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Getting slapped like snap out of it. it was this idea that said look, were all going to die of something. its how we live our days its how we bring people close to us, its how we express our lives on a day in/day out basis like we truly do live in a state of grace. and now my cancer is gone. i do have to get checked every three months to make -- see if its there or not. but i can promise you, no matter what future diagnoses bring, i will face it with a degree of strength. and in my family folklo...

they are here at 3:00 eastern. that little girl and killed a parent and a sister and a cousin. she crawled out with a few broken bones and walked through a cold dark night until she found a home and knocked on the door. the man who answered the door spoke to tamron hall earlier. >> her words to me are my mom and dad are dead and we had a plane crash and the plane crash is upside down. >> the family was on the way back home from vacation in key west when the plane went down in bad weath...

jurors are starting to stream out. what happened here this morning, tamron, they sit for about a half hour with the court and theyre given instructions about the questionnaire theyre about to fill out. there are two questionnaires the perspective jurors are filling out. one, they received with the summons. basic information about their work, profession, and any sort of excuse that might prevent them from serving. theyre filling out a separate questionnaire that more specific to the cas...

is that expected to come up at this meeting? >> reporter: well it could welcome up. i thought what was interesting about that was, it was a pretty soft ask. he asked them not to and some of the officers, as you say, didnt take him up on that request. so that in itself kind of somehows you where the power lies in that relationship. the mayor hasnt taken questions on this issue since the two officers were assassinated a couple weeks ago. i think everyone just waiting to see what he can s...

house has gone on the record about scalises past. and it comes just a day before what was supposed to be the gops triumphant takeover of congress, with a new republican majority. but now, speaker boehner finds himself trying to put down a tea party revolt in the house and senator mcconnell finds himself having to assure voters that the gop wont be quote, scary. he might not want americans to be afraid but just listen to what theyve talked about in the last 24 hours. >> at a minimum, st...

as we reported once again, nypd officers turned their backs to the mayor as he was giving the eulogy for officer wenjian liu. do you think its appropriate for officers to turn their backs on this mayor in this situation? >> no its not appropriate. its highly unprofessional. more importantly, was disrespectful to the family of the fallen officer, detective liu. it was disrespectful to the family of detective -- its a disrespectful attitude and atmosphere and does not bode well for futur...

obstruct everything president obama dreamed of doing with the economy. we are living in the obama economy. the results are astonishing. >> today for the first time in six years americans feel good about the economy. that is probably because it is growing fast. >> the president citizens that credit and are the mainstream media trying to give him a boost? >> a most outspoken commentator on how he makes up his mind and his relentless criticism of the president. >> on the column you can co...

in which you live. [ applause ] >> the inspirational words of stuart scott, a longtime anchor of espn who passed away on sunday after a long battle with cancer. he was 49 years old. well have more on that just ahead. good morning, everyone. its monday january 5th. welcome, everybody, back from a long break. with us we have economic analyst steve rattner, msnbc contributor and associate professor at columbia school of international public and foreign affairs. what an incredible guy. >> ...

when we havent won the first. >> andrea mitchell in washington. jury selection has begun. over the next three days more than 1,000 people will be considered as potential jurors more than two years after bombs exploded near the finish line killing three people and injuring 264 others. a fourth victim died in a confrontation with he and his brother killed in the shootout. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. from outside the federal courthouse, the courts have ruled against his...

flying home from vacation with their family from the florida keys. they stopped in tallahassee before heading back to mount vernon illinois. while over kentucky just miles from a small airport, the pilot, the little girls father made a distress call before crashing into the woods around 6:00 p.m. everybody on board was killed except 7-year-old sailor gutzler who escaped with some minor wounds. the second grader crawled out of the plane that crashed upside down. she checked on family to...