north waziristan is one of of the places that we suspect bin laden may be hizing. it's an extremely dangerous area. if the pakistani taliban wants to convince people not to fight back. >> and what is the yunited stats doing directly or indirectly even through pakistani authorities to try to support these local groups that are trying to do battle with the taliban? >> we're trying to give them money and we're trying to encourage the pakistani military and security forces to work with and support them. unfortunately, the problem is the pakistani military has gone in many times this the past several years and they don't seem to be winning against the pakistani taliban. even more disturbing, there seems to be a groundswell of sentiment among pakistanis that they don't believe that this is the taliban. as many times as the taliban says we did this, here is a video of us doing this, here is the suicide bomber. there are a lot of pakistanis who would believe this is the work of black water or the cia or the ma sad. and i understand they have anti-american sentiments. this is a matter of their own survival, a struggle for their own survival. if they don't understand and recognize this is the work of the pakistani taliban, there are going to be more attacks like this because they are become emboldened. >> thank you for helping us with this as always. it was an unexpected landing in nashville, tennessee, this morning for a northwest airlines flight that took off from orlando and was heading towards detroit. the pilot apparently noticed a suspicious package onboard and made the decision to have that emergency landing in tennessee. the information is coming from our local affiliate in t tennessee. once on the ground all the passengers and their bags were taken off the aircraft and rescreened. a certificasearch of the plane knowing and the flight is now expected to continue on to detroit. president obama is starting the new year with a major review of u.s. intelligence agencies and airport security. the president now has two preliminary reviews in hand. one init tell generals agencies failed to share information and link warnings before the attack. the second is on aviation security. mr. obama has called his intelligence team including directors of every intelligence agency to the white house for a meeting scheduled for tuesday. that's when the president will be back in washington. he was briefed by homeland security secretary janet napolitano and top counter terror adviser john brennan. the nation's top intelligence officer said thursday he will, quote, commend those who did their jobs well and hold accountable those who did not. the president continues his vacation in hawaii. we will check in with chuck todd on the working aspect of the president's vacation in a couple of minutes. on "meet the press" david gregory will ask john brennan about the attempted christmas day terror attack. also on the show former homeland security secretary michael chertoff and former cia director michael hayden. check your local listings for the times in your area. the reports from afghanistan this new year's morning that a u.s. service member died from injuries received in eastern afghanistan. however, officials say those injuries were not combat related. the coast guard is searching for a cruiseship passenger who went overboard in the bahamas. the 23-year-old woman reportedly jumped from "monarch of the seas." and african american golf pioneer bill powell has died in canton, ohio, the grandson of slaves, he became the first african-american to build, own, and operate a golf course. bill powell was 93 years old. the new year is here, of course, and now it is time to clean up from all that partying. dozens of new york city workers have been hitting times square this morning to remove nearly two tons of confetti and other trash and noise makers and the speakers. as you can see they moved the barricades. just a few hours ago there were nearly a million people packed into times square. the new york city police department reports the night's festivities were incident free. meanwhile, an estimated 315,000 people hit the las vegas strip to ring in 2010. seven casinos set off celebratory fireworks. the new year brings with it fresh optimism for business in sin city. according to las vegas con vejs authorities, holiday tourism is up from last year. in seattle, a spectacular show from the famed space needle and it dazzled an estimated 400,000 people for what is one of the largest new year's celebrations on the west coast. 2009 is a year tiger woods would probably like to put hyped him, but so far his troubles are following him into the new year. just yesterday at&t became the latest corporate sponsor to sever ties with the golfing champion after last month's admission of infidelity and marital problems. woods makes an estimated $90 million a year in endorsement deals. nbc's mike taibbi joins us. mike, the last month has been a public relations disaster for tiger woods. what do you get -- who is advertising him? do you get the sense he's changed his team or people around him or that he even has a team? >> reporter: who knows. if there is a team, the team hasn't made any decisions, david, in the last month or so or since november 25th when the scandal broke to help him out at all. he went from being one of the best known people on the planet earth, with an unassailable bulletproof reputation worth that money to essentially being a punch line. he was on the front page of the "new york post" 21 days in a row and not because he could sink a 12-foot putt under pressure but he was in a scandal of his own creation. he has to find a way out that have sometime in 2010 if he's to resume the life that really is the life he should have had all along which is just a great athlete. he never was this iconic figure apparently that we were led to believe he was for the past dozen or so years and maybe the most telling quote about the whole scandal jesper parnevik introduced woods to his au pair who was later married, said maybe he wasn't as good a guy as we thought he was. so many people thought he was exactly what his publicists early on had said the most disciplined, intelligent, mentally tough guy there was, totally focused, unable to respond at all to distractions. and here he was ending up 2009 as a person who left hundreds if not more than several hundred instant messages, voice mails, et cetera, to the collection of women who claim now they were involved with tiger woods. i don't know how he comes back from that. he has certainly lost not tens of millions but hundreds of millions of dollars in endorsement money going forward. will he resume his chase for all the records in golf that he doesn't already have particularly the 18 major championships jack nicklaus has? if he comes back from his self-imposed exile from golf just before a major championship and try to resume the chase. who knows what he has left or if he will be affected by this as a competitor. >> and, mike, we were talking last hour about the decisions tiger woods was facing about the timing. nobody really knows, i suppose, but him. the pga, any talk or any chatter about in the pga about what they might do to try to either control crowds or make sure that when tiger woods comes back, if he does decide to come back, that they can control this somehow? >> reporter: i think that's one of the many x-factors we'll have to see whamt do you do by a fan heckling tiger or if they heckle him verbally, audibly, which was never tolerated before. what if they heckle the scandal itself? how will that affect woods' concentration? he wins most by one or two shots. the difference has always been that confidence that he had, that has to be shaken at this point. a fascinating drama in this map's life to see how or if he comes out of it in 2010. >> nbc's mike taibbi. i appreciate it. still ahead, the politics of fighting terrorism, why is this issue becoming partisan? and later, a report from hawaii where rush limbaugh is still recovering in the hospital this morning. the very hospital where president obama was born. the story that rush limbaugh wasn't sure he could believe. will rush make it back for his radio show on monday? headaches know when you're stressed. tired. running on empty. to relieve headaches doctors recommend tylenol... more than any other brand of pain reliever. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast... to silence headache pain fast, so you can feel better... knowing you can stop a headache... as quickly as it starts. trying to be good to your heart? so is campbell's healthy request soup. low in fat and cholesterol, heart healthy levels of sodium, and taste you'll love. guy: mmmm! chef: we're kind of excited about it. announcer: campbell's healthy request. new details continue to emerge about that deadly attack that killed seven cia employees in a remote outpost in southeastern afghanistan a few days ago. there are reports the suicide bomber had been invited onto the base and had not been searched. we get more now from nbc's jim maceda in kabul. >> reporter: confirmation of that associated press report that broke yesterday citing two unnamed u.s. officials, that the afghan man wearing an afghan army uniform pep traited and blew himself up in that base in southeastern afghanistan was, in fact, someone that the cia was trying to court or turn to become an informant. of course what happened after that, which is now raising eyebrows in the intelligence community and the military community as well, suggesting the reach and the sophistication of the taliban being able now perhaps to use double agents to penetrate u.s. military bases. one of the officials quoted in that ap story says that it's not unusual to relax standard operating procedures in terms of security when it involves an individual who is being courted or who is trying to be won over by the cia. in this particular case, of course, we understand that this individual was not searched as a highly secure and guarded front gate. of course trust and confidence is important in working up your recruits in the field. in this case trust did turn fatal. again, seven cia officers were killed in that blast, six were wounded, and it's come to our attention that one of those killed was the host of station chief. she was apparently the mother of three. again, this was the biggest single loss of life for the cia since that u.s. embassy blast in 1983 which killed dozens. back to you. >> nbc's jim maceda reporting from kabul, afghanistan. the white house has put a hold on all guantanamo bay transfers back to yemen. this is in the wake of that attempted attack on that airliner in detroit. six were released last week, at least 80 still remain. about half of the presideison's entire population. but two of the 14 released during the bush administration are now in the top ranks of al qaeda in yemen. stopping the release of detainees is only one of the many demands from several democrats and most republican critics in the wake of last week's attempted terror attack. bob franken joins us now and "newsweek's" jonathon alter and an nbc news analyst is with us. bob, let's start with you. i suppose arguing about guantanamo bay detainees is one thing but the partisan attacks on how long the president waited and whether he recognizes that we're in a war, it seems like the country was already upset that this had happened, that the republicans essentially make themselves the story at a time they really don't do themselves any favors. >> well, they don't. however, events can sometimes vindicate what had previously been viewed as just a blatant politics. the surprise that occurred on christmas day with the almost catastrophic disaster with the underwear bomber, as they're now calling him, has really allowed the republicans to do a bit of, see, i told you so. we have to remember that if barack obama started with any vulnerability, it was the accusation from even members of his own party that he might be too inexperienced to deal with the complexities of something like terrorism. this is an issue where the republicans will now be able to gloat and get away with it. >> to a certain extent, but, jonathon alter, dick cheney and the way he tried to deal with this, i mean, it makes you wonder whether dick cheney is having severe medical or psychological problems given that his statement seems so irrational, was so politically tone deaf and didn't make -- and so easily impeached that the sort of sophisticated intellectual argument was absent from everything dick cheney said this week. >> i think that's right, david. this is a bogus, i told you so, on a couple of different levels. first of all, the masterminds of this particular plot were -- at least one of them, maybe two -- were released by the bush administration. and that -- the reason that i emphasize the bush administration is former people to point fingers at the obama administration on this particular case is kind of, as you point out, sort of ridiculous. you're right that it does discredit other efforts to point legitimate criticisms, of perhaps the slowness with which obama responded. other possible new holes in the system, but for the vice president to consistently over the past year attack this president as weak is essentially unprecedented in modern american politics. i personally think it's unpatriotic because what it does is it provides some comfort for our enemies and maybe even encourages them if they think that the new president is weak and is not going to respond to terrorism. on top of that, he simply lied when he said that the president no longer calls it a war. he has used that word war many times, said on many occasions that the nation is at war, so when the former vice president says that, he's not telling the truth. >> and, bob franken, does it help the democrats politically when dick cheney makes statements that are, again, so sort of out there as opposed to having to deal with the more intellectual arguments that have been made by other republicans? >> well, i think what it might do is to regenerate enthusiasm among some democrats. dick cheney is obviously preaching to his choir, which is the republican base. the democrats, for a variety of reasons have been losing enthusiasm about the obama presidency. so dick cheney really becomes a convenient bad guy who might -- his real purpose might be to regenerate the democratic base because the democrats can now say if you want more dick cheney? >> good point. >> bob franken and jonathon alter, thank you both. happy new year. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, david. coming up, your sneak peek at what is hitting theaters in 2010. which ones are must-see and which ones should you choose to miss? plus, a reality television star busted and thrown behind bars. tylenol 8 hour eases body pain... with one layer that works fast... one that lasts all day... and no layers that irritate your stomach the way that ibuprofen can. go back. >> alice. >> alice? >> from the sexiest man alive to the mad hatter, johnny depp is just one of the stars in "alice in wonder land." one of the most anticipated films of 2010. hollywood has very, very high hopes for this year's crop of blockbusters and it's shaping up to be the year of the sequel with the new harry potter movie leading the way. so will 2010's box office top last year's $10.6 billion take? a film critic for "the new york daily news," in terms of what is coming through the pipe, what do you think of it? >> well, david, i don't think there's going to be anything that matches "avatar" in terms of its bigness that has boosted the box office for 2009 to stratospheric levels. "iron man 2" is coming out in may. i don't know if it will match the first film's $100 million take. robert downey jr. is on a role. "alice in wonder land" coming up. and "sex and the city 2." >> and as far as celebrity watching, angelina jolie might be shooting her new movie in new york city? >> that's right. that was supposed to be a role that was for an actor but when she got wind of it, it was changed to actress. she is a cia agent who might be a russian double agent or a triple agent, as the case may be. she has to protect her family, protect her career. that's in july and that is filming right now. she is bouncing all around. >> and leonardo dicaprio and martin scorcese get together, you expect big things. tell us about "shutter island." >> it's based on a novel that was delayed a little bit. it was supposed to come out in october. it was delayed for oscar reasons. it's coming up february 19th, and it's got dicaprio as a cop in the 1950s, who is on the trail of an escaped mental asylum patient. it's scorcese's first time making a thriller since "cape fear" in '93. when he's on this kind of territory he's in good shape. dicaprio is on edgy territory there. people have high expectations though its delay hass caused a couple of ruffled feathers. >> tell us about "the wolf man." >> it's the classic 1941 film. sprouting fangs and fur. that also was delayed a little bit. that was supposed to come out in november. now it's coming out valentine's day weekend. who doesn't want to see a werewolf on the prowl for valentine's day? i think it's a smart move. this is going to be the first big action/horror film of the year. werewolves are hot, and the special effects, i think, look terrific and as long as universal plays it the right way, they could have the first big hit of 2010. >> and finally back to "avatar," does this underscore the key to success is simply when you start hearing that younger people are seeing the movie over and over and dragging their family members to it, that's when you know it's going to be a blockbuster success. >> exactly right. i think that the movie is exceptional to look at. i think its story is hack nid but like 14- to 25-year-olds are seeing it two, three and four times. with "titanic" that got older people seeing it two, three and four times. you have kids who play video games are going to "avatar" as much as those audiences went to "titan "titanic." with the imax and 3d it's amazing the amount of money it's made. >> joe, good of you to come in today. we appreciate it. >> thanks, david. happy new year. >> happy new year. coming up, top intelligence and security chiefs are being called to the white house on tuesday to talk about the failures that a would-be bomber was allowed to board a flight. planning to hire new staff in the new year. we'll ask the question, how many jobs will be created? and it's the question a lot of people are asking and even tweeting, what was jennifer lopez thinking with that time squares body suit? you want to send your tweets to me it's witter.com/davidshuster. well-informed people are considering chevy malibu. are you a cop? no. you didn't hear it from me, but this malibu, it offers better highway mileage than a comparable camry or accord. estimated 33 highway. i saw that on the epa site. so how come the malibu costs so little. it's a chevy. you have cop hair. now during the chevy red tag event, get an '09 malibu with o percent apr for 72 months. see red and save green. now at your local chevy dealer. [ panting ] ♪ ♪ all alone all day ♪ on and off and counting sheep ♪ trying to be good to your heart? so is campbell's healthy request soup. low in fat and cholesterol, heart healthy levels of sodium, and taste you'll love. guy: mmmm! chef: we're kind of excited about it. announcer: campbell's healthy request. radio talk show host rush limbaugh remains hospitalized in a honolulu, hawaii, hospital there on wednesday, complaining of chest pains and his fans have since been writing him with well wishes. nbc's lee cowan joins us now from honolulu. lee, is there an update on rush's condition? >> reporter: well, in short, no. he still remains hospitalized. they said he's undergoing treatment. he's in good spirits, says the hospital. he's resting comfortably. they're trying to do a number of tests to figure out what caused the chest pains. it stands to reason they probably ruled out whether it was a heart attack at this point since those tests can be done quickly. if it wasn't that, i think they're trying to figure out what it was that caused the chest pains, could be any number of things. rush was scheduled to be back on the air on monday after his hawaiian christmas vacation. no word yet on whether or not he's going to make that. as of now he remains hospitalized, we're told. he's getting a lot of fan mail. people when they're calling into a show as opposed to wanting to wish their well-wishers because there's not enough time to do that, they say ditto and then wishing him well and go into their questions for the show. we expect to perhaps hear more from his show this morning but as of somehow now we mains in the hospital pending more tests. david? >> as we were talking last hour, just a few floors above where they keep altar kifs and birth certificates including one of president obama. maybe rush limbaugh wants to try to forget that while niece that very hospital. in any case, lee cowan, thanks so much for the report. have a great day. >> reporter: you bet. happy new year. president obama now has some of the security reviews he ordered in the wake of the christmas terror plot and next week he's going to be summoning the heads of the intelligence and security agencies to the white house for a discussion on tuesday. among those being called in homeland security secretary janet napolitano, hillary rodham clinton, the president plans to push hard in trying to figure out how warning signs of the plot were missed. pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent and joins us here in washington. pete, janet napolitano is already quite busy right now and reaching out to airports around the world. tell us about it. >> right. she has a team of people she's delegated to go and start visiting airports all around the world in asia, south america, europe, elsewhere to try to talk about improving their security for the airports that feed the u.s. and today the prime minister of britain, gordon brown, said he's going to look now, again, at airport security there and may start using in the uk these full-body imaging scanners. it will be interesting to watch how this works, david. getting europeans to increase their airport security to make airline travel safer here has been a very tough road. for example, after 9/11, michael chertoff, the secretary of homeland security, said we need to get the list of passengers on planes that are leaving from europe to the united states before the plane leaves. and they said, no, we can't do that. now we get them about an hour before the flights leave. but that took months and months and actually over a year, maybe two years, of constant lobbying and cajoling to get the european parliament to come around. that was after 9/11, after a successful terror attack. the question here will be after what was thank heavens an unsuccessful terror attack will european authorities be willing to take these very controversial steps by using full-body imageing scanners? >> a lot of people remember after 9/11 if you bought a ticket with cash or one way or one way and didn't have baggage, you automatically were subjected to prps an extra screening and people were wondering how come those circumstances didn't trigger something in this case. >> i think that's an excellent question and i think there's a good answer to it. first of all, do you ever travel without checking your bags? i certainly do. should that be an immediate warning sign? many people actually travel from overseas without checking their bags. so that isn't necessarily a very good indicator. secondly, this question of paying cash. you know, nigeria is sort of a cash economy. that's where this man was from. it's not unusual to buy things with cash there. he was from a wealthy family and he had a lot of it. thirdly, you usually pay cash because you don't want to use your credit card because you want to use a pseudonym. he used his real name, his actual passport. so cash, not checking bags, it seems like to many people, well, that's spooky. you ought to pay attention to that. it may or may not be reliable. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams, thanks again. we appreciate it. >> a pleasure. an iraqi government spokesman says the country will act, quote, forcefully and decisively to prosecute black water criminals. this comes after a federal judge right here in washington dismissed all of the charges against five private black water security guards who are accused of killing 17 unarmed iraqi civilians in 2007. the case, which was supposed to go to trial this winter, inflamed anti-american sentiment in iraq and elsewhere. the judge yesterday cite add series of missteps by prosecutors. mopping those missteps he said that the prosecutors were wrong to build their case from statements the defendants made under a promise of immunity. the five guards had pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. their lawyers claim they were acting in self-defense. the death of a washington state police officer on december 28th brought the total number of u.s. law enforcement deaths in 2009 to 125 but, still, that is the fewest number of annual deaths in the line of duty since 1959. the latest officer to die was a 44-year-old sheriff's deputy who had been on life support after being shot by a drunken man in an ambush. washington state was also the site of one of the worst police shootings in recent memory when four police officers were gunned down in a coffee shop in lakewood. this new year morning, negotiations continue between the fox television network, home to places of shows like "the simpso simpsons" and time warner cable, the cable system that, of course, carries broadcast signals in so many areas. fox is threatening to pull program in a dispute over the fees fox wants. the moves might affect more than 6 million customers of time warner cable and bright house networks. two deadlines have passed as the talks continue in los angeles. meantime, a reality telev s television star is under arrest. 23-year-old josh warner is accused of robbing three banks in oregon. authorities released surveillance photos of the robberies in 2009 and 2007. warner, who was arrested in illinois, appeared as a deck hand on the discovery channel's popular show "deadliest catch." the new year came a series of new state laws. among them same-sex marriages are now legal in new hampshire. it's the fifth state to permit gay couples to marry. and in colorado the minimum wage got more minimum today. it's officially been dropped by 4 cents to $7.24 an hour under a formula based on the state's consumer price index which has dropped. colorado is the first state to ever lower its minimum wage. more than 15 million americans are starting the new year without a job. but after slashing millions of jobs in the past year, several industries have announced plans to start hiring again in the new year. a survey this week from careerbuilder.com found that 20% of employers plan to add full-time staff in the year ahead. rosemary is a senior career adviser for careerbuilder.com. she joins us via skype. this would seem to be in line with the number of jobless claims diminishing a report that we saw earlier. the trend line seems to be good. >> the trend line is very positive. we're cautiously optimistic, though, of course. we're not really expecting to see job growth. hopefully second quarter, third quarter may be more realistic. employers are certainly being more positive and more confident when they tell us in our surveys we're look to go add full-time employees. we're planning to do it. it's a definite. some key industries are really leading the charm in that i.t., manufacturing, surprising financial services. real positive signs. >> what are some of the other industries that are poised to do well and tell us again about the industries that are going to continue to struggle? >> sure. absolutely. i.t., we really started to see an upparticular on the careerbuilder.com site and that's planning to continue. 32% in the i.t. field say they plan to hire full-tame workers. we're seeing financial services, 23%, looking to hire full-time employees. some of the other areas that took such a hard beating in 2009 are start iing to see some positive energy in 2010 already. one day into the year, manufacturing being the leading indicator there. 27% looking to add full-time staff back. some of that may be just rehiring laidoff workers, not necessarily job growth so, again, we're looking for the job creation to start the second half of the year. >> and other particular areas of the country, cities and states that are looking positive for the early months of 2010? >> david, we're really seeing that's going to be the leading job creation, job growth sector in the country and it's just slightly higher in terms of the aggressive outlook that the employers we talked to are expressing. next in line is the northeast region of the country. so overall what we're seeing is a bit more of a positive sentiment to start the year. definitely saw that the last couple of months to 2009. so that's a trend that will continue into 2010. >> rosemary, careerbuilder.com, thanks for being with us today. >> sure. happy new year. >> happy new year. in today's "hotshots" celebrating the new year around the united states, atlanta residents counted down to the 21st annual peach drop. this is a giant peach -- not real, of course. about 100,000 people gathered to watch the eight-foot-tall, 800-pound foam and fiberglass peach fall to bring in 2010. in niagara falls it was an electric guitar. the fiberglass gibson guitar dropped from a platform to signal the new year. wow. that's one of only three sites to host a guitar drop -- memphis and nashville are the others. cool, the guitar drop. and key west had its own special way to usher in the new decade. a drag queen in a large high heel is lowered from a balcony at the bourbon street pub into a crowd of revelers. ah, yes, key west. one big concern for many new year's eve revelers, what to wear. now perhaps what not to wear. jennifer lopez wore this clingy cat suit to ring in the new year. the dozens of jewels that decorate her body suit definitely catch your eye, and this outfit continues to generate a lot of buzz on the blogs. on twitter, i'm glad i missed j.lo.'s exhibitionist display. j.lo. in a body suit, happy new year and thank you dvr. a lot of people think jennifer lopez got it right because she defensemen on straighted that at 41 she's still got it. >> to this very song i'm about to do. are you ready to count down with me? 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( drop plinks ) brita-- better for the environment and your wallet. the alleged christmas day bomber's time in london has put a spotlight on the city's involvement or at least site as a potential breeding ground for terror. umar farouk abdulmutallab spent several years there as a student at the university college and even served as president of the college's islamic society. he is the fourth president of that society to face terrorism charges. we will have more on this in just a couple of minutes, as soon as we can establish our microphone with jack jacobs. meantime, in today's world view, authorities say mud slides and flooding in brazil's rio de janeiro state have killed at least 29 people. the mud slides and flooding were triggered by heavy rains. among the dead, ten people were found in the rubble of a hotel that collapsed. in the philippines, thousands of people did not get to spend new year's in the comfort of their homes or villages because of the threat of a major eruption by the mayan volcano. more than 47,000 people have been evacuated from a five-mile area around the volcano. in tel aviv an israeli magician has eyes to new record, literally, breaking david blaine's record for the most time spent in a giant block of ice. back in 2000, blaine lasted 58 hours in an ice cube in new york's times square but 29-year-old dean did it better lasting 64 hours. he was cut out of the cube at midnight last night and taken to a hospital for a checkup. the end of decade took on a brighter meaning last night, at least if you could see it thanks to a rare cosmic event. revelers around the world were treated to a so-called blue moon, and while it's not blue, the name is given to the second full moon that appears in a single month. that happens on average about once every 2 1/2 years. however, the last time a blue moon fell on new year's eve was back in 1990. host: did the waltons take way too long to say goodnight? mom: g'night john boy. g'night mary ellen. mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. it may be new year's day, but that has not stopped president clinton's charity, his foundation from leasing a list of donors over the past year. and we're getting new information about that, that the largest donors includes saudi arabia norway, each gave $10 million to $25 million to the former president's charity. actually, the biggest donors include the bill and melinda gates foundation which gave $25 million. the clintons agreed to release this list each year to disclose the names as part of the initial concerns when secretary of state hillary clinton was nominated and concerns about possible conflicts of interest. again, this is part of the arrangement that secretary of state clinton agreed to. on the first day of the year, bill clinton has released the list. accused christmas day bomber, time spent in london has put a new spotlight on the city and whether or not some of the universities have, in fact, provided something of a breeding ground for potential terrorist. umar abdulmutallab spent years in london, spent time at college and as a president of the society. military analyst retired army colonel jack jacobs. london breeding ground for terrorists, not perhaps necessarily fair. it's more perhaps that just being in a university that people with particular kinds of views have an opportunity to sort of socialize and feed each other's hunger, right? >> it's pretty easy to radicalize young people, no matter where they are. they're young, impressionable, naive, full of energy and like easy solutions to complex problems. london is a particular problem, though, because it has a lot of people who are muslims from back in the empire days, from west africa to pakistan. in addition to that, it's a big international city, much more than even new york city. although london is a problem and the universities there are a problem, they're not nearly as difficult as those places on the continent, places like paris, for example. and in the netherlands. the difference is that in the uk, you have a very large number of people, muslims included, who are integrated into society that's not necessarily true on the continent where it is a big breeding ground for revolutionaries. >> in other words just the mere opportunity, because of the diversity of the backgrounds of the number of muslims who are in london, social networks available to them, whether it's universities or otherwise, is essentially part of what's going on? >> yeah, the law of large numbers says with a large number of people there, you're going to wind up -- some people are going to get radicalized and it is something that the government has to keep an eye on. >> retired army colonel jack jacobs, as always, thank you. happy new year. another look at how americans ushered in 2010. arctic air did not stop partygoers in chicago with windchills there. it felt like it was 10 below at times last night. the city put on not one but two fire works displays this year. as we begin the new year, you may be thinking about your next vacation and may also be looking for some great deals. from travel magazine, shawn o'neill joins us. what's at the top of your list? >> mexico will be really hot. a 16-year high of the u.s. dollar's buying power there. can kuhn, cabo san lucas are also on sale. australia. fares are down 22% because of a new fare war going on there. buenos aires is very hot right now. the u.s. dollar has 10% more buying power than it was a year ago. you can get tango lessons, more leather goods and such when you travel there. vegas is really suffering a lot. vegas was really hit by the convention downturn in 2009 and they added 14,000 hotel rooms in the past year. so they're offering a lot of deals. average nightly rate is $91 a night, david. >> australia, it's summertime there. a lot of americans start to think it's far away, it must be awfully expensive. >> a dream trip. you're going to the other side of the world. richard branson launch a new airline, and there's been deregulation on that route. f fares are only about $1,100 in peak season, $800 right now off season, david. >> what about vietnam? >> the most popular rising destination on the wish list for americans right now. u.s. dollar is at a record high for 20 years there. hanoi, the capital, is having a thousand-year anniversary. lot of fun events going on. >> shawn o'neill from budget travel magazine. thanks as always. we hope you and your family get to go somewhere fun as well. >> thank you, david. you the same. >> happy new year. that wraps up our live msnbc new year's day coverage. be sure to stay with us for headline updates and -- excuse me -- breaking news as it's happening. good thing we're ending our programming now. up next, "lockup." i'm david shuster. have a happy new year. we'll break into "lockup" if necessary. look for cut ins on the half hour and on the hour otherwise. happy new year, everybody. release medicine fast to relieve painful coughs, congestion and sore throats. so you can feel better. then let's do more than talk about it. let's turn picturing it into planning it, thinking it over into making it happen. let's say out with the old and in with the new. let's create some wall-to-wall "wow." 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