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Trophy, named after the packers legendary coach. its the teams first super bowl win in 14 years. the last one was in 97 when brett favre led them to the title. aaron rodgers, the man drafted to be favres backup was named mvp last night. three touchdowns, no picks, 304 yards. in the postgame press conference he talked about getting out of favres shadow. >> i never felt like theres been a monkey on my back. the organization stood behind me, believed in me. i told ted, you know, back in 2005, he wo...

Be sorry with his pick, you know? and i told him in 08 that i was going to repay their trust and get us this -- you know, get us this opportunity. >> aaron rodgers, the mvp. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," before that big game, president obama went toe to toe with bill oreiley. we will have the highlights. then coming up, we will gather

>> you know what hes not doing? hes not legislating. the first two years he was bogged down dealing with the hill. thats not going to happen now. hes going to fight with them on debt stealing but hes not going to be legislating. that leaves fighting and determining what the message is. when he goes and meeting with the chamber and talks to bill oreilly. >> the chamber? i love the way you said that. its so coaxing. >> hes back to the obama of 08. im going to rise above the politics and be the per...

And they rammed it down the throats of republicans. they passed things on a partisan basis and i think david axelrod is good acounting numbers and making arguments, and, served the president well that way. martha: at times the president was seen at -- called by any medi -- many people, arrogant and, because of how successful they were in the campaign had the right to get a lot of things pushed through and would probably say, we had big things we wanted to accomplish as you say but the presidents...

Than they were at the time of the crisis. give us a sense of what your town has been through the past two to three years? >> well, we basically have been through a lot of foreclosures, a lot of that has had to do with people losing their jobs locally. our unemployment has been upwards of 16%, 17%. some in the industry will even tell you its 1.5 times that. weve seen that unemployment go do do down 01%. weve been through a difficult time with all the unemployment, long term unemployment which has...

They never ask for help. because you dont do that when youre in the military, you get it done. thats how youre trained, thats how youre taught. >> nia-malika henderson is a national political reporter for "the washington post" and joins us now. you know, oprah was really one of the presidents staunchest supporters during the 08 election. so what do you make of the first ladys appearance today on oprahs show? >> well, its part of her big push to focus attention on military families and the issues...

Husband says gunmen targeted the couple in their pickup truck. police say the husband drove the couples truck against traffic over the pharr international bridge to get her treatment on u.s. soil but unfortunately it was too late. eric shawn has the details from our new york city newsroom. give us the story. >> reporter: she was doing gods work and was killed. she is the latest apair -- apparent victim of drug violence gripping mexico. police say that nancy davis, 58 years old, missionary from t...

People excited. 12,000s a big, round number. people who dont care about the stock market and latch on to a number like that. the summer of 2008 is right when we started tumbling into the bad economic times. so getting back to those levels is a sign, perhaps, that the economys starting to recover and get past that bad time in the fall of 08 and into 09. >> explain to us, what is the difference if there is any, with the s&p flirting at 1300. >> theres different measures. the dow is 30 stocks. s&p ...

If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, i will veto it. i will veto it. >> thunderous applause from both sides of the aisle including arizona republicans john mccain there and jeff blake. im joined by congressman flake, a member of the house appropriations committee. good morning. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so what do you think of the presidents five-year spending freeze? >> well, it would be good if we cut it back to 08 levels and then froze it. but freezing at current lev...

Others. the argument here is the same and that is that were spending too much, the deficit still continues to grow, the cbo numbers that you referenced in your intro of a trillion and a half deficit, and the point that social security may never again run a surplus, all these contribute to the fact that we got to work together to get deficit spending down in a real and meaningful way. thats going to take a big effort, were ready for it and we think you ought to go back to the 08 levels as a start...