "star ledger." how did that? it's different. paul fishman a lawyer-like u.s. attorney. he seems to understand what his lane is, and he's going to operate within it, with the highest amount of integrity and he's not trying to up front somebody, and he's not trying to get his face out there to be considered for other things. so totally different personalities. totally different offices, and by any stretch of the imagination, neither the legislative inquiry investigation, nor the u.s. attorney's inquiry or investigation is going to be short lived. if we're really going to do our work we'll have to be patient, diligent, vigilant and look to see where the information is. and then weigh it against what we know. >> let me just say one more thing about paul fishman. he is known, his reputation is, this is his ultimate job to be the u.s. attorney for new jersey. it was not chris christie's ultimate job to be the u.s. attorney. >> stepping-stone. right. >> he was, remember, chris christie was a politician. >>

giving agents of a foreign power more constitutional protections than american citizens have when the fbi wants to go up against them with a criminal warrant. >> do you think those fisa court rulings should be declassified? some in congress want to see that happen. i'm curious about your view on that. >> yeah, i think we need a larger dose of transparency across the board. i know the fisa court judge, judge banks s a little uncomfortable with that because he doesn't think it will present a holistic picture and could be misinterpreted as you declassify this but not that. frankly, john, over the long term and in large measure, we have to be more transparent with the american people to get a level of comfort or at least acceptance because if we don't get that, we are not going to be able to do these things in the first place any more. >> general michael hayden, thank you so much. good to have you on the show again. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "morning joe," congressman keith elson and nbc's david gregory, eugene robinson. later, actress marilu henner. up next, jim vandehei will explain wh

. >> reporter: george is the fbi's assistant director in new york. he says the big challenge is coordinating with the many agencies, but of all locations, new york and new jersey already have a system in place. >> we never let our guard down. but obviously, you can have a lot more people in the city. the stakes are higher. you know, we rev it up. there's no doubt about it. but we worry about terrorism every day. >> reporter: among the things at their disposal, pocket-sized radiation detectors. >> if there is something, these pagers are going to go off and the law enforcement will know about it. >> reporter: you'll have potentially dozens if not hundreds of those -- >> there are thousands of them throughout the city. >> reporter: alongside all that modern tech, some tried and true methods. a multiday extravaganza in a home to 18 million people. here, sometimes the best asset is the number of eyes. realtime surveillance with intelligence that can detect unusual behavior and spot suspicious packages. all to make sure everything from kickoff to the troph

so on that piece, it's the fbi and the federal prosecutors that have moved quickly. i think the most significant overall development this week is the news of the subpoenas from the u.s. attorney to the republican state committee and to chris christie's re-election campaign. because that shows the u.s. attorney is not just looking at the hoboken case. the u.s. attorney is now looking at this george washington bridge lane closure scandal. so two scandals at once. and now the u.s. attorney has in some way moved into both of them. i think it's very significant. >> a couple questions there. i understand these subpoenas go all the way back to 2010. so in terms of the scope of what they're looking for, what do you know about that. and were there to have been any rules, laws, broken regarding the gwb? do we know what those are? these are laws broken or not? >> no, that's the thing. there is a lot of mystery about what exactly it is they're looking for in the state community and re-election campaign. there is a lot of mystery around that and also the question of whether laws

>>> but first, a warning from the fbi to retailers, expect more credit card breaches. the agency has told stores to prepare for more attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year, all the cases involve the same kind of malware used against target in the holiday shopping season. >>> it's time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. jim shandley and his daughter megan grow fruits and vegetables on their california family farm. they broke through when they put everything under the shandley farms brand. getting their produce into whole foods. for more, watch "your business" every sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american expre

msnbc news voting today that, quote, two zimmer aides are among five witnesses who zimmer told the fbi that can confirm what she previously told them about the conversation she said she had with lieutenant governor kim guadagno last may. one of the witnesses has gone public now. sheer more from that story. david mello, a member of the hoboken city council told nbc news that zimmer told him about the guadagno conversation last summer, either in late july or early august as they were walking home after an event. quote, i distinctly remember zimmer saying if the lieutenant governor said if this came out, she would deny it. well, she has denied it, of course. as any good lawyer will tell you, establishing your star witness's testimony and showing she has given prior consistent statements is a critical part of any prosecution. let me go to jonathan capehart on this. in terms of the politics of this, this whole argument from christie, true or false, is getting harder to believe. is everybody a liar but him? >> yeah, you're right. i think what we're seeing here is sort of three rings of hell

a judge declared him dead but the fbi believed the former minister was still alive all along. when he was finally caught tuesday he told the arresting deputy quote, sit down i'm going to make you famous. >> all right. >> he's due in court this morning. very much alive and very much in trouble. >> okay. coming up next. bill karins is tracking the big winter storm heading our way across the country plus brian sullivan will join us. more "morning joe" when we come back. keeping up with these two is more than a full time job and i don't have time for unreliable companies. angie's list definitely saves me time and money. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. ♪ >>> it's a beautiful morning in new york city. not. welcome back to "morning joe." harold ford jr. still with us along with robert gibbs in washington. and joining the table cnbc's brian sullivan. happy new year. at the top of the hour, how is everybody doing? >> great. >> you're good? did anybody do anything interesting, brian? >> first off happy new year, mika. i can't

since the 2003 guidance, there have been enormous loopholes exploited by the border patrol, by the fbi and all of these other federal agencies. and also, the ban has not been enforceable. so we are really looking forward to working with the justice department to make sure there are no more loopholes left. >> as pointed out, the bush administration banned profiling in 2003 based on race. this would extend it to religion, country of origin, gender and sexual orientation. it is interesting that eric holder was meeting with the new mayor of new york. we know that the issue of stop and frisk was one of the reasons some believe he moved ahead of the competition in that race based on his stance against stop and frisk and even incorporating it within his own personal life, having an african-american wife and two children. >> yes. i mean, racial profiling is still going on in law enforcement all across the country. and as the federal government goes, the local law enforcement goes. so the federal government needs to attach conditions to funding local law enforcement so that they're not engaged

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the fbi has mobile units across the city. these are what they look like, command centers. inside you'll see surveillance cameras. they have cameras trained on every part of the city, every part of the stadium watching in